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The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
THE PORT OF BOTTLES.
A Dead Spot In the Caribbean Sea That
No Floating Flask Can Get Away From.

A Dead Spot In the Caribbean Sea That
No Floating FLASK Can Get Away From.
There is a dead spot in the Carib-
bean sea-" said the first officer of a
Brazilian ship, chatting at the custom
house the other day, that ought to be
called the port of bottles It lies very
nearly midway between Cartagena, in
Colombia and Kingston. Jamaica, and
at a guess | should say il was due east
of Cape Gracias a DiOs. 1t is out of
the steamer tracks, and the action Of
the great currents going one way and
another has left q space of stagnant
water without any real movement at
all. Anything that gets into the dead
spot is apt to stay there unless driven
out by some big storm, and will simply
drift round and round, gathering sea-
grass and barnacles. The last time
saw the place was in 1895, when l was
on board a tramp from Rio that had
changed its course little to take up
some rubber at Central American
port. While we were passing through
we noticed q floating spar, and among
a lot Of rubbish attached to it was a
pecuiar-looking round object, bright
red in color. We put off a boat to in
Vestisate and it proved to be a patent
buoy, which had been set adrft from
Florida lighthouse station in 1893,
and was part of systematic attempt
TO ascertain the speed and direction OF
currents. Inside was an official memo
randa which was afterward returned
to the navy department with data OF
when and where found. But what Is
"A good deal more interesting Is the fact
that while we were securing the buoy
we discovered three bottles sticking in
the drift, all covered with weeds and
slime. One was empty and the other
two had papers inside. The first was
a memoranda that the bottle had been
dropped from a yacht Off the Grand
Cayman in, think, the year 1892, and
the other inclosure showed that II came
erom ship bound for Montevideo, on
what date I forget. In each caAe It
was evidently the whim Of some idle
passenger, but it was a little odd that
together. I noticed lot OF other drift
wood in the dead spot and am conf
dent that no end of bottles could be
RULED from the place. Hundreds are
dropped overheard every year, but very
few escape being knocked TO pieces un-
less they happen to find their way to
some such still place as I have de-
scribed. New Orleans Times-Demo-
Crat
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steamer had but few hours previous
two days would elapse before the de-
parture of another. | thereupon de-
cided to spend the interval with the
Greek sponge fishers at that point. l
found number of picturesque sub
iects in the community. and on the
whole succeeded in employing the two
days to very good advantage.
While at Batabano | picked up a
mascot in the person Of small black
boy about 10 years of age. He was a
bright little fellow and had quite a
remarka BILE history. During the Gu
ban-Spanish war he was rounded up,
together with several thousand recon-
centrados. and confined to the limits
of the town. During the terrible suf-
fering Which followed this boy was Sc
lected by Dr.. Fernandez, a native doc
tor, to go to Havana in quest of medi-
cine for the dying people The trip
was a most hazardous one, but the lit
tie emis5ary did not for moment hes
itate to attempt it. BY reason of his
tender years he was allowed to play
around the Spanish sentres on the
outskirts of the town. and watching
for favorable moment he finally
slipped past the line and set out on
his mission. Inside of a week he was
back again, having trudged every foot
of the sixty miles to and from Ha-
vana, while. sewed up in various parts
of his clothing were some 500 grains
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Troubles of the Camera Nan in
Cuba and Porto DiCo.

At the commencement of the pres
ent year | was engaged by a publishing
company to visit the West Indies for
the purpose of securing photographs
fOr a forthcoming history of our new
ly acquired islands. | was not long
in finding out that in Cuba time is
estimated at only about one-third it's
relative value in the United States. In
other words. if | wanted anything to-
day. | could reasonably depend upon
getting 1t the day after the morrow
Consequently | began by reluctantly
on hand to three score days as reck-
oned from standpoint Of things ac-
tually to be accomplished within that
period. One of the most trying insti-
tutions with which became involved
at various intervals was the railroad.
traveller who desires to do Cuba with
in a limited period to beware of the
railroads ard from an all-around
standpoint of economy invest in a
mule. BY so doing he'll save time in
the long run, to say nothing of ex-
pense and mental friction.
When left Havana my first object
i've point was the Isle of Pines, to the
southwark of Cuba. In order to reach
this destination it was first necessary
to cross the island to Batabano, the
southern seaport. The distance was
thirty miles, which, at the rate of 10
cents a mile, made the fare SO. This
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
TENNYSON AND A CRITIC,
Lines in Which He Said There Was
Nothing Superna tural.

Nothing Supernatural
TennysOn was exceedingly chary
throughout his life of replying to crit-
cism or clearing up obsurities in his
works, but letter of the poet shows
than on occasion he departed from his
customary rule, says the Nottingham
Guardian. The letter in question was
addressed to Mr. Edward Campbell
Tainsh in acknowledgment of copy
of his Study of the Works cf Alfred
Tennyson. The following lines hav-
ing been cited by Mr.. Tainsh as an
instance of mechanical supernatural
ism.
Though family, merrily, far and far
away,
He heard the pealing of his parish
bells.
Tennyson replied: "a friend of
mine told me that he had heard his
own parish bells in the midst of an
eastern desert-nCt knowing at the
time it was Sunday. He accounted for
1T to me by stating that there was a
ringing in his ears which his old asso-
Citations nodded unconsciously into the
sound he heard. There is nothing
really supernatural, mechanically or
otherwise, in E. As hearing bells,
though the author most probably did
intend the passage to tell upon the
reader mystically."
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

When two handsome, smooth faced
smiling young bluejackets jumped into
a hanson for little spin, they set
tied back into the cushions with evil
dent enjoyment of sitting thus in the
stern sheets instead of laboring at the
oar. The cabman let down the win
dows on both sides to give the boys
plenty of air. Then he mounted to his
seat, and away they went, rounding
the first corner they came to close
hauled on the starboard tack, and SAIL
=. down Broadway at forty knots an
aour.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
SLOT GAS METERS.


Ahe IenDV flHcnlneS nave Proved
success in England.
The penny y-in-the-slot gas meter in
troduced from Liverpool by the South
Metropolitan Gas company three or
four years ago has been an astonishing
success, at any rate, SO far as the at
tainment of a wide popularity may be
considered to constitute success,
though it is understood that the Gas
Light and Coke company does not find
1T pay. On the other side Of the water
it pays very we'll, and they have nearly
10000 customers and are adding to
them al the rate of SEQ or 400 a week.
These are all penny customers, and
they bring into the company's eX-
chequer somewhere about 100000 a
year. SO that this development has
done much to neutralize any injury
the electric light may have inflicted
So satisfied is the company with the
result of its new departure that it Is
now getting out shilling in the SLOT
and "half-crown in the slot" meters
for customers a cut or two above the
penny people. One great advantsee
the company has in this system is. of
course, that there is no trouble and no
difficulty in getting in money. NO
penny, no gas" is the principle, and it
will be the same with the shillings and
half crowns, though these at present
are only in the experimental stage
London News.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
NOTES OF THE WHEEL
MATTERS OF INTEREST pEv-
OTEES OF THE BICYCLE,
Seidl Surprises the Germans-Austrian
Takes the Grand Prize of Germany
from Arcnd in Easy Manner-Recog-
nizfng Outlaw 10 a.-ds.

hLinS outlaw lS5Ss~dS.
Seldl, the Austrian representative,
won the $1,000 constituting tie first
prize in the great prize of Germany.
at Berlin, the other day 1t was a great
surprise to the 14,00O spectators to see
thls important prize fall so unexpect-
euly into the hands of an outsider.
Alter his good ride in the heat and his
hne showing in the semi-final. it was
expected that he would make a strong
ngnt IN the final, but verv few picked
hlm as winner. He is not yet 20
years or age and came on the path
IN 1896. Buchner defeated Movers and
Pontetchi in the first semi-fnal: in the
second Arend won from Banker and
Verheyen by one length; Seidl played
with huber and Jacqueln in the third,
Whlle Huber won the consolation race,
mus quallfylnS for the final, in which
these four winners started. The riders
thahged pace at every laps and 400 me-
ters from the tape Arend went ahead
ana began his famous long sprint.
amid intense excitement Seidl. who
was following the German, made an
eHort to pass at the beginning of the
nome stretch. and astonished every
body by winning by fully two lengths
from Arend, while Bushner defeated
Huber for third place. The latter pro-
tested, however, and his claim was al
lowed. In the One-mile handicap four
teen riders started, Banker, Grogna,
Meyers and Verheyen being scratch
men. The American won in fine style
in the good time of 2:OS 2-5 from Such
etky $50 meters), second; Kudela (70),
third, and Mayer (5O, fourth. Banker
also won the scratch race for the un-
placed in the great prize, defeating
Gougoltz and Meyers. Gougoltz and
Parlby (4O meters) won the tandem
handicap in 1:50 3-5, while Bourotte
and Keaser won the 5000 meters pre-
MUM tandem race in the fast time OF
6:12 1-5.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

the sport, the times made at N. c. A..
events will be quite as acceptable to
half the public, be it more or less, as
those made under L. A. w. sanction.
Therefore the papers of the United
States at least will be inclined to ac-
cept records made under either organ
ization and promulgate them as
worlds records, fully believing that
the performances are as meritorious
and the times fully as reliable under
one as under the other. This, Of course,
will result in discrepancies in the rec
ord tables and consequent muddle.
AS vet Harry Elkes. Tom Linton,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Nat Butler in Middle Distance.

Nat Butler was aim 1st as successful
as his brother Tom in his first attempt
at middle distance racing. He met
Harry Gibson and Ben Munroe in a
twenty-mile contest at Charles River
park and came out victor. The first
mile was ridden in 1:43 3-5. In the
fourth mile Munroe fell and Gibson
withdrew on account of an accident.
The race was therefore started again,
and this time Munroe gave W after
working hard for six miles, 10 the
Cambridge boy won as he pleased. In
the best-two-inthr three-heats match race
between himself. c. R. Mccarthy and
Watson Coleman, Butler was less sue
cessful Mccarthy winning the first
heat in IA 1-5 and the second in 1877,
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

so taking the race. James F. Moran
and Albert Tallandier rode half-mile
heat race but the Frenchman protested
his opponent and when the referee dis
allowed it, showed his displeasure by
withdrawing. The French amateur ap-
pears to be regulating his movements
very much to suit his own convenience
and disposition, regardless of the rules
or the l.. A. W. racing board.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24
Recognizing Outlaw Records,


The breaking of the hour record by
Ray Duer at Manhattan Beach, by
Harry Elkes at Philadelphia, and by
Bor in Europe forcibly impresses on
the mind the fact that this has been
one of the greatest years in the mat
ter of record breaking in the history
Of the sport. A review Of the per-
formances Of the season shows that
every important paced record from the
quarter up to two hours in the amateur
and twenty-four hours in the profess
sional class has been supplemented by
better figures. Even all the road rec
Ords from 100 to 1000 miles have been
overturned. Most Of the new records
on the track except the one-mile and
the hour figures, were broken in COM
petition. Even the unpaced open and
handicap races have been run general
ly in better time than in years gone
by
The time is approaching when some
complication is likely to arise over the
new records. Harry Elkes is an N. c.
A. man and as such is under suspen-
sion of the l.. A. w. The league can
not officially recognize any of the speed
performances of suspended riders and
cannot allow his new hour record or
any other made by him until he is re-
instated. The International Cyclists
Association is bound to uphold the l..
A. w., and therefore it cannot accept
any records made by Elkes of any
hand, with its present strong hold on
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

Burns Pierce, E. E. Ryan, Ray Duer
and frank Kramer are practically the
only outlaws" who have to be reck-
oned within the record table, but an
the record breaking season is ap.
proach it may be that others will have
to be considered later
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-11-24

A new Photographic machine takes
five differeT: views of a person at one
sitting. 1t is done by means Of mir.
rors.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
TRIBUNE. Florence, Ariz.
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 The Thrice W orld has at its disposal all of the resources the of greatest newspaper Tn exlstence-the wonder of modern iournal- ism" America's Greatest Newsraper." it has been justly termed-The New York World.
 Its political news is absolutely impartial. This fact will be of especial value in the Presidential campaign coming on
 The best of current fiction is found in it's columns. - -'s
 These are only some of the reasons: there are others. Read it and see them all.
 We offer this unequaled newspaper and HE FLORENCE TRIBUNE together one year for $500.
 The regular subscription price of the two paL CTS is S4.00.
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For Sale.

Tho Brady ranch on the Gila river one mile and quarter below Florence, consist ing of one presumption claim of one hum dred and sixty acres, and an additional homestead claim adjoining of eighty acres with frontage on the river of one mile. Divided into five different fields of and f barbed wire fences with mesquit posts.
 The land with proper cultivation will yield 2,000 pounds of wheat and 2.500 pounds of barley per acre. 4 good dwelling house with kitchen, bath room and store room at tached, with large granel ies lexs2 each. One grist mill with machinery for burr mill ? pair of burrs. A franc house adjoin- ing 16xsO feet and one of the best wells of water in the valley, 15 yards from the house.
 The land will yield 100000 pounds of wheat or 5oOO00 pounds of barley or l,2O0 tons of alfalfa allowing for 3 crops of alfalfa year. Anabundance of mesquite and cottonwood on the claim.
 Title U S. Patent
 For further particulars address the TRI- BUSE Office or the undersigned.
 Sept. 2s-tf PETER F. BRADY, SR.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09

Pacific railway in the vicinity of Casa Cfrande aad Arizola is af present, and with eooa reason considered one 0i tho most desirable portions of this magnificent southern Ari- zona. Great changes have been made in the appearance of this part of the valley during the last four years. 1t was about that long ago that the Florence canal was completed and the work of actual improvement begun. Ii is useless to deny that under our present water system there is nothing like a suffi- cient water to irrigate this vast body of land
 THE CASA CYANIDE VALLEY CANAL Is forty-three miles in length and covers 60.e00 acres of land, about 7,090 of which are under cultivation. It is so constructed that it can be easily enlarged and it's capacity in- creased. A reservoir covering l,600 acres, having storage capacity of eight billion gal lons in the southeast corner of township G. range 8, gives ample supply of water the year round to all farmers located below it, but those above suffer by shortage of water during a few weeks in summer.
 It Is proposed to remedy this by the con- struction of huge reservoir at the Buttes, fifteen miles northeast of Florence. Com petent engineers have examined and reported upon the scheme and pronounce 1t feasible.
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II

That the amount of capital stock of this corporation shall be the sum of TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS 25,OOOo0), divided into TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED (25O0) Shares, of the par value of TEN DOL LARS each; and that the time when and the conditions upon W hich the said capital stock is to be paid in, are as follows, to-wit: The whole thereof upon the signing of these articles of incorporation, and the filing thereof with the County Recorder of Pinal County. Said shares of Stock shall be fully paid and non- -assessable.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09

The affairs of this corporation shall be conducted by the following officers, to-wit: By Board of four Directors, of whom one shall be President; one shall be vice-Presi- dent; one shall be Secretary and Treasurer and one shall be Manager. The first Board of Directors shall consist of the following stockholders, to-wit: Fernando E. Maldo- nado, who shall be President; John Riess, who shall be vice-President; Aquiles Arriola, who shall be Secretary and Treas urer, and William c. Smith, who shall be Manager; and they shall hold their respec- tive offices until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter the said Board of
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
 Articles of Incorporation -oF THE
Maldonado Commercial Company

KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we. the undersigned, have this day voIuntari- ly associated ourselves together for the pur pose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and we hereby certify.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09

THE DUPLICATE ASSESSMENT ROLL OF Pinal County, Arizona,for the year lss9' has this day been placed in my possession, and l am commanded to collect from each person named therein the several sums mentioned and carried out in the last column opposite their respective names.
 Said taxes will become delinquent on the third Monday lthe 18th day) of December next. and unless paid on that day or prior thereto five per cent penalty and costs of advertising. which is fifty centy for each de- scription, will be added to the emount thereof.
 The taxes are payable at the office of the County Tax Collector. in the court house at Florence, Arizona, during office hours, from am. to 12 m. aud from l to p. m. Sundays and legal holidays excepted.
 September p, 1899.
 ". PRICE.
 Tax Collector, Pinal County, Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09

That the names of the aforesaid corpora tors arc Fernando B. Maldonado, William C. Smith. Aquilee Arriola and John Riess.
 That the name of this corporation is the MALDoNADo COMMERCIAL COMPANY, and it's principal place of transacting busi- ness is Casa Grande. in the County of Pinal, Territory of Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
S25o Reward

By authority vested in me by the Board of Supervisors of Pinal county hereby offer Q reward of S25O for the arrest and convic- tion of the person or persons who murdered one James Lee at Shultz, Pinal county, Ari- zona, on or about September 14th. 1898.
 W. c. TRUMAN, Oct. 22-tf Sheriff.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
I I.

That the general nature of the business proposed to be transacted by this corpora tion is the carrying on of a general mer- chandise business in the said town of Casa Grande, Arizona.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
Meteorological Statistics.

The signal service of the general govern ment maintained a station af Florence from 1874 to 1882. The reports covering the period from Juiy, 1890 to April, 1882. gives the follow ing statistics which may be taken a safe guide to the prevailing temperature given durine. fhe series of six Yeas.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
"

The time of the commencement of this corporation is the 1st day of November A. D. 1899, and the termination thereof shall be TEN YEARS from the said date.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09

Before me, Charles r. Bennett, Notary Public in and for the County of Pinal, Ter ritory of Arizona, on this day personally appeared Fernando B. Maldonado, Aquiles Arriola and William c. Smith, for himself and as attorney in feet for John Riess, known to me to be the persons whose names arc subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to TIC that they executed the same for the purposes and considera- tion therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and Seal Of office, this 18th day of November. 1899.
 tSigned) CHAS. r. BENNETT,
 Seal Notary Public.
 My Commission expires July IS, 1903.
 Nov. 25-et
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
WATER WANTED.

WHILE BILLIONS OF GALLONS RUN
 TO WASTE. What Recent Government Investigations Disclose in Regard to Irrigation Possibilities In Arizona. Good Indians and industrious White Men Who Are Practically Destitute
 for Lack of Water. An Exceptionally Favorable Opportunity to Inaugurate the Much-talked- of System of Federal Irrl-
 gation.
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
UNTOUCHED BY FROST.

Orange and lemon trees require slight pro- tection during the winter for year or two, until the wood is sufficiently hardened.
 While it is a popular thing. for one to say that he is mot here for his health" 1t is an undisputed fact that for all pulmonary ail- ments no climate on earth is equal to South ern Arizona, and there are numbers of active, industrious citizens, with but one lung, who came here years ago, expecting to live but a few weeks. But for all that, the wonderful Casa Grande valley is something better than a bealfh resort.
 That portion of the great Casa Grande valley lying along tho liue 10 the Southern
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
AN uS1NHABITABIE DESERT
cAsA eRAsDE EEsaRvoIn.

The reservoir of the Casa Grande Valley Canal company is the largest in the territory. It covers a surface of 1600 acres, with an aver age depth of F feet, and contains about eight thousand million gallons of water. It is sit uated fifteen miles southwest of Florence. A levee of earth has been thrown up across a depression ill the plain |, ,009 feet in length, 125 feet in width at the bottom and 25 feet in width at top, ? to 1 slope on each side, and an average height of 9 feet. The waste is regu- lated by 3 cast iron pipes feet in diameter, set in solid masonry, regulated by gates and tower. This reservoir cost Sl50,000, and sup niles water for & 0gG acres
The Florence tribune., 1899-12-09
MESA, FLORENCE AND
 GLOBE STAGE LINE. c. C. HocKETT, Proprietor. Three Trips week. Daylight Travel

Leaves Mesa a. m Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. Arrives at Florence et 80 a m. Leaves Florence at 1 p. nl.. arriving at Globe at ?. m., the following day.
 Leaves Globe g a. m Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Arrives at Florence at II Q. n. the following day. Leaves Florence for Mesa at l D. m. Arrives at Mesa at p. h. Stages stop. over night at Riverside. Geod accommodations given the travelling pubic Stages connectw with stages for Dudleyville, Benson, Mammoth, Oracle and Tucson. JoHSsoN BROS, Agents ct Mesa:
 lHos- ARMoR, Agent ut Globe.
 SHIELDS & PRICE, Agent at Florence