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The Florence tribune., 1901-04-13
PRODUCTS OF THE VALLEY.

Unlike the Salt river. the waters of the lila are fresh and pure; the soil contains so allSalt, is a deep, rich gray ash, especial adapted to the growth ofthe prune, olive. lmond, peach. fig. pear, apricot and fruits 'f all kinds, which pay largely on the invest nent. It is also the natural home of alfalfa. shich grows in the most prolific manner. The grnpe does exceptionally well in this alley. and wine and raisin eultureis destin- d to become a prominent industry. Citrus ruits have been cultivated to limited ex- ent; there are number of orange trees the neighborhood of Florence which bear heir golden fruit each year without pro- ection. and a few date palm trees are also full bearing. The season Is from six 5eeks to two months earlier than Southern 'alifornia. which gives fruit growers an pprecinted advantage in
The Florence tribune., 1901-04-13
A RAILROAD CENTER.

At present it contains population of bout 1900, but with the completion of these
 railroads and the San Carlos reservoir no 'ity in Arizona can approach it for natural tdyuntaees, and large increase in popula- ion will follow. Florence is at an elevation ,f li92 feet above sea level, situated near the iiln river. twenty-six miles northwest of he railroad station of Casa Graude, with which it is connected by an elegantly 'qrippe6 daily stage line. Going and com ng stages run by the old Casa Grande ruins. md passengers are allowed short time to inspect them. There are many handsome private residence in Florence, several brick torres. good hotel an excellent graded chool employing four teachers, churches eeret societies. Commercial Club. two iewspapsrs, and the handsomest court house in t.s Territory. Here is held he United States Court for the district oDlposed of Gila, Graham and Pinal 'ounties. The streets are lined with hade trees, which impart an air of com ort on the warmest days.
The Florence tribune., 1901-04-13
THE EARLY MARKETS.

The absence of fogs and nightly dews is formidable obstacle to the destructive and msightly scale-bug. and the fruits of the alley are all bright and clean. All the agri- ultural products of temperate and semi ropic zones are easily grown here. the pug seasons giving succession of crops hat double or treble the productive value f the land
The Florence tribune., 1901-04-13
AN uxISHAB1TABLE DESERT

, in truth the most productive land on the lobe. and that there is water in abundance D bring every foot of it under cultivation. nly waiting for the magic wand of capital develop it. There is no water-storage sheme on the Pacific coast that has one alf the natural advantages and so few en ineering difficulties as the san Carlos reser oir. Here nature has built the abutments ! eyer-living rock. and all that is left for nan to do is 10 put in the headgate, the luifs which form the gorge being only sparatod by Q paltry 20 feet. 4 country is rained through this narrow canyon POO iiles square. representing 10000 square iiles. or larger than Maine and Massachu- ats combined. The rainfall is sufficient to n the reservoir twice year. and the land be brought under cultivation is practi- ally limitless. This may read like fairy lle. but is is every word true, and has been eriied time and again.
The Florence tribune., 1901-04-13
MotnorolooIcaI atatistIes,

The signal service of the general govern .ent maintained station at Florence from 1i Co 18e2. The reports covering the period 'Oln July. lss0 to April. 1882. gives the fol- wing statistics. which may be taken ns a sfe guide to the prevailing temperature iven duripg the series of six years:
 fcct lfoa, May Mfr
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
THE EYE"
latest Afnietion Of Street, Car Conduct.
ors and Motormsn.

"The 'brassy eye is the latest az.
Election which has fallen to the lot Of
street "a conductors and motormen,"
;aid n prominent local physician to
a Washington Star reporter recently.
"The 'brassy eye is a peculiar afIec.
ton of the eye caused by rubbing the
eye with the hand while the latter is
covered with yerdigris from The brass
work OF the cars. The symptoms Of
the disease resemble a slight inham-
nation of the eye, such as might be
due TO the presence Of any small for
eign body, After a few hours the in
Examination increases aud is accom-
panied by ,evere pain. the sufferer be-
lng almost unable TO see. An exces-
1--WE flow Of tears accompanies this
'iageoftho disease. In the acute stage
If the disease the inilamed condition
Of the c%onjunctiya cover. the whole
mucous membrane, producing a con.
Iinuous flow Of mucous an ia blurred
vision, Motormcn. who generally
wear gloves, are not 20 apt to con-
tract the disease as conductors whose
duty makes II necessary for them to
shin along the footboard Of the car,
grasping the brass scat rails with their
hands. The 'bra,sy eye was noted
first some time ago, and many cases
of This peculiar disease have been re.
ported IN Nariou, eastern cities.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
MRS. MADISoN'S CASE.

Polk City, Ia, Oct, i4.-For over
ten years Mrs. Elizabeth T.. Madison,
n respected lady Of this place, has
suffered most severely with Kidney
trouble complicated with dcrangc-
mcnts of the bowels and liver.
rheumatism, another painful result
OF deranged Kidneys, added its tor
lures to her burden OF pain.
Treatments and medicines without
number were tried; physicians also
exhausted their skill. but all to no
purpose,
At this stage OF the ease a treat
ment Of Dodd's Kidney Pills was re-
sorted to and the results were simply
miraculous, from the very first box
an Improvement was noticed and the
continued treatment resulted In q
complete cure.
This remarkable cure created n de-
cided sensation In the nclghborhood
because Of the complications of the
case as well as its severity and ap-
parent horelcssncss.
Upon investigation Dodd's Kidney
Pills nre found to he the only rem
edy that has aver cured Bright's Dis
ease, Diabetes or Dropsy and these
hitherto incurablc diseases are read.
lily conquered by this remarkable
remedy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
ONE HUSBAND PER YEAR.
Matrimonial Experiences Of Young
Spanish Woman.

The Spanish journals relate the
perhaps unparalleled matrimonial cx-
periences of a young Spanish woman
named Isabel Caporal, who in six years
has lost by death Fix husbands. and
o awaits in modest patience her
wedding day with a seventh. SAYS the
London Pail Mall Gazette. In 1891
Senoriia Isabel, then a young girl Of
81. emigrated TO New Orleans. and
soon married a theatrical manager.
named Freeman, who died in a few
months from yellow fever during a
starring tour. In order to better con
duct the company. his widow. alters
few weeks, married one of the actors,
a Spaniard named llany, who was ia.
tally stabbed on their wedding night
while trying TO mediate in a brawl in
the boarding house. Thrccwceks later
another Of the actors led her blushing
10 the altar. lie was u Mexican
named Lopez. with whom the offend.
ed laws of his country had a crow to
pluck. Arrested. he sought escape by
leaping from a train. was killed. and
for the third time in ~ months poor
Isabel became a widow. Very soon,
however, u fourth husband came
along. lie was an American militia
officer named Knight, but the Cuban
war consigned him to an untimcly
grave. and Isabel to thearms Of fifth
husband in the person of South Car.
olina lumbermerchanl, " ho was killed
among his own timbers. About the
sixth husband there are not many de.
tails, but he met his end untimely, like
ms predecessors. in a steamboat acct.
dent Standing like Niobe. all
tears" Isabel is for the moment n
widow for the sixth time. But she is
young, possesses Il small dowry, and A
buiness man in Charleston, greatly
daring, has implored her to name the
seventh day.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
THE MARcrANA RAR Z.
Rare Tones to Find q Resting Place In
Sansovino Palace.

Lovers Of Venice will remember,
some time ago, a cry in the press. par
ticularly in England, about the Doges
palace going more or less to rain, and
that the great Marcisna library
housed in il was much too heavy TO
be safe. II is not my intention hereto
reopen the question, which was never
really cleared up, but to that
at least the library is about TO be re-
moved to it rightful resting place,
the S%ansovino palace, erected ON pur-
pose TO hold it.. IN 1912 it was re-
moved from there to the Doges pal
ace by a decree Of Napoleon, but has
always seemed TO be out Of is ele-
ment, as 1t were. the rooms not being
adapted for such a purpose.
The collection Is, according to the
Pail Mall Gazette. one Of the most
precious Of rich Italy, there being
100000 volumes. 100000 pamphlets
and ll,OOO manuscripts, most Of
them Of inesiimable value. Tradition
states that the nucleus of the library
Of ~. Marks was a present made BY
Petrarch Of some Of his own works to
the city; but history has II that the
beginning was when Cardinal Bessa.
=
rione turned over his collection. near
ly 800 volumes. to Venice. in iiGs,
the latest addition being from sup.
pressed monasteries in the provinces.
Among the most ancient MSS. are
the Greek "Eyangelii," of the eighth
century. and an Old Testament ofthe
ninth. Perhaps more interesting are
the secular MSS. Of the thirteenth
and later centuries, illustrated by odd
little figures of horsemen and saints.
There is a "Diyina Commedia." with
grotesquc figures. Of the first half Of
the fourteenth century. There is a
notable code Of IIamcd of the thir.
teenth century. with Turks depicted
IN full costume and a fragment Of a
Persian poem Of the fifteenth GEN.
fury The autographs are preciousto
a degree. There is one Of Cardinal
Bessarione, the Dialogues Of Tasso,
writings of Calico, Sarpi, and. more
recent. Of Goldoni. to mention only
one or two. or books. which can |
chose to mention "Epistles" of
Cicero, printed in 1869: "Poems,
Songs and Triumphs' Of Petrarch,
dated no: the first sample Of print
ing OF Nicola jansen, and so ON. Space
forbids me to mention more. but
have given an idea OF what treasures
the library contains.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
PATENTS.
isvsnton Now Bending All Their A.
tentions In This Direction.

By all odds the automobile section
is the busiest Of all the divisions of the
patent Office these days. Since all
the fashionable world has taken TO
sutomobiling, and this sport is no
longerafad, the inventors of the coun-
try seem to have turned their atten-
ton to bringing out improvements in
motors. carriages and other parts. The
number Of applications that are be-
ing received for patents on devices for
automobiles is so great that il has
been found necessary TO have five spe-
cial examiners on this work. Four
separate divisions have been organ
lied to which are referred patent pa
pers, according TO the specific kind Of
patent that is demanded. One d.
vision handles electric motor, an
other steam motors. another gas and
acetylenc motors and another looks
out for compressed air motors. II is
very seldom that the rush Of business
for a certain division il 20 great as to
cause an increase in the number Of
special examiners or to bring about
the establishment OF additional di-
visions. One special examiner il or
dinarily able 10 take care Of all APP
plications relating to one branch Of
work. The only record there is Of a
greater volume Of work coming to
one division than now falls to the lot
Of the automobile bureau occurred
some years ago at the time the bicycle
craze was at its height. There wal
such a deluge Of claims for patent on
wheels. chains, bearings. handles and
the other parts Of a bicycle that ten
special examiners were detailed 10
help out the chief Of the division.
These cases have dwindled down.inoe
until now only two men are required
in the bicycle division. The clec.
trical division is pushing the automo.
bile section for lir,t honor, in the
matter Of work. There has been a
marked increase in the development
Of the electrical science in III past
five Year.. and this i. shown in the pat
ent office to u greater degree than
anywhere else American Automo.
hill.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
MENTIONED BY NAME.

The m~ilkmen. small farmers and ped
dlers OF Belgium use more than 50. 900
dogs for draft purposes.
France has now the deepest well In
the world. II Is 5000 feet, and the tenn
perature at the bottom IL III degrees.
Private Secretary Cortelyou writes
In response TO an inquiry that Presi.
dent Rooseyelt's name Is pronounced
Roswell.
In 1857 Gen. Sherman predicted that
"the most terrible war ever known will
take place In this country before the
end 81 the century"
Prof. Dewar. Of Cambridge, who
liquefied hydrogen. has been elected
president of the British Association
for the Advancement Of Science for
next year.
Since the time OF the second presi-
dent there has been but one period
when 10 ex-president survived. and
that WAS during the last two years Of
Grants second term.
James Monroe Mn. OF Austin. Tex,
IS one Of the few survivors Of the battle
OF San Jaclnto. which assured TO Texas
It's independence. lie was born In
Georgia. and IL a cousin % the late
United States Senator BENJAMIN II.
Hill. OF that state.
A Swedish gcologlst says that the
late explorer Nordenskiold had among
his nupegtAra seVsrnI .p.v,u.a l.uJ.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
BISHOPS N PEERS.
Not In sympathy Episcopal Life In
House Of Lords

The attitude Of the lay peers toward
the spiritual peers, according to Arch.
bishop Magee, is one Of indifference.
II not hostility. Writing to his
friend Macdonald. in 1873, DIR. Ma.
gee said: 81 am thoroughly sick OF
Episcopal life in parliament, where
We are hated by the peers as n set Of
parvenus whom they would gladly rid
themselves Of II they dared, and only
allowed OF suirerance to speak now
and then on church questions after
a timid and respectful sort" But no
n can deny that the bishops. in
their black and white gowns. contrib.
ute TO the picturcsqueness Of the
house Of lords. The wigs they wore
in former time-not curlod or with
pigtail, like the familiar hob.
wing of the barrister, hut pulled out
at the sides-were discarded in the
early years Of the reign of Queen Vic.
toria. DIR. Bloomfield, bishop Of Lon.
don, was the last prelate who ap.
peared with a wig in the house of
lords. Long before that the wearing
of pigtails and powdered hair by lay
peer, had become objectionable.
The duke Of Cleveland chung to the
old style of dress, and after he died.
IN 1912. the pigtail and powder were
seen no more in the house Of lords. A.,
forthcc hambcr-th gilded chamber.
as Gladstone first styled it--that, in.
deed. Is a fit dwelling place for states.
men and sagos.-Good Words.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
Hottest Place on Earth.

The hottest place on earth is appar-
emily to be found on the southwestern
soast OF Persia, on the Gulf Of Persia.
There during 40 consecutive days in
July md August the mercury has been
known to stand above 100 degrees in
the shade day and night, and to run
up to 1870 degrees in the afternoon.
In Bahrein island, which is situated
in the center of the most torrid part
Of the torrid zone, water is unknown.
Shafts have been sunk to the depth
OF 800 feet in search OF it. but in vain.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
GETTING OFF A STREET CAR.
Women Wear Out the Nerves Of Watch
fui Conductors.
''Dern these women!''

Dttu iHcst women!
Thus calculated n Metropolitan
street car conductor yesterday morn.
ing, us he gave the bell rope a vicious.
double pull TO signal the motorman
to 60 ahead. A Star reporter who
knew him expressed surprise athis I'm.
gallant remark.
Il didn't mean anything dire.
spectful.' said the f~nrc-taker. wear.
lily, "but sometimes ] havetole let loose.
The women set me crazy the way they
get oil cars. Now that one nearly cot
a fall by getting off backward, the
way she did. If there had been the
l%ittlest bit of motion TO this ear when
she stepped oil with her face to the
rear end she'd have gone ~korthumr
down on the concrete.
Not one in Il thousand Women"
he continued, ever alight, from a
street ear right. Instead Of iakinh
hold Of the handle bar on the upright
toward the front Of the car. she grabs
the n back. II you don't believe it,
watch this pun and secif I'm not tell.
ing you Il true one"
The reporter said he'd watch. and
he did, not only on that car, but sew.
eral others he rode on during the
course OF the day. He watched men
and women alike. Out Of o. women
Who alighted 65 of them got up when
their corner was reached and careful.
ly selected the wrong handle bar TO
assist them in alighting, Out of III
men none took other than the proper
clutch contrivance, Seven of them,
however, invited the fool-killer's at.
tention. They jumped of while the
car was speeding rapidly, Any Wash.
ingtonian can prove the truth Of Con.
ductor o999's assertion by keeping
eyes peeled when street car riding
Washington Star.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
VERY LIKE A BATH.
description for Rheumatism Had One
Objectionable Feature

Gen. D was more distinguished
Tor g%allantry in the field than for the
care he lavished upon hi. person.
Complaining, on u certain occasion, to
Chief Justice Bushe, of Ireland, OF
the suirerings he endured from
rheumatism, that learned and humor-
u Judge undertook to prescribe a
remedy.
you must desire your servant"
he said to the general, ''to place every
morning by your bedside a tub three
parts filled with warm water. You
will then get into the tub. aud, hay
ing previously provided yourself with
a pound of yellow soap, you must rub
your whole body with it, immersing
yourself occasionally in the water,
and at the end of a quarter of an hour
the process concludes by wiping your
self dry with towels and scrubbing
your person with a flesh brush"
why" said the general, after re-
ilecting for a minute or two, "this
seems to be neither more norless than
washing ones self"
well, ! must confess" rejoined
the Judge, lit is open to that objec.
tion."-Stary Stories.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
a Painters Find.

A few months ago the Venetian
painter Brass bought four pictures
for four pounds from a Dalmatian
peasant named Braidotti who had
picked them up when a n~eighboring
villa wasdismantled, saysa Rome CORE
spondent. Recently Brass found that
one OF the pictures had been painted
over another on the same canyas, and
on cleaning off the top one discovered
a Saint Sebastian, by Titan, which
had been stolen from Italy by one Of
Napoleon's generals. Brass has sold
the Titan to the Count de Castellane
for $4,000.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
EFFECT OF MAUsER BULLETS
wounds Of Sold isrs Treated in q South
African Hospital.

The recently published account Of
the work done by the Portland hos
pital in South Africa greatly increases
our knowledge Of the effects Of mod
ern small arms. The surgeons at
tached to the hospital had opportu-
mites in comparing wounds made by
the Mauser and the old-fashioned
Martini, both Of which were used by
the Beers. and their experiences com
pletcly confirm the results OF the ex-
pcrimcnts Of Prof. Bruins, Of Tubin-
gen, and Others who have Investigated
the nature and extent of the bullet
wounds in the "cadaver.' At long
and even at medium ranges the Maui
ser bullet, says the London Post,
causes less shock than the older forms
Of projectile, and the danger Of sepsis
is not so great. A number OF patients
shot through the brain at extreme
ranges ultimately recovered, and at
medium TO long ranges caneellous
bone was clearly perforated and COM
pact bone fractured without much
communion. But at short ranges
the Mauser bullet was attended with
an explosive" effect, which caused
the wounds to be far more dangerous
than that inflicted by the Martini bul.
let at the same distance from the
firing point. The great energy Of the
smaller ~projectilc was. wholly or in
part, transmitted TO the surrounding
tissues; ; o that the injury was by no
means confined TO the bullets track
through the body. Bone was extern
sively splintered and pulverized, blood
vessels oblitorated over a large area in
the case Of flesh wounds. and the
whole mass OF the brain d%isintegrated.
Other important results Of observa.
tons were as follows: Soft.noscd bull.
lets do not "set up except as the re.
suit Of striking bone, and hard-man.
tied bullets only change form or break
into fragments after ricochet or i'm.
pact on hard substances outside the
body.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
BREvITIES OF FUN.

An average man is one who thinks
be is just a little better than the sv.
erage.-Chicago Daily News.
Landlady--"How do you like your
oystersi" Bosrder-"Well seasoned,
and about a dozen on a dish.r-Balti.
more World.
We have noticed that when refresh
ments are circulating around that
the boy in the room keeps busy trying
TO get in the path Of the plate
Atchison Globe.
Nubbins Talking Of matrimony,
there are few persons who wed their
ideal" Stebbins-''Thst's the rea-
son, ! suppose. why marriages are
sometimes happy."-Boston Tran
script.
Don't put yoh trust in appear
ances,' said Uncle Eben. "Ef yoh
was jedgin' by ears, yoh might expect
dc rabbit to stan still an kick an de
mule TO run like lightnin'.
ington Star.
IL don't see why he should take it
10 TO heart. There are lots Of other
girls ready TO marry him" eyes, but
you don't understand. lie bet his new
automobile against $500 that she
would accept him."-Indianapolis
News.
Dollars and Sense. - Towne -
Wasn't that Cholly Saphead who
was just talking TO your" Browne
"ies. There's a fellow has more
money than brains" Townc-"Real-
Typ Browne-"Yes, ] just loaned
him a quarter "-Philadelphi Press.
How Should She Know?-"What
a bright little thing!' exclaimed the
prominent society woman, p%atroniz.
ingly cooling at a baby out for an air.
ing in the park. "Whose little n
is this?' "Yours, ma'am." replied
the nurse. "Oi'm the new nurse that
KEN yisiherd'y."-Catholic Stand.
,rd.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
FIVE GOVERNORS.
Massachusetts, Queer Case when tn,
Governor Is Away.

Much amusement was caused AT
the state house Tuesday over the an.
nouncement that Massachusetts, wa,
without n governor. II happened
that Lieut.. Gov. Bates returned soon.
er than expected, and was at the OK.
ecutive chamber. but if he had not,
the fact remains that under the con.
stitution the commonwealth would
have no less than five governors to fiji
the vacancy caused by the absence Of
both governor and lieutenant gov.
ernor. Article VI, chapter II, of the
constitution of Massachusetts, pro.
vides that:
Whenever the office OF the gov.
ernor and lieutenant governor shall
be vacant, by reason of death. absence
or otherwise, then the council. or The
major part Of them, shall during such
vacancy have full power and author.
ity to do, and execute, all and every
such acts, matters and things as the
governor and lieutenant governor
might or could by virtue of this con.
stitution do or execute, if they OF
either of them were personally pres
emit"
A majority of the council is five
Boston Journal.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
Capable Of Great Endurance.

Henry Savage Lander. artist, lin
guist and explorer, is described q,
short and fragile, yet wiry and ca
pable of great endurance Cold he il
said hardly TO feel at all.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
Boston's Good Fortune.

Boston is fortunate in that an es,
tate amounting TO several millions of
dollars is to be used within a reason
able number of years for great hos
pital for ircurables.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
After a Bad Showing,

When any one has been to the front,
and made a bad showing, it is now tbs
popular thing to say he should 60
away back and sit down.-Atchison
Globe.