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The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
The Disadvantage OF Heroiama.

1t would be a good thing IL in our
public school courses in heroism to
teach the boys and girls that, after all,
while heroism is a fine thing and a
great thing. it is most uncomfortable
thing and that possibly, on the whole.
the best and most lasting work that is
accomplished in life comes from a
steady application Of all ones best en-
ergies TO a noble purpose, meeting with
honest and patient effort the emergen-
cies and vexations OF daily life and
holding true to the middle course,
which assures success without bring
Ing notoriety. A fixed purpose to do
well that which one has to do will In
the end bring laurels OF more perma-
nent value to the world at large and to
the unheralded hand that achieves Its
purpose than those which are even
worthily bestowed upon the brow OF
him who avails himself OF an unusual
chance in an abnormal fashion.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
smothered In Roses.

The Sybarites slept on beds stuffed
with rose leaves; the tyrant Dionysius
had his couch filled with them; yerus
would travel with garland on his
head and around his neck. and over his
litter he had thin net, with rose
leaves intertwined; Antiochus luxuri-
ated upon bed OF blooms even in win
ter days and nights. and when Cleo
patra entertained Antony she had roses
covering the floor to the depth, it is
said, Of an ell.
We are told that Heliogabalus sup
piled so many at one Of his banquets
that several Of his guests were sufro-
Gated in the endeavor to extricate them
selves from the abundance-victims Of
q surfeit Of sweet odors.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
Am Ingenious Benrtrap.

The Mexicans in California had an
ingenious method of trapping bears
before the advent OF the Yankees
brought modern firearms into the re-
gion. A piece of meat was nailed to
the stout horizontal limb of an oak
tree. From limb five or six feet above
a rope was suspended, to the end or
which a large stone was made fast so
that 1t hung about six inches above and
on the lower limb.
When a bear smelled the meat from
afar, he would climb up the tree and
make his way to the bait. In doing
so he would push the stone pendulum
to one side. Just as he was about to
fasten his teeth In the meat the stone
would swing back and bang his head.
This would arouse the anger OF the
bear, and he would give the stone a
sweep OF his paw which would send
It swinging farther out. The conse-
Quence was harder bang and more
anger. The more he struck the stone
the harder he would be hit in return
until from ferocious anger he would
lose his caution and attack the pendu-
lum with all his vigor. One powerful
sweep. then bang! and bruin would be
tumbled out OF the tree to the rocks
below, where, disabled by his fall, he
would be at the mercy of those who
set the trap whenever they chose to
take him.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
Points ON q Lobster,

A lobster Is found In the water, but
not always-in fact, some Of the most
successful Holsters that ever lobstered
were born and raised on dry land
One can usually tell lobster by Its
actions. For instance, IL a young man
enters a crowded drawing room and
walks all over the feet Of the assem-
bled guests without their consent or
approval the young man at once be-
comes lobster.
The fathers OF Holsters usually have
money. In fact. 1t Is difficult to be O
real stand up and fall down lobster
unless the lobster's father has money.
1t is an odd fact that many girls
seem to admire Holsters. 1t would
seem that a girl ought to know better.
but she doesn't until she marries a
lobster. Then she tumbles.
Lobsters have no brains. If you
don't believe it, split lobster's head
open with an ak IL you don't care any
thing about the AK.
This world would be a much more
desirable abiding place IL there were
no Holsters in it.-Ohio State Journal
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
CHINESE PROVERBS.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.
The rlpest fruit will not fall into
your mouth.
Great wealth means destiny. Mod
crate wealth means industry.
The pleasure of doing good is the only
one which does not wear out.
Water does not remain on the noun
tain nor vengeance In great mind.
To nourIsh the heart there is nothing
better than TO make the desires few.
When life comes. II cannot be de-
clined. When II goes. IL cannot be
detained,
Good governments get the peoples
wealth. while good instructions get
their hearts.
Those who labor with their minds
govern Others. Those who labor with
their strength are governed by others.
A small bag cannot be made 10 con-
tain what Is large. A short rope can
not be used to draw wafer from deep
we'll
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
THERMOMETER TUBES.
Process of Their Manufacture at
jena, In Germany.

Process of Their Manufacture at
Jena, In Germany.
A most interesting account Ia given
In The Idler Of the wonderful state
aided industry at Jena where glass and
lenses are made for scientists. The In
dustry has been built up by Professor
Able and DR.. Schott, and has through.
out been conducted by scientists whose
efforts have made Jena famous among
scientific men the world over. One OF
the most picturesque features Of the
Jena glassworks Is the great corridor
where the thermometer tubes are
blown and drawn. says correspondent.
We saw this glass In process Of man
ufacture. A boy workman caught a
bit Of molten glass from the furnace on
the end of blowpipe. 1t was hardly
larger than a walnut. but by twirling
and blowing and molding It grew to the
size of an orange, with the shape Of an
orange. More glass was then added,
and there was more rolling and blow
Ing, and when the proper stage was
reached the olowpspe was passed
quickly to the brawny master work
man.
He. In his turn. added glass. blowing
from time TO time with cheeks out
puffed until 1t seemed as though they
must burst, and then rolling the great
ball of glass on his iron kneading board
until 1t looked like huge yellow gourd.
Faster and faster he worked. keeping
the ball always symmetrical and yet
white hot. At length he lifted the
glowing mass quickly In the air. and
second workman attached the blowpipe
at the bottom. Then the two men ran
In opposite directions. twirling the
pipes and blowing Justify from time TO
time. From n thick. partly yellow
globe the glass thinued out quickly as
the men ran apart. until 1t became
dull red tube not larger than a mans
little finger and nearly 800 feet long.
Sometimes In drawing these tubes one
of the blowers would not only run the
length Of the corridor. but far outside
| m the hill
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW.

fore than o thousand years ago
Shadows Of time. how the days go oy--
There was man used TO know
Nav seem strange, but you'll see IT'S 90
After | tell you the reason why
Worked IN a brickyard same as you
And all OF us have to do;
Mixed in the trouble and worry ana strfe'
rhe mirtb and the other things OF life
stirred in the hopes and the pains and fears.
Sneaded the mud with his sweat ana nis tear.
dumanest mass that ever you saw.
poor briek!" said the man, but nave no
straw"
FIN TO his knees In the miry pit,
A pygmy's way. but giants grit'
His back was q chain OF throbbing aches
Lifting the mold with its earthen cskesi
elbows rusty as hinges OF steel.
Knees 80 lame he could hardly kneel;
Mud so stiff IL would clog plow
.nd couldn't be stirred with wheel nohcWi
Nights as short as the days were long,
Nothing seemed right. but everything wrong
rBest can do" said the man; but, pshaw' -.
Vou can't make brick when you have no stInwf
raskmasters pitiess lashed the man.
,.Can'tI, sobbed Weakness. but Courage cTied'
"Can!" -.
"pon,tl. said Despair. but Duty cried. Dor
rAu right" sald tn man, I'm worry h@
through!
ran't do much. and I reckon you'h see
Rytrh won't be Just what they ought to oei
Amt nigh so good as know could make
u lust had straw but you'll have to take
The hest can do for the works own sake.
u. snished his tale OF brick and then
Went home to rest, and sae sons OF men
looked on his perfect work and saw
us,a b,vs sDotlsd the brick had he put In straw.
~ Robert ]. BusdettA
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
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The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
How to Distinguish Tender Reef

How to Distinguish Tender Rect
Meat, to be wholesome, must come
from a healthy animal: to be nutri-
tious, from well nourished one. Much
used muscles absorb much food mate
rial, making rich, juicy meat. This is.
however, tougher than that Of parts
less used, because the connective tis-
sue and nber increase as well as the
contents of the muscle tubes.
The lean Of good beef is firm, elas-
tic and when first cut purplish red. the
surface becoming bright red and moist
after exposure to the air. The tender
er cuts are fine grained and well mot
tied with fat: a thick layer Of firm,
light, straw colored fat extends over
the rib and loin cuts; the kidney suet
Is white and crumbly. Tlabby, dark
or coarse beef with yellow fat is poor.
II it has little fat. 1t is from an old or
underfed creature.-Beatrice Raven In
American Queen.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
Swift Wings.

1t is difficult to account for the enor-
nous velocity OF some birds flight
when migrating. The northern blue
throat goes at the rate of $40 miles an
hour, flying 4,S00 miles from Egypt to
Helgoland in spring night of barely
nine hours. Virginian plover fly from
Labrador to north Brazil. 9.600 miles,
without stopping. going at the rate Of
636 miles an hour and probably more.
How can this speed be attained? The
birds resort to great heights. where the
resistance Of the air Is slight.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
DANGEROUS If NEGLEC 4'ED.

Burns. cuts and other wounds often
become troublesome sores. Even
where delay mas aggravated such in
juries, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
effects cure. Il had a running sore
on my leg thirty years." says II. G..
Hartly, Yankeetown, Ind. After US
Ing many remedies, / tried DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes
healed the sore" Cures all skin dis
ceases. Piles yield to 1t at once. Be-
ware Of counterfeits. s. ID. Bell &
Son.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
Trisss silver weAafmw.

According to . historian. this is the
way the frst silver wedding came
about. II was In the time Of Hugues
Caput. Two of his most faithful serv.
ants, a man and q woman. had grown
gray In his employ. How could he re-
ward them?
Calling the woman. he said: Your
service 10 great, greater than the mans.
whose service Is great enough. for the
woman always finds work harder than
o man. and therefore will give you Q
reward. At your age I know Of none
better than u dowry and . husband
The dowry Is here. This farm from
this time forth belongs to you. II this
man who has worked with you for five
and twenty years is willing to marry
you. then the husband Is ready"
Your majesty" said the old peasant.
'how is 1t possible that we should mar
~. having already silver hairs?"
'Then 1t shall be a silver wedding"
And the king gave the couple silver
enough to keep them In plenty.
Such was the origin OF the silver
wedding. a custom which. spreading all
through France. subsequently became
known to the world.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
Living i'm q Crater.

There is no more interesting or curl
Gus sight on this earth than the interior
OF the extinct crater, Aso San, about
thirty miles from the city of Kuma-
moto. in Japan. This peculiar locality
is inhabited by 10000 people, who live
and prosper within its vertical wall 800
feet high. The inhabitants rarely make
a journey into the outer world, but
form. as it were, a little nation by
themselves.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
A POWERFUL ISSUE.

The great war between Democrats and
Republicans as to tariffs and trusts and
construction of the Constitution has
suddenly dropped to position of medi-
core interest. The clash over the color
question which is scheduled to be
pulled off F." before the Womens' Clubs
of America at Los Angeles this week
will be mere tempest in teapot COM
pared with the pending issue. A pro-
blem of paramount interest has been
thrust in night into the great arena OF
public discussion.
The question lean bullfrog catch
bird?" looks easy, but it isn't anything
of the sort. Anyhow thirty odd Audo-
bon societies are in the midst OF a
quarrel which threatens to disrupt fami-
lies, as to whether a batrachian can
actually leap from the water, seize a
swallow in fight. kill it and eat it. The
discussion isn't confined to any one 10
cality, but bird protecting societies from
Boston to Yuma are talking themselves
black in the face on the subject.
William J. Long, clergyman and stu
dent, is the person guilty of precipitat-
ing the trouble. Mr.. Long isn't an
amateur long-range talker, either.
Every year he goes into the woods OF
some section of the country, lives among
the animals and comes out and writes
about them. What he says is usually
taken as q valuable addition to the
pathological and other animal lore.
Mr.. Long tells two stories with great
wealth of detail, of how he, once in the
twilight, and once in broad daylight,
cav frogs dart straight in the air from
the water, seize and destroy swallows in
fight.
This time Mr.. Long fails as woefully
as the man with the early spring fish
story, or the Arizona jurist who caught
goats on the Jagged crags OF Magdelena
Island. Dozens Of people, some with
little and some with much scientific
knowledge, arise to put scientific stumbl-
Ing blocks across the path of the
preacher. One OF these calls attention
to the fact that a swallows flight is like
the passage of light for swiftness, and
that to catch the bird the frog would be
compelled, like the sportsman when
shooting duck, to hold about ten feet
in front of it's prey to bring it down. In
other words, the frog from behind pad
of lilies would have to watch for the
coming of the swallow and make his
leap just in time to bring about close
connection between his mouth and the
flying bird Another, school principal
in Denver, had the audieity when told
the story, to make no other answer to
it than to shrug his shoulders and softly
whistle.
A large majority of the people en-
gagged in the discussion seem inclined to
announce that they are from Missouri
and want to be shown. 1t is therefore
apparently incumbent on the Rev. Mr..
Long to bring his batrachian fowler and
his swallows out into the open and give
demonstration before set of judges,
portion OF whom shall be chosen by
those who doubt his ability to prove his
contention.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
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The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05

II the upper wedge is not to be cleared
off right away, the city authorities
should see to it that those who occupy
city property are charged reasonable
rent.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
wnxnsr ana ,hs Player.

When Richard Wagner was conduct
or Of the Royal Opera in Dresden. the
orchestra of that institution. though
one OF the best In Germany, was far
from being as good as It is now. and
Wagner had q good deal Of trouble In
making 1t follow bis Intentions. Some
years later. when he was living as an
exile In Zurich, he undertook to train
the local orchestra After a few AZ
tempts he exclaimed. Gentlemen. you
have just given me great pleasure:
you have played exactly as badly as
the Dresden orchestra"
The Zurich players laughed. and the
idea that they might play better than
the royal musicians In Dresden 80 fired
tAeir zeal that they actually succeeded
In doing &c.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05

Judge Owen T. Rouse went to Phoenix
last night in q last desperate effort to
save the old wedge. Judge Rouse is said
70 be making 4 campaign for Congress.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo QuiniLe Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
IL it fails TO cure. II. w. Groves sign
ature 10 on each box. &c.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-05-05
Columbus Grill : Room

Force just the thing for breakfast.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-05-24
THE EAST.

In New York Lewis Nixon has re-
signed as leader of Tammany Hall.
In New York the one hundred aud
fourteenth general assembly of the
Presbyterian church opened in the
Fifth Avenue church.
In a fire that destroyed the Amer
lean hotel at Mt. Pleasant, w. Va, five
men persisted.
The collapse of the $4,000, 900 hard
ware trust is announced
Exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
seven DAYS ended on the 10th aggre-
gated s., 1854, 492, 235, against $2,952 ,007,-
4S1 the previous week. The decrease,
compared with the corresponding
week of last year, was 30.S.
In the United States there were 22s
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 10th, against 21S the week
previous and III the corresponding
week of last year.
Ms. George Buck, IS years old, and
Mrs. Hannah Cummings, over so years
old. were burned to death at Shrews-
bury, Mass.
The creed report, made to the Pres
byterian general assembly in New
York. says that the confession does
not teach infant damnation.
The striking anthracite miners are
planning to tie up all the coal mines
in the United States.
At Arlington cemetery President
Roosevelt, Speaker Henderson, Sen
ator Foraker and Congressman Hep
burn. Grosvenor and Gardener deiiv-
ered addresses at the reinterment OF
Gen. ". S. Rosecrans.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-05-24
WHAT RUSSELL SAGE SAYS.

To put a premium on brains and
honesty is the only way to level things
up.
There may come time when the
state will put limit upon mans for
tune.
Any restriction of the rights of cap
ital would work incalcula BILE in Jury to
the workingman.
Persons who are unable to acquire
money are necessarily not capable of
its proper use or care.
The people know that up to the pres
ent time the great capitalists have
been only captains of industry.
So long as some men have more sense
and more self-control than others, just
so long will such men be wealthy.
1t is observable that the very rich
men of to-day are far more democra tic
than ever before in the history of the
world.
1t is just as wicked to intrust some
men with large amounts of money as
it would be to put an idiot in charge of
an express train.
Intelligence, industry, honesty and
thrift produce wealth, and those who
possess such qualities are best fitted
for its custody.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1902-05-24
IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

Tarantulas are now bred in Aus
tralia for their webs, the filaments of
which are made into threads for bal
looms. Each tarantula yields from 20
to 40 yards of filament, of which eight
twisted together form a single thread
of sufficient stoutness. 1t is much
lighter than silk.
More protection is needed for lob
sters. 1t is a slow breeder, laying eggs
but once in two years, and carrying
these eggs attached to the modified
legs under the abdomen for ten or
eleven months after laying; while the
young require probably four to seven
years to reach maturity and attain
length of from seven to ten inches.
A German observer noticed during
thunderstorm wild goose fall heavily
to the ground at his feet. After the
storm had abated he found another
dead goose lying on the ground at
distance of about a mile. An examina-
ton of their carcasses revealed two
quite small wounds a little over an inch
long on the back of the neck of each
bird.