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Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
OPERA HOUSE CURTAIN.

J. M. McNutt of Mesa, formerly of Kansas City, and an expert artist in his line, is canvassing the business men Of Mesa for advertisements to be placed on the new curtain that is to be in- stalled in the Mesa opera house The painting to be placed on the curtain IS something very choice and attractive and will add much to the attraction at the opera house.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
ENTERTAINED SUNDAY.

sunday afternoon a special train from fhoenlX brought over a number of peo- pie who were entertained at the home or MT. and Mrs. w. J. Kingsbury lhose Tn the party were: MT. and Mrs. AneWalt, of Prescott; Mrs. Chauncey Clarke, of Peoria, Ariz.; Mir. and Mrs.
 t. J. Bennitt, Mir. and Mrs Aaron God berg, Mir. and Mrs. Dave Goldberg, MT. Barry Goldwater. Mrs. t. L. Fisher, Mrs. Sarah Murphy and Miss Goldman.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
HOM E AGAIN.

While Robert Richards really does not claim Tempe as his home, it seems lke It to him, and this is the place where he comes when he is under the weather. He has been working at Preseott for several months, but at present is almost sick with a severe coid and on that account has come pack to Tempe to rest up little and at the same time try and recover from the cold
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
ORGANIZATION OF woopMeN.

rms evening the Modern Woodmen of america lodge will be organized at this place. There will be about twenty five members in the new order and this ev- .t enlng the officers will be elected and the affairs of the lodge put in such shape that the organizer, Wm. O'Con- nor may leave it to take care of it. seif- From here Mir. O'Connor will go on to Tucson where he will organize another lodge.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
1rSsS SOUTH SIDE NEWS
 MESA

o, no,ne; MT. Eckerman says they are all perity anu pios-
 arr mas a very productive ranch near MT. Eckerman's. It is watered bv ar'eslan water and off of twenty acres oI It the past year MT. Carr has realized oNer thousand dollars from hay.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
100000 SHEEP.

There are about 40O,0 sheep in the valley this season, the sheep will aver age about six pounds per head, mak- ing 2,400,000 pounds of wool the Salt River valley will market this year. The sheep are all looking good.
 John Waring, family and party of relatives enjoyed a drive over the south side Saturday afternoon.
 w. II. Smith. George Christy and MT. Talmage paid Mesa a visit yesterday.
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
FIGURES NEVER LIE BUT THEN-
They Sometimes Lend Themselves to
 Mqhty Queer Deductions.

Figures" observed the acute statis- tician, ''in addition to their proverb- ial veracity shed much interesting light on the habits and hobbies of great men and institutions.
 For example, how many persons
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
A CORN CROP.

Pomeroy Bros. company, the real estate men, have in their show window a sample of white Dent corn grown on the Mcqueen ranch, one mile south of
Arizona republican., 1904-01-26
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.

We believe in advertising. it is for your interest and ours. We wish to let our patrons know what bargains we are offering.
 RYDER BROS
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28

The Dignity of the Court.

This attack on Gen. Bristow for the
disclosures in the special postal report
reminds me of a justice of the peace
in Mississippi who was hearing a case
tried by lawyer named George Smith
and another named Brown" said Rep
resentative John Sharp Williams, ac-
cording to the Washington correspond
ence of the New York World. THE
justice had been looking on the corn
liquor when it was white and he was
in a sad state. Smith had the wit
ness.
What is your nameT demanded
Smith.
II object said Brown. 1t doesn't
make any. difference what his name is
Objection Sustained solemnly
muttered the court.
"'Where do you live?' asked Smith.
I object!' shouted Brown. 1t is i'm
material where he lives.
'Shustained, said the justice.
Smith bIazed up, calling the justice a
drunken old d\fool and adding several
other compliments. BY degrees the JUS
tice comprehended the force and drift
of the remarks, and then it was his
time to get mad.
Where's Fryer he demanded.
Frye the constable, emerged from the
crowd with a broad grin which en-
ragged the Squire still more.
Stand up there!' he yelled to the
constable. I fine you S. for letting
George Smith insult me on the bench.
Courts adjourned
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
Nothing Doing.

The honest son of toll opened his
mouth little wider every time he
counted an additional story, says the
New York Sun. 1t was 25-story
building, and so far he had only
counted up to the tenth. A large
crowd was intently watching this
thing.
Suddenly two confidence men emerg-
ed from the crowd and approached the
unsophisticated one.
Hello, Jones!" cried one.
Il amt Jones'" responded the farm
err
Smith, then?" asked the other.
IT amt Smith, eithers'' he replied.
The confidence men stood there un-
easily wondering whether this man
was on to them. The farmer impa-
tientIy shuf1ed his feet. .
ASK me who l an," he suggested,
mildly.
They did so.
Tn Solomon's son." replied the
farmer, with gusto, "and my father
sent. me to find two of his j5ckasses
that had strayed, and here I've found
'em both right away"
Again the confidence men paused
uneasily. Again the farmer impatient
ly shuffied his feet.
"Why don't you ask me what I'll
have to drink" demanded he, with a
righteous show of indignation.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
THE Twn-rHIRDs RULE.

The statement is made in Republi-
can papers that the lieutenants of Gov.
Hill Of New York are earnestly dis
cussing with conservative Democrats
of other states the advisability of re-
pealing or disregarding the historic
two-thirds rule in the next Democratic
National Convention. There may be
there is we see no reason why it
shouldn't be stated in Democratic pa
pers.
The probability is that the Republl-
can papers which are publishing the
statement wish to convey the impress
sion that the Bryan-Hearst combina-
ton is making such headway that Mr..
Hill and other promoters of Judge
Parker's interests will find it necessary
to favor repeating the rule in order
to prevent a deadlock in the National
Convention. 1t is early yet to talk
about a deadlock in the convention.
The Democracy Of the different states,
excepting in the state of Rhode Is
land, has not begun to hold its state
conventions yet, and hence 1t is i'm
possible to form an opinion as to what
the strength of any one of the candi-
dates will be. 1t is undoubtedly true
that in quite a number of the states
Mr.. Hearst's managers have succeeded
in capturing good many delegates t.
the state conventions. Especially il
this the case in the West.
1t may be, however, that Mr.. Hearst
will not control the delegations from
the states in which he now seems to b,
having things pretty much his owr
way. 1t may be the plan of his mana
gers to have the counties in which he
is strong hold conventions for the Sc
lection Of delegates TO the state con-
ventions early for the moral effect the
| announcement of. the selection oi
HeaEst delegates would have.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Hearst's
interests are in the hands of capable
| and earnest managers. and from all ac.
| counts they are we'll supplied with the
means for paying their personal ex.
| penses. Their efforts are showing re.
suits. and though IT isn't believed that
the Bryan Hearst combination win be
able to get a third Of the delegates tC
the National Convention those who ar,
against Mr.. Hearst's nomination ought
TO act as II they regarded him as q
/ candidate who would have n big sup
port In the convention. The wise plaT
Is 10 over-rate rather than under-rats
| hla afrenEfh
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
A DANGEROUS ~OB.

The dispatches reporting the wreck
road. near Kewanee, the other day
stated that two mail clerks and a mail
weigher, who was in the car with them,
had been killed. If readers of the dis
patches will pay attention to the sto-
ries of wrecks of and accidents to pas
senger trains that appear in the pa
pers they will find in many of them
that the mail clerk or clerks on the
especial train in question suffered in
jury or death. If train is held up
by a robber, the mail clerk is almost
sure to come in for attention. If there
is collision or derailment. it is the
mail car that suffers most heavily.
There are several reasons for this.
One is that in the usual makeup of
a train the mail car is placed next or
near the engine. Following it are
heavy parlor or sleeping coaches. When
there is violent stoppage of the train,
from collision or other cause, the pom
derous coaches in the rear crush the
mail car against the heavy locomotive
and tender in front. 1t is not risking
anything to say that the mail and bag
gage cars are of the lightest construc
ton of any cars in a modern train. A
sleeper weighs probably twice as much,
and is twice as strong. The mail and
baggage cars serve as buffers, as it
were, between the engine and the heavy
no eesn 1y,6 On n
pieces first under excessive pressure.
The hazard of the men who handle the
mails and the baggage is so much
greater than Of those in the passenger
cars that insurance companies regard
them as far less desirable risks than
passengers.
A contemporary who has been look
ing up the records, finds that some
thing like twenty-five railway mail
clerks have been killed or injured in
portion to the number of passengers
killed in wrecks, the percentage of mail
clerks killed is heavy. There seems
to be room for a demand for stronger
coaches for the transportation of the
mails and the men who handle them.
OF late considerable attention has been
given to steel cars, and several of
them are in use in the North. 1t may
be that the steel car will come into
pretty general use, and will furnish
solution of the problem of greater
safety for mail, express and baggage
mon on the railroads
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
Personal.

Miss MignOn Palmer, a daughter
OF Emma Nevada, the opera singer,
has entered the operatic field and it
is quite likely that mother and daugh-
ter will present the rare spectacle of
appearing on the stage together.
Col. s. H. Hardin is looming up as
a compromise candidate for Governor
of Wyoming on the Republican ticket
Indications point to a deadlock be-
tween the two leading candidates.
Chatterton and Brooks, and Col. Har-
din is regarded as the most promising
dark horse.
Daniel S. Lamont, ex-Seeretary of
War, has been made the chairman of
the New York Municipal Beautifica-
plan for the grouping of city build
ings, the laying out of parks and
boulevards, arrangement of streets and
the Improvement of the aspect of the
water front.
Edward NJ. Sturgeon, who died
suddenly in Ell Paso, Tex, last week,
met fortune and death together. For
twenty years he had searched in vain
for gold and had Travelled from British
Columbia to Mexico in his endeavor.
A short time ago he found the great
Eltigre mine in Mexico. 1t was sold,
but before he could enjoy the fruits
of the discovery he passed away.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
CURRENT COMMENT.

The New York Press (Rep.) says:
Congress may be proud of its scheme
to avoid the necessity of prolonged
session to try the impeachment of
Judge Swayne by legislating him out
of office. But how will the Judge, who
has refused to resign and is willing
to stand trial (Which all accused SEN
ators are not), like that programme
And how will the little plan be re-
ceived by lovers of American fair play
generality"
Ex-Gov. d. II. Chamberlain, of South
Carolina, now a resident of Massachu-
sets. has written a letter to the CO.
lumbia Is. CO State, in which he ex-
presses surprise that Judge Alton B.
Parker should be considered by so
many persons as an unknown guam
tity." II don't believe" he adds. there
is man in the state of New York
who Is known everywhere as a more
unequivocal, ingrained Democrat in his
principles, his sympathies, and his
conduct"
The Montgomery Advertiser (Dem.)
says. '"The nomination of Hearst would
be to invite another disaster without
the justification of 1872. Then the
Democracy had no hope OF success with
StfdiBnI Democratic cdnuluate, so II
made a compromise. There is no such
excuse 10 be made now. Democracy
has a good chance 20 win. with a good
man and a good platform. We must
'have not only the Democratic vote, but
must have a portion OF the independent
vote In some Of the close states. That
vote would go 10 good man. II will
not even think OF going 70 Hearst"
The Philadelphia Record (Den) says.
Gen. Miles gives wise and patriotic
counsel 10 the Pr0hibitionists IN ad-
yising them that they can contribute
most essentially 20 the uplifting of our
country from menaclng evils, BY Coz
operating with their feliow-citixenR in
the solution ~ national issues Instead
~ throwing away their votes But
experience shows that such adyice IL
merely wasted upon tbe deF0tess of
nquefian fanafifiam Their votes ir q
presidential contest neither haip nor
burt auy political party They merely
nae bisrk cartridges in fhe TnBka ~
fhe enemy
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
index TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-General Insurance,
w. T. Hopkins
Business Notices-Strangers First
Stop, Sommers' Cafe.
Announcements Extraordinary
Southern Railway.
Publications-McClur Magazine
for April
Moth Proof Cedar Chests-Lindsay
& Morgan.
ootstools-LeoDold Adler.
Pipins Champagne-Henry Solomon
& Son.
Legal Notices-In the Matter of E.
F. Taylor of Glynn, Bankrupt.
Paas' Egg Dyes-The solomons Co.
Blanke Coffee Pots-The Delmonico
Co.
spalding's Sporting Goods-At Latti-
more's.
Take Warburines To-day-Rowlin-
ski, Druggist.
Savannah Theater-"The Wizard of
o." Tuesday Night.
Medical-HerDicide.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
IMMIGRANTS FROM RUSSIA.


Several times recently our dispatches
have reported the arrival at New
York of steamships whose steerages
We're filled with immigrants from Rus
sia. A great many Of these newcom-
ers, il is understood are refugees from
the Russian conscripting system. They
do not want to go into the army, hence
are leaving their native country and
seeking homes in the United States.
Several thousands have already ar
rived, and it is predicted that the
movement viii aggregate between 5O,-
900 and 100000 during the current year.
What is to become of all of these
people? Statistics show that the ten
dency of immigration from Russia is
to hive in about half a dozen large
cities at and near the port of entry
or go to the mines of Pennsylvania and
Ohio. The majority of them, probably
find more or less miserable lodgment
in New York, Boston and Philadelphia,
where they go to swell the unsanitary
tenement house and sweat shop popu-
lation. They break down the labor
market impose burdens upon the mu-
inequalities and add relatively nothing
to the progress and prosperity of the
country.
Would it not be immeasurably bet
ter if these people could be moved into
the country districts, where they could
become farmers and land owners? And
such a scheme is practicable. The sue
cess of the management of the Baron
de Hirsch fund in establishing Russian
Jews on farms at several points goes
to show that, given the opportunity,
the Russian Jew makes a good farmer.
And so it would doubtless be with
majority of these refugees that are
now coming to America. There are
some Poles, some Firms and some Rus
slams among them, but the probabili-
ties are that the greater number of
them are of the Semitic race.
There are tens of thousands of fer
tile acres Of land in the South, now
idle and awaiting development. These
lands can be bought at low prices.
If a syndicate were to acquire several
tracts of some thousands of acres
each, sub-divide them into small farms,
build small but comfortable houses on
them and sell them to the immigrants
at reasonable profit, on such terms
that the payments would extend over
several years, there doesn't seem to be
room for doubtihg that the tide of i'm
migration could be turned into the
waste places, where it would do the
most good. This plan would enable
the syndicate to make profit on its
investment, and at the same time aid
the immigrants in the laudable pur-
pose of becoming independent pro-
ducers. They are of the working
classes. Their training has taught them
to be frugal, industrious and law-abid-
ing. Their standards of living may
be lower than those of this country,
but they would be rapidly raised.
On the suggested small farms the
newcomers would be able to raise cot
ton and such grain and vegetables as
they would need for family consump-
tion. SO far as we can recall, there
has never been failure of any colony
that was planted in the South and
conducted along intelligent lines. There
have been collapses of socialistic
schemes, but they failed because their
plans were visionary and impractical
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
The WheeIman.

From Leslie's Weekly.
When the apple trees are pink with
bloom.
And the dogwood boughs are white
And every little budding leaf
With dew is fresh and bright,
And hooded violets through the grass
Begin to shyly steal,
Then I am up at early dawn,
And off upon my wheel.
A sprig Of violet in my cap,
song upon my lip.
l see the ribbon of the road
Beneath me smoothly slip.
There's health in every balmy breeze
And. oh! what JOY to feel
The steed beneath you never tires,
When riding on a wheel.
Not always do I spin alone
BY fields and gardens gay.
One morning fair / chanced 10 meet
A dainty form In gray
The lightness OF a merry heart
Her dancing eyes reveal.
She wears a silken streamer blue,
A-hutter from her wheel.
We stop beside a mossy rock.
Where flows crystal spring,
The hollow OF her rosy hand
Is goblet for King.
We rest upon a ferny bank,
Ana share a simple meal.
With hppetites that only come
To those who ride a WHEEL
when purple grapes perfume the air.
And corn % a. the shock.
Ana starry nights are Hiill ana cold
And birds begin 40 n0ck.
And aufunn El1f the smoky hills.
The wfddinF bells viii peal.
And fanaeu We eiii ride ikF0uah nfe
Mhe1 0uf upon u wheel
-Minna ifrinr.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
BRIGHT BITS.

This race problem is a dreadful
thing YES" answered young Mrs.
Torkins; whenever l see Charley get
q pencil and begin to figure on the
entries in race, I know there's go
ing to be trouble. e."-Washington Star.
Mr.. Plane (who is fond of dogs)-
Miss Waite, don't you think you
ought to have an intelligent animal
about the house that would protect
you and Miss Waite-"Oh, Mr.
Plane! This is so sudden. ."-Phiiadel-
phia Press.
Yes" said the American traveller,
I'm delighted with your city. 1 wish
we had your climate"
But the fog. you know" said the
Londoner, in surprise; here it's noon
by the clock at this minute and yet
it's dark as night"
"Yes, splendid, splendid! I'm presi-
dent of an electric lighting company
at home, you know."-Philadelph
Press.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
sWORDS as ARMS.

Isn't it rather anomalous to have our
troops equipped with some arms of the
date of 1903 A. D., and others un-
400 b. c.? The government arsenals
are now at work upon a new model
rifle, perfected only last year, with
which it is proposed to supply the army
at an early day. And meantime part
of the equipment of every officer is
sword, which has been improved in no
essential detail since the Greeks fought
with swords centuries before the birth
of Christ. AS a matter of fact, the
sword can be traced back to the stone
age, at which time the crude imple-
ments of war had precisely the use for
which they are nominaIly intended to-
day.
The day of usefulness of the sword
in warfare has long since passed. For
practical purposes it is as obsolete as
the fiint-lock, Misunderstanding musket.
In the days of hand-to-hand fighting
swords, spears and even bludgeons
were terrible weapons. Some of the
most stirring tales of wars long since
fought have to do with the Valor and
expertness of swordsmen. On the
Field of the Cloth of Gold the sword
flashed in it's glory. But men do not
fight now as they did then: not even
as they did in the sixties and seventy
one. Scientific devices have made
long-distance lighting the rule. High
powered small arms, capable of putting
bullet through a man at three miles,
have abolished hand-to-hand conflicts
in which the strength and skill of the
wrist had much to do with the out
come of the encounter.
There probably isn't an officer In the
| army to-day who does not regard the
sword as merely an ornamental affair
which might better than not be thrown
aside. Every officer has infinitely more
confidence in the revolver at his belt
| than in his sword: and If the sword
were taken away and replaced with a
second revolver he would like the
change. Besides being an incumbrance,
| the sword, in it's shining scabbard,
| makes Ine OHlCeT a DelleT ldTBeL IOI
an enemy's sharp shooters. Tradition
makes the sword (or sabre) the weapon
of the cavalry, but a troop of cavalry
armed with sabres would stand a
mighty poor showing against another
of half the size armed with carbines
| and revolvers. The cavalry is put
through an elaborate drill of cut, thrust
and parry, well knowing at the time
that the exercise would be wholly use
less in actual service. Modern wars
are not fought on spectacular or tradi-
tional lines. Snowy uniforms of fancy
colors have been cast aside. to give
place to colors as nearly neutral as
can be found. And so it will eventually
be in the matter of arms. The general
stan of the army is now considering the
advisability of doing away with the
sword and the belief in Washington is
that il will be sent off to be beaten
into a plowshare, or possibly into a
dagger-bayonet, which is very good
trenchinc tool.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-28
Got His share.

Back in the seventies. says Lippin-
colts, when Dewey had command OF
ship of the old Hartford type, he
was lying in the harbor off Genoa
Visitors were allowed on board at all
times except Sunday morning, al
which time inspection took place. One
Sunday a well-known American mill
lionaire steamed out with party OF
friends in his private yacht and sue
ceeded in getting on deck, where he
was met by Capt. Dewey. who asked
him to leave. Mr.. Money remon-
strated, and, finally, exasperated by
the cool firmness of the officer, he
burst out:
mo, sir, 1 won't leave. I am an
American citizen, and have a per-
feet right on this vessel. l pay taxes
in America; I am on my own property;
part of this ship belongs to mel"
Calmly Dewey opened his pen-knife,
stopped down, and split off piece Of
the deck flooring. Handing it to the
incensed American citizen he replied
There's about what you own, and
there's the ladder-now git"
And he got.