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The age-herald., 1901-12-22
AMERICANS AS BOOK BUYERS.
Enormous Sales of Various PubIica-
 tiono During the Current Year.

From tho Brooklyn Eagle.
 Probably over five million novels, five million educational works and five mil- lion nursery books have been sold to the American people during the present year. and although not one of their fifty mil lion readers may be any the better, each one of those 100000 volumes has cost from 10 to 20 cents in hard cash for its material and workmanship, and distrib- uted two or three solid dollars to the support of paper mills, printing plants. binderies, and wagon drivers; while the profit on each, of a double sum, has paid the salaries of thousands of educated clerks bookkeepers artists, authors and salesmen. The fact of the matter Is, then, not that publishing is an inmate rial and haphazard industry, but one of the greatest and most definite industries of the age; and nowhere more thriving, probably in no country (except' China) really greater than 1t Is in the United States.
 The leading features In the American publishing business are undoubtedly fic- tion. school text books, and colored ju- veniles. In Germany scholarship and philosophy lead; in France, belles lettres and political brochures; in England, travel and history bulk largely; but in America, at present, where the brilliant elastic, and lucrative journalism of the daily press absorbs greedily and lavishdy exudes literary expression of novelty or importance, fiction is supreme in the book market. In England a sale of ten thousand copies makes novel a success. and a sale of fifty thousand copies Is quite phenominal; but in American we do not consider sales phenominal below six figures, and scores of books sell upward of twenty thousand copies almost with out being heard of The sales of educa- tional books, first and second standard readers. geographies, arithmetics, etc., are also enormous and these figures would fill the man in the street with amazed incredulity; but that goes with out saying in a population that Is advanc- ing by leaps and bounds toward the hun dred million mark and consumed with a thirst for primary education unexampied in the history of any other country. It is the sales of fiction which are sensa- tional.
The age-herald., 1901-12-22
BIGGEST CLAIM IN WORLD.
Money of Entire Universe Would Not
 Satisfy 1t.

Fom the Cleveland Journal.
 An Italian family named Peruzzi has a claim against the British government for s2,4oO,OoO, with interest, since 134o The claimants are the descendants of the famous Peruzzis. who were the great bankers of Florence in the middle ages. Florence was then the great banking cen- ter of Europe.
 King Edward II professed a great af- lection for the head of the Peruzzi fam fly. At the same time he borrowed large sums of money from the banker. The King had already strained the country's resources in fighting the Scotch, and when he made war on France he needed the help of the Florentine bankers very much and obtained it. He was success full in his war, as the historic names of Crecy and Poictiers attest, but that did not fill his coffers. In the year 1340 Ed wards debt to Peruzzi and his brother Florentine bankers amounted to 1855, 900 golden fiorins, or about a2, 100000 of Eng fish money-a collosal sum in those days
 Banker Peruzzi at last summoned up courage to ask the terrible King for his money, but his majesty begged him not to mention the subject again. When the banker pressed him further the King is- sued a proclamation announcing that ow., ing to the lack of ready money and for the good of the kingdom. he should post pone the payment of all his debts indefin- itely. This proclamation was regarded as a very statesmanlike document in Eng land, and Edward has retained his repu- tation as one of the wisest of the early English kings.
 The Peruzzi family are still in exist ence, and hold a respectable position in Italy. Ever since 1S40 they have kept on dunning the sovereigns of England for their money. Every ten years they for ward a statement of their claim to the British government but the latter shows no indication of paying 1t. The sum of f2, 0,000 borrowed by King Edward III. would, with moderate rate of interest. compounded annually since 1S40, run into twenty-six figures. There is not enough money in the world to pay It, but it is hardly necessary to say that the Peruzzi family would compromise for a much smaller sum than that
The age-herald., 1901-12-22

am sorry to see that all the reciproci- ty treaties negotiated during the late Presidents administration are likely to remain unacted upon. that is defeated. President Mckinley I knew well, and shortly after my return from the last Paris Exposition, which attended as Commissioner of the United tates, I had a conversation with him on the subject He seemed to be deeply interested in the French treaty. and questioned me with respect to 1t and the feeling in France. I assured him that nearly every member of the French government with whom had spoken was desirous that 1t should be ratified, because of the effect it would have in bringing the two peoples closer together and cementing between them the ties of that traditional friendship which was formed on the battlefields of the rev olution, and which it Is to the highest importance to both nations to perpetuate. I further informed the late President that the great manufacturers and merchants with whom I had conversed, while in Paris, were most emphatic in the ex- VTcGSiOn Ol thicif dniiAhoetOh AOA sAo United States. and eager to extend their lines of commercial connection with us. They believed that the markets for Amer ican goods in France could be very much enlarged, and that the reciprocity treaty was a great stride in that direction. Pres ident Mckinley appeared to be much pleased, remarlxing that nothing would be left undone by him to promote feelings of the most cordial nature between our selves and France. Some months later on. again saw him when he recurred to the subject, declaring that time had strengthened his views with respect to the wisdom of the proposed policy. Then came that memorable speech, the last message of the beloved President to his countrymen. and which, even now, takes rank with the farewell address of Wash ington.
 The economic policy which the deceased chief of the nation, so afelicitously and forcibly, then outlined Is unouestionably the course the Republican party must pursue, if not at the present time. in the very near future. The Dingley Act, as it is called, is magnificent measure in nearly. every respect. It has accomplished
The age-herald., 1901-12-22
An Important Discovery.

From Puck.
 Uncle Abner-I see in the paper that a new kind of patent medince has just been put on the market that will cure everything.
 Aunt Rachel-Welll And both of Jed Larkins' boys is goin' to a medical col lege. It seems that when lots of folks go to fittin' theirselves for a profession something happens to make that pro- fession unprofitable.
The age-herald., 1901-12-22
Unreasonable Women.

From the Yonkers Statesman.
 Mrs.. Crimsonbeak--And you say she's an unreasonable woman?
 MT. Crimsonbeak-Is she? Why, if she went down to the stock exchange shed expect some of the men to get up and give her their $5o.o00 seatsi
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10

James +. Crump. jointly, for broken and
unbrOken limestone, and
,, From Solomon Hansell for un.
broken stone only:
Myers and Crump, unbroken, "a perch. 81 e
Myers IL Crump, broken. ....... 80. 30
Solomon Hansell, unbroken. /. p
Mayor thought it high time to begin
paving streets. COuncilmen assented.
Mayor will call special meeting some
time this month to take up reservoir and
street-paving matters. The question as
to whether property owners can he com
PEELED to pave part of street was referred
to the Attorney to report atspecial meet
ing.
On Mr.. jenkins motion, seconded by
Mr.. Duggan, the bid of Mr.. Hansell was
accepted.
opinion that teamsters loading in town
and hauling out of town need not take
out license.
Mr.. Hamill promised to offer an Or
dinance at the proposed special meeting
which will protect town teamsters. On
his motion, seconded by Mr.. Wilson, it
was ordered that every licensed vehicle
bear tag and number and Finance
committee We're instructed to get the
same.
Mr.. Wilson thought town ought to
have two policemen; that the amount
paid for specials" would provide the
second permanent, and moved, seconded
by Mr.. Knieriem, that another be elected
or appointed. Lost.
Water superintendent was instructed
to purchase 3 tire-plugs.
Bills amounting to ~, 174.Sl were read,
ordered paid, and at II 80 p. IN. Council
adjourned.
The two blueprint maps of the town
ordered by Council may be described
prospectively Us follows:
They will show the size and location of the
pipe line on each and every street within the
corporate limits; locate each and every stop
and connection on said pipe line locate each
and every public building within the town
limits locate reservoir on each side o: noun
tain-ther distance from corporation line
and elevation above the different points
within corporate limits. All streets and de
scrption of stops and connection will be
lettered or described and each and every lot
and name of owner or tenant marked. Maps
will be by feet in size and completed
within months. Cost sl45
Political.
The Hanna ticket Cfor sheriff. won at
the primaries of No. IL and 26 Saturday
evening, and the Horace r. Hamilton
ticket (for same office i'll No. 70.
Large votes We're polled i'll all the town
districts, indicating unusual interest in
the welfare-nOt of the people, nor SO
much of party, but of individuals.
The delegates elected are listed below:
No. 11-William Gunter Thomas Lansfori,
William Thorpe, &. C. Brode and b. +.
Shuckha
No. I'D. E. Shaffer, William Hosken,
John g. Merrbaugh, Philip Gerlach and
Alfred Morgan.
No. 26-Daniel Griffith, E. b. Gales,
Samuel Thomas, Thomas Richardson,
Jenkins Daniels.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
TOWN AND VICINITY.
Echoes.

Poor old Frostburg, the Gibraltar of
the party! One out of ten available
places on the ticket! Can this defalca-
ton be made up with anti-merit elo-
quence and red fire?
Poor old Frostburg
bright beacon light
On election night
stands just as high in party esteem
lis Borden Shaft-no higher.
1t stands not so high as Pekin, not far
from Never Seen. Already with judge
of the Orphans Court, Pekin, which
gave Pearre one forty fourth of his coun-
ty majority, has on the ticket just what
Frostburg has, which gave him nearly
one-fourth of that big majority
Poor old Frostburg!-didn't even get
what it wanted in the way of IA tax col
lcctor. District No. 10, outside of town,
had the cheek to place a man i'll nomi-
nation who was unknown to the town as
Il candidate, and he was nominated with
out getting town vote!
Much more than the matter of places
on the ticket is that of the value of
the places. Frostburg gets for next
year about $500 worth, Cumberland at
least $500. In ratifying this dividend
there should he either a very, very small
vote i'll FroStburg, or il laundering big
vote against it.
In party way ULYSSES was long
time name to conjure with. So now
with another name, but it is to be
doubted whether Hanna's name had
been MARK he could have overcome
the imperial anti-merit mandate adding
the sheritfalty to Cumberland's already
big dividend of places on the ticket.
The moral of these interjections-not
original with the JOURNAL, but picked
up here and there from the disgruntled
observations of those who have right to
criticize is the sheriffalty should have
come to F1ostburg. Especially after
elise and Hamilton, III manly terms, had
withdrawn i'll favor of the man who had
carried two of the three districts dis
tinctly on his own merit, it should have
come to Ulysses Hanna!
But anti-merit reigns
Great is anti-merit.
Is the democratic party again going to
play its role of accessory after the fact
to a republican clean sweep?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
Personal,

The Misses Flurshutz, of Cumberland,
are visiting the family of councilman
Martin Hartig.
Mrs. Mary J. Whalley and Miss Mary
Lewis, of this place, left Monday for
ten days trip to Buffalo.
John Sleeman, of Vale Summit. and
one of the best men i'll that bunch of
good people, was here Wednesday.
Miss Lila Amman, of Cumberland, is
visiting her brother, r. Amman.
Mrs. Ida L. Deremer, of Mann's
Choice, Pa, is the guest of Miss Jennie
SpitznOs.
Joe Lindauer, clothier and gents fur
nisher, has returned from New York
and it may be put down as Il probability
that he is few days ahead of some new
goods.
Misses Nellie and Mary Hamill are
visiting their aunt, Mrs Walter Keller,
of Cumberland.
David Percy, of Latrobe, Pa, is the
guest of his kinsman, John Davis, post
master. He is son of the late George
Percy, of this vicinity; left here about
81 years ago and has been back but once
since. Like all prodigal sons of the
good old town, he sees many additions,
improvements and embellishments, but
unlike the Scriptural maynard, he has
got himself tied down i'll Latrobe so
tight that it would be waste of veal to
kill the fatted calf.
Miss Myers, of Washington, d. c., is
the gnest of the Misses Cohen, Union
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones and daugh-
ter, Miss Nenie, of Meyersdale, Pa,
spent Sunday among relatives i'll town.
Walter Anthony, book-keeper for a
big firm of Pittsburg, Pa, is spending
his summer vacation with his father, eX-
councilman GershOn Anthony.
Mrs. George Stark, ST., of Cumber-
land, was among friends here three or
four days last week.
Misses jamie and Lille Moore, of
Berryville, Va, and Miss Sara w. Coe,
of Charles Town, w. Va, are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. DIN Beall.
S. H. Hansbrough, of Winchester,
Va, one of the business leaders of that
thrifty city, gave the JOURNAL Wednes-
day few hours of his genial company
in affectionate renewal of dud ld0g syHc.
There was talk goiore of many happy
hours OH the heights of Linden when
the sun was low"
Mrs. Rose Paul, of Washington, ID. c.,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. a. NJ.
Devecmon.
Miss Emma Wittig, of Baltimore, is
visiting her uncle, George II. Wittig,
and family
Rev. J. J. Dillon, of Baltimore, was
the guest several days this week of his
brother, T. G. Dillon, of the st. Cloud
hotel
Mrs. J. T. Edwards and little son, of
Cumberland, are visiting the family of
+. c. Beall.
Mrs. Margaret English and two daugh-
tiers, Misses Mamie and Maggie, of
Altoona, Pa, are visiting draughter and
sister, Mrs. Andrew Engle, at New
Shaft.
Misses Bessie Maude and Mary Rae
Mcclure, of Pittsburg, Pa, are visiting
their aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Hart, east
Union street.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-08-10
New BusinessL Locals,

To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomzers in applying liquid in
to the nasal passages for catarrhal troubles,
the propretors prepare Elys Liquid Cream
Balm. Price including the spraying tube is
rs cents. Druggists or by mail. The liquid
embodies the medicinal properties of the solid
preparation Cream Balm is quickly absorb
ed by the membrane and does not dry up the
secretions but changes them to natural and
healthy character. Ely Brothers, 56 Warren
ST., N. Y.
WRITE Mountain State Business College
Cumberland, Md, for First Lesson in
Gregg's Shorthand. It's free.
Arizona republican., 1901-08-15
s1OO REWARD, s1Oo.

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 Sure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a con stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting direct ly 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 assisting nature in do- ing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers. that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials Address.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
Arizona republican., 1901-08-15

Maximum temperature, 30; minimum temperature, 70. Average relative humidity, 60 per cent. Total precipitation, 80. Character of the day-Clear.
 VIM. c. BURNS,
 Section Director.
Arizona republican., 1901-08-15
PERSONAL MENTION.


 Mrs. N. A. Morford left yesterday for Iron Springs
 w. A. Hawkins left last night for Benson. AriZ.
 Miss Bessie Champie left last night over the NJ. and P. for Toyah, Tex.
 Harry A. Mcdonald was passenger for Sentinel on last nights south bound train.
 Clay Parker and Will Graham left yesterday for an outing trip to Camp creek
 J. R. Dunn, Los Angeles cattle buy CT, is in the city looking over the stock situation.
 l.. H. Chalmers returned home yester- day morning from visit to his family in Los Angeles.
 c. T. Vincent came down from Con.
Arizona republican., 1901-08-15

gress yesterday morning and left last night for Crittenden.
 Mrs. J. R. Meskimmons left last night over the M. and P. for Sacaton, where she will join her husband.
 Mrs. E. F. Porter went 70 Mesa City yesterday and will be the guest of Mrs. w. A. Kimball the rest of the week.
 J. F.. Tharnish left yesterday morning for Prescott in response to telegram announcing the illness of his sister Mrs. Clara Breen..
 Dr. R. w. Craig, who has been spend ing couple of months in the esst, re- turned home on Tuesday evenina'e de- layed s. F. r. X P. train.
 Those registering at the Commercial hotel yesterday were T. A. Lewis, St. Louis; Henry Cowell, Wickenberg; Miss Grace B. Care, Congress and T. J. Lindsley, St. Louis.
 Among those registering at the Hotel Adams yesterday were H. E. West, Los Angeles; John J. Woods, St. Louis; A. H. Christie, Milwaukee; sam Cashman, St. Joe, and Samuel McCracken, James Clark and John F. Sullivan of Chica- go.
Arizona republican., 1901-08-15

HIS SECOND TRIP.-United States Marshall McCord has gone to San Francisco with another consignment of four Chinese for the Orient
 WELCOMED HOME.-Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Easterling arrived home on yes- terday mornings train from the north, As announced a day or two ago they were married recently in Chicago.
 GIVEN THIRTY DAYS.-Abrundio Mena was brought down from Wicken- burg yesterday morning on a commit ment from Justice Boyds court. for thirty days in jail for disturbing the peace.
 BACK AGAIN.-Mr. J. A. Locke has returned from visit to Colorado and resumed his old position as foreman of The Republicans composing room. Mrs. Locke and son, who have been spending the summer at the coast, will return shortly.
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.-- Articles of incorporation. of the Cleve- land Oil Land company were filed with the county recorder yesterday. The in- corporators are Julius Holmok. Charles Holmok and Henry B. walz. The cap- ital stock is s5OO,OO0.
 UNITED MODERNISM. c. Hester and Mir R. Harlan have. been elected delegates to the grand lodge of United Moderns, which convenes in Los Ange- les on August 20. MT. Hester left last night for Los Angeles and will be joined at Ash Fork by Mir. Harlan.
 
 THE JEROME STRIKE.-It was re- ported here yesterday that the strike at Jerome had been declared off and that the workmen had resumed their posi- tions under former conditions, but a later report gave general denial of the report first circulated.
 LIGHT AT THE SPRINGS.-CastIe Creek Hot Springs will soon have all the modern convenlences that visitor there can ask for. The company is now engaged in putting in an electric light plant and it is said an ice factory will be erected and an addition made to the big hotel building.
 GOT HIS RANCH BACK.-Guada- lupa Perez, Mexican woman who was a tenant on a ranch south of the river belonging to w. H. Easterwood, was yesterday elected from the property by Constable Martin by legal process. Her lease expired June 1st and since then she has refused to vacate the premises.
 HILLS ARFi GREEN.-Mr. J. F. Smith who is in from the Phoenix mine, reports that there have been heavy rains in the mountains along Cave creek, and that the hills are taking on a
Arizona republican., 1901-08-15
DR. R. W. CRAIG HOME
Says Phoenix Will Be a Lively Town
 This Winter.

Dr. R. w. Craig returned home Tuesday night from three months visit in the east, and is very enthus- iastic over the prospects of Phoenix for the coming winter, as he views them from the result of his conversations with eastern people.
 He left here in June, going to St. Paul. where he read a paper on the climate of Arizona before the clima- tology section of the National Medical association. From there he went to Chicago, where he spent three weeks with Dr. J. B. Murphy, former assoc fate and a well known physician. He says that he met many physicians dur
 ing his travels and the general opin- ion among them seems to be that the climate of Arizona is superior to that of either California or Colorado for those afflicted with lung trouble, and that the greater number of physicians are now recommending Arizona as O health resort. It Is the opinion of Dr. Craig that Phoenix will this winter be visited by many more ealth-seekers than ever came this way before.
 After leaving Chicago pr. Craig visit cd the Pan-American exposition and saw many wonderful things. but the most notable was the electric display which he says far out-ciasses the Worlds fair or the Paris exposition, and he saw both of them. He met many Phoenix people in Buffalo and all were enjoying themselves. From there he went down the St. Lawrence. visited the Thousand Islands, Toronto and other points and had delightful trip. Then he went to New York and Wash
 ngton. and spent some time In the hos pital of the Johns Hopkins university at Baltimore, a visit of professional interest, and returned to Chicago. On the way home he stopped at Denver and Colorado. / Springs. The latter place. he says. was simply crowded to overfiowing with visitors and 1t was almost impossible to secure a room. Colorado is alive with tourists, and money throughout the east is so plentiful that those who have 1t are scattering it everywhere.
 From the Springs he went to Green Mountain Falls where MT. $. P. Clark is conducting a hotel. He says Mir. Clark is doing a good business and has a crowded house all the time. Eastern people are turning their eyes toward the west both for pleasure and invest ment. Colorado is full of them and they will, many of them, find their way into Arizona the coming winter.
Arizona republican., 1901-08-15
Wilson & Woodbridge
News et Y
 the Town
THE WEATHER

Local Daily Weather Report for The
 Arizona Republican. Forecast for today-Thunderstor warmer.
 Data for "A hours ending p. m. yes- terQay:
Arizona republican., 1901-08-15
ARE YOU... PUTTING UP
 FRUIT?
Before you buy go to David
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 Mason Jars, pints, s1.O0 dog; quarts, sl25 doz
 The best Jar Rubbers Dc dog. Fruit Jar Fillers 15c.
 Patent Jar Fillers 45c.
 One Gallon Stone Preserve Jar with Cover, S5c.
 Granite Preserving Kettles from quart to 30 quarts at bargain prices. Granite Dish-Pa from soc to s2.O0. Quart Tin Fruit Cans with wax, roc per dog.
 Quart Tin Fruit Cans with wax
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Arizona republican., 1901-08-15

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