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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24
PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL.
Who They Are, Where They Go, and
 Whence They Come.

Mrs. Ben Dunkle has returned from her visit east.
 Hon. T. E. Campbell, of Jerome, was a Prescott visitor last week.
 MT. and Mrs. c. T. Joslin, of Nc Cabe, were in town on Monday.
 T. G. Norris visited Albuquerque on professional business this week.
 G. F. Tinsler has returned from California after an absence of nearly a year.
 Mir. and Mrs. Eugene Osenburg have gone to California for months va cation.
 Mir. and Mrs. A. A. Johns have gone east for visit to the St. Louis exposition.
 Mir. and Mrs. Robert Brow return ed on Sunday night from their visit to California. l G. P. Harrington came in Sunday evening from the Tiger Gold con- pany's property.
 D. NJ. Timmons was in town on Monday from the Gold King mine in ' the Bradshaw mountains.
 Austin Mulvenon and Elmer Land on left last week for the east to visit the St. Louis exposition.
 Mir. and Mrs. c. H. McLsne have gone to California for visit for the benefit of the latter's health.
 F. J. Mitchell. who is working a mine on Jack Rabbit flat northeast of Prescott was in town yesterday.
 John Rogers, son of Mrs. E. A. Rogers, lett on Tuesday for Los Angeles to attend St. Vincent college. | A. c. Massey, superintendent of the Model Mining company, left on Monday for ten days visit to Colo rado.
 W. L. Dustin, connected with the Model Mining company, left on Mon- day evening for ten days visit at Wickenburg. Thomas and David Coleman return ed last Friday from spending their vacation with their father at Kelvin and Dudleyville.
 M. R. Riley, formerly manager of the Gro Mining company, arrived here from Ft Worth few days since for a brief business visit.
 Mrs. Harry Elliott and her daugh- ter, Miss Frances, will leave on Sat urday for Los Angeles where they will spend the winter.
 Mayor G. w.. Hull and Editor ". s. Adams, of Jerome, were in town on Sat urday to attend the meeting of the democratic committee.
 John L. Pfau, of the Pfua Gold Mining company, arrived in Prescott on Sunday from Cincinnati and will go out and visit the property.
 J. B. Tomlinson and his son Don returned on Wednesday last from Mexico. The latter spent his vacation at mine managed by his father in Mexico.
 W. F. Taliefero, connected with the land department of the Santa Fe railroad company, arrived in Prescott on Sunday night on business with the Prescott land office.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24
SMITHSONIAN SIMPLICITY.

It is rather odd that the democratic national platform should have fallen into the historical error of declaring for "Jeffersonian simplicity of liv- ing" The old notion that the third President lived humbly was due part ly to his affectation of seedy clothes in the first two years of his admins tration, partly to an English travel er's yarn that he rode to his inaug- uaration on horseback, alone, whereas he went afoot escorted by battalion of soldiers.
 A widely read book, W. B. Curtis
 'True Thomas Jeferson," has recent y called explicit attention to the fact that the Simplicity" attributed to the great Virginian was myth, so that the error in the platform is the less excusabIe.
 While minister to France, Jefferson maintained fine establishment and did honor to his country by his hospi- tality. In the polished French capi- tai he was regarded as one of the most accomplished of gentlemen. As secretary of state in Phllad clip hia he lived in style, and his dinners were famous. He had brought a French butler from Paris, and he kept four other men servants in livery and five horses. Later he secured a French chef who presided at the White House and he was criticised fer introducing finger bowls and other Paris novelties. At Monticello as we'll as in Paris and Philadelphia he was always careful about his dress, aud the courtliness of his manners.
 A great change came over him when he entered the White House. He had censured Washington and Adams for the formality with which they in- vested the presidential office. It is the natural inference that his sudden and unaccustomed neglect of his clothes was due to his desire to counteract the effect of the sophisti- cation of his predecessors. Before the close of his first term he had de- cided that the affectation was need less, and had gone back to his ac- customed style. But even his neglect of dress did not make him live eco- nomically. His account books giving his expenses in his own handwriting are still preserved. They show shat he did not live within his salary of S25, 900 a year, which was probably fully as large, considering the stand ard of living as $50, 900 is today.
 In his first year in office he spent s25, 263. He kept eleven servants nearly as many as the president keeps now. His wine bill for the first six months was $500. Contemporary writers comment on his dinners, and a Federalist Congressman wrote that he "wished the Presidents French politics were as good as his French wines" It is true that he enjoyed horseback riding, and that he usually rode one of his pedIgreed horses about Washington on business. But one reason for his preference was the fact that the streets of the capital were mud and unpaved. His account book shows he owned a fine coach and four splendid carriage horses for which he paid S160O, and his coachman and footmen wore livery.
 Nobody thinks the less of Jefferson because he lived we'll. If he spent more than he could afford, it was his own affair. But in the interest of historical truth it would be we'll to stop the laudation of "Jeffersonian
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

In denying the application Of friends of John W. Burley, under sentence of death in the District of Columbia, to commute the death sentence to imprisonment for life, the President of the United States last Monday made the following unanswer- able observations: "In my judgment there is no justification whatever for paying heed to the allegations that he is not of sound mind, allegations made after the trial and conviction. Nobody would pretend that there had
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

4 man man never loses anything by being polite. A Chicago man, riding in a crowded street car recently arose to give a lady his seat and walked to the rear platform of the car after do- ing so. Within less than two minutes a train collided with the car at rail road crossing, and the woman was killed and the man escaped injury.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

Ex- Governor Hogg, of Teaxs, claims to be iE preseason of a political secret which he says would create a profound sensation if made public. He refuses however, to divulge the nature of it, which is just like a hog-to keep a good thing all to itself.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

Bradstreet's says that Justice White, of the New York supreme court, has rendered a decision at special terms holding unconstitutional a provision of the New York eight hour law prohibiting contractors engaged in city work from requiring their employees to labor more than eight hours a day. In rendering this decision Justice White granted writs of mandamus compelling the city to pay the contractors certain sums with held on their contracts on the ground that they had violated the law. The case is to be appealed.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

Henry G. Davis has been duly noti- fed of bis nomination as vice presi- dential candidate on the Democratic ticket, by committee appointed for that purprose. On the night of No vern Der 9 Mir. Davis will receive due notification of his defeat by the voters of this great republic.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24
HOUSE TO RENT.

Five room house on North Pleasant street will be vacant June 1. Hot and cold water, bath, patent closet, and all modern improvements. House nearly new, convenient to de- pot. Apply at this office.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

Q Forty thousand women could find employment in New York city as domestics says one of the immigrant officials. He says the demand for serv- ant girls has never been so great. He says that thousands come weekly from Great Britain, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Holland and Belgium and many of them secure places the day after arrival, yet the supply is far from short of the demand. It is stated that the British government is taking steps to discourage the immi- grafton of women. During the past four years more women have come than men by many, many thousands.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

The recently born czire!itch has already been made colonel of regi- ment. Promotion is sometimes rapid in Russia. He will probably De sorry he was net born a girl one of these days when the hereditary dyna- miters get after him.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

It may not have been apparent on a casual perusal but there must be something truly wonderful about that Parker speech-the. republicans act just as pleased over it as the demo aratS
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

Admiral Ouktomsky has been order ed to destroy the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in preference to having it fall into the hands of the Japanese.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-08-24

French capitalists are looking over the country around Ell Paso with a view of establishing a silk factory there.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-10
True to Her Task.

1t would be disrespectful to say that
there is anything obstinate about u
sitting hen, but one must acknowledge
at least that she is firm.
There is story of good old coun-
try doctor who found that hen was
sitting in the back of a wagon, long
unused. His everyday wagon had given
out. and he needed the old one to make
round of calls; so he harnessed up
and started, the hen and all. Thus he
continued to do day after day, and
the sitter was faithful to her post. Only
the eggs suffered Inconvenience, for
the jarring finally added them.
The Springfield Republican tells the
story of another hen which was en-
gagged one, night in brooding over some
eggs in barrel in the livery stable
where she made her home.
The stable caught fire. With the
courage of the boy on the burning deck
she refused to leave her post.
The top of the barrel took fire. It
burned half way down. and still the
hen did not move.
The stable was almost totally de-
stroyed, but the firemen had the flames
so far under control that stream
of water, turned upon the hens apart
ment, extinguished the blaze.
The smoke did not seem to disturb
the hen, nor did the flood of water
pouring down the inside of the barrel.
When daylight came she was still in
her half-burned tenement. and in due
time she brought off her brood of eight
chickens.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-10
GOLD AND ASBESTOS.
Prospectors Make a Find In a Maine
Quarry.

Prospectors Make a Find In q Maine
Quarry.
By travelling less than six miles out
into the town of Hermon one may see
where gold and platinum have been
found, which, if the vein should hold
out to the samples submitted, would
mean a highly paying industry. says
the Bangor O1e.), Commercial. While
the quarry is now being worked daily,
getting out blocks of what is called
granite, but is really hornblende cy-
ante, for building purposes, the search
for gold and other valuable metals has
been carried on incidentally.
Some time ago DR.. Horace F. Han
son, in looking over the property of
which he is the owner, found near the
ledge of the vein piece of rock which
attracted his attention. He took 1t to
State Assayer Ora w. Knight, Of this
city, to have it assayed for gold or
whatever it might contain. 1t was
found to contain "a ounces to the ton
or a money value Of nearly S11. At
hat rate paying gold mine might be
made of it, but later trials Of specimens
showed that the first picked up by MIR.
Hanson was a very good one and that
probably the ore was not near as rich
on the average as the first specimen
promised.
Platinum has been found in the rock
in varying quantities from S. to S23 per
ton, but on account of its uncertainty
no effort has been made to work 1t.
Until quite recently little if anything
has been known of the parent rock
of platinum, and the search for it has
been the study Of biologists for num-
ber of years. The United States geo.
logical reports have urged miners, on
the lookout for platinum, to trace 1t
aack to the place whence it came, and
if possible, discover the parent rock.
All of the gold and platinum that
have been found We're In the wall rock
at the edges of the vein of the rock
which is now being quarried. The wall
is slaty in appearance and cleaves off
easily. Among also have been found
quantities of tale. which is more gen.
orally known as soapstone. As vet the
specimens have been impure, and their
discovery has not amounted to much
in that line.
Another metal which might develop
into something after further working
is that asbestos has been found scatter
ed through the working Of the quarry.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-10
A Courting Incident.

One Sunday young man called on
his best girl. After they had talked
until they could not think of any more
TO say he declared his intention of
kissing her. She was very indignant
and said she would tell her father if
he did. Remembering the old saying
that Faint heart never won fair lady,"
tie young man dared and succeeded
in planting fairly respectable kiss
somewhere behind her ear. The young
woman arose hastily and walked into
the other room.
Pa" she said, "Mr. Smith wants to
see your new gum"
"All rightw said the old man, de.
lighted with the chance of showing of
his new gun. Taking it from the rack,
he stepped into the drawing-room. The
young man broke four windows in get
ting out, and when last seen he was
still running bareheaded down the
road
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-10
HOW TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN ESCAPED
DREAD CATARRH BY USE OF PE.RU.NA
Catarrf Robs Women of Health and Beauty.
Pe-rl=na Makes Women Healthy and Beautiful.
1iss Amanda johnson, Fairchild, Wis, writes:

Miss Amanda Johnson Fairchild Wis, writes:
81 write to tell you how much Peruna benefited me.
For number of years had pain in my head around my
eyes, and thought it because eyes needed
ment went to oculist and had glasses fitted to
my and them for time but felt relief
whatever In fact felt than before, and came to
the conclusion that the trouble with my eyes,
but with my head and that it must be catarrh AS
of friends had used Peruna with benefit for
this trouble, thought would try it. 1 sorry
that did for in short time began improve, and
in four weeks my eyes in splendid condition. my
general health much improved and all catarrh
of the head gone. glad to get rid of this
trouble and glad to endorse such good medicine as
Peruna. Miss Amanda Johnson.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-10
WESTERN cANADA's RESOURCES
Farming Very succ...ful.

faTm1u0 very ouCCs9Sfuis
By Western or Northwest Canada is
usually meant the great agricultural
country west of Ontario and north of
Minnesota, North Dakota, and Mon
tana. Part of it is agricultural prai-
rie, treeless in places, park like in 9TH
ers, part is genuine plains, well adapt
ed to cattle ranches; part requires irri-
cation for successful tillage, most Of
it does not. The political divisions of
this region are the Province Of Mani
toba and the territorial district of AS
siniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and
Athabaska. At present, however, the
latter is too remote for immediate prac-
tical purposes.
The general character of the soil of
Western Canada is rich, black, clay
loan with clay subsoil. Such soil
is particularly rich in food for the
wheat plant. The subsoil is a clay,
which retains the winter frost until it
is thawed out by the warm rays of
the sun and drawn upward to stimu
late the growth of the young wheat,
SO that even in dry seasons wheat is
a good crop. The clay soil also re-
tains the heat of the sun later in the
summer, and assists in the early ripen-
ing of the grain. 1t is claimed that
cultivation has the effect of increasing
the temperature Of the soil several de-
grees, as we'll as the air above it.
Western Canada climate Is good
cold in winter, hot in summer, but
with cool nights. Violent storms of
any kinds are rare. The rainfall is
not heavy. 1t varies with places, but
averages about seventeen inches. 1t
falls usually at the time the growing
crops need it.
The Department of the Interior, OF
tawa, Canada, has agents established
at different points throughout the
United States, who will be pleased to
forward an Atlas of Western Canada,
and give such other information as to
railway rate. etc, as may be required.
That agriculture in Western Canada
pays is shown by the number Of testi-
monials given by farmers. The fol-
lowing is an extract made frem a let
ter from a farmer near Moose Jaw:
"At the present time 1 own sixteen
hundred acres of land, fifty horses
and a large pasture fenced. containing
a thousand acres. These horses run
out all winter and come in in the
spring quite fat. A man with money
expended will make COM
petence very shortly. l consider in
the last six years the increase in the
value Of my land has netted me forty
thousand dollars"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-10
Presidential Power

" "CIs
The United States, when they adopt
ed the constitution, placed extraordi-
nary power in the hands of the Presi-
dent. To him was confided the veto
power, giving him the authority tc de-
eide what laws shall become operative.
He is commander in chief of the army
and navy of the United States and of
the militia Of the several States when
called into service. He has power to
make treaties, and all the diplomatic
power in relation to foreign nations
rests in his hands. He appoints all the
officers of the government, civil and
military. He has power to convene
Congress in extraordinary session, and
In case Of disagreement about ad-
jeurnment between the two houses of
that body he may adjourn Congress to
such time as he shall think proper.
The minor powers Of the President
round out and make almost autocratic
the extraordinary powers above cited.
In the hands of conservative and
well-balanced Presidents these tremen-
dous powers have resulted generally in
the welfare of the people of the Unit
ed States. The voters have always
been extremely careful in putting for
ward candidates for the highest office
and until party nominations became
the rule no mistakes were made.
Partisan politics and the rule of the
,rfrl, -,
pendfture IF money, has, sirce the
party rule usurped former methods,
forced the selection of some Presi-
dents who Were not up to the high or
der of former days.
The voters of the United States only
indirectly have to do with the selec-
ton and election of President; they
vote for electors, who. under the pres
ent system, are pledged to elect the
the party conventions have
Nor have the voters any
direct voice in the nominate they
merely elect precinct delegates to coun-
ty conventions. who in turn elect del
egates to district conventions, and
these select delegates to the national
convention. so the people are three de-
srees removed from actual power.
Viewing the vast prerogative of one
who is elected President. how carefully |
the voters should watch and ward all |
the steps necessary to obtain safe |
man.
The Republicans. through ring rule,
Ire now saddled with a candidate that !
1 minority. at least. do not want, and |
many will not vote for. The leaders
feel they are taking desperate chances
n allowing the nomination of Mr..
Roosevelt to 60 to him in default Of /
opposition. In forcing him. four Sears
lgo to take the nomination for Vice
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-10
ON A RANCH
Woman Found the Food That Fitted

Her.
A newspaper woman went out to q
Colorado ranch to rest and recuperate
lem is worth recounting.
''The woman at the ranch was pre-
eminently the worst hOusekeeper l
have ever known-poor soul, and poor
me-
Il simply had to have food good and
plenty of it, for l had broken down
from OverwOrk and was SO weak l
could not sit up over one hour at a
time. l knew l could not get we'll un-
less l secured food l could easily di-
gest and that would supply the great
est amount of nourishment
''One day l obtained permission to go
through the pantry and see what /
could find. Among other things came
across package of Grape-Nuts which
l had heard of but never tried. / read
the description on the package and be-
came deeply interested, so then and
there / got saucer and some cream
and tried the famous food.
ut tasted delicious to me and seem
ed to freshen and strengthen me great
". so I stipulated that Grape-Nuts and
cream be provided each day instead of
other food and 1 literally lived on
Grape-Nuts and cream for two or three
months.
IF you could have seen how fast I
got well it would have pleased and sur.
prised YOU. am now perfectly well
and strong again and know exactly
how l got well and that was on Graue-
Nuts that furnished me powerful
food could digest and make use of.
1T seems to me no brain worker can
afford to overlook Grape-Nuts after
my experience" Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Get the miniature book, "The Road
to wellville," !" in each pkg.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1904-03-10

President, they have saddled them
selves with an old man of the sea
that now cannot be unloaded. The
President. with all the patronage and
power of his office, is now beyond Their
power to turn down. They will have
to grin and bear it What an oppor.
tunity this offers to the Democrats
who, with the two-thirds vote, can
compel the majority to pay heed to a
respectable party protest.!
Official "Graft."
The ''official carriage graft has re-
ceived considerable airing since the
subject was first brought up in Con-
gress. The statements of the heads
of departments show that there are
thirty eight carriages and thirty-six
horses kept for the use of department
officials and that it requires twenty
four coachmen to drive these carriages.
with their sumptuous furnishings. in
which the cabinet and minor officials
attend to their official and social du-
ties and their personal pleasure. This
number does not include those used by
the Interior Department or the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, which for some
unexplained reason We're not called
upon by the House of Representatives
for information, and volunteered none.
The department that is most lavish
in the number of horses and carriages
used is that of Commerce and La
Dor. which. considering it has only
been in existence about one year and
already employs eight horses and ten
carriages. may be expected to largely
increase its luxurious way Of doing
things when 1t reaches the age of
even the youngest of the other de-
partments. unless Congress puts stop
to the extravaganza.
That this carriage graft has gradual
ly grown under Republican administra.
tions without warrant of law may be
seen from the returns, which show that
only one out of twenty-four men is
carried on the pay roll as driver
The other twenty-three are named In
the appropriation bills for more use
full purposes, namely: One as watch
man, ten laborers, eight assistant mes
sengers and four messengers. So the
labor of all but one of the twenty.
four has been diverted from the bust
ness that Congress created the office
for, and even the new Department of
Commerce and Labor follows in the old
footsteps of demanding four messen-
gers and then using them for coach.
men. The purchases of carriages and
horses are nearly all covered up under
similar guise, most of the appropri.
ations used for that purpose being
scheduled for transportation or mis-
cellaneous expense.
But no one will object to Cabinet Of
ficers being furnished with horse
and carriage to allow them to attend
Cabinet meetings and other official
functions in appropriate style. but that
minor officials whose time should be
spent in their offices, and who have nc
outside work to attend to, should have
these luXuries under false pretenses is
and should be cut off as
IN excrescence more fit for Il monarchy
than republic