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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-11-26

The Saturday Evening Post after having worked" the newspapers of the country for valuable notices, has discontinued the courtesy of ex- change with newspapers. This must fall os heavy blow to journolism. The Evening Post is published by the concern that issues the Ladies' Home Sweet Home Journal, all the crocheting and fancy needlework of which is done by that gifted person, Edward w. Box. Mir. Box also sends out his photograph as a premium to lady subscribers and this great favor has run the circulation of the pub lication up to enormous heights. IL is said that there isn't a chamber maid in the United States, Canada or Mexico that doesn't read the Home Sweet Home Journal. As for the Saturday Evening Post it has been coming to the Inter Mountain with great regularity without an exchange; but as we have the Butte Miner, the Bozeman Avant- Courier and other amusing things to read. we have not of recent years broken the sacred seal of its wrapper. We shall miss the wrapper.-Butte Inter Mountain.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-11-26

It was high noon in the palatial offices of the Hot Air and Cold Air Trust Operator, No. l.
 The great man himself had just come in and after carefully drawing his days profit from the safe, sat reading his mornings mail.
 A messenger approached.
 'Sir, there's man outside to see you"
 "Who is he?"
 "The President of the United States" The great parsonage drowned.
 That fellow," he said ominously, "has been hanging around here for a week. Tell him to be of. I have nothing for himw-Life.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-11-26
No. 5S0. Application For a Patent.
U. s. Land Office, Prescott. Arizona, Sept. 30, 1902.

Prescott. Arizona, Sept. 30, 1902.
 Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the Act of Congress approved May 10, 1872. Frank A. Davis by O. E. NJ. Beall, his attorney -in-fact whose pOstoffice is Pres colt. Yavapai county, Arizona, has made application for United States patent for 122S linear feet of the Sunlight lode claim, bearing gold, silver and copper, situated in the Big Bug mining district, Yavapai coun- ty, Arizona territory. and described in the official plat and field notes on file in the office of the register of the Prescott Land District, Arizona. as follows. to-wit:
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-11-26
Survey No. 1540, A.

Beginning at cor No 1, identical with the cor of the location where granite rock Sxl2x24 inches is $ 12 inches in the ground, with a mound of stones alongside, rock chis
 eled 1-154O, whence [ s L M No 1, bears
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-11-26

The Wellington is first in line with pretty carnival decorations.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-11-26
HOMESTEAD MINE.

October ?, 1898.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-11-26

Mir. and Mrs. ". R. Humphreys have returned from their visit to the east.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-11-26

First publication Oct P.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-11-26
RIG RIG SHELTER

June r, 1902.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

An invention which is likely to rev.
olutionize the Matchmaking industry
has been perfected by a Swiss watch
maker named David Ferret of Marin,
near Neuchatel. It is a watch which
goes by electricity, and its special
feature is it's accuracy. 1t was Sc
verely tested by experts, and it was
found that it gained only seven-tenths
of a second in five weeks. The expert
at the observatory at Neuchatel de-
clares the watch to be equal in preci-
sion to an expensive chronometer The
watch resembles an ordinary gentle
mans lever, costing $50, and goes for
fifteen years without being rewound.
London Mail.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

Professor Wright, chief editor Of the
great English Dialect Dictionary, pub
lished at Oxford, now says that he ex-
poets to complete his work by the end
of 1905. The work began in 1895, and
two parts a year have been published.
Dr. Wright is assisted by 500 contrib
utors in all parts Of the kingdom and
some 100000 slips have been sent in,
the mere alphabetical arrangement of
which cost several thousand dollars.
When complete the dictionary will con-
tain over 100000 dialect words, York
shire contributing about 2O,000.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
Conical rlshinr Contest.

A very amusing competition for fish
.ermen has just taken place in Brussels.
The contest, which was international
says the London Express, brought
three fishing clubs from France. The
prizes, which ran up 10 several hum
dred francs, were to be awarded to
those who caught most fish in a given
time. Hundreds of competitors ap-
peared on the scene, clad in a variety
Of comical costumes.
Fishing took place in the lake in
the Bots de la Cambre and the Tuelles
ponds, all noted for their finny inhab-
itants. Round the banks the fisher
men sat for hours under a broiling sun
in a serried line, gravely watching
their floats. All the rods had to go
into the water at a given signal.
Whenever a fish was caught, be ii
great or be it small, gun was fired.
The first fish caught in each group
was cooked for the feast and minnoW
or whale, served on bed Of parsley
The dish was carried solemnly to the
president, who rose and bowed gravely
three times to the unconscious fish, at
ter which it was paraded round the
room and saluted by all the members
Of the club IT. turn. At the close O.
the dinner the president proposed the
health of all fish.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22
THE BOY AND THE MssUHANr.


How, by sundry Tests, AN Employer se-
iecied an Errand Soy.
A merchant prince OF this city,
needing additional help, inserted the
following adyci tisement in a morning
paper
boy Wanted-s4 a week; Sc to the
right one"
A group Of two or three dozen APP
plicants awaited the merchant the next
day In his Office One at a time they
were admitted. and to each in turn the
merchant said:
Take this book and read on without
pause or break until / tell you to stop"
The boy would take the volume and
begin TO read. The merchant.after a
moment would rise with a sharp ex-
clamation and drop a heavy paper
weight upon the floor which would
excite the curiosity of the rea-
der, who would pause and raise his
eyes from the text to see what was go
ing on. But If he refrained from
doing this, if he kept up continu-
Gus flow Of reading, the merchant
would put him to another test by
taking a puppy dog from a closet and
beginning to romp with it.
All the boys but one fell before the
test Of the puppy dog. They stopped
reading, they looked on at the romp
with smiles, and some Of them even
went so far as to say:
What's the dogs name, mister?"
Those who failed like this were
hidden to depart But the one boy
who did not fail the merchant took
by the hand q want YOU he said,
"for it is plain that you are master Of
yourself l told you to keep on
reading, and you kept on, though to
test you l dropped an iron paper
weight and pl aged with a puppy
dog. I'll take you, therefore, into my
employ at 81 a week, and if you do as
well as / think you will your salary
will be rased to Sc a week within 9
months"
The boy, who had an honest, open
countenance, said: 81 thank you, sir.
Mother will be glad to hear Of this.
I will report for duty at 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning"
And bowling politely, the lad with
drew, holding his cap in his hand.
The merchant gave him, the next
morning, IS in greenbacks to deposit
in bank. You are master Of your
self" he said, land without fear
give you a position of trust at once
The boy set out for the bank, but
never reached it. Neither did he
ever return to his employer again
He disappeared completely. He was
a scoundrel and a thief
Thereafter, in engaging help, the
merchant was guided by references
rather than by tests.-Philadelphia
Record.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

Senator Hanna declared to a meeting
Of railroad men in Cleveland that he
intends to devote the remainder of his
life to the solution Of questions Of cap
ltal and labor
General Miles is a brilliant French
scholar despite the fact that he did not
take up the study Of the language until
late in life. He studied it to ill extra
time while in the West
The Washington Post has laboriously
counted the capital is in a recent
speech by Representative Jones, Of
Washington, a new member. and finds
that in the first forty-two lines of the
enusion as it appeared in the Congress.
sl0nal Record, the personal pronoun
occurs forty-seven times
DR. Edward Everett Hale gave the
University of Chicago students these
three practical working rules" the
other day: keep out in the open air
as much as possible. Have faith IL
your neighbor Make a practice Of en-
gaging in conversation each day some
one whom you know to be your SUI
perioF"
When Queen Alexandra met Lord
Kitchener after his return from South
Africa she told him there was only one
thing necessary to make him every
thing that could be desired. He asked
her what that was The Queen an
swered, "a clever. handsome wife"
To which Lord Kitchener smilinely re.
joined That is defect capable Of
being remedled."
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-08-22

The Knaok of Concealing Their KnacIs
MANY women, said the philosopher,
"can make their own clothes. but it
is the exalted few who can make them
So that the others viii not suspect It."
indianapolis News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
Tides In Lakes.

Ildes or the ocean, as every one knows,
are the result Of the unequal attrs ctions
of the sun and moon On the earth's sur.
face, as compared with its center. As
the proportionate difference on account
of its lesser distance is greater in the
case OF the moon, its tide raising iaHu-
ence is rather more than twice as great
as that of the sun, notwithstanding the
dictum of the man who would not be-
lleve the moon had anything to do with
it because he had seen tides when theirs
was no moon.
Visitors to the lake country may not
be aware that our small inland seas have
tides which follow the moon with even
more precision than the open ocean. The
water in n lake "rocks" as though it were
solid mass, but slowly, the surface
changing its level as the meridian Of
the lake alters its direction with regard
to the moon. 1t requires, however, minute
observation to detect this tide. So small
is it that the difference between high and
low water in a lake a hundred miles
broad is little more than an inch.
In some of the lakes Of Switzerland,
besides the semdiurnal tide. phenomena
have been observed. called locally seiches,
in which the whole body Of water rocka
or vibrates in twenty minutes or half an
hour.-London Telegraph.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
COaling stations Next.

1t is limited at the navy department
that plans are being formulated for the
requirement Of coaling stations for the
use of our warships which will defend
the isthmian canal. Now that the
treaty Is signed and England has sub
mitted to our demand that we defend
the canal according to our wishes It
has become incumbent upon the navy
department to make such preparations
as are necessary for the maintenance
of a fleet in the vicinity of the pro.
posed canal.
These stations will be established at
Almirante bay, the Chlriqui lagoon Co
lombia; the gulf Of DulCe, Costa Kica
the Danish West Indies. and Galapa-
Eos island, Off the coast Of and belong
ing to Ecuador. Admiral Dewey says
the canal can be defended only by the
navy. Rear Admiral Bradford. chief
of the bureau OF equipment and a
member of the naval war board, says
the defense of the canal will be the
guns of the American fleet, and in or
der that the feet may operate from
nearby bases 1t Is necessary that they
be established without delay.-Army
and Navy journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
THE JINGLE OF THE PRESIDENTS.

The superintendent of the Columbus, o.
schools has arranged Jingle on the Pre-
sidents which, as amended by THE Press
to give q clearer idea of the five e-Prc-
sdential SUGGESTIONS incident to the death
of the men elected President, runs as
follows
First stands the lofty Washington,
That noble, great, immortal one.
The elder Adams next we see,
And jefferson makes the number three.
Then Madison is fourth, you know,
The fifth one on the list Monroe.
The sixth and Adams comes again,
With Jackson seventh in the train,
Van Buren, eighth falls into line
And Harrison makes number nine.
His death gives Tyler tenth, turn,
While Folks the eleventh as we learn.
Death comes to Taylor. twelfth in race,
And Fillmore takes the empty place.
The fourteenth, Pierce. Is next elected,
Buchanan, as fifteenth chief selected.
In war time Lincoln rules the nation,
And, sixteenth, holds this highest station;
But 10. the hero's stricken dead
And Johnson, seventeenth, serves instead.
The eighteenth then Is Grant, you know,
And nineteenth, Hayes from Ohio.
Then comes another Buckeye son,
GARFIELD, the second martyred one,
Whose term was filled by Arthur through.
When Cleveland comes as twenty-five,
After Harrison as twentythird,
Cleveland once again Is heard.
As twenty-fifth, Mckinley great,
The third to share the martyrs fate.
As, twenty sixth, while grief Is felt
We hail the gallant Roosevelt,
philadelphia Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
Fl4


In the middle ages the generally nc-
ceptcd way to get rid of an enemy was
to poison him. That the practice has not
been entirely discontinued is proved by
the record Of a years poisoning cases in
the Bombay Presidency, where the prac-
tice is still extensive.
Arsenic is the favorite agent. probably
owing TO the facility with which it can
be procured and the rough similarity q
the symptoms produced by il TO those Of
disease, An official records one case
whore two heggars We're drugged with
opium in order that they might be rob
bed Of eight annas )eightpence). The med
leo legal cases referred to in the report
only show the cases which are brought
10 light, but ii is a common opinion that
the crime Of poisoning is excessively fire.
Quent. These remarks apply 10 nearly
all parts OF India. Copper, cerbera,
dhatura, mercury, phosphorus and
ground glass are other poisons selected.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
THE ROPE FIRE ESCAPE.
II Would Seem 10 BE n DeIu,ion ans
Snare.

Strange how people pin their faith
to rope as means Of escape from burn.
ing buildings remarked an officer OF
the fire department. Hundreds Of
travelling men carry coil Of light rope
habitually in one Of their trunks and feel
safe on the upper floors OF hotels they
know are mere deathtrsps. A drummer
of my acquaintance, who weighs fully
200 pounds and who has taken no exer.
else for the last twenty years, has a
sample case with a special compartment
containing fifty yards Of silk lifeline, OK.
tremely light and strong.
Do you really think you could slide
down on that in case OF fre?' ] asked
him when he showed me the arrange.
ment.
why notT he replied It's been
tested to three times my weight
The only difficulty that occurred tn
him was the breaking OF the line. That
he would have no trouble hanging to il
on the way down he took FOR granted
Now, as a matter of fact" continued the
speaker, e rope is the very worst fire
escape imaginable. To begin With,
moments reflection will show you that
the chances are two to one that il will
catch on fire and be destroyed before i,
can be used. The windows Of nearly all
buildings are arranged in straight yer
teal lines, one directly above the other
and a rope thrown out Of an upper story
would necessarily cross every casement
on the way down. The probabilities are
that some or all Of them would be spout
ing hame and the rope would last about
as long as piece Of pack thread.
But, assuming the coast TO be clear,
a rope would be almost useless to any.
body but trained gymnast. The aver.
age man would find it physically impos-
sible to let himself down hand over
hand, and Il he attempted to slide his
palms would be hayed, and he would let
go involuntarily before he went thirty
feet. Gloves or cloth are no advantage,
as we have proved by tests In the depart
nent. II they are thick enough to pre-.
vent abra sion, they will also prevent one
from obtaining sufficient purchase to
ease the descent.
The only thing Of any value In that re.
spect is the handkerchief looped loosely
around the rope and then tied firmly BY
both ends TO the wrist. The loop will
bind slightly in the descent and act az a
brake. That is something, by the way,
that is well worth remembering. GETTING
Z hitch or two Of the rope around one
leg Is Of no use whatever, unless some
body has hold Of the lower end and is
keeping 1t taut. Altogether, the rope es
cape is a delusion and a snare, and I wish
the fact were generally understood, be-
cause the confidence that is reposed in il
makes people careless of other and prope,
precautions. New Orleans Times Dem.
ocrat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
Tho Length of Sermons.

In the preface to recent collection
Of university sermons the editor gives
some curious statistics as to the lengths
of sermons. He tells US that it had
been found early necessary in some
universities to pass statutes de guam
titate sermonum. and time limit was
fixed at Ingoldstadt of an hour and n
quarter. while at Vienna the allowance
was an hour and half or at most two
hours Even this was exceeded by the
two and half hours which DR.. Tath-
am Of Lincoln spent in 1902 In defend
ing the genuneness OF the disputed
verse in John I, 7, while Dr. Pusey
was also very long The extreme limit
In regard TO brevity was probably
reached in Hearne's record of March
20, 1922. in which he speaks Of SER
mon at ST. Peters in the east by VIII
liam Pecke, which was not above five
minutes long or very little more
London News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
IT Ratified HIM,
His wife's Startling Discovery Near
~ Causes q Panic.

~ S"upSs =. ""'Ss
"women are so impulsive," said n man
the other day. II was awakened from
sound sleep one morning by my wife
crying in an excited manner, Henry,
Henry, come quick! | sprang from bed
and ran to the head of the stairs and at
once smelled smoke. Then shouted,
Take the baby, run to the corner and
turn in the alarm" I scrambled back to
the room and snatched up some clothes.
thinking I'd put them on later Then I
grabbed little Elizabeth, who was sleep
ing with me, under my arm and dashed
down stairs. Where is itr exclaimed,
running here and there to locate the fire.
Behold, my wife was sitting in the din
Ing room with the baby in her lap as
calm as could be, with nothing out Of the
usual except smile Of joy on her face.
why don't you get out Of here? Do
you want to be burned alive?' shouted.
"'Why. Henry, what in the worlds
the matter with you? Are you crazyY
"'No, I'm not crazy. | want to know
where the fire is
"'Fire, There IL no fire. said she.
"'What did you yell fire for them
"1 didn't.
"Well. what in thunder is it thenr
"Why, Charlotte has TOOTH
Goodness! / thought the house was
on fre!'
How stupid" remarked my wife
coolly as she placed the baby in her high
chair and started FOR the kitchen why
don't you put Elizabeth DOWN. Do you
intend to carry her under your arm all
day? And you had better get dressed,
too; breakfast is almost ready. "-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30

An exact definition of the "Celtic
fringe" will be welcomed. The number
of people in Brittany and the British
isles whose mother tongue is Celtic is
5000, 900, according to statistics quot
ed the other day by Professor Magnus
Maclean of Glasgow university. They
are distributed thus: Gaelic, 252 600,
chiefly in the highlands of Scotland;
Irish, $50, 900, west OF line in Ireland
from hungarian bay to Tough Swilly:
Manx, 5000; Welsh, 100000. and Bre.
ton. 300 900. These flag ends are sad
ly dwindling minority of once mighty
race. Modern industrialism, says Pro-
fessor Maclean, is wooing the Celts
away from their native strongholds,
and the separate units get absorbed
In the common national life and the
common civilization.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
THE PRIZE WINNER.

ahe county fair Is over. an spec we'll ssttls
10 tight nin' up for winter an to weekly trips to
town.
We're kcspin' purity quiet sense 1t pears from
this years fair
We amt got many premiums to brag on, ! de.
clsrei
An pa an mas Disguised, but there's no one
they can blame,
An specially the jcdges who each year are ies'
the same,
An what mean when let on carried OF
prize
I reckon only two OF US has got the leas surmise.
Luke Barlow euchred w on hogs pa says you
bet your life
He ought to, at the rate he stufs them full an
starvcs his wifel
An Jerry Blossoms Cuckoo took the runnn race
from Bump;
With AIRY decent start, I swan. we'd make ole
Cuckoo hump!
The smpkins butter scored on our'n, though
ourn is gilt edge grade;
Ma says that theirn may look all right, but she
knows how it's made
An fancy work. reckon sis is feelin' kinder
sore,
Because she laughs an says that her'n warn't
boughten at a storel
That's ies the way 1T went all through. We didn't
do lick
In cattle or in punkins, or didn't take a
tricki
Exccptin come out ahead an made lucky
strike,
An that was in the Beauty showl" Well, sDick.
er. II you like!
! don't deny I'm freckled bad an carrot topped;
but. then.
You hol' your hosses this here show war; MT open
to the mem
Twas meant for girls, an there they set a.gig.
glin' in row.
An which one was the purties' some peopls
didn't knovl
BY links, the votin' said twas Bele-Belle Rich.
ardson! Hurrsyl
But other tellers talked so fast / hadn't much to
Until that night, when we drove home; the big
round moon had riz,
An jes telt I'd plumb sure bust unless did
the biz!
An, comm through the holler, spoke up an
says, says !.
"Competin at q Beauty Show We men had
oughter try"
Saws she, But amt you tryin'?" jes' sassy
like. you see;
kissed her, an l asked her. an that prize was
won by me!
-Lippincott's
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30

II judge from your conversation" said
the carping person, that you assume to
be an optimist"
"Oh. yes. 1t is just as we'll to look on
the bright side"
You undertake TO demonstrate that
whatever Is Is right and all that sort
Of thing"
THAT would be the tendency Of my ar
guments."
"And you believe that everything 10
all for the best"
Eyes"
"Well, I'm glad to meet you. want
to talk with some one who has studied
the subject and who can possibly tell
me why it is that the man who rocks
the boat always manages to swim ashore
and let the other people drown. 1t may
be all for the best, but I'd like to have it
explained. "-Washington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30
Plenty of Chance For Her,

He had been reading about the woman
who kept house on S2,70 week and still
had so much trouble with her husband
that she was about to apply for divorce.
''Do you believe IT." he asked
why notT' inquired his companion.
"Oh, il looks TO me a good deal like a
matrimonial advertisement. A young
woman-aud she is young-who can keep
house on $40 n week certainly won't
have to be without husband long
Chicago Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-01-30

An Englishman was Boosting about the
big policemen they had in England and
said they were so tall they could light
their pipes at the street lamps.
"Oh, that's naething to the boobies
over in Scotland" said Scotty: "they are
so big yonder they can look over a land
O hooses."
us that all the size Of 'em ?" said Pat.
"Shure them would be called kids OF po-
licemen over in Oireland. Ours are so
big they have to stand in a coal pit be-
fore they can get their hair cut"