Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-02-21
St. Valentines Day.

Today IS St. Valentines day, the day that has long been held sacred to that saint.
 The day was alluded to by Shakes peare in his plays and other of the earlier poets, and to this day t is ob- served with but few exceptions the world around. Upon this day it was anciently believed that birds began to mate and emblematical of thIs idea letters containing prOfes- sions of love and O, ,her tokens of af- | lection were addressed to these Ob- jects of admiration. Every manner of loving tokens are indulged in to- day but perhaps the most accept able is the simple bunch of white roses, the emblem of love and inno- cence.
 But although this patron saint stIrs the gentler chords of the hu- man heart and causes it to vibrate respondent 10 best instincts, he also arouses other motives that pre- sents him a Nemesis. The god of | vengeance seems 10 assume as def- nite form in some comic or mis- chievOus a caricature as 1t ever as- sumed in war. Vengeance Is mine shouts the rejected suitor as be DOT trays the old maid upon the auction block where the highest bid is 25 cents. How the old bachelor roars when ht sees Eis own likeness III the wash tub washing his only suit Of underwear, The editor grins hend- ishly when his own likeness is placed before him with scissors in one hand ard unsettled bills in the other. It would be rather hard to imagine where cupid is yielding any darts in these cases. St. Valentine seems to be rather shattered here and the meat ax takes the place of the sugar lump. Nothing can be more grotes- que and ridiculous than many of the penny valentines that hang grinning through the windows at the passer- by, and few things m some cases work greater injustice.
 But the carry custom like most of he ancient ones is very beautiful, and the delicate tokens of regard, friendship and love may be as beau tifully aud appropriately expressed upon this day of Saint Valetine as any day we have. Don't forget the roses and sugar.
 The Gazatte Opposes a Summer Re-
 sort.
 The Phenix Gazette Is violently opposing the starting of summer resort at Iron Springs by Phenix people. It objects to Phenix people being called oD to pay the expenses of providing themselves with con- fortable and cool quarters for the summer away from the heat of Phe- nix. 1t objects to their being com peiled O pay the railroad company for transportation to Iron Springs It is also afraid the ladies of Phenix will be scared to death by the sum. mer thunder storms in the noun taIns 1heu again there are no feas at Iron Springs, and a summer resort without fieas is something the Gazette man IS not used to. Now, over at Santa Monica or Redondo | beach one can go in bathing for an hour CT two a day, and they hunt for fieas the balance of the twenty | four, winch is delightful pas;ime and | amusement compared to climbing mount aims, sitting around under rocks, under pine trees and imagin- ing thc, "every minute will be your next should one of those horrid thunder storms com" up.
 The conditions under which the Gazette would favor the Iron Springs summer resort would be if the railr pad company or people of Prescott furnish free accommoda- tions, the railroad company furnish free transportation; thac a herd of Santa Monica feas be transplanted on Iron Springs summit, and that caves be furnished for protection against thunder storms.