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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30
He Waan't UDear.v

Madam! Won't you take this seat?'
inquired a little wrinkled man of a
large woman who had just entered
a crowded street car on Indiana ave
nue.. He arose from his seat and tip
ped his hat in humble sort of fashion.
The woman seated herself.
Come here, dear, and sit on my
lap" she wheezed in a thin voice.
"Why, ah-ah-I-I-" The little
man was embarrassed. His face red
dened and he bowed and stammered.
The woman leaned over and repeated
what she had said The little man
turned and retreated to the platform.
AS he turned about a dog about a.
big as medium sized rat rushed III
to the amazon and leaped into her lap
There, that's a dear" she said, but
the man never knew.-Chicago Inter
| Ocean.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30

the Knyaz Potemkin and the Tria
Zviatitelia, are very speedy ships for
their class, both being able to do seven
teen knots an hour.
In addition to the fleet mentioned,
two powerful 13OOO-ton battleships--
the Ziatoust and the Erstati-which
are to have an eighteen-knot speed, are
being built, and two protected cruisers,
new type for the Black Sea. of 6,6t5
tons, with twenty three-knot speed,
are also being built. These are to be
named the Kagul and the OtchakOw,
and are part of the new Russian naval
program, which provides for five l6,
5OO-ton battleships, the largest in the
world-the largest English battleships
being 1880 tons each, and the Con-
necticut class for the United States but
10000 tons. the nearest approach to
which class are six French ships Of
1862 tons each.
One advantage the Russian Black
Sea fleet possesses over those of other
powers is the ability of some of the
ships to burn oil. The Caspian oil
fields are not so distant that petroleum
may not be economically transported
to the borders of the sea. and, as
against coa. the fuel is cheap and
economically carried. Unfortunately
an oil tank is not protection to the
boilers when the ship is in action; but
when an 1S-inch armor belt girds this
ship the likelihood of Il prOjectile find
ing its way to the vitals is rather re
mote. Yet owing to Il desire for high
angle fire, the Russian designers have
made ships that are considered dan
gerously high out of the water. The
look terrible and impressive, but. I'm
luckily, they are the best of targets.
Notwithstanding the reported at
tempts to have this large fleet released
there are reasons to believe that at tn
present time Russia feels much safe
having it where it is, for it is no secre
that the ships were built with tn
single idea of Furnishing the "SicS Ma
) of Europe" sooner or later.-Philade
: phia Ledger.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30
RUSSIA'S
HELPLESS FLEET
600

@ULLY one-third of the Russian
- navy is imprisoned by treaty in
the Black Sea. Excepting for
\ four destroyers which were built
on the Baltic, and were permitted by
the Porte to steam to Sebastopol after
their armament had been removed, and
the merchant vessels which are in the
auxiliary and volunteer fleets, none Of
the ships has ever passed through the
Dardanelles. The entire Black Sea
fleet, including all classes of ships,
numbers 1913 vessels, and includes
battleships, 9 cruisers, II gun vessels,
auxiliary cruisers, 16 volunteer
steamships. 10 destroyers, 20 first-class
and GO second-class torpedo boats. The
tonnage represented by the vessels is
considerably more than than half of
the entire Japanese navy, yet, owing
to the numerous treaties and conven-
tons which have closed the Darda-
nelles to all foreign lighting ships, the
Black Sea fleet remains inert.
Since the time when it became evil
dent that hostilities in the far East
were inevitable several diplomatic at
tempts to have this powerful fleet re-
leased from its Imprisonment were re-
ported to have been made by Russia
Some of the fleet. it must be admitted
would be unable to make the long voy
age to the far East, and perhaps woul6
be of little effect if they did. On the
other hand, the formidable battleshiI
squadron, while not of the latest type
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30
The Tomato.
Ocean.

The tomato has a curious history.
After the revolution of SantO Dom
lingo many French families came from
there to Philadelphia, where they in
troduced their favorite ''pomme
d'amour." Although introduced from
South America as early as 1896 into
England. it was looked upon with sus-
picion and its specific name, lycopersi-
cum. derived from lykOs wolf and
persikon "a peach, referring to the
beautiful but deceptive appearance of
its fruit, intimates pretty closely the
kind of estimation in which it was
held. 1t is now, however, almost uni
versally used.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30


of boiling caldron of political scan
dial. He becomes more and more con-
vinced daily that he made a mistake
when he gave up the life of private
gentleman for that of monarch of such
a state as Servia, where he enjoys
few of the privileges and dignities Of
kingship, where he regns without
governing, and where his life is so I'M
safe that the insurance companies ask
an absolute prohibitive premium for
policy upon it.
He is systematically snubbed by
most of the other rulers of Europe,
and by none so markedly as by Great
Britain, which has absolutely refused
to have any diplomatic relations with
Servia since the brutal tragedies.
The other day King Peter sent con-
gratulations on King Edwards birth
day to the British charge d'affaires at
Belgrade, who declined to receive
them.
He receives by every post variety
of disturbing predictions as to what is
likely to happen to him, and therefore
deems it wisest to have a fire escape
attached to his bedroom window, and
several guards, who, however, he can
not trust about his person.
Personally, King Peter is an admir-
able man and has all the qualities of
good king. But his people are tur-
bulent and hard to govern.
He is now So years old and is a fine
} soldier, having received his education
D at the French military school of St
e Cyr. He served in the Franco-Prussian
To- war with the French Foreign Legion
d which was noted in that struggle fol
+ it's hard fighting and daredevil tao
: tics He married a Montenegrin prin
l. cess, now dead, and has three children
e George and Alexander, aged 16 anC
IS 10 respectively, and Helene, aged 10
d who is one of the most beautiful girl
i in all Europe. The boys are studying
i. at Russian military school and ar
great favorites with the Gar,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30

is, on the whole, heavily armored, ana
carries batteries of effective size. The
destroyers are of the most modern
type. and from the tirst-class torpedo
boats a strong fiotilla could be formed.
1t is almost impossible to entirely
divorce any consideration of the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet and the history OF
the Dardanelles, for the fleet has been
organized and built especially to meet
the conditions Originally it was con-
ceiyed with the idea of commanding
the shores of that immense inland
sea. and to be able. if the necessity
should arise, to assist any operation
against Turkey.
A Vast Inland Sea.
The Black Sea is a very large body
of inland water. Some idea of its size
may best be given by calling to mind
that its area is about that of the Mid
die States and Mississippi combined.
In figures it may be expressed as 1885,
III square miles. Its only outlet is
through the Bosphorus, the Sea of
Normora and the Dardanelles into the
Aegean sea, All dIul Vi NhS nhNN
ranean. The Bosphorus and the Oar
danelles are two narrow straits, and
consequently, easily fortified, although
# may be asserted that the Turkish
forts are not Gibraltars. by any means
At its greatest width the Bosphoru'
is not over two and quarter miles
and its tortuous course is nineteei
miles long. The Dardanelles is wind
ing body of water, forty-fiVe mile
long. and averaging two miles Il
width The latter is at one point onl.
500 yards wide, and here, on III
Asiatic side, are the fortresses O
Chanak-Kale and Kum-Kali, and o
the European side Sed-il-Bahr an
Kalid-Bahr. The latter is general
spoken of as 1.-The Key of the Sea-" {
.'The Castle of Europe" All four fort
have some modern ordnance, I'll
Asiatic being commanded by q
Krupp cannon, yet there remain SON
ancient brass cannon of immense sil
which are capable of hurting stonesh'
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30
Black Sea Squadron
Made ineffective by
the Treaties Which
Close theDardaneIIes

of from 20 to 30 inches in diameter,
which are not nearly so terrible as
their appearance would suggest.
The forty-fve miles of the Dardan-
Giles. whose shores, although not such
Il panorama of beauty as those of the
BosphOrus, are still full of fine pictur-
esqueness, are bordered by rugged
mountains, rising one behind the other.
brown and barren on the European
side, and by low, wooded hills on the
Asiatic. Important towns dot the way.
Among them, at the entrance to the
Sea of Marmora, are Gallipoli, on the
European side, called the key to
Constantinople;" Ak-bashi Liman, the
ancient port of Sestos; Abydos, just
ming, and, later, of Lord Byron's. Be
low this lies Chanak-Kalessi, some
times called Dardanelles.
AS the Dardanelles, the Sea of Mar
mora and the Bosphurus are all with
in the Ottoman Empire the Turkish
Government has always contended
that no foreign warship should be al
lowed at any time to pass through
Owing to the same international cal
ousies which have prolonged the life
of the Sick Man of Europe, the Porte
has been able to have it's position
strengthened by treaties and by a con
vention of the European powers. Th'
various treaties, ETC., referring to TIL
closing of the straits to foreign ship
Of war may be summarized as follows
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30
AMONG TITANIC BUTTES.
Attractions Found in Utah "va11ey
of Wonders"


of Wonders"
Words fail to express the sensations
inspired in these excessive heights of
naked rock. The river constantly
forms an appropriate foreground, and
at length as we near the upper end of
this particular division one of the most
complete pictures of the whole valley
unfolds before us. In the foreground
are the chaotic masses of red rock
through which the river tears its way;
green cottonwoods and bushes then in
ject their note, leading on to huge YER
million pyramid, whose precipices
cleave the sky in the midday sun like
battle ak, behind and above it rising
the still, white rocks Of yet greater
pyramids A little farther on the road
leads out into bottomlands again, where
another phase of the valley begins
Four phases are noted between the en-
trance and the upper chasm; the open
phase as far as the beginning Of the
ravine, then the ravine. then the am
phitheater phase, extending to the clifi
of the Wire. and finally the last mar.
rowing phase from the Wire to the
chaSm.
Coming out of the head Of the ravine
as upon the floor of another story, the
magnificent series of pyramids on the
left disclose their full majesty; the lit
tie river no longer frets amidst bowl
ders, but glides with a concentrated
intensity. To the west opens deep
alcove, aiding to form here huge am
phitheater. There are thick groves OF
cotton-woods in the wide, level bot
toms; on the slopes Of talus, cacti
bloom georgeously; there also are man
zanita with its rich red stem and wax.
en- leaf, sage bush, and many other
plants, cedars, pinons. The blue sky
above again touches the right chord In
the symphony. Up and down, easi
and west, extends the labyrinthiar
array of giant rock-fOrms so magniti
> Gently sculptured, so ravishly tinted
, Again we are impressed with marvel
, GUS beauty of outline, as well as thu
infinite complication, of these Titanic
Duties. 1t is doubtful if in this re
4 ,pect the valley has anywhere it
o equal. Not even the best part of tn
f Grand canyon offers a more varies
q spectacle. There is an isolation o
: each temple here that is rare, Yet al
T. are welded together in a superb ensem
ble-Scribner's.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30
W. sswSCienCe
Ak I ,gS2Js ANp
= : s;e1e.IE41VentiOn

Useful records of the joltings of
different railway cars have been OBJ
tained by f. Omori, the Japanese
earthquake student, by means of the
seismograph, or earthquake recorder.
When the transformation of cities
by electric power and light is COM
pleted we may expect the air to be
practically as pure as that Of the
country. 1t is estimated that the car
bonic acid exhaled yearly by the peo-
pie of New York City is about 100000
tons. but that this is less than three
per cent of that from fuel combustion
The Russian government is consid-
ering a scheme to connect Riga, on the
Baltic Sea, with Cherson, on the Black
Sea, by means of a deep draft canal
following the rivers of Dwina and
Dnieper. Although there is to be
paved tow-path ON one side, the canal,
as planned, will run for more than
1000 miles in the bed of the Dnieper,
where the river is several times wider
than the full width of the canal, which
is to be 266 feet. The line of the canal
amidst the river-water will be indi-
Gated by elevated signals.
Kansas dental instructor points
out that the teeth, the most indestruc-
tible of all animal tissues, have been
strangely neglected as means OF
identifying decomposed bodies. They
have many peculiarities, and dentists
, could easily keep records showing the
e;v width nf fhn arch the size
shape and color of the teeth; missing
or altered teeth; kind of filings anc
location; gold crowns, bridges or arti
fetal plates and other features. Sucf
records would be of special value t.
> insurance companies, often savin;
= tedious and expensive litigation.
I The visibility of eighty-fve canals
\ on Mars is traced by Percival Lowell
for different periods from 3To draw
4 ings. The canals are supposed to reI
resent vegetation, and they seem
y follow the water, which is believed
4 he almost entirely locked up in tn
= polar showcaps in winter and to be n
q leased by the melting of the snow an
u ice at the summer solstice. The waite
& after its release seems to have r
b markably steady flow toward the equ
e tor of fifty-three miles per day. I'll
4 spherical form of the planet indicate
& condition of fluid equilibrium, al
a this in itself is held to be strong ey
q dence that the water channels are arr
s fetal.
= OF the strange and rare animals no
y inhabiting the earth the thylacines
N Tasmania, commonly known as Il
H Tasmanian wolf, are among the mo
b singular in appearance and habit
b They have been almost exterminat
d by the Tasmanan sheep farmer
3 whose folds they ravage. They a
n represented in Regents Park, Lo
u don, by single living specimen. I
n thylacine looks like a cross betwe
h wolf and a hyena, but it has tig
Cd like stripes on its back and hind gu;
Ri tiers, and belongs to the marsupia
n like the kangaroo. But whereas
"a kangaroo feeds on vegetables.
a thylacine is carnivorous. When Eu
81 peans first settled in Tasmania thy
n cines were very common in the roc
. and mountainous districts, and til
ria are not now found in any other part
for the world.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30

georgevitch, t b a Il
to any other SOW
ereign in Europe.
not even excepting
the Sultan. Since
the day of his ar
rival in Belgrade
to mount to the
throne of the MUIR
dered Alexander,
he has been beset
by intrigue, sur
rounded by spies,
ond tha worry center
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30
Loud and Discordant.

"Gracious! Look at the glaring pink.
green and blue band he's got around
his straw hat"
Eyes. that's English, very English,
you know"
HUH It's more like German
band" -Philadelph Ledger
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30
Hold Males Superior.

The Munich school board has or
dered that all female school teachers
must salute their male superiors first
wherever they meet them.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30
HIS LOT AN INEVITABLE ONE

King Peter Snubbed by Royalty and
in Danger of His Life.
Uneasy lies the head that wears
crown" is more particularly applicable
to the new ruler of Servia, Peter Kara
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-07-30

Don't take chances of proposing to
a girl ON Friday: she might not refuse
you
Arizona republican., 1904-11-03
RAILROAD LITIGATION
Trial of the P. Q E. and A. E. Case in
 Florence Today.

There will be a notable gathering oT railroad men at Florence today the occasion being the final hearing of |. suit by Judge Fletcher NJ. Doan, the parties to the litigation being the Phoenix & Eastern Railroad company and the Arizona Eastern Railroad company.
 Yesterday morning. MT. Epes Ran dolph, president of the Arizona East ern and associated companies, arrived here from the south. He was accom- panied by his attorney, E. $. Ives, and d number of gentlemen who will iap- pear as witnesses on that side of the controversy. Among them were W. W. Carney rigbt-of-way agent e the company; Locating Engineers C. c. Small and s. L. Wakulewicz, with Rex Walters and 4. c. Patton, assistants to the latter, and who were formerly with the company in the capacity of engi- Eeers. They were joined here by R. F. Coleman, of Prescott, a contractor, the entire party leaving for Florence yes terday in MT. Randolph's private car. General Superintendent W. A. Drake, of the Phoenix & Eastern and associ- ated lines; J. IT. Emmert, assistant to the president: MT. Wallace Fairbank, | secretary, and MT. C. A. Randall, right-of-way agent for the Phoenix & 1 Eastern, were also here yesterday. Ac- con1panying them were AIessrs. T. '. | Norton and U. S. C1otfelter, attorneys for. the Santa F'e interests. These gen | tIemen, with L. T. Chalmers, assistant tattorney for the Railroad. will leave for | Florence on, this mornings early train. | together with President Murphy, who
 arrived from Prescott last night on q
 special train.
 i The; suit involves the right-of-way
 across public land for distance of
 about eighteen miles between Kelvin
 and .Dudleyyille, that has been in dis l pute between the two companies named. and in the course of litigation respecting which various injunctions have been issued. some dissolved and i others again issued. At this time all
 of the territory in dispute is protected by injunctions in favor of the Phoenix
 G Eastern Railroad company, and this
 hearing is on the merits oI the case. IT
 view o5 the many witnesses and the
 complex details Of the case, it is likely
 the trial will extend over two CT three
 days.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-03

Haggard-Deed; sw 1-4 section 25. 2, @.
 Y. A. Sanders ct al to T. J. Levy Deed; lots I. ?, 2. 4. block IS, all block f9. Neahr's addition.
 J. 4. Hill and wife to E. c. Pecza-- Deed; lots 19. fl, 15. block 39. and lo.s 21. %. 28. block 4G. AIontgom- erys addition.
 Ava H. Wormeu eEtate-AppoinI- ment, administrator.
 Mary Ames to J. s. Carraker-Deed; lot 19. block F. University addition.
 M E. Collins ct al 10 D. F. Moor Deed; part 1-2 ne 1-4 section II, n. 9 Q.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-03

There is more Catarrh in this section of me country than all other diseases mt supposed to be incurable. For a s,resf Iisdysy IIiiany years S doctors pronounced it a local uisgase ana prescribed local remedfes and by constantly falling to ci1re viifb SC. gal treatment, pronounced it incurabIe science has proven catarrh to be a con constitutional treatment. Halls CataIrh cure ,mia9ufactured by. F. J. Cheney < tional cure on the market ft is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to n. teaspoonfUl It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes- Address: F. J. CHENEY & co.
 Toledo. Ohio.
 Take Halls Family Pills for Constipa-
Arizona republican., 1904-11-03
RECoRpER,s OFEIcE.

J. C. Reed and wife to M. c. sa- badra-Deed; lot 5, block 9. Collins addition, WickenJUrg.
 H. Brown, Reg. r. $. land office to J. ". Ambrose-Deed; sw. 1-4 sec ton 26, 1 n. e.
 w. C. whitcomb and wife to W. "
Arizona republican., 1904-11-03
TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS

The following transcripts of the rec Ords of the offices of the district clerk the probate court and the county re- corder are furnished by the Arizona Abstract and Title company.
 The records for yesterday were.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08

the boys to pick out the earliest, big
gest and most perfect ears from the
fields, save them and plant from them
the best and most perfect kernels. The
result, aided by scientific methods OF
culture, was that the boys raised more
corn on their little patches than any
body had ever dreamed of.
Iowa Knows Good Thing"
Prof Holden worked on his system
until it was perfected. His fame
spread, and the Funk brothers, who
own a 25,000-acre farm In Illinois, Of
fered him a big salary to run it. He
planted 10000 acres of corn year for
them, and added to their yield more
than 100000 bushels the first year.
The state of Iowa thought he was a
good thing and engaged him to occupy
the chair of agronomy in the Iowa
Agricultural college. in Ames. The
chair was created especially for him.
Prof. Holden made the farmers be-
lieve after time, that he knew more
about corn-raising than they did. He
travelled all over the state in special
tTdlnS liSt anu Ninttit iiuhih
tail end" speeches and getting better
crowds than any vice-presidential can
didate saw later in the season. He
told the farmers how to select their
seed corn, how to plant and cultivate
1t, and on what sort of ground to plant
different varieties.
Iowa had not been raising good corn
crops for several years. The farmers
were discouraged. and Iowa was in
danger OF losing her place as the first
corn state, and the realization OF this
fact led to the engagement OF Prof.
Holden in the agricultural college.
Prof Holden invites farmers to go
to Ames in the winter and attend his
school of seed corn selection and
termination. They go by hundreds,
and each returns an apostle OF the i'm
provement idea. The professor goes
"tail-ending'' through the state early
In the spring. This year he travelled
several thousand miles, the railroads
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1904-12-08
A Bad Place for Poets.

An English tourist was lamenting
the late Herbert Spencer's aversion to
poetry. says the Baltimore Evening
Herald.
"Mr Spencer" he said, "called po-
etry sentimental caterwauling. Some
of 1t, to be sure. he excepted from this
class. There we're parts of Shake
speare that he liked. and he liked
Longfellow. But the average poem
was caterwauling to him, and the av.
erage poet was a caterwauler.
zone day | called on Mr.. Spencer.
and during my call | read to him po-
EN- by w. b. Yeats. The beauty and
the dim splenior OF this poem I'M
pressed even the scientist.
"'That, I'll admit. is not caterwaul
ing he said.
"Then, with dry smile. he took Q
newspaper clipping from his pocket.
"1 have been saving this he said,
to show to you. 1t is from an Amert
can newspaper, paper published In
the town of Manufacturing. / think ]
shall remove to Manufacturing. The
people set right valuation on poetry
there
81 read the clipping. 1t said:
"'Original poetry Is published on
the same terms as advertisements