Arizona republican., 1898-11-09
OF CURRENT INTEREST.

Mrs. Anna Burley, wife of a Metho- dist preacher at Gainesville. N. J.,
 filled the pulpit during her husband s
 absence. He was gathering cranber-
 ries at Q large marsh which he owns
 and Mrs. Burley preached morning and
 evening to large congregations. both of
 which were highly pleased with her ef- forts.
 Andrew Carnegie tells of having met 1 during his foreign travels one of the | largest dealers in wine in the world, | who told him that one brand of Cali fornia wine had become so popular i'll l Europe that the sellers had made three visits to California recently to increase
 the supply.
 The report that scma cf the Prince ton football players are behind in | their studies recalls Oarsman Blaik- ie's famous observation when he was
 a stroke oar of a Harvard varsity
 crew: ''I often find" said he, that
 my pesky college studies seriously ln- | terfere with the noble pursuit of a college aquatics."
 The kaiser, we are told, was greeted
 by 6 Turkish band playing German
 music. The kaiser was in hard luck
 If you don't believe it just try to
 picture to yourself some Of the music
 ians you will recall having heard cn
 the Midway and then try to imagine them and their instruments Wr6st- ling with the beauties of "Gotter- daemmerung. ''-Chicago Post.
 Quite a demand exists among East eTn stamp collectors for the new high denomination revenue stamp. It hot 1,TN 4O allowing their removal from bills Of sac and the war stamps/are compar- atiyely scarce in collecting circles Customers as high as 10 cents each for cancelled specimens Of the $l documentary stamps.
 ''Buck" Taylor, one Of Rccseyelt's rough riders, who is electicneering for his old commander in New York state, is said to have made an awkard
 'break while addressing a crowd at Port Jervis. At the windup Of his speech, he said: We followed Col. Roosevelt up San Juan hill like lambs to the slaughter and we hope yon will do the same on election day" The democrats roared with laughter and the republicans looked gium and Buck" realizing his blunder, hur- riedly left.
 When American enterprise and cap ital have been at work 3 little while in Cuba and Porto Rico, Spain will open her eyes at ths mine of wealth that for centuries lay untrcubled at her feet She may. net mourn her losc Oppor- tunities fer developing a people but she certainly will regret her lost chance for big receipts in the shape of taxes. l. will be part of her reprOach among nations, to see hsr former col cnies grow rich and prosperous under her eyes, but forever cut of her reach. | Baltimore American.
 It is said of MT George Curzon, the new governor general Of India, that Lls handwriting became quite illegi ble at one period of his Oxford career. ! At this time he wrcte two letters, one to a relative. and one to a chum with whom he always discussed the faults | O their respective relations, and ac- put these letters into the wrong envelopes. He was about to write an apology to his relative when | he received the following nCte from | him: Cant read word Of your four pages, but guess you want some money, you young rascal" Enclosed | was Q handsome tip"
 New York's Raiaes law was conceiv- ed originally, it is said, by group of | rich brewers and liquor deIaers. The theory that moved them to devise the | legislation was that such a law would | save the liquor dealers and saloon keepers a great daily outlay for free lunches, that it would reduce the num- Der of dives and thereby elevate the of the bu.iness, and that it would save dealers from blackmaiI' For these and other reasons, a great many saIoonkeeper5 in New York do act want to see the Raines law re- 3ealed, believing that it would be for heir best interests to have i5 remain )n the statute books.
 When the famous Clover club en- ertained the president and cabinet at