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The Coconino sun., 1903-10-17

ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
 James A. Johnson was Holbrook visitor the first of the week.
 Born-Sunday, October 4, 1903, to thewife of Homer Bartlett, daughter.
 Mrs. Harry Hoxworth returned Sum- day from an extended visit with her sister in the Verde valley.
 Miss Minnie Eudey left Wednesday for Los Angeles after a pleasant visit with Mrs. Reno. of this city.
 J. H. Lind, county assessor, return ed Tuesday from Los Angeles where he had been with his family.
 J. Backman is home from Grand Canyon where he has been for some time fitting up the rooms of the Grand View hotel.
 District attorney Doe had a warrant issued yesterday, charging Robert Erwin, county supervisor of roads, with securing money by false pretense.
 James E. Defebaugh, editor of the American Lumberman, of Chicago, who is visiting the timber belts of the Pacific coast and Arizona, was 8 Flagstaff visitor last week.
 Work will commence at once dredg- ing, deepening and otherwise improv- ing the channel of the River de Flag. The work was ordered done by the city council at the Thursday meeting. c. A. Kellar had some fine apples on exhibition in his window this week. They were of the Ben Davis variety and raised by Dolph Willard, of the Verde valley. They ranged in weight from one pound to ninteen ounces.
 The city council met Thursday and it was decided to put in system of electric street lights. The electric light company will immediately put in four experimental lights, from which the council will decide as to the distri- button of the lights throughout the city. The council is to be commended for their action.
 The Hearst party stopped here Fri day mOrning-for the engine to take water. They did not take anything else that we have heard of, but we probable owe our escape to the early q a. m.) hour of their passing. They visited Grand Canyon yesterday, are at Prescott and Phoenix today and will be at Tucson tomorrow, which will be the last stop in Arizona. Truly a short visit, but much can be learned about the territory by trip like this even if the time is short.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
THEY DRINK SEA WATER.
cockatoo. and wild Pigeons Do No,
Seem to Mind II.

COck2tOOa and Wild PtEcOns Do Not
Seem to- Mind Il.
''In 1881, While resident en- Ga2elle
peninsula, the nGrthern psrtion of the
magnificent islasd of New Britain, in
the south Pacific. had many oppor-
tunitics of witnessing both cockatcos
and wild pigeons drinking salt water
I was stationed at IL place called Ka-
baira. the then .far;,last out trading
station OIL the whole island. and MS
had but little work to Go found
plenty of time to study BIRD life in the
vicinity. Parrots of several varieties,
all of beautiful rlur!age, were plenti-
full, and great foes OF white cocka-
tcos frequsltel the rolling, grassy
downs which lay between my home
and the German head station in
Blanche bay. twcaty miles distant.
while the heavy frost of the littoral
was the haunt of thousands Of pigeons.
These pigeons. though not so large as
the Samoan or eastern Polynesian bird,
formed an agreeable change of diet II
Us white traders. and by walking about
fifty yards from ones door half
dozen or more could be shot in as
many minutes.
my nearest ncighbor was German.
and one day when we were walking
along the benc, toward his station
noticed some hundreds Cf pigeons fly
down from the forest. settle on the
margin of the water and drink with
apparent enjoyment. The harbor at
this spot being almost landlocked and
the water as smooth as glass and with
out the faintest ripple. the birds We're
enabled to drink without wctting their
plumase. My ncighbor, who he'd lived
many years In New Britain told me
that this drinking Of sea water was
common to both cockatoos and pigeons
alike. and that on some occasions the
beaches would be lined With them, the
cockatoos not only drinking, but bath
Ing, and apparently enjoying them
selves greatly. During the next Six
months, especially when the weather
was calm and rainy, ! frequently no.
ticed pigeons and cocllatoos come to the
salt water to drink.
"At first thought that as fresh
water In many places bubbled up
SAAOussA NuC III lOW lluc Iue DlF(iS
We're not really drinking the sea water,
but by watching closely distinctly
saw them walk across these tiny run
nels without making any attempt to
drink. Then, too. the whole of the
Gazelle peninsula is cut up by count
less streams of water. and rain falls
throughout the year as rule. What
causes this unusual habit of drinking
sea water? Another popularity Of the
New Britain and New Ireland pigeon
Is its fondness for the chilli pepper
berry. During three months Of the
year, when these berries are ripe, the
birds crops nre full of them, and often
their flesh is 50 pungcnt and smells SO
strongly Of the chill as to be quite un-
eatable. Chambers Journal
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
WAVES OF WATER.

For over 1000 miles the Nile does
rot receive single tributary stream.
Tl,' Jordan is the ,'rookedcst river
known. winding 213 miles in distance
OF co.
The Potomac river is only 500 miles
long and in its lower course is rather
AL estuary than Il stream.
The highest of all navigable rivers is
the Tsangpo, which flows for nearly
LOCO miles at an elevation of from
11,OO0 to $4,000 feet.
The Indus. the second sacred river of
India, is LOO miles long. Its waters
have always been considered almost as
holy as those of the Ganses.
Three rivers as big as the Rhine
would just equal in volume the Can
gcs, three Ganges the Mississippi and
two NIississippis the Amazon.
When free from ice, the Yukon river
is navigable for large steamers 1866
miles, Il distance mere than twice as
great as that from Chicago to New
Orleans.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
Testing the Sermon

The minister Of parish in Il part of
New England where doctrinal points
are considered of great Importance
says that his test of IL satisfactory SER
mon is the opposite of that which is
commonly applied.
My clerical friends in the city tell
me that so long as their congregations
appear wide awake and interested they
feel encouraged" he said to II visitor,
'but with me it's different
"Of course wish to interest the coll-
grcgation, but ii look over to Deacon
Drew's pew and then to Deacon
SHOWS and see them with their eyes;
closed and heads nodding l feel that
all is well. Just as surely as ! discover
them wide awake and alert after Two
been preaching for ten minutes i know
that there's something wrong to their
minds and that shall hear what it is
as soon as the service is ovcr."-
Youths Companion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
Hair Needs Exercise

One reason why so many men are
bald, according to IL foreign medical
journal. is because they allow their
hair to die through want of exercise.
Under the skin which covers the head
are several muscles. it explains, and
these are never stirred into activity,
the result being that they co not per-
form their proper function, and conse-
quently the skin is insutlicicntly nour-
ished and the hair gradually dies.
Women" it continues, do not be
come bald, and the reason is because
they spend much more time combing
and arranging their hair than men do.
During this operation the skin on the
head is stirred into activity. and as n
result the muscles remain active and
the hair fiourishes.
"It is evident, therefore, that the best
way to prevent badness is to rub the
skin frequently and vigorously, for ul-
less this is done the muscles will be
unable to supply it with the proper
amount Of nourishment"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
JAPANESE REGALIA.
Royal Emhlems without which the
Emperor Could Not Rule.

Royal EmhIcms without Which the
Emperor Could Not Rule.
The Japanese royal cmbiems consist
of a copper mirror, symbolic of knowl
edge; ii steel sword, sylnbolizing cour-
age, and agate jewels. representing
mercy. The story of their origin was
told thus by u Japanese official:
The sun goddess became angry with
the earth and withdrew into a cave,
plunging everything into darkness.
The other deitics could not induce her
to come out. so began to make II noise
;ls Of great rejoicing. which aroused
the curiosity of the irate goddess. She
finally came to the mouth Of the cave
to learn the cause of the uproar and
was told that they had found more
beautiful goddess than herself The
sun goddess came out then, demand
tEs to see her rival. and the crafty del
ties held the mirror before her. which
drove all her snllSincss away.
The sword was taken by Susenoo.
the brother of the sun goddess. from
the tail Of an eight headed serpent
that had been annually dcvouring
beautiful girl. Snscnoo placed eight
great tubs of wine I'm his way and when
ne was sleeping killed him and took
the sword as Il trophy.
The sword is kept in an apartment
near the Imperial bcdcliambcr and
called the Room of the Sword. The
Jewels have also a room to themselves,
and the mirror is in charge of Il priest
ess. The regalin have the highest sig
'niiicance In the eyes of the people. and
IL is held that no emperor can possibly
rl.lc without the three virtues which
1hey represent. He must. moreover,
hold the actual tokens. and in the i'm
pis'ial code it is enjoincd that on the
death of the sovereign his heir must
take possession of them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
John nandolph.. Appearances

Washington Irving when secretary
Of legation In London was much
amused at the rollicking good hulnor
with which William IN. began his
reign. and he once tried to give u les
son in dignity to the Duke of Sussex.
He had to accompany an eccentric
friend of meuger and limping figure,
who persisted in wearing an cxtraor-
dinary nondescript garb instead of the
prescribed court dress to ST. James.
The ushers demurred; the foreign min
lister smiled. The Duke of Sussex
stopped Irving as he passed and whis-
pcrcd, moving his thumb jcrkingly up
and down, who's your friend Hoky
Poky:" THAT. sir" replied Irving en-
phatically, lis John Randolph. United
States minister to Russia and one Of
the most G..;.::.: G.;t:.s,t.. :ss,t.....:icd orators of
America" 1t was all in vain. Some
time aftcrward Irving was dining with
the duke. whose first laughing inquiry
was And how is our friend Hok..
Poky!"-Tcmple BAR.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
Not supersti.ious. Bu.-

mo, am rot believer in the SUPER
natural" said the hard headed woman.
Nevertheless. she went cn to tell how
some oriental parsonage She had met
had declared that if YOU lost anything
1t is 10 good to look about for it. but to
visualize it. Last week this woman lost
q valuable .hatpin. She searched high
and low for it in vain. Then all of a
sudden she remembered the words Of
the native. and she sat down and closed
her eyes tightly and thought of moth
ing hut her loss. \ few minutes pass
ed, and upon disk Of darkness there
appeared the bright outline of hat
pin seen through the folds of a blanket.
Immediately aftcrwald my friend was
startled by her maids voice: II have
found the pin, ma'am. 1t was lying in
the folds of II blanket on Your bed!"-
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
Movable Drops In Diamonds.

1t has long been known that dia.
monds, especially the class known as
rose diamonds" are likely to explode
ii subjected only to what would seem d
very ordinary degree of heat, such as
strong rays from the sun, ctc.4 1t is
now believed that the explosions are
the result of the rapid expansion of
certain volatile liquids inclosed in c:lv;-
ties near the center of these precious
stones. \ great many diamonds, even
though cut, mounted and worn as gems
OF perfection, are still in an unfinished
condition-that is, the liquid drop from
which the stone is being formed has
not as yet deposited all of it's pure
crystals of carbon" These movable
drops may occasionally Bc seen with
the naked eye.
When this is the case, strong mi.
croscope will give the drop the appear
0nce CT n bubble i'm the fluid of n car.
pentcr's level 1t is also highly prob.
able that besides the liquid mentioned
these cavities may contain gases under
great tension. This bcing the case,
one may readily comprehend how a
very small amount of heat would
cause the liquid and gas to expand to
such degree that the diamond would
give Way with all the claracteristics
or miniature explosion,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
THE BEST DAY OF ALL.
Two Reasons Why sunday Away
Appeals to the Children.


Two keasons Why Sunday Always
Appeals TO the children.
on weekday mornings father had
gone 10 work When you came down
STAIRS. but on Sunday mornings when
You awokea trltie earlier, ii anything
ra,lef!
Silehce.
ra1ilsf! little louder.
lileh q sleepy les.
We want get up.
lt isn't time yet. You Children go to
sieer
III waited. Thnm--
;itlei. Is u ~
n. lcu G. I v j still.'
80 you ;.ii,l ..s5,h. wiIetwalic.
"a.st'efeu to- t;l4'f, and then. to wh.lr
$500 IN" tnis M'.l-le father slept. you
l'niNai l.iiilaI. w.i-ch required two lit
,ls NSiis from You To begin With (when
'lie lllu'an You arrived in your w;,i-
H'iit, ana two big yells from l4iZbeth
10 ciid with (when the paleface She
Was Eeins scaipeGD.
men rather said 1t Was mo use.
ana mother took hand You were
Gt.ct after that, but it WAS yawny ly-
ElS there With the sun so high. You
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05

Wonderful fellow. that Herlock
So!nles.' remarked the captain Il few
evenings ago in the s.noheroam. II
remember tAc occasion when was in
trouuced to him. 1t was at Il crash at
TIE Van Astcroilts. There was an aw-
full crowd. ard we were standing I'D
III & corner talking, wi.el all at once
missed my watch.
What's the mat.cr| inquired the
detective when lie noticed tat l was
upset. and told lin.
Locking at the tine, lie observed.
speaking so as TO lie heard fer 81 yard
or two around, 'Gentlcmc,, my friend
here has lost his watch, but Fortunate
ly it is a striking repeater. and as it is
now t.fty-eight minutes to 10 when It
Strikes the hour we shall he SIRE to
hear it and can so detect the thief il
you will kindly listen for it,.
1.-TWO or three follows laughed, but
al took it good naturedly except an
ugly looking foreigner, who colorcd Up
under his dirt and tried TO shuttle
away.
That's our man. said Solmes.
And so it was. for my watch was
fou:.d on h;il.
was it Il repeater? ca. no! There's
where the talent came in.''-rhiladel-
phia Bulletin.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
Mnckay nnd Florence

On one occasion William j. Florence
at the end of not very prosperous
engagement in San Francisco an.
nounced Il benefit for himself and his
wife. John w. Mackay happened to
be in town at the time and wrote to
Florence for one orchestra seat. Ii
was duly sent. as Il matter of course
and Mrs. Florence remarked to hei
husband that, considering the Friend.
ship existing between the two men,
she thought Mr.. AIackay might have
taken private box at least. WATT"
said Florence, "he has not paid yet
and am in no hurry" The benefit
took place, Mr.. Mackay came from
Virginia City to occupy the seat he had
taken, and Il day later he sent Florence
II check for $1,000.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
Ranged and Buried ana Lived.

1t is not given to Elaay men to be
hanged and buried and yet lie able to
tel the tale. but such was the expert
ence of one John Bartcnda!c, who was
executed at York III 1884 for felony.
After his body had hung for nearly
Nh hour it was buried. \ gentleman
passing by the grave, which had not
been filled UP. thought he saw the
earth move. and With the help of his
servant he disinterred the convict, who
was still alive
1t was the custom in those days to
bury suicides and executed criminals
without amy coffin. The man was care.
fully treated and entirely recovered.
He became liostlcr at the coaching
house in York and lived IL most eX-
emplary life When asked what he
could tell in relation to hanging. as
having experienced it, he replied, THAT
when was turned Off flashes of fire
seemed to dart from my eyes, from
which | fell into state Of darkness
and inSensibility."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
Ancestry of shoe,. ;, =

There is nothing vulgar about the
ancestry of the shoemaking trade in
the United States. The first shoemak-
er came over in the Mayhower. His
name was Thomas Beard, and lie had
an income from the London company
OF 500 year and received fifty acres
of land on which to settle. Seven
years later the city of Lynn was
founded, and ever since it has been
making shoes for the world. Philip
Aertland, native of Buckingham
shire, was the first shoemaker of the
city of Lynn. In George Washington's
day Lynn had 200 master workmcn
and 600 journeymen shoemakers, turn
ing out every year no less than 100000
pairs Of fine shoes.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
PURE SUNLIGHT AND AIR.
Places Here which shame the cla
WORLDS En,orc.l f.li,nex

Places Here Which Shame the CID
Worlds Favored Climcx.
VIC have often heard of 'sunny Ita.
le" ", the CLEAR light CT Egypt. says
the Desert; but, believe me. there is no
sunlight there compared with that
waich falls upon the upper peaks of
the Sierra Madre or the uninhabitable
wastes of the Colorado desert.
Pure sunlight requires for its cx-
astcncc pure air. and the old world has
little of it left. When YOU are in
Rome again and stand upon that hill
where all good Romanists go Mt sun
set, look out and see how dense is the
atmosphere between You and st. Pc
ter's dome. That same thick air is ell
over Europe, all around the Mcditcr-
ranean, even over in Mcsopot;mia and
by the banks of the Ganges. 1t has
been breathcd and burned and battla
smoked for 1OCG0 years.
Ride up and over the high tablclanda
OF Montana-one can still ride there
for days without seeing trace Of ll,l-
manlty-and how clear and scentlcss,
how absolutely Intangible. that sky
blown. sunshot atlnosphere! You
breathe it without feeling it. you see
through it a hundred miles. and the
picture is not blurred by it. Once
more ride over the enchanted mcsas of
Arizona at sunrise or sunset, with the
ragged mountains of Mexico to the
south of YOU and the broken spurs Of
the great Sierra around about YOU, ana
all the glory of the old shall be as
nothing to the gold and purple and
burning crimson of this new world.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
Royalty and profnn,tx =

William the Conquercr did not intro
duce swearing into England, but lie
brought with him very forcible oath.
William was accustomed to swear "bv
the splcndor of God.'' and on such oc-
casions he combined with it the "ter-
rible aspect of the eyes," which always
took the place of swearing In the case
Of Sir Joseph Porter, X c. b. After
Williams time the rulers of England,
with possibly here and there an eXccp-
tion. swore with great frequency and
vigor. 1t is related that even Queen
Bess. whose auburn locks did not belle
q fiery temper. would break into Il
string of eNpletivcs that would rattle
the royal windows and frighten the
household and royal attendants from
all sense of diplomatic recourse.-Lon-
don Tatler.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
IIIu Solemn OutI,.

A popular comedian tells story Of
q waiter at Il London restaurant who
was sadly given to drink. A party Of
young men determined to reform him,
and one day they read to him an mag
mary paragraph from a paper relating
terrible accident in which an inc5ri-
ate In blowing out a candle was killed
by the flame igniting the alcoholic
fumes of his breath. James pricked
up his ears at this and requested that
the paragraph might be read to him
again, which was done, to the evident
horror of the poor man. who imlnc-
diately went in search of Il Bible.
Returning with this, lie expressed a
desire to take Il solemn oath upon it.,
bemoaned the fact that lie had been a
sorry tippler and was bringing himself
to ruin and then swore that never
again so long as he lived would he at
tempt to blow out candle
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
e FILTHY MECCA :
Tho Holy City Is the Dirticst Spot In
AL ISiEE,.

An0 HOLY Slty 1S the D1rtlCet Spot
AL IsiGEl.
Mecca. the holy city Of the faith,
is called by many names. Some call
it 1.-THE Mother of Purity" 1.-The Cita-
del of Arabs" "t!le Holy Mosque" :"
Others speak of it as 1.-The Mother of
Compassion" 1.-The Supreme Sanctity.' y
''the Guardian Angel of ..jcm." The
devout never utter the word Mecca
without adding to it some adjective
of praise. such as "t!le blessed" 1.-The
exalted" the great" 1.-The highly cs-
teemed." nll SO on. The town itself
is about two miles in length and one
milo in breadth.
The dirtier the pilgrim keeps himself
the more respected he is as II pious
Moslem. Consequently Mecca, being
as it is the most sacred city of the
| faith. is literally the tilthlcst In Islam.
The nacst important streets measure
about ten yards in width. The rest
are mere lanes. wonderfully and pic
turesquely crooked and some six feet
| wide. The streets were crowded with
tents. camels. mules, asses, horses,
pariah dogs and II motley crowd of pill
grims. unspeakably disheveled and un.
washed. while the lanes We're abso-
lutely filled with every kind of offal
and refuse. Mecca. which lies in IL
hollow, would he Il regular ccsspool
We're it no. for the pnriah dogs, lean
snarling brutes of Il bright yellowish
color. that serve the purpose of scav-
engers. and the fierce, dry, Arabian
sun that is the sole sanitary inspector
i'm the country. The din the dogs make
at night is indescribab.c. \ pack of
jackals would be quiet in comparison.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05
Peach stones.

Peach stones will make a quick, hot
fire and one that will last. One and
half or two buckets of peach stones
will last as long as n bucket of coal.
Que has to be careful not to fill the
stove too full or there will likely be an
explosion similar to a gasoline explo-
sion. The proper way to keep the fire
going is to put in a shovelful at time.
"Pcach stones thrown into damp cell
lar" said one who has used them, 'are
said to have peculiar effect ON per-
son. After the stones are in cellar
for time gases arise, and the fumes
will go to ones head and give the
same effect as If the distilled product
Of the peach had been imbibed." ."-Bal-
timorc Sun.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1903-03-05

One end of the apple bears the name
of basin" and contains the remnants
of the blossom sometimes called the
eye of the fruit. This part of the apple
is deep in some varieties and shallow
and open in others. This is the weak
est potat in the whole apple us con-
Germs the question of the keeping quail
ity of the fruit. If the basin is shallow
and the canal to the core firmly closed,
there is much less likelihood of the
fruit dccaying than when it is deep
and the evident opening connects the
center of the fruit with the surface.