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Arizona republican., 1904-01-31
THE CONTESTEE WON
The End of the Collins Will Contro-
 versy in Probate Court.

The Collins will contest was decided in probate court yesterday against the contestants. The principal objection to the will was that one Of the witnesses required by law WAS not such a dis interested witness as the law contem- plates One-half of the estate of George U. Collins had been becueatheG to Phoenix CommandeTy Knights Tenn plar and the witness to whom objection was made was Thomas Armstrong. Jr.. Q member of the commandery. Several precedeLts were offered in support of che contention Of each side but the pre- 9onderance Of them favored the con- testec, holding that he had, and could have no direct or present interest in the proposed benefaction. It was known that under no circumstances could he derive any financial benefit from the gift; that even if the commandery should be disbanded its property could not be divided among the members, but it would go to the higher lodge.
 That view of the case was taker by the court and the objections to the ad- mission of the will to probate were overruled.
 It is possible that the case will be ap- pealed to the district court
Arizona republican., 1904-01-31

Forecast for today-FAIR.
 Data for A hours ending D. m. yes terday:
Arizona republican., 1904-01-31
Of Local
 Interest.
THE TLAy6AR

Local daily weather report for the Arizona Republican:
Arizona republican., 1904-01-31

Music farces and living statues at the entertainment to be given by the ladies of the Baptist church. at the opera house, Friday evening, Feb. 12th.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-31

are willing to sacrifice themselves and their children to the prejudices of what people say"
 The foolish prejudice against the use Of glasses by children with defect i've eyes often results in the greatest ufering-sometimes permanent dis ability of one who might otherwise be- come a power in the world. At the first sign of trouble with your chil- drens eyes, have them carefully eE- amined. We'll cheerfully tell you fhnir rrOuhle
Arizona republican., 1904-01-31

BASKET SAlL.-The basket bali girls Of the high school will play a re- turn match with the Normal school team net Saturday.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-31

ltle OlO Slulu uuIllS llie open HOuIS this morning The wires w:;l ;hen be changed and at 4 o'clock it VII begin doing business in the new quarters. The new location win be nicely ar ranged and will be an improvement in slze, as well as other conveniences. as the business had lohg ago outgrown the old quarters.
 MoRNING BASEsALL-The Phoe- nix and Glendale base ball teams will again contest for glory at ElstlaiNe park today. The game this time will take place at 10 o'clock in the fore noon. It is for the purpose Of giving the Glendale toys a chance to show their best men whom they claimed were absent at last Sundays game. ln fact. it is the rubber. for thus far each team has game to it's credit. Both sides are confident of victory and each side in it's former winning gaufe de- feated it's opponent by large score.
 STOLEN HORSE RECOVERED Another man has been made happy by reading The Republican ard another horse has been restored tO it's owre,. The buczskin nag found on Center street by Marshal Kinney few days ego. and mentioned in these columns proved to be the property Of T. r. Mcconnell who lives at 522 East Adams street. The horse when stolen was n the legal possession of F. H. Prehan, an employe of the agricultural eXDeri- ment station. Mir. Prehan rode him -o town a couple of weeks ago and hitcled him to the rack near the court house plaza. When he went after the horae it was gone and had not been heard of till taken Up by the marshal.
 AN ILLINOIS MANS LETTERS- AIr. and Mrs. w. r. Baum. relatives of Frank Baum who lives near Phoenix recently visited this valley and as a re- suit gre sprea ading the news of thelr Impressions of Arizona's resources among their Illinois friends. through the medium of the Danvilic Daily Den- ocrat Mir. Baum is an alderman Of Dauville and is visiting the west with his wife for the benefit of her health They are now in California. Copies of two of Mir Ra-ms letters to the Dem Ccrat have been received at this office and 1t is d pleasure to announce that he is one of the touring corTespon- dents who sees things a s they are. The | letters describe briefly the resources of the country. what is e-pected Of the storage project and g short de- scription of this city. Such letters can only result in good to Arizona.
 
 Music. farces and living statues at
Arizona republican., 1904-01-31

Forecast for today: FAIR. Maximum temperature GA, minimum temperatures Average relative humidity 26 per cent. Total precipitation o. Character of the day: Clear
 M. E. BLYSTONE,
 Section Director.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-31
F OR SALE.

Fine 20-acre ranch close in; good i'm provements; water right in Maricopa canal.
 Sixty-acre alfalfa ranch with seven room house. well, wind mill, water piped to house. good shade, etc. A place to go on and make good living from the start. A snap.
 Good sO-acre alfalfa ranch within four miles of town at a bargain.
 Three fine homes on North Center street, five, ten and twenty acres of land with each place.
 Good 4O-acre alfalfa ranch with water right in Maricopa canal.
 Fine SO-acre improved ranch with water in Maricopa canal. at bargain.
 All kinds of city property for sale.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
coLoRED CLOTHES FOR MEN.
King Edwards Influences on the Dress
question.

From the London Mail.
In the opinion of a great London tailor
there is growing dissatisfaction among
well-dressed men at the sameness and
somberness of their attire.
1.-THE first step in a revolution in mems
dress has already been TAKEN" said this
authority the other day. innocent though
II may seem, the latest dress waistcoat
with it's old-fashoned aspect, has given
great many men a desire to render thelr
appearance little more artistic.
1.-THE change is coming in the direction
which offers the least line of resistance
in evening Dress for 1t requires less cour-
age to face the remarks of ones friends
at dinner than to brave the criticism OF
the streets.
I'VE are getting demand for knee
breeches, and one man has just ordered
a dress coat with crimson lining and
collar. 1t looks very smart.
"Colored coats for evening wear have
been tried by some courageous persons,
but they soon gave them up. Probably
they thought that it was better to look
like a butler than footman.
1.-THE king deserves praise for the ef-
forts he has made to render mems dress
more becoming His majesty's idea or
n sinele-breasted frock coat for summer
wear was productive of garment at
once picturesque and comfortable. Upon
every possible occasion his majesty DIS
cards, and causes the gentlemen OF his
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
Why Thinkers Live Long.

From the London Telegraph.
Thinkers as a rule live long; or, to put
the proposition into more general terms,
exercise of the mind tends to longevity
Herbert Spencer has died in his eighty
fourth year, Darwin reached his seventy
third, Sir George Stokes lis eighty-fourth
Carlyle his eighty-sxth, Tyndall was ac-
cidentally poisoned at seventy-three, but
might have lived several years longel
Huxley was seventy when he died, Glad
stone in his eighty-ninth year, Disraell
in his seventy-seventh. Newton lived TO
be eighty-fve and Lord Kelvin is still
vigorous in research in his eighteen. 10
a great extent the brain Is the center and
seat of life, what Sir William Gull called
the central battery, and its stimulation
undoubtedly strengthens the forces that
make for vitality. Healthy exercise OF
either mind or body, of course, favors
length of days, but the strivings of the
thinker and writer are seldom quite OF
the healthy order. Darwin, Carlyle ana
Spencer were victims of nearly lifelong
dyspepsia, and yet exceeded three score
and ten Pleasant exertion without pleas
ure a priori, one would not expect the
abstract thinker to live so happily as the
man of experimental research, and ex-
perience seems to confirm the expectation.
No one will question Sir James Pagers
dictum that undue fatigue is a common
cause of disease. but so also is Incidence.
What part of the human economy, men
tai or physical, is not made of activity?
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
MEN RAN WILD,
And Were Frozen While Lost in Vast
NorthwesterE Forest.

From the Toronto Mail.
A frightful story comes from Kaminis-
tique, a station twenty miles west of
Port Arthur, Ont, on the Canadian Paci-
fic railroad. Four Englishmen arrived
there Thursday and started to walk to
the camp of Kelly and Close, some twelve
miles distant, where they were to get en-
ployment. Two of the men, for some rea-
son, returned and took the train to Fort
Williams; the other two had dinner at
Charles Greers camp some four miles en-
route to Kelly and Closes. They left
there on their way but never reached
their destination.
Sunday some men In the employ or
Charles Greer. while teaming between the
camp and Kaministique, saw two men IN
the bush. They were without shoes and
apparently demented. Their clothing was
torn and when discovered they yelled
like Indians and made off in the WOODS
The police at Fort William were tele-
graphed for, and went out, but returned
without doing anything to locate them,
and they were left running wild In the
woods without clothing in zero weather
Searching parties from the camps were
dispatched and one of the men was found
badly frozen. but still alive. Though in
LefT1Dle cOnultlOn, anu HIS ciotiliis heoi
ly gone, he was brought to Fort William
and taken to the hospital where 1t was
ascertained that his name was Burns But
slight hopes are entertained for his re-
covery. The other man was found yes
terday afternoon in the wood, dead. They
had apparently lost their way ana
through cold and hunger their minds be-
came unbalanced, though when found
they were within a few miles of civil
ization. The dead man has not yet been
Identified
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24

all day long; but that is their limit.
Working eight hours a day. then, an ex
pert counter of coins will count $1,000 sill
yer dollars in a day, but how long will
it take him at that rate to count a mil
lion dollars? Thirty-one days. Think Of
man counting silver dollars, hour after
hour, day after day, as fast as he can
count them, and yet finding at the end
of thirty-one working days he has only
counted one million. But, that is only the
beginning of the measurement of great
figures, for if this same man were to go
on counting silver dollars at the same
rate of speed for ten years he would find
that he had only counted one hundred
million of them and that to count bill
lion dollars would require 102 years of
steady work at the rate of eight hours
per day during every working day OF
every one of the 102 years. So, when |
began to talk to you of billions of dol
lars in the measurement of our commerce
or that of the world, please remember
that a billion is a thousand times as much
as a million, and that even that expert
who can count million in thirty-one
days must take full century to count a
billion And, when you realize all this, [
think you will agree with me that the
figures which measure our commercial
progress are not merely wonderful, they
are appalling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
A "Bushv vagabond..
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
A strange human document has just
passed away in an Australian hospital.
His pen name was "Scotty, the Wrinkler, >
and his real one Philip Henry Mitchell
Mowbray. He was in early manhood an
officer of the Royal artillery. In Australia
he became a professional swagman, Sun
downer." or tramp one Of the vagabonds
who spend their lives wandering about
from one squatter's station to another.
and pick up a precarous livelihood by
doing odd jobs. "Scotty' had studied this
nomadic population very closely and con-
tributed many realistic stories and sketch
es of their adventures and habits to the
Sydney Bulletin. He might have earned
handsome income with his pen II he
could have settled down to regular work,
but he could not shake off the rowing
disposition. Many young fellows who for
one reason or another-generally drink
lose caste in the old country, rise and
recover themselves in Australia and de-
, velop into successful colonists. Others
sink into the army of irreclaimable bush
vagabonds.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
Sacred City Lhassa.

From the London Telegraph.
Very little of the world remains IN
known Tibet will soon be as well known
as China, the sacred city of Lhassa as
little of mystery as Picking. A Russian
traveller M. Tsybkoff has communicated
to the Geographical Society of st. Peters
burg a pretty full account of Lhassa,
where he STAYED for over twelve months
being an oriental scholar and professediy
a Lamaite by religion. He found the land
far less populous than Is commonly sup
posed, and most ntolerable proportion
of its people monks. Lhassa, he reports,
has no more than 10000 inhabitants, and
two-thirds of these are women. M. Tsy-
bikoff made great number of observa-
lions on the climate of Tibet, and has
brought away several Tibetan books on
philosophy. medicine, ASTRONOMY and his
tory. besides collections of prayers and
lamentations, written by renowned lamas.
The latter departments are much more
In the way of Tibetans than philosophy
and science.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
A Strange Old Medal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Attached to a very ancient human skele-
ton found in one of the old mines in the
Wichita mountains was strangely
carved medal. It is four or five inches IN
diameter On one side is a raised figure
representing two hands elasped; on one
cuff is the American eagle; on the other
are three bars extending lengthwise OF
the cuff Above the hands are pipe ana
tomahawk crossed. On this side OF the
medal are the words: peace and Friend
ship" On the other side Is Dust OF
President Jefferson, with the inscription
"Thomas Jefferson. President OF the Uni
ted States. A. D. 1901" A silver ring is
fastened to post on the top of the
medal
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
The Blind Mans Whistle.

From Golden Penny.
In JAPAN the blind carry a peculiar kind
of whistle, which they blow as they pass
through the streets, and people VINO near
it separate and leave the pathway clear
for them. There are great many blind
persons in Japan, and if they were TO
employ sons in Japan, and if they were
to employ the makeshift of child or
dog to lead them there would be num-
erous complications in the narrow streets.
When heard in the dead of night the
blind whistle" has an especially palmetto
and mounrful sound
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
Bank of England Notes.
the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
The first forger of a Bank of England
note. who was tried and executed in 175S.
must have tried his hand at a twenty
pound one, for none other was issued from
the date of the banks foundation, in
1894. until 1859, when ten-pound notes
were issued for the first time. In 1893 five
pound notes were first issued, and from
1897 onward notes to the value Of one
and two pounds were issued. In 1929 all
notes below the value of five pounds were
withdrawn by law. The smaller notes
would never have been allowed to become
current but for the crisis in 1897, caused
by the landing of some French troops in
Wales An invasion was instantly feared,
and the consequent run upon the bank
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
Partisan French.

From Harpers Bazaar
The sound of the French language pos
sesses variations almost esoteric in the
hidden nature of their being and-ac-
cording to the Parisian-these are ever
lasting beyond the possibility of imita-
ton by the American. Pol Plancon said
once to an American who has lived ten
years in Paris and speaks French to per-
fection--in the American colony: Your
French causes me unspeakable agony.
The matter of fact is no American can
ever learn to speak French. 1t is neither
In your soul nor in your vocal organs.
Penelope the ten-year-old daughter of
the American, born in Paris and living
there uninterruptedly all her life) Pene-
lope is just barely tolerable in French.
There is something in the United States
so antagonstic to the utterance of per-
feet French, that after | am over there
six months I come back to Paris with my
language marred, and 1 made 1t point
to get back as soon as I can, in order not
to suffer permanent loss of utterance.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24

made it necessary to suspend cash pay
ments except for sums under one pound
course that was legalized by parlia-
ment in the restriction act. Cash pay
mems were partially renewed in 1871 and
all restrictions were finally removed in
1921. 1t is curious that foreign custom
of handling money in small notes should
have been initiated by the threat of a
French invasion.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
Century to Count a Billion.

O. P. Austin. Before Rochester Chamber
of Commerce
We all know how rapidly an expert
counter of coins will manipulate them.
You can scarcely follow the motion of his
fingers as he shifts the shining coins
from one pile to another and counts them.
The treasury expert will count 1000 sill
yer dollars in an hour, and keep it up
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
Low.


From Puck
do you find him little lower than
the angels?"
shadow swept over the fine face of
the woman of property.
IT don't know / never priced angels
she replied, after a moments thought
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
STRAY CURIOSITIES.


, court to discard, ordinary evening dress
for more attractive uniforms.
ITO the influence of the king may be
largely aseribed the desire of many men
to become more artsticaly clothed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24

dining and reception rooms. and, in the
majority of clubs, the same smoking
room.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-12
CONTEST NorIcE.
Dclartment 8 the.llferlOr,
Cnlted States Land Office,

Bismarck, MI d. Sept. &c. 1904.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been fred
Ia this office by Elizabeth Knudts0n. contestant
alifnst homestead. entry No. lsss40. made
July l9. 1902 for mex section 10, township l4s,
range 80. byJac0bN Mathews, cOntcstee. in which
1t Is allegedtllat said claimant has wholly aian-
dOnett said tract; that he has changed mis- resi-
dence therefrOm for more than six months since
making said entry: that said tract is not settled
!!lppn and cultivated by said party rs required
t 6y la xi. snd th n 5s sai G, ae "a sm NOV sxisf y :, and
army or navy in time ofwar; said parties are
hereby nOtiftedt to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching saia allegation ut 10 o'clock
q. III. ON Nov. q, 1904, before james T. McCul-
locl, U.S Commissioner Washburn. Nd. and
that final hearing WILDE held ilt,2 O'cl0ck.p. n.
before the Register and Feceivera ut the United
States land Office in Bismarck. N. ID.
The said contestant, havilgin a proper affi-
dewitt filed Sept, 70, 1901. set forth facts which
show that after die diligence personal service
Of this notice cannot be made It Is hereby Or
dered and directed that such notice be given by
dteaiid proper publication.
,l.l John Satterlnnd. Receiver.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-12
The ArehIa.A,I,. s..ee.tion.

The late Archbishop Corrigan was
one Of the gentlest Of men, but when It
was necessary to reprove any one I'm.
der his charge, whether priest or lay
man, he never lesitated to do 80. AT
one time there was a vacancy In the
rectorship of one Of the large churches
in New York city, and several clergy.
men were talked abGlt for the posi-.
ton. Two prominent women who were
members Of the church called upon the
archbishop aud urged the selection OF
one of their clerical friends. AZ they
were leaving one woman turned to the
other and sid impressivelY:
"When you get hems pray that the
Holy Ghost may give the archbishop
the grace to appoint the right man."
Like a fash the archbishop turned
around and said in 10y tones:
"Whlie you are at 1t ask the Holy
Ghost to give women the grace to at
tend to their own business. "-Harper's
Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-12
Lows.

Lord Byron, brilliant, beautiful and
'unscrupulous as his own Don Juan,
left behind him the maxim that there
was but one real form of happiness in
n man and woman so
;adored each other that they could con-
'eeive of no happiness out Of each 9th
'er's sight, and this fo: their whole
dives. Grant that this is to demand Il
great deal, yet it is true that all the in
duences Of long life combine to idcnti-
II two who dwell together. Their very
faces often grow Iuore alike. and how
frequently the death Of une is followed
speedily, without sufficient visible rea-
son, by that of the other also.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-11-12
II
It Has WithatOOd vicissitudes OF
Over Twenty Centuries.

Over Twenty Centuries.
The Pantheon is the most interesting
Of all the interesting places of Rome.
1t was used for. its present purpose as
q place of religious worship before the
Its huge doors have opened to admit
the great ones of the earth, from .Au-
gustus Caesar to Napoleon, an asser-
ton that will scarcely be disputed.
1t stands in the very heart of old
Rome, and the vicissitudes which have
befallen the Eternal City during the
1900 years Of its existence have left
1t practically unchanged. The gilded
bronze that lined it's roof has been car
r1ed off to decorate" st. Peters. where.
In the form Of clouds and Cupids. cords
and curtains. it fills the beholder with
%displeased alnazement.
Its tiles Of bronze and gold were re-
moved to Constantinoplc 1900 years
ago, and the statues which adorned it
have long since persisted. But the
mighty walls yet stand, firm as ever,
sweeping up to the majestic dome, the
largest, though not the highest, in the
world.
One hundred feet across, a hundred
feet high and perfectly circular, no
architect could design q building more
perfect in it's proportions, more harmo-
NOUS as a whole. 1t is lighted solely
by an aperture in the dome, a circle
thirty feet across Standing on it's mar
BILE floor n looks up to the greatest
dome man cver raised and through
that to the blue dome which bends
| above it, sending summer sun or win
ter rain through those bare yards Of
space.
The effect is so impressive, so entire
~ unmatched and unrivaled, that the
| dullest of hearts and most untaught Of
minds must perforce acknowledge its
Influence. 4 man may think st. Pc
ter's disappointing" may condemn
the Coliseum as barbaric or decide
that he does not care for the cata-
combs, but every man who has viewed
1t has been impressed, even to the
pitch of respectful silence, by the Pan.
thean.
The huge leaves of the bronze door
repolve on their mighty hinges as they
have done since the days OF the Gaze
ssxs, and so perfectly balanced are
they that a woman's wrist cam unclose
lhem. Through those doors they car
HIed Julia, Caesars daughter, with all
THE pomp Of her imperial power about
her. And after the lapse of twenty
i>eenturies King Humbert was brought
j;across the selfsame threshold to sleep
llhis last sleep In the ancient place.
&Chicago journal.