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Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FARMS for sale at BARGAIN: "A acres WELL fenced into five fields, fine alfalfa, and 10 acres of it into variety of fruits, and grounds with GOOD HOMELIKE BUILDINGS. ALSO 160 acres into alfalfa, except acres in fruit and grounds for building; all close to the city and WELL fenced into 7 fields Inquire at 324 East Washington street.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

house or tent; use of horses; above irrigation.s Address Box 782
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FOR RENT-Three rooraed house, completely furnished for housekeep- ing Water in the house. Inquire at 40 South Center.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

WANTED-A cook to cook breakfast and dinner. Apply at 809 w. Jef- feTson street.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

STRANGERS ana others welcome at the Intelligence office to free city list of rooms for rent. furnished or unfurnished houses, suites for house. keeping. city or country board. In- formation free. Room Monihon building, N. First avenue.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

WANTED-Houseke desires work in private family; wages, $3.50 per week. Inquire at Room Monihon building.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

WANTED-Man to buy lunch counter ' and accompanying paraphernalia, or
 to come in and run it. Klondyke Sa-
 loon, Mesa.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

ROOMS and board at reasonable rates; excellent location; take cars east to Carr street, then two blocks north.
 B. A GRANT
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FOR SALE-White Leghorn chickens; also agent for Petaluma incubators; one-half mile south of Phoenix park.
 J. c. JACKSON.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

ROOMS FOR RENT for offices or 1iv- ing rooms, in the Thibodo building; newly fitted up painted, and pa pered. All modern improvements. City water and sewerage. Apply Room ,, upstairs
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FOR SALE-Camping out outfit, com plete; one spring wagon, one buck board, and three horses. Mrs. Ward, 447 North Fourth avenue
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

MEN and teams wanted to clear and blow four sections of land and take land in payment. Inquire w. H. Rob- inson, IS N. Center street.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

WANTED-A girl for light house. work Apply 454 North Fourth av enue.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

W.ANTED-Position as nurse or to do general housework. Apply N. this office.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

WANTED-A buyer for two teams of carriage horses, stylish, well broken and desirable in every way; also sim gle drivers. A few high bred colts for sale, suitable for training to go to the races. Call fat Phoenix Light and Fuel Go. or Pemberton stock farm. Reference, Phoenix National bank.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FOR SALE Household furniture. Mrs. Ward. 447 North Fourth avenue. FOR RENT-New four room frame house on northern electric car line. Warwick Scott, 23 West dams St.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FIVE DOLLARS REWARD for black and white COW, strayed on Arizona canal Inquire of Andrews, 30 N. First avenue.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FOR RENT-SmaGl house and f acres
 of alfalfa. Apply Box 1064 city.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06
PROBES SION AL

EDUCATIONAL.
  LESSONS in the French language and Litera ture. Especial attention given to the conver sation needed by travellers in France. Also tres. Address Miss Mary W. Franklin, 504 N Eth street. Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FOR RENT-Furnished room for gen. tleman; bath, with hot and cold water; price moderate. 461 North Fifth avenue
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

housework, in the country; wage $25 per month. Box APO.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

A GOOD pony, harness and cart for rent by the month; terms reason able. Inquire at 129 Adams street
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

young lady, a position as bookkeeper or cashier; under stands shorthand and typewriting. Address L. F., this office
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06
Popular Wants

Advertisements under this head, one-half cent word each insertion. No advertisement taken for less than 25 cents.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

B. A. GRANT. ROOMS FOR RENT for offices or 1iv- ing rooms, in the Thibodo building; newly fitted up painted, and pa- pered. All modern improvements. City water and sewerage. Apply Room 5, upstairs.
 FOR RENT-small house and acres of alfalfa. Apply Box 1064 city. FOR RENT-Furnishe room for gen. tleman; bath, with hot and cold water; price moderate. 461 North Fifth avenue.
 FIVE DOLLARS REWARD for black and white COW, strayed on Arizona canal. Inquire of Andrews, 30 N. First avenue.
 FOR SALE Household furniture Mrs. Ward, AT North Fourth avenue. FOR RENT-New four room frame house on northern electric car line. Warwick Scott, 23 West dams St. WANTED-Man to buy lunch counter ' and accompanying paraphernalia, or to come in and run it. Klondyke Sa- loon, Mesa.
 A GOOD pony, harness and cart for rent by the month; terms reason able Inquire at 129 Adams street. WANTED-A young girl to do second work in a small family. Apply to Mrs. John o. Patten, Yuma road, at Thirteenth avenue.
 LOST coat containing nickel case watch with chain attached, on the south side of the Lum Gray crossing. Finder will return to this office and receive reward.
 TOURIST, look here! No. 8 Cook building, first stairway west of post office, is the place to obtain free in- formation about residences and rooms for rent. Half interest in each of two kinds of good paying business for sale, centrally located; and double seated rig ready to take you over the city free of charge.
 ARMSTRONG 6 SANS,
 Real Estate Agents. FOR RENT-Elegantly furnished front room, light and sunny, south and west exposure, with use of library, telephone and bath, in private home. Also strictly irst-class table board. Suitable for man and wife or two women. Large sunny porches. Call or address 1548 East Washington street Take electric car.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06
MASsEUSE.

MASSEUSE. MISS A. F. NORTON is prepared to give treat ments in Scientific Massage.
 Inquire Room g, Gooding Block
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

An advertisement in The Republican is read by thousands of people daily.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

F. O. RICHMOND, M. D. C., Phoenix Arizona-Veterinary surgeon and den- tist; diseases all domestic animals sci entifically treated Residence 557 West Van Buren street. Office at the Golden Eagle stable, Second near Washington street. Telephone No. 100. No charge for consultation Agent fer -hs Horse Review.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FOUND-At the postoff1ce, pock9tbook containing large sum in currency and valuable private paper, presum- ably lost by E. A. Brown. The owner can have same by calling and prov ing property
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

INTELLIGENT, energetic men and women looking for pleasant, profit able and permanent employment in Arizona, California or Nevada, can hear of something to their advantage by addressing P. O. Box 897, Phoe- nix, A. T. Please enclose stamp for rnnlV
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

FOR RENT-IC;: acres in alfalfa See | J. Ernest Walker.
Arizona republican., 1899-01-06

WANTED-Deliyery boy with bicycle at Honolulu Coffee Co.,. PIT West Washington Street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
Thrashing a King.

During the Ashanti campaign there
was a grotesque exhibition of a native
policeman's Indifference to the ''divin-
ity'' that doth hedge a king" Gen
eral Colley, then the major command
ing the transport column, writing to
his sister, describes how one monarch
had his foolishness driven out of him
by ''the rod of correction" He says:
I am afraid ones idea of the majesty
that doth enshroud king" is not ex-
allied in this country. At one station
on my way down I heard a row in camp
during the night, and the next morn
ing sent to inquire what it was. A ma
tive police corporal of mine, a first-rate
fellow, came up and saluted.
Heard row in Mankassin camp last
night, sir. Found king making great
noise, gambling with his subjects
Very bad form, sir. Gave king great
thrashing, SIR
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
{ entIeness of War.

War is savage in it's very nature, and
one looks for war among savages to be
peculiarly barbarous. That such is not
always the case among the people of
Samoa is attested by a letter sent from
Samoa by an American gentleman who
recently visited Apia, and who gives a
description Of Mataafa's army in camp
after a battle between the rival claim
ants to the throne.
We went all about among the huts
where the savages were resting after
the battle and making preparations for
the next fight. 1t was very peaceful
scene, for their arms were all concealed
under the mats where the men sat, and
many of the soldiers were accompanied
by their wives and children. They
were amusing themselves by smoking
and beating tom-toms.
The SamoanS are most amiable
race of savages, and white people are
always perfectly safe among them.
Everywhere we were greeted with
smiles and friendly mods and the salu-
tation, "Talofa," which means, Love
to you," from men, women and chill
dren.
One instance OIL tHelr lrlenuly IeelluS
occurred during the big battle. A
white man, who lived in the street
where they were fighting, saw that two
Of his horses had strayed out between
the hostile lines. He did not want to
lose them, and he did not want to ven
ture out in the line of fire. So he stuck
white flag out Of his window Upon
seeing it, both chiefs ordered their
men to stop firing, and hostilities were
suspended while the white man went
out and drove his horses to a place of
shelter Then the combatants went at
1t again.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

vas there any road within three miles
by which Capt. Fraser could reach his
destination, even if he had had time
to take a roundabout course. The fish
line was a quarter of mile long. He
decided to cross it, But Jake did not
fancy the prospect. d He baked and he
snorted, put his ears back and then
forward, and evidenced his displeas-
ure in every way known to the donkey
kind So his rider dug spurs into the
animals TANKS, and Jake zigzagged
his difficult way through the vast
school of fish to the other side. This
is the only instance recorded of a man
travelling on live fish
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
"Noblesse ObliSe."

1t is not every host who has the art
to prevent an awkward guest from feel
ing i'll at ease. The London papers
tell story of one such host.
Not long ago the officers of the Twen-
ty-flrst Lancers, corps which has
rendered itself famous by gallant
charge at the battle of Omdurman, gave
a non-commissioned officer who had
distinguished himself at the charge a
mark of honor by inviting him one
evening to a seat at their table. He
had been decorated with the Victoria
Cross, and this distinction was well
won.
The young man came. Colonel Sir
Robert White presided at the dinner.
The non-commissioned officer was
somewhat ill at ease, being unaccus-
toned to the dinner customs of polite
society. He did very well until the
finger-bowls were brought around;
then, imagining that the bowl which
was handed to him contained some new
out of it.
This presented a serious emergency
to his host for if the other guests pro-
ceeded to make the proper use of their
bowls, the non-commissioned officer
would discover his mistake, and be
Inundated. The colonel was not will
ing that the pleasure Of his brave guest
should be marred by any such humilia-
ton. He therefore rose, and was imi-
tated in this by the other officers.
Then he took up his finger-bowl; the
rest did the same
"Gentlemen,' he said, I ask you to
drink with me the health of our brave
guest who now wears the Victoria
Crosse
Then he drank every drop of the
tepid water in his finger-bowl, as did
all the other officers.
The story is a good one, but one
wonders what the non-commissioned
officer will think when, as is likely to
be the case some time if his advance
ment continues, he learns the proper
function of finger-bowl.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
Official Thieyine.

One obstacle with which the United
States has had constantly to contend
in the Philippines is the suspicion OF
American motives by the natives. This
is primarily a racial characteristic OF
the Malay stock, from which the ma.
lives are descended, but an incident re-
ported by Mr.. ]. F. Bass, correspondent
of Harper's Weekly, is deeply sugges-
tive.
When the city of Manila fell into our
hands, one Captain Moffat, plain
American citizen, who had managed
a newspaper somewhere out West,
was made superintendent of prisons
Three Spaniards were administering
the affairs of the institutions when
Captain Moffat assumed control, and
they gladly consented to remain tenn
porarily in charge
Captain Moffat, however, was a keen
observer, and quiet investigation
which he instituted soon disclosed the
fact that one-half the sum allowed by
law for the maintenance of each pris-
oner was regularly diverted to the
pockets of the three Spaniards. The
prisoners were suffering from the nee
essities of life, but their keepers were
waxing fat. AS soon as the evidence
was complete, Captain Moffat placed
the three men under arrest.
What is the charger" asked the
Spaniards.
When told, they greeted it with
laughter. Why" they exclaimed,
that is nothing but our beneficio!'
10 MI in
Moffat, as he committed them for trial.
The significant thing about the in
cident is the laugh with which the
Spaniards greeted the charge of en-
bezzlement. To them, evidently, their
actions represented only what any man
with their opportunities would have
done. 1t is not surprising that sus-
picion should be the normal attitude Of
a people whose knowledge of political
morals is drawn from the conduct of
Spanish officials. The value of the les
son will be lost if the United States
acts upon the assumption that the only
with the Filipinos is between Spanish
and American civilization. There are
doubtless incorruptible Spaniards.
SPANS mistake has been in not putting
them in authority in her colonies.
There are plenty of corrupt Americans.
Our safety will depend upon our sue
cess in keeping them at home and out
of office.
Authority in the Philippines should
be a matter in which Individual integ-
rity and competence alone are consid-
cred, and not personal ambition or
political preferment.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
Leeches Caught ON Farmers. Legs

LeecheS Caught on FarmerS' Legs.
The way the leech farmers go about
their business is very interesting. Hav-
ing fenced and watered a suitable
meadow, they proceed to SOW it with
leeches by scattering them broadcast
on the land from sacks containing 49,
900 leeches each. All that is now
necessary is to provide for the crop
plenty of water and plenty of blood.
The usual method of providing the lat
ter was to drive old horses and cattle
into the Enclosures; but sometimes
fresh blood from a slaughterhouse was
supplied. When required, the leeches
are caught by throwing a fresh sheep
skin into rEe water. v Zen the skin
is taken OUT hundreds c. the leeches
are found clinging to 1t, but a more
primitive custom, and one still en-
ployed by collectors, is to wade in the
water and allow the 1eeches to fix
upon the bare legs. Miss Mary Kings
ley, in her Travels in West Africa"
relates that once passing through a
deep swamp, which reached to their
chins, they all got horribly infested
with leeches, having a frill of them
round their necks like astrakhan col
lars when they emerged. The land
leeches of the East are also very trou-
blesOme to both cattle and men. So
abundant are they in some parts that
soldiers and workmen are sometimes
fatally weakened by the minute but
persistent biood-letting. 1t is calcu-
lated that 3O,OO0,0OO were used annually
in France and England alone. A sin
gle company in Australia used to ex-
port 100000 to 100000 per year to
Europe and America. One Partisan
capitalist affirmed that his leech crops
returned him Is to L; and it is recorded
that the monopoly of taking leeches in
Morocco was once sold for 100000.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
Has Live Fish for a Roadway.

From the San Francisco Examiner:
To ride for distance of fifty yards
with millions of live fish for roadway
is an experience decidedly unique, not
only for the man who does the riding,
but for the animal that carries him.
This singular incident recently occurr-
ed in the vicinity of Clear Lake, a
well known young resident of Lake
county travelling over the largest area
of stranded fish that were ever left
high and dry in a river bed. Lynn
Fraser is the man who made this
journey with fins instead of terrafirma
beneath him, and Jake, his pet dom
key, is the animal that ferried him
across the way. 1t was from necessity
not from choice that Mi Fraser urged
the donkey into a knee deep mass OF
piscatorial beauties. He is captain of
the City of Lakeport, a trim little
launch that steams its way twice daily
between Lakeport and Bartlett Land
ing, transporting passengers to and
from the stages that connect with
Hopland and Bartlett Springs. His
home is in Big valley, in region bear
ing the sulphurous and inappropriate
name of Hell's Bend. Returning from
a hunting trip Capt. Fraser followed a
route usually frequented by him,
which would take him across Kelsey
creek. This creek empties into Clear
lake near the base of Uncle Sam
mountain. Arriving at the creek he
found that its waters had unexpected
1y receded, leaving a vast mass of fish,
that had come up from the lake to
spawn, lying on the pebbled bottom of
the river. There were trout, carp, bass,
pike, perch and blackfish, but the ma
jority of the fish were Of the variety
known as hitch a favorite food of
the Indians Whereabouts. who trade
them at the reservation for beads and
calico They resemble trout and meas
ure twelve to fourteen inches in
length Now there is no law for the
prevention of cruelty to 6sh. Neithey
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
Hen Crows Like a Rooster.

From the New York Journal: The
peculiar conduct of a black Spanish
hen owned by Raphael Naar Of La
Fayette street, Elizabeth, N. j., has
caused not only curiosity but wonder
among the people of the city who have
ffocked to see it. The hen was pre-
scented to Mr.. Naar by his brother, who
is a lawyer in Trenton, some three
years ago. At that time the hen look
ed like a motEerly sort of bird and
that it would soon be the proud and
cackling mother of a brood Of little
black Spanish chicks. But the hen
kept laying on but would never set
on her own eggs or any other hens
eggs and, in fact, exhibited an aversion
to any hen that did hatch out chicks,
and would frequently peck viciously
at the little fellows if they came in
her way. During the latter part of
June the hen began to mott and shed
her feathers and for several weeks she
was forlorn-looking chicken. Fin
ally the feathers began to come in and,
much to the surprise of her owner, a
beautiful rooster tail, prettily arched
and assuming all the colors of the pea
cock tail, began to appear. Then spurs
were discovered peeping CA of her
legs, followed by a beautiful red comb
on the top of her head. This trans
formation in the hen astonished Mr..
Mar, who is somewhat of a philoso-
pher. But his philosophy was wrecked
when he saw the hen fly on the top of
the coop and heard her crow like a
genuine game cock and continue to do
so every morning and to lord it over
the other hens in the yard.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

country, taken very soon after his first
| nomination for the presidency. A cor
respondent of the New York Sun gives
the incident in Mr. Medill's words:
I knew him so we'll that we called
each other Abe and Joe. He came to
see me in the Tribune Office soon after
his nomination. 1 said to him, after we
had talked of more important matters:
"Abe, there are not many people in
the country who know how you look.
You must have your picture taken.
Why not do it now? I'll go with you"
Snapshots were unknown then, and
so were newspaper artists, as they are
called. Lincoln went to his hotel to
fix up, and 1 called for him at the ap-
pointed time. 1 think he saw that I
was surprised.
How do look?' he asked. His coat
was buttoned from top to bottom, but
it was his hair which made him look
strange. He had evidently wet it, and
it was brushed to the skin and across
his temples as smoothly as if it had
been ironed.
"It will never do said, as soon as
I could recover breath. "Abe, you
never could be elected president if the
country thought you wore your hair
that way"
He looked at me as if he were dazed.
He had plastered his hair down in that
way honestly and innocently. He
looked in the mirror, and then that
peculiar expression of humor dawned
in his face. He took both hands and
showed them through his hair until it
looked like brush heap after hurri-
cane. Then he turned toward me, and
told him that was more like him.
We proceeded to the photographers,
where Lincoln ran his long fingers
through his hair again. From the pic
ture then taken all copies for campaign
purposes were made, and whatever
caricatures and cartoons were made of
him during the campaign were sugges-
ted by that picture.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14

But yesterday 1 passed along this way,
And naught of life OF beauty could dig
Germ
In all the valley lone. Strange wintry
shadows lay
Across the brooks brown rim, and on
the withered fern
That dropped beside it was the cold
white CLEAN
OF AprilS frozen rain.
But yesterday And 10! in a dream
To-day 1 walk the self-same path again.
Silent and dark no more, for fount and
1ooSened stream
Flash in and out among the springing
weeds,
Making low laughter in the tufted reeds
And elders straight and tall
While clear and sweet across the tan
gled brakes
1 hear (what tender memories 1t wakesD
A bluebirds piping call.
Adelaide D. Rollston in Golfers Week
ly.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
Its Slow Progress.

They tell of an absent-minded pro-
lessor in a college town who is so
wrapped up in his studies as to pay
little attention to what is going on
about him.
Meeting a friend one day on the
street, he said to him:
This deplorable war with Spain is
dragging along intermipably, is it
not?''
War with Spain!" replied the
other. why, professor, you surely
know it ended months ago?"
'Is it possible? 1 had not heard
of it,
Where in the world did you get the
impression that the war was still in
progress?"
Prom the magazines" rejoihed the
professor, relapsing into his customary
Observation-Disclosures.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-14
Queer Turtles.

Baltimore Sun: Stewards barkentine
Rio Jeneiro, arrived with $4,000 bags
of coffee and an embryo menagerie on
board. Every sailor had a parrot and
one had a monkey, which he cherished
with almost parental affection. Along
side these pets of the crew Captain
Springsteen had an .improvised aqua
rium-three specimens of small turtles,
which had been laced in his care by
officers of tie United States gunboat
Wilmington. The turtles were "ba-
bies'' of that family, gathered in the
highest waters of the Amazon, up
which the Wilmington navigated as
far as she could find water to float her.
They were placed on board the Priscil-
la in Rio Janeiro to be delivered to the
Johns HORNS university, in this city.
One has a peculiar head, upon which
are ears a donkey would be proud of,
and a mouth that opens wider than a
negro minstreIs. The head does not
seek cover under the shell like other
turtles, but closes up like an accordion.
These queer little specimens have had
the tender solicitude of Capt Spring
steen on the voyage. One became so
tame as to eat out of the captains
hand. The donkey-eared, telescoping-
head fellow, no doubt proud of charac-
teristics not natural to his fellow-tur-
ties, refused to receive his rations until
dropped into the aquarium.