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TWO CITIES. BEING 4 DESCRIPTION OF PHOENIX AND PRES
 corr, ARIZONA. AN OSTRICH FARM. The Salt River Valley Shows What Irrigation Will Do--A
 Garden Spot in Arizona.
N OSTRICH FARM,
Special Correspondence of the Graphic.

Special Correspondence of the Graphic.
 SANTA FE, N. M. Aug 28-The Southern Pacific railway passes through the entire length of Arizo- na in the south and the Achison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway the ca. tire length in the north, while the Maricopa 6 Pboenix & Prescott joins the two great continental railroad systems like the cross bar to the letter H, aud makes the whole Territory easy access. The Maricopia & Phoenix railway, which is the connecting length between the Southern Pacific & Phmnlx ex- tends Q distance of only 35 miles. It will perhaps be remembered by our readers that this railroad recently placed an order with the Cotton Belt shops of Pine Bluff for a number of cars. The Maricopa & Phoenix railway traverses the Salt River valley, and here, oy a system of irrigating canals has been made one of the gar den spots of the earth. Here is un- mistakably demonstrated the fact that you have but to tickle the soil of Arizona with water and it smiles with Q harvest. On either side of the railroad through this valley are to be seen rich orchards, fields of waving grain and broad expanses of mea dows and alfalfa. In the far famed fields of the Central States, or even in the celebrated blue grass regions of Keu lucky there is no more pleasing sight to the admirer of agriculture or orchard, or meadow than can be seen in the Salt River valley of Arizona. Here do the citrus fruits, the orange, the lemon, the apricot, the peach and the pomgranate grow, and there are few products of either the tenn perate or sub tropical zones that do not flourish in this fertile valley.
 In the heart of this beautiful val 1 ley is the progressive city of Phe- nix, the capital of the Territory. Here where but 30 years ago was only barren plain is city of 15,- 900 inhab. tants in the midst of a country capable of sustaining million. It has broad thorough fares with continuous rows of shade trees-ash, poplar black walnut and many others; handsome resi- dences with beautiful lawns; mass l i've three and four story brick and red stone business houses, electric cars, stylish vehicles, connections and well kept stores and well dress | ed people with an air of activity about them that betokens industry, prosperity and happiness. Indeed, Phoenix is the prettiest and most progressive city of its size it has eyer been my good fortune to visit, and with an immense area of ex- ceeding fertile soil surrounding It, with solubrious aud superb winter climate which brings thousands of visitors annually, with good rail- road facilities, the commercial cen ter of rich mineral regions and the seat of the Territorial government, there IS every reasen to believe that Phmnix will soon become one of the great cities of the Southwest.
 At the present time million dol lar capitol is in course of construc- ton.
 l nao of tbo attraetionR s,f Phoenix.
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Miss H0lderneSs Wins.

Miss Virgie Holderness, of Fordyce, won the Maddox Seminary Scholarship given by the Arkansas Gazette at Little Rock today. She re- ceiyed six thousand more votes than her opponents.
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MT. s. 5. Dixon has returned to his duties at the Y. NJ c. A. head quarters in Little Rock. after a pleasant visit to friends in this city
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Ms D. l.. Cook, of the Arkansas Construction Company. of this city, which is building theSawyer- ustin LuIhber roaG out of Pine Bluff, who canhe mp from the work yesterday repbrts rapid progress being made. Thex xcontract in hand covers thirteen mie&s Arkansas Democrat.
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Note-Proportion of meal in mix ed carloads of bulls and meal must not exceed 50 per cent.
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North of Phoenix 137 miles on the Santa Fe; Prescott 6 Phoenix rail- way is the town of Prescott, the former territorial capital. Prescott is the county seat of Tavapai coun- ty, has g population of 5000 people ard is the center ot the rictest cop per and mining districts in the world. It's surrounded by beauti- ful mountain scenery and is de- lightful summer resort.
 Every year hundreds of visitors flock there from Southern Califor- nia and from Phoenix, Arizona, to escape thhe hot summer months. The town is commercial center for large mining district. It has electric lights and the city owns its own water works. The water sup ply is derlved from deep wells and is pumped into an immense reser- yoir located on 9 high hill aud in plain view of the town. The rates are 35 cents per 1000 gallons, with minimum charge of $l per month There are many neat and modern residences in Prescott, numerous substantial brick business houses and altogether the town presents ar air of prosperity with a very prom ising future before it.
 There are numerous mining camps in Tavapai county, the greatest O which IS the United Verde, tbe cele orated copper mines Of Senator Clark of. Montana, perhaps tn, richest copper mines in the world at Jerome, just 27 miles from Pres cott. The Congress mine, situated 52 miles southwest of Prescott, is also exceedingly rich in copper ant gold and very valuable proposi- tion. J. w ADAMS.
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and one that should not beoverlook. ed, is an ostrich farm, located about two miles from the city. Forty acres of land, all in alfafa, are deyo. ted to these birds of which there are now 150. All of these are the ofsprings of two old birds brought from Africa some ten years or more ago. A great number ot the birds are matched artiticially by in. eubators. The period required for the matching is A days, The birds get their own living in the paddocks and are plucked for feathers every eight months. They are under the care of 8 gentleman who has had lsrge experience with ostriches in South Africa. 1t is an interesting sight to see these giant birds in a section similar to their native home, and where they have all the freedom necessary. They are quite tame, vet tit is lust as well for strangers to keep out of the paddocks unless the keeper is present" says a recent visitor to the farm. for the birds have a nasty habit of some times striking toward with one of their feet, both of which armed with long and sharp claws, capable of inficting serious if not fatal wounds.'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
BIGGEST HEAD IN THE WORLD

A man with the biggest head in the
world was sent from Bellevue hospital
to the city hospital on Blackwell's is
land the other day, says the New York
World.
The man with the phenomenal head
is James Menut, 90 years old. He was
taken TO Bellevue Friday by his sister,
Mrs. Emily b. Gerry.
The head of the normal man meas
ures about % inches in circumference.
Menut's head measures SIS inches, or
nearly two and a half times as much
as the average masculine head.
Recently the Bellevue doctors per-
formed an operation on a child afflicted
with insanity. Menut has been an
idiot since infancy. His sister, Mrs.
Gerry, read of the operation on the
child, and took her brother there in the
hope that an operation could be per-
formed that would restore his reason.
Owing to the mans peculiar physical
construction, the doctors determined
to place him under observance for sew
eral days before attempting the oper-
alton.
Menut is a dwarf, four feet one inch
tall. The circumference Of his head is
more than two inches greater than his
extreme height.
From his waist up he is proportioned
on gigantic lines, having breadth Of
shoulder and a depth of chest greater
than Jeffries, the champion puglist.
But his legs are grotesquely short and
very thin.
Menut was placed in ward 10, which
is tenanted by patients suffering from
ordinary maladies.
Menut was very quiet in the daytime,
but in the late hours of the night he
got into the habit of stealing out or hls
cot and wandering about the ward
He would go up to sleeping patient
and pinch his fingers or tickle his toes
and awaken him and say:
You're IT," or "You can't lose me. ="
and scamper back to his bed
This practice drove several patients
into Mysteries Waking out OF sound
sleep in the dead OF the night they saw
lowering over them the strange figure
in a white night-shirt, with the mon
strous head. the herculean shoulders
and the liliputian legs.
The first time the patients Of ward IS
saw Menu, was in he middle Of the
night, and the superstitious almost
died of fright
AS it was impossible to restrain him,
the doctors concluded TO send him TO
the Blackwell's Island hospital
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

winter time and If you should want TO
git any OF 'em you'd have to mine EN-,
ike coal In the summer it swims
and crawls about in the water and
walks out on the banks and lays in the
shade. because ii has legs. Some folks
over there says it amt p'ison, but III
tell you somethin' an then you KIN
Judge for yourself whether it's plson
or not. | speared one in the body once
and it reached its head around and
socked its fangs in the spear handle.
In few seconds that spear handle pc
gan to swell, and it kept on swellin
till 1t got as big as my arm, and theh
it busted into hundred pieces. The
bison the hellbender had squirted into
it was so fierce, though, that the scat
term pieces of spear handle kept on
swellin' and Dustin till / couldn't see
ten feet away the air was so timex
with the 1yin' splinters and the noise
of their Dustin put me in mind OF the
old Liberty guards firm yolley on
gener'l trainin' day. 1t come blame
nigh scarin' me, and when | looked
down in the water and see that the
iron prongs o. the spear had turned as
green as new cowcumber, | waded
OUT and went home. | always held
after that specimen Of what a hell
bender could do that the hellbender
was pison but yo;s Kin Judge for your
own sells
Hiram bad discovered, he said, that
taking a bite through the neck of
live rattlesnake was a sure restorer
and preventative of the teeth, and
that the heart of rattlesnake eaten
by the patient would cure consump-
ton. ! must have looked my doubt OF
Uncle Hiram's discovery, for he said:
"'Well, now, then, just look at my
wife's brother, Joe Mealey. Hammer,
said Hiram, calling to his wife, who,
by the way, was a native Of the rat
tlesnake country. Hannah stuck her
head through the kitchen door, show
ing a red face and amazingly white
teeth Hammer said Hiram, wasn't
Joe pooty nigh dead with consump-
ton when he eat that rattlers heart"
owe all think So said Hannah,
and | couldn't help but notice her even,
white teeth, and anybody'd think so
that seen him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
MY TREE,

Under my tree on summer DAYS
The earth is soft and the grass is
green,
And the dancing sunlight merrilv
plays
Through thousand chinks in the
leafy screen,
Flecking the shade with a CLEAN q,
Under the branches old.
Under my tree ! love to lie
Deep in a maze OF prose or rhyme.
Or dreaming a bit (for the dreamy sky
Is hard to forget in the summer time}
Can fancy languish or thought grow
Under the branches old?
Under my tree find content
Reasoning out how things should be-
Meeting my friends in argument,
Seeking further than eyes can see.
o, for the folly and wisdom told
Under the branches old!
Under my tree when years have flown
Who'll sit, wonder, on sunny days,
Or who at night, when the moon alone
Rides in glory of golden haze?
VIII the Fairy Queen her reyels hold
......... ..-...... -Talcott Miner Banks.
Under the branches old?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
ARE THE LONGEST DAYS.

Tie following lis. shows The dura-
ton OF the longest day In various
places all over the world. New York
has, so to say. the shortest longest day.
which is about fifteen hours long.
while in Montreal it is sixteen and
London and Bremen each bask in a
sixteen and one-haf hours length of
day. closely followed by Hamburg and
D4ntz.g with thirty minutes more.
The longest day in Stockholm lasts
eighteen and oue-haif hours, but both
s. Petersburg and Toho,sk. Siberia. so
one better With a day OF exactly nine
teen hours and their shortest. FIVE
hours June 81 brings TO T0rnea.
Finland a summer day nearly twenty
two hours long and Christmas day
two ami oue-half hours only. How un-
fortunate are the children Of Tornea )
The foregoing lengthy DAYS how
ever. are easily left behind hy Ward
burg Norway which boasts o. day
lasting without break from May Fl to
July y. but even this Is surpassed 5y
Sn.tgaerean where mi-abi'a i'c.u'-
ths ,ouEes 3aE is something like three
ami ore-half months Cils nuati En-
qulrer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
MARGUERITE AT THE WHEEL.

Her earnest eyes. Of feryent blue
Upon the spinning wheel were bent,
Those eyes, so hopeful. trusting true
On fits rotations were intent
She never raised her lily face
When I, with Faustlike tread, drew
nigh.
Nor changed her attitude or place
The wheel buzzed on with mournfHl
sigh
ABB me- within the gildei sale
Merhis.o had the topm9st grin,
Y0n see this Gallie-yisaEr sal
Was backing double @ 10 win
Town Topics
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

penpd will ever remain DuIleu "a i'
yards myself. You are just as you are
/ know you love your husband II
return for my forbearance ! only as'
one favor; when | come to you an'
toll Won have found the lady ! shoul'
like to make my wife promise to nell
mo with all your influence. y
"And what IL / refuse?' she addeu'
an that case my course is very
slmple.o he replied; Il shall go dlfec
10 r6fd- lynne aai ash BIN. Tor th'
lady who is, or ought 10 be, my wIte
If the English law is against me- aha
Won are not my wife, your disgrace
will he the greater my lord VIII spurn
Won II YOU are my wife. you must
share your earthly goods with me
give YOU the benefit OF the DOUBT,
Think twice before you give the "orid
such delicious dish OF scandal over
the fair and dainty Lady Lynne.
uarkl" he added suddenly; that IS
my lords voice. | will wait to see
him. am anxious TO know more OF
him"
Inez could not interfere to prevent
II. she was obliged to stand by calmly
and see her husband touch the mana
of the man she loathed. Then LORD
LYNNE went up to his wife and asked II
she was better, and spoke 50 kindly
and tenderly to her that Rihaido ;
dark face grew even darker
"flow ne loves her, that quiet cool
Engushman, An, my lady, you would
not like 10 leave him he said to him
self
Then the door opened again and
Agatha entered she looked very
graceful, the fair sweet face wearing
n delicate flush and dropping white
plume contrasting with the golden
hair She went up to her sister and
asked anxousy II she felt better The
count rose. and Lord Lynne, uncon-
sclous that by that very act he was
commencing a tragedy introduced him
to his sister-iu-law.
This thought Rinaldo to himself
sis the ro-hclress and a fair, dainty
creature, too.
From that moment his plans were
laid
Thinking to please his wife, Lord
Lynne was most cordial TO her friend,
He made him welcome In his generous
hosplnblc way; he pressed him to
dine with them, but the look on my
iady's face warned him II were better
70 decline. and not try her too far
Count RnaldO. who possessed a great
almost magical power OF charming
when ne chose. laid himself ont to
please Lord Lynne and Agatha lie
Interested ana amused them when
he r1so to ,ako his leave they begged
him not to be long before ne came
again
I'VE are going to the opera tomor-
row evening said Lord Lynne. Join
MS there, and return with MS. Lady
Lynne expects one or two friends TO a
petit soupcr.
Count Rna)do promised to do SO.
"luc2. said Agatha why aid you
never tell MS that You had such nice
friend as Count Mon,alu?'
- do not consider him very nice. "
said her sister IL never thought OF
naming him. 1t is 50 long since | have
seen or heard anything OF him"
"Wbcre 3id you know him" asked
phlNp "hg Us one OF the best bred
men / ever remember having seen, l
ava ort know you received such courtly
visitors u your ola castle OF Serranto. 70
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
TRIBUTE TO AMERICA.
Lord Kitchener Gives Full Credit to
Builders of Bridge In
Heart of Africa.

In his speech at Cairo, Egypt, the
other day at the opening of the Atbara
bridge, constructed by Philadelphia
firm after competition with British
firms for the contract, the Sirdar, Lord
Kitchener of Kartoum, said:
THE construction of this magniti-
cent bridge, think, may fairly be con-
sidered a record achievement.
$50 far as failure of the efforts to
place the construction ordered in Eng
land is concerned, l think it demon
strates the relations between labor and
capital there are not such as to give
confidence to the capitalist and to in
duce him to take the risk of establish
ing up-to-date workshops that would
enable Great Britain to maintain her
position as the first constructing nation
in the world.
But, as Englishmen failed, | am de-
lighted that our cousins across the At
lantic stepped in. This bridge is due to
their energy, ability, and power to turn
out works of magnitude in less time
than anybody else.
II congratulate the Americans on
their success in the erection of bridge
in the heart of Africa"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
HAD A KEROSENE THIRST.
A Long Island Roy Tells of His Efforts
to XIII a ReptiIe-Drank
Three Pints.

Nelson Tower, 1s-year-old son of
George n. Tower. of No. 81 Third place,
Brooklyn, who has cottage at East
Moriches, l.. l.. came across black
snake while crossing field near the
bay. The boy subdued the snake with
stick and took it to the family cot
tage. Wishing to save the skin as a
trophy, he attempted to kill the rep
tile by inserting its head in a large bot
tie of kerosene. The treatment revived
the snake, which sucked in the kero-
sene with apparent pleasure. The bot
tie was replenished. Finally. the snake,
so Mr.. Tower declares. consumed three
pints. Then the boy killed the snake
with club. The story is vouched for
by the whole Tower household, includ-
ing the white-haired grandmother and
the kitchen maid, who repleaished the
kerosene bottle
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Boiling Sta rcli.

more starching is a failure from the
starch being half cooked than from
any other cause" said capable house
wife who was complimented on the
perfection of the starched goods that
came up from her laundry. II make it
rule to have the starch boiled steadily
an hour before it is strained. After this
some of it is thinned to the proper con-
dition for dresses, shirt waists and
other pieces that require light starch
ing. Starch that is not boiled enough
will stick to the iron. If starch is not
strained there wiz be uneven places in
it. 1t is very little trouble to boil
starch. 1t needs to be stirred few
times after it begins to boil. Stretch a
triangular bag across pail and pour
the starch through it. 1t will nearly all
soon drip through and it requires very
little squeezing to press the remainder
through. There is always some starch
left in the strainer that cannot be used.
1t saves time to skim off the film that
gathers over starch that has been boiled
for considerable length of time.-N.
Y. Tribune
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DISCOVERY IN GLASS MAKING.
Charles McBeth's New Process II
Likely to RevOluttOnize the
Manu- fa cture.

Charles Mcbeth, the hiS lamp Chin
ney manufacturer at Anderson, Ind.
has patented new and decidedly novel
process which will probably revolution
ize glass making. Heretofore the great
est trouble in glass manufacture lay in
the melting of the sand. 1t has taken
A great deal of time and requires the
best fuel supply, natural gas being best
adapted. While passing through his
plant recently NcBeth saw globe on
an arc light break and piece of the
glass fell over on the carbon. II was
but a second until it was reduced to
liquid and dripped TO the ground. That
gave him his cue AID he directed the
construction OF a big va; with sides
and bottom composed OF carbons, over
which he could turn a lateral and
longitudinal current. An arrangement
was made to run the sand through this
vat. 1t worked perfectly and the very
best molten glass is now being turned
out in almost as many seconds as it re-
quired hours for the old fuels to melt
it. The vat was patented and is now
being used. 1t is SO arranged that it
can be adapted for every kind of glass
making, from plate to bottles. This,
an connection with the automatic blow
ing machinery which is being turned
out, is certain to have very great eff
feet on glass making. The cost of
melting by this process is not as great
as by using coal or oil, though it may
be more expensive than the use of nat
ural gas. At present it takes IL hours
to melt a pot of glass sand.
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GLASS DISPLAYS IN PARIS.
American Makers Lay Their Plans to
Prepare Fine Exhibits for
the Exposition.

American glass makers were adj
dressed concerning the display they are
to make at the Paris exposition and the
opportunities they win have. They
are informed that glass has been CLASH
fed with the varied industries" and
that provisions have been made for
these industries in suite OF II large
rooms, which consist of kitchen, pan
try, dining room, sitting room, den.
parlor, three bedrooms, private office
and regular large Office. In these rooms
will be made the United States display
of glass and glassware, lamps, shades,
furniture, carpets, leather for uphol-
stery, incandescent lights, gas fixtures.
billiard tables, porcelains, felts, mats,
oil cloth, mosaics, wall paper and win
dow shades. 1t is to be something de-
cidedly out of the ordinary and will
afford the very best opportunity for
what glass manufacturers term a
''swell" display. The finest plate and
blown glass, cathedral glass, mosaic
glass, cut, stem, etched and fancy table
ware, the newest applications of glass
in different wares and novelties will
also be given exceptional setting in
such arrangement. The only thing it
forbds is extensive display. There
fore only the finest will be taken.
The expense to each exhibitor will
be small in comparison to what it would
be ri exhibits were taken over, main
tanned and brought back. The cost of
the display will be apportioned so that
it will not fall heavy on any one. The
sum collected in this manner, however,
will be sufficient to carry it out on a
most extensive scale
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FREE OF CHARGE.

Any adult suffering from cold settled
on the breast, bronchitis, throat or lung
troubles of any nature, who will call at
Oscar A. Alters Drug Store, will be pre-
sented with sample bottle of Boschee S
German Syrup, free of charge Only
one bottle given to one person, and none
to children without order from parents
No throat or lung remedy ever had
such sale as Boschees German Syrup
In all parts of the civilized world. Twen-
ty years ago millions of bottles were Civ
Ell away, and your druggist will tell " u
its success was marvellous. 1t is really
the only Throat and Lung Remedy gen
orally endorsed by physicians. One 70
cent bottle will cure or prove its value
Sold by dealers in all civilized countries
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Judge Your face is familiar I've
seen You before.
Prisoner Yes, Your Honor, quite of
ten.
Judge-Ah! What was the charge the
last time saw you?
Prisoner think it was II cents
Your Honor linked cocktail for you.
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When the Baby Has Convuisions.

There is little to be done when a
child has commissions except to pnt it.
as quickly as possible. into warm
bath. Moisten a tablespoonful Of dry
mustard. rub ii smooth. and add il to
the water in the battle after the child
is in it, do not wait TO do it before. The
doctor will order one or two teaspoon
fuls Of sirup Of ipecac. until vomiting Is
produced, If the CONFUSION has been
caused by undigested food. II from
nervous irritation. as in teething. FIVE
or ten grains of bromide Of soda dis
solved in water may be given. Ladies'
Home Journal.