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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
THE CLEVER WOMAN.
A Transaction Which Made Her H usband
 Sorry For the Other Man.

Sorry For the Other Man.
 Billings was tall, very tall, with an exquisite crop of red hair, where as Hoadly was short and corpulent. On the train home the other even ing they became involved in an ar guument over the respective abil- ities of their wives as marketers.
 "Mr. Hoadly," Billings said, "let me assure you, sir, that fully con- cur with you regarding the ability of Mrs. Hoadly to market, but, sir, Mrs. Billings displays such remark able sagacity in her purchases that l have never yet had an occasion to question the advisability of one" "
 Hoadly's cheeks puffed out for moment before he replied: "Well, Billings, would not for the world question such excellent judgment as that of Mrs. Billings, especially when 1 think of her tasty little din ners, but did ever tell you of Mrs. Hoadly's experience with a Wash ington market butcher9 I have al- ways thought it the smartest bit of marketing I ever encountered. You remember Porksides, the butcher, who keeps a stall near the lower end of the market?"
 II have heard Mrs. Billings com ment upon that person.
 ''Yes, it was Mrs. Billings that recommended him to Mrs. Hoadly, and this day, wishing to buy some spring chickens, it occurred to her to try Porksides; so she inquired:
 How many spring chickens have you got today, MT. Porksides2'
 CT have just six left of the batch, said he. There they are, hanging on the hooks.
 Now here is where Mrs. Hoadly excelled in astuteness," and Hoad- ly's face beamed proudly as he told it.
 "'Tn take three of them, she said, but as I keep a boarding house want you to pick out the three toughest. Possibly you can let me have them a little less.
 "Bahr' exclaimed Billings. You don't call that astuteness, do you2"
 Wait a minute, my dear Billings. Porksides went to work punching those chicks till he had selected the three toughest. Just as he finished in walked your wife, Mrs. Billings '"
 After the two ladies had greeted each other my wife turned, and, to the utter astonishment of Porksides, totally disregarding the three tough chickens he had selected for her, coolly informed him that she would take the other three. Now. what do you think of that method of secur- ing tender chickens2"
 "A smart one, Roadly. Yes, in deed, quite clever; in fact, almost as clever a thing as Mrs. Billings would do. But then it would be diff cult for any butcher fool hel. on chickens.
 Hoadly had been laughing so bard over his story that it was moment or two before he realized what Bill ings had said. When he did, he sad ly shook his head and relapsed into thought for moment
 Billings, he finally said, "there was only one person in that trans action I felt sorry for"
 "Who2 Porksides2"
 "No, old man, it was you"
 Mel What on earth did have to do with itP''
 Well, you see, Billings, your wife bought the three tough chickens. -Harper's Bazaar.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
A dispatch from Madrid says

A dispatch from Madrid says a rumOr prevails there to the effect that an important communication has been received by the Spanish government from the leaders of the Cuban insurgents suggesting basis for a possible settlement of the Gu ban difficulties.
 George Crocker, the California millionaire, has purchased the old Knickerbocker residence at the cor ner of Fifth Avenue and Sixty-fourth Street, New York City, at price stated to be between S2G0,0OO and S250,0O0.
 The total number of yellow fever patients at Edwards, Mississippi, i: two hundred and thlrty-eight.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
Temporary lujuassssu

District Attorney E
 Yavapai county, arrived this morning and spent
 entire day in looking Gp of the YavSpal eOaa1 bonds recently funded bl tOrlal Loan COmmiSSiol this afternoon fled in]as ceedings against the Lea sion, restraining she0 fr' new bends in leu Of th. The bonds funded a26 : by the:loan eOmmisSiCn in 1898, at which Sl=e signed by the TeTrisoES These bonds are not he,s and 1t was thought thS would be issued for thea
 Judge 1rueSiale heaF' cation for S temporary and cited the LOSn Coz appear ln court tomesrE, at lO o'clock 10 show elr permanent injunction
 issue aS prayed for and that the Loan COmmiSS action whatever ia the q the court has passed u Junction prOeeedinSS-
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06

Ex-Mayor Fred Cole, of Van couver, B. C., was drowned on the Skaguay trail, en route to Klondike
 General Neal Dow, the veteran apostle of temperance, died last Saturday.
 The new Spanish ministry has re- called General WeyIer from Cuba as one of its first official acts.
 Diphtheria is epidemic lat San Francisco.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
pr. swearingen, state health officer

Dr. Swearingen, state health officer of Texas, says there is not case of yellow fever in that state.
 A St. Louis woman has just con- cIuded a deal whereby she receives S4,OOO for her husband, wLo is a street car conductor.
 George N. Macondray, one of the members of the well known firm of Macondary Bros.. silk and tea i'm porters, died in San Francisco on Saturday.
 Two expeditions will leave Cali fornia this month for India to wit ness the total eclipse of the sun,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06

and slander0us ehargeS time they will be Un6I thoroughly condemned who has been foolish credit them with hone pose.
 "I have felt called Up this explanation as a res of the charges laid aga political enemies thOUS believe, in view of the lo tanee had with the eitiz' county, that any explains part was necessary.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
Something Like It.

Her Fiance (who has not known her very long and is inclined to he jealous)-Clara, dear, did you ever have a-eh-a-an experience like this before2
 Clara Gnnocently- she was sitting on his knee)-Well, George, l once sat on the top rail of fence.-Pick Me Up
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
Feared He Had Done Wrong.

"I'm very much afraid, said MT. Meekton, that I hurt my wife's feelings this afternoon. It was un- intentional, but she's terribly sensi tive about any insinuations that q woman isn't just as well able to take care of herself as a man.
 "How did it occur2"
 1T was in a street car, and before I saw who she was I stood up and offered her my seat. ''-Washington Star.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
The rTisoa csatr

The Prison CsRtr
 When Governor MeCo
 to office he found a q
 leasing the prison labo
 been made by his pEe6s
 approved by the supzs@
 the territory. By the lig
 two years time that had
 tween the signing of th
 and his induction into O
 covered that the iateres'
 ritOry would be s0bserge
 ing some amendments
 tract. These amen0maa
 for and they were nan
 to by the company. He
 eight different things seg
 were granted as follows,
 1. That the company $
 upon the ground and
 work before any labor va
 first-claSS machinery of
 improved patterns to ed
 than S20000.
 ?. That the company
 to the territory a S0iSahl
 it would complete the ea
 3. That the eomp0ny
 move earth each workln
 would cost double the a1
 value of the prison laboE
 by the territory tO the cC
 f. That the company
 expense erect and have u for use suitable barracksi modate all the prisoners
 be worked at the head oT
 ,. That no prisoner sent to work upon the ea
 escape in the opinion Of
 lntendent would be proh
 6. That the territory be compelled tO pOreh2S
 that it did not desire
 what ]. did purehase sAOI price no greater than
 other patrons of the cana
 '. That the territory the company should keek| of the prisoners.
 s. That no prisoners
 worked at any other plac| other work except upon
 Every one of these n
 except the second the eOs
 eeded to. The governor
 for the reason that in T
 the acceptance by the e
 the first and third reqEl
 sufficient guarantee Of gI
 the part Ofthe company.
 tracs as amended ia the
 the governor Is not only i territory. but the general ! working the prisoners has concurrence.
 The appAal cPSa 4e \ States supreme cont wl1 ; be dismissed. IL will 5s
 for several reasons. Fir : the governor does net policy of obstruction pur: last administration I'd , est court of the teErlsor , proved the cOntract-ls d or for the best interests { ' tory. If 1t was not 6Ss ? motion of the territory is ; on motion of the eOmpa. reason that the appellant , J. Nugent, refused oSsSa bond; and second. bscauS lsved to be best for thl that the contract should ted in good faith.
 l The expense to the q
 carrying out the contra nominal. There will ! guards employed, no tool by the territory, and sh | and food for the p-isous l work will cost little lSI than now. If the canal will bring under eUltiTaa . amount If the finest q land in America. that tod . less. It wIll add two or lions oT dollars 10 the tax
 of the territory, several
 inhabitants, and make Sol ! Arizona one of the rieaS 3 the territory. The teErl l over 2,00O acres of land } watered by this canal WA l cultivated by prison labt $ manner aS tO make the ? sustaining. The talk al r labor coming into eomgs
 honest labor Is but the Vi 3 demagogUeS, The frie1l l whose lives have beea { people whose prOpexty !, stolen or burned the sd $ the many crimes Whieh e committed by these pEi f honest, industrious lab 2. and the over bur3eae3 ,- who have to support the ?. in iGlensSS, are GSs-lsa !, nights broOCiing over tAl i incident to their being 3 !, It Is the demagogUeS tk' s and the calamity howl. | making the Outery.-PAs ,- liean.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06

The Gazette has 6ubl| temporary the Courier
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06
ARIZONA JUURNAL-MINER

Entered in the Postofice at Prescott as sec
 ond class matter.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-10-06

n c. POWERS, MINING AND REAL Es- K TATE BECKER, U. $. MINERAL I've SURVEYOR. Leans negotiated. Othce next door to Bank of Arizona
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
THE NEw CREDIT SYSTEM.
Less Trust Put In Human Nature Vow Thar
Formerly In UnsIncss DcnIInEs.

There is q heap Of difference" said q COM
mercial agency man. between the credit
system now and The system OF only a few years
ago. When l started in business 1t was the
fashion for tho out.of.town merchant TO COM TO
tho mnrke, to make his purchases. lie visited
the merchant he wanted to buy goods OF. and
whether he knew him or not. tho merchant
IN Ave minutes had made up his mind
whether he wanted to sell goods TO him or
not and just the amount and just the length Of
credit he wanted to give. In very few cases
was there any investigation of q mans record.
The merchant simply sized his man up and then
acted on his Judgment. The system wasn't bad.
either. for those days. for it was seldom that n
merchant who bad had experience in dealing
with men made Il mistake. You could tell then
what IA man was after n five minute talk.
But to-day. good heavens! YOU talk To a man
five minutes and you probably know less about
linn than you did before you saw him. mean,
Of course. in tho matter'of business standing.
Toe merchant who tried 10 do business on that
plan today would be bankrupt In n month II he
YVES worth nil ions 10 start with. The man
who comes in looking for credit to-day gets Jus at
{ good n reception US he did In the old DAYS:
but after lie has given his order and goes away
comb before he gets a cents worth OF credit.
! don't know whether human nature has
changed 70 that il il Impossible 10 tell whether
a man Is honest now and will keep his word or
not. but certain Il IL that you cant size a man
M to-day bv tnilin. with him as you used to he
able to eve hira az. M,r- trouble is taken to-day
to IND Git the iruHtwUrth.l.c~s NJ a mar who
w"ntS 300 worth ~ CrcHit than wrs t.kcn
twenty years ago TO look r the 'rustworthine,+
OF a N IL who w,ut"d 10000 worth Or credit"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
uIcKEDNEss FOR THE SUBURBS.
a Man who IL Fronting by the Desire OF Ous.
nf-ToMn Cluha Go Excel On Thelr smohers.

a Man who Is Fronting by the Desire OF Oue.
or-Town Clubs to Excel In Their Smokers.
Since the celebrated Sceley dinner said .
man who has had twenty years of experience in
one-night stands, with a repertory ranging from
Hamlet to "Unclc Toms Cabin" IL have
been working Il softer snap than acting. II it
only holds out you won't catch mt before tho
footiights again. There comes n time in every
mans life, yon know. when fortune Is within
his grasp II he only knows enough TO grab it.
This time l did grab it, and now | am playing
on velvet.
"Thc sensation caused by that Sceley dinner
aroused a.! tho suburban clubs in this part Of
the country, and each one wanted TO excel every
other one in It's smokers. That was according
70 my forecast, and / was ready for them. had
engaged hail a dozen good people. and / sent
out circulars to every organization likely to
give smokers advertising my select vaudeville
compa. y. agreed not only TO Furnish the en-
tcrta!ners, but also to provide a stage
and a piano thumper. Now, ! wouldn'b
furnish people who were not all right.
you know. None Of your Lit,ie Egypt in
ny show, and, ,Sa Iy. thHt Fqr, Of thinG isns
the t]udlcnce The impression that they are going
10 see a show that for various reasons cannot be
duplicated on the nletropoii.An stage. and you
| been ST. ring mo Whit.wash Sisters in, their
select skirt dancesf 10Y nc past, year. One Of them
carried torch am aorc a helmet. Tho other
Mas IN II chorus in ihis city for one Engagement.
They do an ordinary skirt lance, and the dago
one oiiGs two iopi,n' sonss, they have madeA
zig hi IN the Oranges.
/ ~t.ino,ircd, Thit's u f1r'. lie u ConviuoId
t t1osd nc AND Fo' GS Is /, II nG a moo S%;p'1 10 e f foo.od, I
4. Nays prime the CnnlG b4si,vs win the names
and poGui! ritic, Of m, a doErn men whn are
local hits. That Is LGCl fur "a cHeplc every
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
nnfar y euar.
sat,sr.s,svv Chsvv,ps Hcsas - succe.-rsi pInys
inr-The Brsshtyu HAsit.

tnR-The BreektIu Bhbtt.
Observation in the prominent whist clubs Of
New York. ana particularly of Brooklyn, has
led to the conclusion that gum chewing and
whist playing nre inseparable on tho part Of
eNperts. One Of the most prominent ornaments
on the table In the cloak room OF the Brooklyn
Whist C1ub is a large glass jar nlled with two
brands Of chewing gum. Tho purveyor 10 the
porter OF tho club. who has the exclusive right
to sell to the members. Tho jar holds ABOUT two
score packages Of tho ordinary ive.cont size
and Il needs to be replenished about every ten
days. Tho members Of the Brooklyn Whist
Club are particular to the extent that they chew
only those gums that are said to have a small
percentage of pepsin in their composition.
On Monday nights when tho number OF tables
played averages about twenty at least half the
masculine Jaws In the room are moving In tho
slow, dreamy rhythm that attaches to the cud-
chewing, meditative COW. Very few Of the
Brooklyn whist players chew gum rapidly.
Furthermore, It is noticeable that those who do
| chew at quick luncheon speed arc not the host
players in the club. Some OF the members de.
light in their after-dinner cigar while pondcring
| over the possibility OF old.fashioncd or common
sense openings, hut when the cigar is finished,
II not inveterate smokers, almost without ex.
ception they resort to the solace OF gum for tho
fe Ths BToo q fh Whist sESn player, as a general thing.
Heating gun than tho Now York whist player.
use an old and homely phrase, like a bulldog
crunching a bone Determination, persist
snce. and force Of character are typical Of the
man 10 moody, speculative, and vacillatine as
he chews. The New York man brings his jaws
together with such force that the scalp on tho
ton of his hend moves in sympathy. The Brook;
lyn man works feebly and slowly, as an aged
person with poor teeth masticatcs hard food.
Whist players say that gum chewing helps
thcm to concentrate their attention upon the
game. They assert that they can think better
and follow the run Of the cards better IL their
jaws are in motion. They agree with the French
doctor who advanced the theory that the best
work of thinkers was done while they were eat
ing or abiding at something.
Flyers Of the championship teams who go
away from New York to play, with the teams Of
other cities. say the gum habit is strongly
marked among all whist players, although al
clubs do not have gum in the club room, as is
the custom among the Brooklyn organizations.
So strongly has tho gum habit fastened itself
upon the Brooklyn players that the loss OF o re.
cent match il attributed to the fact that one of
the members OF tho team. ran out of his supply
Of gum, and not being able to find any of his
f~ovorite brand in the city where the games were
being played did so misera bly, that his partner
was fairly scandalized at his play.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
MAEILdND,s OYSTER NAVY.
one Subject on which All Inhabitants OF the
Irrrapin state Agree.

The naval militia IL organized in fifteen Of tho
forty-hvo States, and Its total enlisted member
ship is in excess Of $500. The fifteen States are
Massac usctts. Rhode Island, Connecticut. New
York. Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina.
South Carolina. Georgia, Ohio, Louisiana, Cali
fornia, Michigan. Illinois, and New Jersey.
These are. substantially. he States having the
largest coast line; but Maine, Texas, Oregon.
and Wisconsin,. four States with n considerable
coast line, are not represented among them.
Maryland has in addition what is known as
an oyster navy or fishery force. At the head OF
this force Is n commander, and there Is a fleet OF
thirteen sloUps and two steamers owned by tho
State engaged in enforcing observance OF the
Maryland laws which relates to the oyster in
fustry. low important ms iMa ~ ,[s ! ~ IL s mo-
TIER wc,.. 33, 3ss persons engaged In 1t in It's
various trenches. The yes'sis employed mum
OF S2,6ls,7+5. The capital INFESTED in
shore, property Aggregate - 500. 900 ~ s ana thc
IN all. II .632, $50 bushels Of oysters were sold,
the equivalent OF more than two Diiilon oysters
| int crestse of MsryianiT has long been "a matter OF
more than local concern. and the nshery Meet 10
reinforced, during six months Of the year by
numher OF seven. Stationed IN Pocomoke Sound.
Herring Bay, ,Manoktn River, Chester kiver.
Honaa River, Tired Avon River. ana ~. Mary,s
River, LOCALITIES well known to those who ad'
mlre and appreciate ChesapeAk he Bay oysters.
though inc MNrylhNu o!rltI. HiH9 10 rothp
lishcd on a nautical'basis n touch OF sentiment
Is given 10 he fleet by the : nmes Of the Official
Hamilton, Nelly Jack.on, ny Brown, Helen
Enughm"n, DAISY Archer. h,ss!s LONGS con Nanny
Sally Jones, Frolic, and Folly. IT seems difficult
TO see how even the most unsuscepiiole OF oyster
drtdZers could resist the official attention OF a
feet thus designated and as "A fact the laws re-
lStlng to the preservation Of 9 3S Gy ot Are s ss.,n
WLatevnr differences OF opinion exist or arise
IL MARYLAND. whether on the subject Or party
tern shore and the western shore or on acco nj
Of the always. threatened but never accom-
I'll MARYLAND men agree As to the necessity OF
strictly and sedulously, observing The game
laws. tho fishery laws and the laws relating e
oyster dredging and to the projection OF the
oyster beas; Il is IN this respect that ne GIstel
local unifylng force. and by enforce
ment OF such regulations, the oyster interests a
n those OF some Northern states have been per
] Aitted TO suffer from either neglect or greed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
SAYING OF HALF AN INcH.
A Section or the DIREieS law frsm which OIL,
cloth Importers Reap Front.

when 1t comes to the question OF the tariff"
said an assistant appraiser to a SIN reporter,
= it lie very often a case of anything 10 do the
Government Now. take the oilcloth business.
A standard size for oilcloth before the passage
Of the Mckinley bill was IL feet in width. Sec
tion 1877 of the DinRley bill fixes the duty for
oilcloth under IL feet In width Mt 8 cents n
yard and l5 per cent. ad valorem. and for oil
cloth IL feet and over in width at 90 cents
A yard and 20 per cent ad valorem.
We'll. the importation of oilcloth under the new
bill has begun, and the first consignment is
made up OF oilcloth IL feet III inches in width.
A half inch has simply been dropped from the
standard. In 800 cases opt OF loo oi!ci6th II
is bound to lose n lot Of revenue.
There is absolutely no legal reason, how
ever, why the manufacturers should. not take
half an inch of a standard width II they can
cave IL cents on every yard nnd per cent. on
Of them may ovcrreach themselves, Tor very
| often goods stretch after they are made and the
margin 10 ~ feet is so small thHs IN, nS,o slightest u est
higher duty. An thu: We can do Is TO watch the
goods thai comes In and measure them care
: will OF course impose the higher duty.
This case is not eHHctiy the same Is the as
ofthc Tariff law puts . duty on 'csrbons for
electric lighting Of ninety cents a hundred.
B asd ,rDt thS h lor eaFb Sr ne for p, ]eiscty, az iis fnI TtT VIVA:
ten inches. The importers and the manlfac.
turers Of carbon saw the possibilities IN the car.
Ion s9heiEle ana l snr9G" gro rsG tn ,Gb ssH'i Y
looked for a time as II tho Government would
have to take The loss; but Appraiser Wake
WAS surely an evasion OF the law and
that a carbon 40 inches long was impractlcabIC
Tor electric lighting; that the intention of thC
importcr was TO cut or brenk them UP into -four
c%arbons, and SO he assessed each 4oinch carbon
tanned he ruling, But With the oilcloth IL d
dlrerent. the law Is distinct, and the manufac
turers nrc o1'iil"d to every inch or benefit"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28
MINI PEAKS In ONE DAY.
MISS PEUK's GREAT CLINE IN TEE
WHITE MOUNTAINS.

she MA TIE whsls Presidential Range. start
inE at $40 A. N. asa Hinishins at 5iis
p. Made the Trip Alone ana Lost AZ
Minutss ThreuEh Misinrermntiop.
Miss Annie 8. Peck Ia n young American
woman who distinguished herself in 1895 by
climbing the Matterhorn, and last April per-
formed the even moro difficult feat OF climb
ing Mount orizaba, in Mexico. At present Miss
Peck In living III a New York apartment house,
but she manages to keep In pretty good train.
Ing. Ono can do considerable climbing, even In
New York. II one lives, as Miss Peck does, on the
top floor of n city house.
This plucky Toung woman's experiences on
the Matterhorna and on Oriznba have been talked
OF among all mountain climbers. This autumn.
however. she performed q feat which can be APP
preciated more readily by hundreds Of persons
who have never seen either Switzerland or
Mexico. Any enc who has visited the White
Mountains, and particularly tho energetic per-
sons who have climbed a few o. the peaks. will
DO able to form somo idea of Miss Pcck's en-.
durance and pllck when he or she roads what
sho did up thert one September day.
Everybody knows tho Presidential range
A good many persons have climbed one or moro
of Its peaks. A few have lest their lives in
similar attempts. But Miss Peck is tho first
woman who ever went over the range as It
is called. climbing every one Of the nine peaks,
in a single day. A few pon have performed
this feat. NJ. Cook and DR.. Sargent went from
the Ravinc House, at tho foot OF Mount Madi-
son, over ths range to tho Crawford House, and
then aroundthe mountains back to the Ravine
House. reaching there at between / and 2 A. NJ.
This is the biggest thing on record In the White
Mountains.
Miss Peck did not do this. She stopped at the
Crawford House instead OF following the road
around through the valleys to the Ravine House
again. But Miss Peck is q slender woman. not