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Arizona republican., 1899-02-18
SAW A GREAT LIGHT
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table and then separated the liquor from the water with a wave Of the hand. The elder Hermann would have bucked had he been led up to this proposition.
 Speaker Ashu~st is to be cOmpli- nentod for compelling the house to kill his amendment, and not have it writh- ing on the table, where MT. Peterson placed it. Over in the council there is all amendment to a resolution lying Cn the clerks table, slowly dying of star VatiOr. Its misery will not end until the close of the last legislative day, and the clerk of the next legislature will find its corpse among the effects of the Twentieth legislative assembly.
 In this connection it is significant that Speaker Ashurst introduced a Dill yesterday ito regulate undertake.s and prevent traffic in o3rpses.'
 MT. Doans house bill 39, to encour- age prospecting for mines, and Mir Williams house bill 45, providing for free vaccination, passed the house.
 M9. Bunch's council bill 24, fixing times for holding district court, passed the house, and Mir. Williams house bill 30, on the same subject, was, on MT Williams motion, indefinitely postponed.
 ' House bill 43, providing for ax exemption on storage res ervoirs, which was defeated on passage in the house on Thursday, by a vote of II ayes to F nays, was brought back and passed yesterday by a. vote of 19 yeas to 1 nays. Mir. Ben ham, who voted with the majority Thursday, moved to a reconsider the Vote He explained that since the vote Of Thursday he had had light on the Cf fOv. o None of lis constituents had spoken to him about this bill, and he did not know that they were interested in leg islatiOn of this sort. As 9 matter of principle he was against giving cOrp0- rations exemption from taxation, but now that he knew the wish of his constituents he desired to change his vote. MT. Adams moved to table the molten. He was against the bill be- cause he was opposed to eXempting corporations from taxation. He saw no reason why water companies should not pay taxes. There isn't a ranch man. he declared, who will not say that the water corporations are rob bing him"
 MT Pace, who voted against the bill Thursday, voted fer it yesterday. He said he was opposed to eXemrting cor poratiOns from taxation, on principle, but if the Salt River valley needed water reservoirs, and was willing to exempt such property from taxation he was willing to grant it. This prob ably expressed the sentiment Of all the eight members who changed their votes. Those voting against the bill yesterday are Adams, Evans, Moore and Sanders.
 Mir Etz's house bill A, permitting a majority to move the county seat, failed to pass.
 MT. Etz presented a joint resolution to engage a comparing clerk at $5 per day to assist the expressing commit tees. MT. PetcCscn moved to lay the resolution on the table, which was lost The resolution was not acted upon
 Speaker Ashurst presented a petition from citizens of Williams, praying the defeat of all legislation designed to impose a tax on the net proceeds Of mines.
 Tn the council the substitute for MT. Sanders house bill 36, providing that
Arizona republican., 1899-02-18
BACHELORS LITTLE COMFORT.
Why He Keeps His Slippers Nailei
 Fast to the Wall of His Den.

up in my den," said a New Or leans bachelor who lives in a couple of quaintly furnished rooms in a business block downtown, between the fire place and the first bookcase on the left you will find two large slippers nailed b the wall. some four feet above the wainscoting. The heels Of the slip pers are quite close together, the toes spread slightly outward, and, being made of brightly lowered drUgget they look not unlike two enormous parti- colored beetles, clineing to the wall with folded wings. They are not, how ever, intended as ornaments. but have a very hOmely and practical purpose. When 1 retreat to my den at night. take down the book that suits my mood, get into a comfortable, ragged old jacket, turn the lamp just right and light my p.pe-when I have performed these preliminary ceremonies, l place q chair directly in front of the slip pers. insert ny feet iu their depths and lean back with the blis5ful conscious Iess that I can't possibly tip over and b1 eak my neck I am anchored, So to speak, to the wall. and the light is So arranged as to make the position the. best possible one for readi1g.-New Or leans Times-DemOcrat.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-18
PLAYED DOCTOR; KILLED TWINS
Small Boy Mixed Laudanum and Ar
 senic and Gave it to the "Tids

Reading, Pa, Feb. .-Threa-year- old James Edward, son of Mrs. Mary Hughes, coIored, of this city, has taken a deep interest in his twin brothers. They were sick yesterday. When the mother was away from the house for a few minutes Jim climbed to the cup board and took down two vials. One contained laudanum, the other arsenic He took little of each, mixed them in his toy tin box, and gave the twin boys some. When Mrs. Hughes came in she saw that the mouths of the twins were soiled and smelled the laudanum. she called doctor, but it was zoo late The children died soon after. J1mmte says he thought the medicine would be dOOd for de little ids
Arizona republican., 1899-02-18
INITIATION NEARLY FATAL.
Wooster University Student Nailed Up
 In a Box and Nearly Frozen.

Wooster, O., Feb. 1.-The students of Wooster university have an organi- zation known as the "Coccyx Club. " The one thing necessary for admission is that candidate some time in his life must have had his coccyx broken. Ernest Weld. Q freshman of Marys- vile was initiated Wednesday night. He was placed in a box, gagged and handcuffed. An expressman delivered the box to his sister at Hoover Cot tage. The box was left standing m the cold. When Weld was taken out ot the box he was almost deaf from exposure and his ears were 50 badiy frozen that he may lose them. The members of the club are threatened with arrest. Three of the leaders are sons of prominent residents ct Wooster.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-18
QUEEN REGENT TO SIGN TREATY
Won't Have to Wait for Ratification
 by the Cortes

Madrid, Feb. 17.-Premier Sagasla, after leaving the palace today, declared that the queen regent would sign the peace treaty before the converting of the cortes, this being the perogativa Of the crown according to the constitu- tion. Senor Sagasta will consult the leaders of the minority groups on the subject, and hot debates are expected when the chambers meet.
 Nothing has been received from Cap tain General Rios, Spanish representa- tive in the Philippines, today. Fl l. b eral publishes an article on the situa- tion in which it says that a wise poi icy on the part of the Americans is the thorough conquest of the Philippines.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-18
A SANTA FE FIRE.

Albuquerque, N. I, Feb. 17.-Tne blacksmith shop of the Santa Fe, Pa cifc Rail Road company was destroy ed by fire at o'clock this morning. The origin of the fire is unknown The loss is estimated at S2O, 1000 which is covered by insurance
Arizona republican., 1899-02-18

RHEUMATISM causes more aches and pains than any other disease. It is due to acid in the blood, and i3 cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla which neutralizes the blood.
Arizona republican., 1899-02-18

HOODS PILLS cure bilious ess. Mailed for 25 cents by c. I. Hood tt Co.,, Lowell, Mass.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16

likely TO have weight with congress
than would the annual suggestions OF
the civilian secretary, however able he
might be-" Mr.. Foss. in the brief in
terview from which this quotation Is
made, does not go into details, as he
doubtless will when he returns to the
United states; but the inference is that
he believes such a board Of experts
could contribute greatly to conherency
and system in the plans of naval
growth which now are formulated by
variety of boards and bureau Off
cials, who often work at cross pur-
poses The designation of Admiral
Dewey as the chairman of this general
board would put him in a position of
advisory usefulness in keeping with his
high rank and reputation, and supply
for him "A field of activity directly in
the line OF his professional ambition,
Mr. Foss notes, also, that the navy
is to receive a great deal more atten-
ton from congress in future than it
has hitherto; a fact which suggests
that congressman particularly and the
public generally should study naval
subjects more thoroughly than they
have been wont to do. Expansion
makes this an urgent necessity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16

Mr. Spurgeon used to tell a good
story about one Of his divinity stu
dents. 1t was his custom, in order to
test the powers of the young men for
speaking, to give them as they were
about to ascend the pulpit a text to
discourse about on their own plan and
in their own words. This, of course,
was not before an audience. but SIM
ply among themselves for practice. On
the occasion referred to he gave a
young man who as yet had not tried
the ordeal the simple word "Zac-
chaeus." The young man, trembling
from head to foot. said:
''I will divide my subject into three
PARTS. First, we read that Zacchaeus
was small of stature and I never felt
smaller than at the present moment;
second, we read that Zacchaeus climb
ed a tree, which reminds me Of my
ascent into this pulpit; third, we read
that Xacchaeus made haste to come
down, which accordingly 1 will now
DO"
Whether this man ever became p
gl eat preacher or not. we are not told,
bu; nc certainly showed that he pos
sessed ready wit.-Ram's Horn.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
Old Age Pen sio rs.

shortly before the dissolution of the
last British parliament n committee
of the commons, representing the Con-
serVative majority, made a report faV-
oring the giving of a government PEN
sion to every applicant who can meet
certain specified requirements, name
ly~-that he be a British subject, Sc
or more years old: that within the pre-
ceding twenty years he shall not have
been convicted of an offense punish
able by penal servitude or imprison-
ment without the option of fine; that
within the same period he shall not
have received poor relief other than
medical relief except under exception
al circumstances; that he shall nave
nt the time os application an income or
less than $3.50 a week; and that II
shall be shown that he has endeavored
to the best of his ability, by his indus
try or by the exercise of reasonable
providence, to make provision for him.
self and for those Immediately depen-
dent on him.
In a certain sense this proposition Is
what we in America would consider
a political gallery play. 1t is similar
to some of the glittering promises con-
tained in American political platforms
It's immediate mission is to attract
votes. "a pension for every honest
poor mani" Think of the value OF
this cry, in a vote-winning sense, in a
closely contested campaign. 1t al
most equals in political dividend-pay-
ing possibilities the free text book idea
which has been so successfully ex-
ploited in a number of American
states, always to the benefit of the
man or party popularity identitied with
it, Yet when so substantial party
as the Conservative party of England
commits itse;f in detail to proposi-
ton Of this kind it must also be taken
seriously. If public opinion in Great
Britain shall with great vigor approve
this idea it will Ultimately gain ex-
preston in the forms Of law.
An obvious objection to the sugges-
ton is that II puts a premium on
incapacity and opens a wide door to
imposture. These objections are ad-
roitly parried by the propositions ad-
vocates, who point out that incapacity
and imposture have TO be carried any
how, and better by the entire common
wealth, through lightly felt extra tax
| alton, than by the philanthropic few,
who have burdens enough in other di-
rections. There is some merit in this
counter argument, but the policy of
state old-agc pensions is not likely
| to appeal to the judicious. The state
| should be the last recourse in all mat
ters of charity or benevolence. Where
personal thrift does not suffice to safe
| guard the senile years the policy of
! industrial pensions should be tried,
| along the lines just laid down in this
| country by the Pennsylvania railroad.
| Each industry owes to it's faithful
workmen some provision for old age
! beyond the amount of the current
wage; and it can better arrange and
manage such a pension feature than
a general government can, which is
charged with multifarioug interests
covering every phase of human rela-
| tiOnS,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
Typical Rural Court Scene.

couple applied to a rural justice
of the peace for total divorce. The
Justice called the bailiff aside and ask
ed in a whisper:
What's the law on that pint?'
"You can't do it," replied the bailiff,
'it don't come under yer jurisdiction"
We're willin' to pay cash for it,"
replied the husband, not understand
ing the nature of the consultation.
"Ive got the money in this here stock
in"
The juctce looked grave. Then, ad-
justing his spectacles and addressing
the man, said:
you knowed fore you come here
that 'twarn't fer me ter separate hus-
band an wife, an yet, you not only
take up the time o. this here valuable
court with yer talliin', but ackchuly
perpose ter hribe me with money!
Now, how much has YOU got in that
stocliin. ?"
"'Rout six dollars an half. yer
honor"
"'All right then. fine you s. for
bribery an dollar an a half fer
takin' up my time with a case what
my jurisdiction is out OF, an may the
Lord have mercy on your soul!'-At-
ianta Constitution.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
Nobody Guessed 1t.

a Lunch Of railroad men standing
outside the Hammond building We're
making gUesses at what the load Of
wire cages halted by the driver at the
curb We're intended for,
Some kind of a lobster pot" said a
Hooking Valley man.
Looks more like a bird trap" re-
marked an Ohio Central agent.
Rats" guessed a c., II. & ID. man.
Seems to be they're coon catchers," "
hazarded a chap from the Northwest
ern.
What are those things for?" they
asked in chorus OF the driver when he
showed up
Waste paper baskets for the parks, "
he answered.
The railroad bunch broke up.-De-
troit News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
Fatal LoquacIty.

In new England village, rich in
quaint and amusing characters, says
Youths Companion, John Bates was
renowned for his ability to hold his
tongue. The gift approached a genius.
but John was keenly alive to what
he considered its incompleteness-al-
though, of course, he said nothing
about it,
He made mattresses for a living, and
one day native of the village came
into his shop and said:
John, what's the best kind of mat
tress?"
"Husks," said John, and said no
more.
Twenty years later, so the tradition
runs, the same man came again to the
shop and asked what, in Bates opin-
ion, was the best kind Of a mattress.
Straw" said John.
STRAW? You told me husks was the
best!"
John gave a despairing sigh. "Tve
always ruined myself by talkin )" said
he.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
The First Cuban Census

Arrangements have been practically
completed for the taking of the first
genuine census of Cuba. BY Jan.
the war department expects to have
in it's possession answers from each
inhabitant of Cuba to the following
questions:
Name, age, sex, color, trade, occu-
or other family relation, sanitary con-
dition of houses, disposal of garbage
and focal matter, ability to read or
write, ability to speak or understand
the English language, and what ele-
mentary knowledge makes it probable
II at this understanding of English will
he acquired, nationality, whether Gu
ban or Spaniard, property ownership
or rental, area of land cultivated, and
kinds of crop, schools and number of
scholars in attendance, and number of
days attended.
This census is to be taken by Cuban
Cl umerators, working under American
supervision, and to guard against de-
ceptiOn a penalty clause has been at
tached to their instructions. Under
this the enumerator who falsifies his
returns can be severely punished, and
IT is to be hoped that the government
will take measures to enforce this pen
atty to the letter if it shall discover
proof of guilt. The Latin-Amerlcan
disposition TO eXaggerate needs espe-
cially to be curbed in the matter of Off
Gal statistics.
Early in the new year these figures
will be available for the guidance OF
our subsequent activities in Cuba. Sec
retary Root is taking hold of this prob
lem in an agreeably direct and ener-
getic manner; he has apparently won
the confidence of the Cuban represen
tatives at Washington and it is likely
that the taking of the census will be
the initiatory step in rapid success
sion Of moves toward the organization
Of civil government i'm Cuba on the
basis Of internal self-rule.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
A Place for Admiral Dewey.

One Of the problems which has great
ly puzzled those who like to cross
bridges I'm advance is what to do with
Admiral Dewey when he comes home.
We refer, Of course. to the period Of
time which shall follow the hero wor-
Shipping already planned The ad-
miral is too modest a man and too
hero -worshiping prolonged. He can
not escape a good deal of this, even
by means of the diplomatic plea of poor
health but when the enthusiasm of
the multitudes shall have subsided. as
suming that he will still desire some
form of naval service, what kind of
assignment shall be provided for him ?
He is entitled by all the rules of the
game to go on shore duty; and the ad-
visory work which he will undertake
as a member of the Philippine COM
mission will give him a period of con-
genial and useful occupation; but af-
terward, what?
Congressman Foss, of Chicago, who
is now in London, offers a suggestion
which seems to have merit. Mr.. Foss
is one OF the best informed students of
naval subjects in public life; he has
recently been in consultation with
Dewey and 1t is reasonable to infer
that his suggestion is the result OF
conversations with the admiral From
my experience on the continent" says
he, II believe we should have a per-
manent naval policy board, with, say,
Admiral Dewey at its head and COM
posed of leading naval officers. This
board could frame a general policy OF
naval development on broad lines and
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
She Knew His Footsteps.

His enemies may have originated,
but his friends do not hesitate to re-
peat, a story about a rising young poll
tician, who, says the New York Tri-
bune,, has large feet, as we'll as a capa-
cious head.
The politicians mother, a lovable old
woman, Is unfortunately very deaf. She
lives in a fiat in the neighborhood of
Grants tomb and is always delighted
by a visit from her son.
When the United States cruiser
Brooklyn, which was anchored in the
Hudson, off the tomb, on Memorial
day, fired salute of twenty-one guns,
the old lady was observed to start, fix
her cap and smooth down her apron.
Then she said. with a sweet smile,
George is coming. ! hear his foot
steps on the stairs"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
DR.. Phillips Declination.

The declination of DR.. Phillips will
disappoint an overwhelming majority
of the best friends of education in this
community, on account both of the
personal esteem in which they hold him
as an instructor a director of educa-
tional work and a conscientious and
high minded gentleman, and also be-
cause they had hoped that by remain
ing in the principalship of the High
school he would enable them, at the
Ncxt election, to undo what they regard
as a malicious injustice.
His subtraction of himself from the
situation occasions regret, but it does
Eot remove the necessity for the in
stitution Of a new policy in the Board
Of Controls management of the High
school If DR.. Phillips successor shall
be o man fit for the place he will
speedily make known to the powers
that be his disapproval Of the picayune
raggng and ignorant intermeddling
against which Or. Phillips has had to
contend, and the change in principals
will simply mean a new face in the
fray. The Scranton High school Is
too big an institution to be run sue
"essfully on the lines of personal in
trigue; and the sooner this is recog-
nized Ly the Board of Control and
competent professional supervision
permitted by it to choose it's own
methods Of work, the better it will be
for all concerned.
No committee of amateurs sitting in
caucus can run high school. Skilled
ability is needed and when secured it
must be allowed sufficient latitude in
details to enable it to produce the de-
s'red results. The case of Dr. Phil
lips is a warning that public opinion
will not tolerate another man-hunt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16

and daughter TO accompany them to
the opening. The minister gave out
the hymn, which commenced with the
words: "Oh, for ten thousand tongues
to sing etc. The organist. who played
by ear, started the tune i'm too high
Key and had to try again. A second
attempt ended like the first in a fail
ure "Oh for ten thousand tongues to
sing my great" came the opening
words for the third time. followed by
a squeak from the organ and a relapse
into painful silence. Cody could con-
tain himself no longer and blurted out:
start it at five thousand and mebbe
some of the rest of us can get in
San Francisco Wave.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
Beaten by a Hair.

When Hannibal Hamin was speaker
of the Maine house of representatives,
away back i'm the forties there was in
that body a certain gentleman Of fault
less attire, pleasing manners, good
address and some reputation, but he
had one foible. His hair was very thin,
and he was highly sensitive in regard
TO 1t. To hide his approaching bald
ness he had habit Of carefully strok-
ing with bandoline or other prepara-
tion each particular hair in it's place.
One day, while in the chair as speak
er. Mr.. Hamln. in the innocence of a
good and Joke loving nature. sent for
this gentleman, and, looking fixedly
at his smooth and polished pate, said
with a chucke:
Blank, old fellow, I just wanted to
tell you that you've got one of the
hairs of your head crossed over the
other"
You insult me. sir! You insult me!"
replied the member, with unexpected
and altogether unnecessary indigna-
tion. and then, refusing to listen either
to reason or explanation he left the
speakers desk and returned to his
seat
When Mr.. Hamlin became a candi-
date for the United States senate, this
gentleman was a member of the up
per house of the Maine legislature. AL
though a member of the same party,
and only one more vote was needed
to secure Mr.. Hamlin's election, he
positively refused to vote for the man
by whom he believed he had been In
suited. Hamlin was defeated fer a seat
in the senate-by hair. but when the
next vacancy occurred he was elected.
Lives OF Twelve Illustrious Men"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16

treasury officials to meet these condi-
tions. and one Of the plans agreed upon
is to resume the issuing of gold certifi-
Gates. which was suspended during the
Cleveland administration. This policy
will give to the country several million
dollars additional in paper currency,
and will thereby facilitate the transac-
ton OF the enormous volume of busi-
ness, unprecedented in the commercial
records Of the country which has
sprung up in connection with restored
protection to American labor and in
dustries
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-08-16
Perfect Happiness.

He never loved and lost,
He never sighed in vain
To stand on heights that only those
The gods love may attain.
lie envied not the rich,
Nor coveted their gold;
His bottle lay beside him-he
Was only two weeks old.
Chicago Times. Herald.