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Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
EXPLORATION BY NAVY
Some Very Valuable Contributions
 to inc Worlds knowledge.

Washington, May 24.-CSpeciaL)- Now that so much has been heard of the glorious achievements of the United States navy in time of war, it may be a relidl to the public to turn to the quieter pages of it's history and re- call the even more valuable contribu- tions to the permanent welfare of the great republic that have resulted from the painstaking explorations of our hardy sailors in times of peace.
 Few persons realize the importance of these explorations and the far reaching benefits in the, way of exten- sion of trade; of geographical and gen. eral scientific knowledge that followed these efforts of the navy department to maintain the proper position, of the United States among the family of na- tions, and to forward the interests of our merchant n3anne.
 These achievements are set out in an interesting style in an article by G. w.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
LIKE A LADY.

Frances" said that little girls mamma, who was entertaining callers in the parlor, you came down stairs sc noisily that you could be heard all over the house. You know how to do it better than that. Now go back and come down the stairs like a lady,
 Frances retired, and after the lapse of a few minutes re-entered the parlor
 Did you hear me come down stairs this time, mamma?"
 No, dear. I am glad you came down quietly. Now don't let me ever have to tell you again not to come down noisily, for I see that you can come quietly if you will. Now tell these ladies how you managed to come down like a lady the second time, while the first time you made so much noise.'
 '~The last time slid down the ban isters,' explained Frances.-Harper's Bazaar.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25

three days of his liberty on such game and birds as he could kill. His horse was white and as he rode often with prey slung to the saddle the animal was streaked and stained with blood. The man being in safe keeping, Mir. King and his companion rode back to camp leading the crimson streaked horse, with all the deserter's belong ings strapped to his back. They spoke no word of the missing man to his former companions, but dismounted in grim silence. The men endured the bangs of curiosity as long as they could. Then they sent a committee to MT. King to make inquiries about the fugitive. MT King gave a meaning glance at the blood stained horse and answered briefly:
 He is gone,' he said impressively. He is r1ne where anybody else who tries to desert will go too"
 Half-breeds and "greasers" gasped and crossed themselves and from that day on no one of them all ever tried to desert.-Washingto Post.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
JOLLY OLD CHAP.

: A wealthy 65-year-cld wijower in
 Greene county proved himself the other night a philosopher capable of turning disappointment into j1llity on short notice. He had invited numer- ous guests to participate ill m eiabor. ate feast, the feature Of which was to be his marriage to an attractive young woman who was to arrive on an even- ing train from another town. The train came, but the bride elect did not. the wires bringing the woulG-be bene- dict this message: Wedding is off Papa says toe much difference in our ages" But there was no postpone ment Of the festivities, the jolly old chap insisting that the merry-lnaking should proceed with undimi1ished hi larity, as the alleged wedding prepar- ations were all a biuff.-Kansas City Journal.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25

The. foods we eat furnish energy for the body just as burning coal makes steam for an engine.
 The experiments of Prof. Frankland, Ph. D., of Lon don, shows that cod-liver oil yields two and one-half times more energy than starches or sweets.
 Scott'S Emulsion Is pure cod-liver oil combined with hypophosphites of lime and soda. It forms fat, gives strength, enriches the blood, invigorates the nerves, and repairs tissues.
 soc and sI.oo all druggists. SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists. New York.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
DREADFUL DAY FOR JOHN.

If Philadelphia doesn't quit develop ing so much wickedness she may lose MT. Wanamaker. It was hard enough for him to live with the corroding knowledge Of Quay's plum tree eating away his respect for machine politics, but it was additionally painful for him tc discover that the most colossal counterfeiting scheme on record had it's rendezvous in the heart of his home city. One more disclosure of iniquity such as these may cause the good man to throw up the sponge and emigrate to New Jersey or Chicago-St Louis Republic.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
A NEW PORTRAIT OF TENNYsoN


 never knew Tennyson except in an outside sort of way, meeting him occa- sionally here and there. l cannot say what his manners to his intima te
 friends may have been, except that 1
 know of the affectionate terms in
 which his intimate friends always spoke of him, but to the ordinary ob- server from the outside his manners seemed rather abrupt and dOmineer- ing. He sometimes sat chillingly Si- lent, as Nathaniel Hawthorne might have done; but Nathaniel Hawthorne never, so far as 1 know, broke out in tc sudden bursts of Self-aSsertion, and Tennyson did.
 TennysCn was curiously out of sym pathy with any democratic, or even any reforming, tendencies in the polit- ical sense on the part of the majority of his cOuntrymen. He detested pop ular agitatcrs at home, but admired them much when they were abroad. He admired Garibaldi; he did not admire John Bright. He attacked Bright fiercely in his magnificent poem, Maud, ,"-attacked him in a manner which left not the remotest doubt as to the identity of the person he de- nOunced. It was on a question of war and peace. Bright was for peace; TennysCn's voice was still for war.
 Bright retaliated in a sentence or two of surpassing power in a speech delivered on the platform of the ia nous Free Trade hall in Manchester He lfkened Tennysoh> to one of the false prophets in the Scripture whose tongues were said to be "glibbed with lies" and cOntrasted him with Long fellow, whose song always pleaded 3r peace and freedom.-Justin Mccarthy.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
THE GROWTHOF GOLD
(Conr1nued From FIrsE Tage.)

years, in addition to the steady supply which is dug from the mines of the Ural From all over the world reports reach the mint bureau of the increased productiveness of the gold mines un- der the stimulus of improved ma chinery and low cost of production.
 The gold production of the world had already made immense strides within a very few years when MT. Bryan made his campaign for free silver in 1896. It was estimated by the director of the mint as early as 1894 that the gold production of the world available for monetary use was already superior to the average annual production of both gold and silver from 1861 to 1873, including the year when the Characterization of silver took place. This estimate was abundantly fulfilled by the production of the next few years. The gold production alone rose from S11O,196, 300 in 1888 to $751; 175,6O in 1894, being an increase of about 65,OO0 900 in the amount available for monetary use. There were further increases in the gold sup ply to $19S, ,763. .60O in 1895, s2O2, ,6S2. 300 tn 1896 and S237, ,5O4 800 in 1897.
 When deduction is made Of sum from $5OOO0 900 to s65 .00O, ,OO0 per year for use in the arts as this demand in creased from year to year it is evident that there were very radical changes in the proportions of gold available for monetary use Up to 1896 and 1897 and that these have been surpassed n a striking manner during the past year and a half
 A gold production of s4OO, 100000 in 1900 may make it necessary for MT. Bryan to revise his famous dictum, that the price of wheat has followed the price of silver and apply the gold standard to tts future measurements of agricultural yaIues
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
MADE EXAMPLE OF DEsERTER
Ruse of Geologist King to Overawe
 His Men.

For sheer, cool nerve and absolute. inspired genius in dealing with men, commend me to Clarence King, the geologist, if the story that is telling about town be true MT. King, the tale runs, was in the field all one sum- mer-last summer, 1 think-with a government expedition. The field hap pened to be in the far west and the men he was compelled to employ as as sistants were a band of cheerful ruff fanS,- half-breed = -desperadoes, --and. ''greaser'' scamps Bad as they were they worked well and they were indis- pensable. One night one Of them de- serted. MT. King knew what that meant. It meant a stampede and an empty camp if the deserter were al lowed to go unpunished. He chose a companion in whose silence he could depend, mounted and took the trail. On the third day the deserter was overtaken, captured and landed in a convenient fort.
 The runaway had subsided for the
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25

giri was right; the pieces of cane, If rubbed together quickly, did give a tiny light. Then he set to work to find out the reason and after some time, thanks to the observing power of his little friend, and his own kindness to her in net impatiently te ling Ter no to worry" as so many might have done, Humphrey Davy made the first of his interesting discoveries. Every reed, cane and grass has an outer skin of fiinty stuff, which protects the in side from insects, and also helps the frail looking leaves to stand upright. The Evangelist.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
SEEMED so LONG.

What" he cried. have you tilted me again? Here I've been gone out two months, and come back to find you engaged to another fellow!''
 Tt seemed so long, you know, George" she coyly explained; and life was awful dull"
 Well, I'll tell you what I'll do next time you accept me-Fll marry you on the spot. We'll stop this Filipino town business"
 What do you mean by that?"
 You'll be garrisoned just as soon as you're captured d''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25


 
 Through trials to the stars" is a close translation Of the motto which
 the people of Kansas adopted when the state seal was made. Kansas men, 1 true to their motto, press forward to i take the lead. Since the days of Gen i eral Lane to the present time Kansas men have been seeking the front or
 have been longing for, the stars. They have acted as though they thought: Ambition is an idol, on whose wings 1 Great minds are carry'd only to ex- treme;
 Tc be suIblimely great, or to be noth- ing.
 Senator Inga!ls and a few other lit erary lights published and wrote for the Kansas Magazine. They hoped to found a great monthly The brains , and literary talent were there and the intelligent readers were there but financial ability was wanting. And when it was asked a year or two ago, Whats the matter with Kansas?" an editor of a country paper answered in ] such way that he was heard all over the country He showed that the state could rise Through trials t0 the stars. And sine has come out of diff culties and debt to a position to fold away her mortgages and improve and refurnish old homestaads.
 Contemplating the heroism of Gen. eral Funston, those who know the his tory of Kansas cannot help but recall and admire the bravery of the men, Some of the old warriors are still on the soil which was consecrated tC free dom and valor by noble deeds and great sacrifices. Among the new he roeS is General Funston. He fought in Cuba for freedom before our troops went there, and when he returned to his friends in Kansas he bore honor able scars and a constitution sadly shaken by exposure and suffering
 General Funston not only fights well, but he thinks and reasons we'll. Writing from Manila to Topeka friend short time ago, General Fun stCn said:
 T am afraid that some people at home will be awake nights worrying about the ethics of this war, thinking that our enemy is fighting fer the right of self government. The word inde- pendent which these people roll over their tongues sc glibly is to them a word and not much more It means simply with them a license to raise hell and if they got control they would raise fine crop of it. They are, as a rule, an illiterate, semi-savage people, | who are waging war not against tyr amy, but against Ang1o-Saxcn order and decency. Buffalo News
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
PLANT COVERS.

When Sir Humphrey Davy was a boy about 16, little girl came to him in great excitement:
 Humphrey, do tell me why these two pieces of cane make a tiny spark of light when I rub them together
 Humphrey was studious boy, who spent hours in thinking out scientific problems. He patted the child's curly head, and said:
 T do not know, dear. Let us see if they really do make a light, and then we will try to find out why"
 Humphrey soon found that the little
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25

Littlehales, chief hydrogTapher Of tns
 United States hydrographic office just
 published in the bulletin of the Amer
 ican Geographical society.
 MT. Littlehales, himself a gradua te
 of the United States naval academy.
 explains that his purpose is to show
 how iby its explorations, it's discovery
 of new lands and the acquisition of fresh information the naval service of
 the United States has been among the | forceful agencies C5 the nineteenth century iii extending th7 confines of knowledge to a Wider horizon and in opening avenues through which the industries of the people have poured millions of treasure into the nations lap. ,
 l. shows how the Atlantic cable was
 made possible through the patient in-
 vesttgations of the depths of the
 ocean first revealed by the develop
 ment of "deep-sea" soundings by American naval officers. This leads naturally to a recital of the inventions of Midshipman Brooke and later on by those of Captain Sigsbee, who contrI. buted the crowning triumph of the art in his perfect apparatus.
 Turning to the subject of explora- tions, MT. Littlehales describes the conditions as to geographical knowl- edge that existed after the second war Of independence. The greater part of the Pacific ocean was uncharted and all of Micronesia was unknown First in commercial importance Tn the Pa cific, the United States determined to l do it's share in the acquisition of geo. | information. This determi- | nation led to the equipment and dis patch of the expedition under Lieu- tenant Wilkes in 1888, which explored | 10,000,000 square miles, or one-fifth of the earth's surface; a region studded | with more than 1 800 islands and many thousands reefs, and made charts. which are today issued to mariners. Besides this Wilkes discovered the antarctic continent and crossing the Pacific to the Philippines by way Of Hawaii, laid out the great highway that was to unite the holdings of this in the Pacific.
 Next in order is set out the cruise of he brig Dolphin, in 1852, under the command of Lieutenant s. P. Lee i'll he north Atlantic, which had an im- 1ortant bearing upon the commerce Of he world, and resulted in the charting If many dangers to navigation Other eatures of MT. Littlehales' article are he explorations of the valley Of the i Amazon in 1851 by Lieutenants Hern- lon and Gibson.
 Commodore Perry's celebrated naval xpedition to Japan in 1854, which pened that country to the commerce f the world; the north Pacific sur- ewing expedition Of the same year, nder Captain Ringgold; the opening f the La Plata by the Water Witch | ] XpeGition in 1859, and finally, the plendid achievements in arctic ex- loratiOn of Hall, De Long and Berry; , he whole making an ample demon l trdtion of the important part played y the United States navy in the de- elOpment of our cCuntry's commer- | lal importance and in the addition to he sum total of human knowledge.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
HELPFUL TO PROUD PARENTS.

Hibbier-What are you writing now? Scribbler-A volume of bright say ings for infants.
 Hibbler-But how on earth can it be of any use to infants?
 Scribbler-It can't It's intended to be of use to parents in saving the wear and tear on their imaginatiCns.- Brooklyn Life.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
BASE BALL.
Where Games Were Won and Lost
 Yesterday.

At Louisville Louisville, 6; Brook lyn, ,.
 At Pittsburg- Baltimore, '; Pitts burg, 6.
 At. St. Louis-Bosuon, s; St. Lcuis, 1.
 At Cincinnati- Cincinnati, '; New York, 6.
 At Chicago Philadelphia, 14; Chi cage, '. At Cleveland = Washington, 8; Cleveland, 6.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25

NINETY PER CENT of the people have some kind of humor in the blood, and this causes many diseases. Hood s Sarsaparilla cures these diseases by ex- polling the humor.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25

Hoods Pills are non-irritating anG the only pills to take with Hoods Sar- sa aparilla.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-25
KANSAS Is ALL RIGHT

Buffalo Answers fer a State "Conse-
 crated to Freedom and Va,or.'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-23

Alderman Kroger deserves the thanks
of the community n the political party
of which he is a prominent and honored
member, for refusing to be longer a party
to the deadlock that was interfering with
the transaction of public business in the
council. He took a manly stand Satur-
day night, and shares with Alderman Ell
derkin the credit Of placing the republic
can party of this city in the right light
before his community and the state.
Leading republicans are loud I'M their
praises of the course pursued bY both
these able representatives of their partys
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-23

in the senate chamber when congress-
again. Mr.. Lamb was the
choice Of the mayor for city attorney.
A dozen theories might be advanced as to
why he was selected, any one of which
might be right or wrong. AS a matter
of fact, it was really nobody's business
but that of the mayor in determining
why he wanted this man or that for the
several positions within his gift. 1t was
Immediately assumed, however. that Mr..
Lamb was named as a reward for not
having voted for Mr.. Clark for the en-
ate. and ON hat hypothesis public busi-
ness has been held in allegiance in the city
council for the past thirty days.
It lay within the power of those who
opposed Mr.. Lamb to have inflicted pun
ishment Upon that gentleman in a legiti-
mate political way-by defeating Mr.. Nc
Carthy at the polls. After having con-
fessedly elected him. they seek to con
vert the machinery of the municipality,
which is dedicated to other purposes, into
an instrument of punishment and re-
venge. 1t was natural that ultimate
failure should overtake an undertaking
of this kind. The attempt to make the
public a party in interest in a movement
that sought to embarrass the city gov
eminent, and prevent tire transaction of
business, in order to punish a man for
not voting for Mr.. Clark for senator,
| when he was elected as an avowedly
anti-Clark man and merely carried OUT
the instructions he received at the polls
on that issue, was to court disaster in the
end. It's audacity was on a par with the
attempt to force a man into an elective
office in the late city campaign, on the
grounds that he ought to be rewarded
because he voted against Mr.. Clark!
After awhile. let it be hoped, men will
not be sought out for punishments or re-
wards because they are for or against
some prominent leader Of the democratic
party, but because they merit the APP
prevail or disapproval of a discriminating
public.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-23
NEW ANIMAL.

Natives Of the interior Of Brazil have
been exciting naturalists for years with
accounts Of a certain wonderful animal,
which, from their description, had never
yet been seen by civilized man. DIR. Flor
who has been on the continent pursuing
researches for a length of time, at last de-
termined to penetrate to the regions in
which the beast was sal to have been
found and see if there was anything in it.
Ramon Lista, a Chilean, since deceased,
had told the scientist Of an encounter
with an animal something of the order
described. He had come across it in the
dark, and, although he fired point-blank
at it from a point less than five yards, his
bullet made no apparent impression.
Armed with these particulars DR.. Ameg-
hino set out some time last winter, and,
after travelling hundreds of miles into the
heart of Brazil, at last came upon the
object of his search. He saw the animal
three different nights before bringing it
down. The repeated manner In which his
shots did not tell convinced him that the
reports of the natives as to the impene-
trability of the animals skin must have
been correct, a belief in which,, after Sc
curing the beast by a shot in the eye, and
then finding that the hide could not be
penetrated by a Ratchet, he was more
shdiA oAAA II ASdOIly AOuOAA lSldi,
named by the doctor, partly in honor of
the Ramon Lista who first saw it, and
partly from it's characteristics, resem-
bles more nearly than any other anima
the short-tailed pangolin or scaly ant
eater. 1t is larger than the pangolin, be-
ing some six feet in length. The skin is
more than an inch thick, and SO tough
that no weapon at the disposal of the
scientist sufficied to cut It. It's surface
shows an epidermis. not scaly, but. cover
ed with coarse, reddish-gray hair an inch
and a half long. the ~ossicles being buried
in the skin like paving stones in the
street. The ~ossicles resemble those of the
fossil Mylodon, though smaller. The pam
COLIN, if it's traits may be assigned to this
new beast, is more a lizard thar q man.
NAL. They have no weapon of defense
against man or the larger animals, and
are so far as is known perfectly harm
less. The skin of the pangolin has often
been known to turn a musket ball. It's
habits are nocturnal. and 1t shows great
timidity in the presence of man. DIR.
Ameghino states his intention of securing
specimens alive for the old world zoologi-
cal gardens.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-23
A CURIOUS TEXAS HOTEL.

/ washington correspondence of the -Chi-
cago Record: They say that the best ho-
tel in Texas is to be found at Bolton, a
town on the santa Fe road, and it is kept
seven sanctified sisters" as the %proprie-
tors are popularity called. Several years
ago a woman in that place and her hus-
tband quarrelled over the best way Of ex-
pounding the Scriptures to a Sunday
scnoOl class. and were so stubborn that
they separated ana were finall ydiyorced.
The family controversy was taken up by
the town, which was soon distinctly di-
vided between the adhererts Of the nus
band and the aGhercnts of the wife. The
efsult was a large crop CT divorces, and
seven ~hUshandless women, including the
original cause of the commotion, Joined
together and rented the town hotel. One
Of them cid the cooking another was par
lormald. a third made up the beds, and so
they divided the work among them and
ran the establishment upon the
i've plan. Ihey would not employ a man
abcdt the place, although the most of
their patrons were men, of course. Peo-
pie say that women travellers preferred to
stop elsewhere, and that would be a wo-
mans way. One Of the "seven sanctifed
sisters" used to drive a big carryall down
to the railway station three or four times
a day to meet the trains, but she let the
regular transfer company handla the Jag
gage.
The hotel prospered from the beginning
and there was no reason why it should
not, for everything was neat and home
like, and the cooking was the best in
Texas, which is not saying much, per-
hars, but is a good reason why it was APP
preciated. Every Sunday it was crowded.
The drulnmers used to swarm there from
all the northern-central part if the state,
and every passenger on the Santa Fe
trains was an advertising agent. The
"sanctified sisters" made money, as they
deserved to do: they enlarged their es-
tablishment, and started a big laundry
in connection with it, where the drum
mers left their soiled clothes to be done
up while they were out during the week.
Then the sisters" bought a hotel at
Waco, and started a laundry there, with
| equal SUCCESS.