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Arizona republican., 1899-10-08

1 remember when Wichita, kan,
sank into a decline from which it has
since happily recovered. That tcWn
had improved far beyond IS neces-
SIZES, but what WIS the matter with
wichita was not public improvements.
It had been privately doomed
beyond its carscity. Tae ailment d
every other dsbilitated municipality
may be traced back to the same cause
I mention Wichita only because tnat
Is the NEST notable example in this
generation of the sudden rise. sudden
decline and finally the haalthfUl
growth of a city Many towns have
died Of neither booms nor public IN
prove ments, but of lack cf sus-
tenanua. They were started whe-e
they ought net to have been,
or else the!I were mining man
lfeactIring or small railroad cen
tiers, from which the industries Sup
porting them were afterWard with
drawn AS l have said, my obserVd-
lions are rot 70 be regarded as an ar
gum in favor Of the Tempe water
works, but merely as contrary view
OF the diseases of towns, to that adj
vanced by the opposition n Tempe
Arizona republican., 1899-10-08
TIE FAULT FINDER

1 am informed that an election will
be held at Tempe next Tuesday on a
proposition to vote bonds for public
water works system. I 40 INST know
whether Tempe needs public water
works or not for L am not acquainted
with the conditions there. What in
terest I feel in the matter IS centered
in two arguments offered by
the opposition. One is that the bur
den proposed to be assumed Would
ruin the town I have watched the
decline and fall OF several towns, o.
rather 1 have watched the temporary
decline of some towns. and have heard
Of the fall Of others, but I have never
heard OF the ruin IF amy town being
attributed to the undertaking OF debt
for a public improvement. 1 do net
think any man living can point to
that kind Of a catastrophe. and L do
not believe th2S any man now dead
was ever cognizant in his life time OF
such a calamity.
Arizona republican., 1899-10-08
Arizona Republican.

THE ONLY NEWSPAPER
IN ARIZONA
THAT IS PUBLISHED
EVERY DAY
IN THE YEAR
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
Found Favor with the King.

For eleven years an American SOL
der has been the minister Of war in
the far-offshermit kingdom Of Korea.
1t was in 1888 that General Dye. who
was formerly major of police in Wash
ington, went to Seoul, the capital Of
Korea. Soon after his arrival he was
put in charge Of the army of the hing.
Under his direction Remington rifles
and other modern weapons we're intro
duced from the United States. Gen.
Dye was given as o residence house
Immediately adjoining the royal pal
ace, because he was the only man in
whom the king had complete conf
dence. After the invasion of the
country by the Japanese, Con. Dye
still stood Loyalty by the royal family
and was several times threatened with
assassination. Now, after His long
service, he is on his way homo to visit
his family, who reside in Muskegon,
Mich.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
CONFERENCE CLOSED.
Notable International Catherine at The
Hague Adtourps.

Notable International Catherine at The
Hague AdjourDs.
The international peace conference
met for its final sitting at The Hague
Saturday, when it was announced
that sixteen states had signed the arbi-
tration convention, fifteen the
other two conventions, seventeen
the declaration prohibiting the
throwing of proiectiles from bal
looms, aud sixteen the DECLARE
ton prohibiting the use. of expansive
bullets.
A letter was read from the Queen Of
Holland to the pope, asking his moral
support OF the conference. The pope's
reply, which was read, promised CO.
operation, recalled the fact that he
many times performed the function OF
arbitration, and assured her majesty
that in spite of his present abnormal
position, the pope would continue to
seek the advancement of civilization.
Baron De Staal delivered the fare
well address, thanking the representa-.
tives of the United States. He said
that the work accomplished while not
SO complete as might be desired was
sincere, wise and practical. The great
principles of the sovereignty of indi.
vidusl states and international solidar'
ity apparently so opposing. had been
reconciled by what they had accom-.
plished He affirmed that in time to
some institutions which had their ORR
gin in the need of concord would be
the dominating influence and that
thus the work OF the conference was
truly meritorious.
Minister Esturelles and Br. Beau
fort followed, the latter saying that if
the conference had not realized Uto-
plan dreams, nevertheless it had dis
proved pessimistic forebodings. and
the moral effect would more and more
influence public opinion and aid gov
ernments to solve the question of the
limitation of the ornaments which
still remain a source of grave consid-
Grafton for statesmen of all countries.
Baron De Staal then declared the
conference closed.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
TERRIBLE CRIME IN TEXAS.
Girl Found Hanging from Tree in Fan.
min County.

Girl Found Hanging from Tree in Fan
min County.
Tanning county, Tex, is in a state
of indignation over terrible crime.
An 11-year- white girl, the daugh-
ter of Alonzo Newton, a farmer, was
found hanging lifeless from tree near
the family home by her father. The
child was left alone in the morning
when her father went to his work.
Armed citizens have been searching
diligently for clue to the crime. The
people are terribly aroused, and a
lynching-perhaps two of them-may
be the outcome. Sheriff Rubbing said:
tonight: "We cannot safely arrest the
suspected persons, because of the ex-
cited condition of the people. All I
can do is to watch and prevent their
escape"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
BIG CATTLE COMBINE.
Six Hundred Thousand Head In One Inn
mense Roundup.

Six Hundred Thousand Head In One I'm
mense Roundup.
The roundup of 100000 head of
cattle in the district of Western Texas
and Eastern New Mexico is contem-
plated by the promoters of the pro-
posed Consolidated Cattle company.
1t is proposed that the New York
capital to the amount of $3.50, 900, 900
shall be invested in the new company.
To that end options have been given
to George B. Loving, who represents
the cattlemen of Texas and New
Mexico.
Mr.. Loving showed options covering
1000, 900 acres of ranch land in Texas
and Mexico. OF this vast district
1000, 900 acres are held in fee simple,
100000 are leased to the ranchmen
and the remainder is government land
held by right of prior occupation.
More than 600, 900 head of cattle Craze
upon this land.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
APPEAL TO COTTON RA|sERs
Advice of Mississippi Paper to the
Farmers.
LOWER PRICES MAY Be Prevented.
Change Must Be Made as to Mode Of
Marketing Crop or Lower Prices
VIII Inevitably Result-Remedy in
the Hands of the Farmers

In its leading editorial Sunday, the
Natchez Miss Democrat made the
following appeal to the cotton farmers;
1.-THE time will soon arrive for the
marketing of the next cotton crop, and
nnless change is made as to the
mode of doing it the same low level of
prices that was current last year will
inevitably be the result. 1t is well
established fact that large port and
interior receipts during the months OF
September, October and November
are the great factors in making prices,
and it is in your power to prevent this,
as you have the remedy in your OWL
oands, which is TO hold back on your
farms one-third of your ginnings until
after December or January. The two
thirds will bring nearly as much
money, marketed in this way, as the
whole crop marketed in the usual way.
I'm doing this you will not be de-
priving the merchants or the banks,
to whom you are under obligations, OF
what they are Justly entitled to, but,
On the other hand, protecting almost
their salvation as well as your own.
The government says the acreage
in cotton lands is per cent. less than
last year, and that the July condition
is 81 per cent. less, or total depre'
.larion of ia per cent. Estimating
the current crop at 11,200,000 bales,
It means a shrinkage of 1,277,0 0(
bales, or a crop of 1928, 900 bales fol-
lS99-190O.
Notwithstanding all this and the
further fact that the cotton mills
throughout the country are making
profits ranging from 30 to 40 per cent,
mighty efforts are being made to create
the impression that the crop will be an
enormous one, with the view of get
ting your cotton cheap, and it is for
you you to determine whether the
greedy spinner will succeed. You
will be assaulted by the willy Spectator
with all kinds of arguments to pre-
vent you from holding your cotton,
but it is your only weapon, and your
financial salvation depends upon its
use. We keep this appeal prominently
forward in our columns, and devote q
part of each issue to earnestly advocat-
ing it, and we ask our associates of the
press and merchants and bankers, who
are equally interested with US in build.
ing up the prosperity of our southern
country to join and aid us in oul
efforts"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
INTERESTING ITEMS.
The number of penniless men ii
the Klondike is placed at 1900.

The number of penniless mon in
the Klondike is placed at 1900.
Hartford has twin policemen whom
only their intimate friends can tell
apart.
California has now about 10000
acres Of olive trees. Two-thirds OF
them are not yet bearing fruit, but 1T
is estimated that in five years Cali
fornia will be able to supply the mar
ket for the United States.
The Hindu celebrity, Swami Bias
karananda, of Benarese, is dead. He
was an ascetic. who kept himself naked
and self-immured. He was visited by
all Indian tourists, including the prince
of Wales.
There were 1920 suicides in this
country during the last year, compared
with $500 during the previous year.
At the same time there was falling
off of nearly 80 per cent. in the num-
Der of reported embezzlements.
Eighty-four per cent. of the entire
state of Idaho Is still public land,
amounting to more than A, 600, 900
acres. OF this area it has been esti-
mated that 100000 acres can be
irrigated successfully.
A phenomenal demand for peanuts
has resulted in an advance of 100 per
cent in the price thereof, and it is es-
timated that at the new quotations the
1899 crop will be worth between
SO, 100000 and $4,000, 900. A COM
paratively small district in virginia
will profit by the advance.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
To Guard the Dead.

In the graveyard of the parish Of
Udny, in Aberdeenshire, still stands
one of the old-fashioned watching
houses" in which the relatives of de
parted ones were in the habit'of watch
ing over the new-made graves of the
dead. In the beginning of tho CEN
fury nearly every cemetery possessed
one or several of these watch-houses,
for in those times body-snatching was
more common than it is nowadays.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
A New Fraud.

A new trick has been invented BY a
London bookseller. He took novels
that would not sell and bound them
with covers bearing the names OF
novels most called for by the public.
Hurried passers-by who purchased
these books did not notice the fraud
until too far away to protest, until one
of them at last took the necessary
trouble, and now the bookseller Is in
Jail.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
Half a Million on One Boat

A close estimate of the amount of
gold brought down by the steamer
st. Paul, which arrived at San Fran
cisco Saturday morning from st.
Michaels, at something over $500, 900,
of which one-half belongs to the Alas
ka Commercial company, the rest be-
ing divided among a number of miners.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

The New Orleans Ordered to San Domingo
The United States cruiser New Or
leans, Captain Longnecker command
ing, was ordered to leave Newport Sat
urday for San Domingo to protect
American interests there is the event
of trouble growing out of the assassin.
alton of President Hereaux.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
Man and Wife Killed by Lightning.

lightning struck the house of Har-
vey I'll. Mcconnell, near Cottage
Grove, in Henry county, Tenn, Fri
day and instantly killed him and his
wife, setting fire to their clothes and
to the house. They were in differ.
emit parts of the house. Two
children who were in the room with
Mrs. Mcconnell were not hurt. Nc.
Cornell was a prosperous farmer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Bishop Thomas A. Becker, of the
diocese of Savannah, died at Wash
ington, Ga, Saturday.
The bishop was taken seriously il
Thursday night and continued 10
grow worse. The last rites were ad-
ministered by Father Kelly, of Sa-
vaunah, and the end was quiet and
peaceful.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
INDIAN UPRISING.
The Red Skins Are Causing Mexican Gov
eminent Much Troubls.

!
eminent Much Trouble.
The uprising in Sonora, Mexico,
among the Indians, is causing the
Mexican government no end of trouble.
Governor Sayers, of Texas, received 8
telegram from the Mexican authorities
asking permission to pass artillery
companies and men through that state
from chihuahua to Sonora, it being
necessary to come through Texas via
Ell Paso to make any time over the
railroad.
Permission was granted and the
Mexican government at once rushed
an artillery company with ammunition
and men through on special train to
assist those in front, who report active
lighting with the Indians.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
Celebrated 900 Marriages.

The son of Yorkshire clergyman
named Kinsman has just died in Mel
bourne, where, as minister of the
"Free Church of England" he had
celebrated IL 900 marriages, and was
known in Australia as "the last repre-
sentative of the Gretna Green black
smith,"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
Beauty is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No beau
ty without it, Cascarets Candy Cathartic
clean your blood and keep it clean by stir
ring up the lazy liver and driving all impure
ties from the body. Begin today to Danish
pimples. boils. blotches, blackheads and
that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c 5Jc.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
Addition to Meridian's Cotton Mn

Work has begun on the $40, 1000 adj,
dition to the Meridian, Miss, cotton
mills. The amount will be placed
very largely in looms and spindles,
and means the doubling of the capac-
ity of the mills.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
Children'S Eyes

Get watery, sore and inflamed; Leonardis
Golden Eye Lotion cures them without pain In
one day. 1t strengthens weak, overworked
eyes. Cooling, healing, tnyigorating. Insist
on having "Leonardis;" ttmakes strong eyes.
Guaran teed or money re funded. Druggists sell
1t at 25 cts. or forwarded prepaid on receipt OF
price by S. b. Leonardi & Co., Tampa, Fla.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

The receipts from all sources in
Porto Rico for six months by the GUS
tom authorities are S746, TAP, San
Juan furnishing $341, 022 and Ponce
1852. 900.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

natl ana Indianapolis Win al el6CtrlC
headlight, fitted with a mirror which
defects upward part of the rays issu-
ing from the light. 1t is claimed that
this beam is visible from great dis
lance, and gives an indication of the
approach of Locomotive often before
can Electrician.
J. H. Collins lately read paper be-
fore the Society of Arts, England, in
which he stated that tin mining had
been carried on in Cornwall for about
1900 years, if not longer. In his
opinion tho tin used in fixing the
color of the scarlet curtains in the He
brew tabernacle. in making the brass
of Solomon's temple and the bronze
weapons of Homer's heroes came
from the west country, and the Phoe-
nicians traded for tin IN the west of
England long before Solomon's tenn
pie was built.
A Frenchman named Faber pro-
poses to build an electric road up
Mont Blanc. In order to avoid the
glaciers he suggests tunnelling just
below ridge which extends along the
side of the mountain. The upper
station will be located upon a rocky
promontory some 800 feet below the
top, which is simply a mass of ice.
The road will be Of the rack and pin
ion type, and about six miles long.
Power will be derived from a water
fall. Two million dollars is the esti-
mated cost.
An English inventor has devised a
very ingenious artificial leg and foot,
intended for use in cases of amputa
ton below the knee joint. 1t is mainly
composed of o hollow rubber cham
Der, which is inflated in exactly the
same manner as bicycle tire. The
skeleton of the foot is of wood, and
contains within it rubber faced
Joint, which permits of movements like
those which take place at the ankle.
A pair of rubber pneumatic pads sur
round the end OF the amputated limb,
so that no undue pressure is exerted
on the tissue. Scientific American.
Iu the dense jungles of Lang saum,
Siam, grows a Plant described by H.
Warrington Smyth, in an address to the
Royal Geographical society, of having
the property of setting up great irri-
tation in the skin of any person COM
ing in contact with it. The leaf is
broad and large, and the stings pro-
duced by it can only be cured by heat,
the Siamese declare. To indulge the
natural impulse and battle in water
would be absolutely fatal they say.
The native name of the plant is Kali
ang-ton- chang.
NJ. Charles Janet has proposed the
use of toy rubber balloons as life pre-
servers. Four of these, connected by
whipcord, and by it attached to the
upper part of the body, will support
anyone in the toughest water, and yet
can be packed within the compass of
a purse. The balloons should be only
partly filed, thai they may offer greater
resistance to the waves. A practical
demonstration of the merits of his in
vention was given by his children,
who, having attached the device to
their bodies, jumped into water rem
dered violently turbulent by the open
ing of sluice gates. Though the force
of the current occasionally drew them
under, their disappearance was brief,
whereas an unaided swimmer under
like conditions would probably have
drowned.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
Thousands of itchy People

Have bcen cured quickly by Tetterine. 1t cures
Biloxi, Miss, had an itchy breaking out on her
skin. She sends Al for two box es postpaid TO tho
manufacturer, j. 4. Shuptrtne, Savannah, Ca,
and writes, "Tetterine is the only thing that
gives me relief" Send fifty cents in stamps
for box If your druggist doesn't keep 1t.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot-Ease.
A powder to shake into your shoes; rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen,
Sore Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating Feet
and IngrowiDg Nails. Aliens Foot5Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Atall drug
gists, grocers and shoe stores, % cts. Sam
pie mailed FREE. Adr's Allen S. Olmsted,
Leroy, N. Y.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Only in New York Buffalo, Yonkers, Bos-
ton, Chicago. Brookline, Mass, Providence,
Philadelphia and Worcester are public baths
main tained.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Four thousand postmasters of the
United States will be invited to at.
tend the Chicago federal building cor
ner stone exercises next October.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
petic, full OF life, nerve and vgor, take MOTTO
Dac, the wonder-worEer, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran'
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New forE
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Titusville, Pa. operates its own electric
plant and supplies arc street lights at a cost
of S33 03 each per year. The Herald of that
place claims this rate is the lowest in the
ntrv
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Manuel Estrada Cabrera, President of
Guatemala, lawyer by profession, is AZ years
old. His term is for six years. He has been
Judge and minister OF justice.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

By the opening of the Souanges canal in
August the Canadian government will
quire waterway of fourteen feet from Lake
Ontario to Montreal.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

silver fox skin was sold in London re-
Gently for f350 at an auction. This is the
highest price on record.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Fits permanently cured. offs or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Klines Great
Nerve Restorer 81 trial bottlea and treatise free
DR.. r. II. KLINE Ltd, Gjl Arch St., Phila., Pa
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

South America. "Mata Mosquito" Famous
south American Mosquito Perfume. mailed to
any address on receipt of the retail price,
Two sizes 10 and 25 cts. Address Arthur Peter
hands, face and arms keeps mosquitoes away
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

In Starke county, Ohio tweuty-one infants
have been named Dewey. and 1t is estimated
that there are nearly 1000 Dewey babies in
all Ohio.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

The stairway leading to the tower of the
Philadelphia city hall ontains sos steps, and
is said to be the tallest continuous stairway
In the world.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

1t is not generally known that s. Coleridge
Taylor, who composed the cantata played at
the last festival in Norwich, England, is a
full blooded negro.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Carthartic cure constipation forever
loo. 25c. II c. &C fail druggists refund money.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Wrote I'VE gave your TEETHINA (Teething
Powders) to our little grandchild with the
happiest results. The effects were almost
magical and certainly more satisfactory than
from any thing we ever used"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Dough is the latest adulterant of coffee,
moulded in the shape of coffee-beans.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Mrs. Winslow' Soothing Syrupfor children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infiamma-
tjop. al1ays pain cures wind collie &c. a nottle
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

California produces about one third of the
almonds consumed in the United States.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Rev. H. p. Carson, Scotland, Oak, says:
Two bottles of Halls Catarrh Cure complete
ly cured my little girl" Sold by Druggists, &c.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
The Wonderful Discovery From

German physicians prescribe electric light
baths administered in mirror-lined boxes.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
| many a doctors bills. F. HARDY, Hopkins
Place, Baltimore, Nd Dec. q 1884,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
&c. e. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-03
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Experiments have been made on a
locomotive running between Cincin.
natl and Indianapolis with an electric
headlight, fitted with a mirror which
defects upward part of the rays issu-
ing from the light. 1t is claimed that
this beam is visible from great dis
lance, and gives an indication of the
approach of Locomotive often before
the ray sent ahead is seen.-Ameri-
can Electrician.