Arizona republican., 1902-11-12
TALK OF THE DAY.

'Civiliza ton of the Indian seems pretty close" says the St. Louis Globe Democrat, when We read that marble dealers oi Omaha have just closed a contract whereby they are to erect for the Cheyenne and Ogallala Sioux In dians a monument to be placed on the battle field of Wounded Knee, in South Dakota, which the Indians insist OF regarding as a massacre. There is all ready a monument to the United States soldiers who fell there at Fort Riley, Kan. and with both sides to that sangunary conflict commemo- rating it. it is not likely to be forgot ten, although the circumstances have already faded from the memory of nearly every one. Should the Indians generally take to setting up monu- ments where they have met their white adversaries in battle the country would be pretty thickly sprinkled with them. Those who doubt that they will ever fall into the customs and modes of thought of the whites ought to find something convincing in this project of the Sioux Indians. It is less than half a generation since they were in blan- kets and turkey feathers
 There is a record of a marriage li- cense issued to two parties, and writ ten across the face of the entry in red ink is the note by the judge. Returned unused; see page so-and-so." On turn ing to the page referred to. there Is another record, and the same red ink note. In short. the record shows that a license was procured and returned unused four different times. The fifth time, however, was the charm, and they were married, he at the age of 64 and she at AS years.-Ottawa Re publican.
 country editor of California who was charged in the San Francisco Ex- aminer with political treachery, traces the story to two delegates to a conven- tion. and gives them a. tongue flashing worthy of the best traditions of old time newspapers. He says of one of them that he is "a person who distrib- utes his time impartially as an inmate of penal institutions and lunatic asy- lums and as a reporter on the Exam liner, a man of notoriously unbalanced mind." And of the other: T was not aware how profoundly the moral dry rot had penetrated his very existence, eating away every quality admirable or useful until only the dry husk was left. But his downward course has been almost too swift to observe accu- rately. Ever since he sold himself for what was practically a bribe of $10O,- 900 to control his official action during his term of office as governor, he has sunk from one level of degeneracy to another until he stands today stripped of the last vestige of decency, a liar. bully and coward"
 
 Green-Brown told an acquaintance. of mine that he could have beat my time and married you himself if he had wanted to.
 Mrs. Green-The idea! I wonder why he didn't do it, then?
 Green-Oh. I can readily understand why he didn't. He had a grudge against me.-Chicago News.
 
 Judge Foster of the court of general sessions. when he gave his decision re- gently in the case of Captain Foody. uttered these words of truth and sober ness: "The defendant is a public off, cer, a captain of police. There appears to be a very general suspicion of police officials, although whether we'll grounded I neither know nor declare. and for this reason, if for none other, this accusation, made by the grand inquest of this county, under the sol emnity of their oaths, ought not to be disposed of on a motion addressed to the discretion of the court Cold com fort for indicted place holders in this well balanced and judicious deliver ance!-New York Tribune.
 The "Pioneer" of Ahalabad, tells stories of some kindergarten" classes in the English army. Among the defi- nitiOns given in an examination is one of a circle peculiarly happy, which gives a freshness to Euclid. It is: "A straight line which starts at a certain point and gets back to the same point as quickly as possible"
 Bobby-You have always shown a predilection for sea tales, haven't you? l know you always used to be reading them when we were in college.
 Dicky-Yes; and I still like them as much as ever. By the way, on that sea voyage I took this year I was very much astonished to find how unfamil- far the sailors were with sea language. They didn't talk a bit like the sailor the books tell about.-Boston Tran script.
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