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Arizona republican., 1903-09-10

ment of raising wheat upon the so- called "mallee scrub" lands, which lie in the northwestern part of Victoria from 2OU to 250 miles from the sea- board.
 MT. Meyer clearly shows that the en- tire experiment of socialism-the sys- tenn to which the leaders of the West ern Federation of Miners and the agi- tators generally in ArizOna are com mitted, by the way-has been a dismal failure in Australia. It is not practicable to give here mere than an outline of the article. but it is worth mention that
 in 1900. MT. O'Sullivan, minister of pub lie works in New South Wales, an- nounced that he would make his colony "tke paradise of the workingman" by fixing the minimum rate of wages for unskilled labor upon public works at S1.15 day. At the same time he launched out upon the extravagant con- struction of public works which were in reality only relief works for the unem- ployed. In that same year. 1900. Aus tralia was in the midst of a series Of droughtS which reduced the number of sneep in New South Wales from 61. OGOO O0O in 1889 to 36,OOO. GOO in 1899, and 24,000,000 in 1903. Those same 6roughts had reduced the average yield Of wheat per acre in the four years 1896 to 1899 to ?.1 bushels. Such was the rush Of farm labor to the public works that the farmers had to send their wives and daughters into the harvest fields. In the next year the area under wheat fell off 143,000 acres. or 9.35 per cent.
 At times the socialist state, in it's de- sire to make work. has gone so far as to order that railways, irrigation works and drainage works be built by means of the pick and shovel that is, without the use of the blow, the earth-scoop and the grading machine, which were condemned as labor saving devices. Pick and shovel men are paid from 12 cents to 16 cents for shifting cubic yard of earth; men working with blows and scoops are paid s cents to cents. dClOIS grading ma chimes are paid cents cubic yard
 It would be unfair to leave this part of the subject without stating that in the matter of the lack of public spirit and of intelligent insight into the con ditions in Australia, the laboring classes differ not from the civil servants, the farmers, the miners, the capitalists, or any other section of the community To use the words of Sir Henry Wrixon. late attorney general of Victoria, and one of the most discreet politicians in Australia, "the many functions under taken by the Australian governments. and the large measure of assistance that they render to districts out of the general revenue, enfeeble the position of the representative, and impair the public spirit of the constituencies Each locality (and class) naturally seeks to get as much as it can. and for this pur- pose wants rather an agent to look af- ter its interests than a statesman to ake care of those of the country at large. The representative is harassed by q divided duty.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-10
FIR. JOHN HAY
An English Tribute to His Qualities
 and Service as a Statesman.

Those who have watched his (Mr. Hay's) public career and have known him personally will, We venture to think, say that his ruling qualities are serenity firmness, high sensG of honor IS well as of public duty. ard a wide knowledge of men and affairs, says the London Spectator. Without q trace of the bully or the blusterer in his cCfn- position, he is never awed, not merely by other men, for that kind Of courage is not uncommon, but also never ''aWed by rumOr," by circumstances, or by the creation of bogeys of one kind or an other. He is not the sort of statesman Who one day thinks that this or that power will be d terrible danger to the union if it is not shown it's place, or that some particular interest is going to carry all before it unless it is in- stantly checked or controlled. In other words, he is not one of the men who are always in a fuss about something or somebody. Yet, like the able and high minded president in whose admin istration he holds so pre- eminent q place, his serenity ot temper never de generates into cynicism or indifference. His mental attitude is as far as possi
 ble from that of the man who thinks that nothing matters. He feels strong
 ly on all vital points, and though he makes no parade of earnestness, is of ten far more in earnest than men who proclaim their earnestness from the house-tops. A superficial observer, in
 deed, might possibly think that he was a disciple of Talieyrand. and had taken to heart his maxim of 'surtout pas de zele.'' but in reality the.'e is plenty of zeal for worthy objects. .And plenty of sCOrn for what is mean. petty, and con-
Arizona republican., 1903-09-10
PRAYER OF THE SMALL COLLEGE

Give me q million of dough. Mammon, Give me million of dough To keep the little life 1 have You'll never miss it. you know My best professors leave me. They're out for coin. and SO. If bigger wages offer. Quit" naturally they go. Then give me million of dough. Nam mon, Only million of dough. l can't afford a football coach, l make sorry show \ Stickful on the sporting )2gc-- Oh. do not say me no. But give me a million of dough, Man' non, Only a million cf dough.
 EEVOYEZ. A draft. check, or cash will do M&is lenvoyez, ct p. d. q.
 Life.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-10

When woman does not believe il low-neck gowns the reason is always plain not to .seeANew York Press.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-10
The Healthy Market for Silver.

The continued demand for silver, with its upward price, is again engaging the attention of the experts. and the con- sensus of opinion is that the market is normal and healthy. Recent quotations have been above the highest figures reached last year.
 According to Bradstreets the action of the silver market is susceptible of a relatively easy explanation It would seem that supplies have not increased, while there has been, on the other hand, relatively fair enlargement in the buying demand. The purchases of silver by our own government for the Philippine coinage have been supple mented by considerable takings for France. while India also has bought silver largely during the last month or so this latter fact being due to a de- cided change for the better in Indian trade.
 It is pointed out in the London Statist that the rise in India exchange is due to two causes. viz. large shipments of produce and relatively small imports. owing to the scarcity of raw cotton and the high prices for foreign manu- factured goods which enter into In dian consumption. It is also indicated that imports of gold, in consequence of the high exchange rates, have led to a decrease in the silver held by the cur rency department of the Indian treas ury. The silver market. in fact, con- tinues to wear a healthful aspect
Arizona republican., 1903-09-10

It is born in a. woman to boast of her love 'ff7irs. 'nd in a man to deny his -Atchison Globe.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-10

In making q close examina tion of the milk delivered to consumers in Phoenix. Dr. Plath. city health officer. is but do- ing his simple duty. of course, but it is q work for which he deserves commen- dation. nevertheless. It is so easy for a health officer to neglect his duties in the matter of inspecting milk, meats, etc, that it is comforting to see the in cumbent alive to the grave responsibil- ities which attach to his office.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-10

Commander Robert F.. Peary of the United States navy has decided to make one more effort to reach the north pole. and has obtained the necessary leave of absence from the navy department. Peary has run through the entire list of hardships in the arctic and can suf- fer nothing new except death, and yet he is as eager as ever to make another dash for the pole" Nothing could bet ter illustrate the strange hold with which the mania for arctic exploration grips it's victims. And Mrs. Peary, it seems, is no less infatuated with the bleak ice fields of the frozen north. It was her intention again to accompany her husband, but the unexpected arrival of the stork in the Peary family will keep the brave lady at home.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-10

VULCAN IRON WORKS, 917-919 N. Main st., manfrs. stamp mills, ore crush CTS. well tools. General machine work.
Arizona republican., 1903-09-10
SANATORIUMS 5
OPTICAL GOODS
PA TENTS

PATIENTS Hazard S Harpham Los Angeles. Send for free book on patents
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17
OLDEST OF INSECTS.
Zealand and Some of It's Strik-
ing Peculiaritiex.

L. T. Chambers, of Melbourne, Aus
tralia. forwards us some of the extraor-
binary vegetable caterpillars" of New
Zealand. Many insects, including some
gfasshoppers and the common house fly,
are subject to fungus diseases that cause
death and greatly distort the form, but
none takes so strange development as
the subject of the illustration. The fol-
lowing description is from New Zea-
land After Fifty Years" by Wakefield
Any notice, however brief, of the in
sects of New Zealand, would be imper-
feet. without some account Of the odd
est insect in existence. 1t is not easy TO
decide whether it ought to De described
under the fauna or the fora of New Zea-
land, for it is at least as much vegetable
as animal, and, indeed, in its final stage,
it is vegetable and nothing else This is
the '.aweto" or vegetable caterpillar,
called by the naturalists Hipialis vire-
seems. It is g. perfect caterpillar in every
respect, and remarkably fine one, too,
growing to length, in the largest speci-
men, of 31s inches and the thickness Of
a finger, but more commonly to about
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17
pARLoR MAGIC FOR BOYS.
How to Perform n Feat which VIII
Astonish the Old As Well AS
the Young.

The feat herein described must be
performed with the aid of a confederate,
and as everything depends on his thor
ough understanding of what you are
going to do, some little preparation is
necessary, without the knowledge OF
the spectators.
The success of the feat rests on your
own and your confederate's readiness
in reading the letters of the alphabet
by a certain number of raps or blows,
and it is essential therefore that you
both memorize me numbers or have
list within your sight, but not where
the spectators can see it. 1t is much
better, of course, that you memor1ze
the numbers, if you have time to do
it, before performing the trick. In
this private signaling one rap or blow
ON any object that makes sound
means A; two raps means b; three
raps C, and so forth. If you and your
helper will get those numbers in your
head so that you know at once what a
certain number of raps stands for the
feat will go through finely.
feat you say to the company that you
will send one of them into the adjoin-
ing room and have the door locked on
him, you will cause to appear to him
in that room any animal that the COM
pany may name. You must contfive,
in one way or another, to have your
confederate go into the room, for the
success of the feat depends on that. as
you can see. There are several ways
in which that can be accomplished, as
you will find out when you undertake
1t.
When he has entered the other room
and you have locked the door, hand a
piece of paper to one of the company,
asking him to write on it the name
of the animal that he would like to
have appear to the person in the other
room.
When this has been done and the
paper has been given back to you,
hold it up so that everybody can see
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17

what is written on it-and be sure
set fire to it at the gas jet or with a
match, and throw the charred remains
into a china or earthenware bowl
which you have ready on nearby
table. The bowl will represent NOR
tar, and a piece of wood eight inches
long and one inch thick will do for a
pestle.
Having thrown the ashes of the pa
per into the bowl add a powder of
some kind, no matter what, saying that
it has certain magical properties. Then
you begin to stir the ashes and powder
with the stick, and while doing that
you make the raps on the bowl that
will give the necessary information to
your confederate in the other room.
Let us suppose that the word dog"
is written on the paper. You must
manage to make first, four raps on the
bowl to represent the letter D; then
fifteen raps for the letter o, and seven
raps for the letter G. The raps must
be made while you are moving the
stick around in the bowl, pretending
to stir the ashes and powder, and you
must make them in way as little no.
ticeable as possible. Your confederate
will detect them, because he is expect
ing them, but the company will not. if
you make them in the right way.
When you have made all the raps
continue stirring little while, to de-
ceiye the company, and then call out
to your confederate. asking him what
animal has appeared to him. 1t would
be better for him not to answer you at
once; a little delay on his part helps
the trick. Finally he tells you that it
is a dog he sees.
A little practice will enable you to
perform this trick with great success,
and you might have the same confed-
crate at different places. Two brothers
might become so skillful in it that no
one could possibly detect how it is
done-BrooklyE Life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17
WRITER'S THOUGHT CRAMP.
Distressing Periods of Mental Apathy
when the Brain Refuses
to Work.

Ii the fiction writer has his delicious
moments, when he tastes the joys which
come with the excitement of creative
composition-and these he undoubtedly
has-also he knows distressing periods
of mental apathy, says the Reader.
He has been working away at top
speed, full of gladness n that subtle
fabric which his pen weaves in the
warp and wool of paper and ink. His
head is packed with inspired ideas, like
a gift box from the gods. His hopes
ride high. His ambitions scrape the
clouds.
Then something happens. 1t is not a
snap, a break, a crash-nothing so tangi-
BILE. 1t is just ceasing. Abruptly, I'M
expectedly, all his fine thoughts vanish.
No longer is life country of majestic,
white-robed heights and alluring pur-
ple-toned valleys. All is fiat and gray
and bleak.
Just about now, if the writer only
knew it, is a most excellent time to go
fishing.
At last, baffied, discouraged. heart
sick. he sits with his head in his hands,
contemplating with foolish self-pity the
melancholy spectacle of himself
But, like drought and Hood, war and
pestilence, and all other ills great and
small, 1t passes. And he knows not how
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17
LONGING FOR YOU.

The yellow winged butterfly dips to the
rose;
The cannas flare red, the blue glories un-
close
On the vines by the porch, all asparkle with
dew,
But my heart Is all sad, for tbs longing
for you!
I know where white marguerites stretch
Ger the lea,
And their perfume is borne on the breezes
to me,
And the meadow-lark's wings are agiint
with the dew,
But his song is torture! I'm longing for
you.
Still the warm shadows blend DER the road
that we took.
And the path wends around by the side OF
the brook
And the wide water smiles back the
heavens own blue;
But my heart knows it not; 1t is longing
for you!
Where the sycamore bends, where the bub-
bles hoet down,
Where the trout seems asleep in the pools
lumber brown,
And the gold of the sunlight is altering
through.
There was JOY ere knew this wild longing
for you!
Night falls like a BENSON on the old vale;
There's a tinkIe Of cowbells along the old
trail;
But far, far wend my ways, and all bor-
dered with dew;
And no promise of peace lights my longing
for you'll
j M Lewis. in Houston Post.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17
BOYS FIND MINERAL DEPOSIT.
While Playing at Mining Near EN-
pire, Col, They Strike a Rich
Vein of Silver.

Because they would rather play at
being miners than go with their young
friends and bat bali around a field
Frank and Fred Coffman, of this place,
are in fair way to become wealthy.
The boys, one Is and the other Is,
are the sons of miner. They spent
their time digging in the hills near
Empire, Col, not because they had
hope of mining ore, but because they
wanted to do as their father was doing.
A small tunnel was dug, and in play
ing in it, they came on a substance
which they failed to recognize. TAX
ing some of it home they showed it to
their father, who located the land in
which the tunnel had been dug. The
boys had struck closely mineralized
lode of silver bearing character that
yields pay stuff Is feet below the sur
face.
During the day the father uncov-
cred IL inches of ore, practically solid,
which runs higher than $50 a ton in
silver and lead, with fair per cent. in
gold. The claim has been named the
Two Brothers and capital is being
raised to work it
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half or two-thirds of that size. Until
it is full-grown it appears to conduct
itself very much like any other cater
pillar, except that it is never found any
where but in the neighborhood of the
rata tree, gigantic scarlet Towering
myrtle, and that it habitually buries
itself in the ground a few inches below
the surface. Then, when full-grown, it
undergoes a miraculous change. For
some inexplicable reason, the spore of
a vegetable fungus, Sphaeria Robertsii,
fixes itself on it's neck, or between the
head and the first ring of the cater
pillar, takes root and grows vigorously.
The plant is exactly like a diminutive
bulrush, from six to ten inches high,
without leaves and consisting solely of a
single stem, with a dark-brown felt-like
head, so familiar in the bulrushes This
stem penetrates the earth over the cater
pillar and stands up a few inches above
the ground. The root simultaneously
grows into the body of the caterpillar,
which it exactly fills in every part, with
out altering it's form in the slightest de-
gree, but simply substituting vegetable
substance for an animal substance. AS
soon as this process is complete, both
the caterpillar and the fungus die and
become dry and hard, but without shriv-
cling at all. The thing, then, is wood
en- caterpillar, SO to speak, with wood
en- bulrush standing up from it's neck
Papier mache, perhaps, would better de-
scribe it than wood. 1t can be taken out
of the ground entire, without any diff
Guilty, and preserved for any length of
time. Where the 'aweto" is found at all
always at the foot of the "rata"-it is
often found in great numbers, so that
dozens of specimens may be obtained at
once. The Maoris eat it, in its soft state,
when it is much like marrow in consis-
tency and flavor; and, when it is dry,
they powder it and use it for fresh dye
in tattoo
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17
A WELL-BUILT FENCE.
Story That Shows That a SeIf-Respe0t-
ing Man Cannot Afford to Slight
q Task.

Said a man to a carpenter, II want
a fence built in the rear of my barn.
The place is where it won't show, and
I wish it done cheaply. You can use
any old stuff for it, and I will pay
you" and he named small sum.
"Well," replied the carpenter, II am
not very busy now and I will do it."
When the fence was done the two
went out to look at it. In surprise the
man said to the carpenter: Didn't
I tell you that / didn't want first
class fence? l agreed to pay you only
SO much for it, and l will not pay you
a cent more" II understand you per-
fectly," was the reply, "and you need
pay me only what you agreed. I
didn't put up the fence you ordered,
for never can do anything but
first-class job"
The story got out and the carpenter
VINO would mot do anything but a
first-class job on a back fence was the
man people wanted when they were
building houses. The moral of this
incident is not that underpaid jobs
done well secure jobs that will be well
paid for, though that is usually true,
but that one should never lower his
self-respect by sighting a task SIM
ply because it is not sufficiently re-
ve.-Wellspring
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17

know little lad
With his mother and his dad,
He lives within rose embowered haunt,
And this little lad at times
Z Makes the queerest little rhymes,
Singing frowningly:
SET won't. / won't, won't"
But again his eyes of blue
GMsten as he looks at you.
And he tries your empty heart with love
to fill,
AS he laughs in rosy glee,
Your surprise and joy to see.
When he merry shouts:
"I will, will, will"
But I like this rogue the best,
When the sun is in the west.
And to bed he goes, the tired little kid.
And he holds himself awake.
The glorious news to break,
AS sleepily he sings:
SCI did, / did, / did,"
MARY A Denison. In Washington Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17

DEERFIELD, IND" 1t was
called rheumatism. Icould
get no relief from the doc
tors. Ibegan to improve on
taking Doan's sample and
got two boxes at cur drug
gists, and, although 6S years
of age, I am almost q new
man. Twas troubled a good
deal with my water had to
get up four and five times q
night. That trouble is over
with and once more / can
rest the night through. My
backache is all gone, and 1
thank you ever so much for
the wonderful m G dicine,
Doan's Kidney Pills"
JNo. Fl. HuBER,
President, Ridgeville,
Indiana, State Bank.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17
FALL KIDNEY CHILLS.

limbs and dropsy signs vanish. They
correct urine with brick dust sediment,
high colored, pain in passing, dribblihs,,
frequency, bed wetting. Doan's Kidney
Pills remove calculi and gravel. Relieve
heart palpitation, sleeplessness, headache,
nervousness, dizziness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17
The secret Out.

why is it" asked the Ludlow youth.
that OF all the people who come to you
for advice, none ever appear to go away
dissatisfied 20
That's easily explained" answered
the Cumminsville Sage. When a man
comes to me for advice | find out what
kind he wants, and give it to him. Gin
cinnati Enouirer
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17

With the chilling air of fall comes an
extra tax on weak kidneys. - It's the time
Doan's Kidney Pills are needed now
recognized the world over as the chief
Kidney and Bladder remedy.
Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and
loin pains overcome Swelling of the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17
Initiating Mamma.

This is your little girl, is it," asked
the lady.
Yes replied the father, with some
pride.
How much she takes after her
mother! How old are you, dear?" con-
tinued the lady.
Tell the lady your age, Elsie said
the father.
papa!" came from the mouth of the OBJ
servant child.-Yonkers Statesman.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-17

The king of England is direct de-
scendant of King Alfred, being the
thirty-third great-grandson. Thus the
English throne has remained in the
same family for over LOCO years.
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Glaciers i'm the AIns.

glaciers in the Alps at 1,155, of which
249 had length of more than four
and three-quarter miles The French
Alps contained LA glaciers. those of
Italy rs, Switzerland All, and Austria
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King Edward is the only English
monarch who has visited st. Paul's
publicly for any purpose but that Of
Thanksgiving. Only one sovereign has
exceeded the number of visits made by
Edward VII. to the present structure,
Queen Anne paying no fewer than seven
to commemorate victories over France
and Spain.