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Arizona republican., 1899-02-22
SAFE SUSPENDED IN AIR.
One That Was Proof Against Any and
 All Forms of Assault.

"I've been in the fire and burglar | proof safe business for twenty years, l remarked the veteran drummer, "and
 guess I have sold my goods in nearly
 every state in the Union, but until visited a month ago a Western towr of 5 900 people I had never seen a real ly safe safe-one that was proof aganst any and all forms of assault. It was the first time 1 had struck the place and I went there because I had learned they had opened a new bank, and I'm
 always on the lookout for that kind
 I got into town about 5 o'clock, and without stating my business, I strolled
 around before supper to where the
 bank building was located just to have look over the situation. It was quite a modern building for the size Of the
 town. and the builders had put in a boiler and engine to give the power for
 water and electric light and steam
 heat
 There was nothing remarkable about this. but at the rear of the build ing I found something that was at least novel. It was a plain brick addition twenty feet high, with large windows Cn it's four sides, giving full view of the interior, and right in the center, be- tween heaven and earth. five feet be- low the ceiling and ten feet above the floor, hung a big safe suspended to a heavy anchor chain. It was an entire ly new wrinkle to me, and after study ing it awhile I went back to the hotel determined tC ask a few questions be- fore letting any one know what I was there for. The hotel clerk, after the manner of his kind, knew it all, and when he had finished his elucidations, 1 had learned that the bank people, in stead of spending their money on a high priced, time-lock, burglar proof, stOne-walled vault and safe that might be dynamited full of holes. had sim ply bought a good cheap big safe and, having put it in the high room they had built for it. had rigged a chain and pulleys and attached the combination to the engine down cellar.
 "At closing time the safe was drawn up between floor and ceiling out of reach from above or below, and left to swing until time to begin business again next morning. The steam was down by Il o'clock, and then the only possible way to get at the safe was to raise steam and let it down within reach, a job the most skilful burglar could not do without detection, because steam engines are not run on a silent schedule, as a rule. The next morn ing. after l had taken another look at the working of the arrangement and saw how easy it all vas, I never said 9 word about having safes to sell, or even that I was in the business, but slowly and sadly packed up my traps and got out of town. ."-Washingt Star.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22
IN sTANLEY's FOOTSTEPS.
A Young Englishman' Adventures in
 the Congo Country.

Every now and then an Englishman of whom we have never heard before springs into sudden prominence, hay
 ing won his title to distinction by cer. tain feats, as it were, of travel The
 pluck of these young Britiskers is no to be denied, and their sagacity ir choosing difficult and arduous jour neys, rather than the too hackneyed
 courses of the pleasure seeker, is cer-
 tainly to be commended Less adven-
 turous travellers ane content witt routes which some book has made ia
 nous. They go to Japan because everybody goes to Japan who can by | any possibility do so. Or they go tC South Africa because all the ways Of
 getting there have been made easy But
 the adventurous young Englishman
 chooses to go where but few og' none have gone before him.
 The latest of these claimants to dis tinction, Alfred Bushnell Lloyd has just come back from a journey through the heart of Africa He travelled over Stanley's route, down the Congo to the west coast, but he did it alOne-that is, with no European, and accompanied by only a few natives
 He rode his bicycle among some of the cannibals, at which thousands of men, women and children danced and yelled about him, declaring he was riding Q snake" This reminds one of the impression made by the first horse and it's rider seen by the American In dianS, when horse and rider were con- sidered one
 In the course of his journey he came across the famous pygmies, whose very existence we have periods of doubting as we used to dout. the existence of gorillas and their kind. He was for five days in the great primeval forest without a sight of enc. then he became aware of their presence by mysterious movements in the trees, which he at first ascribed to monkeys. In the Arab village which he reached they told him that the pygmies had been following and watching him for five days. They are very timid, even covering their faces from fright as they speak. They were toe alarmed to stand still and be photographed, though the Arab chief got quite Q dozen of them in 8 group. None of them are over four feet in height, though all are sturdy. The men have long boards, half dclwn their chests. Except for strip of bark, 1}Cl4 men ana women are Qu1I6 nCQe. The men are armed with poisoned ar rows. They are nomadic, never sleep ing two nights in the same place, but huddle together in roughly construct ed huts thrown up for the occasion. They still have traditions of a white traveler-StanIey, Of course-who once made visit among them.
 MT. Lloyd in all his journeys, though he went among the cannibals, never had to fire a shot in self defence He has already become famous in Eng land, and offers to lecture are made him. He may come to this country. One often wonders whether our young men are less adventurous or more con- ventionaI that so few of them, con- paratively, with all their wealth at their command, choose to win distinc- tion in this way.-Harper' Weekly.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22
FIGURES THAT sTAGGER ONE.

There have been some big corpora
 tions formed under the laws of New
 Jersey within the last few months
 The largest of these was the Federal
 Steel Company, with a capitalization
 of two hundred millions of dollars. | This was regarded as a gigantic figure
 at the time of it's formation. But if a
 rumor that is floating about is well founded a company may soon be incor- pOrated which in dimensions will
 dwarf even the enormous aggregation of capital mentioned above. The New
 York Press says:
 "Rumors were current in Wall street yesterday to the effect that a steei trust. with capital of either five hun dred or seven hundred millions of doi- lars, was forming. It developed that the foundation of the rumOr was the proposition to incorporate q cOmpany in New Jersey to be known as the National Steel Company with a capital of only $1O000O. James B. Dill, an attorney. was mentioned as one of the men interested in the concern. MT. Dill, when questioned, said that Q combination of certain iron and tin plate interests had been made, and that the plans had been practically formulated; that the combination lad been brought together through Wi-iam H. Moore of Chicago; that the filing oN the certificate of the National Steel Company, under the laws of New Jersey, was preliminary to the filing of the certificates with a larger capital.
 If this larger capital' should prove to reach even the lesser of the two fig ures mentioned-namely, $500, 100000 it would probably be the greatest az gregate of capital in private corpora tion ever effected anywhere in the world. Such figures stagger credulity, and it is not surprising that the rumors mentioning such a combina- tion have been secuted in financial circles as preposterous. But the Fed eral Steel Company, with it's capital of S200 900, 900, does not embrace the en- tire steel and iron interests of the country by any means, the great Car negie companies not being in it. If all | the big concerns in that and the tin plate business should unite a capitaIi- zation of half a billion is at least |
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22
OUR POPULAR WANTS. !"

We invite attertion to The Re- publican's Popular Wants" The people have found this depart ment of this newspaper wonder fully helpful. They resort to it in paying numbers when they have something to sell or want to buy something or have lest something or have found something that belongs to some body else. Our letter box shows that tho Popular Wants" de- partment is one of the mos: pop ular features of the paper. It also shows that The Republican is the popular medium in this community.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

thicknesses of one-fourth-inch stee1 of the ships side
 This, of course, didn't hinder the siXty-pound plungeF in the least. It kept straight ahead on a downward in- | cline. Incidentally it touched off two | three-inch shells lying upon the deck | The explosions of these shells were what wounded eight men. But the Spanish shell went right on. It hit the deck at a slanting angle and penetrated till it struck heavy deck beam. This was cracked like a pipe stem.
 The shell then glanced upward It emerged from the wooden deck and made line for the steel walls of the engine room skylight. By this time the shells nose had been turned upward, so it struck the steel combing of the skylight side cn.
 lt made a tremendous rent, carrying away almost bodily the steel combing, making holes eighteen inches long by six inches wide. Striking the heavier steel work at the top of the skylight the prOjcctile was defected downward again. It was then prepared to exc cute the finest movement of all
 Straight for the shield of the six-inch gun cn the port side it flew It struck on the upper side of the circular steel shield of the gun. Then a marvellous thing happened Unable to go through the shield, it glanced upward, then backward and bounded back across the deck in the opposite direction It had bent that solid steel shield one inch from it's normal shape.
 In turning this somersault the shell hit the rCcCil cylinder of the six-inch gun and disabled the carriage.
 But the prCjectile was still bowling merrily along. It swooped down and again tCSk Q cnouthful out of the wood- en deck, and then veered upward.
 The tricky shell would then have es- capped from the Yankee ship if it had not come in contact with the upright iron pipe of a ventilatCi,. It made big dent in that like a stone would in a stovepipe, and then fell to the deck with it's force spent.
 It then became a souvenir, and has earned a place in history as the most skillful shot made by the Spaniards during the whole naval war of 1S9S.- New York Journal
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Andrew Carnegie gives the public a glimpse into the inside of his excited commercial mind when he accuses President Mckinley of giving away the trade of the Philippine archipelago to other nations. "The open door to the foreigners" says Andrew in his epigrammatic way, means the closed door to the Americanl" Waving dis cussion of that, what is MT. CarHegie's present opinion of his little chum, Agoncillo? Is he still in correspon- dence with him?
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22
RANK OF BREVET.
In the United States Army an Hono-
 rary Title, With Nothing Else

Among the nominations which were sent to the senate this month by the president were many for brevet ranks, and the fact that the lists included many names of officers who had died in the service caused some surprise in circles where the full and true meaning of the brevet rank was unknown
 The brevet rank is given by the president flor gallant action and mer- itcriOus services" and is always one grade higher than the officer held at the time he earned the distinction, Brevet ranks have been conferred in the United States army of all grades from first lieutenant to lieutenant-gen- eral, but the titles, high or low, bring neither additional authority nor in creased pay.
 An officer who received a brevet for distinguished services in the Spanish war said 'EThe brevet is simply Uncle Sam's way of saying to an officer You did your work Well-bully for you!
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

There are indications that MT. Bryan is seriously considering the poss,b li- ties of ''militarism" as a campaign bugaboo. He seems inclined to add to his political specialties an undying hostility to the country's army and navy. MT. Bryan's mental processes and their results are an interesting Studv
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Admiral Dewey has shown such mar vicious executive ability in other direc- tions that some eastern people are sufficiently irreverent to wish he could some day find time to tackle the prob lem of a street railway in blizzard.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

It is possibly frivolous to entertain the thought that Manila is wasting valuable time in fighting when it en- joys ideal weather for base ball gama or circus procession
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22
A TRICKY PROJFCTlLE.
Fancy Movements of a Spanish Shell
 That Struck the Baltimore

The little game of billiards which Champions Dewey and Montojo played at Manila last May has never been cor rectly reported. It now appears.
 The naval experts at Washington have now made a chart of the whole affair, and declare that the best shot Of all was on the Spanish gentleman $ side.
 It was the six-cushion shot at the cruiser BaItim-re. It was the one shot that drew blood from the Americans, w0unding eight men.
 The projectile that executed this fancy movement was a 53s-inch sixty pound One It came from the Canacao battery on shore. At it's first hit it entered the Baltimore two feet above the upper deck, going through two
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Young children, to avoid marasmus, scrofula, or rickets, and develop healthy tissues, bones and teeth, need fats and hyPophosPhites. Dr. w. Gilman Thompson, Prof. Materia Medica and Therapeutics, in the Uni versity of New York, asserts that Cod-liver Oil is the best fat for the purpose.
 Scott's Emulsion Is cod liver oil partly digested and combined with hyPophos- phites, 1t gives children material for rich blood, solid flesh, bones and teeth.
 soc and sI.oo all druggists.
 SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Mir Wanamaker is becoming more and more impatient with MT. Quay for his failure to preceive when it is time to be discoura ged.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

According to the Hon. Grover CleVe- land of Princeton, N. J., the people Of this country are at present hustling along in mad rush toward yawning disaster" An ex-President of the Uni ted States who entertains such an opinion of the intelligence of his countrymen should think several times before publishing it to the world.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

An old maid is the only woman fit to live with and the reason is because no man lives with he-.
 Take away from the average wo- mans mind what she thinks about the neighbCTs, and you will have left her religion and what she thinks the neigh bOrs think about her.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Immediately after the czar and Tol- stoi met and kissed the latter published his opinion that the disarmament idea is all nonsense. This looks like a breach of advertising courtesy.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Aguinaldo's behavior leads to the suspicion that he has been trying to use up some of the type writers and stationery he captured from the Span inrdC
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

The democrats in the senate W Il make one political mistake the more if they put themselves in the position of deliberately forcing an extra session of congress by flibustering against the army bill. That is their lookout. however
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

MT. Reed has been content to esti- mate the expense per head of Fiiipinos without making any further inroads on MT. Grosvenor's mathematical pr,s-
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Admiral Schley continues to main tain the exasperating attitude of a man whose case can be submitted to pos terity without argument.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

The populists of the east and middle west have discovered that the snow drifts are deepest in the middle of the road,
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Spain is still waiting on tiptoe for fear of frightening that $2O,00O,0CO at the last moment.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Congress should pause and consider itself. Some critical Kansans have compared 1t to their state legislature.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Publication office: Se-3s East Adams street Telephone No. 47.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

Entered at the posrofice at Phoenix, Arizona, as mail matter of the second class.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22
The Arizona Republican.

CHARLES (. RANDOLPH.
 Editor and Proprietor
Arizona republican., 1899-02-22

PHGNIx, FEBRUARY 22 1909.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

this ancient and historic Ciudad do Mexico which
is the nightly scene Of most comical and certain
witching hour. not midnight, but the proper Tune,
and pcradveuture provided you look in the right
place. YOU may come across youth leaning In a
studiOusly careless position against a wall Above
him at some considerable height is small stone
balcony. ana the occupant of tins is pretty young
lady closely yelled i'm a black tapaO. The first
thing to strike the observer somewhat curious
Is the fact that the man does not seem to be in
tercsted in the balcony at all. Neither does the
girl appear to be leaning over the baiustrade the
outlook for any one. But pause moment and
presently you will discern a faint black line wan
dcrug up the eXpIus" of white stUccO wall and
then the whole puzzle is solved! These two charm
ing lovers are communicating with each other by
means Of a hand telephone. They each have
end Of the instrument. and if you pass by sufficient
y near you might possibly catch an indistinct muir
muir of voices. He is certainly very constant.
had occasion 90 pass that way one miserable
inundated with water, ana the rain on that partcu-
lar evening simply coming down i'm sheets.
That. however. did not daunt the knight Of the
telephone There he usual, sheltered in 4
scrviccable looking waterproof. The rain water
off the street had come up over the pavement and
ne stood patiently. but 10 doubt quite cheerfuy
served equal sacrifices on the part OF the balcony.
tOo but not bit Of it. The young lady vas in
visible, though IL was noticeable that the tclltale
speaking cord passed up over the rail of the
balcony and in b"twcen the half closed win lows Of
the room. ! pictured the scnOritd tn myself sit
ting comfortably ensCOnced i'm an armchair I'm A nice
What infatuation, He poor man was sublimey
intosh. one would think that it must be n SUI
nciently hard task to whisper sweet nothngs"
over a telephone without the additional disadvan-
taGcs Of 1 pouring wet night However, dare
say. they managed 70 keep the interest up.
Imagine to yourself all this going in public
Thoroughbred But then we are in Mexico and
there's the difference one must not forget to add
that A gendarme stands i'm the middle Of the road
little further away. with his night lantern shining
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
ANYTHING TO PLEASE.

From Golfers Weekly.
She sailed into the telegraph Office and RAPED
the counter The clerk remembered that she q
been there about ten minutes before as ne ci-
forward 10 meet her. He wondered "hN %
wanted this time. -
"Oh." she said "let me have that teegra1
wrote Just now. | forgot something very W.
tant / wanted 10 underscore the words PEREZ
lovely in acknowledging the receipt Of that VA
let VIII il cost anything extra -,
mo. ma'am." said the clerk. As he HANDED
the message. -,
The young lady drew two heavy lines 0ena-
"It's awfuIly good Of you to let me DO that )
will please Charley so much" -
Don't mention IT," said the clerk. III YOU ~. 7.
like it, | will drop a few drops OF violet extra
the Telegram at the same rates. -,
"Oh. thank you. sir. You don't know hgH n - ~
| would appreciate IT, I'm going 20 sehi S a.
kilograms through this office. you are so 0oAs'i7 a.
And the smile she gave him would hayss ~. ~
any one good. with the possible exception d 800
ley.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
From The Mexican Herald.

FACULTIES OF MEXICAN LOVE AFFAIR
From The Mexican Herald.
Tho manner in which love affair begins
Is quite interesting and In this. in every other
matter in Mexico. there is right and L wrong
way Of setting about II. In the first instance the
meeting between the man and the girl is quite dC-
cidenta. Possibly be is passing in the street and
sees her at the window Mutual interest is aroused,
and then you have the beginning OF pretty
cOurtshp you could wish for and one that
Is thoroughly Mexican
Now. tn" usual way FOR the young man. one
would think would be TO get an introduction We
English almost look upon Introduction as
sacred This, however, is not at all necessary,
and in most cases ii is possible the man knows
CGcd that he would like to carry on affair with
her. his first move is in manner other 30
send her his card accompanied by declaration
OF his admiration. If he has been very much
one. must not forget to mention that it is a
very usual thing for the gentleman 20 ask the
lady for some token by which he may know that
she desires to countenance his suit. Perhaps he
requests her To wear red rose in her hair. or
perhaps il may be that he earnestly bcgs the
senorita to throw him some particular flower from
her window when he comes to learn his fate.
There are many and numerous other ways OF
starting love affair. and the ingenuity sometimes
displayed is very amusing. There is one factor in
particular which Is favorable TO lovers in this
country and that is the cleVerness Of the servants
There is who understands the fine points
O intrigue better than real genuine MeXi-
can mOZO. and he will throw himself in a per
fectly whole hearted manner into your plots and
help you out OF the most unexpected difficulties.
All praise TO the mozO, lie never intrudcs. but at
the time he IS muy SlmpatiCo, and watches
developments.
cannot refrain from referring to one particular
episode Of which | have doubt a select few
have some knowledge. There IL a certain street in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26
WILLING TO TAKE CALMETTEs woen

From the English Pharmaceutical Journal
When DR. Albert Calmctte, director Of the p,
teur Institute at Lille. returned from fighting -
plague at Oporto day or two ago he 1,sv.
straight 10 the Figaro" Office % shake hari,
with his brother, NJ CASTOR Calmctte before e@e
ing Paris for Lille. He was welcomed By sever
Journalists who happened 10 be present ana,
them VI. Emmanuel Arenc who gives desors
ton Of the scene i'm the "Eclair" DR. Calme,.
had left his luggage downstairs In a cab bgi h
carried in his hand A little tin box which be A..
down carefully on the mantelpiece Conyersai-,
became general The doctor declared that al .
experiments had been most successful
80 you know exactly what kind " plague va
had 70 deal with" asked one Of the company -
"Of course ! do. was the startling reply "a,
have brought II back with me- and the toc,,
calmly took the tin box off the mantepiece All
somewhat to the horror Of mis- listeners. began
open IT,
He took out a little glass tube hermeuea.7
sealed. which contained something that 0osl
very much Ike clear glycerine There were nj
ions Of microbes in IT, though they were not gs-7
easy 10 see
You have only 70 dip pin in this and prf
yourself" ne said. and in ten hours you xo-!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-26

About two weeks later I was delighted to hear
that the trunk had turned up at way station.
where II had been left by mistake with some
theatrical baggage 1t was forwarded to New
leans and sent for the old man to Identity
his property. 4 must insist particularly | SAID
when ne arrived. on having a look at that 500
Bible Show it to you with pleasure he replied,
and reaching under A lot Of clothing he drew out
a shabby black volume. Before could make any
comment he firted the pages TO and fro under his
thumb and new 80 bills began 20 fly out like
pressed flowers There was altogether S2lo IN the
book but the old man said he wasn't quite sure
about the last bill and had split the difference
So it turned out after all, to have been an honest
valuation. Since then haven't been quite SO COCK
sure surface appearanceS.'