Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-13

he troops stationed at Whlpple
 will take their departure for the
 east tomorrow. Officers were in
 town today paying their farewell
 respects to their friends. It is with ! feelings of regret that our citizens
 witness their departure as they have
 been stationed there for about five
 years during which time they have ] formed many warm friendships and
 have come to be looked upon ss an
 integral part, almost, of our town. | The best wishes of our people will
 accompany them wherever they go. The opening meeting of Aztec Lodge, No. l7. I. O. c. T., last night
 was a decided success, both as to the
 entertainment furnished and the at
 tendance. An especially fine literary and musical program was carried
 out, after which light refreshments
 wers served to all. The members of
 the lodge feel much gratifed over
 the affair and all unite in the opinion
 that the meeting will result in much
 good to their cause in Prescott.
 The lodge is blaming to give similar
 entertainments regulary hereafter,
 probably one or two during each
 quarter.
 Colonel DeRussv today presented
 to Farrel Herman his riding horse,
 in recognition of MT. Tiernan's long
 and faithful service as a soldier of
 Uncle Sam. Farrel says that thirty
 six years ago he served under Colo
 nel DeRussy's father in California
 at the Presidio, and in speaking of
 the days so long ago aud the men
 who became prominent in military
 life, says that his old commander was every inch a soldier and a gen tleman from the ground up. Al> though a veteran long ago Herman has got his war paint on again and if not restrained be is liable to join the llth before 1t leaves for the front, or else strike out later on his 1 Aar hoss.
 From our exchanges we learn that | Graham cOunty's district attorney, Wiley Jones, is vigorously pushing | his canvas for the democratic nom- nation of delegate to congress. If We are to have a democrat to mis- us at Washington, We say let it be a Graham county democrat of course, but Arizona has had such poor results from its democratic that it has become a serious question with leading demo- crats who have large property in terests in the territory, whether it is not to the best interests of all that a man in harmony with the administration be elected this fall. And it is the opinion of many that if the republicans put forth a good, conservative business man that he will have a walk-over.-Arizonian
 Puerto Rico, which has been figuring recently in the papers, is one of the lovliest of lovely lands, a paradise in dHodecimo issuing from the sea. Cuba is called the Pearl of the Antilles. Puerto Rico is the Opal. The difference is worth noth- ing. An opal is pearl with a soul. The beauty of the climate in Puerto Rico is psychologist. There are peo- pie who have gone to Venice for week and who loiter stIIi on her sweet lagoons. Were it not for Spain, Puerto Rico would possess the same enthrallment. Presently Spain will lose the island as she will lose Cuba, as she has lost every thing else on this hemisphere, and then perhaps at San Juan, or better still, at Ponce, Mir. Flagler will put up a hotel. The island deserves it. In the years when the world went slower it was inhabitated by a race that graced it. They were charm ing as only people can be who live n Q delicious atmosphere and know nothing of progress. Presently progress learned of them. The Spanish colors foated that way and ,ix hundred thousand of them were According to Taci- { us, Caesar used to create a solitude md call it peace. Spain used to do [ he same and call it civilization Golfers Weekly.