Arizona republican., 1902-12-22

| exclusive diet. Any damage done 60 the internal anatomy of said boy will be literally compensated for. Apply at 0O1 Deception street.
 A gentlemen afflicted with failing sight desires to engage the services or young lady who is able to see 'wnere the next meal is coming from
 Wanted-A prophet Liberal wages and a percentage will be paid to any man. young or old. fat or lean. deaf or dumb. who can tell if the little white ball will fall into a red or black slot next time. The writer thought he could guess it, but was obliged to guess again.
 Horrible Accident.-Last night a te:e- graph operator who was in tne.act or transferring a line of "dots and dashes'' from the instrument to a typewriter, accidentally dropped the ''whoie cheese" as he expressed it, on the floor. and before he could recover them they took bee line for the electric light works He jumped upon a morse. which was fortunately tied in front or the office, and flashing it to q galiop ha started in the mad race. Electricity vs. bronco! Who would win? People who witnessed the terrific struggle Were about evenly divided in their opin- ions. One minute is seemed as though the operator would surely catch the tail end of the line. 2s he reached far over the horses head; and then with a sudden acceleration of speed the Cots and dashes zig-zagged far from hIs reach.
 The pursuer knew that when they came to the s. F. ?. & P. tracks he would have the advantage. and there fore he pressed steadily on. and his conclusions proved correct. for the iron rails were tCo strong an attraction for the dashes. and before the dots could overcome the reluctance of the dashes to proceed, the victorious operator grasped them securely and returned iE triumph to the office
 A fond @ mother was yesterday heard scolding her numerous brood: and wound up by saying: "I wish that dratted school would keep running all the time, nights, Saturdays and Sun days, so l could have some peace" The writer wondered what the teachers N NOHAN l4tA = lO S1g uIO4l tue EuBJttl-
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 4 would-be railroad man who was being examined by a superintendent. before taking a joh brakIng. was asxeG what he would do in case he were sen; back to flag an approaching train, if the engineer was asleep at his post and failed to heed his red light. he replied that he would heave q rocx ThT0nUh the NJfn ha first run out of Los Angeles the man was sent back through the darkness to warn coming train. The engineer was working at a refractory stean. cock just at the time he should nave been keeping a lookout. Smash wen; his cab window and a red light hit him squarely on the head He stopped and wanted to thrash the offending green brakeman.
 The vital question before the world today is whether tis better to eat and suffer the ills that a disordered stom- ach forces upon one. or to grow more spiritual in nature and lighter in weight; and whether 'tis better '. drink six quarts of water day CT not to drink any. The advice comes free. If one reads Los Angeles paper. and one can therefore take their choice
 Looking at the matter purely from an economical point of view it seems better to fast seven days out of ,ths. week, but if one has any regard for the butcher the baker or the grocer boy it seems hardly fair to Gepr;v., them of the means of d livelihood. in case they prefer to eat.
 The suggestion is given that the mat ter be submitted by vote 10 every one Who works to earn his daily feeo. Cthose who do not labor do not need to eaD and let the majority rule. thus settling the question for all time. several people whom the writer has ap- preached upon the subject are unanl- nous in their willingness to let 'smother-fellOw' do 1t and believe fasting is an excellent thing. but owing to the strong habit acquired early I. llte' tis difficult to convince them O. the beautiful world this would be if all united in one grand fast.
 
 In the log cabin revival days q ao- torious sinner. wko had long been , thorn in the flesh to the church po1no people, was at last after prolonre.1 urging, persuaded to attend the nightly meetings. The preacher poured bot shot at Jones for several nights with out visible effect. Mir. Jones. who wac unfortunate enough to have a hair lin ana spoke very imperfectly was. how eVer' finally moved to arise with the intention apparently of confessins his shortcomings and as they were numer- ous' everybody was anxious to hear them.
 MT. Jones started in with a halting numbling speech saying: "Rrofbars and Sisters I've been a sinner n 1o,, time and desire your prayers" He was, however. interrupted by so-,,a cis- tant Sister who said: speak a little louder Brother we cannot hear vou ?.