Arizona republican., 1898-06-18

patch says. He who leaves both his
 hands in the war hospital-these mem
 bers having been destroyed in the line of
 duty-will enjoy an allowance of sIOo
 month. in addition to the other perquisi-
 tes allowed by the government. The
 same will be given for the loss of both
 eyes. The loss of both feet will be worth
 SIP month. One hand and one foot to-
 gether will be worth 1896. the same as
 for amputation at or above one elbow or
 knee. One hand or one foot will be worth
 s3O. the same as given for total deafness.
 Should a stray Spanish bullet happen to
 chance to gouge out ore eye S17 month
 will be paid, but if the eye remains and
 merely the sight is lost the monthly all
 lowance will be 5 less. Total deafness
 in one ear will be worth $l0 month, as
 will also the trimming off of all the. toes on one foot. A thumb will be worth $S a month, index finger s4, and other fingers g, big toe s6 and any other toe g. Pensions allowed for death will de pend upon the rank of the victim, the number of persons dependent upon him and their ages. Tho widow of en- ! listed man will get SIP month and each I of her minor children S2. Widows and | orphans of naval and army officers of | high rank will doubtless get handsome pensions from congress, if possessing | sufficient influence and the necessary recommended lions. Women nurses VII | probably be pensioned whether disabled ] or not.
 |
 1 Years ago, as New England sea cap ! tain was signing a contract at shipping | office, he was observed by the official in 1 charge to be writing a string Of names | "Only sign for yourself. cap'n,' cried the | Officer-'not for the whole crew." Tho 1 captain grimly pointed out the heading. | .'Name in full,' and went on writing his | piece, which, when he had done, the of 1 ficer, after some trouble in deciphering, 1 found to read thus: -'.Though-Much-Tr l h.1lo nfa mt ha- TX n | Heaven Clapp." will you please tell me- Captain Clapp.' said he. what might wour mother have called you in | your infancy, to save herself the trouble of repeating a sermon whenever she had occasion to name her darling?' Why. siT." replied Captain Clapp. when I was
 little they used to call me Tribby for | shortness.''
 polls. resembling in a small way that of | the sailor who forced himself upon Lieut. Hobson's dangerous mission at Santiago. I A private, Charles R. Jacobs, deserted about the middle of March from Fort l Sherman, Idaho, being tired of the inac- l ton Of garrison life. When the war
 broke out and wanted to be in it, and his 1 sister appeared at the Indianapolis re- | cruiting station and opened negotiations. | Jacobs assertion will probably be passed over with punishment of a few days in | the guard house and 8 small fine. If he
 had deserted a month later the penalty ! might have been death.
 1 Scandal mongers are responsible for | the death of Henry Janeway Weston, the young Rutgers college student who com mitted suicide the other day in New Brunswick, N. J.. He was a grandson of l Henry l.. Janeway and heir to a large l fortune. The family moved in the best l society. and because Weston paid at | tention to young girl not of his ''social | set. Scandalous rumors were circulated | for which there seems to have been no | sufficient ground and which note left | by Weston denied
 1 And now comes a military expert who | has spent lifetime in the tropics and l and semi-tropics with the announcement | that the hottest garment man can wear 1 in a tropical climate is a canvas suit The expert advocates linen, which, being
 less densely woven than cotton, permits | the free circulation of air.
 l When a woman Vassar professor was l caught riding a bicycle on the sidewalk | she remarked to the policeman who in | tmated that she was violating an ordi-
 nance: "But I don't know anything about your old ordinance. It is an out | rage to arrest me. Besides, I am going away tomorrow. Won't you excuse me?"