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Arizona republican., 1900-07-18
COSTLY EXPERIMENT.

Farmers paid $S2S, ,OOO, 900 for the ex- pertinent of electing a democratic pres ident in 1892, through the loss in value of their live stock alone. The corn crop of the United States was worth almost S5,O00,000 more last year than in 1S95.- New York Mail and Express.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18
FORMER RIVAL DISTANCED.

Tt seems to me- observed the East ern Question, as he caught up with his young friend, The Open Door, that we can give weight to our old rival, Trou- ble in the Balkans, just at present and beat him hands down. New York Press
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

FOR RENT-In Jerome, fine basement on corner of First and Main streets Dimensions 2Sx6O feet. Fine location for saloon. Also store building, good location, on Main street. Apply to D. D. Mcdonald.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

FOR SALE-The Valley Meat Market, next to the postoffice; first class, with all up-to-date appurtenances; cold air storage, and everything neces- sary to make it one of the best mar kets in the west; can be bought for a per cent of its actual cost.
 S. J. TRIBOLET.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

WANTED Small furnished house, not too far out; three rooms. Apply H. M., this office.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

WANTED Four boarders in private family; home comforts: bath and all conveniences. 493 North Third av- enue.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18
crops short.-D. A. Taught.
GRAHAM COUNTY.

Pima-No change in weather. Hot and dry. Fruit trees are suffering for water. Cloudy in the mountains with some thunder-threatenin Stock in the mountains suffering for water and on the river for feed.-H. F. Norton.
 Eden-Week hot with heavy winds in afternoon. Light showers on Sth, 11th and 13th.-Wm. Stapley.
 Safford-Water unusually low, in all except a few of the older canals. Some rain has fallen on the upper reaches of river giving temporary supply of Wa ter, but not enough to save orchards all some localities. Potatoes a failure plenty of tops, but few tubers. Not much corn planted-looking bad. Hay scarce.-E. D. Futile.
 Thatcher-Days and nights very hot. Week has been cloudy but only one light shower of rain, not enough to lay the dust country drying up, fruit suf- fering. Everything at standstill. Threshers very busy.-John Bowler.
 Duncan-Threatenin weather with high winds and dust storms. Threshing in progress. Grain yield is light.-Nephi Packer.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

LOST A pocketbook containing some gold, bills, check signed by Julian Willard, and other papers. Liberal reward will be paid by owner. K. this office.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

FOR RENT-Store room with fine basement, center of the city. Ad- dress Store, this office.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18
BETTER LATE THAN N

J. L. Toole was once acting in the provinces when one of his company failed to come in answer to his cue. Amazed at his non-appearance, Toole commenced to gag, and then repeated the last line of the original script with great emphasis. Still no actor, so, turning to the house, he remarked, coolly: As my friend T. does not seem in the slightest way anxious to
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18
EDUCATIONAL.

FOR SALE-S0 acres under Maricopa canal.
 TO EXCHANGE-S-room house for ranch. TO EXCHANGE-Equit in cottage for good team of horses; a chance. MONEY TO LOAN-Houses built to suit purchaser on monthly payments. HUGH M. CREIGHTON & CO.,,
 10S North Center Street.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

CHASE YOUR DOLLARS INTO A HOUSE. Buy a lot of J. Ernest Walker. You can buy of me as low as s60 a lot. You have the right to a little piece of this earth. Let me show you something nice.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

FOR SALE-Ten pure blood Pellin ducks, score cards. T. w. Chamber lain Lumber Yard.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18
MARICOPA COUNTY.

River Bottom-Very dry. Just enough water for stock and no more. No pas turage-no fruit. Melons and vegetables for irrigation. Nights hot.-John z. Hill.
 Experiment Station Farm-Hot, dry weather trying on all vegetation. Some melon vines dying-alfalfa suffering No water for putting in summer crops Winter irrigated orchards and vine yards in excellent condition, and pro- ducing fruit of an unusually good quality. Imported date trees bearing a heavy crop. Botan plums ripe. Al monds maturing a heavy crop. Quality of sugar beets now maturing unusually good.-A. J. McClatchie.
 Mesa-Weath ther conditions are un- changed. It is now GA days since the last rainfall here. Grapes are abundant and of fair quality. Almonds being har- vested. There will be an average croI i and of good quality.-C. L. Diehl. | Buckeye-Third crop of alfalfa cut. 4 large acreage of sorghum has beer planted which is doing well. Crap. vines heavily loaded. Water in the ca nal every day.-James s. Day. Wards Orange Grove-Very warn and more humidity than usual. Irriga tion water lower than ever recorde' and still falling.-W. M. Ward.
 PheniX-Some Egyptian corn in thi neighborhood is standing the drougn and dry winds fnely-quite a cOntras to sorghum. Fruit and melons dryin, Up.-Elliot Evans.
 Mesa-No change in weather conli tions. An almost continuous westerl, wind has been blowing the last tw, weeks, the effects of which are show on everything. Water even for the ten derest plants is now receiving a second ary consideration to that of sinkin;
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

FINE silver plated cornet made by "Higham," London, for sale or ex- change for bicycle. No. 42 North Center Street.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

FOR PENT-The finest and coolest suburban home in the valley; delight full shade and surroundings. Inquire of J. Ernest Walker.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

LOST-A brown leather pocketbook containing money and railroad tick cts. on the train near Congress June tion; supposed to have been left in seat. Owner has been informed that three young Mexican ladies occupied seat at Congress Junction and found property. but had no clue to owner. Finders may keep money and return other contents of Mrs. Cora Olin. Prescott, Arizona.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

FOR RENT-Fine, airy basement, be- tween First and Second avenue. No better in the city. Address Basement, this office.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

SUMMER RATES at the Wharton House, 3S North Center street. Rooms $7 per month and up, includ ing cot outdoors.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

WANTED Parties having either city or country property for sale, to list same with J. Ernest Walker, Real Es- tate, Insurance, Loans, No. 26 South Second avenue, Hubbard Building, Phoenix, Arizona. Telephone 50.
 FOR SALE Buckeye lands, improved
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

SPRAYED OR STOLEN Small black mare, white on forehead; mane clip ped; little lame in front feet E. A. Ross, 31 South First avenue.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18
CHA COUNTY.

Rye, July 7-Dry and hot. Crops dry ing for want of rain. Wells getting very low. Water for stock scarce. Fruit
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

The foregoing was delayed in trans mission, but it contains matter of special interest to Jerome and some things that are new to the outside world though they are old in point of time.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

Signal-Reports from northern part of county show cattle dying on account scarcity of water and grass. Most of the ranches along the Sandy are short of water. The same condition exists be- low Signal along Bill Williams Fork and Santa Maria river.-G. Levy.
Arizona republican., 1900-07-18

or unimproved.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25

all other cases II is, ipso facto, divest-
ed Of this claim, and the person carry
Ing 1t may be regarded as spy.
Among other regulations on the sub
ject Is one that ordains that the flag
bearer shall be accompanied by a
bugler ito give notice OF his APP
proacb). and he shall halt at certain
distance from the enemy's lines in
order to learn whether he will be re-
ceived or not. Consequently. the mere
act Of carrying white flag does not
Itself entitle belligerent to enter a
position occupied by an opposing
force. as no obligation to accept--or
even listen to-his overtures exists.
At the same time, he may not be fired
upon SO long az he is thus acting as
recognized ambassador. When. in
the actual progress of battle, white
flag is raised, it is generally held TO
indicate that quarter is sought by the
side displaying it. Here, again, how
ever. the opposing force may please
Itself as to whether II shall thereupon
cease firing or not. Nevertheless, as
a general rule. II does SO. The sur
rendering party then lays down Its
arms. and its members are con-
strained to yield themselves prisoners
OF war. AS such 1t is not considered
correct to subject them to more re-
straint than may be absolutely neces
Kary for their safe custody. Accord
ingly the officers are usually imme
diately released on parole, or prompt,
exchanged for others OF their owl
rank In any case the onus OF sup
| porting prisoners OF war rests on tn
| nation OBTAINING them.--Graphic.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25

of the CoTdiilera Real. and we looked
down an appalling precipice of at least
1900 feet into the black depths Of
some valley of fertile Youagas. 1t was
still night
The party when 1t next rested was
20. 700 feet above the sea. Here the
first view of the eliminating peaks oil
Illimani rising out OF the great snow
plateau was had Four snow-whitl
peaks besides the Pico del Indio rosa
out of it. The two on the extreme
right and extreme left respectively
were evidently higher than the Other
but which of these two was the cnl.
minating point was uncertain. The
same uncertainty exists in all views OF
Illimani. Opinions were in favor OF
the western peak. In point of difficulty
there was little to choose between
them. All the great difficulties of the
climb were already overcome.
After about three hours of slow, con.
tinuous plodding the party stood upon
dropped away before them in the steer
descent that faces Par The altt'
tude was 2l.76o feet at this point But
they could not halt long. for the sum.
nit was now too near at hand and
only a wide and easy snow bridge sep
arated them. Slowly, very slowly, they
wendell their way up it. conscious OF
little except the toll and overwhelmed
by a fixed determination to get the
work done and ended. One apparent
summit gave way to another, but the
| real one came in due season. Non
sieur, vous Ia gloire." said one of the
mountaineers an he stepped sside fol
Sir William to stand frst upon the
highest point. II was 1880 4. m. The
altitude was between 1880 and 2s.20s
| feet
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25
SAFE BURGLARS INJURED.
TIE ntsbar Saved Large Sum oil
Manss at Chicago.

A bold attempt BY two masked men
to loot the safe in the office of the
Globe Laundry company. at Chicago.
the other night. was frustrated by an
accident that may prove fatal TO one
~ the burglars In exploding dyna-
mite 20 shaticr the lock OF the inner
door of the safe one Of the men had
biz right hand torn away and his arm
shattered, while the other thief was
struck in the face by nying frag-
mcnt Of steel The injured men fed.
leaving gagged and bound on the floor
three men employed by the company.
whon they had surprised sleeping In
the room adjoining the Office on the
second ioor. SO copiously did the
blow Cow from the wounds OF the safe
robbers that when police officers ar
rived on the scene they found not only
pools OF blood ON the floor. but tbs
red LIQUID was despatched on ths
ntalra leading to the front entrance
and on the street In front of the build
Ing. The mishap saved large sum &c
the company. the officials intimatins
that the strong box contained thou
sands OF dollars.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25

When war with spain Was declared.
William Barber went to Franklin. Pa.
and joined Company +, Sixteenth Reg
iment The army ration of bareback
soon became very tiresome to youns
Barber. and while on his way to the
camp at Chickamauga he conceived
plan TO secure better food. He wrote
his name and company address on a
piece of bareback. together with a
short but vehement appeal TO some
good southerner to send them at least
one square meal to camp. Hanging out
OF the car window. he threw the nard-
tack at the first house the train passed.
Great was the surprise of young Bar
Der the following Sunday. when he was
called from his tent and introduced 10
Col. Ray and his daughter. Mary,
handsome brunette, who informed him
that his bareback appeal had been
found. aud that they were there to an
swer ii. On either arm of the colonel
Was a big basket OF food that made
the hungry mans eyes stick out and
caused the army ration 10 become a
thing OF contempt for several days
Col. Ray and his daughter had driven
twenty miles that morning TO see
young Barber, and they extended to
On cordial Invitation TO visit them.
Thereafter Barber was at the home of
| the Rays whenever 1t was possible to
secure leave of absence. The colonel
was wealthy and lived on large plan
tation. His family was composed of his
wife and himself. his daughter. Mary.
and her younger sister. When the or
der came for the departure of the Six
tenth for Charleston. where they were
to take the transit for Porto Rico. Bar
Der was engaged to be married to Miss
Mary Ray. They have since married
and are now living with the colonel in
| Tennessee
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25
= Fae 9 H1f00AC Sir William NJ
= = Conway Now
# Mountains, Visiting y : !


was nothing to do but retrace his steps
which was done with great difficulty.
The party WIS roped together. The
head of the line would drive an iron
pin deep into the frozen snow and
then those in the rear would pass for
ward, the rear becoming the front,
when another pin would be driven. In
the little villages 1900 and $1,000 feet
above the level OF the sea people and
houses were found-Indians mostly.
though some OF them are descendants
OF the old Incas, who refuse to conform
TO the religion or customs which Spain
forced upon their ancestors 500 years
ago.
The first night out from the 16, TOO
foot level the party pitched their tents
at an altitude OF $500 feet with great
satisfaction, for it was evident that
| the outworks of the mountain fortress
were now passed: it only remained to
deliver the assault on the final peak.
Before 2 O'Clock next morning the
party were winding upward among
great yawning crevasses by the light OF
| candle. Fifteen miles away, across
| the great valley of the La Paz river.
| another twinkling light was visible.
shining through the window of q re-
mote farmhouse The night WIS not
! cold (only 81 degrees Fahrenheip, but
the snow was as hard as board and
| rapid progress was made. Once one OF
the party fell into a crevasse brit. be-
ing roped, no harm was done. The old
moon rising over the snow field rem
dered the lantern needless. Two hours
and a half after starting the head Of
. the glacier was reached. the very cress
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25

.,sctscle which. perhaps. morc
- other startles even the b.
.seustomed to the "iakirs" and
]. Z. n.n Of India is that OF q fakiF
49,. head downwards over = pile
!. sl.,Ius tagots, Accompanying pie
rase from a photograph. repre-
u. psrformanee which the writer
Z. some tine ago at Hyderbad. In
-. A shady grove ofs trees was
..!.r,sd Tor the performances. From a
.,.s,1t.r branch OF one OF the high
n ,rses were suspended two double
-, about u feet or II feet In length
!. r,,hla about eight feet from the
.,s.rd which Immediately below had
=. slightly exeayated to receive
a. ss wood The iakir vas Why
,srpg nan Of middle height He FIRST
ilrss,ea himself Of everything except
. ..o,a which passed round his Hons.
"a ,hsa. maklag a thick mixture of
,.ass ID water. ha proceeded 70 smear
o,sr bis whole body with this help
! ,cre companions lie next rolled
!, sls ions hair. and having STEPPED
s,scs Of cloth In thu ash mixture. be
A,sud /, arnily round his head. After
,,v MINUTES the coating on his body
~ snlls Cry and he sat down to per
tn poola BY repeating verses from
A, sacred books. finishing OF with .
lsn % bis e0nch. Neanwhiis tbs
,vpt sAlea had been lighted. was
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25


Sir William Martin Conway, the dar-
ing explorer, always finds warm cor.
ner and hearty greeting in the hearts
Of the people of the United States,
for they themselves are daring and
fearless. During the last twelve years
Sir William has explored the Hima-
layas. searched for information in
Egypt and in the far east, traversed
the Alps, the Andes and Spitzbergen,
and approached the confines OF dis
covery In the arctic regions. He Is no
common traveller and explorer. He goes
for scientific and geographical research
that the world may know more OF what
1t contains. Sir William is enroute to
Bolivia to make a second exploration
and survey OF the Andes.
In 1898 Sir William conceived the
Idea Of exploring the Andes 10 ascer-
tain their secrets and compare them
with what he had discovered in the
Alps and the Himalayas. He assembled
the Illimani peaks. the highest one be-
ing 1880 feet above the level Of the
sea- He was the first white man, and
more than likely the first human be-
ing. to explore these peaks since the
days OF the Incas, once powerful and
highly cultivated people, but who were
In their decline as a nation when Pi
zarro swooped down upon them will
Spanish soldiers and took their coun
try from them.
Traces OF the Inca civilization still
remain showing that people to hay'
been a superior race. Their system o
land tenure was not so very unlike tn
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25

Henry George theory of land owner
ship. In addition to that the govern
ment was something like a cross be-
tween communism and socialism. AS
a race they were agricuiturists and
stock raisers- mostly sheep herders-
The law was that when the planting
season opened the men would plant the
kings fields first. and then pass on
from field to field until the fields of
all the people had been planted. Guilt
walton and harvesting followed in like
manner. Gold and silver were used for
ornaments, but not for money. except
with foreigners. and all other KIND oil
trade was done by the government.
The business OF the people between
themselves was strictly trade and bar
ter. As to their mechanical skill, 1t is
said that the world has nothing to
show in the way of stone cutting and
fitting equal to that displayed in Inca
stone structures, many of which are
standing. 1t is but reasonable 10 sup
pose that such people would explore
every foot of the Andes for precious
metals as well US iot SeuSAaA iAAoA W0
ton.
Sir William found as much difficulty
in persuading the superstitious Indians
to carry his packs as he did in reach
ing glaciers zigzag fashion and work
Ing around gaping crevasses. The In
dams stiil revere and fear the tradi-
tional god of the Illimani, for he is not
the kind of mountain god to take
kindly to trApassing upon his
premises. No difficulty worth men
| tioning was experienced up to
the 16,700-foot level. but 1t took
three days Of perilous travel
Ing In an atmosphere intensely rari-
fied to travel the other 5000 feet Al
nearly every step there was danger OF
going down to death in q crevasse OF
| OF being crushed by the fall Of Ice and
snow from above.
Twice Sir William caught himself
walking in his sleep from sheer fatigue
Il was climb from lower to higher
aumit all the way. and when the tor
sf the highest peak was reached their
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25

Personally stephen Crane was one OF
the coolest and bravest men l have
ever known. He was, in way. a fatal
ist, and his favorite saying was that
what is to be is not to be lodged, and
let worry go hang. Richard Harding
Davis said that he was the coolest man
under. fire that he had ever seen, and
he cites Cranes description of the
marine signaling under fire at Guam
tanamo done during the war. Crane
often told the writer that it was his
dearest wish to die In battle, for in his
soul he hated the ordinary, and. GER
tainly 1t is one of the little ironies Of
life that after facing all sorts OF dan
gers by sea and land he should pass
away quietly and conventionally In q
German village.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25
Modern War Not rlc,urr.que.


A charge, such as the Beers make. is
robbed of all story-book picturesque
ness and glamor The glitter of sword
and bayonet, the smoke and flame, the
bright uniforms, the inspiring cheers.
the precision of serried ranks. the gall
lantly carried battle-fiags to be pres
emily planted on the earthworks of the
enemy, are all lacking. They belong
TO the war of the past. In their stead
a crouching. creeping line of dirt
covered men. shufiied by the varying
chances of the fight out of all SEM
blance of order; brown. bare sun
scorched, bowlder-fiecked ridges. dot
ted here and there with stunted BUSH
es, hazy With heat, and alive with pro-
jectiies; the keen rattle of riiie-fire.
punctuated by the suffering of ma
chine guns. and broken into full
periods by the reverberating road or
heavy artillery. now and again seem
ing TO die only to break out afresh;
and all this for hour after hour. each
passing moment claiming a victim to
sprawl in agony on the superheated
rocks. Such is modern war. as typified
in South Africa today. From with
the Boer Army" by Thomas F. Mil.
lard, In the June Scribners.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25

The whole of the medical stan en-
eared In tending the sick and wounded
in battle are protected by one OF the
articles of the well-k-own Geneva
ronvention--vIz. that they always con-
sn,cuously display tina Red Cross
badge. and refrain from committing
any act of hostility. Prior to the
general adoption OF the tenets OF the
Geneva convention ii was customary
"a mark ambulance wagons and hos
initial tents in the field by large yell
low flag. The sacred character with
xhich emblems were invested at the
time seems to have been beyond dis
mute. for. In connection with this mat
ter. Prof. Lieber writes; 1T is Justly
considered an act OF bad faith. OF In
fanny. or nendishness 70 deceive the
enemy by flags OF protection" An
other sort Of flag protection" land
one about which great deal il be-
Ing heard lust now is the white one
which Is displayed when a truce II
.ousht. Concerning the employment,
NJ this Il seems almost impossible te
preyent misconceptions and abuses
taking place. Yet in no particular are
"the rules of the game" laid down
Thus. a flag OF truce IL only to be re-
snected when It Is used for the gen
nine purpose OF enabling Its bearer t.
have a parley with the enemy. Ii
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-08-25

slowly kindling into a blaze. Al IN.
ENDS tue ropes formed two large loops,
which were well covered over with
cloth. Selling the ropes the faki,
stood rigid and silent for few mo
menis, then with great agility drew
himself up and inserting his legs ir
the loops. he remained In a Sitting
posture ill the fagots were full,
ablaze. Then he drew out his leg,
from the loops up to the ankles. ane
began 10 lower himself slowly. head
downwsrds. Into the arms OF another
strong faAlr. who was waiting 10 TAX,
hold OF him. and who quickly drew hir,
Away from the IRE. The fakir Their
made his body perfectly rigid, ant
closing his eyes he partly covered his
lace with bis hands. which were claspad
round a rosary. He MAS soon ready
10 start. and the man pushed him
foreibiy forward through the flames
which were now burning high. AZ this
fakir swung back he was again pushed
forward. and 30 on continually 10.
abo1t ten or fifteen minutes. He NUT
tered prayer every time he passed
through the flames. and when the wood
was nearly all consumed he was stop
ped, lie quickly raised himself up,
and. Withdrawing his feet from the
loops. sprang TO the ground. He was
apparently somewhat giddy. but he
soon sa, down. and again performed
pooia. as al first