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The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
EDITORIAL DEPA PARTMENT

taste OF pure government as is pure
government Democrats did not make
the pre- liction. 1t came from Repub-
icaus who foudly imagined that the
Republican party had enough virtue in
itself to purify itself and get rid of
the incubus of corruption that was
Weighing II down.
President Roosevelt was the ideal
of these visionaries They thought he
was the one man who had both virtue
and courage. How gratified they
must be to find him hand in glove with
Platt. Nobody will pretend that 1t
means that PIatt has reformed Alas.
no, The man who was the very hope
and blossom Of Republican purity has
moved into the bosom OF the man who
is the head of dirty New York politics.
And this is not the only evidence of
his fall since he became a candidate
for the Republican nomination in 1901
He started out to champion reciprocity
with Cuba, and made a good showing
until the tariff barons concentrated
their forces on him. Then he weak
ened lie sent a special message to
Congress pleading for reciprocity with
Cuba, and as soon as he had sent it
he announced that he wonld do nothing
more in behalf Of reciprocity with
Cuba. The influence this message had
on the members of the Presidents party
has become historic.
tnquestionably Mr. Roosevelt has
gone the way OF all Republican flesh
He is the meat of the same old gang
that have been preying on the public
Tor years past. He has yielded to the
inexorable fiat, If you want the Pres
idential nomination you will pander to
our interests" 1t is a pity that ii is
So but there is no escape from the
facts President Roosevelt has en-
tered the Platt class.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
The khedlxe and the Rascal.

Even 10 the adventurers and down
right swndlers who hung about his
court at cairo and afterward pursued
his wandcrings lsmail extended good
natured. half contemptuous patronage.
lie liked rogue far better than fool.
once, when he had formally forbidden
his door to a fragrant offender, the man,
who knew his character, got ladder
and climbed into the yiceroy's room. re-
marking, II have obeyed your hiChness'
commands and have crossed your
threshold by the window and not by
the door" The humor Of the thing at
once appealed to Ismail, and the offend
or was reinstated in his favor-Athc-
nnum.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
ARee of RirtEs

Among birds the swan lives TO be
the Oldest, in extreme cases reaching
coo years The falcon has been known
to live 1872 years. An eagle died in 1919
which had been caught 104 years be-.
fore and was then quite old. A white
headed vulture which was caught in
1906, died hi the aviary at Schouhrua.
near Vienna. in 1924. Parrots live more
than a century, Water birds have a
long life, exceeding that Of several ger.
erations or men. Ravens uIso live over
a hundred years.
In captivity magpies live from twea-
~ TO twenty five years, and still long,
in freedom. The common hen attaa
the age OF from fifteen to twenty yegrS
Doves live ten years and the little sin7.
ing birds from eight to seventeen yeas
The nlghtingale's life is the shortrs'
ten years being the longest. and next
comes the blackhird. which never lives
longer than fifteen years
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
TANKS OF FACTS.
There Is "a Difference Between I1~
formation and Knowledge.

Auu HNupNiVAGN'
great many people mistake infer.
nation for knowledge. What man
most needs Is not that he may be pos.
scssed OF an accumulation of facts, but
that he may know where to look for
the facts when he wants them. we all
know the unpleasant individual who is
continually seeking information. You
show him about your city and he asks;
"Elow many miles of street railway
have YOU in your cityi" What is the
price Of ice here this summer" How
many churches are there hcreY How
long has that building been standing|
etc. ad nauseam. You donb know and
wonder why he wants to. You know
where You can find out, and that is
enough for you.
And then there is that equally dis
agreeable person who actually seems
to be tank of facts. He has more in
formation than anything else and de
lights in asking you most extraordinary
questions. When you confess your ig
norancc, he will look upon you with
pity and exclaim, What. don't you
know" and then tell you when you
don't want to know at all For exam.
pie, he is much surprised because you
don't know how long the Amazon river
is. He permits you may, he Insists
that you should guess, only that he
may the better humiliate you. His
brain is 50 ncumhtred with facts that
1t Is almost useless. Life is too short
for man to try to constitute himself
n library of universal knowledge when
the reservoirs of such knowledge are
ready to hand when it Is needed Man
chester Union
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
A TOuRn steak.

"On the other side OF the Rio
Grande." said a Traveller. 'meat is
cheap. but the best cuts OF Mexican
beef are tougher than rhinoceres hide,
When first went to Mexico. / ordered
n tenderIoin at n hotel In Durango, but
couldn't cut IL to save my neck. | told
the waiter it wouldn't do. and he re-
moved II.
Presently. however. he returned. ac-
companied by the proprietor OF the
hotel. and laid the platter on the table.
What's the matter with the steak
asked the hotel man in Spanish
Tough said |. Why. | can hardly
stick fork into t~much less knife
Mine host tapped 1t over with tn"
fiat OF the knife and eyed 1t dubiously
I'm sorry,' he said, but it's the best in
the house. At any rate. can't take it
back. It's bent"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
Her Very C1enr Thoughts.

well. aunty. what are your thochts
aboot marry!n':" asked young won
an in Scotland the other day OF her
aunt. y decent body who had reached
the SHADY side Of life without haviu.
co!nIai:ted matrimouy.
Deed. lassie," frankly replied the
old lldy, I've had but three thochts
aboot II a my days, an the last is Ike
to be the langest. First. then. when |
was ycung. like yourscr. thoch'.
'Wha'lI | tak'Y Then. as time began
to wear by. | thocht. 'Wha'l get
An after got my leg broken wi THAI
whumcl DOT o Saunders McDrunthcs
cart my thcchts sync have bin. 'Wha1
TAX me|'
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
The kntIiak Bear,

The largest known living carnvorous
animal IS the Kadiak bear. Although
the biggest creature In the western
continent, the Kadiak bear has the
most limited habitat of any animal in
the world The island Of Kadiak. just
off the western coast of Alaska, Is the
only place where it is found. The lar
geSt one killed by white man meas
nred fifteen feet in length and was six
feet high at the shoulders Standing
upon his hind legs, this monster would
tower nearly twenty feet in the air
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
WHO WILL GET IT?

It is not surprising that the owners
and the patrons of the dives where
crime is nurtured and murder planned,
In this town. should be opposed to the
proposition to regulate the liquor trafTic
by the effective method OF high H.
cense. They claim that high license
would put them ont of business. That
Is the very thing the virtue, the public
spirit and intelligence of the com
munity should insist on having done
It has been decided by our govern
ment national, State and municipal.
that no one has a natural right to sell
liquor, The right to drink liquor is
inherent and inalienable. But the
selling of liquor is a mere privilege
granted by governmental authority,
subject to regulation and the wisdom
Of experience has demonstrated thar
high license is the most effective means
OF regulation.
1t is scarcely subject to serious ques-
tfon that the numerous holes in the
wall where poison is dispensed in the
guise of stimulating liquor in Tucson
are menace TO peace and order and
life. Three murders committed N
this town within a month are directly
traceable to these dens. The lives Of
people are endangered, and the reputa-
ton OF the community suffers. because
of the tolerance of these iniquitous
resorts.
There Is scarcely any business IN
which more responsibility is required
than in the saloon business. 1t ought
to be conducted by level-headed men.
If men are permitted to engage in the
business at haphazard. on payment Of
a mere nominal sum for license. all
kinds of irresponsible persons. from
professional criminals to fools, engage
in it, This shonld be stopped, and
the most effective way TO stop 1t is ID
charge license tax large enough TO
exclude irresponsible and dangerous
people from engaging in the traffic.
We are informed that the Barro
libre protests against the Buehman or
dinance. 1t is the Barrio Libre that
shocked the city with three murders
recently, and is responsible for most Of
the crime in the city. The Barrio
Libre Is entitled to equal rights with
the rest Of the city, and would have
equal rights under high license sys-
TEN and rigid saloon regulation We
are also informed that the Barrio Libre
is raising fund to defeat the ord-
nance. This is interesting, What
will the Barrio Tibro do with TIE
fund? Who will got it? Who will
take it?
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
a FORCED SALE.
Frith's Purchase Of His Own Pas.
trait Painted hy Himself

trait Painted by Himself
Here Is the astonishing history u,
one of I'rith's own portraits pahi,G U,
himself. The celebrated Il. \. hld ,.
tircly forgotten It's existence uu.j.,.
friend entered his studio one NORM.
and asserted that a capital picture
himself was on view in small I,,.
in Great Portland street. It's uu
lit like what you are now" Observed
the friend, but it may have rcSoIuI.al
you some years ago, Go. ana look s-
it,"
Mr.. FIRTH went ana found his own
image after an cstr0ngemeut of fort
five years. He determined to hlN II
though he had not the fantcSt rccoH,l
tion of having painted it. All. a por
trait" said Firth to the woman
charge of the shop after lie had ur
tended to examine several other wor.-
Whose likeness is that?" "That." ,a.I
the lady, is portrait Of the celcbal.
ed artist, Firth. painted by hmsrifn
"Why, he must he an elderly m.n"
put IN the artist, The woman rcmar,.
ed that lie was young once. "Humph"'
quoth the genial W. l.. /. Not much
Of a picture"
TO this the woman demurrcd and
asked 900 for the canvas. 1t was
Frlths turn to appear surprised
We'll" replied the shopkceper with,
out moving a muscle, 1T cost us nearly
as much. We shall make very small
profit. You see, 1t Is very valuable be.
cause the artist Is deceased" "De.
ceased" exclaimed the astonishcd
painter. Dead. do you mean?" YES.
sir; died of drink. My husband attend.
ed the funeral"
Firth bought the picture. but did not
revive for some time. Chambers Jour.
nal
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
Saving His Mnte,

On one occasion at crowded per-
formance at the Royal thcater In sgd
ncy. n. 5, w, number Of years ago
n couple of sailors who had been drink
Ing were seated In the gallery. One
lost his balance and fell into the stalls.
The other Immediately cried. Man
overbOardr' and dived after his com
panion. With the proverbial luck Of
drunken sailors the first escaped with
a broken leg and the second without a
scratch,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
FOUND HIS LEVEL.

The Los Angeles Herald, which is
both ardent and fervent in it's parti-
sanship, says that the recent evidence
that the President and Senator Plat
are on excellent terms and meet for
consultation is the thing which exas-
perates those who predicted a row
between them"
Precisely. And who predicted the
row? The admirers OF our great re-
form President, who insisted that he
would rise superior to Plattism and
Quayism, and give the people a
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

in hot weather It would be vast COM
fort to sit in some cool place in
ueglgec and sip iulep and smoke,
and hear what the parson had to say,
AnG as only one person could use the
phone, il would he a relief to men
whose wives have The church habit
strongly fixed. OF course il may be
urged by the straicht-laced that people
who attend religious service in this
way will probably never get anything
closer than long-distanye telephone
connection with heaven but there Is
some satisfaction in tn" reflection that
they are not commissioned to speak on
the subject.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
nMfIm.

Tie popularity cf the snail as an ar
ticle Of food is not confined 20 Paris,
but extends throughout southern Eu-
rope and some parts of Africa DR.
EGrarl, Il French writer, in pam
phlct says that $4,000 pounds of snails
are sent daily to Paris from the gar
dcns Of Potion, burgundy. Champagne
and Provence. Those reared in gar.
denS are fed on. aromatic herbs to I'm
prove their flavor. Their market price
is from francs 30 centimcs to 3 francs
90 rcntimes Il hundred. while those
from the hedges, woods and forests
bring only francs to francs 30
ccntimcS The proprietor of one snail
cry in the vicinity of Dijon nets over
1000 francs annually.
The snail is reared and fattcncd with
great care in some cantons of Swift
2crjnnd as an article of luxury and Is
exported in a picked state II is also
eaten as n rc!~sh and nutritious article
Of food in Austria. Spain Italy and in
some sections of the United States
The Ashantccs and other African
tribes smoke them and eat them as
daily food all the year around. In
Algeria In the markets large heaps OF
Snails are sold by the bushel and the
hundred as an article of food Vendors
hawk them in the streets of Cairo. In
modern Rome fresh gathered snails
are hawked by women from door tc
door.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
Oddities of Color blindness.

While the number of color blind per-
sons is not very large. only about five
in every hundred suffering from any
defect in this respect and most Of those
being affected only in minor degree,
yet the phenomenon sometimes as.
sumes very remarkable phases.
An oculist states that he found two
persons who possessed monochromatic
Nision-that Is to say, all colors ap-
peared to them to be simply different
shades of gray.
If the reader will look at photo
graph of n landscape or. better, OF &
garden filled with brilliant flowers, he
will be able TO form an idea of the ap-
pearance which nature must present
to one who suffers from the infiictiur
called monochromatic vision
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
How victor Hugo worked.

Victor Hugo always wrote standing
ut high desk especially constructed
for him, throwing off sheet after sheet
as fast as he filled ii till he would he
quite showed up In haves Of foolscap
He often rose in the middle OF the
night to note down an Idea or verse
He got up for the day usually at 6
O'Clock and would devote from six TO
eight hours per diem To his work He
made but few corrections, his poems
being thought out complete In his brain
before he put pen 10 paper. II is n well
known fact that he indulged in the ar
duous task Of composition while tray
crsng the streets OF Paris on the top
Of an omnibus. When working out
some great conception, he would spend
hours in this way.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
For Dinhetic lpmfinnfa

In diet for diabetic patients milk g
only occasionally allowed. yet eggs,
cream, buttermilk ard all kinds OF
cheese may be taken freely. Tart
fruits are permitted. aud peaches and
Strawberries may be eaten with cream,
but without sugar. The sweet fruits
pears, plums, grapes, apples. bananas,
etc.-are forbidden. koumiss, coffee
with cream. but no sugar. and cereal
coffee are the drinks permitted. tea be-
ing excluded and no wines or liquors
except clarct, Rhine or other acid VA
ricties. All vegetables containing sug.
ar or starch are forbidden, which
leaves caulitlower, lettuce, string beans.
spinach, cucumhcrs, green's. young on
ions. etc, to be eaten. Olives are not
forbidden. \ moderate meat diet Is
recommended. particularly the fatty
parts. and all kinds of fish are al
lowed
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
his Grentc.t Objection.

"fcu object to Mormonism and other
forms Of polygamy on moral grounds,
suppose"
well, partly. partly. but not entire-
ly."
What else should make it offensive
to you:"
What else! Why. grea. mackcr"L
think of coming home late from III"
club and having to make explanations
to ten or fifteeS wivesp-Chicago Post,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
Centnriea In nuiIifnm.

Persons who are disposed to grumble
at the length of time required TO finish
public buildings should take heart
from the example of the Cathedral OF
st. Peter in Cologne. That structure
was 632 years In building. 1t was be-
gun In l24S and was pronounced com
pleted In 1880. The great Cathedral
Of Milan was begun In 1886 and was
not completed until 1863. 40 years lat
cr Rostermel castle. in Cornwall, took
ninety years to build. and one third
Of that time was employed in eXcavat-
ing fos the foundation The late Lord
Bate WAS engaged for over twenty
years in building his great palace In
the Isle Of Butte, and his successor is
still at work on 1t. The palace of the
Dukes of Atholl. in Scotland, has. been
building since 1880, and the work Is
still going on. In the eases of the 9th
or buildings mentioned. however the
money for their construction did not
come entirely out OF the pockets of the
taxpayers which. after all. makes 3
difference as to the mat:
ter of looking at it.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
Purely ArricnIfnraI.

Caller-For goodness sake. whats
that noise?
Hauskeep-Gir next door is having
her voice cultivated
Callcr-IIuh! What are they doing
plowiug it?
Hauskeep / don't know. but the
sound Of it is Observation-Disclosures
Press.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
Where the shoe Pinched.

Valet - Doctor. don't you find that
master is growing terribly thin?
Doctor-No harm In that. friend He
wns getting too fat He will be much
better in health when he Is thinner.
Valet (disappointedD-Vcry likely. only
/ shant be able to wear his clothes"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

Senator Hanna IN recent speech
says that he needs rest, We haven't
a doubt that President Roosevelt and
a few other Republicans. including
Plat and Quay. would gladly assist in
giving it to him,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

With Morgan monopoIizing earth
and Seas, there was nothing for John
W. Gates to do but 90 into the air So
ne has invested heavily in an airship
enterprise.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

Four negroes lynched another negro
for theft in Louisiana a few days ago,
If they get to lynching negroes for an
offense OF that kind. things VIII begin
to get serious.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

The people of the United States will
not tamely submit to the formation Of
a meat corporation to control prices
and Kill competition. The men en-
gagged in this undertaking. are playing
with fire.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
LbT ThE ClTIIEN FOLLOW YOU.

Parties leaving for the coast or other
resorts for the summer months can
have The Citizen mailed 10 their ad-
dress at the same price at which It is
delivered by carrier. Leave address at
The Citizen business office. corner
Stone avenue and Broadway. or tele-
phone Main III.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

"tnoficialIy, of course" says the
Record-Herald, discussing an Arizona
man in Chicago, every man in Ari-
zona is a colonel" This is a gross
and yet a iustihable mistake Some
OF us are majors. Some Of rs are
generals. Some of MS are breyet
second licutenants. Some of us even
are governors. And a few judges
could he found.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09
RE E.AnfanN

you shouldn't judge n man by the
cigars he gives you" remarked the
philosopher. Some one may have Civ
en- them to him. Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

When the city councilmen of Tucson
cone to vote on the high license pre-
posal, they must do it with the full
understanding that the present dives
and poison groggeries are responsible
Tor ~ per cent of the crime committed
in this town,
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

How can the Barrio Lihre dive
keepers defeat high license by fund?
Who viii take il from them? Who
do they intend 10 give it to?
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

There is wide difference in getting
what we think we deserve and getting
what is in store for % aometimeA-
PittsbuHg Gazette.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

The intimation is made that Miss
Mary Mclean" of Montana is man
and we hereby enter a formal protest.
Our sex has enough Sins of its own 10
answer for, without having that bool,
saddled on us.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

II is to be hoped that the Barrio
Lihre opponents of high license who
are raising a fund to defeat it will
keep an accurate account, and at the
proper time publish a report Of the
manner of its expenditure
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

BY refusing TO listen to secrets 'n'
10 saved unlimited trouble.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-08-09

What will the Barrio Libre do with
the fund.-"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-11
EngIish Decndence.

He held an important position on
London newspaper, and yet he was
saying, and saying in all seriousness,
in naive perpleXity:
Now l can claim, without conceit,
that L am more intellingent that the
average of my fellow Englishmen.
Otherwise 1 shouldn't have my pres
ent position. l frankly admit, though
that Pm not equal to the average
American. But why am / not? Where
is the difference"
What could one say to such meek
ness? 1t was fortunate that he went
on:
You say that you don't believe in
this talk of English dccadencc. and
you think We're as good men as our
fathers. Perhaps the trouble is that
were just like our fathers"
Then, indeed, he hit the toe on the
nail, and l agreed with him as politely
as possible. The world Of the sons.
however, is not the world of the faith
ers. and in nothing is the typical Amer
lean so sharply cOutrastcd with the
rest of the world as in This fact, that
while he loves and admircs his pro.
genitors quite as deeply, if not quite
so solemniy. as the rest of the world.
he has a suspicion that the tools ana
methods his father used are much
more appropriate in the cabinet OF
relics than in the shop which comuc.
tition is etelually threatening to I'm.
dermine and absorb
Because his father thought thus and
acted so is to- the typical Englishman
q most excellent reason for following
suit. 1t is to the American q very
strong reason for trying some ether
way. Harper's Weekly.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-03-11
lcopuIElt ~ = Eiao.obI


For the past fifteen years ostricn
farming In Cape Colony has been n
highly successful industry jim the past
ten years ending Gro 1890. before the
beginning of the war the number of
the birds increased from 10000 10
26l,000. Twonty-hvc years aEo the
statistics OF Cape Colony said that.
there were only ten tame ostrichos in
the colony The birds each yield abo1,
a pound and a half of feathers every
year. the average value being So
pound The finest feathers. of couree
the the wing feathers OF the male bird
which are long and white and BRING
from $50 60 $40 "a pound It takes
eighty of them TO make q pound The
wing feathers of the female ostrich arc
much lower iu value because they are
always gray The supply was much
smaller when 10 came wholly f.om
Wild birds and tho best quality OF
feathers frequently brought as mueb
as 1886 a pound As each male blvd
yields only about twelve or fifteen OF
these feathers and ass there is always
steady demand for them the price
IS not likely to fan much until fht
ostrich farming industry becomes
larger than VI SIS now.