Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-07-07

falucu ana the lrult Delng WantonlY destroyed.
 In China they do everything by contraries, compared with Chris tian methods white is the mourn ing color instead of black, they read from right to left, start at the foot of the page and go up, etc. A Chi naman recently tried to jump from moving street ear in Los Angeles tho contrary way, jumping back wards and the experiment worked to a charm. as he lit correspond ingly contrary -on his head instead of on his feet.
 A fatality seems to attach tO Christian EndeavoTers on route to California. Two accidents occurred on Tuesday night to trains bearing excursionists to tho Pacific coast, and on Wednesday night a train loaded with them ran into freight train near Akron, Colorado. The fireman and one passenger were killed, and others injured.
 Tom Watson. in an editorial in his paper, openly charges Bryan with contributing Sl, 800 for the purchase of the populist vote in November, Mir. Bryan evidently knows the value of free silver when it bears the stamp of the United States on it's face. We have heard the story told of a politician nearer home, who was defeated last year, and who after election is reported to have said that there was no use in trying to educate voters, and that he pro- posed to buy them up the next time he ran for office. Money is con sidered a powerful argument in re- forms.
 Two accidents happened in the the east on Tuesday night to Chris tian EndeaYor excursionists eu route to California. The Chicago and North Western railroad sent out nine train loads of excursion ists and section five ran into the rear end of section number four kill. ing three persous outright and SC riously iDjuring a large number more. \ train load out of Indian, ! apoiis on the Vandalia road col. lided with an east bound train neal Vandalia, two being killed and sev- eral wounded.
 Johannesburg, the mining camp on the Mojave desert, has come into international prominence over very small affair. A hotel keeper, some time since,hired two Japanese cooks They proved to be persona non grats to the people in the camp, and the hotel man was compelled to dis charge them. The Japs reported the affair to the Japanese consul al San Francisco, and he reported it to Secretary of State Sherman. The discharged Japs demand damage' and protection in their treaty rights The sheriff Of Kern county, Cali fornia, has been asked to investigate the affair.
 Prescott's two great needs at pres ent arc a good, reliable water system and reduction works. If the wisdom. of our citizens can devise the for mer, a system that will furnish an l abundant and unfailing supply the entire year, and if capital can he induced to supply the latter, the onward march of our city woull be triumphant and rapid. Prescott's motto, so far as material things per taining to her progress IS concerned, should be, Seek ye first a good water system and reduction works and all things else will be added unto you" A sewerage system, paved streets, electric street cars. and all the other evidences of modern civilization would follow as surely as day follows night.
 Through the columns of Pheuix paper, it is learned that the JOURNAL MINER is accused by a conce m which never contributed cent towards paying for the progress of Prescott, that this paper IS foe of progress, an obstructionist, so to speak. The freshness of this accusation, as we'll as it's absurdity. will only cause a smile to come across the faces of those who have been familiar with the JoURNAL-MNER's policy for the past fifteen years. This paper has been accused of being too progress sive-of wanting improvements be- fore the people were able to pay for them. It has always been in the front rank of those advocating progressive idess, but it is not pre- pared to accept every mushroom idea, which may happen to have a progress" label on it, that may be presented. It believes that a debt honestly contracted, and every evi- dence of indebtedness honestly is- sued, should be paid. Hence, it does not favor costly experiments, where chances are against the suc- cess of the proposed progress. The JouRNAL-MINER has not only been an earnest advocate of progress, but for the past fifteen years it has been paving it's fulI ouota tO kean tba