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The Republican., 1897-04-15
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There is only one sudden death
among women to eight among men.
The people of the United States
read and support as many newspapers
as England, France and Germany com
hined.
Switzerland is the only civilized
country in the world which grants no
patents for inventions.
Jewish convicts are now sent to
Parkhurst prison, Isle of Wight, where
a synagogue has been provided for their
use.
"A toilet club for dogs has been es-
tablished in Bond street, London, where
dogs may be shaved, washed and beau
titled.
A rich woman in America having
divorced five husbands, has just mar
ried the sixth. All the divorced hus-
bands have remained on good terms
with the lady, and were present at her
sixth marriage.
A man after walking across Amer
lea, 1000 miles, earning his living by
lecturing at his stopping places, he hav-
ing started without a penny, has ar
rived in Liverpool to make a similar
tour through England.
1t is estimated that the death rate
of the world is 81 minute, and the
birth rate 20 a minute, and this seeming
ly light percentage of gain is sufficient
to give net increase of population each
year of almost 100000 souls.
In the Rothschild family it is the
custom at the birth of each little girl
to purchase six pearls, each one costing
{ 100. Upon every birthday six more
are added to the original half dozen, so
that when the young lady comes out
she has presented to her a casket of
magnificent and fawless gems.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
A SECOND CURSE.

Intoxicating drinks have visited the
earth with a second curse" On none
has it alighted with such tremendous
fury as on the unhappy wives Of in
cbriates. The history of these broken
hearted women, like Ezekiers roll, is
written within, with lamentations
and weeping and Woe" The church of
God has too long been Indifferent to the
voice of revelation concerning this
evil, and equally needless of its ma
Hgnant influence upon the church
and society; q book of lamen-
tations, quite as affecting as
that which the spirit of God dictated
to the weeping prophet, might be COM
posed respecting the crimes and mis-
cries occasioned by drinking.
America at this moment could fur
nish materials for such a mournful
theme, far more ample than that which
the words and the famine presented TO
jeremiah. We're our heads waters
and our eyes fountains of tears, and
were we to weep day and night, such
expressions of sorrow would convey
but an imperfect idea of the wide
spreading desolation. Tears, however,
are unavailing in such case; more
than tears are therefore asked. BY the
adoption of total abstinence on the part
of the American people the plague can
be stayed. Could the sympathetic
prophet have been told that by aban-
doing the use of a cup of poison he
might restore his muchloved Zion to
her pristine beauty, and her ruined
sons and daughters to happiness anu
honor. would he have hesitated or
stopped Il moment to consult vitiated
taste or unnatural appetite? Verify
not. But had the cup to his taste been
nectar in one moment he would have
cast it upon the ground and solemnly
vowed that never again would he put
it to his lips. Let us go and do likewise
and verify our land shall be redeemed
National Temperance Advocate.
The Republican., 1897-04-15

Public men who are called upon to
speak frequently on widely different
subjects find it necessary, as a rule, to
employ some one to do a lot of dis
eliminating reading for them, and there
are men and women in this town who
support themselves by just that kind
OF work 1t isn't their business to
write the speeches, but to prepare a
mass of data from which their employer
may select such facts as he chooses to
use in his speech very much in the same
way that law clerks look up references
and cases for the members of the firm.
For instance, if "A man is going to make
speech on the Armenian question and
he has not the time to gasler data, he
may employ one of these professional
readers to prepare his notes. The pub
lie libraries in this city furnish the
books, and two or three days work by
n discriminating reader will supply the
speaker with all the facts he may need.
If required, the reader will also write
the speech, but such demands usually
come from suburban districts.-N. Y,
The Republican., 1897-04-15
Buying Up More Breyveries.

According to press reports our Eng
lish cousins have great faith in the
proftableness of the brewery business.
There have recently been in Cincinnati
three representatives of a gigantic Lon
don syndicate for the purpose of pur-
chasing all the biggest breweries in
thatcity, and success has so far crowned
their efforts. They have purchased an
option on 16, and the deal has progressed
SO far that most of the breweries have
begun taking stock and summing up
all the saloon chattel mortgages they
hold for the purpose of knowing just
how they stand. The deal is expected
to to be closed within q day or two.
The amount to be paid for the lot aggrc
gates $9.OOO,O00. This will make their
holdings in American breweries over
S1OO. 1000, 0,0o0.-National Temperance Ad-
yOcatR
The Republican., 1897-04-15
Decided to Learn.


"Oh, nothing much," she replied,
blushing little. Il overheard discus
sion of some points of it to-day, and l
could not help noticing quite frequent
reference to kissing and Kisses ""
After thinking the matter over he
hastened to assure her by word and ac-
tion that it isn't necessary to play bill
lizards in order to make the word ap-
cable.-Chicago Post.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
TEMPERANCE.
THE PROPHETS LAMENT.
Wanted. n Modern jeremiah to Weep
Over Woes of fIntemperance.

Over Woes of fIntemperance.
Even the sea-monsters," says Jere-
miah, draw out the breast; they give
suck to their young ones; the daughter
of my people is become cruel, like the
ostriches in the wilderness. The tongue
of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof
of his mouth for thirst; the young chill
dren ask for bread, and no man break
eth it unto them" Such were the effects
of famine; but how the prophet would
have been shocked had he been told that
all this hardness of heart would after
ward exist in a land of plenty and of re-
ligious knowledge. Yet such destitu-
ton of human feeling presents itself to
our view throughout the length and
breadth of the land, and how few are
the Jeremiahs that lament. or the
priests that rush with the censer to
stay the plague which is so furiously at
work! In every insidious form, whether
as beer, wine, or spirits, the desolating
pest is ravaging our country.
No foreign powers threaten our
shores; and yet are we besieged in our
own dwellings with an enemy more
potent than they. Our sons are made
slaves before our eyes; our fair country
women are dishonored in our streets;
our most valuable citizens are ruined,
beggared and slain by worse than
vandal assassin. and we may almost
ask: How few regard it?" We can
not dwell upon all the miseries and
denominations of the land growing out of
the drink curse; to one feature only do
we now refer, viz: the dehumanizing
influence of the drink. Every sacred
promise will the drunkard violate,
every consecrated resolution will he
scatter to the winds; the fondest heart
is he ready to break, the dearest rela-
tionship trample upon. The tears of
10000 deserted, starving, wretched, and
dying wives abundantly attest this.
Their husbands, dead to every humane
feeling and every religious bond, have
been robbed of heart by the intoxi-
eating cup. Well has it been said that
The Republican., 1897-04-15

II want death certifcate!" said an
excited individual, rushing into the
health Office yesterday afternoon. He
got it, and was asked for the customary
dCllar.
"What's that?" he exclaimed looking
surprised. "Fll give you so cents"
"Itn never do," said Secretary
Combs, nodding his head. Couldn't
take penny less"
"Wel, here's the dollar" declared the
man. - wouldn't have had her die for
five. She was model wife. e."-Cieye
land Plain Dealer.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
Would Put Drunkard. ON n Farm.

A bill has been introduced m the New
York assembly which authorizes the
city of New York to appropriate $780,
900 for the equipment and maintenance
of a farm colony near New York where
habitual drunkards and other undesira-
BILE citizens may be sent to be drilled in
to decency. The bill is said to be IA
yored by majority Of the legislators.
Gov. Black signed the "knock-out
drops" bill, which makes it felony
for any person other than a licensed
druggist or physician to have in his
possession or to administer to any per-
son drug or narcotic.
The Republican., 1897-04-15
Lose Ground Through Apathy.

The Arkansas legislature has re-
pealed several of the four-mile ex.
emption laws, that keeps as many vii.
lages clear of the saloon. Our infornl~
ant adds that the women in fancied Sc.
curity did not bestir themselves to senc
up petitions from majority Of the peo,
pie (men and women), praying that
these localities should still be exempt
from the curse. and as a natural conse-
quence they have lost their exemption.
Union Signal.
The Republican., 1897-04-15

The smoking cars are to be with
drawn from the street railroads in Phil
adelphia. Women complained that the
reservation of cars for men was n dis
elimination against them, which often
caused vexatious delays. Men Joined
in the crusade, and the final blow was
struck by the board Of health's determi
nation to enforce the regulations
against expectorating in the street
cars. 1t is time now to inquire about
the men who occupy two seats on rnil-
Aav cars. one in n smoker and one in a
coach.-Union Signal.
The Republican., 1897-04-15

He-And you say Miss Sittout is your
friend? Well, l hope you don't fiit
as she does.
She-Oh, indeed / don't think her
way is horrid!-Brooklyn Life.
The Republican., 1897-04-15

To polish brass kettles or anything
brass that is very much tarnished, first
rub it with a solution of oxalic acid and
then dry and polish with rotten stone or
very fine emery dust,-Chicago Tri'
bune.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

Ir is the general disposition Tn Con- gress to regard the trip to Europe up
 on which Senator Wolcoit. Ex-Vica President Stevenson, and General Paine will start this week, with ere dentials authorizing them 70 negotiate with European Governments in behalf of international bim.talism. as noth- ing more than a pleasant summer jun ket for those three gentlemen. There are not dozen men in Congress who seriously think international bimetall- ism more than dream, concocted to stave of an independent settlement of the financial question by this country.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

THE sugar trust controlled the sub committee which drafted the amendments to the Dlngley tarih Jill. but all 1t will be able to get out of the sugar schedule will be the money that has already been made through speculation on the advance knowledge of what the schedule was to be, as majority of the Senate have made it certain that the sugar schedule cannot be put through by declaring themselves to be against 1t. The tariB bill is not likely to be taken up by the Senate on the goth as agreed upon, which delay will be caused by the failme to get trustworthy compara- tive statement showing the differences that will be the result of the proposed changes. There is another thing about the tarif bill that can be stated with certainty. There will be an antitrust amendment adopted before the bill passes the Senate. The necee- sary votes are promised.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20
A WOOL-SOOURING PLANT
Will Be Established at Flagstaff When
 waterworks arc Completed.


 waterworks are Completed.
 While in St. Louis A. Y. Cornish met a representative of large wool firm in that city and obtained the in- formation that as soon as our water works are completed large wool securing plant will be put in here. IL is the intention of this firm to obtain all the wool grown in this section of Arizona, SCOUT it at Flagstaff and ship it to their warehouses in St. Louis. We do not understand why all wool is not secured before shipping. It does not seem reasonable to pay freight on about one. half dirt m a carload of wool. IL is better, we believe, to leave the dirt bers in Arizona and load the car with pure wool. It is claimed that secured than unsecured wool; that only about half ihe quantity of secured wool can be gotten into car that can be crowded in of the unsecured product, and that thus the rates are correspond ingly higher. This is certainly nom srnsical and untrue. There is no req son why secured wool cannot be tightly baled and just as many pounds put in a car xs-of unsecured wool. Wool should be secured aud we are glad to learn of the establishment in Flagstaff. the cen ter of the wool growing section of Ari- zona, of wool-scouring plant. I. means more profit for the wool grower and is an enterprise that will be of great benefit to the town.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20
COTTAGES WANTED.
Many Phoenicians Anxious to Rent
 Residences Here.

Many PhOenfctaus Anxious to Kent
 Residences Hero.
 Numerous letters of inquiry have been received by . number of our citi- zpns from residents of Phoenix who are anxious to come up anC speud the summer here. They inquire for cot ,ag-s and in nearly every instance the reply they received was that there are no houses for rent in Flagstaff.
 This state of affairs should not be allowed to continue. It seems tO us that some of our rnlerprising citizens should take it upon themselves to erect number of small cottagrs, the cost for the construction nf which would be small. furnish them plainly and com frrtably and rent them out tO our summer visitors. A nice fat income coul,l he d. rived from the rent of the cottages and Flagsiaf wsuld be the gainsr by this increased population. lp be sure, the cottages may not be occupied more than four or five months in the year. but considering the cheap ness with which they may be con structed, the rent received therefron tn this time will amount to very satis- factory interest on the investment. This matter is of great importance. for if Flagstaff expects to draw the visitors aud tourists our superb eli mate merits. some kind of accommo- dations must be afforded.
 What's to be done about itP
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

Ar last the administration has found out Inc bunco game that Spain played on the Cleveland administration and has been trying to play on the present one. thanks l., the wide-awake re ports of Consul General Fitzhugh Lee, and justice is seemingly going to be done to poor Cuba. Mir. Mckinley has had a long conference with the members of the Senate committee on Foreign Relations. as to what should be done. The impression is that Sen ator Morgan's resolution for the recoy- hilton of Cuban belligerency hardly goes far enough and that recognition of indep. ndsnce would be the proper thing. in view of the facts forwarded by Gen. Lee. A public mass meeting of Cuban sympatl,izers was held m Washington Sunday.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20
GENERAL WEYLER had re

GENERAL WEYLER had reason to suddenly change his mind ns to having pacifed Cuba. One day last week hr went out hors-bark riding few miles from Havana with detachment of Spanish soldiers and was set upon by . company of Cuban cavalry and had a half-hou,'s furious riding for his life The incident cansed the general much chagrin. especially after his repeated reports of the pacitication of the island.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20
EXTRA !!

The Executive committee of the Fourth of July celebration have been positively assured by Governor Me Cord that he will come to Flagstaff on July s and deliver the oration of the day.
 Hurrah for the new Governor!
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

Lakeport. Cal. May 14.-Emilie Charlotte Langtry. better known as the ..Jsrsey Lily" has secured d. vorce from her English husband. Tho decree was signed by Judge W. R. Crump yesterday. It was done very quietly, default being entered against the foreign defendent, who failed to file . defsbss ip the time allowed by tho California code. The ground for divorce was desertion.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20
THE eovERNORsHiP.

A telegram was received here yes teriay that Hon. Myron H. McCord had been appointed Governor of Ari- soma by President Mckinley.
 The telegram also stated that Charles Ackers was appointed Sscre- tary of the Territory.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

THE Turks have been surprisingly decent m their treatment of th"ir Greek prisoners. N" outrages have been reported and none have occurred.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20
DECORATION DAY.
Tho Grand Army win Conduct Pitt
 ting Celebration of the Day.

Tho Grand Army win Conduct . Pit
 ting Celebration of the Day.
 The citizens of Flag staff and every bodv are requested t, meet at G. A. K. Hall at 10 o'clock sharp on the morning of May 29, to form in pro cessiou and march to Babbitt's Opera House, where the following exercises will be carried out.
 tHrs. John Lind at Pisno.l Prayer Rev. Fathor Uilly. Bending of General Orders. rs............
 ..... .......-...... ..-......kev. Chas P. Wilson
 .................-Es 8. Clark, Orator of the Day ustc ..-.;;...... i,..; CnosI Recitation Mrs. Jennie moyer RocttAtiOn...-.-. .........-..-....----I. n. yuu MUSIC B0nedicti0n Hev. h r. OOrsor All persons having graves of de- parted friends will be furnished with flowers to decorate at the hall before procession forms to march to ceme. tery.
 By order of CohNITTEs.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

BANDIT PARKER would be valuable additions to the Spanish army iu Cuha. For keeping "ut of sight of the enemy he Eas few equals.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

THE Tucson Star made hit when 1t said: The press of tho Territory Is keeping pace with the onward march of Arisons. Tho country press in Arizona is superior to the country press of almost any state m the Union. The newspaper men are doing grand work in the building of Arizona.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

TIE aesthetic Oscar Wilde was re- leased from prison Tuesday. his term having expired m that day.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

IT IS reported that the Cuban in- surgents have raised loan of s. 900. .000 in gold. That's more than Spain can do.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

THE 1y-year-ol,i son of Vice-Presi- dent Hobart has been appointed by President Mckinley official bell-hanger for the white honsp.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

Rev c. P. Wilson returned this morn ing from the 6. A. R. encampment Ut
 Prescott, and will preach as usual at
 the Mathodist church next Sunday.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

THE cost of the war to Greece up to date is In the neighbOrhood of $l25.- GOO, ,0QO.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has sent & special message to Congress urging the appropriation of s50.00O to relieve starving American cilizens in Cuba.
The Flagstaff sun-democrat., 1897-05-20

When you see Our Name it means Good Lum- Der. Well Dressed. We'll Manufactured, Good Grades and the Best Attention and Treatment"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
100000 M N IDLE.
$4,000 Coal Miners Strike for a Living
200 Iron and Steel Workers Out.

$4,000 Coal Miners Strike for Living
80 900 Iron and Steel Workers Out.
Dispatches from various coal mining
centers say that circulars have been
placed in the hands of all the bitumi-
nous coal miners in the United States
calling them out on strike. 1t is esti-
mated that 375. 600 men will b. involved.
Ohio, Pennsy lvania, Illinois, Indiana,
and parts of West Virginia AMI Ken.
lucky will contribute To the movement
The strike is TO enforce the Columbus
scale of 90 cents per ton for PennSyl-
vania; 60 cents for Ohio and Indiana,
and 55 cents for Illinois.
The OHIO miners have been looking
for this for several months. When the
conferences between the miners repre-
sentatives and the operators recently
failed to bring any sign of better
wages, but showed instead the proba-
bility of n further reduction, it was
felt that strike must come. The
United Miners officials set To the task
of bringing the miners of other states
TO the point also, and had very little
trouble in doing so.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
FOREIGN.

Washington.-Fo the first time in
history a general census has been taA-
en Of the population Of the russian
Empire, which is shown to numDer
-S,zl1 ,113, of which total 646l6,2S0
are males and Ga, ,94.Sc3 females.
Cairo, Egypt.-The British advance
toward Abu Hamed will be resumed
very shortly. The intelligence depart
ment s,aff will start for the front as
soon as the head, Col. Wingate Bey,
returns to Caro-.
London.-The total revenue OF the
United Kingdom for the second quarter
of 1897 was ELS, 451 $50, a net increase
cf f1,404,77S as compared with the
same period of 1896
COnstantinople.-A collision took
place in the Dardanelles between tie
German vessels Rembeck and Ber-
thi.de. The former sank almost i'm
mediately and fourteen of her crew
were drowned. A boat that was SEM
20 the rescue by the Austrian guard
snip was capszed, drowning two.
Paris.-President Faure has decided
to start for Russia at the middle oil
August.
Hamburg-A fire which broke out
Tuesday evening at the Hamburg cleo
trio works, in the Bost strasse, has
beer eXtinguished. Much valuable
electrical machinery has beer de,
stroyed, and the electric rtreet car ser.
vice badly crippled.
London.-The Pan-American, or, a:
it is officially called, the Lambeth con
ference, began Wednesday with a pri
vate devotional service in the chape
Of Lambeth palace, the official resi-
dence of the archbishop of Canterbury
There are 200 prelates of the variou:
churches in communion with The
church OF England in attendance.
Hurst Castle.-The steamer st. Loui:
has lowered the eastward New York,
southampton record by more than ar
hour and half.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-07-09
CASUALTIES

Chippewa, Falls, Wis.-While work.
ing in his fathers field in the town of
Tilden, Jacob Black, 13-year-old hoy.
was struck by lightning and instantly
KILLED.
Moberly, Mo.-Edwin Baker, aged 33
years, who was injured in the Wabash
wreck at Missouri City. is dead. His
home was in Curryville. Ill. This
makes the total number of deaths, as
result of the wreck, eight.
Kokomo, Ind.-Drayman Samuel
Lindsey was struck by the Louisville
express and thrown fifty feet, sustain
ing fatal injuries.
Petersburg, Va.-Harry Mozart, the
lion trainer of a travelling show, was
attacked by one of his lions at a per-
Torrance being given here. Mozart's
leg is badly bitten and crushed.
New York.-1wo memUels of a
coaching party were killed and four in
jured near Budd Lake, pleasure re-
sort near Dover, N. J. One of the in
iured may die.
Ashtabula, Ohio. - Miss Elizabeth
ID W man do III a
away.
Burlington, Iowa.-Lee Spitzmueller,
aged Z, was killed by an electric car.
Paxton, Ill.-Merton Kenney, 16
years old, died from the kick of a
horse. The blow crushed his skull.
Decatur, Mioh.-Samuel Pryor, aged
II years, was killed by a Michigan
Central passenger train at Albion.
Milwaukee, Wis-Ferdinand Laabs,
a teamster, was caught in a live trolley
wire and badly injured. The wire
broke over his head.
Astoria, Ill.-At Vermont, seven
miles northwest, the Office and plant
Of the Vermont Eye and the house OF
T. NJ. Jefferds, with its contents. were
destroyed by fire. Loss, $1,000.
Marquette, Wis.-Ed Moss jumped
from a third-story window when
asleep. He awoke when he struck the
Sidewalk and went back to his room to
nurse a hruse On his arm.
Defiance, Ohio-Peter Clemens, aged
o., was run down by a scorching bicy-
clist near this city. and sustained in
juries from which he cannot recover.