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Arizona republican., 1896-08-26
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL. Happenings of Streets
 and Town. Epitome of the City's Local
 Intelligence. -..s>. .s,es y4
 S r@p.l The Doings ofa Day In .4hoen:x and It's Tributary
 ReRIon-

M. H. Williams has been appointed road overseer of district 18, vice J. F. Lewis, removed.
 Lester Payne, the music teacher, has returned from Prescott and will short ly resume his classes.
 A dance will be given at the Park Thursday night It will be private and strictly invitational.
 A Mexican who was arrested for fast riding through the streets was yesterday fined $3 by Recorder Jobs.
 The Goldman excursion party that has been taking in the sights of the Grand canyon for the past month, is expected to return to Phoenix today.
 County court house bonds of the numbers 15, 16, 17, are ordered pre- sented. They call for $1,000, which leaves a balance of $12,000 yet to pay on the bonds.
 H. Bent, a carpenter employed at the Prietas mill, a few days ago fell from the top of an elevator to the ground, distanace of fifty feet. He was instantly killed.
 A wedding is supposed to be on the
 
 parties are said to be a prominent young El Pasoan and a well known young Phoenix lady.
 A silver rally under the auspices of the Bryan-SewaH club of Mesa will be held tonight at that place. A few or ators from this city will attend and en- Tighten the people on the money ques- tion.
 A gentleman who returned yester- day from the coast says that large party of Phoenix people sojourning there will leave in a couple of days on the return trip, their tickets having expired. s
 A couple of enterpristng Individuals are doing fair business by carrying visitors to and from the campmeeting grounds. The attendance at the meetings is good despite the distance from the city.
 Henry Shelter, the young lad who was struck on the head with a stone a few days since by a companion, is said to be in a critical condition and requires almost the constant attend ance of two physicians.
 1Q0 .M6XIGdu Dduu Cdll6u at ln6 tte- publican office late Monday night and rendered several nice selections The band is an excellent one and will no doubt be In evidence good deal at political meetings this fall.
 A we'll dressed young man who gives his name as Sam Magnus was before the recorder yesterday charged with having no visible means of support The officers claim that he is crook, but he says not. Sentence was SIS pended until this morning, he being in the meantime released under $5 bail
 The Tucson Philharmonica band has returned to Tucson after sojourning for the past two weeks in southern Cal ifornia. They won golden opinions for themselves and were petted by the ladies. The boys say they were roy ally treated wherever they went.
 Messrs. Hirst & Baugh will ship six carloads of cattle today to Los An geles.
 Tucson Citizen: Colonel Martin has secured rate from the s. P. company of 11s cents per mile for the militia boys when they go to their en- campment in Phoenix this fall. This rate is for men in uniforms, and for bodies of organized militia travelling together. This rate makes the round
Arizona republican., 1896-08-26
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 FLEMING BLOCK.

Fall term Lamson's Business Col lege opens September z, 1896. Tui- tion has been reduced for the term to $16 English course; $25 business course and $35 shorthand and typewriting course.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-26

Don't suffer. Get a bottle of our prickly heat killer. Price, 25 cents. The Phoenix Drug Co.,, 15 W.:Wash- ington.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-26

Don't forget the New Louvre, Mad ison, between first and Center streets. Cool beer hall upstairs. Music twice a week.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-26

Peaches, pears, melons, grapes, to- matoes, chili, cucumbers, eggs, butter, cheap. J. B. Genzlinger, 211 w., Wash ington street.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-26

Lou Hanse. The boys worked like beavers and feel proud of having op- ened in splendid shape one of the best gold mines in the country.
 Rees & Greenup are working on the Sultan and taking out very rich ore. There will be good development work done pn this mine next winter. The Sultan is a fine prospect, and will with the developments contemplated rank with the Gold Standard among the best gold mines in the county.
 George Blakeley is opening up a group of mines mile north of the Sul- tan, the Golden Fleece, Argo, High land Chief and Summit; they are all big veins, ranging from fourteen to twemty-two feet wide. Fourteen feet of ore in one of these mines sampled s per ton; the other claims give equal ly as good showing, some of the ore assaying as high as $375. They are fine mines for big company. Blakeley expects to dispose of them soon flor a good figure.
 Nick Gallis is driving away on the Swiss Belle and grading for mill site. His foreman, MT. Casey, has thoroughly sampled the mine, closely prospecting the ore as it comes to the surface. He is we'll pleased with the outlook and predicts for the company a certain and great success. MT Gallis is also working the How'll mine, on which he intends to build a mill this winter.
 Beckman & Dunlap are developing a mine near Buzzard wash, five miles west of Austin They have sunk a shaft 40 feet. They have twenty inches of high grade ore, and will soon make a shipment.
 The concentrators on the Waters mine are doing we'll, and good reports come from the mine. a.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-26

$100 bicycles for renting al No. 19 Wall street. Fay Knowlton.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-26

Mo one. is healthier than the English. They eat good meat and potatoes and drink good tea
 Schilling's Best is as cheap as ''chaap" tea.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-26
LOCAL BREViTIES.

Wanted-A waitress at the Golden Rule restaurant. opposite Commercial hotel.
 Cheap-For sale or Rhire, a four horse team, wagon stretcher and har- ness complete. Good condition for use. Apply at this office.
 The Sacred Heart academy will re- open on Tuesday, September 8. For terms apply to the Mother Superior.
 Best cup of coffee at Coffee APs."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-26

and delusion, substituting a piece of
wood carefully cut out to fit his hand
and bound around ingeniously with
Irvine to hold the blade firm and give
good grip. So attached do these men
become to their own particular imple
ments that you can materially lessen
your best workman's efficiency by
starting him out with a strange ma
chete; indeed, he is more than likely to
refuse to work a all under such condi-
lions. Naturally, the choice of such
constant companion is a weighty mat
ter, and however poverty stricken
man may be he will pay a full price
for blade that exactly suits him. His
test is a severe one. Laying the ma
chete fiat on the ground he stands on
one end and bends the blade until the
handle almost touches the point-re
curing precisely the same degree of
fexibility as made the old Damascus
sword so famous. If the steel survives
this treatment and gives out the pro-
per note when struck sharply, hardly
anything he has is too precious to Sc
cure it. Constant filing keeps the blade
in a raZor-like condition even through
the hard usage it has to undergo, and
if he be building a hut he will cut the
palm leaf thatch and the yaguas to
cover the walls, fell and trim the logs
for the framework, and even hew out
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-26

character, for in such fighting the
mercenary is no match for the son of
the soil striking for his home and for
that principle of liberty which was
embodied in our own constitution by
such a CHASTITY expenditure of life The
Spanish generals have tried the ex-
pertinent of arning their troops also
with the machete, but it was
found to be almost useless in
the hands of the inexperienc-
ed, and the insurgents still have a mo-
nopoly of it's terrors. The mere shout
of ''Al machete" has been known to
create panic in the enemy's columns,
and it is dreaded with reason, for there
is preserved in the Madrid museum of
artillery a rifle which, during the ten
years war. was cut squarely in two
wood, steel and ALL by single stroke
of a cutlass.
The last battle Of any size which has
been reported was on March "a, the
same day on which General Gomez CAP
tured the important town of Santa
Clara, and after holding it for live
hours. reiterated before a superior force
carrying with him over 100000 cart
ridges besides a supply Of arms and
clothing. The former engagement took
place midway between Guiana and La
Fe in the Pinar del Rio province. The
insurgents attacked the Wadras battal-
ion and although the Spaniards were
drawn up in a square with a protecting
force of cavalry, they were quite I'M
able to withstand the fierce onslaught
of the machete-armed warriors, who
scattered them in every direction, using
their keen weapons with fatal effect
during both the fight and the pursuit.
AN IMPLEMENT OF
PEACE.
It is not surprising that the Cuban
should be 50 wonderfully proficient in
handling this weapon when one reflects
what it is to him in times of peace; it
is then about as comprehensive an i'm
plement as could be devised; he used it
for anything from peeling stick of
sugar-cane to telling a tree a foot and
a half in diameter, and it is really a
rare sight to see peasant without mis-
cutlass, either carried in his hand or
swinging in a long leather sheath In
appearance it is much like corn knife,
but is usually longer and heavier, with
a homemade handle incomparably
more comfortable than the blister-rais-
ing device which every country boy
has tested in cutting down a row of
corn. The ready made handles of horn
look like quite the proper thing to the
novice, but the veteran machete man is
almost sure to discard this as snare
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-26
FOR THE SUMNER GIRL.

The newest grass-cloths come in mar
row stripes of lace insertion or satin
hair stripes of delicate green. blue or
yellow.
The beII-shaped skirt will be much
trimmed with rows of lace insertion OF
narrow ribbons, either OF which give
the desired weight and body to the di-
aphanous summer fabrics.
The pretty burnt straw, or Panama
sailor, is prettiest when trimmed only
with band of black velvet and worn
with a thin white veil, edged with
row of narrow lace.
Belts are very. very narrow, or very.
very wide; some of the latest measur-
ing quite four inches in depth, are
clasped with buckles resembling old
fashioned door plates both in size and
shape.
New figures come in deep shades OF
red. blue and green, or in pale yellow
and pink The Former. when relieved
with much white embroidery or lace,
have distinctive style all of their own
The latest skirt waists have wide,
white turn4beck linen cuffs and deep
collar, and are finished with q narrow
strip of stiffened white linen as but
ton-hole piece. which gives an added
touch of freshness.
Lingerie is shown at the leading
shops in bewildering variety, and now
that the white skirt will soon be seen
on the promenade. it. too. is shown in
a. the shapes and trimmed in profus-
ion with narrow embroidered ruffles.
Pretty blouse waists to wear with
black satin skirts are made of lowered
sash ribbons. with the addition of a
soft vest of lace or chiffon to complete
the front. The sleeves should be of sat
in, like the skirt, or of black chiffon
over black.
And. by the way. there is really
nothing cleaner for warm weather or
daintier than the white skirt-one
comes in from a dusty promenade and
it is consigned TO the washtub. where
as the silk peticoat. even after being
thoroughly brushed, is never quite clean
again.
The one-color room is the very latest
fad among house decorators. it may
be green, yellow or Deift-blue but
whatever the motif CHOSEN, it must lie
quite unrelieved by any other color;
therefore such rooms are not for the
general public. as they must needs be
designed by d veritable artist.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-26

the palm boards, all with the same
blade, while the yams which are dug
up with the point are often cut into
eatable portions with the edge.
The ease with which one of these
sturdy Fellows swings his machete all
day under the scorchfng sun in the
cornfield or the forest, would make an
inexperienced onlooker think it a
simple matter, and it is not until he
has attacked a slender sapling with
terrible force only to find the blade
turn as it strikes and make the slight
est of cuts, that he realizes the amount
of skizl and '.knack" necessary to
bring out all it's virtues For the ex-
pert employs comparatively little mus
cular strength. He has the machete
balanced exactly right and as sharp
as a file can make it, and then, with a
dexterous swing and a drawing motion
buries the wide blade in the wood
generally at a sharp angle, allowing the
handle to rest loosely in his palm at
the moment of contact, so as to get the
beEeft of the full momentum. He
can cut away from his body towards
it, up. down, sideways, backhanded,
against a solid trunk or through
swinging elusive vines-aN with this
unerring blow, and no matter how
thick the tangle of growth about him
catching at his arm and weapon he
hardly ever injuries himself.
On holidays out comes the extra
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-26

er and lighter than the other: the
leather belt too prosaic for This ia
vorite knife. so a gaudy, great silk
handkerchief, is passed through the
sheath slit, itself as decorative as
Mexican's stirrup leather, and in this
festal attire the gallant struts forth
prepared to cut a maya blossom for
his sweetheart or split a successful
rivals head if his jealousy be goaded
too far. The children measure their
height by the length of the blade. and
when the ambitious youngster can
strap on his fathers machete and walk
without having the point trailing on
the ground, he feels himself man in
deed.
With such a lifelong course of train
ing it is small wonder that the Cuban
should have distinguished himself and
his nachete when it became his chief
defense against his oppressor.
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to originate a system of tactics quite
at variance with the rules of military
science. There were few wounded af-
ter the bloody battles of Cacao, Tobite
or San Geronimo, for the Cubans, hav-
ing crept through the long grass, their
machetes held between their teeth,
would await in breathless silence the
approach Of the Spanish troops. and
the suddenness of the spring from the
ambuscade left no time to shoot; it
became cutlass against bayonet on the
instant, and the cutlass generally did
It's work better.
At the battle of Caco, Rabi, the in
surgent leader, found his men suppl
ed with but two rounds of cartridges,
and the country was too open to adj
nit of an AMBUSH. Compelling a cap
tured trumpeter to sound the Spanish
bugle call, he rode full gallop with all
his force at the approaching column.
crying, viva Espara' In the clouds
Of dust the Spaniards did not perceive
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copyright, 1886. By S. S. Mcclure COM
pany.)

Had it not been for the efficiency of
the rnachete in the hands of the brave
patriots, the cause Of Cuba's liberty
must have been irretrievably lost, be-
fore this time. 1t is this weapon that
is winning Cuba's freedom, for at the
beginning of the present revolt there
were but a few hundred rifles in the
possession of the insurgents, and until
the Bermuda landed her cargo on the
island only an occasional filibustering
expedition, and these carrying small
supplies, had managed to elude the Wig
ilance of the Spanish watch dogs.
The case Of the transmission from an
implement of husbandry to weapon
and. the fearful effectiveness of the
machete when employed against hu-
man flesh instead of sugar cane or log
wood has made this great cutlass from
time immemorial an important factor
in private quarrels in Cuba, and the
patriots were not slow to perceive its
advantages when they began their
struggle for liberty. 1t was the one
weapon with which every peasant was
familiar. Even had these poor noun
taineers been versed in the handling of
firearms the supply of the latter was
so Drecarious that large proportion
of their troops would have been quite
useless but for the cutlass; and a terri
bic foe have these machete-men prov
ed themselves in dozens of encounters.
CUTLAS AGAINST BAYONET.
1t requires a sufficient amount of
bravery to stand up before a line of
guns belching out flame and death,
but in a hand-to-hand struggle, such
as becomes inevitable with these great
knives, personal activity and physical
strength are tried to the utmost; and
the leaders Of the insurgents are forced
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SEALED THE BILL WITH A Mss

Unless the Gereva Times has been
misinformed a certain dentist of that
town has paid pretty dear for his whis-
tie. 1t says that fair young lady of
Waterloo has been having considerable
dental work done at Geneva. 1t is said
that when the dentist had completed
the job he pronounced the work done
in a most satisfactory manner and in
order to seal the statement in proper
form, according to his notion, planted
a kiss on the lips of the young lady in
question. The young lady, conscious
of his Waterloo, did not scream She
assumed her most dignified air and
looking the dentist squarely in the face.
asked him for her bill. The dentist
calamity informed her that it was $40
Very WELL" said the young lady, as
she turned to go. that has been lioui-
dated. 1 have your receipt in full. .
Thereupon she left his parlors The
doctor was dumbfounded He was
nonplussed. 1t took him several days
to recover from the shock and to rea-
lie that it was a $50 kiss he gave to a
Waterloo young lady. 1t is said that
he will not send his bill to her parents
but will charge the item ITO the profit
and loss account of his business.
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the truth till their enemies were with
in a few yards, and then it was too
late, for their ranks were shattered
by the impetuous onset of the Cubans,
and only a bare handful of the de-
tachment escaped the deadly machete
Always the news is OF the same
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PUy-DITs.

Professor-Why does a duck put hel
head under water?
Pupil-For divers reasons.
Professor-Wh does she go on land?
Pupl-For sundTy reasons.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-26
Ell MACHETE.
The Weapon That Is Winning
Cuba'S Freedom.

BY A CUBAN INsURGENT ON
RABrS STAFF.
The evening times., 1896-03-06
REV. DIR. BROWNS STATEMENT.
Admits That Mrs. Stock on Threw HeI
Arms Around His Neck.

Admits That Mrs. StOc kf on Threw Her
Arms Around His Neck.
San Francisco, March 6.-The Brown
council yesterday heard the statement of
DR.. Brown. II was devoid of sensational
features. He went over his life, and de-
MED that there was anything in his col
lege experience at Oberlin of a scandalous
nature. He explained the charges inves-
tigated by the Rochester, Mich, council,
which had vindicated him, and related
how he met Miss Overman In Tacoma.
She was introduced into his home as
dressmaker, and his sympathy for her was
aroused by her apparent hard struggle for
a living. After he came to San Francisco
Miss Overman came down and was again
given employment by his wife at dress
making. Mrs. Brown, he said, invited her
to remain for her health and she accepted
He did not deny having met Mrs. Stockton
at the places stated by her, but alleged
that the meetings were coincidental. He
admitted having gone to her room, when
she threw her arms about his neck, but
denied that she had ever used his cxpe-
rience in an attempt to blackmail him.
At the Brown Council last evening after
Deacon Vasconcellos had finished his testi-
mony, Deacon E. d. Williams of the First
Congregational Church of Oakland SUBJ
ing 1t the sense of the councilthat DR.. Brown
had never been unduly intimate with or
had been in the habit OF meeting women
In the church or on the street OF at any time
or any place. The resolution was passed.
The evening times., 1896-03-06
08C.
CLARK'S
734-736 7th ST. N. w.

advertising button in his lapel, this
man don't know vert igo from mintoxication."
II am subject to light headed attacks,
and usually fall down when they seize
me-"
"Yes, / imagine co." remarked the
court, dryly, looking at Lyons swollen
nose. "You say it's vertigo. You know
what / say
Il have no idea" replied the defend
ant, suavely, disnlantliHg the pyramid and
showing one hand ostentatiously in the
bosom of his coat, but I'm always at the
pleasure OF your honor
Yes, sir: and my pleasure is that you
spend the next thirty days In the work
house. l diag gnose your case as whisky I'M
pedinent. not vertigo
Lyons stepped back and winked at Kendig.
Don't you laugh at me, sir" said that
functionary. Indignantly.
Vertigo net and nit responded the
affabe Lyons.
Policemen should be careful how they
swear against prisoners.
Policeman Riley yesterday afternoon
watched a man named Joseph Ford go up
and down Connecticut avenue ringing door
bells. The policeman coneocted in his
As matter OF fact he was,not. He was
tnquiring for a chance to do odd chores.
Riley arrested and appeared gainst him
In a positive way this morning
You know that's mot true" said Ford,
after Riley had Offered some very conflict
ing testimony against him. III go TO
a mans door and ask for a job of putting
In coal and wood. that don't mean, neces-
sarily. I'm beggar.''
Ford, who is an unusually intelligent
man. impressed the conrt.
Why, your honor" he continued, this
officer has not witness in this court
against me.
WANTED WORK NOT CHARITY.
Il went. among other houses. to the
residence of Mr.. Seckendorf. who is the
representative Of the New York Tribune
here. He can testify that l wanted en-
ployment. not charity"
Il believe you. Ford" said Judge Kim
ball, "you may CO.
Now you'd better call Mary Carroll,
Mr. Harper said his honor. Mary was
victim of both conscience and coppers.
I'm guilty. judge" she pleaded, as
the clerk rolled out the harsh technica lities
of the information.
"Yes, and you have plead in that fash
ion for the last ten years" returned the
court. "why don't you try and be better
woman You know the end that is staring
you in the face"
Mary, with face all miserable in its
pinched and faded depravity, asked the
mercy OF God and man.
Don't you use the name OF the Deity"
interjected the court. Il will not permit
it. You can furnish bonds or go down for
thirty days"
.Gimme anudder show" whined the
woman.
Not one" said the court. You've
been figure in this court ever since I've
been on the bench. I'm afraid your case
is lost"