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Arizona republican., 1899-05-08
oUAY's FAvoRrTE STORY

T don't knciH anything about Sen atCr QUrsJ as a stasecinan CT Q stock spe- -uIaitor," said gentleman who re- sides at Jacksonville, Fla, but l can bear witness ne's mighty good com pany. I mos him down On the Indian river several seasons ago, and we were thrown together a gGod deal for up- ward of a month. He was the life Of the party and the best story teller I ever listened to. One of his faYorite yarns was about a wicked drummer, who used to f1irt with the girls in big dry goods store. His wife found out about 1t, and went over to warn the young women 10 have nothing to do with him. If he speaks to you she said to the first clerk she encountered, just take hatpin and jab hinl-Iike thisi' When Quay reached that part Of the narrative he would extra clt pin from his coat and fr.od his listener Then she went on to the next girl he would continue, aud told her to grab i6he trif1ing rascal by the ear-like this -llhe very first time she saw him, and if he blustered to give it . twist-,fke this-2nd lead him to the door As he spoke Ee would suit the action to
 
 of the story was the torture that was inflicted on the nearer under the pre- tense of illustrating the suggestions of the unfortunate wife. As rule, man wouldn't catch on until he had been half murdered. The story lasted as long as the victim would stand it, some new indignity being described as each c:erk was interviewed. I've known Quay 10 tell ii to thick-headed Floridians and get the wife up to the fourth story Of the dry 2ccGs establish ment before they realized that all the of the rascally drummer were being deproduced on their own persons. The rest of us would stand back and near1 die laughing, but the senator would never crack smile Some of the men to whom he told that anecdote will greatly regret his ac- Quittal. They think he ought to be ! hanged. New Orleans Times Demo- | crat
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08
HE ASKED TOO MUCH.
A Rescuer Who Severely Taxed the
 Gratitude Of the Rescued.

It was in Bradford. An old man was about to step in front of a steam tram going at full speed, when a hand seized him and flung him back. It was narrow shave, and as soon as the old man realized it he extended his hand to his rescuer and exclaimed:
 You have saved my life, and I can never repay the debt"
 T deserve no thanks" was the mod est reply.
 ''But you deserve moro than thanks. you some substantial token of my gratitude. Here-lct me write you q check for
 T couldn't accept anything-really I couldn't" protested the other, but there is something you might do fer me all the same ''
 Speak and it shall be done.''-
 You are rich man, and I know you by name. ! am secretary of the gas company. Every month when you come in to pay your bill you make a tremendous row for half an hour, and declare that we are highway robbers If you would only agree-''
 Not to make a row over my gas bill Never, sir, never, Ycu saved my life, and I am ready to draw you d check for sc10.000, but as for foregoing a privilege granted only to free-born Britons, l can't surrender it--couldn't do it if you saved my life a dozen times overt"-Tit-Rite
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08
NO LONGER A NECESSITY.
F7igureheads Seem to Have Gone Ea-
 tiIely Out of Style

Our modern mariners give very lhtle thought to figurehcads. A warship feels any number Of times securer with a few torDedOes up her sleeve than she
 possibly c-dlId with the most aesthetic or formidable f1gurenead on her stern.
 In fact, look about any ha~bor and
 note how few ships boast anything
 Time was when g vessel would as sOon have thcught about starting out with q ,eak as without a figurehead, and the farther back we go ehe more was this 2 fact The earliest discovered model of fgurehead belonged to Ia pleasure
 boat of one Of ancient Egypt's dark eyed queens, being in the form of rsitus and so very much to her mind and heart that she had it buried with her, but warships with animals carved upon the prows are known to have ex- isted in Egypt before the day of this queen; in fact, as early as 1000 B. c. The subject usually corresponds to the name Of the ship This was before the introduction of rams. 4 few figure heads, es well as anchors and rams, found in the ruins cf the locks at Ath- ems serve to give a notiCn of the di- mensions of ancient Grecian warships
 1iS 11AN1-O OOSOpASu O1 tIAC IAAS Duchnan by the human ske.eton was the niche that in the middle ages was occupied by a saint, and this in turn was an outcome of way they had in the days of the Roman o2nsuls of talk ing their 1ares, or itutelary gods, to sea in the after part of the ship. Appar- ently each particular nation had ia vori.e emblem. The crwl was as con- spicuous on tie Athenian ships as was the ccell, that embscm of vigilance, on the prows cf St. Theodore, the patron saint of the Venetians, was their fla vored fgurehead, while the British lion became so universally the fgureheas1 of English ships that other nations, which followed closely the naval arch lecture of this first nation on tho sea- adopted also the lion, as much to conceal their identity as because they were built after English models So common was this that in France the curve of i5he bow was known as the sweep of the lion. n.''-New York Home Journal.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08
JINGoEs AS MISCHIEF MAKERS.

The fates seem determined to briu 2 the United States and Germany to the point of Ioggerheads, and it is already evident that it will require sLlrewd and level headed diplomacy, and the exer- else eff all the solid common sense of two peoples, to prevent a situaiIl-n that may develop dangerous tendencies. The taoties5 Uterarces of Captain Cogh1an of the cruiser Raleigh. which reached the point almost of insult to two governments when he rccited IT, bald verses lampooning the emperor
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

gasped once or twice, looked at the paper, and declared in more moderate tones that he didn'a believe word of it. Most of the patrons of the restau- rant contenaed themselves by snicker- ing audibly, but one man with less feeling remarked as he paid his check: T guess I will go out and engage my seat for the Bryan inaugural process sion w ashington Pest.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

After mature consideration Ecn M Dickinson. of Michigan refuses to sane- ten the Anglo-American alliance. In view of this announcement it may be any further
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

Reports from industrial centers show movement can't be halted even by the combined lung power of the whole crowd of calamity hl-twlers.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

General Luna, the Philippine com mander, is confident that his troops can finally overcome tha American forces. This hallucination E-rders closely upon downright Lunacy
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

General Gomez favors independence fer Cuba, but whether on the American or the European plan he fails to indi- cate. The old warrior should go into executive session and decide this point.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

Russia and England have agreed to have arranged that the pie is just big enough for themselves with none for outsiders.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

Publication office: 36-3S East Adams street. Telephone No. AT.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

According to semi-official reports, the new bicycle trust has a capital of s50,000,0 900. It is certainly big thing on wheels.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

CHARLES (. RANDOLPH.
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Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

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Arizona republican., 1899-05-08
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Arizona republican., 1899-05-08

Directors: Emil Gang Sol Lewis, J. J. T. Smith. Charles Goldman. Obsr- fielder, B. N. Doris. J. D. Monihsa-
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EMIL GAfJZ. President.
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Arizona republican., 1899-05-08
CORREsPoNnENra

CORRESPONDENCE
 The Bank of California. San Francisco La1olaw 6 CO........ New Yorh National Bank of Commerce. .. St. Louis Nat'L Bank of Commerce. Kansas City First National Bank ...... ChicaR1 Farmers G Merchants Nat'l. Bank.
 ........... ......... ....... Los Angeles Consolidated Natl Bank Tucson Bank of Arizona ................. Prescott Messrs. N. NJ. Rothschilds & Sons.
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
T E INDIES.
An English Scheme to Give Finan-
cial Aid to Asriculturists in
Those Islands,

1t is reported in London that the
colonial office has completed a plan
for the relief of the British possessions
in the West Indies, the details of which
will shortly be made public. 1t is said
that the rehabilitation of the sugar
industry of the islands has not been
left entirely in the hands Of Sir Thomas
j.. Upton, although Mr.. Chamberlain
has accepted the general scheme pro-
posed by that well-known merchant
and financier. There are four groups
of financiers who will work at the sub
ject along distinct and separate lines
One OF these groups is directly under
the control of Mr.. Chamberlain and will
confine it's efforts solely to Jamaica.
Two other groups will confine their
work to Barbados and st. Vincent,
while st. Lucia, it is said, will be con-
fined to the special care of Sir Thomas
j. Upton. Sir Thomas will also have
general charge of refining the sugar
and selecting markets for it. 1t is re-
ported in the colonial office that as soon
as the plans are made known the gen
eral public will be allowed to join two
or more groups, which will become
stock compares. 1t is expected that the
foresight and business capacities of Mr..
Chamberlain, combined with govern
ment guarantees, will insure a hearty
response and a financially,snccessful is
sue for all concerned. The combined
capitals of these several undertakings
will not, it is anticipated, exceed e1.-
100000 in all.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
MICA FOR SAFETY LAMP.
An Interesting Experiment That Is
Being Tried in Several Ger-
man C~ollieries.

An arrangement made by Herr Max
Raphael, of Breslau, Silesia, is now be-
ing tried experimentally in several Ger
man collieries as a substitute for the
glass cylinder of safety lamps. The
cylinder is constituted by two tin plates
OF mica united, and also keptin place at
the top and bottom by being inserted
IN w brass rings, the section of which
resembles that of a channel iron, the
edges of the two channel rings being
turned toward one another. AS the
mica plates are perfectly fitted to the
rings, air tightness is insured, and an
additional safeguard may be afforded
by bedding the edges of the plates in
red lead cement. This double mica CYL
lnder is inserted in the lamp cage lust
like an ordinary glass cylinder. The
principal advantage claimed for this
des-
ignates it for use in officials and under.
ground surveyors lamps, which are
now largely made of aluminium with
the same object. 1t is also claimed that
the mica. which yields slightly, is less
liable to injury from a knock than is
the ordinary lamp glass, and even if
the outer mica is pierced there will
probably be the inner one still left in
tact.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
THE TRANs-AND1NE RAILROAD
1t Is Not YET Completed, Though
Shown Without a Break on
Some German Mans,

Some recent works of reference speak
CT the trans-South American railroad
from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso as
though it were now in full operation;
and on at least three German maps of
1898, supposed to be authoritative, the
road is shown without a break, saws
the New York Sun.
The fact is, however, that this i'm
portant addition to the railroad facili-
ties of South America is not yet COM
pleted and is not likely to be for some
years to come. According to Mr.. E. A.
Fitz Gerald, the explorer of Mount
Aconcagua, the road has been advanced
on the Gillian side of the Andes up to
the mountains and some wayinto them
on the Argentine side, but in March last
there were still A miles of the most
difficult part of the road to build and
further progress will necessarily be
very slow.
At that time the road had been COM
pleted up to Punta de las Vacas, in the
mountains on the Argentine side, and
to Salto del Soldado on the CHILEAN side.
The part yet to be built includes a tun-
mel under the Cumbre pass, the summit
OF which is 1875 feet above the sea.
The road through the mountains is 8 1-3
foot gauge, with rack and pinion for
the sleeper grades. Even greater diff
culties are involved than had to be v
come in building the lines into the
Peruvian mountains.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
LIKE h 7
Soft Coal Operators Tell the Railway
Commissioners They Are satis-
ed with Present Charges.

The result of the hearing in regard to
rates on soft coal before the railway
commissioners in Des Moines was to
show that the operators are satisfied
with the present rates.
1t is said the C%enterville operators
want a rate on "mine run" coal to
Omaha as some other mines enjoy, but
they were not present to ask for 1t,
neither was Representative Porter, who
introduced the resolution in the house
that brought the inquiry. Operators
from Beacon, Lucas, Boone and other
places were present, and others had
written, all agreeing to the present
rates and asking that no change be
made.
The railway companies were we'll
represented, and their representatives
denied the claims In Mr.. Porter's letter
and resolutions, and showed that the
output of coal in. Iowa was increasing,
instead of decreasing; that the inter
state rates on coal from Illinois are
higher than for the same distances un-
der the Iowa rates. and that the ship
ments of coal from Illinois to Iowa have
been rapidly decreasing for five years,
while the Iowa shipments have been
increasing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
WALES LOSES A FRIEND.
By the Recon Death of christopher
Sykes, Who Was Noted for
His Dinners.

Christopher Sykes, the bosom friend
OF the prince of Wales and all the royal
family, died the other evening in Ches-
terfield street, Mayfair, says the Lon
don Mail.
Last August Mr.. Sykes had a par
alytic stroke, from which he had recov-
cred; but the other morning he was
seized by a fit, and, never recovering
consciousness. passed away peacefully.
christopher" as his friends loved to
call him, was the younger son of Sir
Tatton Sykes, the fourth baronet, and a
brother of Sir Tatton, whose eccentrici-
ties and matrimonial troubles are we'll
known. He was a big, loosely-built
man, a typical Yorkshireman in length
OF bone, Observation-Disclosures and grim hui
NOR. He was formerly conservative
member for the Buckrose division of
Yorkshire, and was the owner of Brant-
lnghamthorpe, in the same county.
Mr., Sykes was a noted bon viveur, and
is said to be the original of the Mr..
Brancepeth" of Disraeli's novel so
THAR" the grave young man who only
did one thing well. which was the Civ
ing of dinners.
The prince and princess of Wales
were most fond of Christopher Sykes,
and will feel his death keenly. But he
was we'll known throughout society,
and wherever he went he was exceed
ingly popular. He was in his sixty
eighth wear
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
SOCIAL CENSOR.
Credentials of Applicants for Press
entation at Court Closely
Examined.

The necessity for censorship over the
social credentials of applicants for
presentation at Queen Victoria's court
Is apparent when the air is heavy with
moralizing over Hooleyism, says an
eastern exchange. Lord Charles Beres-
ford startled a London audience a year
ago by declaring that money could
buy it's way into the highest places in
England. He merely anticipated the
records of the bankruptcy courts. Mr..
Hooley did not succeed in establishing
company promoting on a permanent
social basis. The bottom fell out of his
enterprises before he had perfected
his system of batting small investors
with the names of earls and the leaders
of smart society. He was imposed up
on by a swarm of spectators, solicitors
and middlemen, and he was a bankrupt
before he could regulate the perquisites
of directors in accordance with fixed
principles of social precedence and in
troduce a tariff with maximum and
minimum fees for introductions to peo-
pie of quality. The bubble was pricked
before the full purchasing power of
the stock promoters money was
brought to bear upon smart society.
Yet this traffic carried Mr.. Hooley a
long way into the social world. It
produced for him the acquaintance Of
many people of distinction; it enabled
him to enter the Carlton club. and to
stake out a claim for a seat in parlia.
ment, and it put him in direct negotia-
tons with the political managers for
the purchase of a baronetcy for about
$250,000 in hard cash.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
GOLD SEEKERS O S
Many Prospectors Perish In an
Alaskan Glacier-Five knows
to lave Been Lost.

Seattle, Wash, Jan. 30.-The steamer
Cottage City, from Alaska, brings news
that a number of Copper river pros
pectors persisted in Valdez glacier. The
following are known 10 have been lost:
Charles Khron, New York city; c. P.
Smith, Chicago; Ole Evjen. Baldwin, WIS.,;
- Henderson, Wisconsin,; George Swee-
sey, New York.
Among the many badly frozen miners
are: George Poalowitz, New York city:
Sylvester Grog, st. Joseph. Mo-; Holyen
Enjens. Baldwin, Wis.
There are six men at Valdez sui
fering from frozen feet, hands and
faces. A hospital has been esta blished
at Twelve Mile camp, on the other side
OF the glacier, and Is men are suffer-
ing there from the same cause. All
were frozen trying to cross the glacier,
but managed to get back into camp.
The freezing of the Evjens, father and
sen, is particularly sad. They started
FOR Valdez, but on getting we'll toward
the summit of the glacier found their
feet freezing, Both started back. The
son gave his father extra wrapping
for his feet, and as a result froze both
legs and in a few minutes was unable
to proceed. He babe his father good
by and compelled him 10 go on without
him. Then the boy lay down in the
snow to die. His body will probably
never be recovered. The father reached
Twelve Mile camp very badly frozen
and is not expected to live.
Smith and Khron were members of
the same party, in company with
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
GLAMOUR OF THE STAGE.
An Elderly Pessimist Wants an Ex-
PLANTATION of the Fascination
of Chorus Girls.

Il wish somebody would EXPLAIN
said a portly old gentleman who, says
the New Orleans Times-Democrat,
a his mustaches and believes firm
~ that the country is going TO the dogs,
Il wish somebody would kindly explain
the fascination which chorus girls ex-
ercise upon a certain class of young
noodles. Take a woman who is as home
ly as a bingham umbrella and as dull
as a Congressional Record and put her
in the back row of a chorus where she
hasn't a thing TO do except draw her
breath and her salary, and first thing
you know a mob of half-baked Johnnies
are sending her flowers and mash notes
and jewelry and begging her to come
out and sample hot birds and cold bot
ties. can't understand it.
IF she was playing sonatas on a
typewriter or warbling CASH. in a dry
goods store she wouldn't get a smile in
a century, but the moment she lands
behind the footlights she becomes
tran sfigured-invested with an irresist-
IDLE, hypnotic charm-and the gilded
youths who would pass her in SILENT
scorn under any other circumstances
are proud as peacocks is she mods 10
them on the street. She's "a member of
the profession, y'know, by Jove!' Pom
my word, it's a queer thing - this
glamour of stage lifei"
Il 0tip thfeassns uss Or. Mt1sY Nssvtnv,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
STATE NEWS.
STATE STAMPS.
Iowa officials Are Not Exempt from
This Source of Revenue to the
General Government.

Acting Commissioner G. w. Wilson,
of the internal revenue department. at
Washington, has forwarded a printed
opinion to the Iowa secretary of state,
covering his interpretation of the law
with reference to requiring persons
taking state Office to affix a 50-cent rev.
enue stamp to their official bonds. He
holds hat the stamp must be affixed.
When Acknowledgement Remley filed
his bond recently he did not put the
stamp on and questioned the right Of
the government to tax him in that way.
Pending a decision from the depart
ment, Secretary of State Dobsoh held
up a large number of notarial commits
sions and other documents possibly at
fected. These will be issued on the
strength of the acting commissioners
opinion.
Acknowledgement Remley said he was
undetermined what he would do in the
matter. 1t is an interesting legal ques-
ton. 1t was raised by Attorney-Gen-
eral NJ. NJ. Crane, of Texas. He said the
revenue stamp required of the state
official for his bond was a tax on salary
and unconstitutional, as it might eradi-
cate the state government if carried to
a logical conclusion. 1t is true the In
diana supreme court has held that
bonds of state officers are not taxable
by the United States government, but
the government is the bigger. The
United States supreme court has held
that salaries of state officials cannot be
taxed. The department holds that q
man is not IN official till he has fled
his bond.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-01-31
WEEKLY IRLDE REVIEW.
Public Confidence in Business and
Its Securities Continues
Very Strong.
RISING PRICES IN GRAIN AND COTTON.
Bettcr Than n Week Ago
The World Forced to Buy Our
Products in the Face of Rising Mar
kets = Independent of Foreign
Money influence.

New York, Jan. 30.-R. G. Dun & Co.'s
weekly review of trade says: THE country
is in a stronger position than a week ago.
Remarkable strength in it's industries is an
important but not the chief element. Pub
lie confidence in the business of the country
and in its securities has been tested to an
unusual extent by the sudden fall in stocks
and the subsequent rise. Confidence in the
value of wheat, corn and cotton has been
shown by the markets, and at rising prices
the world buys because it has 20 buy The
vast supply of unemployed capital has been
shown impressively, and the new and start
ling Independence of foreign money mar
kets fixes attention. The lumber move
ment is unusually large for the season, with
prices of low grades sharply advancing
Railroad earnings and tonnage rave shown
surprising gains. Treasury receipts are
gaining. and a vote on the peace treaty has
been fixed for February 6.
The pressure for many iron products is
such that the works are able to make their
own quotations and rails and bars at Fits
burgh and wire nails nave slightly adj
vanced. The demand is heavy in all lines.
covering $4,000 tons of rails in one contract