Arizona republican., 1902-11-01

| color The brandy glass, for instance, has bowl almost as big as a wash | bowl. The bottom of this bowl is bare 1 ly covered by the brandy. The expert puts his face into the glass close to r the liquor and rolls the liquid about. thus getting the full bouquet. Ire tastcr readily distinguishes the vari- ous vintages and the districts from which they come.
 A woman in pursuit of a late summer gown stood in front of a counter heap = . w4tn Ioulards in a big store. blue ground with a white polka dot seemed to please her best, but she paused ir- l resolutely. Tt looks just like the old indigo blue caliCoes they used to wear when l was a little girl in the couatry," she said discontentedly. Madame" said the portly salesman long after yCu and l are dead and gone women will be wearing blue and white polka dots. They have worn them since the race has emerged from barbarism. They will wear thorl until it sinks into it again" Af,er t.at Do. te .tuLS gray ity and heavy ph!losophy the woman bought the dress in q dazed silence Tacoma Ledger.
 There is at least one light house in
 
 mariners chart. It is away out on the Arizona degert. and marks the spot where q well supplies pure. fresh water to travellers. It is the only place where water may be had for forty-fi five | miles to the eastward and for at least thirty miles in any other direction. The 'h Juse consists of a tall cottonwood | pole, to the top of which lantern {, is hoisted every night The light can be seen for miles across the plain in every direction.
 Loading Satan Down-"Lightning knocked the church steeple down." | some one said to Brother Dickey. Yes: Satan's eyes always flash fire when he sees church steeple gwine up." And here's a colored brother killed another at camp meeting" Yes: Satan goes ter meetin long wid de res CT dem, | en sometimes shouts de loudes' And q preacher was drowned in the river last week" "Oh, yes; Satan's in de water, too. He 'bleege ter go dar ter cool off. "So you blame everything on Satan, do your" Bless Cod was the reply. "ain't dat what he's fer.''- Atlanta Constitution.
 Hon. Doc" Brown of Morgansfeld, Ky, who represents his district in the = unique characters. To illustrate a point in q recent speech, he gave the following account Of his courtship: Take my advice and never give a woman anything she can't eat, and l never make love to her out of an ink bottle. Why, when I courted my wife just grabbed hold of her and I said | Sallie, you are the sweetest thing on earth. and your beauty baffles the skill of man apd subdues his ferocious na- ture.' and I got her"
 Andrew Black, who has been drawing Lord Roseberry. once silenced a heck | Ter by q good story. An elector asked him if. in deference to the Origin of Species. he would extend the franchise to monkeys, whereto MT Black replied with the tale of an electioneering youth who approached an old farmer and asked him if he had seen anywhere a caravan of monkeys. Ma, na I hae not" answered tine old Scot; have ye tumbled cot then ?'-London Globe
 The latest landmark oi ancient Bos- ton to go is the ''Old Hancock Tavern one Of the connecting links between the ColCnial period and the Boston of today. In its palmy days this hostlery had q national reputation. and was the one place selected by the bon vivants of earlier days during a stay in Bos- ter.
 Had Always Known You were talking just now about the initiative and referendum said the man in the tweed suit. Have you any idea what that means?"
 You must think I am a darn fool retorted the man with the retreating chin. Tt means that you can't be in- itiated unless you can give good refer ences. Chicago Tribune.
 An opportunity for the courts to pass upon the relative importance to the state of jury service and matrimony is afforded by O. D. Norton of St. Louis, who disregarded a circuit court sum- mons for jury duty in order to get mar ried. He will certainly be brought to 1 trial for contempt of Covrt, but We sub init that he is not guilty" says the St. Louis Globe Democrat" "The courts, in cluding the jury system, eX- ist primarily for the benefit and protec- tion of society. and any action taken by them not in accord with this theory is oppressive. unjust and inimioal to the best interests O; the state. The institution of matrimony. while 1t is held by lovers to exist solely to pro- mote the personal happiness of the in- dividual. is in reality a sine qua non of civilization. the basis Of enlight- ened government, and essential to the race. Consequently, any interefer- eEce with this great institution would be contrary to the best interests of humanity and antagonisic to the prin- ciples upon which our government rests. Compared to the institution of marriage. the jury system is an un- important factor in modern society"
 He-Let's get married on Friday.
 She-Oh, George, Friday, you know. is