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The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Tree That Tarn, 20 s,onr.

There is a tree that grows in Mexico
called the "chjjol." or stone tree. 1t Ii
of enormous proportions, both In cir
cumference ana height. 1t has "A NUM-
Der Of branches spreading out widely
and carrying leaves of ycllowisE
green color The wood is extremely fine
and easily worked in a green state. II
Is not given to either warping or split
ting. The most remarkable thing about
IL is that after being cut the wood
gets gradually harder. and in the course
OF few wears 1t is absolutely petrided
whether left in the open air or buriet
In the ground. From this timber houses
can he built that would In few years
become completely hreproof and would
last as though built of stone.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Tenn-sen.. Earl, ,nems.

Teunyson was only eight years old
whcu ne covered both sides OF his
brothers slate with a poem on Flow
erS.' done in unimpea chabi meter. His
brother had said to him, See il you
ean write poetry" aud when he read
tho verse on the slate he merely said.
You've done it," Between the ages OF
eleven aud twelve the young poet wrote
an epic OF over 1000 Tines in SCOTS
octosy!la6ics mingled with heroics.
These We're the only finished poems of
Tcnny boyhood, but when about
fourteen or fifteen years old he com-
monced Il drama in iambic meter which
still survives Thus he practieed him
self la three different meters before he
began seriously to write OF publish.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
r,r., Railroad Charter.

The first charter ever granted in this
country or probably any other for the
building OF "a railroad was granted In
1919 to Henry Drinker by the PeuusyE
vania legislature for road of that
Kind from the Della ware valley 10 the
headwaters of the I.ehigh river over
the route now occupied By the Della
road from the Water Gap to Scranton.
That was before the days OF steam.
and the wagons" that were TO he run
on the road were to be moved by horse
power. That old charter and the
rights 1t conveyed were purchased By
the original Delaware and Laekawan
na company for $1,000.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Forrettins III. Own r,intnre

Reynolds oace forgot the existence
OF one of his pictures. Burke once OBJ
eaincd a very early work and called on
the greet art It, submitting the VIC. K
as that of a Young student who sought
advice from the master. Reynolds had
a long look and then asked. is the
painter Il friend. Of yours?"
Burke replied in the affirmative.
We'll" replied the great man. Il real.
~ don't feel able 10 give an opinion. It's
a cleverish thing, but whether ii is OF
sufficient promise to Justify the young
man in adopting art Us a profession
cannot say"
S4r Joshua had entirely forgotten his
own work. .-Chambers' Journal.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
FARMER JOe'S SPEECH.
IL Was short, but 1t Crashed the
Bumptiou> louRS~ter.

You may get the better of an oppo.
nea; in debatA" said an old time ot'a.
tar. 10y sheet force Of convincing arsu,
ment-;hat is to say. you may score
and wiu on points--but II You ~.ant to
put yuur man down aad out a single
coup just make him ridiculous. Only
succeed in doing this. aud all the logic
of .he Other SIDE vii; explode IN yacan'
cy Tie SO many htanh cartridges.
''Once when was serving a term up
the state in the legislature a bumptious
youngster who had just been iutroduc
ed was lahorins through his maiden
effort, He was attacking 4 man who
vas his senior by AZ least Il score and
ten years ahd Thought 20 make a bit by
referring t. him aS that iittlc gray.
bcard from Hrif,intr Eymal of Mag.
ara rose IT, +, tliy. liz was an old timer.
who aAyeF spokN UAless he had some
thlag to say ami ~ was always s,lrc of
au attentive audience. Farmer joe. as
ne WAS called, got 40 slowly, gradually
expanded himself I" his full height Of
j feet l. thrust his ieft hand behind the
tells of capaciouS and somewhat
shabby frock coat. held M the index
Tiger Of his riGht hand. cleared his
throa olni0onsiy aud soiemnly began:
Mt Speaker, the honorable gentle
4lan who has just spoken has never
read Pope's essay II he had. he would
remember that the souls the standard
of the man" And, sir, tifty such souls
as that OF the honorable gentleman
who preceded me could be- put into the
skull OF tea and have as much room
there as two frogs In Lake superior
He didn't have to say more The
chamber went into convulsion OF
laughter which lasted for several min.
utes after the tail farmer had resumed
his seat. As for tue youagster. he did
the best ae could He wriggled about
got red in the face. tried to look uncon.
cerned aud kept his mouth closed dur.
ing the balance OF the session New
York News
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Took the second Man,

One evening recently well to do
bachelor volunteered to teach sprlght-
ly young widow the game of checkers.
He quite overlooked the possibilities OF
the game. "*
There. now; It's still your move" he
exclaimed to the lady shortly after the
game had commenced. You have TAX
en- ouIy one man. and you are bound TO
take another"
Thanks for your advice" said the
widow sweetly. Suppose take you.
them"
She did subsequently.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Drinking Throusb the No..r,I..

The Gndiaa sages do not practice
their breathing exercises simply for
the sake OF repose and sleep. During
the inbreothinS energy IS increased.
These Indians are not the only people
who believe that with the inbreathine
Of pure air there comes something still!
more vital than oxygen But the Indi-
ans have d"v"!oped the art of breath
ing more than any other people.
One of their fayorite exercises is 20
inhale through the left nostril. to hold
the breath for Il time and thcn exhale
through the right nostrii
Another of their exercises is To drink
water through the uostriIs, aud after II
has been retained for short time it is
expelled through the n0striIs ana the
mouth. This is said to cool the hend.--
Chambers Journal
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Growing Banana.

bananas are as n rule planted out
Systematically in rows. the suckers"
being placed at an average of ten feet
apart. The banana plant bears only
one bunch at a time but it is Il quick
grower, yielding its fruit In twelve tc
fourteen months. When the plant is
about six months old. a second "suck.
er" or shoot is allowed to spring from
the root, a third after the ninth month,
and SO on, SO that after the first year
there is continuous crop being reiIped
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Taking One. own Pulse.

Being able to take" ones own pulse
Is a doubtful accomplishment, because
she heart has some pecnllarities. the
Importance of which are sure to be
9vcrestfmated except by physicians.
and much uneasness occasionrd Ia
consequences. Irreguiarity Of the pulse
Ts naturally TO no small number Of
people without other signs of disease
II may also be simply transient
symptom, due to errors OF habit or
sther causes. which. disappearing.
geaye no trace behind them.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Too CNafIY.

) Hing George IL. once wished to add
me Green park. in London. to his pal
acc grounds whether the people liked it
oc not He inquired OF hts minister as
80 the cost.
His lOrdship. mindful OF the general
aiscontent then prevalent. answered:
The cost. sir? Oh, 1t would be a mat
Ter of three crowns"
The king took the hint. The people
kept their park and the sovereign his
1ciple throne.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
A coatlx Prayer Raak

Queen Elizabeth used to carry about
with her suspended by chain OF pure
gold a book called The Golden Manual
OF Prayer" dainty volume OF 800
pages. bound In hammered virgin
gold" One side Of this costly volume
gave a representation OF the judgment
Of Solomon. the other the brazen ser
pent on the cross I'm the desert.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
LETIHt CITIZEN FOLLOW YOU.

Parties leaving for the coast or other
resorts for the summer months can
have The Citizen mailed to their ad-
dress at the same price at which 1t is
delivered by carrier Leave address at
The Citizen business otfice. corner
Stone avenue and Broadway, or tels-
phone Main III.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Titles.

Give Georgia darky a "chaw" OF
tobacco and you're cap'n.
Give him n quarter and you become
a colonel.
Paraiyze him with a dollar and you
are general for life.
Throw Ia an old suit of clothes and
two stiff drains of corn liquor and he
raises all his ch.j-sn TO call you gov
ernor Alta nta Constitution.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Cinnamon aa.n An1,.ep.,c.

No living germ Of disease can resist
che antiseptic power of essence of Gin.
ramon for more than a few hours. In
fectiye than corrosive sublimate Even
2he scent kills them. decoction Of
cinnamon should be drunk In locaIi-
ties where typhoid fever or cholera
prevails.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
SLOT MACHINES FOR SALE.

Slot machines, card and trade ma
chimes OF every description for sale or
.ented on commission. Out OF town
orders given prompt attention. Cor
respondence solicited. Pease Novelty
Co. Office and salesroom 2l3 North
Meyer, Tucson, Arizona. Telephone
22Sl.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25

No one can read the Bible out loud
in the same voice In which he would
read selection from newspaper
Atchison Globe
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
LEADS THEM ALL.

"One Minute Cough Cure beats all
other medicines for coughs. colds.
croup and throat and lung troubles"
SAYS D. Scott Currin of Loganon. Pa.
Perfectly safe. Acts Immediately.
Croup Yields to 1t. Cures grip. bron-
chits' coughs. Bells Pharmacy.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
A Fad and a Cult.

A Boston editor. asked to define the
difference between cult and fad,
rose to the emergency in this manner;
"A fad is anything that arouses eva.
nescent mentality. while a cult is any
thing that inspires permanent mental
ity"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
superb.

''What regal carriage he has! There
ts surely royal blood in his veins DC
you know him| whispered the enthu-
Siastic woman
''Yes," replied the man. "he comes OF
a long line of janitors. ."-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Mnch In Her MIMI

Church-She is a Russian countess.
Gotham-Tndeed Has she much IL
her own name?
HAS she? She's got nearly the en-
tire alpha bet!'-Y Yonkers Statesman.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25

The Tucson Ice and Cold Storage
company Ia using six fine new wagons
TO deliver ice. They were designed
and built throughout right here at
home by Fred Ronstadt Several of
our local business men are having
wagons huilt at this new shop. 204-tf
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Crea. Presence of Mind.

She afier he has proposed In ar
asideT@Ob. this is SO easy
He Wha. did you sayF
She-Oh. this iS 80 Sudden'-Detroit
Free Press.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
Extemmmss0n.

Visitor-That painting Is by an old
master. | see.
Mrs. McShoddie (apoiogetically)-Y-es
but the frame is new.-New York Week
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
bad uegimnlnEa

A bad begginning makes a good end
ing sometimes. but more often it makes
q very quick ending. .-Syracuse Herald
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25
After Thirteen Years!

Ranks-i wouldn't marry the best
woman in Che world.
Bnks-rSu couldn't. She married
me thirteen years ago. Somervflle
(Mass.l .Jorrital.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25

Learning without thought is labor
lost; thought without learning is peril
@us.--Confucius.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25

The larre At coral reef in the world IA
the Australian Barrier reef, which ID
LOO miles In length
The Tucson citizen., 1902-06-25

Weddins and birthdas rags made 10
order. s,1E @. Capo's, the Jeweler. 81
West Cn~Rress street
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-03-04

The announcement by The Messenger
. Few days ago that DR.. George T. Win
ston. president Of the North Carolina
college Of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts. had accepted the invitation Of cur
commercial bodies to deliver an address
IN Wilmington. has been extremely
gratifying to our citizens
DR.. Winston will address the people
Of Wilmington at s o'clock next Friday
Aight in the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium and
his subject will be along the line OF the
progressive development of Eastern
North Carolina and especially Whining
ton and the adjacent country.
All citizens and the ladies as well are
invited to hear the address. This will
be rare opportunity to those who want
10 keep in touch with the march of
progress as well as to equip themsely es
An time when il ia necessary to go
forward. To lag means to get left in
the race and as this applies to individ-
1als SO it does to cities.
There is no section in North Carolina
that nature has done so much for as il
has in the Wilmington section, and TO
take advantage of it as we should,
would mean a long stride in the way
Affprogress.
as all new things, but no doubt he will
tell us all something that we are over
looking. If be can unite the citizens of
Wilmington in putting their shoulders
together in resolving to do as much for
Wilmington as nature has done for u.s.
We would soon have a city surpassed
by none on the Atlantic coatst.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-03-04

The annual meeting Of the nsxth
Carolina Teachers Assembly was he'd
last summer AZ the Seashore Hotel. at
wrightsvilie Beach. and it is quite prss-
able that the annual meeting fer th.s
year will be held there in June WI
mington viii warmly welcome tha
teachers. and IL Is hoped they win de-
eide to come to our delightful seaside
for their June assembly.
Mr.. W. d. Carmichael. Jr.. OF DurhaD.
secretary OF the Teachers Assembly,
arrived In the city yesterday to aseer-
tain what arrangements can be made
with the officials OF the wilminstoa
Seacoast Railroad Company and the
management OF the Seashore Hotel II
II Is decided 10 hold the annual meeting
at Wrightsville Beach this summer. ue
conferred with the hotel people. and
yesterday afternoon he was accornpo-
n!ed TO the beach by President Hugh
MacRae and General Manager A. d.
Shedding OF the Seacoast railroad. AZ
ter q pleasant trip. they returned TO the
city. and Mr.. Carmichael will return %
Durham today.
The teachers were well pleased with
Wrightsville Beach last season and &c
is understood that most OF them are
anxious to come back this summer
The selection OF the place OF meeting.
however. is in the hands OF the assem-
bly's executive committee. The COM
mittee. We learn. Is very favorably die-
posed to Wrightsville Beach IL desira-
BILE arrangements can be made
Secretary Carmichael was seen by
Messenger representative last evening
and IN talking about his trip he said:
Il am much pleased with the result
OF my trip here and when / return to
Durham the matter Of meeting place
this summer will be decided very sootI
That decision rests with the executive
committee to whom / will report the
result OF my conference with the rail-
road and hotel officials. Speaking for
myself / am very favorable towards
Wrightsville Beach as the meeuEg
place Of the assembly. / was here
at the assembly meeting last year. ana
personally / was delighted with the
| advantages offered. think I voice the
sentiments Of the teachers OF the state
| when I say that their lot had never
| fallen among a more hospitable and
generous people. The Wilmington -
pie generally did things well and fn
| their entertainment Of the Teachers
| Assembly and in their treatment OF the
teachers and their friends. they sus-
| tanned their record and reputation for
hospitality and for doing things vel
generally. ! appreciate the warm son-
sideration Of the gentlemen whom ]
saw today and I am convinced that
| the Wilmington people are interested
in the assembly and the cause IL reors-
sents. I am confident that 81 the -
sembly comes here this year the teach
ers will have a warm welcome
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-03-04
MISS STONES RANSOM.
Efforts at Reimbursement by Fur-
key-Literary Offers to Miss stone.

Constantinople. February fit 10
understood that the United States WIN
soon take steps to obtain q reimburse
ment Of the sum c72.5oo) paid TO brt-
gands as a ransom for Miss Eliza n.
Stone and Mime Tsi ka. holding Turkey
responsible. inasmuch as the capture OF
the missionaries was effected on Turk
ish soil This question OF respoasib .fty
may have serious developm nts. since
Turkey emphatically dIsciaims reepon-
sibifty and lays the blame on Blu garia.
Salonica, Roumania. Feb. 27.-Miss
Stones evidence is not likely to prove
of much value In fixing the responsible
ity for an indemnity from turkey or
Bulgaria. since she is rot aware whsth-
er she even crossed the BOUNDARY. ow-
ing TO being blindfolded and the ntyht
marching tactics OF the brigands. Sol
diers are now pursuing the band, but
the brtgands have a long start.
Miss Stone has already received nu-.
merous literary ctfers. one OF them be-
ing from an American magazine. which
offered her s35. 900 and royalty for ssx
articles.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-03-04

The five masted schooner PRESCOTT
Palmer. Captain Sumner. put In a
Southport yesterday morning at -
o'clock for harbor. She has no ear9o
and is in good condition but the crew
was worn out by one OF the most te0-
pestuous voyages in all their nautical
lives.
The schooner sailed light from Bath.
Me-. for BaltimSre. February 4th. but
she was blown several hundred miisa-
out OF her course and brought up or
this coast. She has been at sea twenty
Six days. and encountered one storm
beat about by gales and the crew was
was awfully rough. and the vessel was
tempest tossed until II was almost i'm
possible to keep from breaking oce .
neck. On February 9Th Captain Sum
ner broke his arm but he Is doing well
AS soon as the weather settles he VIII
sail for Baltimore.
The Prescott Palmer Is the first Eve
masted schooned that ever came irto
this port. In fact she Is one OF the only
two five masted schooners In American
waters. She is the largest saii~g vessel
that ever crossed the Cape Fear bar.
her displacement being 2.3e7 tons. which
exceeds the tonnage OF most any Bris-
ish ship that comes into this port Tor
cotton. She is a very staunch ship and
a fast sailer with her great spread Of
canvass
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-03-04
The Oldest and Best.

S. S. S. Is a combination OF roots
and herbs Of great curative powers,
and when taken into the circulation
searches out and removes all manner
of poisons from the blood, without
the least shock or harm to the system.
On the contrary. the general health
begins to improve from the first dose,
for S. S. S. is not only blood purifier,
but an excellent tonic. and strength
ems and builds up the constitution
while purging the blood Of iTupuri-
ties. S. S. S. cures all diseases of a
blood poison origin, Cancer, Scrofula,
heum a N, Chronic Sores and
Ulcers, Eczema, Psoriasis, Salt
Rheurn, Herpes and similar troubles.
and IS an irfaiii5le cure and the only
antidote for that most horrible disease,
Contagious Blood Poison.
A record Of nearly fifty years O,
successful cures is a record to be proud
of. S. S. S. is more popular today
than ever. It numbers its friends by
the thousands. Our medical CORES
pondence is larger than ever in the
history of the medicine. Many write
to thank us for the great good S. S. S.
has done them, while others are seek.
ing advice about their cases. Ali
letters receive prompt and careful
attention. Our physicians have made
a lifelong studyof Blood and Skin Dis
eases, and better understand such cases
than the ordinary practitioner who
makes a speciality Of no one disease
~ 81 ~ We are doing great
RNEVE2 good to sufferin E
VI @ @ humanity through
2AA1 our consulting de
W <zz~ partment, and invite
you to write rs if you have any bloot
or skin trouble. We make no charg,
whatever for this service.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA. ca
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-03-04
A Printer Greatly Surprised.

"I never was so much surprised in my
life. as ] was with the results of using
Chamberlain's Pain Balm" says
Henry T. Crook, pressman of the Ashe-
vile On. CD Gazette. .I contracted a
severe case of rheumatism early last
winter by getting my feet wet tried
several things for il without benefit
One day while looking over the Ga
zette, I noticed that Pain Balm was
positively guaranteed to cure rheuma-
tism, so bought bottle Of IL and be-
fore using two thirds Of il my rheu-
matism had taken its fight and have
not had rheumatic pain since Sold
at R r. Bellamy's drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-03-04

A Sixty-Mile-an-HOur Ride on q
Locomotive Down the AlleEhe-
MES.

Cincinnati, March 1.-Prince Henry,
OF Prussia. traversed the states of
Maryland, Pennsylvania AMI Ohio to-
day and tonight, his specIaI train is
speeding through Kentucky into Pen
nessee, with the battlefield around Chat
tanooga as its final southern goal. He
stopped for formal receptions at AL
toona, Pittsburg, Columbus and Cincin-
natl, but the welcome EXTENDED to ni,Ii
was not limited to those places. Every
where along the line after daylight
came and until long after darkness the
people gathered at the stations to cheer
him as he speeded along. The storm
that sewlled the rivers to the danger
point had passed away and he saw 4
zone Of three states in bright sunshine
Allegheny mountains from the cab u1
an engine. and most Of ii was dowr
grade at speed that thrilled.
The train had lost Two hours at Port
age by reason of a wreck to the west.
ward Of the point and when the specia
get clear track again, an attempt wa:
made to win back some OF the tins
that had been lost. At times the sway
ing engine was running sixty miles AT
Houl anu NISu Tic ~ lliSC ltAS i'iO y q
he was almost as griiny as the engi-
ueer.
When not responding 10 the recep
tions he was busy sightseeing anc
studying a large map which had beer
set up in his car. He asked many ques
tions as to the industries of Pennsyi
vania and Ohio and made notes on th'
margin OF the map.
The prince left the dining table 20 ac
knowledge the cheers Of a Snail crow;
that had gathered about the water tLni
outside of Xenia- They numbered les
than fifty. but when the prince hear,
that they wanted to see him he oblig
ingly left the table and went to tn
rear platform. He bowed to the Htt!'
crowd and then waved his napkin
which he had carried cut with him.
Much of the time lost at Portage
Pa, was made up in Ohio and unics
there are other unforeseen delays tn
train will regain its position on TIL
schedule during the nisht.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-03-04
Having a Run on Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.

Between the hours Of eleven o'cloci:
a m. and closing time at night on jar
25th, 1901. A. E. Clark, druggist, Glade
Springs, Va, sold twelve bottles o.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He
says, II never handled a medicine that
sold better or gave better satisfaction
to my customers This Remedy has
been in general use in Virginia fer
many years, AID the people there are
well acquainted with its excellent
qualities Many Of them have testified
to the remarkable cures which 1t has
effected. When you need good, re-
liable medicine for cough or cold, OF
attack of the grip, use Chamberlain
Cough Remedy and you are certain &c
be more than pleased with the quick
cure which II affords. For sale at r
r. Bellamy's drug store