Arizona republican., 1899-03-21
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MT. Dick Hewett: Your extract
 from Julian Ralph's English Charac-
 teristics in yesterdays Republican, is i very amusing Julian was cold couldn't get warm and was made al most ill'' with the cold So he went to 1 banker-''the soberest, most orderly i of men"-immed prescribed for him. Come with me-" he exclaimed.
 and he took him to the nearest public
 house and ordered a glass of Scotch
 whisky for me" Fancy a London banker in a public house, Then this jovial banker further prescribed two
 drinks a day at least, but intimated 1 that if Julian could stand more than two no harm would be done.
 An Englishman came to town in Arizona and shortly after his arrival, he like Julian, took a bad cOld was attacked by the grip and had distinct symptoms of smallpox. He was feel ing pretty bad, but he couldn't go to his banker-hadn't one in fact. He however was fortunate to come across a globe trotting friend, of course an other Englishman, who is an author ity on everything, and particularly on drinks. Great scott'' said this pro fane person-not Good Heavens" like Julian's banker-"Y You're looking aw- full Come in here" Here" was a sa- loon and the friend prescribing and administering @ good stiff jolt of American whisky for starter, thus addressed the sufferer: Look here old man. you're going to be sick, but there's one way of putting yourself right. and only one way in this eli mate just at this time of year. Take six or seven good, stiff jolts of whisky during the day, and three or four just before you turn into bed.'
 To make a long story short, the sick man faithfully carried out his friends advice regardless of consequences. 1 Those same consequences were awful. Tn a day or two the Englishman's l usually rather fiorid complexion was lobster-red, his eyes like boiled goose berries, his capacities for business, for l the time being, utterly ruined and a. rather good and genial temper turned l into that of a particularly evil minded l demon. But the cure was effective. | The grip was conquered and the small | pox symptoms disappeared. He's all | right nowi and till he read The Re | publican yesterday, was content to let the matter go. For what no doubt, he was credited with-a simple jag-but I as explanations seem to be in order. | he feels that he too is entitled to rise | to explain.
 And with regard to Sir Julian | Ralph's assertion as to the London | poor beating their wives, the conva- lescent Englisman ventures to pre- scribe a perusal of the Chicago, San Francisco and other American journals for the past month, and to enquire whether it is proof of a higher civiH zation, to cut a wife up and boil her, to shoot her, to strangle her and then hang her up to a bedpost and charge her with committing suicide, to take her out in boat and chuck her over board with other little pleasantries Of a like nature. What would be thought of an EngIishman who picked out all the revolting incidents from the yellow journals of this country and published them under the caption of American Characteristics? ?"
 A P. Clark: The fire alarm early this morning brought the engine as far as the city limits, but on account of city ordinance it was forbidden Q go further This ought to induce the to come into the city. Some cities will allow their engtles to leave the city limt-s, but the additions are compelled to compensate them. l don't know but Phoenix has adopted the wisest plan, by which the non-res- idents are frequently taught a lesson.
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 Hon. Joe. Choate's experience with Russell Sage doubtless enabled him to make a bargain with the London land lords