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The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Nearly all of the canvasback ducks
eaten in the United States come from
Alaska. They start on their southern
tour at the close of summer,
A wild man, who was running amuck
near San Antonio. Tex, was captured
by cowboys, who brought him UP sud-
denly with the aid of lariat
Clocks and watches are seldom used
in Liberia, There the sun rises, all the
year, at exactly six a, M, sets at p. M,
and is vertically overhead at noon.
Spurious coins are legally made in
China. They are used to put III the
coflins of the dead, and the superstition
prevails that they make the dead happy,
High hats have been denounced from
the pulpit by Rev. A. f. Smith, of De-
fance, o. He thinks that the ladies'
them in church,
Public ovens are established on most
of the residential streets of Japanese
cities, where people can have their dim
ners and suppers cooked for them at
trifiing expense,
oCILHdH Ce4tdf I'D CASCl al Oll Ca
naries AS singers. A canary of Ger
many has been known to continue a
single trill for q minute and quarter,
with 90 changes of note in it.
a mad dog in Pisek, Bohemia. bit a
resident, and causedi fatal attack of
hydrophobia. Immediately afterwards
the authorities decreed that every dog
in the town should be shot.
The lantern fly of Surinam, South
America, has two sets of eyes, so as TO
catch the light from all directions, Its
light is like that of the ordinary firefly,
but it is much more brilliant.
The treasurer Of Georgia town late
ly skipped, and the town funds were
missing at about the same time. A
local PAPER described the defRulter as
six feet tall and $4,000 short"
a little pet dog which belonged tc
the duchess of Marlborough dice
recently. For some months before its
demise it had carried a glass eye, the
result of serious dispute with cat.
A teacher in public school in Mat
teawan, n. Y, exhibited to the smaller
pupils the various organs of a dissected
cat, to instruct them in physiology.
Several of the children became i'll.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
QUEER DEATHRED REQUEST.
Prominent japanese OF NO ne
ligtous Belief Leaves Eirec-
tions for Burial.

Lieut.. Yoshibumi Funigawa, of the l.
j. N, left behind curious request tc
his family few days prior to his death,
which occurred the other day in his na-
tive district of Hizen. He observed to
his family that as be had never had time
to investigate religious questions deep
ly enough to enable him to determine
which faith he should embrace be was
neither prejndiced against nor partial
toward any form of religion. However,
he himself was of opinion that bis soul
would perish with the cessation of life,
while his remains would crumble to
dust. Therefore he did not wish to
have any religious services performed
on his behalf, says the Japan Times.
The funera! also should be as simple
as could be and flowers and similar
offerings be strictly declined. No an
nouncement should be made of his
death to friends of his until four or five
days after the funeral. Two or three
weeks after his death his relatives and
friends should be invited TO banquet,
and they should be asked to enjoy the
occasion as heartily as possible. A
priest might be invited, if the presence
OF such a parsonage were deemed de-
sirable. At the funeral also nobody
should accompany the bier. except, if
considered necessary, one or two repre-
sentatives on behalf of the family ana
relatives might follow the remains to
the grave. The tomb was to be of the
simplest description, only his name to
be inscribed upon it. A memorial tab
let was entirely tabooed.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Ingenious sounding apparatus.

Rapid-test soundings were required
in some work on railway line between
Paris and Havre, where the castsiron
v:aduct of Bezons was replaced by an
arch bridge alongside. The o.d founda-
tions for six channel piers were re-
moved to the bottom of the river. 1t
was required that the river bed should
be carefully leveied. After it had been
dredged the bottom was explored by
means of a horizontal bar of iron about
20 feet long, which was suspended at
each end from framework uniting
two fiat boats in catamaran fashion.
This beam was lowered close to the bot
tom and the boats were gradually
moved along In the direction transverse
to the length of the bar. When the
scraper encountered no irregularity,
the suspending chains hung vertically,
but as soep as either end was DETECTED
by contact with any obstruction an
electric circuit was closed. which
caused an alarm TO be rung. The boat
was stopped, and the obstruction lo-
Gated by means of sounding poles. In
this way, small stones, down 20 n di-
smeter of four inches, were easily To-
Gated, and the bed of the river was lew
eled TO within that amount of irreg-
ularity; This method proved rapid and
successful, Savannah News,
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
An Agreeable Cough Mixture.

Children can often be induced to take
mothers cough mixture when they
pull wry faces oyer a physicians
prescription. Most housewives have
some old and tried cough mixture
recipe by which they set great store,
but should there be some among my
readers who do not possess such a
recipe, would suggest their adoption
Of the following mixture, which will
be found very soothing to the throat
and chest: Get three large, fresh lem
ons and boil them in already boiling
water for about seven minutes; then,
when tender, slice them very thin, put
the slices in bowl together with
pound of best moist sugar, and set the
bowl on the stove for some hours, so
that the contents may almost be sad
to have distilled. Then take the bowl
from the fire and let the contents cool
for half an hour. Lastly, stir in a table
spoonful of oil of sweet almonds, and
give teaspoonful OF the mixture at
time when the throat is irritated,-
Chicago Times-Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
TIE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS,
How LOve-MakinE and MetfiAs
Thrive Among the FIJI
IslanderF,

One would imagine that loTe-maKln
in Fiji was very tame affair from the
fact that marriages are often arrangsa
while those most nearly concerned are
still in their infancy. However, court
ship there is quite as interesting az
anywhere else, and it has some pecullaF
features.
Cupid's happy hunting ground is gen.
orally q garden or plantation, ana ON
a moonlight evening he is generally
pretty busy. At that time, high up IN
the branches of the bread-fruit trees,
those who have eyes to see, may spy
many a pair of human love bros
perched on the branches 40 feet or so
from the ground. Fijlan etiquette seems
to demand that the fair one and per
lover should occupy different branches,
and should be separated by the trunk
of the tree-this, at any rate, is the
usual custom
Spare the bite and spoil the child. y
would probably he the South Sea lsland
mothers rendering Of the wise mans
saying, for she knew nothing OF the use
of the rod IS means Of correction, says
a foreign exchange.
Instead of furnishing her offspring in
ways known to European mothers. she
pulls its hair and bites some part Of its
body. generally selecting the fieshy
part of the arm for the purpose. Thus
it happens that travellers note among
little South Sea Islanders many bear
ing wounds or scars on the body WHICH
have been produced by their mothers
teeth.
The mode of caress is as queer as that
OF punishment. 1t is either to gently
take hold of the child's neck with the
teeth, or to pass the thumb deftly over
its eyebrows or cheek. The rubbing of
noses is also a sign of affection among
theislanders. just as tits with the Maoris
of New Zealand.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Picture Postal Cards.

Most persons who have travelled
abroad are familiar with the picture
postal cards WHICH are used in France,
Germany and other European eoun-
tries, But of late these little cards have
achieved o wonderful popularity, Hard
Iva village or wayside hamlet in France,
Italy, ETC., but has its own cards, con-
tanning some typical illustration of the
place, when it boasts no post office. A
name Is all that is required to carry the
card. Sometimes they ore sold at some
remote part where it is necessary to go
four or five miles to mail them. 1t is
quite a fad to collect these cards as
souvenirs of ones travels. They tell
their own story, and often prove time
ly aid 70 ones memory.-Boston Her.
aid.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Feeling the Earth,s pu,ae.

The fanciful notion which men used
to entertain that the earth is, in some
sense, living thing would probably
have derived support from the recent
observations of Prof John Milne, and
others, on the shivers and quivers that
frequently run through it's rocky frame.
but escape notice except when watched
for with specially constructed and ex-
ceedingly delicate apparatus. Prof
Milne reports that apparatus Of this
kind has now been mounted in Canada.
British Columbia, the United States.
South Africa, New Zealand, Java, India
and Argentina, as well as in England
and at various places on the continent
Of Europe.-Youth's Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Rhubarb CharIotte.

Butter baking dish thoroughly and
cover the bottom an inch deep with fine
bread crumbs, then with a layer of rhu-
barb that has been peeled and cut into
thin, small pieces. Strew thickly with
sugar, cover it with q second layer OF
bread crumbs, and over the crumbs put
bits of butter. Continue to fill the dish
his way to the top. The top layer
should be of bread crumbs. Bake the
pudding in a slow oven for an hour, or
until the rhubarb is thoroughly cook ed
;,il through and top brown. Serve cold.
Ladies' World.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
In the Wrong Arr,x.

A countryman who expressed desire
to enlist in Kansas City was directed by
joker to Salvation Army tent. The
Salvation;sts were singing song when
the farmer crowded up to their little
circle. He waited patiently. Then one
of the men made an address appealing
for volunteers. The young farmer
pushed into the circle, and, taking off
his hat, stuck out his hand to the uni
formed man who was talking. 81 want
to enlist" said the farmer. Bang went
the big bass drum, and "Hallelujah!"
shouted sweetfaced little woman.
"Another sinner saved! let us pray!"
exclaimed the soldier who held the
farmers hand, as he knelt down en- the
asphalt pavement reyerently. The
farmer was thoroughly scared by this
turn Of affairs. Instead of kneeIing be
looked about him. The prayer had al,
ready started when he got his bearings.
Selling his valise, which he had dropped
en- the street when he took he proffered
hand Of the soldier, he broke through
the crowd, and amid the outlaws of
crowd OF newsboys he started north on
Main street
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Forest I'm n Former Lake Bed.

Lake Rikwa, or Leopold. between
Lakes Tanganyika and Nyassa, in CEN
trail Africa, which when first discov-
cred. 40 years ago, was $50 miles long
by 80 broad, is reported by recent trav-
elers to have dried up completely. The
bed of the lake is now plain covered
with thick woods,--Ch!cago Chronicle.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
when You write ro The queen.

The paper on which letters to Queen
Victoria are written must not be folded.
No communication which bears evil
dence of having been creased will ever
fall into her majesty's own hands. The
proper method is to write on thick,
glossy white paper, and to dispatch the
missive in an envelope which fits it.
Any folded communication never
reaches the queen, for the simple rea-
son that she never looks at it. All
such letters are opened by the mistress
of the robes, and, as a rule, their con-
rents never get beyond her, or, if the
letter is of Importance, it is returned
to the writer with the directions how
to forward it-N. Y. Herald,
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
egg Poached In MIX.

Bring the milk to the scalding point,
drop in the egg and cook as if in water.
Pour little of the hot milk over the
toast, then slip the egg onto the
toast. hlvalids relish this as pleasant
variation. and obtain more nourish-
ment from 1t than from an egg poached
in the usual v-ay.-Housewife.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
rnct,y Thct Tcstes varv.

A lucky thing that tastes vary; that
lemons as well as oranges are in de-
rnand; that the curves of youth or
the more pensive lines of fruitlon in
yomen's faces both find their special
admirers ---
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
TERRITORY OF APIzoNA, !

TERRITORY OF APIzONA, GO
County of Navajo,
l, j. H Frisby, County Recorder In and for
the County of Navajo Territory of Arizona,
and custodian of the records thereof, do
hereby certify that the foregoing and hereto
attached Articles of incorporation OF the
Winslow Electric Light and Ice Manufactur.
ing Company, is full, true and correct copy
of the Articles of Incorporation of said CON-
pany now on file in my office; that said Arti-
cles of incorporation we're fled for record
in my Office on the 9th day of January A. D.
1893 at 30 O'Clock p. m, ani are duly enter
ed of record in Volume No. of Articles OF
incorporation, on pages Nos. 26, q, 2srecords
of said Navajo county.
Tn witness whereof. have here
unto set my hand aud seal of office
j. Fl. FRISBY,
County Recorder.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA, sS
Cn,1nfr OF Nnrain %

Before me, F. W. Nelson, Notary Public
in and for the County and Territory afore-
said, personally appeared Frank Hart. j. X.
Woods, w. r. Campbell, U. 2. Rand. A.
Cornish and F. C. Demarest known to me to
be the persons whose names are subscribed
to the foregoing instrument and duly nc-
knowledged to me that they executed the
same for the purpose and consideration
therein expressed.
~ Given under my land and seal of
Office this Ith day Of January A. d:
F. W. NELSON.
~ Notary Public.
My commission expires December g. 1898.
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18
Where Ignorance Is Dl,as.

He--Do you really believe ignorance
is bliss?
She-I don't know. You seem to be
happy.-N. Y. Times,
The Winslow mail., 1898-06-18

FRANK HART. ISeal.l
J. x. WOODS. [Seal.]
w. r. CAMPBELL, [Seal.]
U. 2. RAND. lSeal.l
A. I. CORNISH. [Seai.I
+. c. DEMAREsr. [Seal.I
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15
PERSONAL MENTION.

M Juda is at the Hotel Adams.
 Allen Burns of Columbus, O., is at the Ford.
 Mrs May Lanham came in from Je- rome last night.
 R. w. Baxter came down from Wick enbuTg last night.
 J. A. NIcDonald of St. Joseph, Mo, is stopping at the Ford.
 M. c. Cooper of Los Angeles is q guest of the Hotel Adams.
 Thomas Booth Of St. Louis is stop ping at the Hctel Adams.
 Katharine Hayes of Milwaukee is a recent. arrival at the Ford
 Harold E. Addison of Chicago was regis. s.ered at the Ford yesterday.
 Walter c. Larned was among yester- days guests at the hotel Adams.
 Uni,sd States Marshal Griffith came in from Tucson yesterday morning on his way to Prescott to secure quarters
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

there for the deputy United marshal of that district and the United States attorney.
 Frank Heydon of Chatfeld, Minn., came 10 the Commercial last night.
 E. c. Langford Of Lfttleton. N. H., is a late arrival at the Hotel Adams.
 H. D. Sides Of Dayton, O., arrived at the Hotel Adams yesterday morning. l c. A. Peake of Kansas City, arrived at the Hotel Adams yesterday morn ing.
 Burt Allison, the Hutchinson, Kan, cattle buyer, arrived at the Commercial last night.
 E. E. Dart of Sacramento, Cal, was among yesterdays arrivals at the Commercial.
 T. W. Ransom of Pittsburg, Pa, came in from the north last night. He is at the Commercial
 Mrs. A. Klingensmith of Minneapo- lis has arrived in the city to spend the winter with MT. and Mrs o. J. Om- .staed.
 Daniel g. English of Camden, N J., accompanied by his wife and daughter, arrived at the Commercial yesterday morning.
 Dr. J. 0. Cobb Of the United States marine hospital service arrived in town yesterday morning. He is at the Hotel Adams
 Dr. D. J. Brannen of Flagstaff came in yesterday morning from Tucson, where he has been visiting his brother, Phil c. Brannen
 Chief Engineer Drake of the s. F. p. & F., arrived from Prescott last night in special car 9S. He will re turn this morning.
 Ex-Chief Justice H. C. Gooding ar rived in the cfSy yesterday morning from Los Angeles to look after his property interests here.
 H. P Anawault, chief clerk in the office of MT. G. M. Sargent, general freight and passenger agent of the s. r. P. & P, came down from Prescott last night.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

one becomes nervous and planes every
 body else. There is fortunately a theatrical party on board, and at the request of some of the passengers, in their usual good nature, respond by singing some clever songs and keeping things lively until the conductor comes in and tells them the lightning express is going to try :.ld pass them on the same track. JrCn hearing this the train hands 1I n a strike, which leaves the G-,~or ,,nd his patients to run tho tI- n. AfteI considerable trou- ble they at last reach the springs.
 The third act opens at She springs in Arkansas owned by Miss Fit. The trouble caused by the Btd bcy in this act would be impossible to describe. He plays such innocent rranks as painting Jim Nasium's bald head and getting the girls in the vr- < baths, etc, etc. After consuming 2 great deal of his superfiuous & light, Jim Nasium, the pugilIst, WIS the hand of Cora Singer, Miss Fit makes lis jaggs happy by consenting to be his wife. and all ends in a blaze of glory. Inci- dentally through the performance will be introduced the following clever peo- pie; Matt and Phil Ott, Barry Max well, JChn DonaIoe, J. FTederickson, Thomas Cook, Percy Dokes, Nellie Sonnett, Lillian Burnham, Adelaide Burnham, Leonie Douth, Marie Biffen, Jessie Armstrong, Mabel Davis and others.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15
Eastern Apple Cider
 6Oc per gallon.

Just received; sweet and delicious Now is the time to buy. The largest stock of bulk pickle goods ever shown in Phoenix, at prices that will i bring you back again.
 CHOW CHOW. 1 SAUER KRAUT. 1 APPLE BUTTER.
 MINCE MEAT. | PICKLED ONIONS.
 GERMAN DILL.
 SWEET GHERKINS. 1 SWEET MIXED.
 SOUR GHERKINS.
 Olives-Imported Queen, Arizona green and ripe, largest and best as- sortment in town.
 OYSTERS AND FISH.
 We are eadquarters. Oysters In the shell, 30 cents per dozen.
 Our special pack big Berwicks in bulk, the largest and best at the reg ular prices, 20 cents per dozen; two dozen for 35 cents; three dozen for 50 cents. The delicious little California Cocktail and Eagle Brand in cans.
 FRESH FISH EVERY DAY by ex- press direct from the fishermen, hund- reds of pounds of the best varieties
 All southern California fish, sliced fish included, 15 cents per pound. Shrimps, crabs and Holsters.
 POULTRY AND GAME.
 Spring chickens, roasting chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, always on hand. Dressed and drawn ready for the pan, and delivered at your door on short notice. Quail, teal, widgeon and mallard ducks.
 FLOWERS-Exclusiv agents for Gates Fowler's Arizona vioIets, Re dondo carnations received daily. No other California carnations compare with them in size, beauty or fragrance They are the best, and we are the sole agents of the Redondo Nursery con- pany.
 FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. We lead the procession in these lines, and a visit to our store will bear us out in this assertion. We make it our busi- ness to hunt up good things to eat, new goods arriving daily. Just received the following:
 SARATOGA CHIPS.
 POPCORN CRISPS.
 VELVET MOLASSES CANDY.
 FANCY CLUSTER RAISINS.
 FIGS, DATES, CITRON, etc
 POPCORN that will pop big and tender.
 FANCY SALT MACKEREL.
 SALMON BELLIES.
 LAKE SUPERIOR WHITE FISH. HOMELESS CODFISH.
 PINEAPPLE CANTALOPES.
 PERSIMMONS.
 EDWARD COOPER'S OLIVE OIL. COCOANUTS AND CHESTNUTS. CHEESE.-We can please you. Finest line in the city. Two weekly express shipments of NeufchateI, Ger man Breakfast, Schloss and Camen- bert, of most delicate flavor, the finest in the land. If you buy once you will buy again.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15
LOCAL BREVLTsES.

The w A. Watts Co. Of this city is
 offering a novelty in the way of a 16-
 year-Old hand made sour mash whisky
 bottled in bond. In explanation of
 this curious fact it is only necessary to
 say that this whisky was made in the
 old fashioned way in the early spring of 1883, and at the end of the bonded
 period iii 1886 was exported in bond 10 Bremen, Germany, where it remained
 under the closest supervision of the German customs officials for ten years, and was then returned in bond to this country and was stored in the bonded customs warehouse at Louisville, Ky. Two years after it's arrival there it was found that the barrels, owing to their great age, could no longer be relied upon for the preservation of the whisky, and the United S,ales treasury department consented to repacking the contents Of each barrel in glass, under the direct supervision of a special bot ting inspector, by drawing off each barrel as it lay without any change in the condition whatever. In order to retain the identity of the whisky and prevent any possibility of it's being tempered with, each bottle bears stamp over t-Nb mouth We have listened to a great many won derful stories regarding rare old whisky, but this is our first introduc- tion to the genuine article and The commended for offering the Phoenix public an article of such exceptional merit.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

"All Aboard" which will be seen at the opera house tonight, is the farce comedy that the O5t Brothers will hold forth in this season, and is new in every particular. The managers are sparing no expense to make lU an en- tire success. The very best novelties will be introduced in the way of spe- cialties. Both wei known and new names will appear on 'Jhe programme Of the Ott Brothers too mucn cannot be said. stal,ing at the lowest rung of tLc ladder in an incredibly short time, th y are occupying an enviable position in the pTofession-one they are bound to sustain, for their cleverness is cab lished Of tho play :
 Act 1.-Dr. Pain, who is financially embarrassed, advertises for partner In reply he receives a call from his jaggs, veterinary surgeon, who after paying $500 is accepted as a partner. There are health springs in the vicin- ity owned by Miss Fit, and she tries to make arrangements with Dr. Pain to have all his patients sent to her place. The dOcJor, seeing where he will be the gainer in the transaction, readily consents. He has among his patients a wealthy young lady, by name Miss Cora Singer, who is madly in love With Jim N2Slum, a retired pugilist. Now Miss Fit is also in love with Jim, to whom she has given the sweet title of Coo-COo. This craving of true love causes quite a stir among the illustrious patients, and to create. a diversion the doctor thinks it is a good time to suggest Miss Fitt's springs, giving orders that all must prepare 0 leave for the springs at once.
 "A ct 2-The interior of q Pullman palace car with tne patients about to board the train, they haven't gone far when the train is snowbCund. Every
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

At 10 and 15 cents per pound there is nothing so cheap as the choice cuts of cold storage meat at P. T. Hurley's Central Meat market, No. w. Wash ington street Telephone No. 12. Or ders delivered promptly to all parts of the city.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15
THE MODERN MOTHER

Has found that her little ones have inn
 proved more by the pleasant Syrup of Figs, when in need of the laxative ef- feet of a gentle remedy, than by any
 other. The true remedy, Syrup of Figs, is manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co. only.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

The committee appointed 8. the cit izens' meeting held at the city hall Monday afternoon to discuss irrigation and water storage, is requested to meet at lhe office of the governor on Thurs day, at II a. m., to organize, appoint subcommittee, outline plan of ac~ tion, etc N o. MURPHY,
 Chairman
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

A sensible Christmas gift-a five pound caddy of choice tea from the Honolulu Coffee Co.,, 217 w. Washing ton street. Telephone 300.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

groceries. Frank Griebel, 21s and 220 West Washington. RedeWill block.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

Go to the Honolulu Coffee Co.,, 217 w. Washington street, and see if you can't find some little Jap curio for 8 Christmas gift.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-15

Call up Telephone 300 and place your order with the Honolulu Coffee Co.,, the headquarters for strictly pure cof- fee and teas. Prompt delivery.