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Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

The man who experimental on his
face with a chemical preparation war
ranted to remove the beard without a
razor has acquired some information
as to the action of certain acids on the
.human cuticle which will be of advan-
tage to other adventures as well as
himself This would be dull world
If nobody had any curiosity and every
body had sense.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14
MOROCCO TO BE DUNNED FOR
THAT INDEMNITY.
Consul Commere and Kentucky Going
to Fee.

Consul C0mmere and Kentucky U0lng
to Fee.
Washington, Dec. 1.-The State De-
partment today sent instructions to
United States Consul Gummere, at
Tangiers, Morocco. to proceed to the
capital of that country as far as pos
sible on the United States man-of-war
to present afresh the claim of the
United States for indemnity on account
of the murder of Marcus Ezagui, a
naturalized American citizen, who was
killed in June. 1900. The warship,
which probably will be the Kentucky,
recalled from Smyrna for that purpose,
will convey the Consul from Tan
giers to Mazagan, which is the near
est port to Fee, the capital of Morocco.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14
FRIGHTFUL COLLISION.
Trains Crash Together on Mexican
Central Road.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. Edward
Risch of this city has just arrived with
details of terrible wreck of two
trains on the Mexican Central Rail-
road last Thursday, by which more
than a score Of persons were killed
and sixty injured, many of them ia
tally. Both trains were running at 80
miles an hour. when they met in val
ley between two great hills, so miles
south of Jumilico, midway between the
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14
Decline of Whaling.

Whale fishing is not extinct in the
United States, but it is gradually and
slowly becoming SO. From 1850 to 1875
the annual product Of the American
whale fisheries fell from 100000 barrels
of sperm oil to $4,000, of whale oil from
100000 to $4,000, and Of whalebone
from 5000, 900 pounds to 100000.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

If 1t is left to China to select the off,
Gals who are to be punished, few of
them will suffer. 1t is an old trick In
China to select substitute and bride
him to die for the sake Of the family.
Human life is cheap there. and this sort
Of quick life insurance" Is common.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

Ohicial approval encourages women
10 don the short skirt. The State
Board OF Health of Connecticut,
through its secretary, DR.. G. A. Lind
ley, describes long skirts on the streets
as pickers of filth. The short skirt is
especially commended to teachers as q
guarantee to that extent that microbes
Will not be swept by it from the thor
oughfares into the schoolroom. Not for
teachers only but for all women is the
short skirt to be commended for out
doors. Its advantages are many. 1t
enables woman to walk more freely,
throwing her shoulders back, keeping
her hands and arms for defense in case
OF attack or accident and at the same
time protecting her from ENHANCEMENT
In wheels or other Instructions in case
Of runaways. For this reason Inc iron
tradition of the long-trained saddle
gown has been broken. That tradition
sacrifices more lives among women
riders than all other causes Of horse
back fatalities The hygienic virtues
of the short skirt are SO obvious that
they need no recapitulation. Even on
the dry and clean walks Of private
grounds and dwellings a trailing skirt
is liable to garner microscopic germs.
The dust Of a city finds its way
through the closest doors and windows
and burrows with its pests in carpets.
For city streets the long skirt is an
amazing sign Of stupidity on the part
Of the wearer. The hour may arrive
when ordinance will forbid crossing
sweeping by textures certain to trans
port danger from ordure and sputa into
public halls, churches and schools to
the peril of humanity. 1t is perversely
claimed by some too fanatical oppo-
nents of the common-sense skirt that
all women wear the short skirt out
doors now except those whose feet are
not properly shod or are otherwise un-
presentable. This is clearly a SANDER.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

A curious coincidence in this pecu-
lating bank clerk business is that the
bank mostly finds the clerk out by the
time that it finds itself out consider
ably.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

The question has been raised as to
whether girls of 20 ought to be allowed
70 ch0ose their sown reading, and
whether there are not pitfalls in libra
ries for those who are permitted to
browse about at will. Like other prob
LENS Of this kind, one is compelled to
admit that 1t all depends upon the girl.
and IL the girl is like most girls Of 20
1t will not much matter what one says;
she will have her way. The difficulty
about putting only the best books in a
girls way is like that Of insisting upon
certain kind of porridge; it may re-
suit In distaste for books of any kind.
There are times in girls life when
she prefers pickles to the most whole
some article of diet, and when she en-
Joys the clandestine consumption of
chocolate creams more than the most
nourishing Of family feasts. There is
the pickle and chocolate stage in novel
reading, and q time when the flaming
bit of fiction under the pillow is worth
q dozen of the standard novels on the
library shelves. But girl who escapes
for time from prosaic world into an
imaginary kingdom Of perpetual love-
makings. peopled by feverish scraps Of
femininity, comes at last to detect and
be repealed by the unnaturalness. and
absurdities. In time she will come 10
have q natural hunger for the normal
and the true, just as she gets over her
abnormal cravings for pickles .and
chocolates. 80 s 49, !
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

A woman in New York the other day
thrashed two street car rowdies who
were making things too interesting for
the conductor. Thus does woman's
sphere widen as she becomes the cham
pion of weak man and the redressor
Of his wrongs.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

An Alameda baker has left town for
good because the Health Officer caught
him in the act of throwing a large
piece of dough into the bread vat, that
he had just dropped in the mud.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

Some people never appreciate their
own good conduct unless they hear a
shocking story on a neighbor at least
once a week.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

If a person is i'll and needs medi-
cine is It not wise to get one that has
stood the test of time and has hun
dreds of thousands of cures to its
credit?
A great many women who are illtry
everything they hear of in the way Of
medicine, and this experimenting with
unknown drugs is constant menace
to their already impaired health.
This seems to us very unwise, for
periments and have been known years
and years to be doing only good.
Take for instance Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; for thirty
years its record has been one un-
broken chain of success. No medicine
for female ills the world has ever
known has such record for cures.
It seems so strange that some people
will take medicines about which they
really know nothing, some of which
might be, and are, really harmful
while on the other hand it is easily
proved that over one million women
have been restored to health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
We have published in the news
papers of the United States more
genuine testimonial letters than have
ever been pu blished in the interest of
any other medicine.
All this should, and does, produce
spirit of confidence in the hearts of
women which is difficult to dislodges
and when they are asked to take some
thing else they say, No, we want
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, which has been tried, and
never found wanting, whose reliability
is established far beyond tts expert
mental stage"
We have thousands of letters like the
following addressed to Mrs. Pinkham,
showing that
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14
The oldest Christian hymn.
Not Self Conscious.

II will say remarked the young "
man. '.that he is not afflicted with til
self consciousness which marks {,
person of deficient culture"
No answered Miss Cayenne. 81
isn't o all self conscious. He will h,
tiresome by the hour without being T.
the least aware OF WashinGtei
Star.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

About six months before man buys
his first glasses, he begins to find fault
with the quality of the lights at hia
house.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

Look after the transmitter OF your
telephone, see that 1t Is kept clean, and
you may possibly escape infection and
an unforeseen doctors bill. Besides,
not to do it is wrong.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14


Fertile as Chicago is in crime, and
always leading the lists with it's contri-
buttons to the weird and horrible, the
last offering surpasses any since the
Undertook case. A young woman is in
duced to insure her life and transfer the
policy to her betrothed husband. Then
she dies under peculiarly suspicious
circumstances that point to the bene-
fciary under the policy transfer, and
the insurance companies resist pay
ment upon the assumption that she has
been murdered in order to defraud
them. The lover and practicing ply
sician is placed under arrest. 1t is then
shown that there was conspiracy
formed by three or four more, two Of
whom were detectives, Of whom one is
In custody. Then, as was to be ex-
pected. the whole case was revealed,
and the detective, to save his miserable
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

If you would have Mary marry sim
gle letter inserted in the proper place
will bring about the desired result
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

The Shah of Persia announces that
be Is going to write book. He can
AFFORD to. He doesn't have to run for
bis Office.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

YOU KNOW WHAT you ARE TAKING
When you take Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic
because the formula Is plainly printed every
bottle showing that is is simply Iron and Qui-
nine in tasteless FORM No. Cure. No pay. Soc.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

It cost to take the census $15, 600, 900.
That Is q large sum, but 1t is only 20
cents apiece for each citizen.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14
Two Letters which Prove
that Lydia e. Piniklsans,s
Vegetable Compound WIN
Remove 7uy,s0s' and Cure
Other. female Weakness

g Two years ago I was great
sufferer from womb trouble and pro-
fuse flowing each month, and tumors
would form in the womb. had four
tumors in two years. went through
treatmerit with doctors, but they did
me no good, and thought would
have to resort to morphine.
sThe doctor said that all that could
help me was to have an operation and
have the womb removed, but I had
heard of Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and
decided to try it, and wrote for her
advice, and after taking her Vegetable
Compound the tumors were expelled
and / began to get stronger right
along, and am as well as ever before.
Can truly say that / would never had
gotten well had it not been for Lydia
E. Pinkham's Compound. MARY "A.
STAHL, Watsontown, Pa.
After following the directions
given in your kind letter for the treat
ment of leucorrhea, / can say that /
have been entirely cured by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's remedies, and
will gladly recommend them to my
friends. "A. B. DAvIDs, Binghamton,
N
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14
A SLEEPY GUEST.
why the Lady of the House Was In.
dignant Over His Conduct

why the Lady of the House Was In.
dignant Over His Condnct.
There is well known legal light of
Chicago who is in deep disgrace with
out the shadow Of an excuse for him
self to bolster mp his sinking spirits.
He went out to Hyde Park tile other
night to dine informally with some
friends, and his hostess. who had been
married but short time, put herself
out to entertain him. The dinner was
excellent, and the judge did full JUS
~, and the biggest, most padded leath
er chair was put at the guests dispos-
nj. With Il sigh lie sank into it's cav
rrnors depths and prepared for luxu-
riOus evening with a good cigar ahead
Vt him. Brilliantly his hostess rambled
pn. She told stories that We're witty,
and she gently deferred to his views,
but presently he left her to do all the
talking. in the midst of striking ac-
count of Il theater party she stopped
with a jerk. There was no response
and dead silence punctuated only by
gentle and regular breathing. The
Judge was fast asleep III his big chair.
There was no doubt Of it. Nothing
could conceal the fact. With one in.
dignant and comprehensive glance at
her plainly delighted husband she
arose and majestically swept up stairs.
And she did not go down again.
1t was some time later when her
her. He lad not respected her wrath
to last "Did-did you think you were
badly treatcd!" he asked.
How long did he sleep?'' asked the
still insulted wife.
Again the grin oyerspread her bus
bands face. but he spoke in a sad tone,
rs betitted the occasion. Nearly ar
hour" he brcathed Il wouldn't mind
pacifically.
Then it was the worm turned
Mind" she stormed 'Of course y
wouldn't, only you have grounds now
for the rest of your life for saying !
talk so much it puts people t" sleep!.
And she wept-Chi,ago News
The Oldest Christian Hymn.
The oldest Christian hymn was com
posed not only by a pagan, the Roman
Emperor Adrian. but by prosecutor
OF Christians as well. The hymn be-
gins with the line "Vital spark of
heavenly Owe and was written be
tween the years 76 and 1873 A. D.. the
dates of the emperor's birth and death.
The hymn was paraphrased by Alex
amber Pane in tha early mart Of the
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14
Monthly Suffering IS Az
ways Cured by lydia e.
Pinkhans,s Vegetable
Compound, also Back
ache and Bearing
pains.

- suffered untold agony every
month and could get no relief until
tried your medicine; your lie tier of ad.
vice and few bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound have
made me the happiest woman alive. /
shall bless you as long as live. MISS
JOE SAUL, Dover, Mich.
:" Four years ago I had almost given
up hope of ever being well again.
was afflicted with those dreadful head
ache spells which would sometimes
last three or four days. Also had
backache, bearing pains, leucor-
rhHa, dizziness, and terrible pains at
monthly periods, confning me to my
bed. After reading SO many testi-
monials for your medicine, concluded
to try it. began to pick up after
taking the first bottle, and have con-
tinued to>gain rapidly, and now feel
like different woman. / can recon-
mend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound in the highest terms to all
sick women. MISS Rosa HELDEN,
126 W.. Cleveland Ave-, Canton, o.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14

The Galveston News speaks of diver
sified farming in the light Of ''self de-
Tense crops
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1900-12-14
Another. Case of Womb,
Kidney and BIa Oder
Trouble Cured by Lydia
K. Pxsalklbas,s,s Vegetable
G0s,,s,Gusad.

"DEAR FR1END-Two years ago had
child-bed fever and womb trouble in
it's worst form. For eight months after
birth of babe was not able to sit up.
Doctors treated me, but with no help.
l had bearing-down pains, burning in
stomach, kidney and bladder trouble
and my back was stiff and sore, the
right ovary was badly affected and
everything ate distressed me, and
there was bad discharge.
st was confined to my bed when
wrote to you for advice and followed
your directions faithfully, taking
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, Liver Pills and using the Wash,
and am now able to do the raost of my
homework. l believe l should have
died If it had not been for your Com
pound. I hope this letter may be the
result of benefiting some other suffer
ing woman. 1 recommend your Com
pound to every one. MRS. MARY
VAUGHN, Trimble. Pulaski Co Nv
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-27
OUGHT TO BE PROUD OF 1T.
Our Congress the Most Interesting
Body Of Men in the World.

a. l.. Coolidge in Ainsocs.
"'rhc congress of the United States
is the most interesting body of men in
the world. 1t comes nearer to being Il
representative body than any other
that ever eNistc d. 1t is the micrOcosm
of the republic. presenting in concen-
tration all the extraordinary peculiari-
ties of the nation whose work 1t Is Sc
lected to perform. Its average of abil-
ity is higher than that of any other
parliamentary body on earth. Each
of its members represents larger con-
stitucncE than is represented by any
single member of European parlia-
mcnt. and with very few exceptions
each member is a good representative
of the constituency for which he
stands. Those who snccr at congress
and at congressman sneer at the voters
who selected them. Luckily that sort
of thing is going out of fashion. Peo-
pie are beginning To appreciate con-
gress for what it really is, and it is get
ting better all the time.
There are very few members either of
the house or of the senate who are not
of native birth. To be exact. there are
just sixteen representatives and six
senator's who were not born in the
United States. In the Fifty-siXth con-
gress, curiously enough, one of the
members is Henderson, the speaker,
who is a SCotchman But he is as genu-
inc an American as there is in the land.
Considering the proportion of foreign
to native born In the United States the
percentage is insignificant. especially
when it is remembered that the aver
age member of congress is one who
has been given to moving about the
world and shifting his environment.
Out of 352 members of the present
house only PIT represent the states in
which they were born. and of this
number only Il few still live in the con-
gressioral district where they first saw
light. The average congressman is a
hustler. He has been ambitious or else
he would never have found his present
place. That he has been successful in
some measure goes without saying, and
the fact that so many of them have
broken away from their early sur
roundings, and have gained new sue
cesses in new fields. simply goes to
show something of the energy and force
that have helped to make the Ameri-
can congress what it is.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-27
Y. w. G. A. NOTES.

Tho advertisement party in the gymnasium on
Saturday evening was most enjoyable affair.
The making OF fudge was one of the features
OF the evening and proved very entertaining.
The candy was all very well made and Was pro'
nounccd excellent.
The literature class, under Mrs. Friedwald meets
tonight The girls are still studying ''lvanhoe"
and find II more interesting than they ever sup
posed. Even the ones who are fond OF Sir Walter
scott's hooks say that they see new beauty in
"Ivanhoe." most cordial invitation to join
this class is extended 10 all girls and women.
The girls club expects 10 begin definite line
OF work in short time. They are 10 have some
light cooking lessons, learn TO make candy and
little fancy things for Christmas. The still
younger girls are in department by themselves.
They will also have much OF the same work and
also the waitress course, in which they will be
taught how TO prepare the table for breahiast,
luncheon and dinner and 10 serve nicely at all
OF these meals.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-27
COURT HOUSE NEWS NOTES.

In the case Of d. b. Reploge against James
+. Singer the rule 10 mtc,plead, Yesterday WAS
discharged.
NJ. II. Lennon was yesterday released from jail
on 500 bail furnished by Thomas J. Mofitt' OF
Carbondale
The will oi Thomas Coocan, late "i Carbondal',
was admitted to probate yesterday and letters
tc,tamentary granted to the widow, Rose Coosan.
The liquor license OF II. +. Mahoncy and NJ j,
Ruldy, OF Lackawanna avenue was yesterday
transferred by ,Ii.ge Kelly to Ruddy n Kane OH
motion of Attorney NJ. F. Conry.
DR.. VI. T.. Meayn brought a suit In assumpsit
against tho Fell township poor district yesterday
to recover Ssil for professional services iroin
Nov |, 1899, to Nov. -, 1900. II. G. Butler IS
his attorney
By order OF court yesterday the case OF the
Continental Trust company against the Wnton
estate was directed to he placed at the head OF
the list for the first week of the January term
Of common pleas,
On petition OF Morgan NJ Williams, of Taylor,
represented by Attorney john VI. Harris, court
Yesterday appointed Thomas Ilandley guardian
Of John and Robert l''nns, minor childieh OF
William j. Burns deceased
The order sending Robert Hand to the House
oi Refuge, at Philadelphia, Was yesterday rc'
vokcd upon il being shown that he il above tn.
age at which boys are admitted TO this institu
ton lie will be sent to the Huntington rcform
atory.
The name of Soloman Sgin was yesterday sub
stiuted for that OF Peter siglin on the board Gt
viewers appointed to view the new road in Spring
Brook and Clifton. II appears there is no Peter
sgin and that Soloman Siglin is the one who
was originally meant
The manlamus TO compel Burgess II. Willis
Reese, of Old Forge borough, To show cause why
he does not sign the tenyear electric light con-
tract provided for by ordinance of councils, WAS
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-27
California Excursions.

Leaving Washington every Monday.
Wednesday and Friday at 10.45 p. M,
via Southern Railway, New Tourist
Sleepers. personally conducted, so
through to San Francisco with out
change of cars. conductors or pOrters.
The route is through Atlanta, Mont
gomery. New Orleans, Houston, San
Antonio, New Mexico, Arizona and
Southern California. The cars are the
very latest pattern of Pullman Tourist
Sleepers, brentwood finish. high back
seats, sixteen sections, supplied with
linen, etc, same as standard sleepers.
lighted with Pintsch gas, wide vesti-
bulc, double sash. roller curtains.
layatory and smoking room for gen.
tlemen, and two retiring rooms for
ladies.
Three and one-half days to Mexico
and Arizona. four days to Los Angeles
and five days to San Francisco. The
Tourist Car fare is less than via any
other route, saving from $500 to $780, 90
for the trip.
Chas. l.. Hopkins. District Passenger
Agent, Southern Railway. 1928 Chest
nue. street. Philadelphia, Pa, will he
pleased to furnish all information. -