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The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-16

mitted them TO take seventeen pieces
of cutiele from her, giving no more
evidence OF palm than had her brother.
The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-16

Doran Bros. for your Christmas
candies
The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-16

You'll be sorry II you don't see the
Circus Girl.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

in quantities in excess of the demand made by the men who have taken over 1O0 900 acres of land from the government.
 Third-The work of constructing the distributing systems of canals and ditches is progressing rapidly ana will he completed as rapidly as they may he needed for distributing water to the land owners who may need It.
 Fourth.-Although water for irrlga- ion purposes did not reach the lm- nerial Settlements until the middle of ,June of this year, over two sections of land have Ueen planted to crops mostly sorghum and millet for teed- and these crops have grown beyond the most sanguine expectations or all parties interested, some of the sor- ghum having been already harvested and yielding ten tons of cured feed to the acre.
 Fifth.-A school distrct has been established. and a school is now in operation with a competent teacher, and over twenty scholars under temporary brush shade supported by nine posts This temporary structure was made because the law required the school to be opened by a certain date and there was not time to build a school house.
 Sixth.-A large number os families are now moving into the settlements, taking in teams to work on the canal system for a while, afterwards to be used in putting iR crops and improy- ing the lands of the settlers.
 Seventh.-A railroad is to be next on the program. The LOS AN GELES. IMPERIAL AND ARIZONA RAILWAY Company is being incor- porated to build a standard guage railroad from Yuma through the Inn perial Settlements in a northwesterly direction to Los Angeles, or to con nectlon with some other line of rail- road that will give entrance to Los Angeles under favorable conditions. On this line of railroad are located the towns of Imperial, Paringa and Calexico. This company also pro poses to construct branch line from the town of Imperial in a northerly direction through the town of Ran chita to a connection with the South ern Pacific; also, 9 branch line from the town of Calexieo in southerly direction to the head Of the Gulf of California;; also a branch line from the town of Ranch ta down through the Eastside Settlement on the east side of Carter River through the towns of Eastside and Ganges, to a connection with the main line at I'm perial, or some point on the main line south of that town. Work of grad
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

clement and a rapid development of Jh" resources of this country, and lance, there must be a rapid advance in prices, not only of ranch property, but of town property also.
 One-fifth of the land that can be ir- rigated on the UnICed States side of the line is already in the hands of the settlers and the other four-fifths is being taken as rapidly as the ir- rigation system can be extended.
 Prices of water stock were started at SS.75 per share or acre, with lib- eral concessions to those who pur- chased the first 50,000 shares. The price was then advanced to S11.25, and on the first of October, 1901, the price was again advanced to $15, and by the first of January next, the pros pects are that the price will go to $20 a share. This will be cheap, for the price Of such land, with such a good water right and so cheap water will not stop until it reaches $50, S75 or Si00 an acre, and the advance under present conditions must be very rapid. The price of the land will still remain the same-$1.25 per acre The prices of the water stock will be ad- yanced so that it will keep pace with the price of land and water combined The speculation is not in the land but in the water
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
QUEER AMERICAN RIVERS.
One Florida River that Seems Und:
 

One Florida River that Seems Unde-
 cided What to Do.
 Every variety of river in the world seems to have a cousin in our collec- ton. What other country on the face of the globe affords such an assortment of streams for fishing and boating and swimming and skating-besides having any number of streams on which you can do none of these things? One can hardly imagine rivers like that; but we have them, plenty of them, as you shall see.
 AS for fishing, the American boy may cast his flies for salmon in the Arctic circle, or angle for sharks under a tr0p- ical sun in Florida, without leaving the domain of the American flag. But the fishing-rivers are not the most curious, nor the most instructive as to diversity of climate, soil and that sort of thing physical geography, the teacher calls it.
 For instance, if you want to get a good idea of what tropical heat and moisture will do for a country, slip your canoe from a Florida steamer into the Ocklawaha River. It Is as odd as it's name, and appears to be hopelessly un- decided as to whether it had better con- tinue in the fish and alligator and drain age business, or devote itself to raising hve-oak and cypress trees, with Span ish moss for mattresses as a side prod uct.
 In this f1ckle-ninded state 1t does a little of all these things, so that when you are really on the river you think you are lost In the woods, and when you actually get lost in the woods, you are quite confident your canoe Is at last on the river. This confusion is due to the low, flat country, and the luxuriance of a tropical vegetation.
 To say that such river overfows it's banks would hardly be correct; for that would imply that it was not behaving itself; besides, 1t hasn't any banks or, at least, very few! The fact Is, those peaceful Florida rivers seem to wander pretty much where they like over the pretty peninsula without giving offense; but if Jack Frost takes such a liberty presto! you should see how the people get after him with weather bulletins and danger signals and formidable smudges. So the Ocklawaha River and a score of its kind roam through the woods-or maybe it is the woods that roam through them-and the moss sways from the Hve-oaks, and the cy- press trees stick their knees up through the water in the oldest way imaginable. St. Nicholas.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
A Two Ton Clock

The largest suspended clock in the world is in the Liverpool street station of the Great Eastern railway. It hangs from the roof of that station, and it is valued at fl ,000 and is worked by cleo tricity. It took 12 months to build. and a staff of skilled workmen were employed in it's erection. The style is Gothic. The clock weighs two tons.
 The case measures 21 feet from the pinnacle to the base, but, including the hangings by which it is suspended, the measurement is 75 feet. The case itself is ten feet square and is capable of seat ing dining company of eight persons in- side it, or is large enough to hold 20 per- sons standing. The dials are six feet in diameter, or IS feet in circumference. The hands are made of aluminium for easier electrical working, while the dials are backed with opal for better illumina- tion. There are inside the clock 4S 16 candle power lamps, the light being switched on from the platform when re- Quired.-London Answers.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

ing the line from the Southern Pacific in a southerly direction through the towns of Ranchita, Imperial and Pa ringa to Calexico will be commenced in few days, and his portion of the road will be pushed to completion as soon as possible.
 Eighth.-From the best information obtainabIe, there will be 50,00U acres of land under the Imperial Canal System put snder cultivation during the coming season.
 Ninth.-The towns of CaleXico and Imperial are already plated and the lots in these towns are now on the market The towns Of Ranchita and Paringa will soon be plated, and the building operations therein com menced. Another season will prob ably see Eastside and Ganges con- menced.
 This is a summary of work thus far done in retaining the Colorado Delta and in developing the largest, and what promises to be the most fourishing irrigation settlement for general farming and stock raising to be found in the United States.
 What of the products? It is deh- nitely known that alfalfa, barley and wheat will do as we'll here as any where; that more alfalfa can be grown to the acre here than in any other known section; that as cattle and hog country, no section will pro- duce more feed for converting cattle and hogs into beef and pork. This will be the first staple industry.
 As to fruit, those fruits grown will be early. Canteloupes and water melons are being successfully and profitably grown at Indio and Yuma. These crops have netted the growers S1J0 an acre, or more, the past sea- son, and the markets for these prod ucts are fast being developed.
 It is believed that apricots, peaches, pears and grapes will do well in this country All such fruits will be from four to six weeks earlier than similar fluits grown in the coast valleys of Southern California.
 It is believed that the finest layer raisins in the world will be produced in the Imperial Settlements, for they will be cured by placing the grapes on trays and then stacking the trays and not exposing them to the sun at any time before being perfectly cured
 All indications point to a rapid set
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
OyEP j'e j'e5lbJ 5

There are 5000 words used alike in French and English without variation in spelling.
 In 1879 one person in each 7,403, 105 carried by British railways was killed. In 1896 only one in every 196,O67 ,935.
 The latest new building in New York, besides extending fifteen stories into the air, will have four stories under ground.
 The blow of 1900 was crotch drag" the blow of the Western bonanza farms is run by steam and turns eight fur rows at once.
 The remnant of the once great Pe- nobscot tribe of Indians now living on an island near Oldtown, Md, have their own form of government. At their re cent election they chose Prohibitionist chief named Mitchell Attean, by vote of 25 to 23.
 The COW bird deposits its eggs in the nests of other and weaker birds for them to incubate. Only one egg is usu. ally deposited in the nest. The dis covery of a summer tanager's nest a short time ago, in which four COW bird eggs reposed besides one of the pro- prietors, was considered a most unus- ual case by ornithologists.
 Cleveland has home gardening asso- ciation which encourages children to cultivate flowers at home. Last spring the association distributed to children 50,OO0 penny packages of flower seeds, accompanied with printed instructions how to prepare the soil plant and water. About 70 per cent of the efforts of the children were successful
 A monster lathe has just been made in Philadelphia. It is S6 feet long, and its total weight is 135 tons. It has been constructed for preparing the thirty two huge granite pillars to be used in building a new cathedral, each pillar weighing 160 tons. It has eight cutters and the granite block Is reduced twen- ty-four inches in diameter at one pass over Its length.
 RelerDOFu, III NeW ddmpSuIre, eSldD' lshed the first free public library in the United States in 1883, and as early as 1S49 a general law authorizing taxation for library purposes was passed. Seven years ago such taxation was made con- pulsory and since then every town has been obliged to raise funds for library support. The first State library in the country was established by New Hamp- shire, grants for that purpose having been made before the Revolution.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
RAILWAY RuMBLEs.

The island of Formosa has only one railway line.
 Express trains in Russia do not as g rule run over 9 miles an hour.
 Read in round figures, 200 through pas senger trains come into the six passenger stations of Chicago every day, leaving 10000 strangers in the city.
 All the trains that reach the New Or. leans station, in the center of Paris, are brought there by electric power in tun- nels. This is considered the ideal depot of the twentieth century.
 The 'Stourbridge Lion," imported from England, was the first locomotive in America and was used by the Delaware and Hudson Canal company. The road was l6 miles in length e1d was opened in 1929.
 Other things being equal, the forward seats Tn street or railway car are the most healthful. The forward motion of the car causes a current of air backward, carrying with it the eXhalations from the lungs of those in the forward end.
 Four lines of railroad now enter the Mexican republic from the United States and one can make the journey in five days from New York to the City of Mexi- co in a Pullman car on the regular trains, with only one change, either at Kansas City or New Orleans.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
Economies of the Flat.

The fat is economical in other ways than are involved in the solution of the servant problem and the payment of large rents and gas bills. They discourage fads and collections. No dweller in flat can accumulate pictures, books, coins, min- erals. postage stamps, children or porce- laiRs. because there is no place to put them. Therefore he puts his money into his stomach and the bank. With the in- crease in flats has come the disappear ance of pianos and parlor organs, so that people sometimes sleep O nights, even in flats. And where there is no room for pianos it follows that there can be no room for the wife's mother or the country aunts and uncles or the nephews from St. Louis.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
How Victor Hugo Proposed.

Adele. bolder and more curious than Victor (for she was a girD, wanted to find out what was the meaning of his silent admiration. She said: "I am sure you have secrets. Have you not one secret greater than all?" Victor acknowledged that he had secrets and that one of them was greater than all the rest. "Just like mew cried Adele. "Well, come now, tell me your greatest secret, and 1 will tell you mine." My great secret" Victor re- piled, ''is that I love you" "And my great secret is that 1 love you," said Adele, like an echo.-"Love Letters of Victor Hugo"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
ANNENNG ARID AMERICA
5OO.OO0 Acres Being Reclaimed By Col.
 orado River Water
IMPERIAL CANAL SYSTEM

Southern California is just devel- oping the most extensive and import ant irrigation system to be found in Arid America. The location of this enterprise is on the Colorado Delta, and the water for the reclamation of that country is taken from the Colo rado River, where the supply Is more than abundant.
 In extent, the land to be reclaimed under this system includes about 5OO,- 900 acres in San Diego county, Cali fornia, and about 1000 acres across the line in Lower california.
 The California Development Com pany has charge of this work, which is generally known as the Imperial Canal System.
 In April. 1900, Mr. George Chaffey founder of EtIwanda and Ontario, in san Bernardino County, Cal, and Mildura and Remark in Australia concluded arrangement with the Cali fornia Development company, where by he was to take absolute control the enterprise and manage it to a con clusion. In this work he has been ably supported by other members of the company Work was immediate ly commenced, and the progress made during the past year and a half has been most remarkable-nothing like it being of record in the irrigation his tory of this country. A few of the advance steps may be noted as fol- lows:
 First-The public domain in that country has been resurveyed, as most of the old stakes and land marks of the government survey had been obliterated.
 SecoHd.-The Imperial canal has been constructed so that water has now been introduced into the Imperial Settlements from the Colorado River
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
Cutting seaIskin.

A furrier is thus quoted iE the Phila- delphia Record: ''The styles in sealSki1 coats change so often that women are constantly having them made Oyer- Few people realize just what this means to us. Of course it means an increase ID business. but I don't mean that The cutting of sealskin is an art in itself. and the men who do it are experts and get experts salaries. The work of seal skin cutter must be almost as dehcate as that of a diamond cutter This may sound like an exaggeration. but il isn't at least. not so much as you misnC think. The slightest error on the rart O1 the workman who is handling an ez- pensive skin is nothing short of eataS- ho
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
How to Signal to Mars.

Take a flag about the size of Europe and mount it upon staff the length of the circumference of the earth. Then generate sufficient electric fluid to iIlumi- nate the material, which should be of a conductive character. Having done this. apply the fluid to the material with the assistance Of all the electric waves of the solar system. Next change the laws of nature in so much as they prevent the operation of waving so gigantic flag as the signal. Select a day when the condi- lions are favorable and put the apparatus in operation. Then, if the Martians are on the alert, they may possibly observe the signal and reply to it. say, in couple of centuries. If you do not obtain a man. Hesitation. conclude that the inhabitants of Mars are looking another way
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
FriShtful Railroad Casualty

One of the most frightful accidents recorded in Southern California rail- road annals occurred last Friday near sherman on the Los Angeles Pacific electric line, wherein five persons lost their lives and four others were seri- ously injured.
 In a heavy fog a fruit train and belated work train collided, complete W telescoping several cars. The mo- toneer of the work train died at his post. Three workmen were killed sitting in the car, one has since died. and four others are in the Sisters Hospital in Los Angeles.
 Those dead are Elmer E. Vinson, A. Johnson, Ed Wier, J. Turner, Au- gustus Korse, while the seriously in jured are J. Nelson, George Noonan, William Cameron, Joseph Wartner.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
Clerical Sore Throat Explained.

Deacon Scrimp-Humph! Think you have got to have a vacation, eh?
 Struggling Pastor-Yes, the doctor says I must go off until this cough is cured.
 Deacon Scrimp-Well, I'd like to know why preachers are always get ting bad coughs.
 Struggling 2astor-Well, you see, we have to visit around good deal, and we are always asked to hold a little service before leaving, and l think our throats become affected from breathing the dust that flies from the family Bibles.-New York Weekly.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
The Frenk Chm cr.nk

The crank inventor of freak guns. whose absolute belief in his invention and readiness to risk his life in proving it's worth display no mean order of brav- cry, is deserving of credit He Is real hero all right and will always express his willingness to stand to his gun during tests. while the usual man behind the gun seeks shelter. Once an inventor cOD- structed a gun from gas pipe for throw ing dynamite with gunpOwder- He took 1t to Sandy Hook for trial. but as the ordnance officers would not permit him to stand beside it while he touched il of he was greatly enraged and refused tO let the gun be tested at all by the United States government. He threatened tO give foreign governments the benefit Oc his invention. and Uncle Sam would be obliged to do without it. He took the gun home with him. where he cOuld teSC it all by himself, which he did in a hell back of his house. He was picked up unconscious. with his under jaw gone and few other parts znissing.-HOme Magazine
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
Modern Sermons.
The truly modern preacher Discusses every fad

The truly modern preacher
 Discusses every fad That comes to public notice,
 If 1t be good or bad. He speaks with graceful accent On Should Our Hair Be Dyed," Or tells his congregation
 ''The Proper Way to Ride." He walls "The Curse of Checkers" Or ''Why We Leave the Farm! But none has used this topic, ''Turn in a Fire Alarm" He talks on Modern Writers" Or "Can Our Votes Be Bought" And sometimes he's just lovely On 'Thoughtlessness of Thought" Some day an innovation
 Will suddenly be sprung Some conscientious preacher
 Will turn his silver tongue To words of hope and heaven, And grace his voice will fill. And we'll get more religion
 And less of vaudeville.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

The Merchants and Manufacturrs' Board of Trade of New York has adopted anti-immigration resolutions. It was resolved that no immigrants should be allowed to land in this country without the production of a proper certificate from a United States Consul giving sufficient information to enable the immigration official to pass intelligently upon the expediency of granting the privilege of residence in the United States.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

The following paragraph is from the columns of the Bulawayo Chronicle: At the recent Belingwe sports meeting an animal race was held, in which monkey and a big rooster were two of the most prominent starters. These two caused considerable diversion, the monkey chas- ing the cock the length of the course, eventually wringing its neck"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
Hardly.

Kindly Visitor-Mrs. A., what do you suppose makes you suffer so7
 Mrs. Al don't know, I am sure, and I believe nothing but a post nor tenn will ever show.
 Kindly Visitor-You poor thing! You are so weak that you can never stand that.-Tit-B
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

Casts No Blame on His Ancestors.
 Mrs. Goodsale-To what do you att tribute your appetite for strong drink Is it hereditary?
 WragsOn Tatters-No. lady; it's thirst. st.-Philadelphia Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

We have noticed that women never figure how much profit their is in rais- ing cherries, because it is an industry that requires faith in boys.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
A auestion of Grammar.

''I is" began Tommy, when his teach CT interrupted him.
 '"That is wrong. You should say, I am"
 "All right" said Tommy. "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet"
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
One Was Enough.

"Was Gobang's marriage a success"
 'I hardly think so. 1 heard him say the other day that he would never go to the penitentiary for bigamy. my."-Brooklyn Life.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

The moon and a woman's heart are constantly changing-but there's al- ways a man In them.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

A physician says that 75 per cent oi the people have a touch of consumption some time ill their lives.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

Before the German empire was unified an author had to obtain Q different copy rights for a book. and railway bill had to pass through II different parIiaments
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
What Did Itf

Teacher-Let us take up now the i'm personal verbs. In the sentence. Tt rains." what is it that rains?
 Johnny Upjohn-It.-Chicago Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

Davy Jones' locker is a combination of Duffy, ghost or sprite among West India negroes, and Jones, a contraction nf Topoh
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

The Roman roads. according to their importance. were from s tO 30 feet ia width.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
Ground Plan CompIeted.

Naggus literary e>litOrI-Hcw is your new society novel getting on. BOrus2
 BOrus Struggling authOrl-Splendidiy I've got the French phrases I am sOing to use in the story all selected There's nothing to do now but to fill in the Eng fish and divide it into chapters.-Ch Chicago Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14

Only one letter in a hundred means anything.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-12-14
A Queer Animal Race.

The worlds manufacturers use 90 tons of gold and 515 tons of silver a year.