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Williams news., 1902-08-09
Sad Plight of the Tucson Star.

As a partisan newspaper, the Tucson Star has become a political derelict. The thin thread by which it has been clinging to the demo- cratic party has been broken by Col. Wilson's repudiating the ac- ton of the Star in refusing to sign the scale submitted by the union and by the fight being waged against union labor. The republi- cans have refused to allow this sheet to break into their ranks, and it now appears that our morning contemporary has right ahead the toughest course of its checkered career While the Post does not stand for boycott, it cannot ignore the conditions which have brought it about. The Star has refused to recognize the union, and as a re- suit is losing many subscribers and advertisers. We do not wish to gloat over the misfortune of a con- temporary newspaper as some other papers may do. It, however, seems clearly evident that the Star has made a grave mistake, and it might be we'll for the editor of that paper to reconsider his action even at this late date and to come into the fold of union labor.-Tucson Post.
Williams news., 1902-08-09
Letter List

The following is the list of letters remaining uncalled for at the post office, Williams, Arizona, for the week ending Aug. 9, 1902. These letters will be sent to the dead letter office Aug 30, 1902, if not called for before that time: Baiderrama. Luis Garcia Juan B Baker. Elijah Mckcnna. Jams- Brown. Archie Martinez. Antonio Cruz. Manuel santa Newman. l. n Flower. Miss F. Nalto. Juan Forsythe. A Schafcbook. MrsG Giison. A smith. Lewis
 Naidivia. Genaro
 Persons calling for the above let ters should say advertised"
 F. H. SIMPSON, P. NJ.
Williams news., 1902-08-09
COUNCIL MEETING.
Minutes of the Last Session Held by the
 Towns Officers.

A regular meeting of the common council of the town of Williams was held in Town Hall in said town of Williams on the 5th day of August, A. D. 1902.
 Present, Geo. w Martin, Geo. H. Barney, Geo. w. Mathews, c. NJ. Wolf.
 Absent, the mayor.
 Minutes of previous meeting read and approved.
 Meeting adjourned until Tues day, Aug. 12, at pm.
 E. G@DUBoIs, Clerk.
Williams news., 1902-08-09

In publishing the tax roll of Gila county the Globe Silver Belt states that the county is unable to meet current expenses, and is issuing warrants to creditors. This with the tax levy of s3.90 in the county and S4 in Globe.
Williams news., 1902-08-09

J-J BrESE. G. P A.. NJ. Hupsox. Agt.
 Los Angeles. Cal Williams. ArfE.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
The Trial by Combat.

The Dymoke claim of the Kings
championship reminds one of the an
tiquity of the Office, which was estab,
lished by the Conqueror after the bat
tie of Hastings, when the dignity was
conferred on Robert de Marmion, Lord
of Fontenay. But the old champion
ship is closely interviewer with the
trial by combat. How many Britons.
we wonder, are aware that trial by
combat formed the essential part of
British Jurisprudence until the begin
ming of the reign of George ~, or how
it ended? At that time, there being
a charge of murder against a certain
Abraham Thornton, the gentleman was
advised by his counsel to claim his
right of trial by battle" According
ly, when brought before the Court of
Kings, Bench he flung down his gage.
A solemn argument was afterwards
held on the case, when the judges were
unanimous that he was entitled to
wage his battle. The nearest male
relative of the deceased, 6 lad of six
teen, being manifestly unable to
meet Thornton in combat, declined any
further proceedings. The public feel
ing was so much outraged that the At
torney-General of the day Immediately
introduced a bill for a%bolishirg the
right Of appeal in all criminal cases;
a bill which, however, did not pass
without opposition.-London Chron-
scle.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
The Home Thrust.

aGirls." said the famous lady who
was lecturing on Man, there Is one
thing / wish to warn you against. You
are here gaining an education. Q
are fitting yourselves for the great
duties of life. Do not, therefore, go
out of this institution and throw your
selves away upon little soulless men
who will not be able to appreciate
you. Long ago / came to the conciu-
sion that there are but two classes OF
women who have the right to get mar
ried.
eMen are either selfish masters or
cringing subjects. For the weak, ig-
norant, clinging woman the man whose
first thought is always OF his "
pleasure may be good enough. She
doesn't deserve much, anyway. A
strong. wise woman. on the other hand,
may live happily with q man VINO ls
her inferior and acknowledges It, II
not In words, in his actions. -
excuse me-" interrupted q pretty,
demure-looking girl at the rear OF the
hall. (which of these classes do you
belong TOT"
Whereat the lecturer fred up. de-
cIaring that her husband was one of
mares noblemen. and that she had
not expected when she accepted the
invitation to lecture there that she
would be publicly insulted.-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
Senator Kean's Oysters.

/. Senator Kean of New Jersey, who
is something of an epjcure, had an
amusing experience the other day in
a restaurant. He wanted some oysters
but he wanted them CO >ked in a GER
tain way.
Now said he to the = alter, 81 want
you to listen carefully to what i am
going to say. | want you to go to the
chef and tell him to put a dozen
oysters out on a napkin to dry. Then
he is to take some cream and when
the cream has begun to boil he is to
put the oysters in the liquid, letting
them remain there until the ejges of
each oyster just begin to curl. Then
| want the oysters taken out and serv-
ed upon a napkin. Here is a dollar
for you and a dollar for the chef to
fix me those oysters just in tie way
/ want them"
The waiter, who had been apparent
" listening very intently to the Sena.
tors elaborate directions, took the
money and walked back to the kitchen.
Zone stew" was all he said. in a
loud yoice.-Washington Post
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
Manned by Women.

A Sydney correspondent writes to
the London Mail: The steamer
H%eathdene, which arrived at Sydney
from New York on Tuesday, had a
most exciting voyage. A fire broke
out near $4,000 cases of kerosene, and
was not got under control without the
utmost and long-continued efforts of
every man on board, officers as well
as crew.
The steamer was in imminent peril.
and while Captain Milburn was fight.
ing the flames with his officers and
men the duties of navigation had to
be left entirely to his wife and daugh-
ter. Miss Milburn steering and her
mother acting as lookout.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
FLOATING ISLANDS.
One island, Covering TWO Acres, Seen
in the Gulf Stream.

in the Gulf Stream.
ocean currents floating islands are the
most interesting, says Ainslee's Mag
azine. Many Of them have been found
voyaging on the Atlantic. These is
lands were originally parts of .low-ly-
ing river banks which broke away un
der stress of storm or food and float
ed out to sea. The Orinoco, the ANA
ION, the La Plata and other tropical
rivers often send forth such pieces
of their shores. Some of the bits of
land are of large size and carry ami
mails, insects and vegetation, even at
times including trees, the roots of
which serve to hold the land intact,
while their branches and leaves serve
as sails for the wind. Generally the
waves break up these islands shortly
after they put to sea, but sometimes,
under favorable conditions, they travel
long distances.
The longest voyage of a floating is
land, according to Government records,
took place in 1893. This island was
first seen off Florida, and apparently
it had an area of two acres. 1t bore
no trees, but it was thickly covered
with bushes, and in n place it was
thirty feet high above the sea level.
1t was in the Gulf stream, travelling
slowly and with occasional fluctuations
to show where the ground swell was
working beneath it. Probably it got
away from it's river anchorage in the
spring of the year, for toward the lat
ter part of July it had reached the lati.
tude of Wilmington, Del. No large
animal life had been seen on it,
though there must have been myriads
of the small creeping things which
abound in the tropics. By the end Of
August it had passed Cape Cod and
was veering toward the Grand banks.
It followed the steamer lane routes
quite accurately, and several vessels
reported it. One month later 1t al
In midocean, northwest of Azores, and
its voyage evidently was beginning
to tell on it. 1t was much smaller and
less compact. It was not e again,
and probably it met destruction in the
October gales. But it had travelled
at least 1000 miles, and if, as was
thought, it came from the Orinoco, 1t
must have covered twice that distance.
1t is quite possible that floating islands
larger than this one, under more IA
voring circumstances, might during
the past ages have made the
complete journey from America to
Europe or Africa and so brought about
a distribution of animal species. OF
course, it is not absolutely certain
that this island went to pieces in Oc-
tober. It might, though this is not
probable, have floated down into the
region of clans and seaweed, where
is would longer be preserved.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
SIGNALS INSIDE LOCOMOTIVES.
Austrian invention to Keep Warning
Before the Engineers Eyes.

A new and highly Interesting sys-
tenn of preventing railway accidents
has been invented by Herr Bartelmus,
an Austrian electrician, says a Vienna
telegram in the London Chronicle.
Herr Bartelmus announced it at last
nights sitting of the Austrian Rail-
way Officials Club. The inventor en-
ploys a single electric current in order
that a stopping or moving engine may
transmit signals to the stations and
signal boxes and vice versa. The
invention. it is said, makes it posi-
Bile to prevent accidents arising from
trains meeting n another, from an
express train running into the back of
a goods train, or from leaving some
carriages or trucks behind. The in
Vention would further prevent one
train colliding with another standing
at the platform, or with a single truck
or coach: likewise it would obviate
accidents arising from opening the
wrong points, or from the imperfect
closing of them, to mention only the
commonest use of catastrophes.
Herr Bartelmus exhibited a model of
his apparatus, and explained it's work
ing and construction. Before the en-
CINE driver there burns a white glow
lamp to signify that the electric ap-
paratus is in action. Should there be
an obstruction on the line, a green
lamp would take the place of the white
one as soon as the train got within
2,4O0 metres of the obstacle, and at
the same time a loud bell would be-
gin to ring. The green light signifies
drive slowly" If the engine driver
ignored that signal and the train got
within 1000 metres of the object, the
green light would go out and a red
one appear, the latter being the signal
for stopping the train. But If the
driver did not stop, but approached the
obstruction within about 600 metres,
Herr Bartelmus' apparatus would au-
tomatically either shut off steam or
else apply the brakes and stop the
train in time.
When a train leaves the station
bells are rung at the next two signal
boxes, and possibly electric lamps are
lighted, and a special apparatus indi-
Gates to these signalmen over which
line the train is to travel. The ad-
vantage of this apparatus is that it
enables ofc'clc II &c station or sig
nalmen to ai.-rl - tie TO an ap-
preaching train to stop. On the sig
nal baxes an ingenious arrangement
would be put up which would auto
matically prevent a train from pro-
ceeding should another train have
stopped in the middle of the block,
even though an attempt were made to
altar the danger signals. Likewise,
when a train approached any points it
would be automatically set them right
and would keep them locked until
it had passed, thus preventing any un-
authorized person from altering them.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
HIS VISITOR.
rhe Lawyer Was Unsympathetic
Thought Archimedes johnson.

Thought Arehimedes Johnson.
"You may have heard of me-" he
laid as he opened the door Of a law
Ver's Office after climbing up seven
lights Of stairs because of strained re-
atoms with the elevator man.
"Uml" replied the lawyer, after a
brief glance at his caller.
my names Archimedes Johnson.
Ii I'm a good deal like Archimedes of
old. I'd move the globe if I had a
place to rest my lever"
If any chills passed up the lawyers
spine after hearing this fateful declar-
alton, he restrained himself from shiv-
ering.
But as there is no place." continu-
| ed the caller, advancing into the room
a few feet further, Il have had to
turn to other things. I am the man
who predicted the end Of the world
about a year ago. Perhaps you re-
member it,"
The lawyer refused to commit him
self until the testimony was all in and
the jury had gone out, and making an
other advance and gaining new con-
fdence, the stranger remarked:
II expected this thing would come
around as l had figured 1t out, but it
didn't. 1t appeared aftorward that l
had forgotten to carry one when add
ing up seven and four. It$was my
mistake, and l have a~pologized as far
as l could. A man can't do any moRn
than that, can he? When he says he's
sorry from the bottom of his heart
that ought to settle 1t, hadn't it,"
The lawyer raised his eyes to the
ceiling and looked at a cobweb in a
thoughtful manner, but he wasn't CIV
ing any legal opinions unless he saw
the cash laid down.
But there will be no mistake this
time," said Mr.. Johnson, as he ven
tured to take a seat on the edge of a
chair. Next week finishes up this
terrestrial sphere and 1t will go with
a crash. You needn't order no coal
for use beyond next Monday. That
brings me down to the object of my
call. You would say this was a call,
wouldn't you? It is either a call Or
I am to be considered in the light of
a guest; but in either case my object
will be stated as briefly and concisely
as possible. I want ten cents"
The lawyer gave a start Of surprise,
but got hold of the floor with his feet
and soon Gained his excitement.
"You might consistently ask why
I want ten cents, in view of the near
approach of that calamity referred to,
but l answer that it is needed to put
two beers inside of me and get me
In trim for the occasion. / don't care
to fool with a cataclysm On an empty
stomach. That's my errand, sir"
would you oblige me-" asked the
lawyer, after waiting two long minutes.
II will"
"Would you mind going softly out,
and closing the door behind you"?"
mot at all. Do you want me on
the other side of it?"
eff you please"
every we'll, sir" said Mr.. Johnson,
as he arose and tip-toed out and pull
ed the door to, but with his mouth
to the key-hole he added:
81 permit no human hvena on the
face Of this earth to Guido me in po-
likeness, but when the great %cataclysm
takes place look out for Archimedes
johnson. He'll be around and if the
heaving mountains and the rolling
seas don't break your neck he'll. cheer
fully step in with a crow-bar and do
the Job himself!"-Detroit Free Press.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
narmany is going to adopt the Ams,

germany IS going to adopt the Ames.
sean style of using q large stamp for
rancclling letters and postal cards, save
sha Chicago Daily News. The size 81
re present instrument is Just sufacient
4, cover one stamp, SO that several I'm.
rressIons have to be made when mora
than one postage stamp is used 10 nre-
nay a letter. Besides thfs DRAWBACKS
ihe time and date of the mailing 81
the letter were never 70 be clearly seen
III the new stamp tas place, time and
date of delivery will not be In the
middle Of tie stamp. but on the two
margins
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
she Thought II a Pity.

WI Ting-fang. the Chinese Minister
told the ladies of the Washington
Law College a story that made them
all laugh.
II was at a banquet a few nights
ago. he said, land I met the wife Of
one of the members of Congress. She
sat near me at table. ! tried to be
entertaining. Finally. she leaned over
and said: oh, Mr.. WI, we all think
Won are SO brilliant. Isn't it a pity you
are only Chinese?"-New York World.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
9, 3, 3. SENT EREEi
Cures Eczema, Itching Humors, Scabs
Carbunclee, Pimples, Etc.

S3EOu8SkCee III ksASSs AtSs
Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. is a Ger,
tain and sure cure for Eczema, Itching Skin,
Humors, Scabs, Scales, watery Blisters,
Pimples, Aching Bones or Joints, Boils,
Carbuncles, Prickling Pain in the Skin,
Old Eating Sores, Ulcers, Scrofula, Superat-
ing Swellings, Blood Poison, Cancer and all
Blood Diseases. Botanic Blood Balm cures
the worst and most deep-seated cases by
enr4ching, purifying and vitalizing the blood,
thereby giving a healthy blood supply to
the skin; heals every sore and gives the
rich glow of health to the skin. Druggists
81 per large bottle. To prove it cures
Blood Balm sent free by writing Blood Balm
Co., IL Mitchell ST., Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and free medical advice also sent in
sealed letter. B. B. B. sent at once prepaid.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

BY local applicatlons as theyeannot reaehth
diseased portion OF the ear. There 10 only one
way TO cure deafness, and that ID by consti-
taticnal remedies. Deafness is caused by an
tsfamed condition OF the mucous lining Of
Che E~ustaohiRn Tube. When this tube is In.
famed you have a funabling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when 1t is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and Hhlessthe infam-
melton CON be taken out and this tube re-
stored to It's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out Of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an
Unframed condition of the mucous surface.
We win give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (cansed by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Cir
c1lars sent free. FL. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
To Prevent Rich from sponsspr

With a view to preventing people OF
mean taking advantage of the free
,aispensaries, meant only for the poor
Of the country, the physicians and
druggists Of Philadelphia will petition
the next legislature to enact a law
requiring that a register, to be open
for inspection, shall be kept, giving
the names Of all persons obtaining
medicines.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
Ra Wanfad To Know.

City Magnate-Of course I don't
wish to stand in the way Of my daugh-
ter's happiness, but / know 30 little Of
you, Mr.. Hawkins. What Is your vo-
cation? Mr.. Hawkins (airily)-Oh, /
write-er-poetry, novels-er-plays,
and that sort of thing. City Mag
nate-Indeed! Most interesting. And
how do you live?
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
Photograph to Aid Telephone.

It is suggested that by placing phon-
ographs at intervals of say 100 miles
in long-distance telephone lines much
smaller and therefore much cheaper
wire can be used. The phonograph
receives and transmits the sound
waves without loss to their force.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
Australian Coal In Mexico.

Nearly the whole OF the coal brought
from Australia to Mexico is deposited
81 ffe port of Acapulco. In the State
rf Guerrero, the eoaling station OF the
grltish squadron In Pacific waters.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
Metrlo srate,n M NeaaAa

Am ingenious headmaster In Norsh
vuales has calculated that the Brft,ss
hoy loses On an average 273 whole
school days by the clumsiness OF tha
nresent system of weights and meas
uses. The cure, he says, Is the Yoetrin
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
The RIDE suppiante she syvo,,a,

Ahalf a century ago the sword was con.
sidered tho best known weapon in werfara
but 1t h now being discarded by the British,
soldiers, and the modern rife is substituted.
Many people throughout the country are
also describing old methods of irving to
cure headache, nervousness, insomnia. in
digestion and dyspepsia, and are using Hos
setter's Stomach Bitters, the old reliable
remedy for these ailments. It Is recon-
mended by physicians, and q trial will con-
vince you of its value.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
Our Peculiar Laws.

"A man down east didn't know he
had run for Office"
"Well how did he find it out?"
"They arrested him for not fling his
expense account"
But he didn't have any expenses"
mo, but he'll have 'em all right
when the court gets through with
him"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

Brooklyn, New York.
four months, when my husband became
impatient because I grew worse instead
Of better, and in speaking to the drug
gist he advised him to get Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Sanative Wash. How / wish I
had taken that at first it would have
saved me weeks Of suffering. 1t took
three long months to restore nae, but
il is a happy relief, and we are both
most grateful to you. Your Compound
has brought joy to our home and
health to me- Mrs. PAULINE JuDsoN,
~ Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. -
$4,000 forfeit If above testimonial 10 not genuine.
1t would seem by this state
ment that women would save
time and much sickness If they
would get Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound at onces
and also write to Mrs. Pinkham
at Lynn, Mass, for special adj
vice. 1t fs free end always helps
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

The Washington Post remarks that
"a great many individuals who are
featured as Men of the Hour in the
magazines would not stand fifteen
minutes worth of analysis"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
Beet For Enc BonnIa.

Eomatter what ails you, headachet to q can-
cen, you will never get well until your bowels
are put right. CAscARETs help nature, cure
YOU without q gripe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to
start getting your health back. C~AscARETs
Candy Cathartic. the genuine, put up In metal
boxes, every tablet has G. G. @ stamped IN
1t. Beware of limitations.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

7 enclose 50c. in stamps. Mail me one or
two boxes of Tetterine, whatever the prioa.
It's all right does the work,"LWm'
schwars, Gainesville, Texas, 50c. a box bv
mail from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
II your druggist don't keep it.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

AS late as lS4O there We're nei,h~
roads nor coaches "a any country a,a.
trict or Portugal. Gentlemen trsvsIas
on horseback and ladies In edo
chairs. carried by nen. or In mule M.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
where DOCTORS FAIL
TO Cure W0man's Ills, Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Succeeds. Mrs. Pauline
JudsOn Writes:

"DEAR Mrs. PNKHAM:-Soon after
my marriage two years ago / found
myself in constant pain. The doctor
said my womb was turned, and this
caused the pain with considerable in
Aammation. He prescribed for me for
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures Indi.
gestion and DYSPEPSIA At Drugpisfs- hna.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

Minnesota is called the Bread and
Butter State" and rightly, too, for last
year her mills turned out 26,630,500
barrels of -four and churned over co.
600, 900 pounds of butter.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

In his book, "The Criminal" Have
lock Ellis expresses the belief that
the criminal, in some of his most
characteristic manifestations, is a con.
Centrally weak-minded person, whose
abnormality. while by no means leav.
ing the mental aptitudes absolutely
unimpaired, chiefly affects the feelings
and volition, so influencing conduct
and rendering him an anti-social ele-
ment in society.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
ters.

Grasshoppers are SO great a plague NJ
Hay, New South Wales, that they obscure
all the street lamps at night, leaving the
town in4otal darkness,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

ElISpermanently cured. No fts OF nervous.
ness aftes first days use Of DR., Hines Great
Neryetestorer $2trial bottle and treatisefraA
". :. d KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST.. Phils.' Pa.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

Thoroughbred dogs are less intelligent
than mongrels.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

VIII you be short Of hay2 II $50. plant a
plenty OF this prodigally prolific millet. s to
Z 4, to On q, OF rlch hay per acre. Prioe, 50 lbs.
Sl;sv; aVo IDS, $80Oi low freights. John a.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03
- NOTES AsS


The Biddle boys have completely
supplanted the James boys as heroes
Of inflamatory juvenile literature.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-05-03

be in q cept.