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Arizona republican., 1896-01-15
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL, Happenings of Streets and Town. Epitome of the City'S Local
 Intelligence. The Doings of Day In Phoenix and
 It's Tributary
 Region.

Jose Wilson was yesterday placed under arrest and lodged in jail on a charge of embedding a wagon.
 The mail from the east was six hours late yesterday on account of the wreck that occurred this side of El Paso.
 The trial of Mrs. Shipp, arrested for abusing Mrs. w. H. Thomas on the street, has been continued until next Tuesday. @a T FSz&
 Justice Morfis yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of John Aver isch Go John) for selling liquor with out license. .a}GfVSt
 The Lamso1i. Literary society met last night at the college for their quar- terly election of officers, as well as for a pleasant time.
 Contractor w. s. Fitzpatrick was yesterday arrested on a warrant sworn to by Mrs. E. B. Kent, charging him with trespassing.
 Several offensive carcasses taint the air close to the road on North Center street. There should be some way to reach the nuisance.
 fTUUdCG yO0IClu1y sued a marriage license to Lafayette Hawks and Addie l.. Brown, both of Mesa City. The couple were married there last night.
 Last week was the week of prayer at the Presbyterian church and as the meetings were well attended nightly, it was decided to continue the meet ings for the balance of this week.
 John s. Dorsey, representing the Lone Star Commission company of Kansas City, is in the city. He has purchased two carloads of fat beef cattle from o. H. Christy which he will ship to Kansas.
 Contractor Lowell announces that the asylum sewer is completed. The sewer extends to the farm, a dis tance of 8,450 feet from the asylum. It is the first hydraulic sewer to be constructed in the west.
 A photographic ground plan and elevation of the Sunset Flyer" now adorns the office of the Maricopa & Phoenix railway. From it is plain to note that every comfort of life is now to be found while riding on the rail- ,
 The Fannie Rice Theatrical con- pany will not appear in Phoenix next Tuesday as was expected. Manager Faeishman of the opera house yester- day received a telegram from her stat ing that she could not come ito Phoenix this season.
 A well-known mining man who, by the way, is a good friend of King Booze, ran up against the fist of a 24O pound man yesterday afternoon That was the end of the TOW; the mining man got what he deserved and no apologies were rendered.
 Will Webster yesterday brought a party of eastern experts to examine his mining claims north of the Camel back mountains. The claim which was pronounced valuable by the visit ors is a six foot ledge and runs high in copper with small per cent of gold.
 The station of the s. F., P. & P. has been completed at Peoria and H. s. Handlers has been installed as agent Peoria is lively shipping point and the railroad company was quick to find it out and will from now on han de considerable business from that place.
 Next Tuesday night at the opera house will be given an entertainment
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

A nice, large, sunny room with fire place, suitable for man and wife, or two gentlemen. Inquire at 14S, cor ner Second and Monroe streets.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15
PERSONAL MENTION,
Jottlngs About Individuals and Their
 Actions.

Charles Whitlow, Pinal cattleman, is in the city.
 Sheriff w. A. Truman of Pinal county is in Phoenix.
 Col. B. D. Martin leaves for Prescott this morning on legal business.
 Governor Hughes is expected to re-
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15
WORTH REMEMBERING.
HE READ NEWSPAPERS.

HE READ NEWSPAPERS.
 "Haye you observed" said merchant to customer, ssthe handsome advertise ment have on a fence between PhGn1x and Mesa?" "No," replied the customer, ssbut if you wilt send the fence around to my house l will try to read the announce ment. I read the papers and l haven't time to go around reading billboards." And the merchant scratched his head.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

Dr. Stroud now treats consumption by the Cyrus Edson method.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

At McKelligon's you can get the finest handmade sour mash, Bourbon and Pennsylvania rye whiskies. Mo- 21, East Washington street.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

For a fine fit go to s. Friedman, the tailor, No. Al West Washington St.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

For Rent -Commodious and cen. trally located residence, 439 East Washington street. Apply at 29 South Fourth street.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

MT. R. L. Bake, the well-known portrait painter, has opened his new studio in room 15, Fleming block.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

Little, the stenographer. All work strictly frst-class.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

Mrs. J. C. Shurtleff will do dress making at her home, Jefferson street, between Third and Fourth avenue.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

R. l.. Bake, portrait painter, oil, pastel, water color, sepia, India ink and crayon. Room 15, Fleming block.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15
LOCAL BREVITIES.


 MT. R. L. Bake, the well-known portrait painter, has opened his new studio in room 15, Fleming block. For fine fit go to S. Friedman, the tailor, No. Al West Washington St. Dr. Stroud now treats consumption by the Cyrus Edson method.
 A nice, large, sunny room with fire place, suitable for man and wife, or two gentlemen. Inquire at 148, cor ner Second and Monroe streets. Little, the stenographer. All work strictly first-class.
 For Rent-Commodious and cen trally located residence, 439 East Washington street. Apply alt 29 South Fourth street.
 Mrs. J. c. Shurtleff will do dress making at her home, Jefferson street, between Third and Fourth avenue. R. l.. Bake, portrait painter, oil, pastel, water color, sepia, India ink and crayon. Room 15, Fleming block. The finest line of woolens in the city is at Smith, The Tailor's. Prices to suit Ithe times.
 Pleasant, sunny rooms to let at reasonable prices at the Hayden build ing, Tempe. A. s. WHIPPLE,
 Assignee. The only steam clothes cleaner in the territory is at Smith, The Tailor, near P. o.
 If you want fine artistic tailoring see Smith. The Tailor.
 Guns! Guns and ammunition of all sorts and sizes at Dawson & Fish. Best cup of coffee at Coffee As" Phoenix steam laundry, corner Jack son and Center streets.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

Phoenix steam laundry, corner Jack son and Center streets.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

for the benefit of the Methodist church building fund. Miss Anita Yaeger, who has already won laure1s in the valley as a. gifted elocutionist, will give the recitation assisted by local +o1a
Arizona republican., 1896-01-15

Guns! Guns and ammunition of all sorts and sizes at Dawson & Fish.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-22
VERY SMART BOY.
Thought the Horse Had No Right to Be-
Foolhardy.

Thought the Horse Had No Right to Be
Foolhardy.
Canine intelligence is q something
that has oftentimes been the subject
upon which fiction has been founded.
The queer antics of the dog, and its
seemingly keen perception at divers
occasions, are things that have brought
many philosopher to conclude that
this species of the dumb brute is well
nigh human.
At one of the evening entertainments
of the Carver combination common
poodle dog, if it did not show true un-
derstanding of the situation, certainly
verified the sympathetic qualifications
that have so often been attributed to its
kind. During the entire performance
he seemed as interested as any of the
spectators. 1t closely watched the ath.
letes mount the tower and make their
high dives, followed them in their airy
fight before striking the water, and
seemed to smile all over when they arose
uninjured to the surface of the water.
But what seemed to attack its sensibili-
ties most was the act of the diving
horses. AS soon as it saw that one of
the lorses was being led around to the
incline at the back of the tower, by
which they ascend to their place, it be-
came restless, and commenced to whine
pitifully. 1t seemed to strike it that
this was not as it should be; it grasped
the unnaturalness of the feature, and
expressed sympathy the best it could.
1t painted. and the whine grew stronger
the nearer the horse came TO the plat
form. When the horse stopped and
waited moment, the dog actually
seemed to lose its breath. And as the
horse fearlessly made the plunge the
dog actually shuddered and seemed to
be on the point of collapsing. The horse,
Of course, arose safely and swan to
shore. Upon seeing that the horse had
escaped uninjured the joy of the dog
knew no bounds. 1t barked and wagged
its tail and was as happy as could be,
and but for its master would have run
to where the horse was, presumably to
extend congratulations upon remark
| able escape. Minneapolis Tribune
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-22

duced forces the cork out with violent
while by the effect Of reac'
ton the bottle rolls back upon the lead
pencils, initiating exactly the recoil Of
piece of artillery.
Some time when you want to enter
tain your friends after dinner, propose
to them the problem of the three
matches. Make a slit in the end of one
match and after slightly sloping with a
knife the end of second match intro
duce it into the opening of the first in
such way as to form an acute angle,
Now stand them up on the table and
lean n third against them as indicated
in the design. Hand a fourth match to
anyone present and ask him to lift in
the air with its aid the three others all
together.
Like all the little games of combina-
tion this is very simple-after you know
how but have seen it tire the patience
of an eminent architect and even great
civil engineer.
The solution of it is indicated in the
illustration:
just lean the fourth match lightly
against the first in order to let the third
fall under the one which you hold. Then
lower the hand so that the third may
pass into the angle formed by the first
two. Now lift into the air the match
which you hoel in your hand and the
others will come with 1t two on one side
and one on the other.-Chicago Inter
noaon
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-22

ground. 1t is wholly out of proportion
to the size of the bird, but no nest could
be more substantially put together,
The materials are coarse rushes and
grasses, wound round and round in q
globular form, the ends being carefully
worked in to make tolerably smooth,
tough thatch, perfectly dry and less
than an inch thick, with hole some
where in the side near the top for the
wrens to go in and out. Just where
that hole is, few can tell until after
brood has been raised and the way has
been made plain by the constant COM
ing and going. If one is not in posses
sion of the secret, he had better not try
to discover it unless he wishes to de-
stroy the nest, for he would be likely 10
lose patience and perhaps to thrust a
finger through the wall.
In the old nests the orifice may bs
plainly seen. 1t is nearly an inch
across; but in the new nests. instead of
leading directly to the inside like a
simple window, there is wide shelf or
sill, which projects not outward, but
inward, and slopes steeply upward, so
that the wrens, when entering, must
first go up and then down. The inside,
which is as big as ones two fists, is COM
fortably lined with feathers, and on this
bed Of down may be found in June and
July clutch of beautiful and curious
eggs, dark brown, like chocolate drops,
and in number from five TO nine.-OuI
Animal Friends.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-22

daughter looked closely at the young OF.
ficer, and found him scarcely recogniza-
BILE; his palor gave him decidedly dis
tinguished air. Was 1t possible they had
ever disdained this brave soldier, who,
paying for his honors with his blood,
had returned to an assured futurel
He, too, looked critically at the girl,
Could the serious, reflective woman
before him be the frivolous, capricious
girl he had once known? She was a
thousand times more attractive to him
in her new guise. She was all he had
ever dreamed Of, and he was filled with a
wild delight. Their eyes met, and his
were filed with such alteration that the
girls lids dropped in embarrassment
When evening came the women arose,
and the officer accompanied them to
their home. They met regularly in tho
park on the days that followed.
December passed in an intimacy
daily growing more tender. Still at
times the captain seemed to be more
nervous and worried. One day, losing
his usual self-control, he pressed the
girls arm, which was passed through
his, and the expression of his eyes
made her believe that he was about to
declare his love. He was silent, how-
ever, and fell into gloomy meditation.
His agitation increased as the new
year approached. He made frequent
trips to Paris and neglected the ladies.
They feared they had been deceived as
to his intentions, and could not account
for his behavior.
AT six o'clock on the evening Of the
31st the widow sat reading the papers,
which contained list Of the promo
tions in the army. Suddenly she ex.
claimed:
Here is his name. He has beer
promoted"
AT the same moment hurried foot
steps were heard in the hall. The door
was thrown open, and the one SO long
expected entered the room. He smiled
flushed with pleasure. He paused be-
fore the two women. The widow said
extending her hand:
"NIy dear boy, so this is what worried
your"
In reply he turned toward the girl
and said, with loving pride:
"Mademoiselle, I hnve future now tc
offer you. / love you. Will you be my
wife?"
She grew pale at the remembrance OF
her first refusal; then, thinking Of all
this brave boy had done to deserve hap
piness, she went close to him, laid heI
head on his shoulder, and. with her lips
pressed against the rough gslloon go
vallantly earned, she wept for iay.--'
st. Louis Republic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-22
LIFE PARTNERS.
a Story Full OF Thought and suggestios
for Young Women.

for Young Women.
A popular lecturer recently related
IN incident in his experience which the
girl readers may find amusing and pos
sibly suggestive.
He was invited by a woman's club
to address them upon the business
careers now open to their sex. When
the evening arrived, he found the large
hall in which he was expected to speak
filled with bright, intelligent women,
most of whom were young. He deliv-
cred his lecture to attentive listeners,
and as he sat down one of .he managers,
pretty, earnest-looking girl, whis-
pered:
zone thing more. Tell us how these
new careers affect womans chances
of marriage"
He laughed, but she was grave. He
fumbled his papers, to give himself time
for little thought. "After all" he said
to himself, "this question is no joke"
CHANGING over the hall, it occurred to
him that while these hundreds of young
women might or might not be fitted for
a trade or profession, God had planned
each one of them to be wife, with chill
dren committed TO her care. The ques-
tion whether they were shutting them
selves out from that natural work of life
was surely of as much import to them
and to society as their probable success
as clerks, or in any of the numerous oc-
cupations and professions into which
women are now entering
The choice in marriage still rested
with men. Would they be as likely to
choose what is called the emancipated
woman as her domestic sister?
TWAS a really serious question, yet he
mmiled as he repeated it aloud.
81 have been asked to answer this
query" he said. at is too large and
grave a question for me to decide. But
| will tell you story which may throw
some light upon one feature of it.
"In the town where live there is an
old negro named Jacob, who is known
Us professor. He whitewashes walls
and fences, cuts grass and saws wood.
A year ago Jacob took young fellow
named Tom as partner. Tom was
quick, handy and obliging, and the bust
ness of the new firm increased. The
professors hovel and cart bore the
sign Jacob & Co. in large charcoal let
tering.
SIN comparatively brief time, how
ever, Tom disappeared, and the Co.
was blotted from the signs.
"Where's Tom?' I asked the old
man.
"T know muffin bout Tom,' he an
swered. Don want no sich pardner as
dat
"'What was wrong, Jacob? He
seemed industrious and clever
"'Clever enough! Kin saw an NOW
nm handle de brush's we'll as kin. But
he took 10 wearin' my clo'es, n smolSin'
my pipe, m calm himself de actin
pardner in the firm. DON know he's
place. He jes' fought he war meme
Den, sab, broke de partnership
"Men,' said the lecturer, "are not
wholly unlike Jacob. AS see them, ]
think they are willing women should
metaphorically spealSing-saw, or NOW
or handle any of their tools, so long as
they remain women, gentle, modest
ond pure. But when they usurp the
place of men in their habits and man
ners and assumptions, they will find II
hard to form partnerships for life with
them."-Youths Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-22

fame proportion and SO ascends little
by little.
Moreover, the circumference Of the
candle chilled by the water melts much
more slowly than it does in the air, so
that the top of the candle becomes grad
ually followed out in such a way that
the fame has a little well for itself, as
represented in the corner of the design.
You need not have the slightest fear
therefore in announcing that you can
make lighted candle burn to the very
end in glass of water.
/ have often vainly tried to analyze,
especially on the Fourth of July, why
it is that boys find big noise more
amusing than all other sports COM
bined. I only know that they do; that
to touch off cannon, to hear the roar
which frightens nervous people, to see
ball spin into the air with the rapidity
of lightning, and to watch the conse-
quent recoil is the greatest fun alive.
So am going to tell you how to pro-
duce these effects in the most innocent
manner possible.
First produce at any drug store the
two little packages of powder that are
used in making seltzer water. Then
take an empty bottle Of thick glass
like the one indicated in the illustration,
and fill it about third full Of water.
Dissolve in this water the bicarbonate
of soda contained in one of the little
packages, and put the powder of the
other (tartaric acid) into card rolled
up into the form of cylinder. Plug up
one end of this little cylinder with wad
Of blotting paper, and suspend your
cartridge thus made to the cork of the
bottle by means of pin to which a
thread is attached; only be careful to
have your thread of such length that
the bottom of your cylinder does not
touch the liquid.
Force this cork with its little attach
ment well into the bottle, and behold
your artillery charged. All that re.
mains to be done is to fire 1t off. To dc
this it is only necessary to place the
bottle horizontally on two lead pencils
placed parallel upon the table. The
water at once penetrates the tube OF
pasteboard, dissolvcs the tartaric acid
and the carbonic acid gas suddenly pro-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-22
DIAMONDS.
Mining Industry In South Africa-Pre-
cautions Against Theft.

Mining Industry In South Africa-Pre-
cautions Against Theft.
The first diamonds discovered in
Africa were found by trader who saw
some children playing with what they
supposed were pebbles, one of which, at
least, proved to be diamond worth
$4,000. Even at that early day the news
of the discovery was not long in spread
ing to different countries, and not many
years passed before so many claims
were taken up that it was impossible to
keep them separate and the result was
one vast mining district of $4,000
square miles in area, controlled and
worked by various corporations and
syndicates. Besides these there is
large number of individual diggers.
The mining in the African fields Is
done by thousands of wild-eyed, black
skinned natives. These Kafiirs are
large, powerful men, cleanly in their
habits, and during the time for which
their labor is contracted, usually a
month, they are deprived Of all free
dom. Communication with anyone
outside the limits Of the mine is forbid
den. They are compelled to live within
the walled incosure or compound
owned by the company. While in their
employ the Kaiiirs are clothed and fed
by the company, and if sick or injured
they are cared for at the expense of the
corporation.
Every possible precaution is taken to
prevent the native worlSmen from steal
ing the gems. wire netting covers
the top Of the compound, making it i'm
possible to throw stone over the walls,
TO be picked up by confederate or an
Illicit diamond buyer Every night al
five o'clock as the miners leave their
work each is searched with great rigid
ity by the companys agent. So expert
have the natives become in their rob-
berries that every portion of the body is
carefully examined with sounding
hammer" and by the light of a candle
the sole of each foot is examined for the
telltale refraction of light which
reveals a diamond pushed under
the thick skin of the foot
through an incigion so deftly
covered that it is easily overlooked.
But the searcher has become as great an
adept in his work as the robber in bis
robberies, until it is almost impossible
for the thief to successfully secrete a
stone, and the prospect for severe pun
ishment or of several years imprison.
lnent in South African dungeon has no
doubt had its influence in reducing the
robberies to minimum. Sarah
Brentworth, in Chautauquan.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-22
SCALLOPS.
Uses of Biyalve shells--Fishermen Of
New Suffolk.

New Suffolk.
The delicate shell has commended
itself to makers of toilet and other
articles for ladies' use, such as pincush'
ions, made either in one valve or be-
tween both shells; needlebooks and
many other things are made from
them, but they are too frail for some
uses that shells have been put to, such
as scrapers, scoops, and dishes, yet from
their employment by cooks to serve
peculiar patty Of oysters in, they have
given the name Of "scalloped oysters"
to the dish, whether served in the shells
or otherwise.
The only portion of this handsome
bivalve that is edible is the adductor
muscle, which closes the shells and cor
responds to the "hard part" in tho
oyster, often miscalled the "eye;" the
rest Of the animal, being very soft, is
called the rim by the fishermen. The
little village of New Suffolk, on Great
Peconic bay, which divides the eastern
end of Long Island into two long pen
insulas, lives mainly from the scallop
fisheries, which begin in September and
end about the first of May, and are only
interfered with by the freezing of the
bay or by floating ice, for the hardy
fishermen seldom mind the weather un-
less a gale should interfere with the
management of the boats, which nrc
small sloops of five to fifteen tons bur
den and are managed by two men--onc
Mt the tiller and the other at the dredges
They use from one to six dredges, ac~
cording to the size of the boat. Tho
scallop fleet of New Suffolk comprises
26 boats, and some few others of Il
smaller class occasionally join in the
work About 20 men do the catching
and Grating, while 20 men, 30 women
and so children open and prepare the
catch for market; and as the population
of the place is only 275, it may be truly
said that all-grocer, postmaster, and
stage driver-live from the catching OF
scallops. Children stop on the way
home from school and open a few
quarts, and mothers often rock the
cradle with one foot while standing or
the other at work in the shops.-Fred
Mather, in Appletons Popular Scienc,
Monthly.