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Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
MOTHER SQUIRRELS LESSON.

Many pairs of envious eyes belonging
 to the improvident companions of Mo
 ther Squirrel watched her Saturday as
 she dug from the ground in Central
 park the food she had stored away q
 year ago. Like thousands of other
 squirrels in the park. she took care dur ing the peanut distributing season to save provisions for unexpected emer- gencies.
 When keepers carrying bags of pea nuts distributed them last winter she placed a portion of the nuts in her home in q little house in the top Of a
 tall tree. Several little squirrels that arrived a short time ago consumed the greater part of the stores she had placed in the house.
 Park visitors came to her rescue re- gently when she had no provisions left except those that she had buried in the ground. Apparently she hesitated to dig the buried peanuts out of the
 ground until she was sure that other food could be obtained.
 Mother Squirrel followed her usual tpl7n when spring visitors threw busheI after bushel of peanuts on the ground. Instead of eating all of the nuts she
 took the stores of last year out of the
 ground to give her young and buried the greater part of the new distribu-
 ton.
 So confident is John W. Smith. di- rector of the menag gerie in Central park, of. the ability of the little animals n prcviGe for themselves that it is only ! in the winter time that he aids them to obtain food. After every snowfall keepers bearing bags of peanuts walk , through the park from the Plaza to the Harlem Mere throwing nuts to the squirrels
 Policemen of the Sheepfold station in the park. at Eighth avenue and Sixty
 sixth street, have established a fund to provide food for the squirrels both during the winter and summer. The little animals who make their homes under the caves of the station are bet ter cared for than their companions. ] A year before the latter were provided with houses in the tree tops by the park department the squirrels who scamper- ed about the hall ground sought refuge
 near the police station-New York | Herald.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
A PREMIUM ON HONOR.

New that the adoption of the honor system is being discussed at all the colleges where strict surveillance over examinations has been the rule, it is interesting to students in those insti- tutions to know how the system works where none other ever was known.
 Most southern colleges have no spy ing on the students said a North Carolina university professor who was in town the other day. With us, for instance, acy such thing as watching by professor or instructor would be resented by the students. When I give an examination to a. class I distribute the printed questions among the ten. twenty or fifty young men in the sec tion. Then I may sit at mydesk during the three hours allowed for the examin- ation, or, if l wish. I may leave the room and remain away nearly the en- tire period.
 T know perfectly well that nobody is going to cheat. or that anybody who does so will meet With speedy justice. If g student is discovered at it--and it is Impossible for him to cheat without his companions seeing hin--he is dealt with by the class or by his literary so ciety, or even by his Greek letter fra ternity. His former friends never pro tect him. He is hauled before the first college body that has its attention called to the crime. He gets a trial. If found guilty he is expelled at once from the organization. His deed is considered unpardonable. Than he leaves college by the next train, for he knows that the faculty will back up his comrades action if he attempts to remain.
 i've known about four cases of cheating in the last five years, and we have between 600 and TOO students en- rolled every session. The spying sys- teIns of some of the northern colleges are O continual source of wonder with our boys. And this is not because there is any difference between the sort of students north and south. It happens that we got next to the right scheme first-that's all. Once you adopt it up here, you'll find that your students will adhere to the jules just as rigidly as ours, and will be equally earnest in their wish to get rid of all &yho are unworthy of being trusted
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
WOMEN AS SALOON PATRONS.

The plea that, as many respectable women patronize the saloons, it would be very unkind to deny them the op- portunity of taking such refreshments, is somewhat spacious, and it will na- turally be said, in return, that women who do so must lay aside their claim of responsibility. Because it is the habit of society to take cocktails and cham pagne in nOwise alters the assumption that the wife of a working man is a better wife and mother without beer or whiskey. Society women take too much stimulant-not you, madame, of .course!-and in time the honest me- chanics wife takes to much, also, for life is hard and food is dear, and what is good for the husband is surely good for his wife. In no time somebody gets crazy drunk, not you. nor the cat, and not at once, but after a while,
 when the taste which has been ac- quired cannot be ailayed by one drink. Moderation in this wild age is out of the question. It is impossible to be moderate or temperate for some .peo- pie, and the generation that is coming will find it yet more difficult. The
 children of tomorrow will have the in- heritance of poison in their veins.-- Boston Herald.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
THE HINDoo IDEA OF WIT.

An English lady reformer of uncer- tain age who came here to deliver lecture told the audience that she would be happy to answer any ques- ton, upon which a fat baboo came to tke front with How old are yCu?" "Oh, no," she replied; II don't mean questions of that sort; only ones con nected with the subject of the lecture" " Are you forty" continued the ba- boo, nowise abashed. No, won't answer such a question" was the re- ply. Are you fifty?" continued the tormentOr. "Oh, no; I told you I won t answer such questions" Are you sixty?' "Oh, no, no, no, no; I'm not sixty" the lady responded precipi- tately.
 A shikarri out partridge shooting was seen in fits of laughter. skipping his thighs in the ecstasy of his glee On inquiring the cause Of his hilarity. he said. Hush, Sahib! That collie" :" indicating one O. the beaters, has just been bitten by a green snake, but he thinks it is only a thorn. Don't tell him, or he'll be frightened and stop beating
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
ROYAL ECONOMY.

An incident that occurred recently. illustrates the frugality of Emperor Williams family.
 The empress, with two of her court ladies, was sitting on terrace in the park of San Souci. at Potsdam Palace, when another lady of the court, countess, approached. The countess was accompanied by her little girl, and the empress called to her own little daughter, the Princess Victoria, who was playing down below, to come up and make the child's acquaintance. A few minutes the empress felt somebody tugging at her sleeve.
 Mammal" whispered a small voice at her ear, see what beautiful things that little girl has! (the countess daughter was most expensively dress ed). And it is not Sunday and there are no uncle-kings here. And l am a little princess, and she is a little countess. And she has on as beautiful things as you give me on Sunday and when an uncle king comes. May put on my beautiful things?'
 "NO, little sweetheart" the empress whispered in reply; your papa is un- der tCo great an expense to permit yau to wear good clothes every day. We must be as careful as we can of our clothes, so as to help him in every way possible. .'-Everybo
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
THE ACTRESS WHO RULED A
 KINGDOM.

The climax of the remarkable career of Lola Montez awaited her when she went to Bavaria. At Baden she met King Ludwig, who fell in love with her on the spot. Lola danced, smiled, CO., quetted and soon acquired ascendency ever the king. She was the talk of Municb-of all Bavaria. But Lola was not satisfied with ruling the king. She knew her power over the infatuated monarch. and now began to rule Ba- varia itself. She had been refused ad- mission to the royal theater, where she applied for a position as a premiere danseuse. the ballet master not being very favcrably impressed with Lola or her dancing. This unexpected con tretemps made her furious. She ap- piled to the king, and he commanded that she should appear at the royal theater whenever she liked. On the nights of her debut the king himself led the applause. Lola looked superb in her unique Spanish costume, while ivory castenets click-clicked with the sound of the music, but the danzas ha- bladas did net impress the German public La Cachucha" was no more to them than a war dance by a Fiji islander. Lolo was hissed, and never afterwards danced in Germany.
 But her influence with the king was not weakened, and Lola Montez was now more talked of than ever. The university students, who were very powerful, and at that time wore swords hCtly discussed the merits and demerits of La Montez." Being di- vided in their sympathies. a riot fol- lowed and a royal edict closed the uni versity for one year. This added to the public excitement. Lola was insulted and pelted wherever she attempted to drive, and yet while engaged in fight ing down this unpopularity, this ex- tracrdinary woman found leisure to correspond with all the celebrated dip lomatists of the day. She became the real ruler of Bavaria, and carried her power over the weak king so far as to presume to make laws for the people This led to her undoing. The people rebelled and great public indignation was aroused The majority of the stu dents now agreed that she had hyp- notized the king and was an enemy of the state. Bodily violence was openly threatened, and Lola was compelled to flee disguised in male attire, in a closed carriage, surrounded by troops, who escorted her to the frontier. Her house at Munich was burned to the ground. with all it's valuable treas ures of art.-Julia Marrow in the Thea ter Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
THE BEST SOLDIERS ARE MODEST

In the special correspondence to the Sunday Journal from Washington yes terday interesting stories were repeat ed of prominent members of congress, men who enlisted during the civil war, whose associates have been surprised to discover that they had a war record How refreshing it is to contrast these men with the noxious type of veteran who enlisted or was drafted during the civil war and has talked about noth- ing else since. There is a thought for Memorial day or any soldiers anni- versary in the comparison of these two kinds of veterans. The best vol unteer the country had when it needed men was the good citizen who enlist ed not boastfully but soberly, conscious of what danger was involved, and he is the sort of man who has been a good citizen since the war, assuming the responsibilities of citizenship as they have arisen without undue elab- oration of his own part in the strife and never meriting the rebuke a child administered to his father by asking: Papa, did anybody help you put down the rebellion?' Public men like Sena- tor Aldrich, the late Senator Hanna ex-Senator WOlcott and others like them are a higher level than those who have necessarily dragged into their campaigns the fact that they are veterans of the civil war. It is some thing to be proud of to have worn the blue; but it dulls the glory little if you ask votes in return.-Providence Journal.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
JOHN MUlR's TOUR oFTAE GLOBE
The Naturalist Spent Months ia tho Mountains and Forests Of Foreign
 Lands.

John Muir. author. botanist and geo. logist, is a true loveF of nature. says the San Francisco Examiner. To satisfy a hungegJmg fer sight of the splend- oTE of the world hc made tour or the ghtbe and Bpe@E months in the moun- talus and forests of foreign lands He felurned from fae trip Saturday, arriv-. ;tE here from che orient on the steam aF siberia.
 A8 home of J0hn Muir is near Mar thie 0nd he is w@al known throughout ;als asBte 1a a @aturalist. He has ptFs "a his 8tWdles in the Yosemite vt1hieF, and whsm President Roosevelt vtfiJe3 .lhis COss@ John Muir acted srs his guide aud sE9Wsea him the wonders ur the RaaueiHa1 natural park tr
 la telling of Eas trip Mir. Muir said: "f la0 this state hast may, it being my purpose tn visit Russia to study the grand forests of that land. I met Prof. C, $. Sargent at New York, and together we journeyed to Europe. The parks and gardens of France, Ger, many and Holland we visited and ther proceeded to St. Petersburg. We made for the Caucasus mountains, climbed Mt. Elbruz the highest peak in the range and Studied the great glaciers of the region. The forests were veritablc wild gardens. abounding in many different species of trees. In Manchuria we saw the rich forests and the beautiful farming lands. I toured Japan and China and then went to h. dia. I spent some time in' the Him. alaya mountains. The great glacial formations in these mountains are similar ,n those of Alaska.
 T have always longed to see an ab- original forest. a deodar forest, and in India I found splendors. and then went into the forests. of CeylOn. The moun- tainoEs regions of Australia and New Zealand were included in my itinerary and lastly I went to the Philippines and spent some time in the jungles of Mindanao.
 "Throughout my trip l have kept ex- tensive notes and have studied closely all the forest and mountain regions I have visited. In MindanaO the forestry bureau is doing fine work and in Egypt the British are greatly increasing the fertile area in that arid region by irri- gat.On."
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
INSOMNIA.

Thin are the night-skirts left behind By daybreak hours that onward creep And thin, alas! the shred of sleep That waverS with the spirits wind; But in half-dreams that shift and roll And still remember and forget, My soul this hour has drawn your soul A little nearer yet. Our lives, most dear, are never near, Our thoughts arc never far apart. Though all that draws us heart to heart
 Seems fainter now and now more clear
 Tonight Love claims his full control, And with desire and with regret My soul this hour has drawn your soul
 A little nearer yet.
 7: Is there a home where heavy earth MeIts to bright air and breathes no pain,
 Where water leaves no thirst again And sprlnging fire is Loves new birth? If faith long bound to one true goal May there at length its hope beget, My soul that hour shall draw your soul Forever nearer yet. Dante Gabriel RoSsetti QS2S-S2)
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
WHERE THE PRESIDENT IS YOUNG

The heart of boy beats in the breast of Theodore Roosevelt, and he reIishes with juvenile joy situations that usually afford pleasure to thought less and carefree adolescence.
 It is no uncommon thing for him to out walk some secret service man, put on his trail for protection and, turn ing a corner to meet him after while with a cordial and seemingly innocent "HeHo,"
 When a crack British regiment was in Washington not long ago the presi- dent invited several of the officers to ride with him on horseback through the mud. He led them such a chase that their natty and showy uniforms were badly spattered. They kept up with him. of course, for British officers are not made of sugar, thereby winning his admiration, but in no wise abating the boyish delight which he took in the chase that he had given them and it's innocently disastrous effects.
 A similar story is told of the presi- dent and MT. Root, late secretary of war. There had been an engagement to ride, but the day being rainy. the president sent word to MT. Foraker's hearing, Tell Root that it's too wet to ride, but if he will put on his old clothes we'll take tramp in the mud upon which MT. FOraker exclaimed de- voutly, Thank God, I'm not a member of this administration!"- n!"-(George Hor- ton, in The Reader.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
CALLING DOWN A KING.

King Edward has been taken to task by the London Times editorially,' says La Marquise de Fontenoy, flor his alt together too conCiliatcry attitude to- ward the Irish people, or the ground that it is likely to imbue the inhabi- itants of the emerald isle with alto sether fallacious ideas and hops c-n- corning the policy of his government, and reminding him that, no matter what his personal sympathies may te, he is bound by the restrictions incum- bent upon a cOnstitut;onal ruler. and that the policy which will be fol,oweI is that of d constitutional ministry supported by a parliamentary majo.- ity.' Then the Times proceeds to des- cant upon the unwiSdom of his say ing anything either to the Irish or about them, since he cannot afterward descend into the arena of controversy to protest against illegitimate infer5n n- ces from his words, to explain away antiquities and to correct misreprs- sentations.' adding that under the cir cumstances it is well to avoid giving the Irish people a chance of p,unging into speculationS so unfettered by rule Unless I am much mistaken, this is the first time since the carly por- tion of the reign of Queen Victoril. that the Times has ventured to thus read a lecture to the sovereign. In those days the Times was continually attacking the kings father, the late prince consoIt, on account of his al legged unconstitutional influence upon the late queen. to whom the abus. caused much pain and annoyance. But since the Times has always been the first of the great organs of the Eng fish press to champion the cause of the sovereign against even the susp,- cion nf criticism. That the Times should now have come out in this fash ion against the king is. to say the least. remarkable"
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
MAKING FIRE INDIAN FASHION.

"H5w do the Indians make a fire without matches?" asked a boy who loved Co play Indian" Most of us have heard the answer to this: The Indians used a flint and steel. as our own fathers and mothers did one hun drrd years ago. and before they had aiut and steel they used rubbing steEa." We have all read about bring
 iris3 fire out of two sticks by rubbing t5am together, but I find that most pl8eOn8 look at this as a sort of fairy t4le, or, lf they believe it to be true, tHsy think It so difficult as to be worth Js5 second thought All woodcrafters, I find are Surprised and greatly in
 terested Go learn that not only is it pos
 siblg, it Co easy to make a friction fire if you know how. I have taught many boys aha men 10 do it and some have grown SO expert that they make it nearly as quickly as with an old fash toned sulphur match. When I first learned from MT. Walter Hough, who learned from the Indians, it took me from five to ten minutes to get a blazing fire-not half an hour, as some books have if. But later I got it down to a minute, then to 3t seconds. from the time of taking up the rubbing sticks to having . fine blaze, the time in geti!ng the 4rst spark being sboUt
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
THE NAVY OF HONDURAS AT
 NEW ORLEANS.

The Hopduran navy is in the river. The Honduran navy consists of q ninety-foot gunbOat, which is some what smaller than the tug Ella An drews, one of the ordinary little river craft which operates in the harbor. Just where the Tatumbia-for such is the imposing name under which the boat sails-will anchor or land is not yet known. It is thought, though, that she will tie up at the wharf of the Southern Marine works. She has coma here for repairs. After a short stop here the navy" will proceed on it's way up the river. It is going to St. Louis to be admired by the thousands Of worlds fair visitors who will be there during its stay.
 The Tatumbla was made in Ger many several years ago for the Hon. duran government. When put into commission she was called a warship. By shooting at and soaring fishing smack owners and crews she has justi- fled her right to the title. The gun boat draws about five feet of water.
 During the last revolution in Hon duras, the Tatumbla was Iying at Poit CorteZ. The revolutionists on shora secured an old muzzle loading cannon and after repeated attempts, succeeded in putting a shot through the stern of the boat. Though badly damaged, the warship escaped, and with her went the collector of customs at Port Cortez.- New Orleans Times Democrat.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
WEEPING WILLOW IN AMERICA.

When the south sea bubble in Eng land collapsed, one or the speculatorS went to smyrna to repair his fortune. He was a friend of Alexander Pope and sent him a box of figs in which he had placed a tWig of a tree. Pope planted the twig on his grounds on the shore of the Thames, not knowing of what tree it was. It grew and was weeping willow. Tn 1775, when the tree was over fifty years old, one of the young British officers who came to BOs- ton with the British army brought a twig from the tree, which he intended to plant on his lands after the rebellion had been crushed. John Parke Cusis, son of Mrs. Washington, going on er- rands to the British camp under a flag Of truce, became acquainted with the owner of the willow twiS, which was draped in oiled silk, and obtained il from him, which he planted near his home at Abingdon, Va, where it be- came the progenitor of all the weeping willows in America.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
GREAT YEAR FOR TRIUMPHANT
 MOMANHOOD.

Triumphant womanhood is going to have remarkable year. The univer- sities and colleges have come to the conclusion that it is about time to recognize the expansion of the feml
 nine intellect and the extension of feminine influence, hence the Univer- sity of the city of New York has de- oided to confer the degree of master of letters on Mrs. Russel Sage, while the University of Wisconsin makes Miss Jane Adams 2 doctor of laws. It seems to us, in view of this liberal advance. that it would be a graceful act on the part of true womanhood to reciproeate the delicate attention and show that man is not forgotten. Why should not Ferry Hall, recalling the compliment to Mrs. Sage, set an example to the sister hood of education and confer an honor ary degree on some business woman's s husband.-Chicago Evening Post.
Arizona republican., 1904-06-12
LADIES' NAMES BARRED THERE.

New Yorker who has. passed the winter in southern city. recently re- turned home after an experience which supplied all that was unpleasant dur ing his stay, says the Sun. He went to this Virginia town for his health, sup piled with letters which introduced him to the best club in the place and to the families most representative of its so- c.al life. He was delighted by the hospitality of his hosts and the metro politan luxuriance of the entertain ment customary in this little town. So much impressed was he by the elegance of the women's dress and the general quality of the parties that ne spoke of it admlringly in general terms at the club. whose hospitality he was enjoy ing.
 Now l have never seen anywhere in the world" he observed. "a more beau- tiful party than that given on Thurs day by Mrs. Smith. The dresses, the supper, everything"
 His comment came to an astonished end as he saw the four members of tho club who had been seated at the table with him, solemnly rise from their seats and walk away. He gaZed at the re- treating figures in amazement. En- lightenment came from one of the men who paused long enough to observe:
 Tt is against the rules of any club in the south to mention any lady's name within its walls
 Then the --'artet retired. The inno- cent New V~"ker had only praised a lady's party Tut he was glad never theless that his stay in tL-t nln had come to an end. This rigid observ- ance of the letter of chivalry was too much for him.