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Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
sands of farmers have robbed their fa rms nNnr hE the DrOceSS

sands Of farmers have robbed their farms poor by the process.
 PrOGigality has been shown in other ways. It was a few years ago no un- usual thing to see a farmer drive to town with a load of$wheat, sell it for 37 cents a bushel and with the proceeds buy potatoes raised 500 miles away at S1 or more a buShel. Finally some men began to study the question, and che result is that small irrigated tracts and the bottom lands are raising potatoes all over the plains and the importation, though not yet stopped, is much less than it was before. This is but one example of the change that has been wrought by the study of wastefulness on the plains.
 The west began with the idea of rais- ing but one kind of product. The first corners were the wheat raisers-spec- ulatOrs would be a better term. Thou sands of men came from the eastern states, filled with dreams of fortunes to be made out Of itilling the level reaches that lie along the river bottoms Of the central counties of Kansas and Nebras- ka, then extending their operations to the higher plains farther west. They drove out to their farms in livery rigs, smoked expensive cigars while Gi- Tecting the men at work on their fields. There was a shallow blowing, a hasty narrowing and then the rapid planting. Once or twice good crops were harvest ed, but ofteneT there was a failure, and the owners wondered why they could not make it pay. They were simply speculating on the next wheat crop; the purchasing of options would Hhave been as satisfactory and in many in stances more profitable. They gave nothing back to the soil. They only half titled it. This sort of farming was at the bottom Of the first backset that the west received, and was one Of the things that made it easy to place loans for exorbitaEt amourl.s on the lands.
 Not alone in misdirected effort has the west shown it's disregard for such economy as would have been taught by a judicious study of conditions, but there has been a positive loss of val uable resources that cost much hard earned wealth. Take the item of farm implements. The east never had such varied and costly articles for the til- lage of land as the west. When the first settlers came -here was an early organization of hardware ana imple- ment store The price Of the imple ments was high and there were goods of every description ct prices which, though they taxed the settler heavily, were payable in notes instead of cash. Implements for every conceivable duty of the farm are sold literally, and many are purchased that could be spared. One Kansas county bought SS0,00 worth of new implements this year. Then there are the reaper and blow standing in the feld through the winter and new ones to Ee bought in the spring. The west has wasted enough o1 implements ex- posed to weather to pay the interest on many mortgages. But it is getting
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

As a rule, when a German officer is punished by Imprisonment for having sabered Cna Of his sUbordinatss or an unarmed civilian under the preteXt that blCodshed was necessary to pre- serve his uniforn-the kings cloth from indignity, his captivity is more nominal than real, since he retains his rank in the army, draws his pay, keeps his orders and decorations, and has comfortable quar, CTS in a fortress, to which he is only compelled to return at nightfall, being permitted to dine, dance and shoot at the neighboring country houses during the daytime without the slightest restriction e. dis grace.
 The fact that it does nCt in any way injuIe his subsequent career is shown by the circumstance that Count Philip Eulenburg, now German ambassador al Vienna, underwent twelve months of nominal Imprisonment for killing in tha public streets Of Bonn, an aged ard defenceless man who had inadvertent- ly jostled him, and who has turned out to be the French chef of Queen Vie tcria's second son, now reigning duke Of Ccbourg.
 Far different, however, is the pun ishment which has just been inflicted upon Count Leonhard, Of StClberg, scion Of the princely and mediatized, or formerly reigning family of that name. and who is married to a prin- cess Of Solms.
 The imprisonment to which he has just been sentenced for killing cne Cf the sergeants Of the Lancer regiment t.; which he belonged, Cn the pretext that the man had insulted him, is no. mere detention in the fortress. but in- generation in a penitentiary, and car ries with it dismissal and disg:a e from the army and the forfeiture Of all his CTders and decorations.
 For Cnce in the way military opin- ion approves of this sentence, as this was net the frs, but the second oferse of the same kind Of which the count had rendered himself guilty, while his last victim was enc Of the most re- spected nCn-con mts5ione1 Cffice-s of tho regiment and the son cf a veteran of the same corps.
 The regard in which the sergeant was held was shown by the, voluntary at the funeral Of the entire staff of officers, from the colonel dew l. as well as the gensrals in c-mmand Of the district.
 It may be added that this is the first time that a sentence of such severity has been inflicted on any Gsrnan eff csr for such an offense, and that it may therefore be expected to serve as a salutary lesson to thcsa officers who have hitherto sabered their subor- dinates and unarmed civilians with relative impunity.
 
 The czar has just given his personal sanction tc a very curious exre i'm nt, which, if successful, is likely t. vastly modify iihe restrictions to which the
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
WESTERN WASTEFULNESS
Some Say Frs c Lend Where
 There's No Economy.
Burning Straw Stacks Are Splendid SpeCfaCIeS, But Poor investments -Flany Other Forms of prodigaIiiY and WaStefuincSS.

Showing here and there against the far horizon, with dull glare of a ftful flashing that tells Of sudden impetus, shine during these autumn and early winter evenings the fires of wasteful- ness on prairie farms and claims. The huge straw stacks, left from the boun- tiful harvests, are lighted and make a splendid pectacle-from the artists point of view, though not from that of the true farmer. It is passing strange that in a land where there is the great est need of economy there should be the least.
 This was an average corn year in Kansas, marked by few large yields. One young man sent word to the pa pers that he had raised sixty bushels 10 the acre, and it was marveled at much by the readers. Alongside him were farmers who raised put half that amount. The fact was that he was raising corn on land that had been bro ken from the sod only two years while his neighbors had been for years crop ping their land and giving nothing back to l., not even the straw and the stalks of the crops that grew thereon. It was little wonder that there was a
 
 less that Ehe land that had been crop ped to death was deficient in crop pro- ducing material.
 The corn field is another place where the western farmer wastes a good deal of material. The stalks are heaGed up with a rake and burned. There is ab- solutely nothing left on the land with which to replace the crop taken off. Only at long intervals can be found a prairie farmer who allows the land to rest a year. When one does, he reaps big harvest again the following year. but the average farmer cannot stop 10 wait for such 6 process. He plants to corn, and in September sows wheat be- tween the corn rows to make another crop the next June-perhaps early enough for Q crop of millet before snow flies It is all part of the w2steful- ness that has marked the settlement of the plains. It was so much easier to burn the straw than to haul it out Of the fields in the form of manure or as dressing. It was easier to hange the location Of the barnyard than to move the contents of tho fields, and thou
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
THE SIX PYRAMIDS OF NAPATA
Description Of a Visit to Thes9 Unex
 pIOrCd Relies.

The opportunity for making an ex- cursiOn tc the pyramids of Nap3ta pce- s7nted itself recently, and I cagarly en- braced the chance Of visiting thssa in teresting and little-kEown .el.cs of the past. The pyramids lie clustered to- getGer cn the western side of Gehel Barkal noun ain, huge mass Of Aand- stone rock, which rises m m3jestically cut Of the desert as Gibraltar risss out Of ths sea. This mountain, though. of nc great height, is landmark fer many a mil. around, and frcm Merawl camp the pyramids themselves were plainly visible abcva the belt Of palm trees Cn the opposite bank Of the Nile.
 These pyramids are six in number, and with one exception lie in wonder fully peTfact state Of preservation. None of them, however, is of any such vast dimensions as 3he pyramids Of Gizeh, the highest probably not exc ed ing sixty feet. They appear tH have been built in groups of three, placed at right angles to one anO.her The stones which form the cutter facing are in nc case more than thre9 feet long by che and one-half feet in depth, and are net very closely fitted to one an ether. These pyramids have nev5r been explored. What var.cd treasures may they contain What priceless in scriptions may adorn the walls Of their sepulchral chambers.
 The temple which We first approach cd on leaving the pyramids is hewn out of the solid rock. It contains three chambers, the central enc being the largest, with the two smaller Cne5 ol each side of it. In each case the walls are richly decorated wi h hieroglyphics and in some places the original color ing remains. It is, however, extremely difficult to trace the details of the carvings, for the wild bees have found them conv5 nient projectors on which to build their litle nests.-LOndco Graphic.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
LADIES AND OTHERS.
Some Instances of the Various Uses
 of an Abused Word

The word lady still has about it a certain halo which ought to prevent it's indiscriminate use In this country we can hardly expect to sale social distinc- ton reflected in the use of the word; and yet we might, perhaps, expect to see it employed more equitaibly than it was by certain dry goods store keep CT in Massachusetts town not very long ago.
 The daughter of a senator of the United States drove one day from, her fathers summer cottage to a store in 9 city near iby and ordered some ar ticles to be sent to the house. When the goods were sent a mistake was made, and the senator himself stopped at the store to corrsct it. The proprietor called the saleswoman, and, after consulting with her, apologized for the mistake
 You see, sir," he explained, ''the lady who took the order didn't quite understand what the girl sald.'
 A somewhat similar story was told of a remark made by a Yankee servant Of the family of John Lothrop Motley. the historian. On one occasion. when the historian was at home on the an- cestral estate near Boston, and when his brother James was also there, an intimate friend of the family who was sojourning at the house came out from Boston on d late afternoon train. The family coachman met him with a car riage at the station. On the way to the house the guest said to the driver:
 Did any one come out on the ear Tier train?"
 ''Oh, yaas," said the coachman, f'the' was four; the was John and Jim and two ladies'
 The guest knew that John and Jim" were the historian and his brother, but he wondered who the ladies were. Af- terward he found out that they were a seamstress and a new chambermaid.
 The most extraordinary use of the term that we are likely to find any rec ord of is related from England. The house surgeon of a London hospital, we are told, was attending to the in juries of a woman who had been badly bitten on the arm. As he was dressing the wound he said
 $'I can not make out what sort Of creature bit you. It is too small for a horses bite and too large for a dogs.
 ''Oh, sir,' said the patient, ''it wasn't hanimal-it was another lydy!"- Kansas City World.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
TOLD OF NORBURY.
Stories of an English Judge Who Believed in Hanging.
He Was Famous for His FOndneSS For Sentencing Peop7e 10 Eeaih- How inc Judge Finally Lost His Scat on inc Wool Sack.

The Earl of Norbury, who has cCma so prominently before the public in connection with MT. Hocley. is tha great-grandson of that John Toler first Lord Norbury, who was compiled to retire from his office of chief justice of Ireland in consequence of petition to tha House Of Commons by Daniel O'Connell, complaining Of the ina bility Qf Lord NCrbury to discharge judic al functions, and citing in support there of the following story:
 The earl, it appears. was trying a prisoner for horse stea ing, th51 a zap ital offense, and fell fast asIcep. On awakening he proceeded to pzss sen- tence of death upon the prisoner, who interrupted him toward ths conclusion with the following exclamation:
 ."Ah, my lcrd, you may leave cut the rest, if your lordship pleasss The jury, God bless them, acquitted me just be- fore your lcrdship awclIe'
 This Lord Norbury was a5 famous as Sir Henry Hawkins is today as a hang ing judge. At his funeral, when the coffin was lowered by ropes into the grave, Q voice was heard from the crowd: Give him plenty Of rope, boys. He was never sparing Of it to cthers''
 Dining in company with the cel6- brated Irish lawyer and wit, Curran, who was carving some bsef, Lord Nor bury inquired, ''Is that besf hung, MT. CUrran?"
 Not yet, my lord" was the reply; you have not yet tried it.''
 One day brother judge on circuit, meeting Lord Norbury at dinner. was entertaining him with scme sporting anecdotes. He assured the lord chief justice that Cn one occasion ihe had shot thirty-Cne hares before tr5axfast
 T don't doubt i.," was the reply; ''but yCu must have fired at a wig
 This Lord Ncrbury used to t-ast that he commenced his legal career with 6 e5O in cash and a pair Of h3ir-trigg5r pistols. His duelling prcpersitios at tended him Cn the bench, and he oftsn remarked in court that he wCu not seek shelter bshind the bench CT merge the gentleman in the chief jus tice."
 The present Earl Of Norbury is man ifestly less punctilious cn the sccre of honor. He is unmarried and still young.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

Hebrews are ncw subjected in Ru sia.
 One Of th9 principal Cbiecticns cf statesmen and economists S in Russ.a to the Jews has been tE2t not on!y were they as 8 rule united and d,sinclined for agricultural labor, but that by es- tablshing themselves evGrywhoTe as traders they sapped tha resources and reduced to poverty the Russ an peas- ants engaged in agriculture.
 In fact. the persscuti-n Of tte Jews by ttia Russian government has been mainly due to the belief entertained q that the Jews were injurious to agri- culture, which is the staple industry cf the empir5.
 Baron Horace Gu1zburg. Of tte gt1at Jewish banking h'cuss or that name at St. Petersburg, has undertaken to prove to the czar that the contrary is the cas2. He has set apart 10000 acres of his large estates in the province If Bessarabia as a settlement fer Jewish agricul ,urists. The settle, VIII be re- stricted to agriculture. Trade will be absolutely forbidden. Should s+Cras. mcney lending establishments O. am shops be found necessary, they can cnly be kept by Gentiles.
 If this experiment succeeds. the ch e: cause for the severe treatment Of the Jews in Russia will have been re- moved, and it can be expected that in that case the cZar will no longer re- strict Hebrews to the 5o-called 'pale Of settlement"
 Ownership Of land by members of the nobility in the old world carries with it obligations Of most varied character, and to an extent Of whic h people in this country have tile. CT no conception. Thus, the territorial aTis- tCcracy in the southern part of Ger many and in Austria, taking the ground that they have bean deprived and privileges, demand that in turn they should be relieved Of the ccrce- spending obligations toward the p9as- antry which hey have until now been compelled to ccncede.
 The obligation tC' which they are now taking exception is that which gives the right t. the peasantry Of the district to pasture their cattle, their sheep, their horses, their swine ard their geese upon the mE adCw land Of the great land owners during a stipu- lated number cf weeks, in spring and in the autumn, without any chargs or fee.
 In fact, during these weeks the rights Of property of the territcr al magnatsS are to all intents and purposes sus- pended, and the meadow land becomes common property.
 The peasantry are eXtrlmeIy tela- ciCus of these hereditary rights, ard rcsist all attempts to abolish them But still, at the same dime, it must be confessed that the nobles have some ground for complaint
 It is difficult to conceive whlt would
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
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l. new turns out that the "D3rmi- tion" Of the Holy Virgin at Jerusalem, presented by Emperor William to the Catholic church, was not siven to him as has been stated, by the sultan, but was purchased by the kaiser for the sum cf $5O,O00 from the ecclesiastical department of ths Tuik'sh ve-n- ment Marquise de Fcntsncy in the Washington Pest.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

be the sentiments Of Q land owner in this country who was thus forced to ccucede, net as Q fav-r, but as 6 right to the various peasants and f2rme Of the surrounding districts, and it must be borne in mind that this is only one Of the hundreds of simi ar obligations which the ownership O. land carries with it in the ed world.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01

over that and will in the end get over other forms of wastefulness Such re- suit means a more substantial future and a husbanding of the advtnages that have been so generously spread by na- ture-but are not, alas, inexhaustible. Chicago Times-Herald.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-01
NSssTAA
 A-@ Our Meat Market IS NOT THE LARGEST, BUT THE NEATEST, CLEANEST, and
 CONTAINS THE BEST MEATS IN TOWN. Seeeeeee =@@@~~@v

Positively none but the VERY BEST BEEF BOUGHT. IsCheap and poor stock will not be bought at any price. We have the only ANTLCOMBINA- TON MEAT MARKET in Phoenix, kill our own meat and have nothing whatever to do with the combine. We brought meat down from 2Oc to 124 and t0c per pound price we can make expenses and give our customers good meat. We arc going to run this shop as long as it pay its way. When it don't we will close 1t, and then you can pay 20 to Z5c per pound for your meat again. Mr. JAMES MOSCOW has charge of this department, and Is thorough and reliable butcher. Tickets for the Grand Presents given here the same as with groceries. %,s .ss Give US share of your patronage and you'11 be the gamer.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-29
IN SANTO DOMINGO
Revolution Is Thing Almost Inc.
Vifabie Now.

Cape Haytien, July 2S.-The funeral
of President Heureaux took pace at 8
o'clock last evening in Santiago de las
Caballeros. The population was panic
stricken, but there was no disorder.
A report has been received here to
the effect that the adversaries of the
government attacked Moca last night.
The news of the death Of President
Heureaux was hardly credited here by
the people generally until last even
ing, when undoubted confirmation was
received. Then there was great re-
joicing among Dominican exiles, many
of whom live in and around Cape Hay
tien. These exiies, who were driven
out Of the country by Heureaux, are
now preparing to arm themselves and
enter Santo Domingo, where they ex-
inez, to join them. The Dominican
government is making preparations on
a large scale to maintain itself.
Washington, July 2S.-A naval yes
sci will be sent Immediately to Santo
Domingo. Secretary Hay made a re-
quest that Secretary Long take this
action and the Machias, now at San
Juan, will proceed at once to the ISL
and. Minister Powell has not suggest
ed any such action to this government,
but it is deemed well in view of the
press reports, indicating a disturbed
conditcin of affairs, to have a repre-
sentative of the United States within
reach of the minister to protect Amer
lean interests, should the necessity
arise.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-29
REFUSES TO INTERFERE

Albany, N. Y, July Is Governor
Roosevelt this afternoon telegraphed
Judge Joyce, the pardon clerk al the
executive department, that he had de-
cided to refuse to interfere or 20 COM
mute the sentences for murder of Os-
car E. Rice and John Kennedy, a ne
gro, both of whom are now in Auburn
prison, condemned to die in the week
beginning July 81. Rice killed his
wife in .Westchester, Chautauqua
county, and counsel asked the gov
ernor to interfere on the ground of in
sanity. Kennedy stabbed another
negro of the name of Hummings in
Buffalo, and made a plea for clemency
on the ground that he acted in SELF
defense.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-29
THE PEACE CONFERENCE
There Is no Agreement. Bur the Sub
ieCf Is Left Open.

The Hague, July 2S.-The committee
charged with the duty of drafting the
final acts of the conference met this
morning with all the principal dele
gates in attendance. The impossibility
was admitted of arriving at an imme-
diate understanding in regard to the
form in which the powers not signing
the convention might adhere to the de-
cisions. of the conference The COM
mittee decided to accept the proposal
of NJ. Bourgeoise of the French dele
cation that this question be left to be
settled by subsequent negotiations and
that the arbitration convention remain
open pending the settlement of the
form of adhesion.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-29
STOPPED THE BOY
And Blacksmith KeIIy Is CHARGED
With f1urder.

Sacramento. July 2S.-A story of
what appears to have been murder.
came from Sheldon this afternoon. A
couple of boys escaped from the Crcs-
ton school of industry few days ago.
One of them. named Jos. Morgan. was
tracked TO the vicinity of Sheldon by
one of the officers of the school. named
I: +. Phillips. Phillips and another
man from the school started out TO
found up the escapes. They were ac-
companied by James Kelly. a former
blacksmith of Sheldon. Kelly carried
a rifle.
The party went out into the fields
and saw young Morgan running across
a hay field. Kelly raised his rifle and
aimed at the boy and fired. The boy
dropped dead. Kelly declares that he
was ordered by the school authorities
to shoot and tried 10 fire over the
boys head. 1t is claimed that the
officers did not authorize Kelly to
shoot
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-29
AMATEUR OARSlMEN.
Tlwenty-Seventh Annual Regatta in
Progress.

Boston. Mass, July 2S.-The twen-
ty-seventh annual regatta of the Ma
tional Association of Amateur Oars
men, which takes Place on the Charles
river, beginning this afternoon and
concluding tomorrow, has attracted
more than two-score beats and host
of oarsmen, including a majority of
the crack amateur scullers on the con-
tinent. While the Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, New York and some of the west
ern scullers are hopeful of carrying
away the regatta honCrs, it is admitted
that the Canadian men pull strong
strokes, and they are all in the pink
of condition. While the attendance is
not so large as it has been in previous
years, the regatta nevertheless promises
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-29
PHILIPPINE FATALITIES
An UnCenSored List of Those who
Were FILLED.

Seattle, Wash, July 2S.-The Times
prints this afternoon what purports to
be full and uncensored list of the
fatalities in the American army in the
philippines UP to June 2 The list
was furnished by Fred J. Eitel, repre-
sentative of the Manila Freedom. who
claims to have obtained it from rec
ords in the surgeon-generaFs office at
Manila. The total number of fatali-
ties is 7736, twenty-three officers. 500
privates and fourteen civilians at
tached 10 the army. The remarkable
feature of the record is found in the
statement that the number of officers
killed in battle is out of all proportion
to the number CT privates killed.