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Arizona republican., 1902-07-09

According to the New York Bureau Of Labor Statistics. the amount of
 idleness among the PROSPEROUS members of New York LABOR. labor organizations in
 the first quarter of 1902 was far smaller than it has been in the months of January, February and March in any recent year. Here tofore at least 10 per cent of trade unionists have been idle during those months, but this year the proportion has fallen to 6.2 per cent. Similarly the proportion of unionists idle at the end of the quarter was only 13.6 per cent in 1902. as compared with 30.6 per cent in 1897 and 1S.3 per cent in 1899, the best record hitherto for the end of March. While the improvement is fairly general, it is particularly notice able in the building trades, which con- tain nearly one-third of all the mem bers of labor organizations in the state. In the clothing trades, too. the pro portion of unemployed unionists was much smaller than USUAL, dItICu5H II did not quite equal the remarkable rec ord of 1899. While the proportion O. union wage earners who found some employment in January. February CT March increased very largely in com parison with previous years, the du ration of their employment averaged only a little better than in the cor responding months of last year. The average number of days worked by the men increased from 5S in 1897 to a little less than 67 in 1901 and 67.3 in 1902. Average earnings of organized work ingmen increased in about the same ratio, having been s155 in the first quarter of 1897, a little less than $1S3 in 1901 and a little over S1S4 in 1902 On the whole, therefore, the conditions of the labor market were better in the first three months of the present year than they have been in the cor responding period of any year since tine depression of 1893
Arizona republican., 1902-07-09


 Says the Hartford Courant: Since his sudden and strenuous advocacy of the immediate admission of Arizona (and other territories) into the union, the Arizona Republican sees in MT. Quay one oi the broadest and bravast statesmen of the time.'' We beg to inform our able and valued Connecti- cut contemporary that The Republi- cans esteem for Senator Quay is not a matter of recent date. More than once in past years this paper has referred to the senior senator from Pennsylva- mia as one of the greatest statesmen of the nation, and history will sustain the conclusion. Matthew Stanley Quay is not only q great man, but he is a man of rare honesty and courage It is proverbial that Quay's mere word is better than the bond of the usual run of men in public life, and his cour- age is beyond question. He cares noth- ing for the odds against him if he knows he is in the right, and for these qualities the people of Arizona honor him.
Arizona republican., 1902-07-09

This magic resort is situated in a natural park of some 400 acres, in the Santa Inez Noun tains, Ventura county. As a place to pass a delightful sum- mer vacation it offers facilities
 unequaled. There is hunting;
 fishing; dry, bracing air; hot
Arizona republican., 1902-07-09

and enriches the blood and builds up tue body with sound, solid flesh
 rYour kindness to I can never forget" writes Mrs Josie E. Clark, of Enterprise, Shelby Go., Mo. VI cannot express half my feelings of gratefulness to you. I had despafred of ever getting well. I had been in bad health for twelve years: Had aches all through me. numb hands cold feet, and everything ate distressed me; bowels constipcted. was very nervous de pressed and despondent In fact. can't express half my bad feelings to you When I first wrote to you thought I could never be cured I have taken six bottles of Dr. PieTce's Golden Medical Discovery, and my health is good. You have my honest recommendation to all suffer CTS. thirk there is medicine in the world good as Dr. Pierce's-"
 If constipated use Dr. Pierce's Pleas ant Pellets. They cure constipation, biliousness and sick headache They do not produce the vpill habit"
Arizona republican., 1902-07-09

In the matter of WomanS rights Abyssinia is far ahead of Europe. The house with all it's contents belongs to the wife, and if the husband offends her she turns him out until he is fully repentant and makes amends,
Arizona republican., 1902-07-09
DANGER SIGNALS.

No engineer would be mad enough to run by the flag which signaled danger What the danger was he might not under stand, but he would take no chances. It is different with the average man or
Arizona republican., 1902-07-09

let the senatorial friends of the bill know that their friendship is appre- ciated
Arizona republican., 1902-07-09

WOInan. ] hey at tempt constantly to run by the dan ger Is of Nature and that
 a tt e III pt cost s thousands of lives
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08
own people most and they should con-
struct it as they wish...


struct it as they wish.., ~
TO connect San Juan, Shaw, Orcas
and Lopez how many miles of cable
would be required? | can't say posi-
lively, but presume for the three cables
necessary about five miles. Then, max
ing allowance for other shorter possible
connections, we would not require over
ten miles of submarine cable, which,
when laid. would cost $500 per mile, or
$4,000 for the entire cable.
The connecting telephone lines
throughout the islands should be con-
structed by our people, just as the peo-
pie in many of the states have con-
structed farmer telephone lines. The
cost would be small. The procuring
and setting of the cedar posts would be
the dearest item; but that is work that
the farmers can do themselves. The
next most expensive item would be the
telephones, and then the work of line
men to hang the wire and set every
thing in operation. The whole cost to
each individual member of mutual
telephone association would not be over
S25 besides labor in getting posts. Then
the use of the line would be free of
charge to stockholders, or charges
might be booked against them at actual
cost for running expenses, etc. As the
submarine connecting cables would
benefit every resident of the county it
would seem proper that the cost should
be borne by the county, or at least a
fixed percentage of cost should be so
guaranteed. If stock lie placed on II
safe basis all the money needed can be
had at 6 per cent interest.
The next question is, would a cable
line pay interest and expenses? Prob
ably not for a few years. The better plan
would be to erect our shore lines
throughout the islands first, then, after
these be in full operation, lay our cables.
What convenience and pleasure it
wonld be if every house throughout
our islands had telephone communica-
ton with every other house! How
much it would LESSER labor and save
time. How many dollars, too, might
be saved if we could talk over the wire
to parties in neighboring or more dis
tant cities. Then, being in close touch
with the world, we might well be
proud of our homes in this garden spot
of the Pacific coast.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08
southern Washington Hatehsries

The Tacoma Ledger says that Fish
Commissioner Kershaw has been in
spectng the hatcheries In the southern
part of the state. He states that the
Montesano hatchery, on the Chehalis
river, while one of the finest i'm the
state, is built on tidewater, and will
not be operated to its full capacity until
an cycling station can be built up the
river. The Willapa hatchery at Lee
banoD turned out about 8 800, 900 fish
during the past season. The Wind
river hatchery at Carson is a Chinook
salmon proposition entirely, one Of the
most important i'm the state, and last
year turned out 100000 fish. The
Klickitat hatchery, four miles from
Lyle, which has not been operated
since its erection In, 1900, vas also in
spected, but Mr.. Kershaw states that
they will not have enough money to
run it this year. Mr.. Kershaw says
that heavyrun of fish is looked for
on the Columbia river this year.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

A Port Townsend dispatch says that
'it is not improbable that an early date
will see the veteran cutter u. 5. Grant
cutter fleet, and utilized exclusively
for the training of men for the cutter
service. The Grant was built at Will
mington, Del, in 1871 and has been con-
tinuously in the service since that date,
most of the time at New York city,
where. she was used for buoy inspecr
ton service
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08
Lopez Island, May 5.
The Sound Salmon Fisheries


B. w. Huntoon, superintendent at
Fairhaven for the Pacific Packing and
Navigation Company. has compiled
some interesting statistics showing the
Importance of the salmon fishing in
dustry on Puget Sound, and especially
in Whatcom county. 1t appears from
his figures that the total number of
people employed in the salmon fisheries
and canneries of the Sound for periods
varying from four to eight months of
each year is approximately $500, of
whom only 1000 are Chinese and Jap
anese. The number of men employed
III pile-driving and pile-pulling is given
as $50; in operating traps, 750; steam
boats, 1876; constructing and repairing
steamboats,, pie-drivers, scows, etc.,
$50; in machine shops, 66; in the can
neries-whites 2,160, orientals 1000;
operating purse-seines and glll-nets, sos.
Total annual earnings, $3.50, 900. OF the
10 canneries on the Sound II are i'm
Whatcom county and these II are said
to pack 66 per cent of the total catch.
The total Sound pack of last year is
given as |, Ais, 900 cases, of which $685.
900, valued at S4 100000, are credited to
Whatcom county.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

There were twenty-eight pupils en-
rolled in the Waldron island school
during the six months term which re.
Gently closed and the percentage of at
tendance was SO. Thirteen pupils
withdrew before the final examination.
The average standing Of those who re-
NAMED was excellent, the lowest beng
rs and highest 9S.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

fantry, including tie one to which
George Thacker belongs, have been or
dered to Fort Bliss, Texas. The reg-
Philippines April 27.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

County Auditor Clark was confined
to his home several days last week by u
severe attack of what his physician
called "tic doulorueux." That sounds
rather painful, and it is. The plain
English of it is neuralgia of the face, or
face ague.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

A wcl-dressed and business-like
young man stepped into the county
auditors office one day during the
Robertson trial and said in all earnest
ness to j. l.. Blair, Mr.. Clark being out
for moment after blank, Say
where is your court house?" Where
upon Mr.. Blair, with more or less
pride, Informed him that he was fright
in it," The young man looked aston
ished, but considerably refrained from
making any disparaging remarks.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

Miss Dightman left Monday for Min
neapolis,. where she will spend the
greater part of the summer visitir 2
relatives and friends.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

Mrs. G. l.. Carter and little Howard
have been spending a few days visiting
friends in Port Townsend. They re-
turned yesterday, accompanied by Mrs.
Will Dightman.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

| LID. Pike, who recently purchased
the Peters fruit farm at East Sound,
cne of the finest country places III
Western Washington, was III town the
first of the week on business. Mr.. Pike
is the owner of the Pike block in What
com, formerly the Bellingham Bay
National Bank building, and is still
largely interested i'm the fishing busi-
ness, although he realized consider
able fortune from the sale of some Of
his traps to the first Onffroy combine.
He still has large interest in five traps
and a cannery at Point Roberts. Mr..
Pike doesn't take as roseaie a view OF
the cannery business this season as
many people have been inclined to do
who probably know less about it. With
a very large portion of Hast years inn
mense pack still on hand and sockeye
salmon wholesaling at $500 case he
thinks that cannery men who contract
for sockeyes at fifteen cents this season
are taking great chances.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

Sheriff Firth aud Martin Rethlefsen
left Saturday for Walla Walla with
Thos. III. Robertson, sentenced to fif-
teen years imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary, for the murder of John Hand.
Robertson had been impatient to leave
for several days. He had written to
his family telling them that he. would
like to see them before goingy but his
son wrote him a kind letter saying that
if they came over it would only make
it harder for him and for them and
could DO no good and so they thought
best not to come. The officers made a
quick trip, returning yesterday.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08
Local News Briefs

Don't forget the school ele ection Sat
urday afternoon from till 4. Ladies
vote.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-05-08

The separator was shipped from the
creamery here Tuesday, Mr.. Broder
having sold 1T.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12
A Marriage In Persia.

Before dinner is served the bride
goes to the bath, accompanied by fe-
male relatives and friends. At night
as the procession of the bridegroom ap-
proaches aims are distributed and
women and children look on from
neighboring roofs. Loud cries from the
women welcome the bridegroom on his
arrival, while the bride, carefully
yelled, mounts the horse awaiting her
at the door. All the men who have
been Toasted and entertained join in
the procession. in which lanterns are
borne. The brides departure l. the
signal for the discharge of frey 0rks
and a great beating of the big drum.
The final ceremony is similar to one
observed by the Arabs and the Copts,
namely, the sacrifice of sheep. These
are killed as the bride steps over the
threshold of her new home. One won
ders what the idea is underlying the
sacrifices. Are they intended as acts
of Precipitation inherited from an ear
lier age, when people thus endeavored
ito appease the anger of the gods or
of the spirits of their ancestors? Or
is it merely a way of sealing in blood
an important act and covenant?-Womr
ans Home Companion.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12
A Fighting Regiment.

Back of the simple announcement
that the Twentythird United States
Infantry arrived at New York on De-
cember l on the United States army
transport Buford there is a story which
constitutes one of the most picturesque
chapters in the history of the Spanish
war. In the three and a half years
which have passed since it sailed from
San Francisco for Manila this regim ent
has fought in nearly every island of
the Philippine archipelago which has
been entered by the American army.
1t has taken part in more than fifty
battles and innumerabie skirmishes,
and though fighting a half-savage en-
envy in an unknown country, it has
never known defeat. For eighteen
months it has pursued the treacherous
insurgents through strange islands,
thrashing them wherever 1t found
them, and it now comes home with
the distinction of being the only regi-
ment of the regular army of the Upi
ted States that has ever circumnaviga-
ted the globe.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12
A Drink ApnulIed by Law.

Every one knows that the Arkansas
legislature enacted some years ago thai
the proper pronunciation of the name
of the state was 'Arkansaw." 1t is not
so we'll known that there is a unique
law on the statute book of Nevada, the
object OF which was to clear from stain
the name of an Indian chief, who, al.
though a strong temperance advocate
and an abstainer, took "pick-me-up'
one day in local saloon. In his ex-
tremity he appealed to his white
friends, with the result that the state
legislature was persuaded to declare it.
self thus: Resolved, By the legislature
of the state of Nevada, the governor
concurring, that the drink of whisky
taken by Johnson Sides in the Magno-
liza saloon July II, 1887, be and is here
by annulled."
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12
Mrs. Dollivcr.

girl was given every advantage of
education and travel. She and her
husband will retain their apartments
at the Portner, which they occupied
while he was representative from the
Hawkeye state. Mrs. Deliver was
graduated from Wellesley college in
1889.
Senator Burrows of Michigan is one
of the men who shape the policies of
the Republican party, though his chief
work is done in the committee rooms
of the senate. He is a veteran of the
civil war, an attorney by profession
and was long leader in the party of
his native state. In 1867 he was ap..
pointed supervisor of internal revenue
for Michigan and Wisconsin, but de-
clined.
Senator Burrows was a member OF
Congress in 1875. 1S79-S3, and 1SS5-95
He was elected United States senator
for the term 1859, serving the unex-
pired term OF Francis b. Stockbridge
deceased. At the expiration of this
service he was reelected for the term
1S99-1905. His home is in Kalamazoo
Mich.
For the first time in twenty years
there will be no general evening re-
ception to close the season after the
five regular state receptions to officials
This decision was arrived at on ac-
count of the tragedy at Buffalo. To
balance this omission, Mrs. Roosevelt
is giving a series of afternoon recep-
sons to the public, at which the Wis
itors are all women.
President Roosevelt received five Ute
Indians the other day. They had come
to Washington on business connected
with the disposition of mineral inter
ests in their lands. Only one of the
redskins could speak English and the
president tried. in vain to Jolly"
them. Everything he said to them,
through Martin Van, who acted as an
interpreter fell fat. The Indians sim
ply gazed at the chief executive with
stolid faces and gave absolutely no in
dication of interest. Finally in desper-
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12

Countless pictures of Napoleon as he
appeared at the battle of Waterloo
have been published, and ia all he is
represented as wearing a hat similar
in many respects to the one shown in
the accompanying picture.
Many of these pictures of the hat,
however, differ from each other in
minor details, and it is evident that the
artists had not an opportunity of ex-
aiming the hat closely before they
drew it. For this reason this authen-
tic picture will be welcomed by all stu
dents of modern history as well as by
all admirers of the great emperor.
The hat now belongs to M. Gerome
of the French Institute.
Napoleon once grew tired of this hat
and decided to wear more warlike
headgear. Consequently splendid
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12
Lef, No DESCENDANTS.

There is not now living single de-
scendant in the male line of Chaucer,
Shakespeare, Spencer. Milton, CowIey,
Butler. Dryden, Pope. Cowper, Gold
smith, Byron or Moore, not one of Sir
Philip Sidney nor of Sir Walter Raj
eigh; not one OF Drake Cromwell.
Hampden, Monk, Marlborough, Peter
borough or Nelson; not one of Boiling
broke. Walpole. Chatham, Pitt, Fox,
Burke, Grattan or Canning; not one OF
Bacon, Locke, Newton or Davy; not
one Of Hume, Gibon or Macaulay;
not one of Hogarth. Sir Joshua Reyn-
olds or Sir Thomas Lawrence; not one
Of David Garrick, John Kemble or Ed
ward Kean.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12
A Kentucky Curiosity.

known throughout the neighborhood
as the jug handle" from the peculiar
growth of the first limb. This unusual
formation, which is properly known as
a natural graft is six or eight inches
in diameter, six feet in length and
about eighteen feet up the trunk Of
the tree, which is itself fourteen or
fifteen inches in diameter.
AS the graft is practically the same
in size at both extremities. it is likely
that the upper end is the original point
of growth. The extremity of the limb,
dropping against an accidental break
in the BARK of the trunk. received
nourishment from this new source, and
probably grew more rapidly.
The only way to ascertain which is
really the original point of union will
be to saw out a section at each end
and count the number of rings that
indicate the exact age.
All who have seen this freak Of ma
ture pronounce it one of the largest
and most perfect examples Of natural
graft known.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12

alton the prese4end sAnfto the inter-
prefer: P4Nss fE 80 &
Tell them that l had nfty Indians In
my regiment during the war with
Spain and that as lighters they vert.
! cFackerjacks."
The faces of the mem bsrs, of the.
Observation-Disclosures up at sfhis5 and:
they nodded an earnest assent. They
left the executive Office with their
faces wrfhkfsd. With smiles Agent
Mynton. .Yho had the Indians in
charge, said they had not smiled from
the time they arrived in Washington
until, Mr.. Roosevelt paid the, compli
1hent to their race as fighters. 's'ii3
During the first day of Congress 1,S4b
bills were introduced by members Of
the house. During the second day 1904
more We're sent in, making a total Of
3.o49 Tor the first two days. The clerks
IN the bill room are~working in three
shifts Preparing the measures fox the
printer, wildcat the government print
r.Sg! 4S2sSU
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12
Did the shark Eat a Cow?

In the stomach of a shark recently
caught at Lukovo were found, among
other things, it is said, a pair OF trou
sers, COW bell and a shoe. Probably
any one who should hold that these ex
hibits are prima facie that this shark
at least swallowed a man would re
ceive the rejoinder from our expert
aquarium friends, who assert that
there is no such thing as a man-eating
shark, that they prove just as much
that the aforesaid shark would, could
or did swallow a COW, for certainly, we
can hear them argue. it is as reason
able to claim that this fish did not
swallow the COW bell without swallow.
ing COW, as that in swallowing pair
of trousers and an old shoe it neces
sarily must have swallowed a man or
two, too.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12

ing Office the presses are running con-
tinuaIIy furnishing the congressman
with printed copies OF tho prospective
laws. These figures do not include the
resolutions, of which it is estimated
there have been at least 500 introduced
in the house.
During the entire seth Congress IA
247 bills were introduced. OF this num-
Der 1920 were put in during the first
session. So far, the 57th Congress holds
the record for the number of house
bills introduced during the first two
days.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12
Fine Statue for Hanna.

The statue representing Peace and
Plenty presented to Senator Hanna by
his admiring friends has attracted
great attention from all who have had
the privilege Of seeing it. The statue
Is a figure of a beautiful girl holding
In her appraised left hand an olive
branch, while in the right hand, rest
ing gracefully at her side, is a cor
nucopia overlooking with fruit. The
entire work is pronounced by critics a
fine specimen of sculpture in the nude.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-02-12
Where Asparagus Comes from.

Nearly al the asparagus consumed in
this country out of season comes from
an island in the Sacramento river. A
foreign-born farmer noticing an island
there covered thickly with silt, thought
1t would make a good asparagus bed,
and he settled there. Now he ships
several car loads of asparagus day,
canned and in glass, all over the coun-
try, and his asparagus bed is one OF
the biggest gold mines ever discovered
in California.