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Arizona republican., 1896-01-25
ON THE MESA.
Chatty Notes of the Village Up the
 River.

MESA, Jan. 23.-The pruning knife and saw are doing their work in our orchards and vineyards. As we drive along the pleasant and extensive drive ways we see but the skeletons of the former aIItumnal greatness of our great fruit interests.
 A. l.. Hendrix, Robinson & Pinney's genial representative, paid us a busi- ness visit today
 The citizens of Mesa will be grateful for Superintendent Honshell's change in the time table, Ito take effect on Mon day next.
 We are rather proud, as perhaps we should be of the little mill which turns out first-class article of flour, and with ease supplies our home market.
 Dr. Chandler has fine field of canaigre which lthrives almost beyond expectation. The successful develop ment of this industry will add an- other spoke in the wheel of Arizona s many profitable industrial pursuits.
 Alfalfa as a fattener of beef cattle has no equal. Even in the winter with little hay they will gain in flesh rap idly. The fact may be nicely illus trated by the large herd pastured on Dr. Chandler's ranch northeast oi Mesa.
 Lafayette Hawks and Miss Nellie Brown were united by the holy bonds of wedlock on Wednesday last. Their many friends extend congratulations and wish them pleasant journey.
 Company B, First infantry, N. G A., has a new captain. Captain R. H R. H. Brown, whose resignation wa! lately accepted, presided at a specia meeting of the company, at which Geo Mcdonald, formerly first lieutenant was elected captain. Judge Wm Newell was elected first lieutenant and T. E. Pomeroy second lieutenant We hope to have the best company 1T the territory soon. MESA.
Arizona republican., 1896-01-25
Correct Measurement.

Some six years ago there lived in the city of X- a rather eccentric old man, remarkable for his shrewdness, who kept a pork shop. Three young fellows, thinking to have some fun with him, entered his shop one night and asked what his pork was a yard. The old man promptly replied: ''One dol lar" One of the young men then said: '1'n take 8 yard" Where is your money?" said the old man. The dollar was laid down, which the old man quick ly pocketed, and then produced three pigs feet, with the remark: "Three feet make one yard"
Arizona republican., 1896-01-25
LOTS OF TALK

About Parks Cough Syrup is what we desire. Every one who tries this remedy says that it has no equal in the Cure of all diseases of the throat and lungs. We know it will cure any cold and do it in the shortest possible time. You don't know this, but you will agree with us if you only try one bottle of Parks Cough Syrup. Sold by c. Eschman & Co.,
Arizona republican., 1896-01-25
REPUBLICAN LEAGUE OFFICERS
 AND COMMITTEES.

Oficers-C M. Frazier, president; Pierce Evans, vice-president; Wade H. Rulings, second vice-president; T. A. Jobs, secretary; T. w. Hine, treasurer.
 Board of directors-Pierce Evans, chairman; Thos D. Molloy, secretary; J. M Ford, treasurer; A. J. Sampson, J. B. Early, J. A. Kilroy, Jerry Millay I. N. Bell, Robert Hudson, c. W. Grouse, c. M. Sturges, D. M. Purman, Wm Freeze, Lincoln Fowler, Chas. W. Pugh, N. A. Morford, T. J. Wol1ey, F. A. Hartwell, M. H. Calderwood. L.. J. Wood, c. M. Frazier
 Political meetings-Thomas Fitch, M. H. McCord, Jos. H. Kibbey. Correspondence J. Wolfley, J. B.. Early, J. A. Kilroy.
 Primaries-Pierce Evans, D. M. Purman, c. M. Frazier, T. J. Wolfey, W. H. Stillwell, Lincoln Fowler, I. N Bell.
 Reception Millay, w. A. Han cock, c. W. Johnstone, c. W. Grouse, R. A. Lewis, J. D. Monihon, H. Good man.
 Printing-N. A. Morford, c. W. Pugh, c. M. Sturges. NdluTdllZItlOu-C w. OrOuS0, J. l.. Cant, Wm. Webster, Robert Black, Geo. A. Mintz.
 Order of business-F. A. Hartwell, J. M. Damron, H. Goodman, c. H. Knapp, A. E. Hinton.
 Celebration and transportation-Dr Scott Helm, c. Eschman, c. J. Dyer, W. s. Pickrell, G. H. Honshell Ira P. Smith.
 Executive-Jos. H. Kibbey, G. H. Honshell, Frank B. Moss, H. B. Kemp, M. B. Collins, A. J. Sampson. nization-Webster Street, L. H. Goodrich, J. B. Early, H. B. St. Claire, Jerry Millay Registration-L. J. Wood, F. A. Hartwell, A. J. Porterie, Robert Hud- son, Wm. Widmer, T. A. Jobs, Wm Buck, F. Prothero
 Finance-J. M. Ford, Wm Christy, Geo. Hoadley, T. w. Hine, Lincoln Fowler
 Programme M. Frazier, c. w. Pugh, J. A. Kilroy, c. w. Grouse, L. B. Hayes.
 Enrolment of membership-M. H. Calderwood, T. H. Molloy, L. J. Wood, w. H. Ward, M. A. Heissman.
 Political education-A. J. Sampson. Thos. Armstrong, IT,, H. c. Magne, W. H. Rulings, Walter Bennett
Arizona republican., 1896-01-25

Ayers Hair Vigor is certainly re- markable preparation and nothing like it has ever been produced. No matter how wiry and manageable the hair may be, under the influence of this in comparable dressing it becomes soft, silky and pliable to the comb and brush.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The queen of Portugal has put her
husband on strict course of diet since
his return home, as she found that his
nlajesty had increased over 20 pounds
inweie htduring his wanderings around
the European courts.
Capt. Charles King, the military
novelist, with his half-pay salary and
his revenue from his books, is very
comfortably fixed in life. He is hand
some, soldierly man of about so, with
gray hair and mustache and a bronzed
complexion that life as a civilian has
not bleached.
Sarah Siddons, the tragedy queen
OF England, is to have a monument
over her grave in old Paddington
churchyard, now public garden. The
statue will represent the great actress
seated, attired in Grecian dress. twill
be unveiled by Henry Irving when he
returns to England.
William f. Gladstone's edition of
bishop Buffers works, which has been
in preparation for long time, is on the
eve of publication in England. 1t will
containing Buffers writings, with CO.
pious notes by Mr.. Gladstone. The
third volume is made up of essays by
Alr. Gladstone on topics connected with
Buffers arguments. .......
DIR. Fauvel, who recently died in
Paris, had larger practice in his spe-
cial branch-diseases of the throat
than any other physician in the world.
Yet his fee was only ten dollars. Among
his patients were Gambetta, Queen Isa-
bella, the emperor of Brazil, the king
of Roumania, Theirs, Emperor Napo-
leon, Princess Clotilde, Comte de Paris
and the late empress of Russia. .
Thurman and Edmunds were the
great lawyers of the senate during their
service in that body. AS one of their
associates on the judiciary committee
observed: "Edmunds can pick to pieces
bill, charter or proposition, but
Thurman can amend it SO as to remove
it's evils and give vitality and useful
ness to what was before noxious and in
furious" That is to say, the latter had
the constructive ability in which the
former was not so well equipped.
Owen Wister expected to be mu-
stefan before i'll health sent him roam
ing over the western plains to find
both health and material for profitable
tales Of cowboys and Indians. The
comic opera, dido and Aeneas," which
he composed for the Hasty Pudding
club Of Harvard when a youth Of 20,
is still regarded as classic Of it's kind,
and he may write great play when he
has exhausted his present field, for the
art of Charles Kemble and Fenny KEN
bic, his grandmother, is in his veins.
Mr.. Wister is IS years old, a gentle
man of very elegant leisure in Philadel-
phia, and his writing is done for amuse-
nent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
HUMOROUS.

Uncle George, was Diogenes a
tramp" That's what we would call
him in this enlightened age, my son."
Then the tub he lived in couldn't have
been a washtub, could it?"-Capital.
-Cholly-"Yaas, twied to play golf
last summer, but gave it up when
was hit on the head and knocked silly"
Maud-"Indeed, that's too bad, and can
the doctors do nothing for Sou?"-
Truth.
-Employer-"Why did you take a
whole day off yesterday? You only
asked for half-holiday." Clerk
But you yourself have always told me
never 70 do anything by halves"
udelphia Record.
-She-"Why do you start SOP" He
Did 1 understand you to say that
your father is failing?" She-"Physic-
silly, l mean" He (settling back)-
ooh, all right! 1 was afraid it was
something serious. '-PickF1e-Up.
WHAT are you doing there?" ex-
claimed the irate parent, as he sudden
ly opened the parlor door and found
William In the act of kissing his daugh-
ter. 'kllling microbes, sir!" was Will
liam's ready response. - Yonkers
Statesman.
-Crunmer-"That is the poet Lath-
erbrush He is great advocate of
purity" Gilleland-"Indeed! l don't
remember seeing any of his work"
CrumIGer-"You certainly must. He
writes soap advertisements" Chicago
Record.
He's a Schemer.--"Why does the
5aggageman handle those new trunks
so carefully?" HE doesn't want them
to have an old, travelled look, because
the people who own them are just mar
ried, and new trunks are a dead givea-
way."--Detroit Free Press.
Fine Writing.-"H'm," said the
managing editor. You say that Mr..
Coins performance left no grating
edge to mar the rich feast of humor.' "
Yes, ST." well, what do you mean
by it? l hope you do not mean to IN
sinuate that our intelligent constitu-
ents eat their humor with knife?"-
Indianapolis journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

for acquiring the heirlooms of the Quito
family, though Miser Quito's avarice
had not left any too many for sale.
The hunt for Raschal was n savage
one. but fruitless, and finally it was
abandoned.
He must have drowned himself"
the people said; perhaps when the
river is low in the fall we may find his
bones"
"You remember that cry?" asked
Pitro of Tasca; Eat first thought it
was old man Quito's voice; now l
know it was that of Raschal as he
plunged into the river"
Perhaps" assented Tasca.
The miser's house was locked, and
time wore on until the wild flowers of
Texas made a coverlet of blue and gold
over Miser Quito's grave, and the mark
Of the crimson hand grew less vivid in
hue.
Monita chung to the kelies that
Iiaschnl was innocent; that he would
send for her some day when IL WIS safe
to do SO, and she never questioned her
intent to go when the time came. Tasca
alone learned her belief, and it was
wonderful how, after Tasca had as
sured her That 1t was also his own. she
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

in the dark and tangled it up, like
N silyer-blue ribbon in the forest OF
mesquite fringe.
Have you ever followed its winding
and looked upon the haunted house
standing high ABOVE the rivers brim,
md seen, dark upon its moldering walls
the print of bloody hand?
No? Then 1 will tell you the story;
# happened many years ago.
1t was winters eve, and raw wind
swept through the clefts between the
hills and dashed the spray of the San
Antonio river in a monotonous swish
against the steep, overhanging bank.
What with the rush of the wind
through the trees and the beat of the
turbulent waves. minor sounds were
swallowed up in the general discord OF
nature.
On the bridge spanning the river
stood Francesca Pitro and Juan Tasca,
their sombreros drawn over their faces,
their threats muffled to keep off the
cutting wind.
Pitro dashed his hand against the
bridge rail. - tell you, JUAN" he
cried, IF Raschal Quito were not the
old miser's only heir, he should never
marry my daughter. A proud, lazy,
trifing-"
Pitro caught his breath sharply as
the sound of cry, shrill and far away,
foated down the river.
what is that" he said, grasping
Tasca's arm; "some one cried as if-as
If in deaths agony"
''Tasca drew his muffier down from
one ear.
II hear nothing" he said. ut was the
cry of a jaguar you heard, no doubt.
1ou are excited enough to hear any
thing"
Tasca moved forward.
"You were talking of young Quito"
he reminded. Yes, the boy is wild
apparently trifling-but there is an ele-
ment of good about him. The way that
old uncle of his treats him is enough to
drive the energy out of the spirited fel.
low; he has never had chance to show
what is in him, good or bad. Now
there was the time"
Il want to hear no praise Of Quito,
interrupted Pitro, harshly. Here nv
daughter might have made fine match
with Senor Rocca; true, little old TO,
SO lovely a girl, but man of standing
of wealth! Yet. what can / say! Who
knows what sums of gold that old MAJ
Quito has hidden? One cannot over
look that. And when Monita throws
her arms about my neck and vows thai
she will marry no one but Raschal, what
can say! She is my only one, my littl,
Monita."
mo fairer, sweeter child ever blesse,
q fathers home. added Tasca. The,
We're over the bridge now and nearing
Pitro's home. From different direc
tion--who may say just when?-a tai
youlg figure had left that homo
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
A LEAP YEAR REFUSAL.

She sat before the keyboard over which hes
fingers oft
Had fiuttered like butterfly, her fingers
white and soft;
Her face winsome picture crowned with
dreamy, fluffy hair .s|... ...
That dropped to kiss her pretty brow that
bore no trace of care.
And as she idly waited for some further
work to come
She laid aside her novel and her bit OF
chewing gum
And toward her typewriter she turned her
fascinating eyes .....
And smiled at it the while heard her thus
soliloquize:
~And Jack would have me leave you and
become his cherished wife!
He doesn't know that you and are welded
now for life;
He promises the world to me, but Oh! MS
vows are rash,
While you, my dear old comrade, oh! you
grant the ready cash!
'He says am too rare soul to toll and
slave for bread,
That must part with you, old friend, and
dwell with him, instead;
And while he with the boys goes out the
clubs delights to seek
III keep the house and mend his clothes for
forty cents week.
when one has steady work 1t seems one
shouldn't let 1t go
To win a husband guaranteed for just
year or so.
/ think I'm far too wise to trade-though
Jack suggests the plan
A fifty dollar job to win twenty dollar
man.
eff we should wed and times grew dull, as
oft they do. why then
I'd do as other girls have done, I'd 60 to
work again:
But with husband on my hands I'd find 1t
rather hard
To get a place, for care-worn wives are
very often barred.
"I know I'm sadly practical, but when
look about
At what my married friends have done II
fills my heart with doubt.
scarce believe care to be sad, neglected
wife,
And have a cheap. poor-paying boss die
tate to me for life.
~And so, my dear old comrade, We'll be
friends for aye and aye!
You may be void of sentiment and oil that,
but you pay!
And all the talk of tickle love and kindred
topics-bah!
I'll stick to writing notes while Jack can
skip the tra-la-la."
Oh, sorry, wretched age! Alas. what is a
man to do?
For girls are Independent now and oh!
they know it. too;
For though we talk to them Of love, and
coo and scheme and plan.
It's difficult to get wife unless a mans a
man!
Nixon Waterman. in l.. A. w. Bulletin.
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know it,"
What" yelled Tasca, with tiger
like spring toward the bed.
The dying man shrank.
Eyes, l murdered him, but I never
meant to. He owed me money; I tried
long time to get tin vain. That
| night he was alone. 1 threatened him.
All, but he was bad and cruel. struck
him in my anger. did not mean to
kill him, but he fell dead at my feet.
Then the devil got into me. You know
how crushed him. No one was there
Il took all the money 1 found-not
much, for he had hidden his wealth
well. When I got out into the fresh
air the devil left me. grew weak 70
think what had done. LEANED against
the wall to keep from falling. heard
the sound of Raschals voice humming
love song-I hear it now-that and
old Quito's cry when he fell. ran down
| the stairs and hid III their shadow as
Raschal passed me and went up. I
heard him cry out, heard him after
ward ray: No one will believe I did
not do it. They will hang me without
shrift. Oh, my little Monita, and L
must leave you"
81 heard no more. Those words
steadied my brain. went home, no
longer fearing the brand of the MUIR
derer, safe to live on with my family.
Now" he ended, spent with the exertion
of his recital, Il am ready to die"
Tasca looked at the men who had fol-
lowed him into the room.
"You heard alp" he asked.
"All," they replied.
Then help me to find Raschal," he
said, and left the house without one
backward look at the man who had
wrought so much evil.
1t was strange to find how many
men found excuses for Raschal's I'M
sociability in the past. How could a
penniless man, tied fast to lonely old
nliser, find time or money for friends
or society? They remembered that 1t
was pity for the feeble, friendless crea-
ture that had kept Raschal beside his
uncle. They remembered his kind
nesses. His GOODNESS and pride were for
gotten. What a welcome they gave him
when he returned ere the end of the
week, a man with resolute face, his
black hair threaded with gray. with a
comfortable business in another state,
where he had adopted another name
and prospered.
If Monita was no longer In the first
bloom of her youth, she was in the
full flower of her beauty, and it was n
right royal wedding they had, while
the plaza before the church was CAV
with n joyous crowd.
Raschal unearthed his uncle's treas.
ure from its hiding place; but to this
day you may see standing high above
the brim of the narrow river the de.
caying walls of the haunted house
whose door is sealed with the imprint
of a crimson hand.-N. o. Times-Demo-
crat. ISL.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
rArrEN1Na HOGS Ccsrs ONE CENT.

FATTENING HOGS Costs ONE CENT.
The editor recently heard of farmer
fattening hogs at less than one cent a
pound. This was made possible through
the sowing of Salzer's. King Barley,
yielding over 100 blu. per acre, Golden
Triumph Corn, yielding 200 blu. per
acre, and the feeding on Sand Vetch,
Teosinte, Hundredfold Peas, etc. Now,
with such yields, the growing of hogs is
more profitable than silver mine.
Salzer's catalogue is full of rare
things for the farmer, gardener and cit
iZen, and the editor believes that it
would pay everybody hundred-fold to
get Salzer's catalogue before purchas-
ing seeds.
If you WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1t
with 10 cents postage to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, they
will mail you their mammoth seed cata-
logue and 10 samples of grasses and
grains, including above corn and bar
ley. Catalogue alone, 5cpostage. (K)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Revenge.

+ The clock in the church tower struck
the hour Of three. Three in the morn
ing.
A haggard and weary man softly
laid bundle of linen, surmounted with
a small red face bearing traces Of tears,
within a cradle. .Ess
An object ON the mantel caught his
glaring eye. He picked it up and read
the inscription:
ITO the qu;etest and best-behavcd
baby. Shagworth's Baby Show, 1885,"
Laughing bitterly. he crushed the
fragile silver mug with his slippered
heel, kicked off the slippers and wear.
lily sank into bed.-Cincinnati En-
ouirer
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

blooraed again into the lovely, merry
maiden she had been before this tragedy
had swept across her life.
The roses came back tc her cheeks
and she no longer refused to see her
friends. But she grew quiet and staid
as year after year went by without a
sign from Raschal: and all San An
tonic was talking about the sound OF
loud voices that were heard after night
fall in the Quito house, and every New
Years eve along the course Of the river
there rang a muffled cry which chilled
the blood in the veins of the hearers
and fastened them away from the
dark, haunted stream.
Time never hushed thesn cries;
years never wiped away the imprint
of that scarlet hand beside the door,
into another channel.
- It was nearing evening one day, and
as they filed into the open door of San
Fernando a man waiting beside it
stepped forward at the approach of
Juan Tasca and said:
you are Sheriff Tasca?" .sr f.
Tasca nodded. ......" ......
"Then you are wanted at once to
take the deposition of a dying man."
THAT is not business" began Tasca.
mo matter" urged the latter; she
says you are the only friend Raschal
Quito had, and -" .u. .Fa
II will come" cried Tasca, growing
white at the sudden thought of Ras-
chal within reach, living-dying!
He hurried the man on his way till
he paused at the door of a ranchman's
house on the outskirts of the town,
Fritz Van Miester, man of unsocial
habits, but not lacking friends.
"Here?" cried Tasca, as he followed
his guide into the house. Pc.
Eyes, here" answered the man,
ushering him into Van Miester's bed
room and pointing to his dying form
upon the bed.
The shock of seeing the unexpected
rendered Tasca dumb.
81 am dying" moaned Van Miester;
Il must confess. The priest has shrived
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Howss ThisS

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that can not be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY 81 Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST 81 TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
WALDINa, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system. Price 75c per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Entirely Different.

81 always call that dog Of mine Lame
Conclusion" remarked the contrary
man, "becausc-"
- II KNOX, interrupted the aniable
man. because he doesn't follow! Ha!
Ha! Very good! Very"
"Not at all. sir. Not at all. call him
that because he has broken tail"
snarled The contrary man.-Chicagc
Tribune
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Immigration to the south-Homeseekers
Excursions.

February 18th and March 10th, 1896, Land
Seekers Excursion tickets will be sold from
all points In the northwest over the Big
Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio Ry.
to Virginia and North and South Carolina at
one fare plus two dollars. Virginia has q
perfect climate, no billiards.; good markets
and cheap transportation. Send for rates,
and free descriptive pamphlet of Virginia
lands. U. l., TRUITT, N. w. P, A, 234 Clark
St, Chicago, Ill
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Low Rates soutb.

On March 3rd, the Monon Route will sell
tickets from Chicago to all points in the
South at exceedingly low rates: Abbeviile
Ga, sl5;3o; Decatur, Ala, $lO.65; Chatta
s1S.1O; Memphis, Tenn, s1l1O; New Or.
leans, La, SIT .o5; st. Augustine, Fla ,$1S.65;
Tampa, Fla, S21.00; Mobile, Ala, $l6.05!
and all other points at proportionately low
rates. r
For further information, address L. r.
MINI, or City Ticket Once, $50 Clark St.,
Chicago, Ill
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
All About western Farm Iand..

The "Corn Belt" is a monthly paper pub
lished by the Passenger Department Of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
1t is designed to give reliable information
concerning western farm lands, what can
be raised on them successfully, and the ex-
periences Of farmers who live in the west
Copies of the paper will be sent to any ad-
dress for one year Cd receipt of 25 cents.
Postage stamps acc< ?ted. Address 1.-THE
Corn Belt" 200 Adams St.. Chicago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Very Awkward Indeed.

This is precisely the kind of mistake a
man makes IL he ''turns out" on the wrong
side of the road when a vehicle comes to.
ward him. No less absurd is the error Of
the individual who takes drastic medicines
to relieve his liver. That organ Is on the
letters Stomach Bitters, a medicine also
adapted to- the relief of dyspepsia, constipa-
ton, kidney and rheumatic ailments and
malaria.