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Like a ribbon of silver twisting in and out of the gorges is the Cobra do river, of which you get a glimpse every now and then from the top. It is a rapid and tumultuous stream, whose waters are the color of choeo- late. On it's banks. at the bottom of the canyon, various minerals are found, the most valuable being cop- per and asbestus. Silver. gold and all the other minerals known to man
 have been seen in frequent but un- certain traces, which is not unnatur- al, as the Colorado river drains the richest mining country in the world. The only mine that is worked at present is a vein of copper, supposed to be on the same mother lode as the United Verde and the Val Verde in CoconinO county. about fifteen miles northward. Samples of ore taken from it have varied all the way from
 F to g per cent pure copper, but every ounce has to be packed up to the top oa the backs of burros over a trail that is cut in the rocky walls of the canyon. It would pay to build an elevator or 8 lift of some kind to hoist it, for it is mile and a quarter perpendicular height to the top. The present owners lack the
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and visitors who remain for a num- Der of days, say the canyon looks differently every time they gaze at it, and, like Niagara and all mountain scenery, it grows upon one the long, CT he looks at it. But the mind and tlle eye are deprived of all seDse of dimension and perspective alter awhile. The canyon is so stupend- ous that it passes beyond the facul- ty of measurement. There are shafts of stone five times. or even ten times, as high as the Washington monu- ment. The Eiffel tower would lock like toy fit were placed in one Of the dark gorges or on the top of tue smallest of the pyramids. What looks like little notch in the edge c cliff would furnish a foundation for forty buildings like the capitol at Washington
 The canyon is the biggest thing that anybody ever saw. Ii you should turn Pike's Peak upside down and drop it into any of the gorges 1t might fiji one of 8 thous- and holes.
 "The descent into the canyon is not easy, but it is not dangerous ii you have a good horse. It takes all day, however, to go down and come up again. with little time to rest and eat a luncheon at the bottom. That is a waste of time and labor unless one is going to remain at the canyon several days. The best views are obtained by riding around the rIm.
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At the present time the Santa Fe railroad is building a branch line from Williams, a station B miles west of here. to the Grand Canyon. The road will be 65 miles in length. upon 16 of which the track has all ready been laid. The constructiO D of this road will greatly increase and facilitate travel and reduce the ex- pense of a trip to the Canyon. At present it is an all day ride by stage and 8 most fatiguing journey. The distance IS 70 miles from Flagstafi. There are three relay stations and the accommodations are rough and meager. The first lap is l6 miles; the seeoDd ?; the third 19, and the fourth IA miles. When the braLch line is completed the large unplaster- ed log house which now serves as hotel will be supplanted by ore of modern construction and conYen- fences. A great increase in the num- Der of visitors to the Grand Canyon every year can therefore be expected in the future. The completion of the railroad will also afford a cheap means of transportation for the rich mines in that territory already de- yeloped and to be yet discovered.
 J. ". ADAMS.
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Mfr. Harry C. Hoskins. a veteran trayeliDg man Is in the city today. MT. Hoskins represents Goodbar X Campany, the large shoe house of Memphis, and has been travelling through this country for fifteen years. He is one of the most popu- lar knights of the grip on tie road and is an excellent gentleman.
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Mr. A. w. Nunn was in the city Monday evening. He was returning to his home at Riyes after a pleasant visit to his old home in Kentucky.
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REMIT WITH ORDER.
EMPIRE CLOTHING COMPANY,

capital to carry on the enterprise. for, when they get the ore to the top of the canyon. they have to haul it seventy miles by team
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rocky defile and there are several cultivated farms in sight, where audacious ranchmen, usually Nor wegians or Swedes. are defying na- ture by trying to raise grain and vegetables On the arid mountain tops.
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*From the rim near the hotel you see a cavity about twelve miles square and a mile and q quarter deep. It ia not vast amphitheater in which all the people of the world could assemble, but it is broken into a hundred different gorges by huge mountains of phantastic architect ure and gorgeous colors. There are shapes of clay and stone that re- mlnd you of pyramids. temples, monuments, castles and citadels, som e of them rising above the rim of the canyon and others reaching only part way to the top.
 "Some of the formations are mass i've and imposing; others are gro- tesQne. like the mosque of Ivan the Terrible, which stands near tine gate Of the Kremlin at Moscow. Some present bold. square, regular out lines: others shoot up in narrow pin- nacles toward the sky. The success i've strata of stone, clay and earth of which these monstrous objects are constructed are of different coIors and are stained by metallic oxides that have oozed out and dripped down the sides. making the walls appear as if they were painted different colors-white, red, pink, purple, green. blue. and several shades of yellow, and here and there strips of somber hues, grays and browns and black. The effect Of sunsets and cloud screens upon the curious colors and fantastic lorna tions is wonderful. There is a place called Sunset Point, about mile and half from the hotel, where just before dusk you can get a view that will remind you of the vision of St. John. which, ot course I need not repeat, for it is familiar to every one.
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A new hotel recently built on the rim of the canyon at one of the most favorable points of view has added a great deal to the comforts of visi- tors. The hotel stands only a stones throw from the rim of the canyon and is very conveniently situated for somnambulists and suicides. because anybody who goes wandering around the grounds in the dark can easily step over the edge into the chasm that is about $500 feet deep-I cannot give the inches. The fall is at least far enough to enable the victim to for get what hae happened to him before he strikes the bottom.
 At the hotel you can get horses or mules and ride down into the canyon by trail that has been car we'd out of the cliffs, or you can make excursions either way along the rim for dozen miles or more and see the stupendous labyrinth from various points of view. 1 will not attempt to describe it, for any one is foollsh who tries to paint an impossible picture. but perhaps can convey some little idea of the ap- pearance of the canyon in a few sim pie words.
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AS TO FERTILIZATION

The Bady GRAPHIC has nearly double the siaculati0h of any other tPine Bluff daily newspaper. and the Daily and Semi-Weekly GRAPHIC have combined circulation larger than that Of any other Pine Bluff daily or ekly newspaper' Alvertisemen 2 accept cd on thss guarantee.
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INDIGESTION
Cured 5y JOhnson's Dyspepsia curs

1 suffered over two years with Indigestion and tried several physicians and different remedies but they. only helped me for short time. A ttiend advised me to take Johnson's Dyspepsia feeling better than have for two years. Have 8 good appetite, sleep well and have none of ta~ symptoms ot Indigestion or Dyspepsia while l have gained ten pounds in weight within couple ot mouths. lam taking Measure in re commenting Johuson's Dyspepsia Cute vhere eTer can. and several of my friends are taking II with marked results. ."-I.. A. Arnold, Cina Large Box 10 cts. by mail, or five a-cent .tamn. Made at THE JOHNSON LABORATORIES 1,.
 PAtIAoElsAiA
 $. ". Culpepper, Druggist.
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"People who have been here often.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25

The old gentleman smiled and
Strengthened UP his huge form:
THAT was several years ago" said
he. But l have taken great care of
myself he added by way of eXplana-
i;Cl. Il have lived 60 years in Texas,
though l was born in Tennessee. rear
ly all of that time have resided on my
farm near Palestine. though for the
past eight years. since [ was made
chairman of tlr9 board of railroad com
missicners. l have lived at Austin
go TO bed early and get up ait daylight
l work hard and l sleep we'll, and I'a
lIaalthy."
RovertiiN to your war associations. a
bys,arte%asketl if he saw much of
jefferson Davis after the war
''Cn. yes" said Mr.. Reagan, he was
to see me often and I visited him at
Bcauvoir his beautiful Mississippi
hcme. and Winnie Davis was Il great
favcIjte of miro. Dsar girl. she had
mary of her faaler's noble character
istics.
But TIE issue of that day has long
been dead. THE cause we advocated
was d. ar to our hearts: we worked for
st. fought for 1T and prayed Fhat it
might he victorious. but l ann not sure
row that things are nci- better as they
are.-DenvGc Post.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25
| MUST HAVE A GAS STOVE.

trail. over which Marquette and La
Sale are supposed to have passed. In
the Marcy museum are numberiess ar
row heads that We're gathered near its
base. 1t saw the beginning of Evan
stCn and from it the Surveyors in the
old days marked their course. Under
it OrTingtGn Lu1It and the first trustees
of he Northwestern university planned
the situation of the buildings of the
new institution. Since that time it has
been the emblem of the university
as Miss Francis E. Willard said years
ago. sending its roots deep into the
soil and spreading them out far ard
wide. while its broadening canopy does
not outgrow its hidden base of supply"
Countless songs have been written
about the tree. but the most popular
of these is one by Miss Willard herself.
written when she was a girl and pass
ed the tree going to and from recita-
tionS. Near by WAS Placed, fifty years
ago the old bOwlder on which each
class placed its number. and round it,
before the days of hazing had passed.
We're held tie rusheS of the freshmen
ard sophomores. Here of late years
many mutations to Greek letter socfe-
ties have been held fall nights.
The old oak was of the red oal1sv;ir.-
ETY. and its blse maaSuIS'd eighteen
feet From the trunk twenty feet from
the ground were three large gINnrled
branches. on which were the famous
'swarts'' pointed out each year by prof
AtweIl The roots stood out from the
soil several feet.-ChicagO Tribune.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25
BABE CREMEATED ALIVE.
Mother Horribly Burned in Endeavot
to Rescue Her Child

Kemmerer, Wyo., Aug 24.-The
dwelling occupied by Robert Burch,
car repairer in the Oregon Short Line,
yards here, burned down today. Mrs.
Burch had gone out to hang up some
washed clothes, leaving her six
weeks'-old babe inside. and on dis
covering the house on fire returned
for her child, but the flames had made
much Roadway and the woman was
most horribly burned in a vain effort
to reach the cradle and rescue, being
forced to retreat to save her life. while
the infant was being burned to a crisp.
The isolation of the house rendered
the fire hose ineffective, and nothing
was saved.
Tonight Mrs. Burch is in a precar-
ious condition and will be unable to
attend the burial of the infant to-
morrow.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25
FERGUSON'S LATE STRIKE
Luck Comes Again to the Finder of
the Jersey Lily.

Almost all the older Phoenicians
know W. H. Ferguson, the veteran
prospector of Prescott and the dis
coverer and locator cf the Jersey Lily.
They will not be surprised to learn
/ that he has struck it rich the second
time. He has undergone all the
vicissitudes of the average prospector
Much of the time he was hungry. but
all the time he was hopeful. For
seventeen years he had explored the
hills of Yavapai county, getting deep
or and deeper into debt and growing
into an old man. Then he found the
Jersey Lily, from whose sale he rea-
lized enough to pay his debt and the
expenses of an extensive trip for
himself and his wife through the east.
Then he came back and at the age of
sixty began hu1ting for another mine.
A couple of years ago NJ. H. Spauld-
ing, clerk in Bashford & Burmeis-
ter's store, 'grub-staked'' him, and
the old man set out for the Grand
canyon, looking for copper, about
which there began to be some excite
ment. He went down into the chasm
and found what he was locking for
and located it. That gTub-stake en-
ablad Mr.. Spaulding to discontinue his
clerical duties and devote himself ex-
c.usively to attend to bis growing min
ing business. The mining of Spauld-
ing and Ferguson is conducted under
extraordinary difficulties. They have
no smelter in the canyon and no read
over which ore can be speedily con-
Yeyed out of it. 1t has to be carried
a part of the way on the backs of
men and the rest of the way on the
backs of beasts At the rim Of the
canyon it is still long way from the
railroad and long way to a smelter.
The ore though is rich enough to pay
for this expensive hauling. How
rich it is in per cent or unit" has
not been reported, but that is imma-
teriai. 1t is more important to know
how rich il is in car load lots. Three
car loads have lately been laboriously
carried out and taken to a smelter.
The one of least value left for Spauld-
ing and Ferguson $4,000 after the
payment of all expenses. The most
valuable one Melted them more than
So, 900. There is said to be an almost
limitless body of this kind of ore and
the owners have a reasonable expecta-
ton of becoming millionaires in spite
of the inconvenience which surround
them
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25
OUTLOOK IN CoEUR D'ALENEs.
Conditions Are Now Reported to Be
Very Satisfactory.

Boise, Ida, Aug. 24-W. E. Borah
returned today from Wallace, where
he has been fer some days on business
connected with the prosecution of the
dynamiters. He says the conditions in
the Occur d'Alenes are most satisfac-
tory. The mines are practically all
running to their full capacity, and
everything works smoothly. The new
men give entire satisfaction, and the
output of the properties is as great as
before the trouble. A good spirit pre-
walls and the outlook for the region is
more than promising.
There are still a few of the bad ele-
ment remaining, but most of this class
have gone. Their homes in Canyon
creek are for let or sale and the aspect
of the towns of Gem and Burke have
undergone a complete transformation.
An effort is being made by Edward
Boyce to retain some of his men in the
camps. To this end he has issued
secret directions for them to take out
permits and &C TO work. But in this
h is likely to be baked, as the state
will not assent to these men coming in
now after having stood out and fought
it al these months.
The disposition to bar them out is
intensified by knowledge CT the fact
that Bcyce has taken the action re-
ferred to in order. to retain a nucleus
in the mine with which to hatch mis-
TEN was established as a necessity OF
the conditions prevailing, and the
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25

state is not likely to permit the dyna-
miters to use it for their own purpose.
Bartlett Sinclair was asked today
about the arrest Of Frank Culbertson
and Thomas Jay, the ex-foreman on
the Helena-Frisco, whom Culbertson
employed for the Tiger-Poorman. Mr..
Sinclair said Jay, after refusing to
take out permit at the He,ena-Frisco
tCck out one to go to work on the
Tiger-Poorman. Why he refused to
show the permit to Deputy Murphy,
Mr.. Sinclair does not know. Mr. Sin
clair wired DR.. France approving his
action in releasing the two men. It is
probable he will go north tomorrow
evening to straighten out such mat
tiers.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25
MIDLAND MAY EXTEND.
Colorado Line Surveying in White
River Country

Denver, Colo, Aug. 24-The Cole
RADIO Midland is sending a party Of
engineers from GIenwood springs into
the White river country, with Meeker
and Steamboat springs the alluring
centers.
The Wyoming Southern people are
pushing rapidly to the Colorado state
line in the direction of Steamboat
springs.
The only explanation is that the
Midland, alarmed at the designs of the
Rio Grande Western in building a
branch line to Fort Duchesne and
thence to the Hahan's peak region, of
which Steamboat springs is the center,
is seeking to secure a favorable route
and right of way to the peak, where
connection will be made with the
Wyoming Southern, thus forming a
through route to Wyoming and enter
ing into competition with the Union
Pacific and Colorado Southern. If the
Rio Grande Western gets to Steam
boat springs, another route to SAT-
Lake City would thus be opened from
Denver
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25
FALLING OF \ FAMOUS TREE.

The old oak. the most cherished land
n,:s-lI of the Northwestern university
and one of the most famous trees in
the west. was broken by the storm on
Friday night. and Saturday its gnarled
and twisted branches tlailed on the
campus grass. Around this oak cluster
the memories of every class but orc
the Northwestern has sent out. ard it
is the first object that an alumnuS asks
TO see. Standing en- jlz' corner of the
campus, overlapping the entrance
way the Clk WAS one of the most con-
spicuous objects ON the university
grounds 81 No such monarch stood
along the forty miles of the Sheridan
road and no tree was mere tendsrfy
cared for. Under the branches YEAR
after veal. tn graduating classes of the
university gathered at dusk on the last
Gay of their college life to sing the part
ing song. before quitting school I'm
de.7 its branches once ran an Indian
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25
A NEW CORPORATION.

A new corporation has just been
formed of $4,000, liully subscribed, to
manufacture in San Francisco an
English preparation, Celery Soda,
which will be introduced in the United
States as a harmless, yet effective cure
for headache, nervousness. biiousress
ard sle5ples5i1ess.
The incorporators are R. w. Tansill,
the millionaire cigar man CT Tansill's
Punch cigar fame; Edward l.. Baldwi n,
proprietor of the Ferry Drug com
pany and presider'1 of the Standard
Pharmtcal company; William H. Jor-
dan, enc of San Francisco's most
prominent attorneys; E. A. B0UJ5on
ard R. A. ven BeieT.
TIL company is composed of ex-
pe-tenced men, backed with ample
CAPITAL. and will introduce this article
on the Pacific coast en- what IS known
as the agency policy, appointing one
dealer only in each town as selling
agar. fer Celery Soda.
The advertising appropriation for
Celery Soda has been placed in the
hands eff NJ L. Hadley, the special ad-
ven-is9ng agent, who will soon begin
placing the business.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25
TEXAS QUARANTINE LINE
Colorado Insists Upon The Rigid
Enforcement of the Law.

The question, shall there be a per-
the state of Texas, will have to be
settled by the federal government and
the state officials before this year has
passed. Says the Amarillo Champion:
The present system is a failure and
seems to benefit nobody except the
inspectors who collect the fees. Last
fail and winter vast herds Of cattle
were crossed over the line, and in
many instances the cattle were COW
cred with ticks. 1t is stated that if
the cattle are kept for several weeks
in the neutral counties north and west
of the quarantine line, the cold winter
will kill the ticks on the cattle or will
cause them to drop off and succumb
to the cold. This is the spectators
side of the question. Actual exper-
ience demonstrates the fact that cold
weather sufficient to kill ticks on cat
tie will also kill the cattle before the
ticks. After the ticky cattle have been
held in the neutral country for several
weeks they are inspected and toe often
allowed to be driven to other points
to kill the native stock. The theory
that the fever ticks cannot propagate
or live in Texas or New Mexico north
and west of the quarantine line is a
delusion and snare for ticks live and
thrive and propagate their species
undergoing a system of acclimation
the same as other insects or parasites
of the animal or vegetable Kingdoms.
eff the stock farmers and ranchers.
of the country indicated want prctec-
ton they must protect themselves. To
talk of the various cattle associations
protecting their interests is nonsense.
A majority of the members of the cat
tie associations live east and south of
the quarantine line. They want a
chance to sell their cattle to be driven
NORTH; then there are other members
VINO are SPECTATORS, and as such
want easy inspection also. What is
needed is strong organization Of cat
tlemen in New Mexico and northwest
Texas who will prohibit the crossing
of the range by any cattle below the
line
Shown the above newspaper clipping
yesterday Dr.. Norton, territorial vet
stated that the Colorado
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people were taking the proper view of
the case and for their own protection
must demand that quarantine meas
tires be strictly enforced. Each sue
ceeding year the quarantine line is To-
Gated farther to the north and only re-
Gently Dr. Norton was notified by the
Colorado authorities that fourteen
more counties of Texas had been
placed under quarantine restrictions.
Only the extreme western and north
ern parts of the state are now open.
The fact that the cattlemen them
selves take advantage of the short
"open season. to drive their infected
herds across the quarantine line,
spreads the disease and the restrictive
line must keep pace with its north
ward march
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-25
BITTEN BY A RATHER.
George Brown, tTre' VICTIM, Dies at
Burt Dunlap's Ranch.

Archie iMcCoTkle- gave the reporter
pleasant interview Monday, says the
Range News. Speaking Of haymak-
ing, it was his opinion that there
would not be as much hay as many
expected. There is good feed every
where but not 50 much grass that is
thick enough 30 make good hay. He
reported a sad accident at Dunlap's
ranch last week. A man by the name
of George Brown, who was employed
to look after the ranch, was, with an
other man, sleeping in hallway be-
tween the buildings, each on sep
arate cot. A rattlesnaks was noticed
by Browns companion, who called
out "Snakesi" Brown N getting up
put his hand on the floor, when he was
bitten On the wrist. His arm sweled
greatly and turned black, and he died
twelve hours afterwards in great ag-
ony. Mr.. Brown was w77ll known in
the country, and his friends will be
sorry to hear Of his unfortunate death.
The report has Teachs1 Us that the
next night after the death of Brown
some Mexicans robti5d the ranch of
nearly everything portable and de-
stroyed sons things. News has also
come that a man by The name Of
O'Neil has two Mex;cans under arrest
for the cline. We hope the latter is
true. for aside from the loss such an
act entails, it is a mean crime to rob
ranch of supplies that is so far from
the market