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"sONE.CABIN QUARRY"
Greatest "Find" of Extinct Animals
 Ever Made in n Single Locality.

Ever Made in q Single Locality.
 In central Wyoming, at the head of a draw" or small valley, not far from the Medicine Bow river, lies the ruin of small and unique building. which marks the site of the greatest find" of extinct animals made in single local fly in any part of the world. The for tlnate fossil hunter who stumbled on this site was Walter Granger of the American Museum expedition of 1897.
 In the spring of 1898, as approach ed the hillock on which the ruin stands, l observed, among the heauti- full flowers, the blooming cacti and the dwarf bushes of the desert, what were apparently numbers of dark-brown boulders. On closer examination, it proved that there is really not single rock, hardly even q pebble. on this hill lock; all these apparent boulders are ponderous fossils which have slowly accumulated or washed out on the sur face from great dnOsaur bed be- heath. A Mexican sheep herder had collected some of these petrified bones for the foundations of lis cabin, the first ever built of such strange mate rlals. The excavation of promising outcrOp was almost immediately re- warded by finding thigh bone nearly six feet in length which sloped down ward into the earth running into the lower leg and finally into the foot, with all the respective parts lying in the natural position as in life. This proved to be the previously unknown hind limb of the great dinosaur Diplo- docus. In this manner the Bone Cabin Quarry" was discovered and hristened.-Century.
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The Trust as a Corruptcr.

It is foreordained that the trust should be chief corrupter of national and state politics, as local corporations which resemble it are chief corrupters of municipal politics, and this is the basis of the dread that one class of intelligent men have of them. Per sons of this class would prefer to let corporations grow and multiply ad lib- itum if their owners would leave poli- tics honest and democracy secure. But we have come to pass in which the policy of consolidated capitals pre- vents them from doing this. They can not leave politics alone. They must thwart the will of the people If they mean to accomplish their purpose in business, and they must do this through political organizations. They must "own' the bosses, and though they cannot greatly fool the people they have thus far baffled them most of the time.-Century.
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A Wedding Flag Day.

Teacher" said Johnny, as he came into the primary room one morning in June, what is the flag up on the school building today for?" The teach CT thought for moment, according to a writer in the St. Louis Republic, and then answered, ''I really can't remcm- Der what the flag is up to-day for, Johnny. You may go to the principals room and look at the card and then you may come back and tell ls."
 Johnny dashed off, and few mo- ments later returned, looking import ant.
 "Well, Johnny. what is the flag up fOr?" asked the teacher.
 "It's up to celebrate somebody's wedding" returned Johnny, promptly.
 somebody's wedding" repeated the teacher, slowly. "Why, Johnny, that can't be. We have no flag day which celebrates wedding"
 "Well, it's got something to do with a wedding, anyway" maintained John ny, stoutly. "The card says so.'
 The teacher was unconvinced. and leaving the room, she went to make a personal investigation. Under the date of the day in question she read:
 "The engagement of the Monitor and the Merrimac."
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Son of a Samurai.

Admiral Togo was third son of Togo Kicbizaemon, an admiral of the clan of Satsuma, and the father gave him the name of Heihachiro. He was born at Kogoshima on the 14th day of the 10th moon of the year of grace 1857. The gracious period of Meiji (which by interpretation means the era of en- frightened reign) began in 1868 A. D. That was also the birth date of the new Nippon. After the sacred tradi- ton of samurai family, his mother took him to the shrine of guardian deity and placed him upon the altar as the offering to his country and to the sword, that he might defend the land of the gods. Like many another boy of a samurai family, his military training dates back far beyond his memory.-Century.
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cLEvELAND's LONELY HOME.
Spot in the Sandwich Mountains Too
 Desolate Even for Farmers.


 Politicians and others who have sought ex-President Grover Cleveland at his new summer home at Sandwich, N. H., are telling of the difficulties they encountered in reaching his re- treat. Most of them expressed the opinion that Sandwich, Carroll COun- ty, is the "jumping-off place." It cer- tainly is very near to being the end Of travel in the direction of the Ossi- pee and Sandwich mountains. All of the roads there have habit of leading up to some secluded farmhouse and there stopping. Further on there is only trail leading up the mountain.
 It is a drive of something like a dozen miles to the Cleveland home, but more than one visitor has put the number of miles at twenty-five before he has covered the distance. The roads are rough and uneven. They wind through the valleys and over the hills, particularly over the hills. The early settlers in the region appear to have had a craving for travelinS around on the mountain tops.
 MT. Cleveland's domicile is on the top of hill in an open field. It is half a mile from the main road and is reached by a common cart path. which is uncommOnly hard to travel over. The nearest postollice is at Whitehall, three and half miles away.
 Everybody knows that MT. Cleve- land is fond of fishing. At Sandwich he is obliged to walk or drive six to ten miles to reach pond. though there are several trout brooks within two or three miles of the house.
 Sandwich is out of the way of steam cars, trolley lines and most oth- CT adjuncts of modern civilization. It is a good place in which to bury ones self. It is surrounded by forests sel. dom trod by men, and abOunding in game There are fewer houses and fewer people than there were thirty years ago.
 Probably in no township in New England are there more abandoned farms than in this. The visitor dis. covers deserted farm buildings going to ruin in every direction, and all around is land which shows signs of once having been cultivated, but which has been abandoned to bushes and rabbits. It is lonely region even for New Engand.-New York Sun.
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A Neat HOusekeeper.

Peddler-I'm selling the new patent, bedroom fire escapes, light, portable. quickly adjusted
 Bilkins-Don't want it. Wouldn't be of any use.
 But, sir, you may have a fire at any time, and"
 Suppose we should? Suppose I should buy that thing and take it home. The first time my wife went to setting things to rights, she'd put that contrivance into some queer corner where it couldn't be found in seventeen hours"
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NorEs AT RANDOM.

British osal is now shipped to Jeru- salem.
 The Chinese still make the best In. dia ink.
 Missouri colored men are agitatlns for a negro flag.
 Thibet gets Its tea from China com pressed into bulks.
 The largest organ in the world k at the St Louis exposition.
 Paris is far enough north for mid. night twilight to be discernabe.
 One petriied tree trunk in Arizona forms natural bridge over canon.
 Almost the entire output of radlum Is now obtained from American ores
 The contract has been let in Hawaii for the largest sugar mill in the world.
 Fifty specialists are studying the data brought back by the Guass Ant arctic expedition.
 In the southern part of California roof gardens are becoming features of all new buildings.
 The elephant in his prime sleeps only five hours night and the older he grows the less sleep he needs.
 The treasurer of the United States on May 6, 1903, redeemed two half cent pieces. This is the first time in the history of the country that any such coins have been presented for re- demption. It is more than century since the first half-cent piece was coin- ed, and 1t is nearly fifty years since the government discontinued minting them.
 Within the past ten years the growth of the telephone business has been very rapid. The reports of the Bell companies show skiold increase in the number of outstanding instruments since 1893 There are now over one and half million subscribers in these companies, and in the last four years the long g-distance traffic has increased S2 per cent.
 Twenty-one years ago, when we were at the top notch of prosperity. immigration ran to 7SS,OOO people in year. Ten years ago hard times cut the immigration down to a third of that number. Last year again we went up to S57,O00, but these immigrants were not as heretofore, farmers. but went to swell the numbers of unskill- ed labor in our great cities.
 A Washington woman has collec. tion of teapots large enough to fill whole room. There are in this collec. ton over 300 pots of china, copper and earthenware. Some of them are in form of dolls, monkeys, elephants and tigers. Others are in the form of houses. temples and towers. Others still are in the form of fans walking sticks, bracelets. birds and flowers.
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A Soft Answer.

You have been fighting again, Tom my"
 q couldn't help it, mamma. That Stapleford boy sassed me-"
 'That was no reason for fighting. You should have remembered that a soft an swer turneth away wrath and given him a soft answer"
 q did. hit him with a chunk O ."-Chicago Tribune.
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Horse vs. Donkey.

I say" remarked young Sapleigh, "I've-aw-got d conundwum foh you. What is the-aw-diffahence between me and horse?"
 "The difference" replied Miss Caus. tique, lis probably in the length of your ears."
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THE CURSE OF THE MuMMIes.
A Malefcent Influence Seems to At.
 tach to These Objects.


 tach to These Objects.
 London newspapers have been call Ing attention to the uncanny history of the mummy of the priestess of the College of Amen Ra, which Is pre- served in the British Museum. Found at Thebes during exploration carried sl in 1869, in the presence of the late Lady Duff Gordon and some friends, and acquired by them, its possession seems to have brought misfortune on every one of the party. Lady Duff Gordon died very suddenly at Cairo almost immediately after her return down the river Another member of the party had his gun explode, inlur- necessitate amputation, a third con- mittcd suicide, fourth found on his arrival at Cairo thar his bankers had failed and that he was q ruined man. while the man who conveyed the mummy to England with him was overtaken by succession of misfor tunes, including loss of children, for tune and good name before he died His widow sent it to the British Mu- scum, where, as it was in splendid state of preservation and the case a na gnificent specimen of old Egyptian art. it was gladly accepted. But the carrier who transported it to the mu- scum died within a week, and sim liar fate overlook the photographer, who had made picture of 1t before its transfer, for the purpose of being submitted to the museum authorities. Since the arrival of the mummy at the museum no further misfortunes are known to have occurred in connection with it.
 There is another interesting case, that of Walter Ingram, younger broth CT of the proprietor of the Illustrated London News. Once while in Egypt he purchased a mummy and, carrying it back to England, sent it to the British Museum to have it unrolled md examined. It was found that the mummy was that of high priest of Thebes, and the papyri containing It pronounced a curse upon him who should disturb the remains. It ap- pealed to the powers above to deny burial to the disturber, entreating that not one bone should remain with an other, but that they be swept to the sea so as to render the recOnsttution of the body impossible. A year later Ingram was trampled to death in East Africa by an infurlated elephant, and his remains were temporarily inferred r stony valley. A few months later when an expedition was sent out to bring back the remains no trace of them could be found, with the eXcep. tion of single bone. The fact was that the valley was nothing more nor less than the bed of river, dry dur ing the hot season, but raging tor rent during the rainy months. Thus had the curse of the Egyptian high priest been accomplished For the bones of poor Wallace Ingram must lie strewn along the bed of that river to this day, if they have not been, as is firmly believed, carried out to sea by the mighty rush of waters.
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The Retort Courteous.

Miss Passay-You may sheer at pet dogs but they're faithful, anyway. I'd rather kiss a good dog than some men.
 MT. Sharpe-Well, well, some men are born lucky.
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Tho best mathematics-that which doubles the most joys and divides the most sorrows.
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Green-How is Skinner getting along in the grocery business?
 Brown-He isn't making his salt. Green-Why, what's the trouble? Brown-Oh. nothing; he buys it.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-16
PERSONAL.

The following named guests regis
tered at the Hotel Adams yesterday:
Comte d Audiffret Pasquier, Paris;
Guido Cianoli, Turin; j. B. Richard,
Brussels; Mrs. VIM. Baird and son,
Washington, d. c.; S. W. Thorne, Sui
tan, Ariz.: William .. Harrell, Pres
colt; G. r. Dermont, Williams. Ariz.;
George Bellau. Rochester. n. Y; Oren
Scotch, Mrs. Oren Scotch, Detroit,
Mich; Ezra c. Bartlett. Tucson; Ralph
D. Trees, Miss Jennie Trees. Mrs. Jo-
seph r. Trees. Pittsburg; E. Coffin,
New York; II. NJ. Hunter, st. Louis; ].
j. Fleming, city; H. C. Weber, Kansas
City; Mrs. F. f. Klotz, Chicago.
Those registering at the Ford hotel
yesterday were: Milton Clark, TOwan-
da, Ill; r. L. Gibson, Los Angeles; II.
F. Arnold, Cleveland; Drake & Sher-
man, Douglas; E. c. Everitt, Denver.
Colo; MIR. and Mrs. J. J.. Billman, FL
dorado, Ohio: H. @ Garter, FL Paso.
Those registering at the COMMERCIAL
hotel yesterday We're: ]. A. WcScou,
Congress; Mrs. T. J. Morrison, Martin
eZ; F. c. Conklin, Prescott; II. S. Lane.
Los Angeles. H. c. Storey, Prescott; II.
c. Weber. aKnsas City; }. H. Colburn,
New York; NJ. ]. O'Brien. Rochester,
n. y; Nicholas A. Poland, Flagstaff;
7. f.. Fuller, Mesa.
Among those leaving via the NJ. & 2.
last night were: ]. =. Masters for Okla
homa City: James Brooks for Buffalo;
E. w. Leighton. ]. y. Mcintosh, l.. E.
Duncan and r. c. Sloan for Globe;
Frank Sheele for BisDce; G. T.. Devant
for Lordshurg; Frank Byler for Odes-
sa, Texas.
Mac Loman, a we'll known young
man who has been employed in the
Phoenix printing houses for several
months, past left on this mornings
train for Atkinson, Kansas, where he
formerly resided.
f. c. Everitt, assistant superintend-
ent of the International Correspond
ence schools, with headquarters at
Denver, is in the city. His business
here is to transfer the local agency to
a new representative.
Among the passengers leaving this
morning via the s. f. p. & P. railroad
were: II. ]. Jones, Rachael Nc
Nair for Chicago; Olive NJ. Billman,
]. L. Billman for Boise, Idaho; A. d.
Merritt for Kansas City; w. F. Stone,
for Santa Fe; Mac Loman for Atch-
ison, Kansas.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-16
QUESTION PROPERLY ANSWERED
nr. Fowler Reflects Arizona Senti-
ment Very Accurately.

Hon. James c. Needham, a member
of congress from California, is a warm
personal friend of B. A. Fowler. of this
city, and on more than one occasion
has proved himself a friend Of all Ari-
IONA by casting his influence in favor
of this territory when vital legislation
was pending. He has placed himself
on record respecting the statehood
question, as against the jointure en-
terprise, unless that measure be the
expressed wish of Arizona people, re-
cognizing it himself as a movement de-
signed for no good purpose. Just be-
fore Mr.. Fowler left Washington, in a
private conversation Mr.. Needham told
him that he was still firm in his con-
victions and was anxious at any and all
times to further the interests of Ari-
IONA, which in many ways are mutual
with the interests of California.
This introduction makes clear the fol-
lowing letter, which Mr.. Fowler wrote
to Congressman Needham yesterday,
and a copy of which The Republican is
permitted to publish. 1t also demon
strates where Arizona is the gamer by
having men like Mr.. Fowler, who are
true to local interests and at the same
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-16
WHEN WOMEN DON'T WANT TO
SNEEZE.

There are times when to sneeze is to
be embarrassed" Mr.. II. B. Blanchard
confided to me. AT a dinner table,
social function of some sort, or in the
theater, for example; but most people
console themselves with the thought
that it is something that can't be pre-
vented. They are mistaken in this be-
lief. however, for it can be prevented,
and by a very simple expedient. When
one feels the premonitory symptoms of
q sneeze coming on, if he will just press
firmly down on the lip on either side
of and a little below the nostrils, the
symptoms will never cash in and the
sneeze Will be avoided. A doctor told
me about this trick several years ago.
and on a number of occasions since 1
have had opportunity to test it's eff
cacy. 1t has never yet failed me-
Globe Democrat.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-16
THE WOMAN BEAUTIFUL.
8. L. Bear Tells Why LaxakoIa Beau
titles the Skin.

Drop in most any time now and you
are apt to see one of the clerks wrap
ping up a bottle of Laxakola. Phoe-
nix ladies have learned of the ramark
able effect of Laxakola upon the bile
pigments, and the beneficial action IT
has upon the skin and complexion is
really surprising. Mr.. Bear will tell
you the demand for it is increasing
rapidly, not so much on account of the
advertising, but because this or that
lady drops into the store with the
statement that she has been recon-
mended to try it.
Probably no other remedy ever made
so enviable a reputation in so short u
time, for LaXakola is sold now in al
most every prominent city in America.
Should you need a mild. safe, gentle
liquid laxative that will improve your
appearance, cure constipation and
make you feel better in every way, try
q twenty-five cent bottle of the great
tonic laxative, LaXakola, and your on
~ regret will be that you did not know
of this splendid remedy before.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-16
CHEER UP!
Why Worry About Indigestion When
Pepsikola Will Give You Relief.

why anyone should worry about
indigestion" said the head clerk in
Bears drugstore, lis hard for us to I'M
derstand.
I'VE have been selling Pepsikola for
several months and in all our expert
ence we never knew a remedy to give
such universal satisfaction.
We know four or five chronic old
dyspeptics on the verge of despair for
years who today are cheerful and hap
py all because of the beneficial effects
of the little chocolate coated tablet
taken after each meal.
IF people only realized what a Won
derful remedy it is and how much good
it has done right in this very town they
would not doubt or hesitate another
minute" Words cannot express the
great good it has done in Phoenix and
Pepsikola must be a remedy of more
than unusual merit for if Mr.. Bear had
to refund the money to very many dis
satisfied customers he would certainly
discontinue selling it on his own per-
sonal guarantee. Ask yourself if this
is not true.
If you are thin, nervous, worried and
low in spirits just cheer up and try a
twenty-five cent box of Pepsikola on
the druggists say so and if it fails 10
bitiOn and new energy you can get
back your money without any question
or argument.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-16
THE LIFE WE LIVE.
UNIVERSAL HARMONY

UNIV EftSAL 1tAtSMON L.
a serious man with a long face gin
gerly stepped down into the deep
mud.
Behind him load Of furniture wait
ed anxiously.
An ice wagon driver swore several
temperatures of caloric.
a hook and ladder truck intensified
the heat.
a push cart got inevitable crossways
between a trolley car and a stone
truck.
The serious man in the mud wildly
turned a little black crank and held
his breath and hoped. FIe wasn't
spinning a top. Neither was he grind
ing coffee.
He was cranking runabout.
Suddenly it sobbed.
The serious man leaped joyfully out
of the mud, the ice cooled off, the
hook and ladder truck scorched by,
the furniture was released, the push
cart was arrested.
Moral-What the universe needs is
persistent cranking.
AT THE RACES.
A young man took his best girl to
the races one beautiful afternoon.
They sat together in the grand stand
to watch the horses run while their
hearts were beating in unison.
At least his was. Somehow hers
didn't keep time.
He spoke to her in a vein of the
deepest appreciation of the lovliness
Of the weather, the rare communion of
the moment. His poetry simply romp-
ed but she hung back and refused the
pace.
Suddenly he realized that nothing
was doing in the sentimental stakes
Just yet, so he handed her lot of
clippings from the horse coio ms.
He said:
I'm forgetting what we are here for.
You pick them and 1 will bet. We will
divide the res ult."
She extended at once.
She fairly radiated felicity, as the
rose in rain of wine.
On their way to the cars he handed
her 81.
She said:
Dear Charley, the races are so
sweet Let's come back tomorrow and
get some more-you look so handsome
in a buster.
Moral-When the purse is full the
heart runs over.-St. Louis Republic.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-16
Pills are the best.
FAIRY TALES UP TO NOW.

Wallace Irwin has added a third book
to his series of successful metrical sat
Tres. He has done this after his Love
Sonnets of a Hoodlum' has passed the
60, 900 mark-in brief, has had wider
circulation than the work of any con-
temporary writer of verse, however
ambitious. The "Rubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam Jr.," of later publication, has
also enjoyed a surprising popularity.
Fairy Tales Up to Now promises to
rival it's predecessors in popularity, as
it contains all their boldness and fresh
ness of humor, with an adventure into
burlesuue story telling which is divert
ing in the extreme. The author tells us
that his fairy tales are "old favorites
sandbagged;" but more properly speak
ing he has used the characters of our
childhoods myths to pummel the fol-
bles and vices of our modern civiliZa-
ton. He makes the story of Little Red
Riding Hood a tragedy in which the
wolf expires after partaking of a pat
ent breakfast food: the Sleeping Beau
ty is hypnotized by walking delegate.
Each fairy tale is announced by start
ling newspaper headlines of the vel
lowest" possible description, as witness
the following syncopated Introduction
to the time honored tale of Cinderella:
WAS IT GLASS?
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1904-04-16
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