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Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
Water Under the Earth.
CBy Garret P. serviss.l

(By Garret F. SefNlSS.J
 The vast, sandy, sum- burned deserts, and the great arid tracts where rai,, seldom or never falls. presents the best opportunity that man has ever had to transform the appearance of the world in which he lives. And this opportu- nifty arises largely from the existence of immense quantities of water deep underground. Rivers broader than the Amazon flow there in perpetual dark ness, not between the banks and over pebbly bottoms, but spreading blindly through measureless beds of sand, and moving oceanward, majestically slow, but not to be arrested.
 In some places far beneath our feet. in black lakes that never see the sun or feel the wind. overarched by domes of dripping rock. and waveless save when they quiver with the tremor of an earthquake Sometimes a river from the world of sunlight plunges down into the subterranean abysses, flows for many miles through the dark ness. roaring in viewless eataracts, spreading out in silent reaches, and finally re-emerging into broad day, with waters purified to crystal bright ness. But by far the greater part of 
 geoned in perpetuity.
 The quantity of these underground waters, as revealed by the latest stud ies of subterranean- hydrography, ap- pears amazing. It is estimated that within a shell six miles in depth the earth contains sufficient water to cover the whole surface of the globe to depth of two thirds of a mile. In other words, there is beneath us an impris- oned ocean, percolating through the layers of sand and gravel, more than equal in the aggregate volume of its waters to the entire Atlantic,
 And this subterranean sea exists no less under the deserts that mark the earths face like vast cicatrices. Bring | it to- the surface and it works marvels. Experiments in the Dakotas proved how. when tapped with artesian tubes, the underground water supply can turn an arid plain into a garden.
 In truth, there are no more poten- i tially fruitful regions in the world than some of those which. ever since human history began, have lain blasted by the unclouded sun. Where irrigation, either from the stores of the mountains or from underground sources, has been
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
THE POLICEMAN.

} With steady hands the ploughman holds
 The handles of his plough: His trousers hang in baggy folds, And furrows mark his brow; But with the hope that toiling brings He labors on, out there, Where Natures putting on the things That helps. to make her fair The ploughman shoulders droop. his
 eyes
 Have no eXaultant fire. And oft he straightens up and signs. Perhaps for something higher. He scrapes the damp earth from his
 boots.
 And then goes plodding on, And now and then bumps into roots That jar l.Im pro and con. The ploughman does not fret because Some stock has had slump. But, gripping hard. he sets his jaws And runs against d stump: Or worries till the rein is free
 From meath the gray mares tail. Or turns d little while to see The chipmunk on the rail. The smell of burning wood floats by Upon the tranquil air; The crow sits with a watchful eye. O'erlooking things out there. The pioughman scents the sweet, fresh
 earth,
 He murmurs. Gee, there, Fam"
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
THE FLOWER OF LIBERTY.

What flower is this that greets the
 morn. Its hues from heaven so freshly born? With burning star and flaming band It Hndles all the sunset land; o, tell us what it's name may be Is this the flower of liberty? It is the banner of the free. The starry Flower of Liberty. In savage Natures far abode Its tender seed our fathers sowed; The storm winds rocked it's swelling
 bud.
 Its opening leaves are streaked with
 blood, Till, To! earths tyrants shook to see The full-blown Flower of Liberty, Then hail the banner of the free, The starry Flower of Liberty! Behold it's streaming rays unite. One mingled flood of braided light The red that fires the Southern rose. With spotless white from Northern
 snows, And, sparkling OCT with azure, see The sister stars of Liberty
 The starry Flower of Liberty. Then hail the banner of the free. The blades of heroes fence it round: Where'er it springs is holy ground; From tower and dome it's glories
 spread; It waves where lonely sentries tread. It makes the land al ocean free, And plants an empire on the sea The starry Flower of Liberty. Then hail the banner of the free Thy sacred leaves. fair Freedom s
 flower, Shall ever float on dome and tower, To, all their heavenly colors true. In blackening frost or crimson dew And God love us as we love thee. Thrice holy Flower of Liberty. Then hail the banner of the free.
 Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
IMMUNE TO BEE POISON.
Apiarists Get So They Don't Much
 Mind Being Stung.

That a person who has been often stung by bees becomes in time immune to the poison of the sting is asserted by Dr. H. F. Parker. He reports that when he first began to keep bees he was frequently stung. and that each sting was attended with acute pain; but that as time went on the pain and swelling became less. In the follow ing year. while transferring a hive of bees, he had an experience which he thus relates:
 Sting followed sting in succession, in legs, arms, fingers, neck and face. l imagined what a picture I would pre- sent-closed eyes and swollen hands and feet. I worked on, and so did the bees. l could feel the needle like thrust, but then it did not seem to pain as much, and at last l finished the task. With aching head, slight nausea and vertigo slowly coming on, l left my task with a sigh of relief for what was accomplished and filled with wonder ment as to what my personal appear ance would be.
 Imagine my astonishment to find merely slightly raised red spots. like little pimples, with the red sting in the center. I must have had something like forty of them on various parts of my body. My clothes were full of them but they being so thick did not allow the sting to penetrate. The dizziness. nausea and headache left me and
 Richard was himself again.
 When I again visited my bees I did not dread the stinging properties any longer. at least not as much so as for merly, and then and ever since l have found that when a bee does sting me the pain is only sharp for an instant and there is an absence of after swell ing.
 II have since been stung many more times than l was at that time, and yet none of the symptoms above referred to have been reproduced. Am I not. therefore. immune of the poison of the honey bee. at least to certain ex- tent?
 All authorities on bee culture state the fact, as a crumb of comfort to mo- vices In bookkeeping that the poison of bee will produce less and less effect upon their systems. old beekeeepers. it is said, like Mithridates, appear al most to thrive on the poison itself. Hush speaks of seeing the bald head of Bonner, a celebrated practical apiar- | ist. covered with stings. which seemed to produce upon him no unpleasant ef- | feet Rev. MT. Kleine advises begin ners to allow themselves to be stung frequently, assuring them that fin two l seasons their systems will become ae- | customed to the poison.
 Tn conclusion let me state that I | firmly believe that the beekeeper be- comes inoculated with the poison of
 the bee. and usually becomes proof. or at least immune, against it, is no more to be doubted than the fact that vac cinnation is d preventive against small | pox'
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
CERTAINLY NOT.

A former soldier of the regular army has gone insane as q result of torture inflicted upon him by Moros in the Philippine islands while he was q pris- oner in their hands. From the un- happy mans rawlings it is assumed that he had endured what is known as the rat punishment. This consists in plac ing the victim in a small dungeon and turning dozens of hungry rats loose upon him. Will MT. Herbert Welsh and the rest of the anti-imperialists rise up to express their condemnation? Certainly not. There is more rejoicing in the anti-imperialist camp over the conviction of one American soldier than in the rescue of ninety and nine from death in its most unnameable forms.-Providence Journal.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
me ,odv deolarad his mind

The lady declared his mind Was askew somewhere and that then
 and there
 He must order his skull trephined. Excavating a place just above his face, They hunted both hard and long For the emerald rare, but it wasn't For the hoot-owl had steered them
 wrong. They sent him up to clinic. and Reduced. him to fractions small: Then they ordered him ground, but
 they never found The valuable gem at all. And when the widow received the bill From the eminent surgeons she Could find no relief from her grueling
 grief
 Till she perished in poverty. Now. the lesson we learn from this
 woful tale
 Is as plain as that poor toad's phiz: Don't make it a plan to marry man For what you've been told he is. You'll repent your mistake all your life
 if you take
 A matrimonial chance Unless you find out beyond cavil or
 doubt
 What he's got in his head In advance. James Montague in San Francisco Examiner.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
THE ARYAN AND HER BUILDER

The man who built the very last wooden sailing ship ever framed in and launched from an American shipyard died the other day down at Phippsburg. Maine, in his own home almost 200 years old and standing within easy sight and sound of the spot where the last of the square-rigged race was hammered and cut out. He was Chas. V. Minot The ship was the Aryan. now lying in San Francisco.
 She made the voyage from Baltimore around Cape Horn in 135 days. Her cargo consisted of 3.G54 tons of coal of which Captain Pendleton took such care that no time during the voyage did the temperature of the cargo reg ister more than 90 degrees. She was favored with fine weather in the At lantic and fair winds helped her around the Horn In the Pacific she met wi'h some heavy weather. but nothing to hurt her, and she reached port in fairly good time and in the best of condition.
 The Aryan was built in 1895 and no expense was spared to make her out side lines in accord with the yacht-like traditions of her wooden sisters. and to equip her cabins with as many home comforts as can be installed in the aft erpaTt of the roomy WlndJamfner. her gross register is 2,124 tons. She is 24S.6 feet long. 42.2 feet in beam and 263 feet .ueep.
 To lovers of the once popular Yam kee clipper this example of a famous but disappearing type is held in pecu-
 liar interest. Driven gradually to ob- solescence by the less artistic but more economical fore and after, the clipper type of sailing vessel is every year be- coming rarer. Other things being equal and marring shipwreck or con- version, the Aryan will one day be the sole survivor of the kind of ship that once made the American merchant ma f rine the marvel of the world. The Aryan, however, has many voy- ages to make before vessels like the | Shenandoah, Susquehanna and Roan- | oke leave her as sole representative of ! the American wooden clipper ship. Her builder was a veteran at the business-continually in it for nearly sixty years-and he could himself take 1 a broadaxe or foreplane or smiths
 sledge or a rigger's marlin spike and | do almost anythingh in the craft that
 the craftsmen could. albeit he had been | a master builder since before the | war"
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
IF I WE'RE YOU,

If I were you. I whispered to the sun. I'd throw a few more sunbeams on
 the grass; For know you not that ere the day is
 done My lady down the meadow lands will
 pass? And seeing that you reign aloft alone, There are so many things that you
 might do; Shake myriads of sunbeams from your
 throne, Or sweep the hay sky from gray to
 blue. If I were you, l murmured to the
 stream That wound its twisted way to find
 the sea, I'd leave in every nook a tinted dream Int one who passed might stay .
 while with me. Oh. river, sunlight summer. shadows.
 trees, There are so many things that
 would do, Such songs I'd utter to the morning
 breeze, If I were you-if I were only you! Naomi Saunders. in Chambers Jour nal.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02

And tolls away for all he's worth To feed his fellow-man.' There, with the hope that toiling
 brings. The ploughman works away, And. maybe. dreams of splendid
 things
 That he shall have some day; But sweetest of the joys he knows Is that which comes to sit Within his breast when sunset shows Him that it's rime to quit
 Chicago Tribune.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02

The old brigades march slower now the boys who wore the gray But there's. life an battle spirit in a host O them today. They hear their comrades callin' from the white tents far away. An answer with the ringin' roll of "Dixie." They feel the old-ti thrill of 1.-the battle plains they see Again they charge with Jackson. an face the fight with Lee; An the shoutin' hills are answered by the thunders of the sea When they rally to the ringin' roll of Dixie" The battlefields are voiceless-once wet with crimson rain; Der unknown graves of heroes wave golden fields of grain; But phantom forms-they leap to life. and cheer the ranks again. Far-answering to the ringin' roll of "Dixie,'' Beat drums. the Old-time chorus; an bugles. blow your best; AnG wave. oh. flags they loved so well. above each war-scdrred breast! Till they vanish down the valley to their last. eternal rest. still answering to the ringin' roll of "DiXie!
 Frank l.. Stanton
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
State of Ohio. Citv of Toledo.

State of Ohio, City of Toledo.
 Lucas County ss. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co, doing business in the city of Toledo County and State aforesaid and that said firm will pay the sum of CNE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure
 FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed ir my presence this 9th day of December. AID. 1886. A. W. GLEASON (SeaL) Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
 r. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo. O. Sold by Druggists 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the hest.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
QUALIFIED.

Your son is at college. I hear. NIT. Cassidy.
 That's the truth. sor''
 And what is he studying to bee''
 Faith. Oi tink he's studyin' to be a shpike-driver on the railroad or sum thin. Oi hear tell that no wan kin bate him at throwiu the hammer"
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02

John s. Merrill came up from St David today and brings the news that the home of Frank Wild. near that set clement. was consumed by fire on Sun day morning and the entire contents destroyed. the family barely escaping with their lives. The fire started dur ing the early morning hours from a de- fectiVe fue and before discovered was beyoi- control and Mir Wild had time only to get his family outside with a few personal effects. His friends in the neighborhood raised quite a little sum for his benefit. which will materi- ally assist him in the erection of a new home.-TOmbstone Prospector.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02

applied. the effect has been magical. and arid tracts have been caused. in two or three seasons. to rival in pro ductiveness and beauty the most fer tile lands on which civilization has eN- pended it's nourishing cares for thou sands O. years.
 There is wealth of water deep be- meath the great Saharan desert which may not go forever unused. How would it seem to come back to the earth a few centuries hence and find the Sahara the brightest. richest and most populous spot on the globe?
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02

Mrs. BjOnes-Mrs. Gotrox says she doesn't know where her next meal is coming from. Mrs. Ssmith-Why, I thought they were so wealthy. Mrs. Bjones-They are; but she can't keep a cook.-Philadelphia Record.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02

And though he was a gentle swain, He found when he a-wooing went His sentiment was still allwCaaTm His sentiment was all in vain.
 Philadelphia Record.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02

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Arizona republican., 1903-06-02
Here lie his cap and bells,

Here lie his cap and bells, Tinsel and strings. Motley, and all his spells Dumb. cloak and domin- He used to don Let them in silence go. Now he is gone. Where is the nimble wit. Keen, clear and kind? Where did his fancies fit? These left behind Are but the hollow things Tame. empty shells. Down the Great Jester filings This cap and bells. Here lie his cap and bells. Death, old and wise. Raises a hand. and tells: Twas a disguise!"
 Chicago T
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02

Get out in the sunshine-seek the coun- try ranch, Be a barefoot boy again. wadin' in the branch! Let the city's thunder for season cease Let a storm of blossoms pelt you into peace Get out in the sunshine. where the world is fair Aprirs rosy fingers to rumple up your hair! Friends with every meadow-brother to the breeze, Sippin' sweeter honey than is gathered by the bees! Get out in the sunshine-let the great world roll With the light of heaven shinin' on your soul. Time to take a day off under skies of blue; The daisys in the meadow. an the daisy's there for you!
 Atlanta Constitution.
Arizona republican., 1903-06-02

But. once the knot was securely tied.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
THOUGHT THE JUROR
WAS PRETTY CHEAP
Attempt to Bribe One BY Sending
Him the Munificent Sum
of So.

Chattanooga. Tenn, July IA SEN
sation was sprung in the circuit court
when Judge +. +. Allison called the
jury in the WhiteSide will contest case.
involving an estate of nearly one mill
lion dollars, into court and asked them
if any attempt had been made to un-
duly influence them in their verdict.
James GoOdsOn. u farmer who is one
of the jurors. stated to the court that
on Saturday last he went into the
Chattanooga Savings bank and asked
for change for five dollar bill.
The teller pushed him ten dollars in
silver. He swOre that when he re-
turned the money the teller pushed out
another pile instead OF taking the sur
plus five dollars. The Chattanooga
Savings bank Is one OF the three eX-
ecutorS of the Whiteside estate and the
testimony of its officers was strongly
in favor of sustaining the will.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
.REFORMERS SEEK
TO EFFECT COMBINE
Under the Motto OF mo AhiIiatiOn
With Either of the Old
Parties"

Denver, July 29.-The net result OF
the meeting here of the leaders of the
Populist and other reform parties was
the adoption of an address, which is
signed by William " Allen. J. S.
Felter, j. NJ. Mallett, DIR. X. II. Rec
melin, A. Poynter and Frank w. Ow-
ems, declaring that the people of the
United States are dissatisfied with the
present governing parties; that the
PopulistS of the country have united
their forces and that the time is at
hand when the POpulists should de-
clare against utilization with either of
the old parties.
The address also declares for the
Omaha platform of 1898, including de-
mands for "a money. whether
stamped on gold. silver or paper, to
be coined and issued exclusively by
the government and made Il full legal
tender for all debts. both public and
private;'a system of transportation and
the transmission of intelligence owned
by the public and operated by the gov
ernr1ent at the cost of service; land for
use rather than for speculation. and
abolition of alien ownership of land;
American ships for American foreign
commerce. without a cent of subsidy;
and the referendum and initiative and
the recall of derelict officials"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
TOO MANY TRAMPS
ARE UNDER ARREST
Prosecuting Attorney Thinks They
are Made for Pecuniary
Reasons.

Lansing. Mich, July 29.-Startling
facts were contained in the statement
that Prosecuting Attorney Macarthur
presented to the officers and magiS-
trates of the county at the meeting
which was held mere and which he had
called with a view to abating the evil
of arresting tramps for the sake of the
fees to be thus eXtorted. In Lansing,
with eight or ten times the population
of Mason, there We're siXty-seven few
err arrests of disorderHes than in the
county seat town during the same
period.
Out of total of GIG arrests in the
county for the past six months for va
grancy and drunkenness, 324 were
made in Mason, and 25T in Lansing.
Star Hammond, son of Sheriff Shubael
Hammond. was responsible for the ar
rest OF 191 disorderlies in this time,
according to the justices docket. In his
statement the prosecutor made COM
pariSOn of the number of arrests in
Ingham county with those in counties
of like population. and the comparison
was anything but favorable. He said
plainly that he considered 400 of the
arrests unnecessary, so that the county
was deprived Of more than $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-07-29
GENERALLY FAVORABLE
WEEK FOR AGRICULTURE

The weekly crop bulletin issued by
the department of agriculture for Illi-
nois for the week ending July p, is as
follows:
The temperature was below normal
the first part of the week; the lat
ter part was warm. maximum tenn
peratures of 90 degrees, and over, OBJ
tanning in all sections. The deficiency
in rainfall was marked, and the press
ing need of moisture is remarked by
nearly all correspondents. Flowing
for fall grain has begun, but the work
is retarded in many localities on ac-
count of the hard, dry condition of
the soil. Harvesting has proceeded
under most favorable conditions.
Corn has made far advancement
during the week, but the weather con-
ditions have not been entirely favor
able The nights were too cool the
| first part of the week, and the crop
needs rain in the central and southern
portions. The plant is in all stages of
development, from 1 foot to 6 feet in
height. Some fields have attained
seasonable growth, but the crop is
mostly understood, and will require
favorable weather and a late fall to
make an average crop.
The harvesting of oats is in active
Operation, and considerable threshing
has been done The output is below
average, but the quality is generally
good.
Rye and barley are in shock, and
where threshing has been done, the
result is satisfactory with regard to
yield and quality. Wheat continues
to give returns far below an average
yield.
Fine weather for haying has obtain
ed and a large crop of good quality
has been secured. The second crop OF
clover has made a good start In the
southern district pastures are short
and need rain.
Reports now indicate more promis
ing condition for apples, but the crOT
is short. and the fruit continues tc
drop in many localities. Sweet pota
toes are promising. Irish potatoes
have been injured by drouth il
many localities, but the average con
dition is good.