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The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
STICK TO ONE THING.
Man who Wishes He Had LiVea
In to That Rule.

"The only way for a man on a salary
TO make a success Of life financially
and otherwise Is to stick to one thing
said a government employee TO re-
porter. Twenty years ago had plenty
of energy. a little money and a huge
stock of ideas. determined to become
a power in the money market ana as
starter dabbled for six months or more
In stocks. That experience cost me Va
600. | soon became convinced that
was cut out for druggist and straight
way invested $1,000 in u pharmacy.
cut rates were unknown In those days,
and in n short time | was doing Well
bnt one day read of prominent law
yer receiving SD, 900 as fee for some
case, and instantly | became lmbueu
with the idea that | would make
great lawyer. neglected my drug
business to such an extent that III Two
wears | was $500 TO the bad. In Inc
meantime read law diligently. After
time | graduated as full f1edged dIs'
ciple OF Blackstone and hung out my
shingle. Business not coming my way
as fast MS | thought 1t should. opened
a small hotel; result, $500 In the hole
"Then tried my hand at real estate
my legal training helping me greatly
but the same old story will have to bt
recorded here-failure. BY this time my
money was nearly all gone. What to dc
next was the all absorbing question
One day friend convinced me thai
big money could be made out OF chick
ems, invested every cent | had left
$1,000, In hens. At the end of si1
months sold out my hennery for $500
! Then got q government job, and here
I've been ever since. Shortly after IN!
arrival In this town purchased a III
tle land in the northwest section. Tha
investment has yielded me very
handsome return. and ! am row thor
| oughly satisfied that the only thing fo
n man on a salary to do is 10 either pu
little each month In some good sav
ipgs bank or invest his surplus In lant
or bricks and Inortar. Remember on
thing this is an age Of specials
Stick to one thing. make u success o
II. and maybe one of these days SOM
big company will offer you princei!
salary for your knowledge. A roilini
stone gathers no moss or money
Washington Star.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
NOT SO VERY GREEN.
The Florida Man Rather EVene"
Matters I'd With the New Yorker

The EIOE1dm Wan
Matters Up With the New Yorker
When the young man from FLORIDA
came TO live in New York, he woke up
one morning last winter, and, going 10
the window, he looked out on what was
TO him a novel scene. 1t was snow
storm, the first he had ever seen.
Jumping into his clothes he ran into
the street. He stopped ana gathered
handfuls OF snow and threw them IN
the air. He jumped into drift ana
sent it flying with his feet. He hnalIy
Law down and rolled in 1t, all the time
shouting and laughing at the top OF his
voice.
One OF the crowd which had gathered
to watch his antics went up to hlm ana
told him how his mother used to cure
fits and volunteered to try 1t on him.
II haven't any flt," the young man
said.
whats the matter with you. then"
why. don't you see the snow"
"Yes, see it, What of 1t? have
seen it before
"Wen, haven't" said the Florida
young man,
What! You never saw snow be-
fore:" asked the astonished questioner.
Never Seems strange TO you, don't
IT."
1T beats any sample of verdancy
ever run across"
"Oh, / don't know" unused the Flori-
da cracker. did you ever see an ALI
gator eating niggerP No? Well, you
are not so many after all. have seen
II many times" And, throwing hand
full of snow down his shirt collar, he
pursued his joyous gamboIs.-New
York Mail aud Express.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
why Americans TAInk Qusck~T.

The American people can THINK
quicker and more to the point than any
other people In the world. This state
ment was made recently In New
York newspaper. but the reason given
was vide of the mark. The American
people read in the aggregate ten times
more than any other people. The Amer
ican boy gets his inspiration, his ener-
getic disposition. his ambition, his
keen snapshot Judgment and his quick
wit largely from his reading and very
largely from his newspaper reading.
The poise and culture and refinement
and solidity come later In life from
the reading of books and magazines
and from contact with men and things.
1t is the American newspaper which
sets the initial pace. Push and pluck
are contagious. and more germs are
hatched in the average American
newspaper otIjre than anywhere else.-
Booklovers' Bulletin.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
ImkmHaFNaaRd.

what kind of ducks are these ask
ed the visitor in the pathological de
partment at the mu scum.
Labrador" said the attendant, I'VE
paid 81. 1000 for those two specimens"
GOSH exclaimed the visitor, turn
ing to his wife. He says they paid
$1,000 for 'em. I've bought finer ducks
for half a dollar many a time. What
have you got EN- in that glass case
for?' he inquired. addressing the
guide again.
Because they are about the most
notable exhibit we have. Those birds
were shot In 1856. Labrador ducks are
now EXTINCT
He says" exclaimed the visitor
turning to his wife once more. they
put EN- in that glass case because they
haven't a pleasant odor. And don't
wonder at it. They were shot in 1856"
Chicago Tribune. <aCssgkSsA
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
rmneeeanarx sa@erlmw.

How much wretehedness and misery
there is in the world! Do you add TO Il
or do you try to help those with whom
you come In contact1 Every time you
speak. every time you act. you add TO
some ones happiness or misery. On
which side do you throw your in7u.
ence? Your opportunities may not be
great. but do you ever esnse unnece>-
Sary suffering In world wretca I'd
enough at best? Ii is worth thinking
about DO you say cruel things when
you might say things that would be
kind? IL you have the habit. doesn't i
sometimes occur to you that you shou Il
quit It? The writer Of this has been
though;less many times. but as he
grows older be tries very hard to avoid
giving unnecessary pain. - Atchisou
Globe.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08

and Admiral Evans of the United
States navy. one may find the prettiest
women and the most beer, which Is TO
saw it is a paradise on earth. The
w.aer. however, had nothing to DO
with petticoats or schooners. 1t was
n square bet made by Mr. Bert Peter
son that he could enter certain corn
! neld ,uSt outside the city and hyp-
not'ze into complete subsection bull
Gf notorious ferocity which graZ2d
there The sum at stake was 5000.
Peterson's bluff was called, and the
party adjourned at once to the arena
of the projected trial 1t was stipu-
lated on one side that Peterson should
carry neither sword nor banderlla;
that he should not wear silk tights or
patent leather slippers, or bedizened
Jackets. or lace shirts, or any other
of those gauds or braveries by the aid
of which popular hypnotists at Hermo-
sillo and Naco have ofttimes played
with docile bulls. On Peterson's part
it was insisted that he should change
/ his red necktie and powder his nose,
! thereby enabling him to approach the
bull without exciting unnecessary pre-
iudice. These articles of agreement
having been duly signed and wit
messed Peterson entered the cornfleld
quite pleasantly and calmly, the rest
of the party disposing themselves on
top of very high and particularly
strong rail fence
The bull did not seem to notice Pc
terson at first. AS the latter advanced
por him making passes in the air and
staring hard into the brute's face. the
gentleman on the fence who had wa
gnel the $100 began to experience that
tied feeling OF which we hear so much.
Peterson moved straight forward. the
anima; lowering his head as though
became more enthusiastic. and his eve
took on a fixed glare of catalepsy
Then the bull threw a barrel or two ot
ccrnfield into the air with his right
front hoof. and made for Peterson. The
man forgot his passes and sidesteppef
with anxious nimbleness. The bul
wheeled. snorted and came again
This time he caught. not Peterson ex
actly, but a considerable section of hi
trousers thereby revealing TO his nov
maddened gaze a good deal of light ret
flannel underwear.
That ended 1t. Peterson made
break for the fence, the bull after hin
hot-foot Whenever Peterson felt
: draft upon his leg he ZigZagged. II
reached the fence. but couldn't clim
it, The bull didn't gore Peterson. a
the spectators feared he would H
simply butted Peterson-a fair an
square rear-end ram of frightful en-
ergy-and Peterson went through th
fence bodily. carrying most of his ski
: and some of his clothes along wit
him.
There is no moral in this tale.
is simply true recital.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
Got the Better OF Hotel Clerk.

"With all his faults" began Mr.
Fairchld, "the hotel man Is frst
class fellow, who will so long way
to keep his guests from shining too
much In public or from being seen by
doubtful guests. recall an instance
which happened to me in New YORK
not long ago. had registered in the
morning and, leaving my key at the
hotel. came back again in the evening.
Finding the might clerk on, but not
on to me, l asked him. giving him my
name. If was in Not knowing the
number of my room. decided this was
the way TO find out
He looked at me rather suspiciously.
Evidently the result OF his inspection
was not reassuring. for. after making
a bluff at feeling in my box, he replied
quite stiffiy:
mo. sir; Mr.. Fairchild is not In.
sat down on the lounge and sale
| calmly:
We'll, when he comes in please tel
him that he is here looking for him
self.
THE porter carried the clerk up
| stairs. New York Tribune.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
Alphabetical Abuse.

The prosecuting attorney in law
suit had waxed especially Indignant a
the defendant. whom be characterized
as an abandoned, baneful. cynical
diabolic. execrable, feloniouS. greedy
hateful. irresponsible. jaundiced. knav
ish. lazy. meddlesome. poxious, outra
geous and profiigate rowdy"
The learned counsel on the othr1
SIDE" said the attorney for he defcnn
ant when he rose to reply. "shouC
have put his adjectives In hat anC
shaken them up little before using
You must have noticed. gentlemen OF
the jury. that they wero in regular a.
phabetical order This shows that ns
selected them from a dictionary. bC.
ginning with "a He stopped at =,
but In his manner of reproducing them
he has given us the cue as TO how be
got them"
This turned the laugh against tbs
other lawyer. and be lost the case.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
Fire superstltfons.

"If fire does not burn WE'LL" says
the old household superstition, land
you want it to draw. you should set the
poker across the top bar OF the CRATE"
This Is supposed to placate the gnomes,
whom it was formerly believed were
very jealous Of the robbery Of their un-
derground country of its coal treasures
and were very apt to take their venge-
ance out in preventing the fire from
burning. 1t was the mystic form of
the cross thus made which was sup
posed to drive them away. Neverthe-
less it would not do 10 use the shovel
in this charm or the fire would be sure
10 20 out.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
The Earth'a Bendtngs,

Little bendings are IN progress all the
tine the world over. The 'immovahle"
hills are bowing and scraplng to each
ether constantly. Every evening. as the
dew settles in the valleys between
them. they nod to one another. So like
wise do the mountains, even TO a great
er extent Gravity is tugging all the
time.
And in London, too. where earth.
quake sensations are practically nn-
known, the earth bends daily. and the
buildings, like the bills and the noun.
tains, nod TO their friends opposite
when the morning traffic begins On
Sunday usually their manners take a
rest excepting In such places as Petit
coat lane. where business f1ourishes La
as lively a fashion as In Paris.
Heine said that even the trees made
obeisance to Napoleon when be enter.
ed Berlin. This was Imaginative. yet
truthful. for the weight of the crowd
along Unter den Linden made q fitting
sufficient for Professor Mines pendu.
lums to have recorded distinctly. One
might say the crust of the earth acts
like steel spring. 1t bends % easily
Every body's Magazine
Playing Wagner Upsiae Down.
A London paper tells a story Of Wag-
rer in the days Of his youth and power.
ty calling upon Rossini in Paris and
noticing "a little composition" Of his
own on the piano rack. The reply Of
Rossini when it was pointed out to him
that the music was upside down was
perhaps hardly up to the best form OF
"the polite Frenchman." "You see.
found it sounded better that way"
Bill Nye's compliment to Wagner
was in a happier vein. He told the
great composer that he had no doubt
his music was really much better than
1t sounded. Speaker.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
A Man and His Heart,

Once upon a time there was rich
old man who had Il heart so weak that
beard: yet, in the metaphor OF our
time, that same heart was filed with
love for fair lady.
The lady heard Of her wooer's physic-
al and financial condition and looked
upon his suit with extreme favor. The
result was that they were married.
Moral.-Faint heart sometimes wins
fair lady.-New York Herald.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
How 20 Distimwuish Teader n~eE

HOw 20 DtsttMguish Fesuer @~eH
Meat. to be wholesome. must como
from healthy animal: to be nutri-
t,ous. from u well nourlshed one. Much
used nuscies absorb much food mate
rial. making rich. juicy meat. This -
however. tougher than that OF parts
less used. because the connective It's
sue and fiber increase as well as the
contents of the muscle tubes.
The lean Of good beef is firm. elias
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; thick layer of frn-
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, ii is from an old or
underfed creature.-BeatriceR Raven IN
American Queen.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
THE TELLTALE THUMB.
Its MARKS and Lines and Its Signal
From the Brain.


A tremendous amount OF nonsense
has been written about thumb marks.
IL is claimed that the curious skin con
fiyulation on the ball Of the thumb is
never the same in any Two people ana
that il never changes. The trst state
ment is correc,. and the same tEing can
he said of the lines on the palm and
the creascs on the bottom of the feet.
But the assertion that the thumb marks
never change throughout life is "A de'
cided exagceration. The alteration may
come from variety of causes-any'
thing. in fact, that Will destroy the
outer layer of skin.
Another modifying cause is the tend
ency Of the thumb to develop little
horizontal creases as one grows old,
This is especially true of mechanics aEd
other working people who use tools.
and eventually the crcases will break
up the lines 10 such an extent that II
Is equivalent almost TO rearrange'
ment of the pattern. Specialists ~
nerve diseases 10y an examination or
the thumb can tell If the patient is
affected or likely 10 he affected by
paralysis, as tie thumb signals this
long before il is visible in any other
part OF the body. If the danger syinp-
toms are evidenced there, an operation
Is performed on what Is known rs the
| thumb center" of the brain. ana me
disorder is often removed.
| No matter bow carefully the individ.
ual may attempt TO conceal incipient IN
sanity, the thumb will reveal 1t inrah
| libIy. II is the one sure test IL TIA
! patient In his daily work permits ths
thumb TO stand at right angle to the
! other fingers or 10 fall listiess into the
| palm. taking no part In his writing. his
handling of things. his multiform ds
ties. but standing isolated and suiky, IL
IL an unanswerable confession or men
tal disease. KaGSas City independent
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08

tempt to be coronated about the mid
die of August This announcemen
Whit Jaw Reid. When man, who :
not extravagant by nature. invests
sundry good dollars in silk knee
breeches and gold lace. it must be a
keen qualification to him to be able tc
show off his finery. 1t would have
been rough on Mr.. Reid il he had tC
come home and hear the merry haw-
haws of his friends for nothing.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
.u,ur.e. From CarsoI.s Acid.

Warnings are given in a medical
journal against the injury to skin and
even bone which may result from the
long continued use OF weak-say. 3. 2h
or even per cent carbolized applica-
tons. especially upon peripheral por,
tons of the body, such as the fingers.
This effect, 1t is asserted, is due In a
small measure to the action OF carbolic
acid upon the vasomotor system, but In
the main TO its destructive effect upon
the red and white blood corpuscles.
This induces partly in mechanical
and partly in chemical way. stasis.
first in the capillaries and. If the actioR
OF the drug be continued. then In the
larger veins and arteries. with the re-
suit that the nutrition Of the part is in
terfered with and the removal OF the
harmful substances hindered; the mac
Grafton OF the epidermis caused by the
acid favors evaporation, so that the
gangrene is a dry one, a mummidca-
ton. as 1t were.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
An AdPOIf Answer.

The celebrated physician thinner
man attended Frederick the Great In
his last illness. One day. as the story
is recorded in Salad For the Social,
the king said to him:
You have. presume, helped many q
nan into another world"
This was rather an unexpected thrust
for the doctor. but the dose he gave the
king in return was judicious mixture
OF truth and tlattery:
"Not SO many as your majesty nor
with SO much honor to myself"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
ROOSEVELT and The TRUSTS,

Republican oracles are heard every
where giving expression to the alleged
conviction that the split in the party
councils which has been created
through the refusal of the Republican
majority in Congress to grant the 20
per cent tariff concession on sugar to
Cuba. is forever ended. Roosevelt
himself made a veiled boast OF some
thing of the kind at Pittsburg on the
Fourth of July The prediction is
unfounded. Republican politicians
would wish it were; but it is not, and
the Republican party in the approach
ing Congressional elections will not be
allowed to continue under the delusion,
even for a single hour.
The San Francisco Call, organ of one
of the sugar trusts, published dis
patch from Washington few days ago
which purported to relate the result Of
an interview between the head of the
nascent beet sugar trust Mr.. Oxnard,
and President Roosevelt The most
important part of the dispatch is con-
tanned in the following paragraph;
Mr.. Oxnard inquired whether the
President was opposed 10 the abolition
of the differentials. and was assured
that it made no difference in the world
to him whether they went OF or stayed
on. The main thing was that Cuba
should get the advantages which the
United States government was morally
pledged to grant her. and that the fight
for this would be kept up forever, if
need be.
This would plainly indicate that the
end is not yet; If We are to believe that
Roosevelt is in earnest. This is to be
doubted however If Roosevelt's
friends in the Senate were not desirous
of saving the difterential on refined
sugar for the benefit of the old sugar
trust there is no time that the solid
Democratic rote was not ready to sup
port Cuban reciprocity The Repub-
lican supporters of the administration,
with the aid of the Democrats. could
pass the bill in the Senate just as the
Republican opponents of the admins
tration's policy. assisted by the DEM
ocrats, passed it in the House.
The President pretends that he does
not care whether the diGerential is
maintained or wiped ont II this is the
fact, why did not his forces in the
Senate join with the Democrats to pass
the House bill? The President boast
ed at Pittsburg that reciprocity with
Cuba would be established; that he
would get it through a treaty if not
through legislation. The treaty noute
would undoubtedly be the most salts
factory TO the old trust, for if it is done
that way the differential can not be fm-
terfered with In the fight between
the two trusts, urgent public business
was neglected and our obligations 10
the Cuban people entirely disregarded
In the battle between the two trusts.
Roosevelt and his followers sided with
the most powerful. No treaty can De
considered by the Senate, however, un-
Ill the Congressional elections are
over. 1t is a matter OF some congrat-
ulation that the people who have ST.
iently stood by and watched the fight
between the two trusts in the same
commodity, will have an opportunity
10 express their opinion Of the whole
business in the only way which can he
regarded as at all conclusive on the
subject What the country needs at
washington is Democratic House of
Representatives.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
wMamM AA EIdN.

"Ill make somebody smart for thisr
exclaimed the man who had thought
lessly kicked an innocent looking hai
that lay on the sidewalk.
And he limped homeward and scoldcd
his wife for not having dinner ready
Exchange.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
II Spread.

Patience - Did Peggy advertise an
announcement of her engagement ID
the newspapersy
Fatrice-No; she didn't have to- She
told oil her girl friends that it was q
secreGr-Yonkers Statesman.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
AI vice.

"What would you say" began the
voluble prophet OF woe, "if were to
tell you that in a very short space OF
time all the rivers OF this country
would dry up2'
81 would say," replied the patient
man, "'Go thou and do likewise ~
Boston Christian Register.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08

AS a vetoer, Roosevelt confined his
attention to little pension steals. He
did not dare tackle any of the big
steals that drained the treasury but
were backed by big Congressional ma
jorities Roosevelt. ON the whole, is
discreet fighter.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
lETItt CITlIfN FOLLOW YOU.

Parties leaving for the coast or other
resorts for the summer months can
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The Citizen business office, corner
Stone avenue and Broadway, or tele-
phone Main Ill.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08

General Funston is visiting Pres
colt We trust the generals silence is
not particularly annoying to him, be-
cause it is SO becoming.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08

Colonel Richard c. Kerens. a Mis-
souri, Republican. is being mentioned
in correction with the Senatorial icca
Mi Vest IS about to discArd That is a
harmless and not necessarily eX-
pensive way to gain notoriety.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
Hard HwNk.

Hewitt--It's sad about Cruet losing
his leg in that railroad accident
Jewett-Yes. 1t must be great dis
appointment to him. He was always
talking about getting there with both
Brooklyn Life. "a =.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08

Inc American Laryngological, Rhin-
ological and biological society is to he
III session at Los Angeles next week
The layman who tackles that name
VIII be sure to tangle his larynx.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08

Has Governor Brodie been in Office
long enough to draw an intelligent
comparison between a gang of office
seeking politicians and squad of awk-
ward ''roOkies?"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08
The BULL WOULDN'T hYPNO.
TIE.

A very interesting wager was laid
In Milwaukee last week. Milwaukee.
as our readers will doubtless remem-
per- is the northwestern city in which
according to Prince Henry of Prussia
The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-08

II Mr. Bryan We're better acquainted
win David b. Hill, he would know
that Mr. Hill is not the kind of a man
to be chased off the Presidar+ia,
reservation by anything he may han
pen to read in the -eommoner. David
as tough, very tough, and devilish slv
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-09-24
At E. Q. Marseberger's,

Just Received: Krautin Barrels,
Keg Pickles, Potatoes, Brick and
Cream Cheese, Georgia Cane Syrup.
| have complete line of Fancy and
Staple Groceries of the best quality.
l always have some nice Cali
fornia Fruit and Confectionery, [
am sole agent for Chase 4 Sanborn
Coffees and Teas.
When you need anything, call
on me, it will be appreciated and L
will treat you right
e. G. MERsEBERGER.