Arizona republican., 1897-10-10
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The enterprise Ol l1le uOuelu ucWo- paper is something astounding. Sev- eraI of the great morning dailies in New York, for instance, now have evening editions. There is a rivalry between these afternoon papers to see which can .get on the street" first The competition has gone so swiftly and so vigorously that the time ap- pears to be in sight when the New York afternoon paper will be printed in time for the merchants and bank CTS and the rest of em to read when they first get down in the morning. They would thus get their late news along with the early news. At 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon it is possible to buy the five o'clock edition" of the afternoon papers. That is enter prise of high grade It is fight against time. Then at 6 o'clock ac- tual time, comes along the night edi- tions" with the sporting news and other things that are now feature of the modern afternoon paper. Bos- ton is pushing New York in this class of enterprise, and it is possible to buy the five o'clock edition of a Boston paper fifty miles away from that town at 5 o'clock.
 The morning after the circus the newspapers said it was a clean show and free from all 'skin" games. As the appearance of a circus is usually marked by games of that character it is deserving of comment when one comes to town without the shell man and his kindred, But it appears that the man with the game of chance. with the chances all in his favor, is not the only artist that travels with circus, as I will relate. Bright and early that day several young boys apeared on the grounds to work their way into the show" The oppor- tunity was offered and they were put to work cutting weeds and clearing the ground for the tents and wagons If the attention of any one of them was diverted for moment by the roaring of the caged beasts or the curiously painted wagons he was quickly reminded by his employer in harsh and not always choice adject- ives that he was working to get into the show and that no shirking would be tolerated. All mogming long they toiled and sweltered in the warm sun while the show man stood over them and urged them to their utmost At last, about 1 o'clock, with aching bones and weary limbs, the boys had completed the task. The man then told them to go home to dinner and after the parade to come to the tent and he would be there to take them into the side show, the menagerie, circus and all. The boys wanted the tickets but the man assured them it would be much better for him to go with them and see they got through all right. They were promptly on hand at the entrance, of course, but the man did not come to take them in. They waited long and anxiously, hardly daring to believe their benefactor had deserted them. But it was long after the band had struck up IiEellss1- s1-I1aHasie- and they \ could telHby the shouts of the ring \master and the jolly songs of the clowns that the performance was we'll started before they turned away, their hearts bursting with grief. Yes. there were no ''skin' games at the circus. But this moral outlaw, this highway robber, this murderer of high hopes will go or from town to town unhindered and unrebuked.
 
 m wandering through the under growth along the Salt river it is Not altogether uncommon to come upon an isolated grave. It is sometimes a neatly rounded mound with head and 1oot boards with the initials of the si- lent 1nhabitant carved or painted on them, but in other cases there is no mark to show who may be resting there. The fact that I have found two or three of these graves leads me to believe they may possibly be more common than I had supposed, and therefore I speak of them generally ihey may simply represent the mor- tuary Of the Mexican families whc live in little huts along the river, but even let this be known, if you are go- ing through a heavy thicket of un- deTbrush in search of game and come suddenly upon a grave. you fall nr less deeply into reflection and mel. ancholy. "A few miles below towr on the south side of the river in 2 thlcket of sage brush and mesquite is one of these lonely graves It k marked with more prominence thar the others by having built around ii a neat but substantial picket fence with panelled posts, and finished witt mouldings. Though the construction or the enclosure would indicate it. erection to have been not very fa- back. yet it likewise bears the mark of age and decay. Some person whc cannot be influenced by the presence of a human grave has pulled off som of the pickets and mutilated portion of the fence, and it is evident tha time will be largely assisted by ar tifcial means in it's final destruction There is no inscription anywhere t mark the occupant looked al around the fence in the hope of find ing some clue to the identity of tn dead, thinking all the while that h who showed this tribute to the de parted must have been enlightepe enough to inscribe the name of on whom he may have loved, but noth ing could be fcnnd Perhans th