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The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-29

Advocates Of the Nicaragua canal
might pause to figure cut this little ex-
ample in the rule of three: New Yorl,
canal steal Z: 1900, 900 :: Nicaragua ca
nall
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-29

Will the emperor of China be invited
to Russia's peace party?
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-29

A Helena man has gone home &c
have a charge of bird shot removed
from his cheek. There was an impress
sion abroad that bird shot would not
penetrate the cheek of any citizen of
Helena
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-08-29
No Reason Why.

aul, Aug. 27.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
BCT SPRINGS OF ARIZONA.

An all-year resort for health and pleasure, perfect climate and nat ural hot springs of great medicinal and curative powers; an open air swim ming pool. Abundant private baths in porcelain lined tubs. Water is piped 1900 feet to hotel and bath house, and a natural heat of III degrees Fahren- heit is retained. A comfortable and attractive house of twenty-five rooms is now completed, in addition to which ample tent room with boarded floors and sides is furnished for those who prefer open air accommodations. Rates. s per day; special rates to large parties. A table and accommodations for miners is provided at special rate of $2 per day. No extras. Round trip tickets via Hot Springs Junction, A miles from Phoenix on s. F. P. &P. R. R., including stage fare. are sold at all stations on railroads Ample arrange ments have been perfected at Hot Springs Junction for food and lodffng and daily stage, except on Sunday. runs to the springs. For further in- formation address.
 c. M. COLHOUN, Manager.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

It is time for the city and county authorities to do something toward the improvement of the roads It is poor policy to permit all the roads except Center avenue to deteriorate. Washington. Adams and Jefferson streets, from Center street to the Cap itol grounds and beyond, are full of pitch holes. In places the bottom has fallen through. Not a stroke of work has been done on these throughfares in year or more, and as a result they are summed by pleasure drivers If the city and county officers whose duty it is 10 keep these roadways in re- pair were forced to ride over them a few times after dark the work of inn provement would not longer be de- 1ayed.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

The general business of the country continues quiet but, all things con- sidered, it is in quite as good condition as could be expected. So far as the latest war developments have had any eject on the markets they have been favorable. The totals of bank clear ings are large, the remarkable export business of the last few months con- tinues, prices are strong and steady, except for some few changes that are natural at this time of year, and the humber of failures is small. All these conditions speak of at least fairly pros- porous times though it must be ad- mitted that the showing in the west is better than that in the east. In neither section. however is there anything like decided setback; and when the con- ing bond subscriptions absorb some of the surplus money that is now in vain seeking borrowers there may be still better conditions to report
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

department of the east, of the United States army, and had been working twelve and fourteen hours seven days a week for some time Colonel Case was born in Hunterdon county, N. J., on December IS, 184O, and had mo- table military record.
 Acting on the advice of his physician William Waldorf Astor has taken a house for the summer called Danes field, at Westgate-on-the-Sea the most bracing point on the north Kentish coast. He intends to divide his time between Cliveden and Danesf1eld, hoping that the bracing breezes of the latter will correct the enervating ef- fects of the Cl1venden air. The story is current in London that MT. Astor would be glad to find a purchaser for Clivenden, the famous place on the Thames he purchased for $2,500,00o from the duke of Westminster. He
 finds that the relaxing air of the
 Thames valley does not agree with him, especially in the summer months
 when Clivenden is at it's loveliest.
 Is Lieutenant Hobson, by his gal lant deed, likely to add a word to the udutlCd1 Il1OA Ol luG 1AS1lSA 1dA- guage? asks the London Telegraph. Ii looks like it. For example, a rivez passenger steamer, one of the grimiest and most tumble-down of the many dilapidated craft of the kind that plow the silent highway, nearly colided with barge at London bridge yesterday afternoon. The skipper used strong language to the barge, but to his taunts the latter bel1owed: Better take that old tub out to sea and Hob- sonize her!" The retort was greeted with burst of apprecia.ive and sym pathetic laughter by the passengers on board the vessel thus characterized If the majority of the Thames passen- ger steamers were efficiently "Hobson- ized'' and replaced by comfortable modern vessels, the change would be welcomed bymostof the psople who use the river service.
 Harold Frederick cables from Lon don to the New York Times: Doubt less, there are great men still left in England, but the death list of the past eight years has produced on the nation a feeling of lamps going out which will not be relighted. We may take from it almost at random names in statesmanship, art, letters, theology, science, and the humanities, for which one sees no rising substitutes. Burne- Jones is one of these Of this kind he was more wholly unique than most Like most other great English paint CTS, he was for many years stoned at home, while understood and honored abroad To the last the Royal acad- emy consistently insulted him to the best of it's puerile ability. Now that he is dead, Philistine England sees that he must have been great man by what outsiders say, and hastens to do him elaborate obituary honors.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
IS THE BATTLEsH1P DOOMED?

One reason for the increased impor- tance attached to speed is undoubtedly the development Of the torpedo boat. Originally this was small launch of 15 or 16 knots, equipped with charge of explosive carried on a long spar. With such machinery Cushing sank the Albemarle in 1864. The old launch was very unseaworthy, could scarcely be lived in, and had in action to steam right up to the enemy. As against this she had to face no quick-firing guns. But the modern torpedo boat or destroyer steams from 22 to 25 knots in calm weather at sea; in bad weather can live, but is exceedingly uncomfort- able; and need not come nearer than 300 yards from her enemy. She uses the automatic eorpedo, which runs 31 knots and can sink the finest ship afloat in minute. No such weapon existed in the wars of the past, for the fire ship had little or none of the dead Illness and insidiousness of these hor- rible hornets of the sea.
 The constant improvements of the torpedo, and the growing perfection of the sea keeping torpedo boat as rep resented by the destroyer, are pro- foundly influencing our ideas of naval war. Admiral Colomb, one of the most capable of our tacticians, holds that the battleship is already doomed. Her value, if expended on destroyers, ! would provide from fifteen to twenty of these craft good for 25 knots. As her own sea speed could not excel IA or 15 knots, she could by no possibility escape from these enemies, and then her existence depends on the question l whether she can sink them all before they come to close quarters. If not, she goes to the bottom.
 The problem cannot be tested on this ! wholesale scale, because neither Spain nor the United States has enough de- stroyers or torpedo boats. But it is al- most certain that the most valuable results will be obtained. Each side has a fair f1otilla-the United States in several new and good boats, Spain in her seven destroyers. Each side is certain to employ it's small craft against the others big ships.-H. w. Wilson, author of '1ronclads in Ac- tion," in July Pall Mall Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Justus Strawbridge is to present to the city of Philadelphia a bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin, by Sculp- tor John Boyle. It is to be set up in front of the postoffice and will cost $10,000.
 After nearly forty years service for the government, Colonel Rufus King Case died at his home at PIainfield. N. J., recently from excessive work re- sulting from the war. Colonel Case was chief clerk of the quartermaster's
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

Emperor William declares that the German army is the chief pillar of his throne. That gorgeous piece of fur niture evidently has cannon to SUD- port each of its four corners, while it's ornamental work is made of swords and bayonets
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

General Aguinaldo says that his new provisional government is ready to ac- cept either annexation or a protector ate. But from what is known of the Philippine leader something more than his word is necessary for real assur- ance
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

As the stories of the fight become more complete the Rough Riders continue to grow in the popular imag;- nation. Already they are ten feet high to the Spaniards they chased. If the stories that come from Cuba are true the boys were handicapped by leadership that did not take into ac- count the bushwhacking methods Of the Spaniards
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

General Garcia was lying in the cabin of Captain Chadwick of the New York seasick. He was very enthusiastic" Thus an esteemed con- temporary. But both statements can- not possibly be true.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

One of the Kansas papers says of the republican candidate for governor that he has "a shake which any poli- tician in the state might envy!" No doubt there is a future in store for that man.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

The latest reports would indicate that we are not likely to g5t much more trade from Hawaii in case of an we are getting about all that is pos sible already. But that makes no diff ference. Annexation is not now a com mercial enterprise; it is a war meas ure
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

It is not at all surprising that the venerable Senator Morrill, should be opposed to the extension of our na- tional boundaries. He is too old a man to rise to the requirements of the new cnditions.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

It appears that the Spanish govern ment won the two largest prizes at the last drawing of the Havana lottery. In the lottery of war, however, Spain has drawn blanks right along.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

The talk about revenge" upon Span ish officers for the alleged ill-treatment of Lieutenant Hobscn and his men ignores the obvious proposition 1n ethics that two wrongs do not make right.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

Professor Won Holz of the UniEar- sity of Chicago, who declares that America had no right to engage in the present war, is one of the ablest deputy Spaniards in this country.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28
PHOENIX, JUNE 2S. 1898.

So far as can be sascertained, the ln- creased tax on beer is violently op- posed by everybody but the consumer who has to pay for it
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

England will not have her customary naval review this year. She doubt less feels that America is presenting a somewhat more impressive exhibi- 4iop in the same line.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

Official statistics show that Col. Bryans beautiful silver mounted sword is only two inches shorter than his famous oraturicaf throat.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

Faneun hall in Boston is to be made fire-proof at last. It was high time. Liberty is not old enough in this eoun- trv to have outgrown it's cradle.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

Publication office: 3s Adams Street. Telephone No. 1T.
Arizona republican., 1898-06-28

Entered at Ehe postoface at Phoenix, Arizona, as Mal matter of the second class.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11
ONE MANS START IN BUSINESS.

G all the curious starts in life oe
 which self-nlade men are apt to boast.
 .be most extraordinary one is tha,
 which furnished the basis for 6 busi-
 ness from which a stationer in this
 city derives a comfortable ircome He
 does not tell the story himself, but 1t comes from an old acquaintance whose
 yeracity is beyond question: The sue cessful business man of today was once a collector for mercantile house, and made as high as thirty or forty calls per day on delinquent GUS toners He always borrowed lead pencil from each one, and never re- turned it unless asked to do SO Of course, no suspicion attached to him. for forgetfulness in regard to lead pen
 cils is recognized as a human failing. One of every three he secured was long
 enough to pass muster as new pen cil, and after he collected 1000 in this way he secured contract for furnish ing lead pencils to a country school.
 One of the advantages of his bid was that he offered to supply pencils all ready sharpened He now maintains la commodious stationery store, and his
 contract department f1ourishes.-Phil- adelphia Record.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST

Maori girls in the North island of New Zealand are being tattooed by Urewera tohunga for $15 apiece
 Kaiser Wilhelm treated forty Brit ish and forty-eight German naval ca dets to beer on his yacht Hohenzollern while at Trondhjem.
 In a recently discovered Roman tomb the skeleton of woman was found which had a complete set of false teeth, beautifully wrought in pure gold.
 A bazaar has just been held at Hampden house in Buckinghamshire the home of John Hanpden, to raise $10.000 that is needed to restore the parish church in whic,, his bones are. buried
 Sarah Bernhardts snecial train of l palace cars was completely destroyed by collision with 3 freight train at Manchester recently Mme. Bernhardt and her company had fortunately, left 1 the cars
 While Councillor ?. Freedman of Swansea was riding 'is cycle along the i Mumbles road the celluloid gear case of the machine caUrht fire, and before
 he could jump burned his trousers off him.
 Admiral T. l.. Massie, the father of the British navy. is dead at the age of 97 years. He joined the navy as mid shipman at the age of 16, fought at Navarino, and was present at the 0om-
 bardment of St. Jean d'Are. Krnpp is building five centimetres
 (two-inch) paper field guns for the : German infantry. They are so light that single soldier can easily carry one, while the resistance of the paper
 is greater than that of steel of the
 same caliber.
 Otto Ribbeck, the successor of Fried
 rich. Ritschl in the chair of classical | philology at the University of Leip- zig, died recently of heart disease, Jagged 71 years. He wrote history of
 Latin poetry, and published many texts of Latin authors; notably aF vir- i gil. He was a vigorous opponent ol
 the methods of comparative philology
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11

It is graceful tribute that General o. O. Howard, one of the most con- spicuous of our federal veterans, pays to General Fitzhugh Lee. of the six encampments along the coast that I visited and carefully. examined,'' he writes in the Independent. General Fitzhugh Lees is all, in all decidedly the best " This endorsement is of par ticuiar value. coming from seasoned commander who fought against Gen eral Lee a generation ago.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11
PLUMS FOR YELLOW FEVER.

Southward respectfully informs the Forest Register and others of the state press who are cOngratulating them selves and the state board of health that a wonderful discovery in medical science was made at McHenry this summer, and that is nothing less than q new cure for yellow fever. A mar lied lady living in McHenry during the epidemic of quarantine became unwell fthe result of natural conditions); the physicians declared her case one of yellow fever and prescribed medi- cine. The lady was yearning for plums: relatives sent four miles in the country and secured a supply, of which the lady ate say two quarts, and in a couple of days was entirely we'll She did not touch the doctors medicine The state board who so vaIlantly stamped out the fever az McHenry should make claim for the discovery of the plum cure.-Gulfport (Miss) SCuthward,
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11
CAVIAR FROM CONNECTICUT.

Chester, July 2S-In former years fishing for sturgeon has not been very profitable, as the meat did not bring 2 large price. but last year the Ely brothers of Hadlyme learned the se- cret of pickling the spawn, after which it brings big price. It is used in the New York restaurants for caviar These men have several nets in Ches- ter Reach which catch from one to three fish per net nightly. and as the spawn brings from SS to s15 for each fish it makes a remunerative business. After being pickled the spawn is al- most black, and one large fish will furnish pickle keg full When a fish is found in the net it is drawn alongside of the boat and a hitch taken around it's tail with a strong rope, when it is lowed ashore and tied to a stake until wanted. The meat brings from six to ten cents a pound.-Eart- ford Courant
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11
PHOENIX, AUGUST II. 1898.
ABOUT ADVERTISING.

General study of advertising methods will bring it's good re- suits, but study with a special purpose in mind will bring bet ter results. To the man who writes his own advertisements this fact will appeal with espec- ial directness and force. Many men have a good idea of adver- Using in general who would not be distinctly successful in exc cutting the work themselves Some men never do get beyond that condition of vague general ization, which is all very we'll as a matter of general informa- tion, but not sufficient for the execution of such careful work as preparing advertising matter. -Ad. Sense.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11
OUR FIGHTING QUALITIES.

Some funny remarks are made by the Spaniards regarding the fighting qualities of our soldiers. An officer in conversation with an American officer said: We have new name for you Americans now'
 ''It that so, what do you call us now? know you used to call us pigs" the American said
 We call you the American devils now, for the way you fight the Span iarc replied.
 He went on to say that their troops were completely dumfounded at the way our men fought It terrorized their men to see our men charge in the face of fire that the Spanish thought nothing could live urfer The officers could not keep their men in the trenches against any such methods as that.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11
NOW FOR STATEHOOD.

Ar1ZOna haS naG republican delegates but they never succeeded in giving Arizona statehood. This republican administration has refused to give either home rule or statehood to Ari- zona. Hence, no man is in ignorance Of how the eastern gold bugs stand on this question.-Courier.
 The above is a fair sample of the 'tommy-rot" employed by the Arizona demagogues in the vain hope of stem ming the growing sentiment for state hood. Irresponsible sheets like the Courier would prefer to have existing conditions continue. With statehood and the benefits arising from it, such as increased population and general development and better moral tone. the Courier and papers, of its callber would be as much out of place as mouse in a woman's rights meeting.
 It is well known here and in the east that the yawping of the free sil- verites has operated to keep Arizona a territory The republicans in con- gross would have been idiots to vote to admit Arizona when there was possibility of her sending free silver men to a congress overloaded with free silver material Things have changed nightly in the last year. The republicans have strengthened them selves in every quarter. The next senate will be strongly republican and therefore strongly sound money. The next house will have a big republican majority. The administration will be republican for six years more at least. Tie free silver craze is dying out every where = Arizona included = and the country is taking hold of the mag
 niicent opportunities made possible by republican success in 1896, cOnse- quent trade conditions and finally the war with Spain. The country is on the tip grade, with the throttle wide open, and with republicans in control it can not fail to startle the world with its
 prosperity The question of state hood for Arizona will assume a differ ent aspect in Washington next win ter if republican delegate is sent there from the territory His pres ence in the lower house will attest to Arizona's desire to participate in the prosperity that is flowing from repub- llican rule To send a democrat would De to announce to congress and the
 whole country that Arizona prefers to ;p bor y,rocorf
 The attitude of the Courier and tie
 other ropocratic sheets in the terri tory shows their fear that the vpt-
 CTS of Arizona may embrace the oppor tunity now held out to them. We say | to republicans everywhere in Ari-
 zona and democrats who desire to see AaiSona progress. that the time is ripe
 fer united, aggressive movement to elect not only a republican delegate
 but republican legislature. Ler us
 pluck the juicy fruit that hangs SC temptingly near. Let us take action i that will place Arizona in the sister
 hood Of states, that will give demagogss
 it's culetus, that will raise our credit
 t) the highest possible notch. Le. us
 be patriots, rather than partisans, this fall. and put an end to present unpleas-
 ant conditions. Once a state tEere
 will be time for all the home politics
 the people may care for.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11

Spain doesn't like the American peace terms, but she will doubtless ac- cept them. She can get off with less humiliation now than she could if she compelled Uncle Sam to do a lot more shooting.
 There are nine little Spanish gun boats scooting around somewhere among the Philippine and Caroline islands. This matter is respectfully referred to Admiral Dewey, with leave to report
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11
It is said that three carloads m,

It IS said that three carloads more Of eXcursionists would have come np to Prescott last Saturday but for the fact that there were no cars for them to cone Cn.-Courier.
 Who said it, colonel? Let's have his name so that this matter may be run down. If three carloads of people were debaIred from the pleasure of seeing the town that supports the Courier the taxless ought to be footed out of the territory.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11

There may be. an official inquiry to ascertain which of the American ships it was that destroyed Cervera's squad ron. The only point on which all hands are at present agreed is that the job was thoroughly we'll done.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11
BAD YEAR FOR POPS.

The populists ought to be unhappy over the result of the bond issue They have always contended that the masses were not bondholders and that those who did hold bonds were the enemies of society. Now the populists have a theory confronting them.
 Three hundred thousand everyday people have subscribed for and are to receive bonds representing amounts varying from fifty dollars to four thousand dollars. Ten to one if a search was made of the list of bidders for bonds the names of some sturdy populists would be found
 There is no reason why the populist farmer Of Kansas or Nebraska should mot indulge in the luxury of safe gov ernment bonds. The crops in those two states for two years have made it possible for the farmers to pay oil their debts and still retain a portion of their returns for investment The bondholding class has been in- creased rapidly within the last month and one of the stock tirades against conditions generally has been taken from the populists. Then there is the matter of depreciated currency ir Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines which furnish some object lessons that even Colonel Bryan will not venture to discuss. This has been a bad sea son for the propagation of populist vagaries.
Arizona republican., 1898-08-11

Sagasta wants to know what the American government means by the phrase Immediate evacuation in the peace terms concerning Cuba and Porto Rico. As if he didn't know that it means tGit, now" (See also @'scoot," ''vamose" and "absquatulate"