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The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
That Number 13.

So prevalent is the prejudice against
the number Is that car companies in
many cities have been obliged to omit
it, as the car bearing it did not earn
its living" In st. Joseph, Mo-, No. 13
happened to be the car oftenest run
over a certain line In a locality chiefly
inhabited by negroes. 1t was discov-
cred after a time that these would
walk blocks out of their way to take
the cars of rival line, but as soon as
No. IA was sent down in their district
the company's receipts resumed their
previous figure. Thirteen as a house
number also is looked upon with sus-
picion. and the expedient of II, 11ia
and then Is is often employed.-New
York Tribune.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Had Seen One.

Dan Leno the English comedian.
told of appearing before swell Lon
don audience at the house of Il lord.
The ianguor of his listeners made him
feel not too happy, and he was glad To
retire to the dressing room allotted
him. While he was removing the
grease paint very young peer. " ho
had strolled after him. stood watching
the process. He told Leno in the most
approved drawl that some of his say
ings had really been rather funny, 'es-
pecially that one, you know. where
your wife made a pancake OH grid
iron and the pancake slipped through
ana put tia. fire ont. phat made me
laugh awfully. because | know what
Il gridiron is. | have seen one"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Two Queer Diseases.

Astasia is nervous affection the
peculiar feature of which is the fact
that person suffering from it cannot
stand upright. If he tries. he will be
obliged to hop and jump whenever his
feet touch the ground. III a word, his
actions are precisely those of person
who might be required to stand up
right on Il floor composed of redhot
Goals. Fortunately there are not many
cases of this malady on record. Aka
thisia is the exact opposite of astasia.
since a person suffering from 1t cannot
remain seated The moment he seats
himself in a chair he is obliged to
start up again. A person afflicted
with akathisia can walk easily, but
cannot sit, whereas a person suffering
from astasia cannot stand upright and
cannot walk in the ordinary manner
owing to the contraction of his lower
limbs.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14

have rendered in detecting crime and
protecting innocence.
Mr. Forest 0: Chicago has set a heavy
task for himself If he really proposes
to move on the Illinois legislature
with a. view to securing the adoption of
the English plan. The lawmaking
body of that State, although it does
not hold the highest rank for intelli-
gence or integrity, will not attempt to
curb the press. 1t did not venture on
that expedient even when the Chicago
newspapers accused it of having sold
itself to Chicago corporations. Indeed,
some of the local statesmen who were
mentioned in that connection appeared
to contemplate with proud satisfac-
ton the high figures at which they
were alleged to have marketed their
votes They regarded it as dis
tinction.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
The kinGAsher.

Koskomenos, the kingfisher, still bur
rows in the earth like his reptile an
cestors. Thereforesthe other birds call
him outcast and will have nothing te
do with him. But he cares little for
that, being clattering. rattle headed,
self satisfied fellow. who seems to do
nothing all day long but fish and eat.
AS you follow him. however, you note
with amazement that he does some
things marvelously well-better. in
Iced. than any other of the wood folk.
TO locate a fish accurately in still wa
ter is difficult enough when one thinks
of light refractiOn. but when the fish
is moving and the sun glares down into
the pool and the wind wrinkles it's face
into thousand flashing. changing fur
rows and ridges. then the bird that can
point bill straight to his fish and hit
him fair just behind the gills must
have more in his head than the usual
chattering gossip that one hears from
him on the trout strea reams.-Country
Life In America.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Look Out For Your Pate.

A contemporary says pate Is slang
for head 1t is, eh? Wherefore? Sure
ly the word is used in a trivial Or de-
rogatory sense, as noddle, noggin, era
MUM, brainpan, etc, but it's origin is
eminently respectable. Shakespeare
says "the learned pate ducks to the
golden fool" Popes epigram is good
You beat your pate and fancy wit will
come;
Knock as you please. there's nobody at
We have ''bald pate" and "shave
pate" Why, the word is used once i'll
the Bible, and by David, in Psalm vii,
16, His mischief shall return upon his
own head, and his violent dealing shall
come! down upon his own pate" Ac-
curately, pate does not mean the head,
but the crown of the head.-New York
Press.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
{ The ultimate End Of the Watch.

IMG gAGAmAGG GMO Oh E0G watch
A prominent watch manufacturer is
said to be continually deluged with
questions as to where all the watches
so. This country makes them at the
rate OF 5000 day. and this rate is
kept up year III and year out, added to
by countless importa tions.
II never was able to answer the
question" said the manufacturer. NO
body III the trade ever tries to- We
find that the life of watch is but five
years, yet if you will stop fifty men
and ask how long they have carried
their watches forty-nine of them will
say they have only had one watch i'll
their entire lives.
I'VE cannot explain the disappear
ance of watches. They do not 30 into
the ash bins. | remember when the
New Jersey watch. factories closed
that in ten years we could not find one
Of their watches anywhere. They had
disappeared off the face of the earth.
yet millions had been made Look at
the key watches. Up to some twenty
years ago we made nothing else. In
that twenty years these millions and
millions of key winding watches have
disappeared. and the question asked
unremittingly. What becomes of the
watches" remains unanswered to this
CircularWeekly
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
MARX SMITHS SHOES.

1t seems that the Hon. Marcus a.
Smith of Arizona has been buying shoe $
in Europe. This is not to be wondered
at, because Mark is very substantial
citizen, weighing something in the
neighborhood Of 200 pounds, and might
reasonably be expected to wear out the
most patriotic American shoe by much
walking in Europe.
But Mark came back with American
made shoes encasing his very reasonable
and shapely extremities, and giving all
of us who staid at home the laugh. He
paid less for American made SHOES
within view of the glorious snow.
crowned Alps than we who must stay at
home are compelled to pay BY that in
genioue pickpocket and road agent
known as the Dingley tariff.
Mr.. Smith tells us that American
shoes are sold in Europe for from 20 to
35 per cent less than they can be bought
at home. We are selling shoes to the
value of $500, 900 year to England,
tsia-Hungary, France, Germany,
and Belgium. We sell shoes in all the
shoe making countries in their own
markets. and the inference is plain that
we can undersell the manufacturers in
those countries, although freight and
insurance and other selling charges are
. added.
And yet there ia duty OF 25 per cent
on foreign made shoes. Does anvone
believe that foreign made shoes would
be imported If there were no tariff on
! shoes? The duty is not kept in the
tariff to keep out shoes, but to enable
the shoe manufacturer to advance the
home price to the tariff limit. This ia
the long and short of it, and it ia but
one example gathered from 1000 that
| the tariff embraces.
We have no doubt that our Republican
friends will become very angry at Mark
Smith because he bought shoes in Eu-
rope and then came home to expose the
tariff fraud sin the shoe trade. When
American shoes are sold 25 per cent less
in London than they are at home, this
means that the American price of shoes
has been fully advanced to the tariff
limit. This is what the tariff ia for,
This ia what it is maintained for TO the
point of sacredness. This is what Sena.
tor Mark Hanna stands pat on when he
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Boston Herald.
The Earth.R Other Mott

The Earth's other Motion. -
The earth, Iii addition to its diurnal
and annual revolutions. has slow
wabbiing of its axis. Il motion seldom
mentioned even in the textbooks of as
tronomy. This curious motion may be
properly likened to that impaired to a
top by a touch of the finger on it's rim
when it is in rapid movement, the
touch causing the upper end CO the
tops stem to describe a small circle.
So, too. the mighty sun lays hold OF
she rim of the great terrestrial top,
and it begins to oscillate In the long
period of $1,000 years-that is to say,
ON Dec. q, 124S, the earth made It's
nearest approach to the sun, and it
will approach equally near in 10000
years from that time, or ON the 21st
day of June in the year 11,748 This
has all to do with climate both north
and south of the equatorial line.
In the period comprising the first
our northern winters are short and
/ mild and our summers are long and
sunny. But during the period Of
which the year 11,74S will be the mid
die our winters will be awful In their
severity and our summers short and
cool. Even now the northern hemi-
sphere is slowly but surely losing It's
long. sunny summers and if you should
live until the winter of the year Ii, ,74B-
80 you could tell story of cold and
SHOWS that would pale to insigniicance
the stories of the cold winter of 1888
"a. for the whole northern hemisphere
viii then be In tie midst of it's great
and terrible winter
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
LEARNING A LANGUAGE.
1t Is Comp ~ntfveIS Easy to Acquire
Working Vocabulary.

1t Is Comparatively Easy to Acquire
Working Vocabulary.
'Tt doesn't require any great length
of time to learn language if one has
patience" said Il man who has mas
tered several languages, ''and when |
hear man regret that he is not able
to speak French or German or Spanish
or some other language unknown to
him cannot conceal my amusement.
In nine cases out of ten | might say
that the men who express regret of
this sort handle English very poorly
if that happens to be their language.
THE chances are that their yoca bu
laries are extremely limited, and it
would probably surprise them to know
that despite the advantages OF birth,
and education they could not command
more than 600 or 700 words in English
If their lives depended upon it. Yet
they are able to carry on intelligent CON
versation, and many of them may be-
come forcible and even automatic III
their savings, and they plunge into dis
cussions of literature, art, music and
other subjects of such fine elegance
and do it rather successfully too.
"Now, how long ought it to take for
a man to learn GOO or 700 or even 1000
words in any language? Certainly it
ought not to take any great length of
time, and from my own experience
know that it does not. Of course am
not speaking now of mastering so that
one can get the full benefit of all the
refinements Of speech in a particular
tongue.
But | have in mind the idea Of
speaking intelligibly in n given Ian
guage and being able to understand
perfectly what is said in return. have
a system which have worked out, and
it has been of vast benefit to me and
has enabled me to learn a number of
languages. 1t occurred to me while
was in Mexico a few years ago on i'm
portant business.
II could not speak word of Spanish
and could not understand the language.
| concluded that would learn the Ian
guage. My plan was simply this:
made up my mind that | would not re-
tire at the close of any day as long as
| was there without learning at least
three words in Spanish, how to pro
nounce them and what they meant
That would give me ninety words per
month, or something over 1000 In a
years time"-New Orleans Times
Democrat
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
A Forbidden Topic.

"There is one topic peremptorily for
bldden to all well bred, to all rational,
mortals." says Emerson, namely,
their distempers. If you have not slept
or il you have slept or if you have
headache or sciatica or leprosy or thun-
derstroke, / besecch you by all angels
to hold your peace and not pollute the
morning. to which all the housemates
bring serene and pleasant thoughts, by
corruption and groans. Come out OF
the azure. Love the day"
The quotation suggests that, hard as
it is to be an invalid, it may prove al
most as painful to be an inyalid's
friend.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Love and Business.

Dear" she said during an interval
of comparative sanity, promise me
one thing"
Anything" he answered, with the
recklessness of love.
After we have been married a rea-
sonable time il we decide a divorce is
desirable promise that my brothers,
who are struggling young lawyers,
shall represent u.s." Philadelphia
North American.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Settled the Wing Question

Two little Philadelphia girls the 9TH
er day strayed into the realms of the
ology and anthropology, though of
course they didn't know it.
Say" said the first, ives Dod's 1T
tie angels. isn't we?'
''Yeth," lisped the second. "but we
hasn't dot any feathers on nth, like the
little angels my mamma showed me
in a picture book"
well. we had once, don't 90 know -
returned the first, "but bod pulled 'eln
all out before him sent us down here" :"
What for did him do that?''
$50 that we couldn't fly up in the
trees when our mammas want us tt
come in and be washedw
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
The CmMmfhaI.

"And what" asked the cannibal
chieftain in his kindest tones - what
was your business before you were
captured by my men?'
II was newspaper man." answered
the captive.
IAN editor?"
'No; merely subeditor."
'Cheer up. young man! Shortly aft
er my chef has finished his perusal Of
the cookbook you will be editor in
chief"
Laughing heartily at his bonmot, the
cannibal chief wanted to know if the
captive had funny bone.-Judge.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Napoleon and His mother.

Soon after Napoleon's assumption Of
the imperial purple he chanced to meet
his mother in the gardens of st. Cloud.
He was surrounded by courtiers and
half playfully held out his hand for
her to kiss. mot SO, my son. she
grayely replied. at the same time pre-
senting her hand in return; "it is your
duty to kiss the hand of her who gave
you life" e."-Chambers' Journal.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
One of the Great Dinners of Venice

Perhaps the most expensive banquet
ever given in Venice was that to Henry
great hall of the doges palace, and
there were silver plates for 1900
guests At another time the same
monarch was entertained at ii sugar
banquet-the napkins, plates, knives.
forks and even the bread $50 called)
were all of sugar. The Venetans were
nightly pleased when Henry took his
napkin in his hands and to his sur
prise found that it broke to pieces.
At this feast 1,2G0 different dishes
were served, and 300 sugar etfigies
were distributed among the ladies.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
All Amateurs. A

Cultured Mott er-My dear, your sis
ter Clara is an amateur pianist, Dora
Is an amateur photographer, Edna is
an amateur painter. and Elyira Is an
amateur astronomer, but You don [
seem to be anything.
Pretty Daughter-Oh. yes, mamma,
| am an amateur hancee. Here's my
first engagement ring.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Trial BY NEWSPAPER.

The Chicago Chronicle notes with
disapprobation report from London
that William J. Forrest, of Chicago, is
SO much impressed with the workings
of the English law relative to news
paper Investigations OF crime and
newspaper trials of criminal cases
that on his return he will make an
effort to secure s.:nilar legislation from
the Illinois general assembly.
There is a great difference between
the English and American laws and
usages in this respect, and each system
LAS it's advantages and disadvantages,
SO far as public interests are con-
eerned; each is sometimes promotive
of justice and sometimes of injustice.
In England the newspapers are not
permitted to publish any details of the
evidence against an accused person in
advance of their presentation in court.
CTly the fact that a crime has been
perpetrated and the names of such per-
sons as may have been arrested in
Connection herewith are permitted to
appear in the papers. Severe PEN
alties for contempt are apt to reward
efforts to assist the authorities or to
Tighten the people by publishing the
faGts or allegations touching criminal
cases. These restrictions are deemed
pe,essary to protect the rights of the
2ecused, as well as of the people, to a
fair trial
In this country we have any amount
of trial by newspaper" but it is
doubtful II, on the whole, our plan is
less helpful to a proper administra-
tion of justice than that of our
cousins over the sea. It is no unusual
thing for an American newspaper to
render great assistance to the police in
hunting up evidencve, nor are in
stances lacking in which false theories,
formulated by the police, has been
exposed by the press. Innocent per-
sons have been freed from suspicion
and perhaps even from punishment by
the enterprise of newpapers Guilty
persons, unsuspected by the police,
have been brought to book by the
same agency. There is probably far
less danger of an unjust conviction
through the influence of the press
than there would be of q miscarriage
of justice If the press were muz-
zled and the detectives left free to
work out their theories under the stim-
ulus of professional pride supplemented
by cash rewards.
Undeniably there has been in some
of our great cities, notably in New
York, an excess of trial by newspaper.
1t may not have caused the conviction
of innocent parties but it has inter-
fered to some extent with the dignity
and decency that should always char
acterize the administration Of justice
And it has created maudlin sympathy
for more than one defendant that has
resulted in mockery OF justice But
even In New York it would be a mis-
take to put the English muzzle on the
newspapers. The harm caused by their
redundant zeal has been much more
than offset by the assistance they
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
His CLASH.

Augustus mo longer the yourgl-
Well, there's one comfort-they say at
forty man is either a fool or phy-
sician.
Angelina (nearly swallowing q yawn
And are you u physician. then?
Augustus-No.
Angellna-~-Oh.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Theories.

II suppose you have thoroughly in
vestigated the conditions Of which you
are treating in your book remarked
the friend.
mo- replied the literary woman
who had undertaken a great work.
"You see. I'm afraid an investigation
might interfere with some of the beau
tiful theories / have evolved. ."-Chica-
go Post.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Open Road to Fame and Fortune.

Open Road to Fame and Fortune.
MY boy" said the old gentleman in
a kindly tone. there's only one thing
that stands between you and success"
"And what is that?" asked the youth.
'If you worked as hard at working" ;"
explained the old gentleman. "as you
do at trying to find some way to avoid
working, you would easily acquire
both fame and fortune" - Chicago
Post
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Confederate.

Sandy-Yer say dat lady was consid-
crate dat threw de boilin' water on
yer?
Cinders--Cert! In desc days of germs
and microbes she was considerate to
boil it before she threw it.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
The One Oualfncntimn,

w NAT position will our friend take
Oh this momentous question:" asked
the gradlloQuent man.
:Postion?" echoed Senator Sor-
griGm absentmindedly. "Oh, he'll take
pretty nearly any position that's open,
provided there's 4 salary attached to
-Washington Star.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Sweet Innocence.

He-I never saw anything like this
tide. Here I've been pulling steadily
for ten minutes. and we don't seem to
have moved a foot.
She (after a pause)-Oh, Mr. Stroker,
I've just thought of something! The
anchor fell overheard a short time ago,
and | forgot to tell you. Do you sup
pose it could have caught on some
thins2
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
E'n0 COslI.

ooh, Major Bloodgore," said girlish
gusher, they say that during the war
you were always cool in action
"Coolv' declared the major. why,
my dear girl. l was so cool that when
shivered people insinuated that | was
trembling Baltimore Herald.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
What Money Car DO.

Struckoyle Showing his art collec-
tion) - Amt that bullfght picture a
beaut? / paid an artist $1,000 to paint
that for me to order.
Cutting Well. well! It's surprising
what some men will do for money,
isn't it?-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
what symrw@d Her

Mother (soothinglyl - You mustn't
mind what he says about his mothers
cooking, my dear. All men do that.
Married Daughter (warmly)-I don't,
mamma; It's the things he says about
my cooking that annoy me.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14

The first fourteen Roman emperors
all shaved their faces clean. There Is
q portrait bust representing Nero with
O beard, but it is not believed 10 be
authentic.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14

gave ont the Republican motto; keep
ON letting we'll enough alone" 1t is
this kind of tariff that produces cam
paign subscriptions, the home producer
paying the whole thing in the last anal
ysis.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Hsa NFemaure Tahen.

Aggie-He told me wuZ de only
gurl he ever loved.
Katie-Weli. when feller talks like
DAT give him de googoo eyes reversed.
He's nUthin' but a born dlplermae-
Puck.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Then she Smiled.

He-You always remind me of some
thing very disagreeable.
She-Sir. IL
He-Yes, you remind me of all the
time | have to spend where | can't see
you.
And the clouds lifted.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
DRn me d a

Preco6ious Child-Papa, tell me what
is humbug?
Parent with a deep drawn sighl-Lt
is, my dear. when your mamma pre-
tends to be very fond of me and puts
no buttons on my shirt.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
Assisted.

Sarah-AIr Rippler says that he is a
confirmed bachelor.
Susie-Rut he didn't say that every
girl in town had assisted in confirming
him. did he?-Indianapolis News.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14
A difference. .

~ am told that Jones is regular
leech. Is that true?"
mo, would hardly say that. A.
leech, you know, never gets stuck On
himself."-New York Times.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-14

Some men take pains naturally. ana
some give them the same way.-Ch'-
cago News.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-03-08
LIBRARY BOARD HELD MEETING
Report Shows the Institution In Good
Condition,

The monthly meeting of the board
of directors of the Americas Library
Association was held yesterday after
noon, and investigation of its affairs
showed this popular institution to be
in good condition though the member
ship is still too small when all its adj
vantages are considered.
The board would like to see new life
instilled into the public library.
And to this end a committee con-
sisting of Capt. John A. Cobb, Messrs.
Crawford Wheatley and Lott Warren,
was appointed to canvass for new mem
bers. They will begin work at once
Amerlcus is proud in possession of
one of the largest and best public IL
braries in the state. It's shelves are
filed with the best staddard works and
books of fiction published, while all all
of the popular weekly and monthly
publications, as we'll as newspapers,
are upon its tables.
The librarian, Miss Mary Cranberry,
ever welcomes members and visitors,
and to her efforts are due in a great
measure the success of the library.
But larger membership is greatly
desired and must be had. The cost ia
trifiing, only dollar per quarter or 81
year, and every lady and gentleman,
old or young, in AmerIcus should be q
member. A small sum of money, one
or two dollars, could thus be we'll ex-
pended.
Every citizsn should feel an interest
in the public library. It belongs to
the people-to you, and all should
help in supporting it, aud at the same
time derive benefit theretrom.