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Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22

they can carry out their plans. They boast that prosperity abounds in the days of their power: that the silver question is dead; that vast anneXations and victorious wars are the triumphs of the Mckinley administration. Good prices which have come to the cotton raiser and the wheat raiser by short crops and the gold discoveries of
 the last few years cannot last when the mines have failed and good crops
 come again. Such prosperity as we see has followed the course of nature,
 and has demonstrated the correctness of the democratic party that d greater
 money supply was needed to end hard times. and has not been scattered
 from the imperial chariot of the re-
 publican party as the bounties of its
 progress
 Mir. Money, of Mississippi, declared his belief that if the production of gold should increase in the next live years as it had increased in the last five there would be demand for the demonetizatioa of gold and the remon- etization of silver. Adverting further along to the introduction of the finance committees amendment re- lating to the continued efforts in favor of international bimetallism, Mir. Money declared that he did not be- lieve in the sincerity of any man who did not at all times stand for his con victions.
 ''l don't know.n said Mir. Money, ''where the demand for the adoption of this bimetallic amendment came from. Has the chairman of the finance committee had his ear to the ground and heard the rumblingS in the west over the pending bill, or has 1t again been proposed to delude the people in view of the fact that this is a presidential campaign year? The fact is, the republican party is abso- lutely faithleSs upon the money ques- tion. That is perfectly evident.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22

The movement to endow the Moody educational plans has received one gift of $50,000, several of S25, 1000, and a large number of Sl0,000 and 5000. The gifts have come from friends of the late evangelistal over the country, St. Louis, San Francisco, Chicago, St. Paul and Boston being represented by specially large checks. The treasurer of the fund declines to give names or totals at present, and will only say that money is coming in fast, and from all principal cities. The movement in England is succeeding also, in spite of the public distraction of the Boer war. The total amount asked for is S3,O00,- 900, and those in charge of raising it say no question any longer exists but that it will all be in hand within short time.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

We'll begin with box, and the plural
 is boxes, But the plural of OK should be oxen,
 not oxes; Then one fowl is goose, but two are
 geese, Yet the plural of mouse should never
 be meese; You may find lone mouse or whole
 nest of mice, Bnt the plural of house is houses, not
 hice; If the plural of man is always called men, Why shouldn't the plural of pan be
 called pen? The COW in the plural may be cows or
 lline, But a COW if repeated is never called
 kline, And the plural of VOW is vows, rever
 vine, And if I speak of foot and you show
 me your feet, And give you boot, would pair
 be called beet? If one is tooth and a whole set is teeth, Why shouldn't the plural of both be beeth? If the singular's this and the plural is these, Should the plural of kiss be nicknamed keese? Then one may be that and three would be those, Yet hat in the plural would never be hose, And the plural cat is cats, not cose. We speak of brother and also breth- ren; But though we say mother we never methren; Then meantime pronouns are he. his and him, But imagine the feminine, she, shis shim, So the English, think. you all will agree, Is the dod rottest language you ever did see.
 Cheyenne Sun-Leader.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
The Man from hiontana.

The Montana bribery case says the
 Washington correspondent of the
 Globe Democrat, possesses fascination
 for the class which iocks to the capital
 to hear and see some new thing. Day
 after day the committee room, one of
 the most spacious in the Senate wing,
 is crowded tO the doors. Details of
 the 5000 and $500 bills which were
 handed about so liberally that bundles of them to the amount of S3o, ,000 are now unclaimed in the custody of a state official, are followed by these vol
 anteer auditors with absorbing atten-
 tion. Sometimes the examination drifts into barren fields, and scores of questions are asked without fruit
 But the lobby stays on patiently hour after hour until the committee wearies and adiourns. So many well-dreSSed men with time to kill over what has to them no personal concern could hardly be found away from Washing boii. .-tHhtol NIdi hi NibNt tltCilpu is the subject of this sensational in- vestigatiQn, spends little time in the committee room, and manifeSts no outward interest in the outcome. But the efforts of an able array of lawyers and the free expenditure of money tell of the fight he is making. Then, too, from all parts of the country through business channels come the influences in his favor. Without re- gard to the merit or the bribery charges, it is plain that the Senator is highly esteemed in the many ramitica- tions of his invested capital. Perhaps it will be interesting to know that while the struggle over the title goes on this remarkable man is taking les sons on the harp.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
Notice for Publication of Time Ap-
 pointed for Proving Will.

In the probate court of the territory of Ari zona, in and for the county Of Gila.
 In the matter of the estate of Joseph Red man, deceased.
 Notice for publication of time appointed foi proving will, etc.
 Pursuant to an order of said probate court made on the 3Oth day of January 1910 notice is hereby given that Friday the lGth day of February, 1900 at 10 o'clock a. m of said day at the court room of said coutt at the town Of Globe, in the said county of Cha, has been appointed as the time and place for proving the will of said Joseph Redman deceased, and for hearing the appli. cation of Eliza NJ. Redman fo. the issuance 10 her Of letters testamentary, when and where any person interested may appear and contest the same
 Dated January 30 1900
 & P NJ THURMOND. ClCrs.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
Notice of Forfeiture.
Globe. Arizona. Jan. IS, 1900,

To Frank Gill and the heirs of Bernard Me Coy, deceased, or to whom 1t may concern: This is to notify you that we, as co-owner, in the Nevada, Half Moon Gold Brick. vir gnia and Charleston mining claims. situated .ir the territory of Arizona, county of Giia. and more particularly described on pages 27s. 27t and 277, book No G of the Ciila County Mining Records. have done and performed the annual work on said claims for tlDe year 1899
 This therefore, is 10 notify you that fl you do not pay your full proportion of the costs of said work together with tb4 costs of this ad- yertlsement, within ninety days after the ex. piration of this notice yCur interests in said mining claims as cO-ownerS will utterly cease, and by operation of law became the property of the undersigned
 J. $, MATTHEWS.
 WINTHROP HOUSE. Globe, Arizona, Jan. H. l9O0 god
Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
Notice of Forfeiture.

Mrs. Lucia Weston. Cformerly Mrs. Ream, her heirs or assigns or to whom it may concern:
 This k to notify you that, us co-owRers fin the Middlesex mining claim, situated in the territory Of Arizona, county Of Gila. and more particularly described on page 3Si book No. 9, of the Gila County Mining Records, have done and performed the annual work on said claim for the year 1899.
 This therefore, is to notify you that if you do not pay your full proportion Of the costs of said work, together with the costs of this ad yertsement, within ninety days after the ex. piration or this notice your interests in said mining claims as co-ownerS will utterly cease, and by operation of law become the property of the undersigned.
 DENIS MURPHY.
 JAMES RILEY Globe. Arizona. Jan. IS, 1900
Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Samuel Mulligan, deceased Notice is hereby given by the Undersigned administrator of the estate of Samuel Multi. gan. deceased, to the creditors of 3Dd all per sons having claims against the said deceased to exhibit them. with the necessaIy vouchers within four months after the first publication of this notice to the said administrator, at his place Of business, the same being the place for the transaction of the business of sail estate, in said county of Ga
 VIM. MULLIClAN. Administrator of said deceased,
 Dated this l2tA day of January. 1900 4t
Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
Awful.

Why are the mules so so restless?" inquired the Boer commander.
 ''They have just heard that Hay has arrived at Pretoria, elucidated the subordinate. Chicago News.
Arizona silver belt., 1900-02-22
Speaker Henderson's Historic GaveI.

Speaker Henderson does not use the rosewood gayel that was presented to him by his friends in Iowa the other day The confusion in the house makes 1t necessary for the speaker to use more substantial weapon. Speaker Reed used large ivory hammer with strong handle, and pounded so hard that the top of the desk was reduced to Siyers about every three months and had to be re- placed by an oaken plank at least twice and sometimes three times dur ing the session. Tine rosewood gayel, which was made by Col. Henderson Iowa friends from wood taken out Of Admiral Montoios flagship in Manila harbor, hangs in the speakers room and is greatly admired. New York Journal.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03
THE LITERARY CLUB.

The meeting at the club was un
usually interesting last Tuesday
evening. After a piano solo by
Miss Richards, Miss Breneman re-
cited "Life's Lessvn", by James W..
Riley Mr.. Oslin opened the de-
bate, Resolved: That there is more
power in the press than in the pull
pit. He was aided by Miss Ethel
Brown and Miss Fannie Hall and
opposed by Miss Tupper, Mr.. Miles
and Prof. Schulz. The Judges, DR..
Redan, Miss Wilcox. and Mr.. More
house, decided in favor of the affirm
ative. A serenade, 'Sleep. Lady,
Sleep" was rendered by a male
quartet, followed by extemporane-
Gus speeches upon subjects passd
around on slips Of paper. This
was new departure much enjoyed
by all.
Next week the "H" " rim"
Crane" W."
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03
A Night Of Terror.

"Awful anxiety was felt for the
widow Of the brave General Burnham
of Machias, Me-, when the doctors
said she would die from Pneumonia
before morning. writes Mrs. S: H..
Lincoln, who attended her that fear-
full night, but she begged for DR.:
Kings New Discovery, which had
more than once saved her life, and
cured her of Consumption. After
taking, she slept all night, This
marvellous medicine is guaranteed to
cure all Throat Chest and Lung Dis
eases. Only soc and $I.oo. Trial
bottles free at all drug stores.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03

It is our opinion that there
ought to be a real friendly re-
lation between the visitors at
Pinehurst and Southern
Pines, They are all from the
bleak and chilly North, and
down South they ought to 40
as the warm. hearted, genial
Southerners do-knoW every
body in a hundred miles; and
to assist in a friendly cooper
alton, the FRFE PRESS has in
duced the Clay Pigeon Club
to move it's grounds from the
hill, east of the depot. to a
pointDn the Pinehurst trolley
line, west of the Sea board Air
Line, where it will be very
convenient for the Pinehurst
people, I'VE have also ar
ranged to have half of the
sports there during the fes-
tive days Of February 2lst
and 221d, and the citizensand
visitors Of Pinehurst are ear
nestly invited and urged to
be our guests and enjoy the
fun with us.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03
THAT "" !"

Well, where did it come from, and
who was the sender? No name, no
claim for notice. We would like to
shake hands with the good-hearted
fellow. He, or it may be a she; who
knows anyway? Our heartfelt thanks
for the contribution; and we are going
to invest it in another trap which our
gun club has needed SO much, and it,
the trap, shall be known as trap "V, :"
in memory of our good unknown
friend, who had given the editor and
the whole-soul boys who have
stood by him in the clay-pigeon shoot
ing contests with SO much credit; but
he or she, has really given us more
credit than. we deserve, for we are
amusing ourselves rs we'll as others;
we are enjoying the sport as much as
the visitors. 1t is true it has cost us
25c piece for "shot and SHELF each
day, but we got fun enough out of it
to pay for that, and whats the use for
friend Nv" to give us 50 much credit
when we are enjoying the pleasure as
much as yourself But we will tell
you one thing, your letter and 5-dol-
lar bill will make us feel like doing
more in the future than we have done
in the past.
Our people are not slow; fhey are
willing 70 do their duty. The gen
tle1nan in charge of the land interest
at Southern Pines is hustler and
don't you forget it, but he is busy
man, and cant give Southern Pines
all his attention, but his representa-
tives here are ready to put their hands
to the plow at any time. The hotel
men, the boarding house people, the
business men. of the town and the
home e-owners have never said no to a
single request, and Mr.. V, instead Of
|cotntnerdi ling the FREE Press fordo-
fng ~ niuc1h, and tfe peopie f0f doing
SO little, you will have to apologize
to the people, and condemn the Free
Press, for if we had only thought
what to do and suggested something
our people would have come forward
and backed us up in substantial way,
There is nothing slow about the citi-
zens and business people Of Southern
Pines, and if you will stay here dur
ing the season you will see things SO
lively that you will have to just hold
your "bref" until the procession
passes by; or the people will make
YOU laugh until your sides get sore,
for they have already been planning
for more amusing and fun making,
than was ever crowded into one win
ter season. So say we all.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03
EDGERToN Bros,
Liu0ru 81 Sale Skabl6

we have our stables full OF fine sad
die, buggy and carriage horses-as
Ine a lot as was ever seen IN this sec
ton. We invite you to see them and
when in Southern Pines remember us
when you want ride or drive: New
rios new saddles and fine horses.
Hunting privileges for our custom
ers. Careful drivers, no sorry horses;
stables near depot; baggage transthr
4,r1rrc r1rT MO On
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1900-02-03

Miss Laura 2iersQp of canailaait
qua, New Yorts, arrived last Meek
and /. I d " ,2|'l oeas p lnnj a !.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-22
Garlana ana the va-sin..n.

Cleveland's first attorney general,
Garland-a specimen Of what Lincoln
called the plain Deople-was born in
Arkansas and raised" In blue jeans
One day, at the department Of Justice,
he received visit from Virginia gen.
tleman of aristocratic manner, who
bored him horribly with talk about
FIRST families"
ut seems to me, suh," said the visit
or at last. that there are Gyarlands in
Moth Ca'lina. I once met a gentle
man named Henry Gyarland. from
that state. May ask, sub, If he was
relative of yoursT
First cousin" replied Mr.. Garland
shortly. "He was hanged for horse
stealing"
A look of Ill conceived horror and dis.
gust came over the visitors counte.
nance. Then, drawing on his gloves, he
rose to his feet, took up bis hat, and
waving hand toward the walls Of the
room, said: "a fine collection of por.
traits you have here, Mr.. Gyarland
Your predecessors in Office, I pre-
sume?"
"Yes," grunted Mr.. Garland. The
Virginian stalked out, evidentlyl glad
to make his escape, and the attorney
general, turning to his chief clerk
grinned and remarked:
He'll never bother me any mre."-
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-22
How Helena Won.

LET me tell you something funny
about the capital of Montana" chats
Victor Smith. "In 1892 the competition
rested between Helena, Anaconda,
Butte City, Bozeman, Great Falls, Deer
Lodge and Boulder, without decision.
In 1894 it was reduced to a match be-
tween Helena and Anaconda w. A.
Clark was for Helena. Marcus DAILY
was for Anaconda. Anaconda seemed
to have the best Of it, when the genius
Of Clark prevailed. He made no at
tempt at bribery. He just said to
every voter he could lay hands on:
eff you want a dead cinch, I'll
give it to you. Go and bet $1,000 at
even money or any odds you please
that Helena will be the capital. If you
lose, I'll make good the $4,000. If you
win, you return my $1,000 and keep
the winnings
Needless to say, Helena was chosen.
And the arrangement did not cost
Clark a cent."-Kansas City Journal.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-22
Bunsen and Hi. veal cu,,.t.

Observation-Disclosures was a marked
trait in Bunsen's character, and many
amusing anecdotes are told of the diff
culties 1t brought him. The statement
that he remained bachelor because
he forgot his wedding day is of course
apocryphal, as is the other about his
putting on a suit of garments on the
top of others that he had forgotten to
take off, but the following came under
my personal observation:
Bunsen used to dine every day at a
little table reserved for him in a res
taurant connected with the hotel in
which 1 lived. One spring he fell into
the habit of ordering veal outlets and
asparagus as the chief item for his
meal, and without reflection or feeling
that a change Of diet would be agree
able he continued to order "kalbs
cotelette and spargeP' daily for several
weeks until one day the kellner grave
ly Informed him that asparagus was no
longer In season and could not be sup
piled.
Bunsen seemed to be immensely TAX
en- aback and to realize for the first
time that he had been dining on one
dish for long period. He soon re-
covered himself, however, and asked
the waiter for the bill of fare, from
which, after careful examination, he
ordered mutton chops and peas, and
this was his daily diet up to the time
| changed my hotel.-Science.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-22
cowbey Rl.cknmith,ns. q.

up at my camp near the -Four
Peaks told Jim Bark, the well known
cattleman. "the boys are all handy
with a rife. We've a lot of guns up
there. Most Of the new guns were
bought during the Spanish war, when
we would experiment all day with tree
trunks and rough trenches, learning
the art Of war at home. We found
that bullet from one of the new Win
chesters, driven by smokeless powder.
was good for four feet and more of
pine timber and for more than an inch
Of iron.
Il thought the boys had done about
everything in the shooting line that
could be done long ago, but was mis-
taken. sent them up wagon. In
hauling down some firewood they
broke the holsters all to flinders. The
holsters hold up the wagon bed, you
know. Well, the boys figured out all
right the rebuilding of the wood parts,
but came near being stumped on the
iron f1xings. They got some old iron
wagon tires and cut them in proper
lengths, but hadn't q way that they
could see to punch the necessary bolt
holes. Finally the question was solv-
ed. One Of the boys carefully marked
the places for the bolts, stood the piece
Of tire against tree and put bullet,
80 caliber, through the tire at each
place marked. 1t was a novel sort Of
blacksmithing, but 1t worked.''-Ari
zona Grapevine.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-22
The cournr. nf HauL.

One female bird in her first season
took 80 rabbits, 8 hares and magpies,
and in the next year 210 rabbits, 2 lev
erets, II partridges, 4 magpies and 2
squirrels. A goshawk will go on catch
ing rabbit after rabbit, or take five or
six birds in succession, for they do not
tire like falcons. Nothing comes amiss
to them. Hares, landrails, pheasants,
rabbits, waterfowls, ducks, rats, stoats,
weasels, mice, even a hedgehog is not
despised.
Their headlong courage is simply as
tonishing. They will charge into a
quickest hedge till they have to be cut
out, or dive among rocks and bowl
ders. Captain Bland Of Draycott, near
Stoke-on-Trent, had a goshawk which
stuck to hare till it twice rolled head
over heels. Then the hawk flew after
1t again and was shaken off, while the
hare escaped into a flock of sheep. The
same bird, pursuing a rabbit, flew right
down a large hole in the side of a
quarry and dragged the rabbit out of
it. The 'smash" with which big hen
goshawk goes into an evergreen tree
after a pigeon sounds as if football
had been violently kicked into the
branches.-London Spectator.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-22
A Savage PubIisher.

The late ]. Schabelitz, the famous
Zurich publisher and author, was a
shrewd business man, an excellent lin
guist, skillful writer and probably
the most savage publisher who ever
lived. When he accepted the famous
memoirs Of Count Won Arnim, he wrote
on the postal card with the acceptance
the proviso, II reserve the right to cor
rect your Internally bad grammar"
To an aspiring poet who had sub
mitted manuscript he answered by
postal card: 81 refuse to be disgraced
by printing your doggerel. 1 don't re-
turn the copy because you didn't in
close enough postage. If you will send
it, with the price of this card, will
send 1t to you, but l don't think the
stuff is worth the expense on your
part"
One of his postal cards to a novelist
read about as follows: "For heavens
sake. come and take away the unnam-
able mass Of paper you left here for
me to look at!'
An ambitious historian was crushed
by the following, written, like all of his
correspondence, upon a postal card:
"You are making the mistake Of your
life. You don't want to study history
You want to learn how to write."-Sat-
urday Evening Post.
Amador ledger., 1900-06-22
The Burglars, Terror.

A burglar, well known to the police
Of the larger cities, who was recently
taken into custody, told reporter that
"a little dog" was more terrifying to
the profession" than any burglar
alarm or detective.
Gums be blowedr said he. I'm dead
willin to take chance wild a fly cop,
too, and the tinklers and stitch amt
troublin me a little bit. But bit of a
dorg! Yessir, I hates them little
'purps' worse'n poison. The big fel-
lers-St. Bernards and them-you kin
make friends with. Give them bit of
meat and they're all right. But when
one of them little dorgs comes at you,
a-barkin and yelpin, you got to skin out
quick or you finds the hull house atop
Of you.
"There amt no maxim friends with
them. They know you don't b'long
there, and they're just a-goin to git
you out or know the reason why! The
Come, Fido, nice doggy racket amt
a-goin to help you at all. There's only
one thing to do when them little fellers
gets to hollerin round your heels. Just
git out as fast as you kin git! Nine
times out of ten that amt fast enuff,
neither"-New York Mail and Ex-
prpss
Amador ledger., 1900-06-22
Her Pet Superstition.

1t is inconvenient at times, to say the
least, to be the superstitious woman.
No matter how hurried she may be, she
feels obliged to take time to dispel the
hoodoo. And, as If there were not
enough signs and superstitions already
we'll known to keep the ordinary per-
son busy, those who Travelled down
town on the west side elevated train
the other morning learned Of another.
Somewhere up town a woman came
into the car and walked its full length
before she found a vacant seat At
Twenty-third street she absentminded-
ly fell in line with the other shoppers
and started toward the door. She was
almost out when the thought of what
she was doing flashed into her mind.
The idle passengers, ready to be inter-
ested in anything, were surprised to
see her right about face and start to-
ward the other end of the car. She
reached the door just as the guard
closed the gate. A little verbal per-
siflage ensued.
Let me out! Let me out" she COM
manded. But the guard stood firm
''Why didn't you get out the other
door?" he said. 81 will go out the same
way l came in," she said, with great
dignity. And down she rode to the
next station, all on account of her pet
uperstition.-New York Sun.