Arizona republican., 1898-01-29
PHOENIX STREETS.

PHOENIX STREETS.
 What is the meaning of ''Ari- | zona?" was the query of a stra ger yesterday. There. were several answ- CTS to the question, but the one that struck me as being the best was that the name is a. combination of Arid and Zone, softened by the Spanish by dropping the, harsh "d'', and cushing it with a final "a" This definition accords with the facts of aridiay and geographical location, notwithstand- ing the definition given by the Cen tury dictionary that it is a corrup- ton of Pima and Papago orlision, meaning little creeks. The latter def milton is not sustained by fact, as the little creeks are an unknown quantity with the exception of a few favored spots in the territory.
 
 One of the visitors to the mining convention was an Irishman from some far-off mining camp. When he arrived here he found Ithat his watch had lost a half hour. He stopped at the railroad office and set it with the clock there. When his watch record ed the noon hour he went to a restau- rant for lunch Looking up at the clock he was astonished ito find that his watch was still half hour of the correct time. He asked the waiter if the clock was all right, and he was assured that it was. IA man seated next to him explained the difference between city time and railroad time. The miner listened attentively, and threw his watch into his west pocket with this confirmation of his celtic nature: Sure a man has to be a scholar to live in this town"
 saw good instance of mine pro- noting the other day, and it gave an excellent illustration of the troubles of mine owners lifet A well known mining man was stopped on the street by a young man who said he was looking for a big mime, "the big ger the better" were the words he used. The mining man described sev- eral of his best properties to the young man, and he spent an hour of his good time in this way. q will take every thing you have," said the young ''cap- italist,' ''but I can't spend any more time today with you as I ann very busy. wiM see you tomorrow at the Adams hotel. The mining man went his way, and the capitalist jumped He was an hour late on his beat, and some of his customers had to go with out milk in their tea that night.
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 Steve Andrews has just returned from Seattle He says there are more dogs in that town just now than any place except Alaska. There are dogs everywhere, of all kinds. They make life almost unbeatable by day, and hideous by night. You can hear the barking when the train gets within five miles of the town, and when you reach the town you can't hear any thing else. They belong to prospect ors bound for Alaska. Steve says it is the dog-gondest town he ever struck, and even the preachers will be glad to say "doggone' when the last ship has sailed. He is glad to get back to Phoenix where he can talk to people without an ear trumpet.
 1 have often seen a pleaSant-faced man on the streets in Phoenix, and he was always dressed Nike a. man who ate his bread by the sweat of his brow. I put him down on the list of ranch hands. Yesterday I met him again, and he was fashionably dress ed. He left on the evening train for Chicago, and he was going back to again take 8 run out of the big ciy as conductor on one of the eastern roads, a position he had held for many years.
 |" lam glad to get to this town" said a. stranger last night. ~I spent a few weeks in Colorado Springs, and if there is another place just like it I don't want to go there. The fellows there are the worst gamblers you ever saw Why, they will play poker all night, and during the day they sit about the hotels and use all kinds of devices for gambling saw them put pieces of cube sugar on a chair and bet on the one that would first at tract a fly, and when it lit they would bet on the time it would remain. One day 1t rained and the fellows had to stay inside all day. They spent the day betting on the time drops of water took to go to the bottom of the pane of glass it struck. When they tined of that they would find something else to bet on, and it just kept me busy keeping my personal expense account. I am glad I came here, but did not come for my health; it was just to get away from old associations, you know"
 There are two kinds of bad hearts, one depraved, the other diseased. For the latter better see Dr. Swetnam.
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