Arizona republican., 1899-10-30

a tumble from off his wheel While il
front of the st. Lawrence lodgins
house and hit the ground with :
grunt. He picked himself up ans
looked at his wheel and saw at once
that the front tire had worked loose
A local physician happened to come
along and kindly inquired of the bicy-
lclist: Are you hurt?" No" replied
the other. picking up the wheel and
gazing at the damage. The physician
gazed at it, too, and finally said: Its
too bad and then walked on. y
group of spectators who witnessed the
little scene We're at loss to under
stand the significance of the sympa-
thetic remark-whether it was meant
to apply to the wheelman. who was
mot damaged, or to the bicycle which,
it was evident. needed to so to the
shop for repairs.
TALKS OF THE WEATHER Car
dener Dave Turner was engaged yes
terday afternoon in endeavoring to IL
rigate the court house plaza by means
! of a feeble stream of water coming
from the nozzle of a garden hose
! There was both a painful absence OF
water and pressure. The scarcity ap-
parently turned Gardener Turner's at
tention to other sources of water sup
ply for he said: "A rain would do
this country a whole lot of good now
I believe. anyhow. that We'll have a
wet winter. It's been very dry for
three years now. I see they're COM
mencing to have rains already in Cali
fornia, where the weather has been
very dry for three winters now. After
such a long spell of drouth, there's
bound to be an extra lot of wet
weather.
SERMONETTES- street ser
mons preached by the members of the
Salvation army are some times quite
interesting and show that the little
talks are thought over beforehand by
those making them. Yesterday after
noon one of the army meTr used an apt
Illustration in speaking of the knowl-
edge that he knew that he had been
saved from his sins. Il went to the
river, the other day he said, Ito haul
some sand. The man for whom l was
hauling told me that he wanted only
good sand. Well. I went down to the
river and commenced digging. 1 soon
found that there are different quail
ties of sand in the same locality ana
that l could easily know which was
good and that which was not so good
Another speaker said: "A man last
night spoke right out and said: Pray
for me- Night after night we have
come out here on the streets and
know by the look of your faces that
YOU are saying in your hearts: Pray
for me- although you don't have the
courage to come out and say so.
INSECT PESTS.-Professo Cocker
ell. entomologist, will remain in the
Salt River valley another week before
TO his work at the agricui- /
tural college of New MeXico@at Mesllla
Park His visit here has been pro :
luctive of good results. He has dis
covered the existence here of certain /
pests that have threatened in times /
past the fruit industry in southern Cal +
fornia The principal of these is the /
san Jose scale A number of pear +
.rees near Glendale are infected. This /
disease. having been noted, can be Z
.ombatted by the fruit growers and its .
.avages restricted. Prof CockerelI .
.lso discovered on some oIeander trees
in Phoenix the scale that in
ects orange trees elsewhere. So here
5 another danger of which to be fore
warned is to be fOrearmed- The WEB .
FORM is playing havoc with all kinds
# trees in the ella valley and Prof.
yockerelIs attention has accordingly
,een directed to that pest also The
ggs of the web worm are laid in the
pring on the branches of the trees
md should be gathered at that time
7hey are easily seen. The web worm
las also made it's appearance among
he forest trees near Las Vegas. n. 4
L.
LION KILLERS IN TOWN--Messrs-
1cCarty and Day, members of the
erritorial fish and game commission
eturned yesterday from a trip of sew
raj months duration in the mountains.
hey came last from the Tonic Basin
nd after few days rest will go
Orth. Mr.. McCarty is a hunter by
Profession and makes d specially of
lions Mr.. Day is associated
nth him in the business. Wallapai
lark, better known as Tex is also
member of the party. Mr.. Clark is
aid to be the last white man known
, have had any business dealings with
he Apache Kid and when he last