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The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
BARGAIN IN A BICYCLE.
Would Sell His Wife's to Aid His
 Friends Wife's Health.
From Harpers Bazaar.

From Harpers Bazaar.
 Nodd-"I ..I,a met yeoggr wife this morning"
 Nodd-"Yes. Now, I dor't want to un- necessarily alarm you, d Ian, but she isn't looking as we'll as u' nal
 Todd-"Didnt you think so?"
 Nodd-"No. In fact, she looked miser- She looked worn and tired"
 Todd-"Great Scotti I hadn't noticed it."
 Nodd-'"That's only because you see her so constantly. I hesitated to speak to you about it at first, but thought I ought to do it as a friend"
 Todd-"Well, I'm glad you did. I'll send her around to the doctor"
 Nodd-"Don't you do anything of the
 Todd-"why not?"
 Nodd-"What good will he do her? Give her tonic, which will have no lasting effect, and in the end she'll be much worse off No, sir, what she wants is good pure air and out-of-door exercise"
 Todd-"Thats so. I suppose that's the best thing"
 Nodd-"Have you ever thought of get ting her a bicycle?"
 Todd-"Not seriously"
 Nodd-''Weil sir, that's what you want 10 do. and you don't want to waste any Todd-"Think so?"
 Nodd-'I know it. I tell you her conda- ton is serious. First thing you know you'I have an invalid on your hands"
 Todd-"I don't know but you are right" Nodd-'I know I am. Now don't delay this. old fellow. will you? I thing a great deal of you and your wife, and I should hate to see her have a fit of sickness, just because friend hesitated to speak Todd-"By love, so would l. That's a good idea I'll go at it right away. By the ommend2' Nodd-"rd recommend the one my wife 1t cost me
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS.
Strict Business Principles and Low Prices Bring the Trade to
 Kansas City.

By progressive enterprising manage ment the wholesale trade of Kansas City has spread out until 1t embraces the en- tire country west of the Mississippi river and south of the Ohio. and in no line is this great volume of business more appar- en; then in dry goods and staples. The Kansas City travelling men representing this trade can be found in every tcwn and village in the West and South. The ad- house enable him to meet and discount the representatives of other cities. Kansas City gets the business because she goes after if in a business way, knowing the exact reuuh aments of the trade and amply prepared to meet them During the com ing annual festivities. the cheap excursion to Kansas City. and they will receive a warm welcome from the wholesale dry goods men. and an insight into Kansas Citys methods of doing business that Will make them retailers of Kansas City goods only ard save them hundreds of dollars every year.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
Formidable Arctic Mosquitoes.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
 Some of the men who have gone to Alas ka have returned to complain of the hard work. of the cold the heat, the frost or the snow, but the real discoura cement which makes life in the far North a great burden Is the deadly mosquito, from whose insin- uating bill there is no escape.
 They are there in such swarms that sometimes you seem to be looking at the sun through snow storm" said H. A. Fredericks. Of this city, yesterday. Mir. Fredericks has just returned from a long trin in the Yukon country. and it was 10 that region he had particular reference.
 They are the worst thing in the eoun- try" he continued, 'tand besides them the other difficulties amount to nothing. In the settlements they do not bother people much, but when man goes up one of the creeks prospecting he must envelop his head in a mosquito frame of cheese cloth their bills would go through rettins like knife through tissue paper-and must wear gloves and tie his trousers and shirt sleeves close about his ankles and wrists.
 T have come back. not because am dis Eusted with the country. but because want to vote for Mckinley: then I will be ready to return and fight mosquitoes until my work in the North is finished"
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
COAL. AND COKE.
A Business That Is Constantly fn- creasing and Extending in
 Kansas City.

The enormous deposits of coal in the territory that recognizes Kansas City as dts commercial center makes this business of the greatest importance. A vast area of surrounding and Western country is supplied with coal through Kansas City The cheapening of gas; the adoption of electricity and cables on the street car lines. the increasing number of factories and uses for steam power machinery all serve to increase the coal output and trade. We have passed the cord-wood age, and, until the visionary project of produc- Ing heat and power from other sources is perfected and becomes practical the coal man will continue to move all the freight and passengers: all the machinery and supply heat and light to all the inhabi- tants of the civilized world All honor to the coal mani May his veins always be fifty feet through with sound roof.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
WHOLESALE DRUGS.

While not claiming "the largest drug house in the world" etc, Kansas City beasts of wholesale drug establishments that do an immense business on a lower basis ef profit than any establishments in America. Having reduced their methods to a science and formulated system that keeps expenses to the lowest posslble amount the gentlemen managing these es- establishments are enabled to place their goods with the retailer at a small percent age over cost and thus bring many thou sands of dcilars annually to Kansas Clty that would otherwise go 10 St. Louis or Chicago They now invite any and all competition on their prices, and are so that before 1900 Kansas City will become the recognized drug center of the Central states.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
AcoFFEE ROASTING PLANT.
The Complete Facilities of well Known Grocery Estab-
 Iishmeuf.

Located at Nos. 1920 and 1922 Union ave nue. Kansas City Mo-, is the largest and most complete coffee roasting plant in the West. The four story buildings are ntted with the very latest improved machinery for milling. separating and roasting. Col fees are found there from every coffee pro ducing country on the globe: Java, Mocha, Maracaibo, Mexican, Guatemala, Salvador, Jamaica Rio Santos and many other va rieties are used to make up the forty-odd brands of roasted coffees turned out py this house The above mentioned plant IS owned and operated by the Ridenour- Baker Grocery Company, who are always pleased to show visitors through. One cannot fail to get good coffee at the lowest which bears the name of the Ridenour- Baker Grocery Company. These goods are generally handled by the best retail gro ceiss in the Western states.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
A Bond of sxnnnthy.

They were testing a new armor plate. It had successfully resisted shot after shot.
 Here" said a bystander, ''try this new pro1ectile," and he tossed a cube of dark brown material to the chief gunner
 A moment later and the charge passed squarely through the wrecked armor plate. Have you any more of those remarka- ble projectiles?' inquired the astonished ordnance officer
 s1ll see if I can get you a couple of panfuls to-morrow afternoon replied the stranger, with a grim smile. Saturday is the day we have em to burn"
 Then they are"
 My wife's Vassar biscuits.''
 By a common impulse the two men, so strangely thrown together, clasped hands fin cordial sympathy.
 T married a Wellesley girl myself" said the ordnance officer.
 Have one with me" feelingly remarked the stranger.
 Then they both turned aside and sampled a small bottle of dyspepsia tonic.-Cleve- land Plain Dealer.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16


 e COOK for themselves. He was caught with It ana got two dozen" for his pains. while Wing in the roadstsad az at potlaTs aI was tnat | nrst saw man fogged. A convict-a twenty-year man-had made threat to 'do' TOT one or the wardens as soon as he got out. He was sentenced to fortv-eishf stripes before breakfast. The whole ship. captain, officers, crew and all were at once subordlnated to the stan surgeon of 1ns, ane Royal navy. who. took charge of inc was grasn ProGeed1IIngs eonns1Isg Everybody on board Sturgis, the convict, was a hardened fel- low, and as he was being stripped for the been flogged five times, and 1t would be a pity IT he couldn't take the sixth one He taking the forty-eight bows muTgis IiIs narn wnHe was superb He counted every stroke, and when V, eIl.dl he got to twenty-fogr eoolly re- last blow fell the other 2Is convicts wns stood by with dark, sullen faces set up osin GseaIeining cheer. This was instantly and sternly silenced by the surgeon, who threat s senea to nog every one of them if the .of- 4ense 4a was repeated. There were two other couldn't get used to them.
 themselves. On fair evenings in the sec ond dog watch, from to B o'clock, the conTyyicts STy would sing, or recite and often and prisoner, as if in a regular court. They would take the blankets off their hunks and arrange the bench and dock by means of chairs and tables. The sailors would eagerly crowd around to witness these trials, where the fun was often of the widest and brcadest character. After the was over the convicts would demand tobacco from the sailors as q re- ward This would be given them on the sly, as 1t was quite against the rules
 The convicts were well fed, having good food and a gill of the best sherry every day, while the soldiers got only a pint of porter with their rations.
 The morning we reached Gibraltar the checkered flag was flying. A convict had escaped. He had sealed the Qualifications and got over the neutral ground into Spain. It was the first time a convict had ever the feat, which was almost B miracle. The governor of Gibraltar him self went over to visit the fellow in the hospital at Lena, where he took refuge.
 we landed our convicts on the long nole at Gibraltar, and in few days turned our faces toward England Then it was he sailors sang another song:
 When we arrive in the London docks
 Good-by, fare you we'll.
 Good-by, fare you we'll:
 We'll see the girls come down in hocks-- Hurrah! we're homeward bound
 Fare you we'll '"
 And the old seadog thrust his hands in ais pockets and sighed mournfuIly. as he nused upon the girls that came down in locks tc welcome Jack ashore.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16

ls l9se w laSs s4s sns s1. sse sns | fully good listeners.
 This happy, admiring quartet form an table table ' the two listeners often @ hear good 1 stories by the dentist and the broker The | dentist is an imaginative sort of storyteller, ! who manufactures fipGles to fit incidents. | The broker is a great reader realist | and a philosopher.
 | One night the broker told of a lawsuit in | Alabama. A cracker from the mountains was on trial for shooting and wounding a l 'nigger." He was arrested, and. having 1 no money. the judge. appointed the broker yer in the legal sense of the word, but the judge who was an old college mate of his eaio ne tts~ Was an & iqlot because @ ne Iar wasns by instinct. The broker questioned the witnesses briefly, sending in now and then g sarcastic and discomfting trajectory When he came to make a speech, he said:
 Gentlemen of the jury, I have taken great pains to show you that my client have asserted-on oath, mind you-that he stands high in his community"
 The. defendant was feet inches tall, and the jury smiled.
 ''He stood high in his community. and that is sufficient. Now for the law. We find in the thirtieth verse of the sixteenth chapter of Chitty on Pleadings-Chitty gentlemen, was one of the bravest generals in the Confederate army-this well estab- lshed principle of law"
 Here the broker snaps his eyes together and adjusts his glasses, holds the book far or. eleYateS hlS chin ana reaQS:
 No respectable white man can be guilty of crime
 That. gentlemen. is enough I leave the case in your hands,
 Each juror changed his quid looked at his neighbor, nodded, and without leaving their seats rendered a loud and emphatic verdict of mot guilty and then joined in three cheers for the defendant and his law yer.
 The undertaken found fault with the 1 story because nobody in it had been killed. |
 The dentist remarked that if anybody de- | served killing it was the broker
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
WILL INSURE AGAINST TWINS.
London Company Will Pay s1,O0o to Parents Blessed by the Birth
 of Two scions at Once.
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 Accidents and too many youngsters be- ing regarded in the light of family calam- ities over in F gland, the Law, Guar ntae and Trust Society of London issues polio es upon the contingent birth Of twins. The premium is S20, and If the catastrophe hap pens the policy holder recoyers Sl,e9o npon the presentation of the proper proof. This sort of policy is highly useful. The flrst family to insur recovered it's $l,00O anu IS happy, elated and numerous.
 The company must of course proceed with the greatest caution, as twins are often hereditary. To be gin with, the age mt approaches heads of families with due + erence. If he doesn't he surely should.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
Too Literal.

Mother" said the old farmer, who for years had saved up his cash as he gazed sadly on the ashes before him, when I said we'd have money to burn, I dfdn'I mean for you to take 1t so durn lit'ralIy, I swo I didn't"
 As usual. he had hidden his roll of bills in the stove and she had kindled a fire therein the first cool day.-New York World.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
Not So Certain.

''This is one thing you don't have to do, anyhow" growled MT. Wipedunks, through the lather that covered his face, as he proceeded to strap his razor. You're al- ways complaining about your hardships. You ought to be mighty thankful you haven't got a beard to bother you"
 "I don't know about that" replied Mrs. Wipedunks. If I was bearded lady believe could make a better living for this family than you are making. '-Chica- go Tribune.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
An Interesting Georgia Rumor.

From the Blakelv Observer.
 Is there any truth in the rumor that a young lady had a needle enter her waist about a year ago and that 1t recently worked It's way out of the arm of young man in neighboring town? 1t may be Gus.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16
Thousands Come Into Play.

It seemed to be the amount, however, for the lawyer, finding no more money in h.s pocketbook, counted out a thousand dollars from the roll in his hand. and laying that on the pile in the middle of the table, said:
 T call you.~
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16

ered at ST. LOUIS. This contract like aII others, was awarded after strong competi- ton from all the cities in the United States. Kansas City wholesale paint and glass houses only want an opportunity to compete-the rest is easy.
The Mena weekly star., 1896-09-16

sewhere are you going. my pretty maida Way Riop' 'Im going a-milking. sir" she said, sWay down on the Rio Grande. f1f
Arizona republican., 1896-06-09

United States upon all ballots or until advised by him to the contrary.
 Hoff's motion, when finally put had but twelve supporters, the eleven votes from Pima and one vote from Gila. It was the scene of considerable bitter ness of speech, however, and the chair man was shown to be decidedly precipi- tate in his rulings. But the resolutions, without Hoff's amendment, were re- adopted and 'the band played on.'
 Then the convention got down to the real business that had caused it's call. the naming of delegates to the National convention at Chicago.
 Apache had but one representative, W. H. Burbage, editor of the St. Johns Herald So H. D. Ross of Yavapai per formed the service that placed MT, Burbage as candidate for one of the six delegates.
 Coconino had a candidate in Hugh Campbell, who was nominated by T. S. Bunch.
 Joseph Campbell, for Maricopa, nom- mated J. L. B. Alexander.
 Graham, by way of P. T. Robertson of Gila, named it's district attorney, Wiley E. Jones.
 Pima's candidate, who was vouched for by that pioneer, James Finley, was Judge w. H. Barnes.
 Yavapai was happy in having half dozen vouchers for her candidate, Col. J. F. Wilson, the leader being John c. Herndon, who eloquently told how Col. Wilson had followed with him the thankless task of stumping the terri tory at the last election.
 As there were just six named and no more, they were selected by acclama- tion.
 The alternates were given to the counties that had not been given del egate representation, as follows: Co., chise, M. D. Scribner; Gila, E. J. Ed wards; Mohave, Harvey Hubbs; Nav ajo, Dr. R. c. Dryden; Pinal, w. Y Price; Yuma, Murat Masterson.
 A motion was made that the central committee be requested to call the next territorial convention at Prescott. An amendment fixed the site at Williams The amendment carried by vote of 51 to 45.
 There was a closing row over the question of recommending a National l committeeman at this session, the mat ter finally being carried and Mark Smith being named as the choice fol the position of the Democracy of Ari- zona.
 Then adjournment was taken, the hour being 5:30, and a resolution o1 thanks to the officers was agreed to by the members already swarming dowr the stairs.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-09

Sam Purdy, district attorney and leg islator in perpetuity.
 The Pima county delegation were a band of brothers, all of the band that so long and at last successfully opposed L. c. Hughes. Among them was the old pioneer, Jim Finley, Supervisor and Representative Mariana Saman- lego, Clerk Fred Hughes of the board of supervisors, District Attorney Lov- ell, Joe Scott, formerly sheriff, and Gus Hoff, the merchant.
 Pinal was represented by it's oldest citizen, Peter R. Brady by its sheriff, Bill Truman, and Receiver Sanders of the Florence canal.
 Coconino's representation included Merchant Max Salzman and Deputy Marshal Morrell of Williams.
 Cochise was lilly represented in point of numbers, sturdy Martin Costello and Sheriff White doing all the honors.
 Judge J. M. Murphy of the Mohave delegation is the county's district at torney, while Harvey Hubbs is the county treasurer.
 Sheriff George Olney of Graham found time to take in the convention.
 The delegates who are entitled to the credit of travelling the farthest to attend the convention are J. M. and o. D. Flake, whose home, Snowflake, is a pretty little settlement far down in the pines of southern Navajo county. An other prominent member of the Navajo delegation is the county treasurer, B. A, Sawyer, who is as well one of Win slows leading merchants.
 J. c. Herndon, who pluckily, though unnecessarily, raised Democracy $ banner at the last election, was del egate from Yavapai, as was also Mor- ris Goldwater, merchant and member of the board of equalization.
Arizona republican., 1896-06-09
THE DELEGATES.
Those Who Are in Attendance Upol
 the Territorial Convention.

AS one citizen meditatively re- marked, as he surveyed the crowd in front of the Commercial hotel, Its not bad looking lot of men, even if it is composed of Democrats" About half the delegates had Bland buttons in buttonholes, and there didn't ap- pear to be friend of the gold propa- ganda in the lot. All appeared amica- ble, another peculiar feature for a gathering of the Arizona Democracy.
 In the Prescott delegation were A. G. Oliver, the banker and mining man, who has been an Arizonan for forty years.
 B. A. Rogers, editor of the Prescott Courier, had not stirred from Prescott for about twelve years till few weeks ago. Yesterday he made his third trip to Phoenix and was an interested par ticipant in the convention proceedings
 R. M. Ling, Prescott's police judge was candidate for delegate to Chicago till defeated in the county convention by the forces in the interest of Col. J. F. Wilson. Nevertheless he came to the convention, in hopes of an accident in the fortunes of war
 w. A. Rowe, who has made more than million in the mines of the Bradshaw mountains, and who put it | all back into the mines, was of course prominent feature, as he has been at all the Democratic conventions since '60. He is now resident of Slate creek district.
 | R. N. Fredericks, one of the oldest of Hassayampers, was in attendance from Prescott
 The personality of IT. s. Bunch, formerly district attorney of Apache county, but now practicing law in Flagstaff, was easily discernible in the convention.
 A. T. Cornish, iceman and county official of Coconino, was delegate
 B. F. Sanguinetti, the pioneer mer- chant, was in the Yuma delegation
 N. w. Bernard, ex-legislator, was active in Pima's delegation.
 The district attorney of Graham county, Wiley B. Jones, was on hand a winner from the start for Chicago
 J. J. Birdno, the secretary, is one ot the proprietors and editors of the Graham Guardian, the sprightly week. ly of Stafford
 w. s. Adams, editor of the Jerome Mining News, was an active member of the convention, clear-headed and prompt in the cause of free silver, that to his constituents means so much. Superintendent M. J. Nugent of the territorial prison represented his wards as well as the other residents of Yuma the list being filled up by Murat Mas. terson, long resident of Prescott and
Arizona republican., 1896-06-09
THE PLATFORM.
It Knows but One Subject and That
 Subject Silver.

The delayed platform committee finally was brought in and the follow ing was read by Judge Murphy:
 Resolved, That we, the Democratic party of Arizona, in convention, re- pudiate the financial policy of the pres ent National administration.
 We endorse the language used by Juhn G. Carlisle in 1878, when he de- nounced the conspiracy" to destroy silver as standard money, as ''the most gigantic crime of this or any other ago." and we agree with him in the declaration then made that 'the consummation of such scheme would ultimately entail more misery upon the human race than all the wars, pes tilences and famines that have ever occurred in the history of the world"
 We are not willing to be parties to such a crime and in order to undo a wrong already done and to prevent a further rise in the purchasing power of the dollar, we favor the immediate res toration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the pres age existed prior to 1873, without wait ing for the aid or consent of any other nation, such gold and silver to be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private.
 We are opposed to the retirement of the greenback and demand that the secretary of the treasury, instead of issuing interest bearing bonds for the purchase of gold shall recognize silver as money of redemption and exercise the right to redeem greenbacks, treas ury notes and all other coin obliga- tions in silver when silver is more convenient.
 Resolved, That the delegates to the National convention be, and they are hereby instructed, to vote as a unit and to vote only for free coinage can- didate for the nomination for president and vice-president.
 Resolved, That we, the Democratic party in convention assembled, demand the immediate admission of Arizona to the sisterhood of states and that we urge our delegate to congress to use his best endeavors to that end.
 The reading of the platform and oi it's every paragraph brought out the most unqualified approval and there was not voice raised in behalf of the National executive, though there was an of1ceholder or two in the conven. tiOn.
 Chairman Rowe put the question ot it's adoption and declared it to be unan. imous before he allowed a hearing tc Gus A. Hoff, who had been shouting for five minutes for the attention of tht chair. It took half hour of quibbline to get MT. Hoff's motion before tht convention. It was as follows:
 Whereas, The blunder of 1873 has greatly retarded the growth and pros perity of this Nation, and
 Whereas, Said blunder has beer criminal in it's results to all the peopl, of our land, and
 Whereas, Our nation has always ha( a staunch. patriotic friend and cham pion in the Hon. Richard P. Bland O Missouri who has necessarily and un sel1shly worked for the remonetiza tion of silver to the end that the bur den of the American people may b. frightened, therefore be it
 Resolved, That the Democratic dele gates from Arizona to the Nationa Democratic convention at Chicago ar hereby instructed to vote as a unit fo the nomination of Hon. Richard F Bland of Missouri for president of tn