Arizona republican., 1898-01-12


 The inhuman selfishness that centers in mere self-preservation becomes, h the light of education, the generous glow of self-expansion; narrow indi- vidualism expands into the broa1est universalism that falters not, in it's ever widening circle of influence, charity, benevolence and humani- tarianism until it reaches the throne of God.
 This library is one of cur oppcr- tunities, and it is the white mans abil- fty to recognize opportunity, despite it's various disguises, and his quickness to utilize it, that accounts for his su- periority over the red man. The rel and white are created equal. The one deserves no more credit than the other for making it's squalling, terrestial sal utatory. But almost at birth the equality ceases. "A few years ago an Indian might have been seen coursing wildly across our western prairies. His hair was fong and unkempt, though black and glossy as the ravens wing. His handsome face was sadly mutilated by rude painters art. His black eyes, fierce and sullen, gleamed from be- heath shaggy eyebrows like batteries in ambush. His poor ignorant brain, enslaved by superstition, brooded savagely over fancied wrongs His long, bony fingers played with the trigger of his Winchester as though 'twere the throat of the despised pale face.
 '"This poor Indians heart was torn by the imps of hate. Little cacti ef
 malicious spite pricked into his brain l until it writhed in anger like a holo- cAust of snakes. Anger spurred to | achievement, but twas the achieve ment of crime. Night came and he
 dismounted from his tired steed, ate
 sparingly of his jerky and corn, and, without giving a glance at the remark able natural beauties everyWhee dimpling into gladness around him,
 wrapped himself in his blanket, lay i down on the hard ground, and l snored. r..
 "A few years later white man
 stood beside this same rushing, laugh ing torrent. On his right arose, al
 most within touch of heaven, a ma
 jestic mountain, whose hoary head bore abundant evidence of winters i tempestuous blasts. For ages it had | stood thus, like some vast Parsee
 tower of silence, breeding mournfully
 over it's neglected valleys and check ing off the years as they sped. Far up it's rugged and corrugated sides
 there oozed forth a pearly drop, born
 of the melting SHOWS, but looking in l the distance like a tear-drop slipping
 betwixt an old mans watery eye ids.
 Slyly in and out among the rocks. it
 crept, until gaining courage with vol
 tune it sang, and danced, and leaped
 over precipice and canyon gorge in l its mad career of freedom until it
 reached the level plain, below
 '.As the white man slipped from his tired steed, the weariness of weeks | hard travel seemed to drop from him | like the load of sin from Christians | back and he stood enraptured before the matchless beauties of Natures | handiWork. Gradually his sense tasted and approved the landscape, slowly his horizon lifted and vanished like a. f1eecy cloud before a southern breeze, as he caught a glimpse of the | matchless material possibilities of the valley. All night he sat and dreamed, i despising sleep, and when morning 1 dawned he began his task. Lofty trees, so long the habitat of bird | and squirrel in another form be-
 came the home of man. A portion of | the river was coaxed out upon the fer | tile plain, and it laughed aloud in glee and gave birth to abundant har- vests of fruit, flower and grain. A
 mill was built which added it's rich baritone to natures chorus. Beauti- ful human homes replaced those of the badger and prairie dog; the gay laughter of children banished the mel | ,a II a1,s oe school and church bells, the clang of the tom-tom; and the starry flag, be- loved of man, waved in luminous glory over a domain long dominated by the | medicine pole with it's bright red fan
 nel pennant.
 faThese marvellous results were en- tirely due to the white mans energy
 and industry He had a mi,d to think and plan, and will to do and dare. Nature hal done no more for him than for his red brother, but education had first stimulated, then en- l unused and drove him on to higher | and yet higher achievements" The audience was then favored with I a vocal solo by Miss Jessie Forsyth, sung in manner indicating great tall ent and exceptional training The ex- ercises closed with the report of the | secretary, which showed the number | of volumes on hand, including 100 l volumes of government reports, to be | AIS. Amount received from subscrip- l tions, $220, subscribed in amounts
 ranging from $2J50 to $25 Among the 1 larger subscribers are Norman Will iiams, president of the John Q-erar library of Chicago; Delos S. Brown of | Peoria, H., and w. J. Murphy of
 Phoenix. The library will be open
 on Wednesday of each week from 2
 p. m. to p. m. The board of direct ! ors is composed of H. W. Adams, pres ident; Dr. Lindley Wright, vice-prest ident; E. E. Jack, treasurer; V. E | Messinger, secretary; c. T. Hirst, Isaac
 Eyer, J. B. Doner, B. E. Chute and l W. S. Hatcher.
 | No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.