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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
War Time Impressions a
of VcmeZucla'S Capital
Caracas a Disappointment t. An American Visitor.

Special correspondence of The Sunday Republic.
Caracas. Venezuela. Jar. 15.-The town of
Caracas is a great disappointment, It looks
as though somebody had sat on it, and IT
had never found the strength to rise again.
But the climate is delightful. cool in the
morning. and though blazing at noon, blan-
kets are in order at night.
I am surrounded by great rowds when
sketching, but they are very polite and
much interested, and I am told that my
work has created a great deal of discussion
as no one has attempted Caracas before.
The people are distinctly for us. tho
Americans" they even send a policeman
after me. to drive away the mob, and are
forever lifting their hats to us and calling
Us their friends.
It's hard to believe the country Is in
trouble and that a foreign fleet Is block
aiding the port not six miles away, so hap
Ply and nonchalant are the people. Life
seems to be a continual festival and If a
is given to the impending danger
no one shows II.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

WRITTEN o THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
The name OF Benjamin Franklin invaria-
piy conjures up a mental picture of a man
dressed in the severest style Of old Knioker-
booker days.
History tells us that this eminent states
man was as fond of plain clothes ana plain
living as he was of plain speech. and yet
there was a time when Benjamin Frank
lin reveled in all the frills and furbelows
OF the effete court of Louis Seize.
The picture in tempera done by Quentin
de Ia Tour shows the inventor of the light
ming rod as he looked on state occasions
when Ambassador TO France. 1t appears to
be something of a curiosity. for 1t presents
Franklin TO us IN an entirely new guise.
When. in 17I6. Congress sent this man
across the water to negotiate with France
he probably hadn't a periwig or a frilIed
and jeweled waistcoat to his name. but. ar
rived among a nation SO dainty and eS-
quisite in dress. 1t was only natural that
the plain man. should be metamorphosed
Into something of a butterfly. in appearance
at least.
As he himself once expressed his position:
Being myself honored with visits from
persons Of quality and distinction, I was
Obliged for the credit of the province to live
In a fashion and expense suitable to the
public character I sustained and much
above what 1 should have done IL / had
been considered merely as a private per-
son."
Herein lies the excuse for the fashionable
costume In which De la Tour has portrayed
MIN. The flowing, curled wig imparts a diff
ferent appearance to the rugged and WE'LL
rounded face. The biscuit-colored coat
with its trimming of fine lace ruf1es, gives
the rotund figure a strange effect, and yet
the whole is extremely pleasing. 1t is
strange only because we are unaccustomed
to seeing this man OF our fancy dressed as
those exquisites among whom he spent sew
eral years.
Though Franklin conformed to the die
tates of fashion while living In France he
attended a. few functions ~ noMihaAl and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

We expect excitement any moment hera
Castro is between two fres-the foreign
fleet at La Guayra. and a good sized insur-
gent army twenty miles to the southwark.
We saw the army move to the front yester-
day and It made my heart ache.
Boys from s to IA years Of ags mako up
the arnk and file, a few of them may have
been Is. We saw one little lad staggering
along with q Mauser rifle a foot longer than
he was. a cartridge belt. filled. which
weighed six pounds. a blanket roll. with
canteen and mess outfit jingling over his
back. and his little bare legs all SCARED
from stumbling over the cobbie stones.
Bread will last but one week in Caracas.
and the poor are starving. Many of the
correspondents are endeavoring to get to
Curacao, which IL no easy matter. for the
blockade has made its presence felt Barred
out by the ships of our country we are
treated with the utmost consideration by
the allied Powers. and will probably leave
for Curacao on an Italian cruiser, and from
there take a steamer for America, though
all predict that the trouble Is not yet ovec
L HALE. 4
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
THAT ARE CRIMINALS

All, science knows each flower that biows.
And all its wicked habits
For aught you know, the lilies grow
By dining on Welsh-rabbits.
One of the principal orders OF insectivora
are the pitcher plants. These tall, narrow
tubes, growing 20 innocently in marshy
places, were once thought to be reservoirs
OF water where birds and bugs might drink.
1t Is now known that the nectar exuding
from these pitchers is a deadly opiate and
that no insect entering these narrow cham
bers ever returns.
Their construction Is one Of the most mar
velous things in nature. everything being
planned to attract and entrap the unwary
victim. For example, from the tubular
walls of some pitchers" a wing stands out
like a tiller. and forms a gentle slipping
ascent for those insects which cannot fly.
Arriving at the top. the luckless ant or
beetle finds that around the mouth Of the
tube runs a heavy cord exuding a delicious
strip. which Immediately intoxicates the i'm
biber and creates in him a disposition to
fight. This strip also extends down the in
ner wall Of the tube a little way. and the
tempted insect crawls after Ii.
Presently a space is reached which is as
smooth as glass. Unable to gain a foothold
here. the drunken explorer slips over this
as rapidly as down a toboggan slide until
he finally lands against rough walls COW
cred with bristles.
This is his dungeon. for he can never
climb that smooth space above him, SO pol
ished and shining. There he is doomed to
remain until absorbed by the plant. If he
is rescued. by adventurous circumstance, he
seems absolutely stupefied and betrays a
curious desire to stand on his head.
All insects are affected in this peculiar
way. from tiny ants to large beetles.
Another group of insectivorous plants are
the nepenthes. which are imported to this
country from the South Sea Islands.
They resemble reddish balloons at the end
OF long strings. and are really not SO much
tnsectivorous as carnivorous. for thew can
ture quite large game on their native heath.
especially young birds and toads.
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HOMESICKNESS BELIEVED TO HAVE
CAUSED DORA MEEK'S TRANCE.
. Am Tired o! Town. Writes Girl Who Is Now Recovering From
Strange Malady Which Induced Sleep for Four Months
Monotony of Her Life at Centva1;.

Special Correspondence Of The Sunday Republic.
Centralia. H.. Jan. 30.-Dora Meek is now
recovering from her long sleep or trance.
She is now able to read. although she does
not talk.
This week a new version was given to her
remarkable attack of hysteria by the reve-
lation of what is regarded as the real cause.
When Jessie kdntz of Mulberry Grove
came here a few weeks ago and impiored
Dora, his former sweetheart. to recognize
him, 1t was decided that the lovers quarrel
had not affected her seriously. Mr.. Kuntz
was the young man with whom Dora had
been keeping company. When she wrote IT
want to go to Kate Fishers to visit. I
am tired of town" the other day. a new
light was shed on her strange illness.
The 11-year-old country girl was home
sick. tired of the dark restaurant where she
had worked SO faithfully and so hard. She
wanted the country where she had grown
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
Didn't Move on Time.

A typical tough boy. aged 10. was COM
mitted to a certain asylum not long ago by
a city magistrate.
What did you do that they sent you
here?" asked the superintendent mildly.
Huh! They sent me up Just for playing
a game" snarled the boy.
What gamer asked the superintendent.
Checkers wild dc police" he explained.
TT was ne move. an I didn't move, SO dey
jumped me-"
i. HA haA ban arrasted fnr Lettering. H.
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up. where her parents and little brotherS
and sisters were living.
Anything to get away from the smoky
dark street on the railroad center of this
smoky town. She had few friends. All
her relatives lived along the same street and
when she left the Chiffon restaurant it was
only TO visit in similar houses.
Now her father. Joshua Meek. has decided
that he will take her away from town on A
short visit. He thinks it will do her good.
He moved here at once on hearing OF his
daughters attack and when taken to his
home she was stiIl in the hearing Of the
many whistles and the jolting of the cars in
the railroad yards.
Since September Is the girl has been silent
a long time: it has seemed to the parents.
Hysteria Is the diagnosis of Doctor ]. q.
Munselle. who has had charge of the case
for several weeks. An aggravated case, no
doubt. but hysteria takes many forms and
puzzles the best Of physicians.
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The publication of the medical facts in
the case and the conducting of the opera
ton In public led to a suit against the sur
geon. The awyer for the defendant in his
argument asked ito whom is the monument
to be erected?' and answered the question
by mentioning the name OF the urgeon.
The child's older sister. who was then
Miss Berta George. believed the magic num-
Der had worked the charm. and 1t Is In this
way that the title of the book Is to be ex-
planned. The work was begun by Miss
George in the carly part of last spring, who
before she had finished II was stricken with
appendicitis and removed to the Baptist
Sanitarium.
There the work was completed. and there
Miss George became a bride only a few
hours before Ter death.
Mrs. George has had made a large oil
painting of Anita as she appears to-day,
n this. with other photographs Of her,
will be Incorporated in the book.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01

swallowing. and the life Of an invalid stared
her in the face.
After three years and a half OF this sort
of living it was decided to make an attempt
to remove the structure. Through the open
ing in her stomach and through her mouth
the membrane was reached and severed.
Anita had completely forgotten abe taste
of all foods.
This was seven years ago. To-day she ~
as bright and healthy a girl of IA as can be
found in the city.
The number "l3' seems to nave played a
part in Anita's life. She was born on the
18th of May. She swallowed the I've on the
18th OF May, the day she was 9 years old.
The doctors to perform both operations
were engaged on the 18th of the Nnonth.
After her recovery an artist was engaged
to paint a portrait Of her on the thirteenth
day OF the month. The papers granting a
copyright for the picture and book hap
pened TO be dated January IL, 1903.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-01
Couldn't Expr.,n II.

out? ' :"
The Maid: mo, ma'am."
The Lady: That's very strange. I won
der what people think I nave an at home
day 6or?'-Moonshine.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12
HOWard-nCP. Co,
 FL PASO, TEX

cANANEA, YAQUl RivEE q PA
 clFic RAILROAD
 Ganeral Notice Effective January 15, 1905, following will be daily schedule O. passenge. rains:
 Naco. Sonora, January 15. 1903. Ar. from Douglas 7:07 m. Lv. for Naco 7:17 a. m. Ar. from Benson, $50 a m. Lv. for Fl Paso and Dougla. 800 A m. Ar. from Naco 12:3s p. n. Lv. for Nac p. m. Ar. from Fl Paso 4:4z D. n. teAve NAco ...,. 9:30 a- ID Leave Cananea =. ... ... zoo ?. m Arrive CaneneA .. ... ...11:30 c m. Arrive Naco.. '... ... ... 400 ?. m.
 E. A. Mcfarland,
 Asst. General Manager.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12
LITTLE DOUGLAS LOCALS,

MT C. E. Bull of the International American is confined al his home in Tombstone with a very severe case of the grip.
 D. E. Heller and C. F. Nichols have gone 10 the Chiricahua mountains to spend few days looking at the min eral prospects of that country.
 It is reported that work on the new cutoff between Lewis Springs and Naco is almost complete. Naco Junc- tion has been abandoned and every thing that was there has been torn down and moved away.
 Mir. Albert Sames, who was called east a month ago by the death of his sister in New York, is expected to ar. rive home this week MT. Sames has been missed from the large circle of friends during his absence.
 L. NJ. Drake. who is here from Wis consin with a view of becoming in terested in mines accompanied by c. H. Howe. visited the Cabaliona noun tains last Sunday, including a stop al the Santa Rosa mine. MT. Drake is positive in the belief that section is the richest mineralized part oi northern Sonora or southern Aribona
 It is now stated that the postofice may not be able to occupy its new Headquarters until the 1st of October Many of the new fixtures have arrived and are in position. but some of them are missing. It had been hoped that the postoffice would be moved by the middle of the present month, but the room will not be ready for two weeks or more yet
 The Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias held meeting last night and elected the first set of officers of that rank. The officers elected were az fol
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12
THE HYDRAULIC.

MT. O. B. Steen and T. H. SchusteI who have just returned from Los An i gelos and San Francisco were seen al ithe Copper Queen hotel yesterday and talked about the Soledad deal deal and other matters. MT. Steen said that inc Hydraulic property owned by his company and which adjoins the Soleday is practi. cally the largest known placer prop erty in Mexico today and arrange. ments whereby it may be worked on a large scale after January 1.
 Mir. Steen says that this property has been operated on for great length of time and that during one period of seven years there were paid taxes to Mexico on thirty-five million dollars worth of bullion product.
 The property is very extensive and at one point two Mexicans operatins have reached bed rock al a depth of thirty-four feet and are taking out two hundred dollars a day. The only impe1iment to the prompt inaugura- tion of heavy work there. is the fact that there is some trifling difficulty between some of the owners and as soon as this has been adjusted the property will be properly developed
 The above gentleman told of meet ing in California with Colonel Fox. re tired and in conversation with him he displayed a gold nugget charm which 90 years ago he picked up from this identical property while engaged in fights with the Indians.
 At that time Colonel Fox was il the service of the Mexican army de partment and one day while waiting 10 engage in conflict with the Indian. his horse paved up the nugget which he now wears.
 The colonel is at present a part owner in the Hydraulic and banks very high on that property.
 MT. Steen said that owing to the results of the recent storms in that district it has been impossible 10 ac complish much on the Soledad bu; that larger force of men will open up the work within few days.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12
RANDOLPH MINE

Work on the Randolph group of mines, about two miles southwest of Tombstone, is to be commenced. and with that idea in view J. Brewster president, A. D. Brewster vice presi- dent and s A. McMahon, secretary of the Randolph Mining company, are now on the ground perfecting prelimi- nar1es to at once sink a two-compart. ment shaft and otherwise develop that property. These mines worked dur ing the early days of the camp, and were made to yield generously to the persuasive chlorider, an assurance that the property is of merit and only requires systematic work to make of it dividend payer.
 One hundred and twenty-five thous- and dollars have been expended upon the property, one shaft having been sunk to depth of 300 feet. with cross cuts at intervals, demonstrating to the satisfaction of the company that they have a mine, hence the two compartment shaft and the abandon ing of the old workings. The Pros pector expects to chronicle some al- turing reports from the Randolph as development gresses-Tombstone Prospector. s-.-
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12
RECORDED DOCUMENTS.

Tombstone, Sept. 1.-The following instruments were filed for record in the county recorders office during the past twerty-four hous:
 MINING LOCATIONS. Six mines by c. E. Brown & Go. One mine by H J Johnson, ct al One mine by Albert Hoch. Three mines by W1m. Johnson. ct. al. Two mines by Wm. Granfelt, CT. al. Two mines by D. w. Collard. ct. al. Fifteen mines by Nick Mobile One mine by A. Kohrer
 DEEDS. A. J. Seamens to Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
 Frank H. Mike to A. J. McDermott. Douglas porperty. F. R. Martinez to R. A. Casad, Bis bee property
 A. NJ. Lumpkin to Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
 B. Corretto to F. vigne, Bisbee prop erty.
 SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGE. Estate of Thos Gribble to wm. Ohnesorgen. Mary Sowle to F. R. Martinez. L. J. Overlook to Jas. Hughes.
 LIEN. Sparks Bros. vs. Mrs. Kate L. Warrington.
 SATISFACTION OF LIEN. c. A. Overlook to o. C. Scarborough. .. WRIT OF ATTACHMENT. :. J. V. Vickers vs. Minnie Butler. ct. al.
 POWER OF ATTORNEY. F. R. Martinez. ct al, to F. Daldon- ade
 AGREEMENT. Alice Petty and A. B. Petty.
 PATENT United States to L. C. Shattuck.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12
MEN OBJECT
 TO CUT IN WAGES
NIGHT MECHANICS AT DOUGLAS
 SHOPS REDUCED.
Have Been Getting Twelve Hours Pay for Ten Hours Work and Will Nps Accept Eleven Hours' Pay Now.

It is reported that the Fl Paso & notice that after the 10th of this month the men employed in the rail road shops at Douglas at night were to be reduced in pay 40 cents a night. Heretofore these men have received 40 cents an hour for twelve hosrs. amounting to s4.sO for the night shift, and they were supposed to work ten hours. The new order is that the com pany will only pay for eleven hours in- stead of twelve as heretofore.
 The labor organizations affected by this reduction have taken the matter up and appointed grievance commit tees to confer with the railroad in an effort to get the order rescinded. These affected include members of the Brotherhood of Railway Employes. machinists and boilermakers. and each Of these organizations will bring irs influence to bear in opposition 10 the proposed cut in wages.
 \ member of the grievance commit tees today said that in case the rail- road company refused to readiust the mater he could not say what action would he taken bv the seve/ll unions interested He stated that recently there had been an advance in the cost Of living in Douglas and the several grievance committees would endeavor to convince the railroad officials that the reduction was an untimely one. The relations of the men and the railroad company have been spleniid and re- gently when the fremen presented a grievance to MT. Simmons al Fl Paso the matter was adjusted satisfactorily. IL is claimed by the nieht men at the shops here that while they are not supposed to work more than ten hours for the s4S0 still they We've required to be at the shops twelve hours.-In- ternationai-American.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12
MINING TRANSFERS
 PLACED ON RECORD
SEVERAL INTERESTS IN CLAIMS
 NEARBY CHANGE HANDS.
News From the Recorders Office at Tombstone Gathered by Review Cor. respondent.
Especial Correspondence.) )

Tombstone, Sept. 11.-According to a deed on file in the county recorders office, C. w. Moore. F. H Moon, Gus Hickey Tom Devine, H. Monran and James Tomby have deeded to Manuel Guerro an undivided one-seventh in- terest in a group of nineteen mining claims which are described as being located 11a miles in a nor,herly direc- tion from Packard station on the line of the E. P. & S. w. railroad. The con- sideration is named at the nominal sum of s1.
 Chris Bain of Bisbee has deeded his undivided half interest in the Bangor mining claim in the Warren mining district to Joe Krilanovich. Louis Vi salis and John Topzich. The claim is described a being about 1.So0 feet in a northwesterly direction from the town of Bisbee and adjoins the Web ster Contention and Silica quartz claims The consideration is s1.
 w. H. Baker of Bisbee has also deed- ed to J. E. Mosher of the same place an undivided one-third interest in the Sadie NJ and Sesame claims in that district for consideration of $500. The claims are located 1l4 miles in a northwesterly direction from Castle Rock. and adjoin the claims of the Arizona Gold Mining & Development company.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12
Tombstone, Naco and Douglas L::::: L~:::-:

lows: Captain. Wm. J. Younger; first lieutenant, J. P. Sexton; second lieu tenant, w. E. Bayless; first sergeant, Albert s. Shropshire; second sergeant H. E. Stone: recorder. c. A. Boveing: treasurer. Albert Stacy.-lnternational American.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12
YOU CAN LEAve DoUoLAS

For Bisbee, Naco, Benson and Can anea at e:00 .. m.
 For Bisbee. Naeo, Benson. Fair. bank, Tombstone and the west at $40 ?. ID.
 For Hachita, Lsrosburg, Clifton and Morenci aad m Paso ct 1e:10 a n.
 For Naoosari at 11:30 on Aondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12

N. e.-For . har.,s..-ely illustrated booklet desript'-
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12

The Slocan district, B. C., is the on- ly British Columbia province that has shipped zinc ores to the United States for treatment. That section has sold zinc concentrates to the Lauzon Zinc company, lola. Kansas. the railway making a special rate of s11 per ton
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12

Call on nearest agent for full in or addess the undersigned.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-12

Quartz is a crystallized mineral as originally deposited; quartzite is a rock of quartz. granular and seconda- ". Quartz occurs in veins; quartz ite in strata. Quartzite is some times metamorphosed sandstone.