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Arizona republican., 1900-09-27
SOME MILITARY LUXURIES.
Even the Common Soldier These Days
 Is Entitled to Certain Ones.

Washington-Field Marshal Count von Waldersees campaign house, ? with seven rooms and bath, which he is carrying with him for a movable head quarters in China, is the very latest wrinkle in military luxury. It is de- scribed as a light, fireproof and water proof dwelling, constructed on the knock down principle, so as to be read fly taken to pieces and put up again when wanted for occupancy. The ma terial of it is asbestos, and light wag- ons will be used for its transportation in the field. Erected hastily like a house of cards, and supplied in a jiffy with it's furniture Qikewise carried along with the column), it will provide the commander-in-c chief with all the comforts of home at every halting place on the march.
 There is a popular notion to the effect that luxury is inappropriate to the warrior. Much criticism, as will be re- membered, was elicited by the porcelain bath tub which accompanied General Miles on his trip to Florida at the out break of the war with Spain. It is true that the tub in question was mere ly an appurtenance of a parlOr car, but, it was asked, why should a soldier bathe in a porcelain receptacle? War is an ascetic profession, or ought to be such. The knights of old never bathed. Their metal costume was not adapted for ablutionary purposes, and they had other and more important business on hand. Is there mentioned in all liter ature a single instance of a knight taking a bath?
 Whenever congress happens to learn of any luxurious indulgence by an off cer of the army-such, for example. as the keeping of a cow-there is a move ment to cut down pay and allowances. Nevertheless, rank in the service today carries with it opportunities for luxury especially if the rank be high-which were undreamed of in the early days of this ambitious republic. It is on rec ord that George Washington, when commander-in-c chief of the forces, was obliged to subsist for a good while chiefly on sweet potatoes, and that, on a certain occasion, he was driven to borrow a leg of mutton in order to pro- vide for the decent entertainment of an honored guest.
 Lieutenant General Miles, who is now SuDJtCl Only lO ICSINlGul AhCI>lIllcy, tue commander-in-ch of our army, draws $11 ,O00 a year in pay, in addition to various perquisites. He keeps four horses at the cost of the government, and, in addition, he has an allowance for quarters of five rooms and one kitchen. The government provides him also with five stoves and one range, and with fOrty-four cords of wood per annum. Barring the fuel allowance, he has a right to draw, and does draw, all of these things in the shape of cash which is so much addition to his sal ary.
 A brigadier general or major general is entitled to the keep of three horses at Uncle Sam's expense: a colonel, lieu tenant colonel, major or captain to two only. It is required by the army reg ulations that the animals shall be in actual use for government purposes, but that is taken for granted to be the case with the commanding general.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-27
A TRICK OF THE TRADE.

The managers of many of the theat- rical companies which tour in India and in India only, have a clever way of dispensing entirely with one or two of the most important members of the cast, thereby saving salary expenses and at the same time of insuring that the house shall be crowded. A week or so before, let us say, As company is due to arrive in, say Allahabad. the of ficer in command of the garrison there, or else some citizen who is equally in fuential, receives d courteous letter from A to the effect that two of the
Arizona republican., 1900-09-27
FINANCE.
MATTERS or RECORD.

The following instruments reported by the Phoenix Title Guaranty and Ab- stract company Were filed in the office of the county recorder yesterday:
 Eunice Rickerspn (widow) to Will liam Frederick, deed to lot 13. block ?. BrilIs addition, Phoenix consi; iteration, $500.
 Maricopa county. by board of super visors, to Ed w. Wells, deed to lot Il, block 1, East Tempe.
 w. A. Wharton and wife to J. H. w.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-27

leading members of his (A's) theatrical company have been suddenly taken ill or, it may be, have met With some ac- cident, and asking the Important Per sonage whether he could by any possi- bility induce two well known town residents who have histrionic talents to play the parts, adding slyly that if he can not succeed in doing so it will be useless for the company to visit the town. As rule the Important Person. age falls into the trap.-Spare Mo mentS.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-27
x NEARLY HIRE NOW!
 ONLY FOUR DAYS MORE! ARE YOU ALL READY FOR IT.?

We refer the wild duck Ducks
 
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   S  closer
Arizona republican., 1900-09-27

Jensen, deed to that part of e1A, sw14 of sec l, tp 1 n, 3 e, lying south of Maricopa canal; consideration, s75.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-27

When the average man succeeds III raising the wind he bcgIns to blow about it,
Arizona republican., 1900-09-27

Never stand anywhere within four or five feet of a woman who has Occa- sion to throw an old bottle at a hen.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-27

Clark's meals once eaten, always eaten Open til midnight.
Arizona republican., 1900-09-27

The man who lives on promises alone is not long for this world.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

case, and, as they will fare better under
the VIII she holds than under that first
submitted for probate, there is a strong
probability that the long contest may be
settled.
Like all Of the Western bonanza kings,
the story of James G. Fairs life reads
Ike a drama. The man who left $40, ,001, 900
to be fought over by three children. and
as many women as thought they could
make claims stick, was at the beginning
of his career In California a red-shirted,
hard-muscled miner. He was eighteen
eighteen years old. He was of Irish b rth
but had lived in Illinois since 1S44. For
fourteen years following his arrival on
the golden beach of San Francisco, then
a struggling village of tents and cabins,
he fought adversely. Finally. in a day
of good luck. he located the Hopewell
mine, but, having no capital with which
to develop 1t. sold his claim for 5000.
This sum was the nucleus Of the Fair
fortune.
A week later, infiamed to action by the
tales of the richness of the ComstocI
lode, told by miners who went across the
Sferras from Nevada to California, Fair
crossed the mountains TO CalVeras county
to visit family named Rooney, who had
como from his county in Ireland In this
family was rosy-cheeked. jolly. ambi-
tious daughter. Who had promised to mar
ry Jim Fair when he struck it rich He
had come to claim. her. Size was ready
and Father Casey made them one In
tUice- Two weeiss "a e. they sta1te j, this
ride iTseGIien I'd groom in. red flannel
sil s .sS.+s7t' 2. :, : s~i~i City They tsaV-
eAst;iN'SS.n 20 SON drawn. by a team
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

girls, sometimes only one, more often
none Considering that the girls only
breathing time in the whole week comes
on Sunday afternoon, and then IS only
five hours long, 1t is not strange that
Mrs Cholmeley's little receptions are not
better patronized.
That lady is entitled now to speak with
some authority, and she says that there
are many more good barmalds than evil
ones. The girls usually enter the busI-
ness for the simple reason that almost
all the other lines open to women are
paid so wretchedly that the $3.50 a week
with meals, that barmaids receive seems
like a fortune. Then, there is nothing
degrading about the work, for every bar
maid is called Miss" and the attitude
of most patrons to her is precisely like
that of men in America to Mattresses in
restaurants. In their visits, Mrs. Chol-
meley and her girls have discovered four
barmatds who We're formerly teachers In
Sunday schools, and several spirited ones
who keep a little box on the bar and
make men who swear in their presence
drop into 1t penny whenever they Of
fend. One girl collected 81, and sent II
to a charity fund
SO thus far in their work these good
women are encouraged. In all the four
thousand girls that they have seen only
one has failed to receive them courteous
ly. Most OF them are apparently grate>
full TO ind that they are not considered
outcasts, and when their friends call for
the second time, recognize and receive
them rather warmly. From the pro-
prietors Of the pubs" and the men who
are drinking there the girl visitors say
they have never hao anything but re-
spectful treatment.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

Miss Virginia Fair. Miss Fair was mar,
ried last year to William K Vanderbilt
Jr, and both daughters now move in this
most fashionable circle of New Yorll's
four hundred
The body of Senator James C. Fair
was hardly decently put away in the
grave before the scramble for the mill
lions he left began. The estate was
worth $io,O00e00, prize well worth a
battle.
Senator Fair wrote seven long wills
during the last year Of his Ife but only
three have entered the arena of contest.
The first will was filed for probate at
San Francisco in 1894. BY it Senator
Fair bequeathed S125.C06 to charity. To
his sister and two brothers he left an ag,
gregate of $3.50, 600. After making a few
more bequests, amounting to $780, 900, the
residue was left to a board of trustees,
composed Of w S. FoodfelIow James s.
S&ugus. Louis c. Saugus, and Thomas
Crothers.
The income of the estate was to be d.
vided between the three children, and the
property was not to be finally divided
until the death of the children. The
next clause caused all the trouble. 1t
provided that any woman who might
come forward and lay claim to part OF
the estate should receive $50. This was
the rift in the fabric that he had SO care
fully built which let into it a multitude
of trouble.
As a punishment for Charles, who had
married against his fathers will, there
was clause cutting OFF his children
from participation in the Inheritance.
Charles Immediately prepared to ent3r
suit to set aside the will. Before he
could do so the original Will was stolen.
Then Mrs. Nettie r. Craven, demure,
middle-aged school teacher of Sacramen-
to, stepped on the stage. She had been
q friend Of the senator's, and produced
a will written with a pencil, which, she
said, he had made while visiting her. The
will was like the other, except that the
obnoxious provision relating to Charles
children was absent. This made the will
acceptable to Charles. and, with the con-
sent of his sisters, the will was accepted
as genuine by the heirs.
The prospect looked lovely to every
body concerned, and the public was led
to believe that the estate would be di-
vided without a fight.
Into this happy situation Mrs. Craven
tossed the bomb which was her coup.
Mrs. Craven announced calmly that Sen
ator Fair was more than friend to her
that he was her husband She brought
witnesses to substantiate her claim. The
heirs, relying upon the clause giving al
legged widows and orphans $50 each, did
not contest this point with her. They ad-
mitted the truth of her claim.
Then Mrs Craven. having paved the
way so slIllfully, filed deeds, antedatfng
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

Developments in the Craven-Fair will
contest over the millions of the late Sen
ator James G. Fair, of California, indi-
cate that Mrs. Nettie r. Craven will
come in for a widows share in the vast
estate In a way the admission of Mrs.
CraVen's claims will prove to be to the
Fair heirs the acceptable OF two evils.
Under the pencil will, known as the
Craven WILL" the property is to be di-
vided among the heirs as soon as settle,
ment Is made. By the terms of the old
will. which the heirs formerly upheld and
which Mrs. Craven will probably succeed
I'm breaking, trust clause gives to the
Fair children only the income from the
estate If Mrs. Craven wins in the ap-
peal now pending she will secure sew
eral millions of the fortune of 0,000, 900
left by Senator Fair. There IS now
good chance OF her doing this, as she
not only has new proof of the authen-
ticity of the will, but The heirs see that
they Will fare better, and have virtually
withdrawn all opposition. Her suit was
originally for $1,000, 900.
The contest between Mrs. Craven and
the Fair children has become one of the
most faSlous and picturesque in the his
tory of legal battles. writes a San Fran
cisco correspondent of the Chicago Inter
Ocean. When Senator Fair died, in 1894,
IL was supposed that he was a widower.
His only known wife had been divorced
from him ten years before and died In
San Francisco in 1898. He had three chill
dren, Charles Fair, a wild young fell
low. who had married against his fathers
wishes. and was under a ban, and two
daughters. Mrs. Herman Oelrichs and
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18
Reform for E20, 600 BarnnajdS.
Mrs. Cholmeley. Rich Woman, Is Trying to
Reach and Help Girls Who Work as Bartenders.

There are 120, 600 barmaids in England,
and at various times sundry philanthrop-
ic folk have dreamed of having a law
passed which should disband this extra
ordinary army by preventing the en-
ployment of girls as bartenders. 1t is
maintained that England is far behind
the United States in this matter, and
that the country will go to the dogs un-
less the pretty barmaid is abolished.
But the efforts in this direction have
met little public support. partly because
an English institution is not easily set
aside, and partly because of a general
conviction that the girl behind the bar
is not necessarily bad.
So an attempt in q new and more in
teresting direction has been begun on
behalf of the barmaid. Instead OF be-
ing told that she is probably a sinner,
or soon will be one, she is merely invited
to come to take tea on Sunday afternoon
with a woman who doesn't intend to
preach to her and who would like to be
a good friend. and, to quote her own
words, would like "to give her a bit Of
blue sky to see."
Mrs. Cholmeley, the leader of this
new WOIh, Is d wealthy WOIHdI WuO
Is one of the honorary workers in the
Church army. the great organization with
which the Church of England is un-
Intentionally rIvaling Gen. Booths
Salvation Army. Mrs. Cholmeley has
received contributions from the Church
army and from other sources. and en-
gagged four or five bright girls who have
been trained as mission workers to help
her. The work, of course, makes 1t necv3
essary that the barmaids should be vis='
tied at their places of business-for these
girls work from in the morning until
1890 at highland, naturally, Mrs Chol-
meley has found it difficult to enlist
women Of her own class to undertake
making the rounds OF such places. An
other drawback Is that there are really
only about four. hours In the day when
this work can be attempted for the girls
are busy with customers from II o'clock
until Q or in the afternoon, and even
buster all the evening.
In spite of these difficulties, Mrs.
Choimeiey and her girl assistants have
succeeded, in the last six months. In
visiting over 1900 barmaids and talked
with them. They take with them little
letter. inclosed in an envelope, attractive
ly printed and as little like a tract as
possible, written simply and without cant,
yet calculated to interest the girl who
receives 1t and to make her think
Some of the large public houses employ
as many as twenty-five barmaids, and in
others the girls are kept busy from morn,
ing until night, but In every case the
workers try to have a few words With
each ore of them, as well as 10 hand
them the letters. Every letter is signed
with Mrs. Chelmeley's name and bears
her address. and the girls are told that
she Is at homo every Sunday afternoon
and will be pleased to have them take tea
with her whenever they can. AT these
teas she sometimes has three or four
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18
EXAGGERATED PORTRAITS.
They Become Caricatures When the
Parody Is Great Enough.

Ernest Haskell in Harpers Bazaar.
Distinction in art is everything. But
distinction does not always mean beauty
of line, tone or color. Ugliness may hold
the greatest distinction-'le beau dams
rhorrible." Degas sometimes paints and
draws beautiful ugly things, and so does
Whistler. The Philistine stands puzzled
He does not see the nature, the truth Of
the thing, or the beautiful manner in
which it Is done. He sees merely the
subject.
Character is the one essential that
makes a portrait possible. This may be
beautiful or ugly character; all else is
merely commonplace. There are people
from whom 1t is impossible to make an
interesting portrait. These people lack
that one vital Observation-Disclosures: they
may be of a commonplace ugliness or an
insipid regularity of feature commonly
known as prettinesS. For these are the
camera and the retouching brush.
A caricature Is an exaggerated portrait
the characteristics Of which are distorted
to grotesque degree-a parody on the
features. as 1t were. There are kindly
caricatures and cruel caricatures, and
both may be made of the same person.
according to the artists point of view or
mission. There are also beautiful carl
catures and ugly caricatures. and like the
kind and cruel. they may deal with the
same subject, the variety of results being
achieved by the distortion of different
features and characteristics
The capacity for distortion Is limited
only by the artists desire. and he may
make the caricature infinitely delicate or
malicleusly brutal at will. There are peo-
pie of whom 1t is impossible to make a
caricature. just as there are others
whom it is impossible to. paint. In one
case 1t is as In the other--the impossible
people are the characterless people.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

had treasured the secrets thus gained.
They invested in mining stocks. Grad
uaIIy, secretly. the mining firm of Mack
ay. Fair, Flood & O'Brien was formed In
the rear of the saloon. They Kept their
counsel. and gradually began to manipu-
late circumstances.
In 1858 rumors began to float that the
Comstock lode was practically exhausted.
In 1869 the mines were practically bank
rupt. The great Ophir paid no dividend
in seven months. The stock dropped 3J)
per cent in one year. Virginia City Was
deserted. Panic swept San Francisco min
ing stock investors.
While others were unloading stocks,
Flood and O'Brien were quietly buying
them. For $4,000 they purchased for
themselves and their two partners, stock
once worth $1.200,000 and the
people of San Francisco thought it was
$4,000 thrown away. But they had OBJ
solidated Virginia mines, which was
what they wanted.
On Jan. l, 1872 Mackay, Fair, Flood &
O'Brien took possession of their property.
Flood and O'Brien remained in San
Francisco and financed the enterprise,
while Fair and Mackay went to the
mines, and began to use the information
IHcy Ildd 6dtHcESQ WtGIl IASy HOTG HOTh-
ing as BOSSES For four months they
sunk new shafts and extended laterals,
while outside operators watched derisive-
ly. expecting bankruptcy to follow. One
day ore worth from $50 to 800 was
reached. Fair and Flood were not sur
priSed. Three months later they struck
a ledge which assayed $3.50 a ton. In
1874 the bonanza ledge, 1900 feet down,
was found. 1t was a vast treasury or
ON flxrn.s fy1 hiVn
who saw the vast store of wealth could
not make others believe their state
ments. They were put down as liars.
But when the mint began paying the
big four $500. 900 month the doubters
were convinced and the Pacific coast
went crazy. Shares of stock rose from
$48 to $4T0 In one month and in another
they were bought eagerly for $3.50 each.
In 1874 the firms net income was 81, 900
q week.
Mackay and Fair did not get "swelled''
over their sudden rise to fabulous wealth.
| They still wore overalls and red flannel
shirts and went into the mines every day,
even when their bank accounts in San
Francisco ran up to $10,0OO,0OO each.
But Mrs. Mackay became ambitious for
social distinction Fair himself began to
dream of political preferment. r
In 1880 the firm was dissolved John w.
Mackay moved his millions to New
York. Fair took his wife and children
from the two-story cottage at Virginia
City to palace at San Francisco.
One son, Charles L. Fair, married a
woman Of whom his father disapproved
and was disowned, but not disinherited
One son died. Miss Theresa Fair, the
elder daughter, married Herman Oelrichs
of New York, and sprang at one bound
into the center of most exclusive society
Virginia Fair, the baby Of the family
| named after Virginia City, where she
was born and the fortune was made, last
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

st. Helena in 1858. he found 1t inhabited
and containing a small town. In Has the
Dutch attempted TO establish a settle
ment, but relinquished the island to the
English in 1861. In 1868 the commander of
homeward bound East India feet of
English vessels took formal possession of
it in the name Of Charles H. who im1ne-
diately made 1t over to the East India
company. The Dutch again obtained
possession in 1G72. but the next year IL
was recaptured by Capt. Richard Mum
den with three ships. Since that time the
island has remained a British possession.
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18
500 REWARD, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able TO cure in all It's stages and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only
fraternity. Catarrh being q constitu-
tional disease. requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system:
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have SO much faith in its
curative powers. that they offer one
Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address r. J. Cheney Sc Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists TIC.
Halls Family Pills are the hsst
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18
4 Real Daughter
Of the Revolution.

There are few real" Daughters Of
the Revolution living. but Mrs. Rachel
Maria Fernald. of Kittery. Me. bears
that distinction. She was born June
49, 1872, at East Eliot. Me, and was
the twelfth child Of Mr. and Mrs. Eliot
Frost. She is the sixth in descent
from Nicholas Frost. who settled in
Eliot, Me-. about 1880, and whose son.
Capt Charles Frost, was killed by the
Indians at Ambush Rock while on his
way home from church.
Mrs. Fernald's father served all
through the American Revolution.
When but fifteen years OF age he left
home to join his brother. Charles. who
was then captain in the Continental
army. He served in the army for two
years as q waiter, and on June 4, 1lI8
enlisted as private at Fishkill. He
served in.various commands until 1882,
when he Joined the company of his
brother, Capt. Charles Frost.
Mrs. Fernald was married in 1sal.
She has lived at Kittery all her life.
She has had four children. two Of
whom, daughters, survive. Some
E twenty-six years ago she travelled to
Boston. She has never been further
from home
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18

ate zone have been introduced. Apples,
pears, grapes and potatoes have been
brought and now grow side by side with
coffee and tea plants, sugar cane, cot
ton and bananas.
The island was first settled by Portu-
guese deserters. who We're afterwaEd
Joined by escaped slaves. Their offspring
were a little later largely exterminated
by the Portuguese Some of them. how
ever, must have escaped the general
slaughter, for when Sir John Cavendish,
in his voyage around the world. visited
The Saint Paul globe., 1900-03-18
: Cr0Gje and ST. BeLena.


All that has given the island of St
Helena Its name is the fact that 1t was
there that Napoleon spent the last six
years QSl5-1S2) of his life So long as
his name continues to hold the place it
does In human history, the little isolated
volcanic cone, of forty-seven square
miles, with population of barely 1900,
will not be permitted to sink into OBJ
livion. The transportation Of Gen.
CronJe and his men to that lonely place
more than 1900 miles from Africa and