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Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
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The Pope and His Doctors.

Pope Leo XIII, does not intend to be-
cc1ne victim of his doctors. They are
wise in medicine, but Pope Leo knows
himself better than they do. Staying in
bed, instead of Strengthening me, weak
ems me- said the pope. Besides. I
need light and air." Pope Leo. in these
two sentences, gives the whole philoso-
ply of health. Exercise. light, and air
are the greatest curative agents on
earth if conditions are such that the pa
tient can take them. We are assured
that there is nothing especially the
matter with the pope, and one of the
best evidences of the fact is his having
eaten large, juicy beefsteak. If Pope
Leo continues to eat good beefsteak,
take some exercise and plenty of light
and air mis- remarkable life may be pro-
longed for several years.
Everybody hopes that Pope Leo may
live yet a long time. He has been re-
markable man, not only from the stand
point of his mental and physical vigor,
but also because of his broad and en-
lightened policy as head of the great
Catholic church. Pope Leo has made
friends with liberal thought and liberal
institutions. He has accepted the as
pirations for liberty and progress
found in the breast of every human be-
ing, whether he be Protestant or Cath
Ollie, pagan Or Christian. These aspira-
lions are especially strong in the
breasts of the people from whom the
Catholic church has most to expect, and
Pope Leo has strengthened wonderful
ly, by the advanced stand he has taken
the position of the gerat body of which
he is the head By some of his contem-
poraries he is looked upon as one of the
greatest and best popes in all the long
succession. In view of this, the world
hopes that he may long enjoy his beef
steak, his fresh air and sunlight. and
have the pluck to tell the doctors what
is best for him-Baltimore Sun.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
Thothmes Was a Lively King.

Some very interesting things are be-
ing found in the tomb of King Thot-
mes ", who departed this life some
thing like 1900 years ago, leaving =
large circle of friends and admirers III
Thebes to mourn his untimely loss.
1t was the custom during the
eighteenth dynasty to construct the
tomb of a king large enough to accom-
his household and stable furniture. his
art trea sures, kitchen utensils, pantry
spplies. articles of virtu, and miscella-
neous bric-a-brac.
Thus in King Thothmes' tomb We're
found a splendid chariot, the remains of
a library, pictures and other articles CO
this nature, while the floor was strewn
with nlummified loins of beef. legs OF
mutton and trussed ducks and geese.
So far the Psychologists have failed
to eXcavate any hamburg steak, picked
tripe, or sausage meat, but there is
reason to believe that, as the investiga-
ton proceeds, these, as we'll as spring
chicken and sugar cured. hams, will be
brought TO light
We are being taught by the contents
of this tomb that the claims of later
ages to certain great inventions are no;
so we'll founded as we once supposed
them to be. For instance. clay seals
bearing the kings name are attached IL
the doors of the chambers of the tomb
These indicate that the ancient Egyp-
tians. to some extent. anticipated the
discovery of the art of printing, for the
raised portions of the seals were Smear
ed with blue ink before the clay was
impressed.
Only a portion of the tomb has been
explored. However, if we may judge
from the articles already brought IL
light, we ought not to be surprised ii
one CT the secret chambers yet to be
entered there shall be found the king
private telephone formerly connected
with the Thebes central office, and pos
sibly numbered Main 411-44. AS the
vaults are penetrated, there is reason
to hope even that the kings folding bed
and upright piano may be disclosed
together with his roll-top desk and ths
queens sewing machine.
SO far the eXcavators have not come
upon any signs of a devil wagon, but
that King Thohmes owned one and was
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
Roosevelt and Hanna =?

The independent and highly sagacious
Providence Journal thinks the republi
cun panty might do much worse ti:tn
T., make Roosevelt and Hanna tn.
standard bearers in next years cam
paign.
Ever since President Roosevelt. be-
came q prospective candidate fo- The
presidency in 1904, the search has 5,er
in l'ingress for a suitable man tc take
the Sc eond place on the ticket says
the journal. I'm vain has the CORES
rcndei.; and the friend of the admii:s-
tration suggested names intended for
popular acceptance in the dominant
party. Governor Taft has been men
toned. but his services and his fame
have not won for him assurance of be.
ing supported by the rank and file OF
the republican organization. Governor
Yates was once prominently classec
with the president, but it was when
the occupant Of the White House was
vice uresident, and the Illinois man had
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
Choosing Jurors by Astrology.

juries in criminal cases has long per-
picked judges and attorneys. Men who
know anything about the case are
quite apt to be prejudiced, and men
who are ignorant of it are often with
cut intelligence. 1t has been left to i
Seattle lawyer to point out the only
safe and satisfactory method of getting
a competent and fair minded jury. The
usual run of questions, in his opinion,
is futile. He does not inquire whether
the prospective juror has read of the
case in the newspapers and formed an
opinion. The mans views on capita!
punishment. are of no moment to him.
All such matters he considers beside
the mark. They are merely surface in
dications, which really have nothing to
do with the question in hand.
Let him who will inquire the juror ?
opinions What this Seattle lawyer
wants to know is the astrological sig.
under which the man was born. Cam
Ger Scorpion and Pisces he regards
with impla cable opposition. The man
whose birthday is between February 10
and March u, or between June u and
July 90 is as stubborn as a mule. The
Seattle lawyer will have
none OF him. A natal day between DC
tober % and November % is hardly
more satisfactory. It means that its
possessor is unSympathetic toward this
talented attorneys client. Presumably
men born on either than the prescribed
days are available. Thus jury making
has been Withdrawn from the realm of
chance and converted into an exact sci
ence. There is no longer any excuse
for the hit or miss methods commonly
used.
No doubt scoffers will be found who
will jeer at the lawyer Of Seattle. But
can they deny that his scheme will pro-
duce results as satisfactory as those OBJ
tanned by the time honored devices in
vogue? At least under the astrological
system juror would not be barred be-
cause he was intelligent. The fates
that determine the hour of a mans
birth are not unalterably opposed to the
selection of competent jury-Kansas
City Star
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money it it fails to
cure. IG. w. Groves signature is on each
box. Csc.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
Passing of the Cavalryman.

The British army has abandoned the
lance as practical weapon after near
~. century of trial. The five British
regiments of lancers will 10 longer be
Numbered with the their distinctive
weapons on active service, though they
will retain them as parade ornaments.
The lancer in the civilized armies Of
Western Europe is not. as he is conn
monty supposed to be, the direct de-
scendant of the medieval knight. He is
not Il survival. but revival. Long be-
fore the beginning of the last century
the lance had become obsolete as q
weapon for regular European troops,
and was retained only by Cossack and
Polish irregular cavalry. 1t was Napc-
leon who revived the lance in the ar
mics of Western Europe, and Great
Britain had no lancer regiment until
after 1875. Almost since its adoption
there has been considerable opposition
to the lance in the British service, all
though occasionally effective work has
been done with this weapon against dis
organized troops in the open.
The order of the war office, abolishing
the lance practically transforms ALI
dfeat brltain's cavalry into mounted
infantry. 1t provides that all cavalry
regiments shall hereafter be armed with
the carbine and the saber but shall he
instructed to regard and use the car
pine as their principal weapon. AS a re-
suit probably, of the experience of the
boer war; Great Britain has finally
committed itself to the theory first pro-
mulsated by the British squares at
waterloo that cavalry cannot be profit
aoiy employed against unbroken in
iahtfy and that, as a battle force. cav
AIRY Is useless. The United States saw
inns long ago. The armies of Europe
VIII soon follow Great Britain's exam
PIE There probably will never again
De cavalry charge in regular warfare
between civilized nations-Rochester
democrat and Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
Tobacco Culture ard Morals.

Rev. Frank Bachelor has resigned the
pastorship of the Congrega tional church
a t Hocbanum, Conn, which he has held
since 1892, because he did not believe
that his Pensioners should continue to
raise tobacco" Tobacco culture it is ex-
try of Hockanum. land not one of Mr.
Bachelors congregation engaged there
would comply with his request to give
it up
Tobacco is a mighty curious plant. AS
everybody knows, if anybody once
forms the habit of chewing it, he can
never give it up without straining ev.
cry fiber of his disposition and resolu-
ton, and now it appears that the habit
of growing it is just as bad. Having
become addicted to the practice Of
planting and hoeing and worming and
harvesting and curing the weed the
Hockonumites could not wrench them
selves loose from it. even when so adj
monished and urged by their conscien-
tious shepherd on moral grounds. Not
one of his own congregation would
comply with his admonition. Rather
than give UP the fascinating crop, they
preferred to give him up. He has gone
and they are busy preparing thir seed
beds and patching their barns for the
harvest of their affections.
We do not know that they are to be
blamed. Human nature is pretty much
the same everywhere. especially in Con-
nectcut and whereabouts. and we have
touch of it in this section also. If our
tea crop in South Carolina, were pro-
tected by a tariff duty of s1.50 to 81 =
FOUND. as the Hockanum TOBACCO crop
is, we dare say, at least very much
fear, that congregation in Summer
vile. for instance, would give up :.
pastor who should insist on their Civ
ing up the highly profitable culture of
tea in such conditions. merely because
some people carry tea drinking to ex-
cess: or. perchance, because he held it
to be sinful for them to make money
that way. without earning it and at tho
expense of their fellow. countrymen.--
Charleston News and Courier.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
A Farewell.

My fairest child, have no song to give
you;
No lark could pipe to skies SO dull and
gray;
Yet, ere We part, one lesson can leave
you.
For every day.
I'll teach you how to sing clearer carol
Than lark S who halls the dawn DER
breezy down.
To earn yourself purer poets laurel
Than Shakespeare's crown.
Bo geed, sweet maid, and let who can
be clever;
/ Do noble things, not dream them ali
day long.
And SO make Life. Death and that vast
FOREVER
One grand, sweet song.
Charles Kingsley.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16

If the laws are unjust. they can bc
corrected by womcn's indirect infiu-
ence.
Yes. but the indirect method is need
lessly long and hard. If women were
forbidden to use the direct route by
rail across the continent, and complains
ed of the injustice, it would be no an
swer to tell them that it is possible to
get from New York to San Francisco by
going around Cape Horn.
The sloWness with which some of the
worst inequalities in the laws are COR
rectcd shows the Observation-Disclosures OF
the indirect way. In most states mar
ried mother has literally no legal rights
over her own children, so long as she
and her husband live together. For
more than half a century, the suffra
gists of the United States have been
trying to egislation making the
father and mother joint guardians OF
their children by law, as they are by
nature; but thus far the equal guardi
anship law has been obtained in only
twelve states out of the forty-five. MAJ,
sachusetts got it last year, after fifty
=
women. In Colorado, after women
were given the right to vote, the very
next legislature passed an equal SUI
frage law.
In Massachusetts,. the State Fedora
ton OF Women's Clubs, the Woman )
Relief Corps, the w. C. 7. T., the
Children'S Friend Society and many
other associations united in asking for
the bill. The only society of women
that has ever ranged itself definitely
on the wrong side of this question is the
''Massa chusetts Association Opposed TO
the Further Extension of Suffrage to
Women" 1t circulated for years, under
its official imprint. leafiet in defense
of the old law which gave the husband
the sole control of the children.
Last year in Massachusetts the laws
of Inheritance between husband and
wife were made equal: but it had taken
more than half century Of work to Sc
cure this self-evidently just measure
The experience in other states has been
similar. The roundabout way is al
most always long and slow.-The Wom-
ans Journal.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16

not heen found wanting in fine attrii,-
was recently suggested for the place,
but he is dangerous because he mas
such a complete knowledge of the ar, nf
making enemies in his own state. Sec
cause there are doubtful states in the
midwest and he is not from one OF
them, Is it strange that in the circum-
stances the hunt for the candidate now
turns in another direction?
THE question is if it can continue
farther than the point which it has now
reached. From several sources the re-
port comes of boom for Senator Han
ma to take second, place on the Roose-
welt ticket. 1t is true that a little imag-
nation would have minated that mis-
rand-by, and that for this reason the
idea of nominating him may not be due
to genius of republican prophecy.
How the evident breach in the republic
can party can be closed except by the
selection of a candidate for second place
from the conservative side OF the Or
ganization it is difficult to understand
None of Senator Hanna's lieutenants
could win the honor. In fact, the prac-
teal value OF the senator's name on
the ticket would be quite as suggestive
=,
and Thurman on the democratic tickets
with Mr.. Cleveland. If there is today d,
contra-alignment of young and old re-
publicanism, and most events and even
the absence of them indicate that there
is, Senator Hannas nomination would
cause the two divided sections of the
parts! strength to fall in line.
1.-The saying that politics makes
strange bedfellows is not too hack
neyed to: be often quoted. 1t applies
here, and for the conditions that give
it pertinence any half dozen iliustra-
lions might be cited. 1t is not neces-
sary to recall the notable circumstan-
ces that have made Senator Hanna
what he is or given him certain power
today, and it is possibly invidious to
show that he is not yet a negligible
quantity in politics. Even a bolder ana
a. much less sagacious man than Pres
ident Roosevelt might feel relieved in
his place to know that Senator Hanna
would be with him in fighting a cam
paign in 1904, and it is as certain as can
be that prudent or a shrewd candidate
for the first place would be even more
particular to have such an associate.
Matters over which President Roosevelt
has perhaps less control than he has
Of the senate have created the political
capital as one may say. of Senator
Hannas prestige and position. and they
cannot be altered in little over one
short year. The senator could not be
dreamd of for first place, as he has
been, were that not true"
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
AS A PROBATION.

J. Pierpont likes Havana
1t seems Il good warm town:
SO measures they should take at once
To nail the city down.
Chicago News.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
HIS AWFUL BREAK.

Yes" said the Boston girl. as She
polished her spectacleS with paper
napkin. Il came within an ace of get
ting spiiced to that New York million
aire. but I was snatched from the mat
rfmolial brink. as it We're"
Put me next" urged her chum.
We'll" continued the heroine of the
skit, "he began by saying that he loved
me from the ground up and asked me ia
give him my hand Then, of course, it
was me for the coy maid act, so l said
You must ask my pa And what do you
Think
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
The Sure Way

to prevent Pneumonia and Consumption
is to cure your cold when it first APP
pears. Acker's English Remedy will
stop the cough in night, and drive the
cold out of your system. Always 4
quick and sure cure for Asthma Bron-
chitis. and all throat and lung troubles.
Il it does not satisfy you the. druggist
will refund your money. Write to us
for free sample. w. H. Hooker & Co,
Buffalo. n. Y. Z. T. Hudson Pharmacy.
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
FOLLOW THE FLAG

Il don't think replied the chum
I'm from the Back Bay district and you
will have to inform me-.
he said" continued the ether. Par
don me-i stand erected: give me yoW
paw and right there all bets were de-
clared off, for you know my sensitive
nature wouldn't allow me to stand for
such kindergarten talk as that. Chs
cago News. s
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16
Is the Interest in Woman Suffrage
Passing Away.

If the laws are unjust. they can DC
corrected by women's indirect infiu-
Arizona republican., 1903-03-16

in the habit of driving it roughshod
over the people of Thebes IS out TOO ev'-
dent from the number OF mummies
found in his private cemetery-Chica-
go Inter Ocean.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-02
TRUST COMPANIES
VERSUS THE DISTRICT
Suit to Be Entered for Refund OF
Part of Personal Tax.

A law suit involving the payment of
the personal tax, which will be of much
general interest, but especially Of in
terest in banking circles. viii soon be
Instituted on behalf of one or more OF
The trust companies of the District O.
Columbia. The companies intend to test
o decision of the assessor. which, they
contend, is unfair to them.
The gist of the case, briefly stated. is
this: The trust companies had paid into
the treasury of the District of Column
Tia the amount due from them for six
months OF the calendar year 1902. They
were again assessed for the full amount
OF the tax due for the fiscal year 1902
and 1908. The trust companies hold that
by this process they are made to pay
for six months twice. They have paid
the tax under protest and the suit to be
instituted is for the purpose of COM
telling the District of Columbia to re-
fund to them the amount which they
claim was unjustly exacted from them.
The matter Is now in the hands of the
attorneys for the different trust compa-
MES, but it has not yet been decided
whether a test case is to be made by all
of the companies joining in the issue or
by one of them only. 1t is probable,
however, that the latter course will be
pursued
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-02
GRITIGISES PLANS
FOR FOUNDRY CHURCH
| he Rev. George V. Leech Suggests
Some Notifications.

Il am entirely in sympathy with the
enterprise shown by the congregation of
Foundry in building their new church
one of the oldest Methodist minister's
in the city, to a Times reporter yeste--
day. Il think, however, there are few
points i'll the plans, as / look at them
before me, which might be corrected.
hope. however, in offering the following
criticisms that the Foundry people Will
take no offence. My grandfather, as
they know. was a member of their con-
gregation, and I myself entered the Sun
day school class of the late Edward
owen, in 1910, when 1 was five years Of
age
ITO begin with, the edifice is disap-
pointing at the first view This is not
merely my own opinion, but that of
many ministers and laymen. l returned
lately from trip South, where I saw
the Wesley Memorial Church in Savan
nah and, on my way home. the Mount
Vernon Place Church in Baltimore The
central tower is beautiful piece of ar
chitecture, but it does not harmonic
well with the rest of the building.
st is a pity with such number of
splendid models of church architecture
in the city and country that the archi
tects could not have produced better
church. 1 do not believe, apart from the
tower. that there is any improvement in
the new building over the old one. This
tower should be placed at the corner
In that position its effect would be
great1-, enhanced.
THE interior arrangements of the
new church building appear somewhat
awkward to me. Audience rooms, sepa-
rated from the main chapel by sliding
doors so that the two may be thrown
into one. have been found very con-
vehient and this plan is used in nearly
al our large churches at present. L
Lelieve that by putting the tower at the
corner of the building, by sharpening
the gables and having a great middle
chapel, lighted by dome. the plans
would be greatly improved, and the new
Foundry measure UP to some of the
great structures of our country. The
change should not involve much diff
Guilty, as the foundations have not yet
been laid.
II have the best interests OF the Foun.
Cry people at heart in making these
criticisms. They are blessed in the
possession of an energetic, Jealous, and
efficient young pastor. l wish them all
success.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-02
COUNTING DOTS" HAS
BECOME EPIDEMIC
Habit Accompanies Men in Every
Day Life.

Readers of The Washington Times
continue to manifest unusual interest
in the dot problem and the diversity of
answers is not only surprising but in
dicates t. each Is working out tha
puzzle fo= himself and not depending
iupon the efforts OF his neighbor.
AIIusions TO the weather have given
way TO the query, Are you counting the
dots?" and again 10, How many did you
get?" until a stranger in the city might
be led to believe that Weshingtonians
are indeed unlike their fellow men in
the character of their conversation
A strange thing happened a few days
ago on Pennsylvania avenue. An OLD
countrynan had brought load of broom
corn to the city.
At the corner of Pennsylvania Avenue
and Seventh Street jolt OF the wagon
brought a large quantity OF the corn TO
the street. The corn was thoroughly
ripe and as each ear struck the ground
the grains were scattered over the
street.
The same impulse that urges one man
to help another when a horse falls
prompted no less than ten men to go
to the assistance of the count-yman.
Instead of picking up the ears each man
proceeded diligently 20 gathering 5he
grains. Each muttered away as if talk
ing to himself, no one paying the slight
est attention to the other, while small
crowd gathered about the wagon. Three
hundred and seventy nine" said one.
seven hundred and eighty-two,' ex-
claimed another, while a third stood oil
from the crowd vainly trying to poke
pins through the coarse grains.
II was only when roar Of laughter
went up from the crowd that the .'co=n.-
ers'' realized they had the dot habit
and sheepishly drew away leaving the
mystifed countryman to gather up his
corn and thank fortune that he lived n
a quiet locality where lunacy was NOT
contagious.
The Washington Times has no wish 10
discourage those who have shown an
interest in the dot problem by suggest
ing that counting them viii lead TO fu-
ture habitation across the Anacos-
tia Bridge. But the experience OF
those men only goes to prove that the
solution of the question has come to be
a thing of wide local interest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-06-02
PERMIT FOR STABLE NOT
CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS

George NJ. Kober. secretary to the
Washington Sanitary Improvement Com
pany, viii be informed by the District
Commissioners that the only permit for
a stable on the north side OF L Street.
between North Capitol and First Streets.
is for one fifty feet from the building
line and more than twenty feet from
any dwelling or similar structure. Mr.
Kober protested in behalf of his com
pany against the issue of a permit for a
stable in the locality named. The per-
nit issued is within the requirements
of the building regulations.