Arizona republican., 1898-03-28
JUST THE OPPOSITE.
Showing Wherein One Mans Meat May
 Be Another Mans Poison

For at least a month past, daily, night, noon and morning, he had talked of nothing else, thought of noth- ing else, worked his mind, hands and his friends regarding no other subject Any newspaper coming to him failing to mention this one subject also failed to win his attention for more than enough time to become aware of so sad failure. He was inventing a sub marine mine, and had become a walk ing cyclopedia of knowledge as to sub
 marine mines, dating the inception of his first lesson from the Maine disaster. How many plans and specifications of his invention he had made and destroyed only his immedi- ate friends had good and sufficient reasons to know. At last he and his bosom friend, the draughtsman, whose
 heart was almost broken in several
 twains over repeated failures to com
 prehend one another, evolved that
 which with full explanations and de- tails in pretty blue-prints, fully signed, witnessed and notarialized was start
 ed on it's momentOus journey to Wash ington, D. C., the great capital of his country. The work being done there
 was nothing to occupy his mind now
 excepting those delightful castles one is apt to admit thereunto when ex-
 pectancy crowds out all else, including | wisdom. And so the Phoenix combi-
 nation of Holland Whitehead and ! Fizzboom did not hesitate to confide in
 rive now at any particular minute. In 1 fact, he went so far even as to write
 out the language he felt sure would be found in the telegram. And this is
 what he wrote: "Hon. H. w. Fizz- boom, Phoenix Arizona: Your in
 vention exhibited to the president, the
 secretaries of the war and navy depart
 ments, and other prominent persons.
 It is pronounced by ali as the Salvador of the nation Charter special train
 and come to this city without delay.
 Your country demands your presence
 here" And to be first to do
 so, congratulate you on the fact that many honors are in store for you. Nelson A Miles," It is no part of the
 duty of this paper to attempt to disa-
 busa the mind of any man who gets
 belief so firmly fixed as this. His friends did not feel that they could do
 so: therefore there seems to be no
 good reason why any outsider-that is one outside of the trouble itself
 should act unfeelingly. The time dragged heavily after the train slowly started out of town with his important packet destined to the capital and to relieve it as much as possible he talked constantly to his friends about , the invention itself, ard then about its , reception there
 All went well until last Saturday af- ternoon. Not cloud had dinmed the l horizon of his cheerful views until
 about 2:30 D. m. oe Saturday after
 noon, when Fizzboom was sitting ir | the office of his lawyer friends, as usual holding forth upon his one ' topic. He had just completed the f reading of the telegram quoted above } when the door opened and a gentle man entered, and upon invitation seated himself. His eyes were of th5 3 weary type, denoting long and faith = ful struggle against the god of sleep 3 It was evident that he had something of weight upon his mind and desired ) relief. All had been silent since hls 3 entrance Suddenly he arose, and, ad'