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Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-03

Rev. Shields Aeturns-Rev. Harvey NJ Shields returned last night from his trip to the East and to the General As sembly of the Presbyterian Church. While East Mir. Shields visited his old home in Pennsylvania. He reports a most delightful trip, and said that he s glad, however. to get back to Bisbee and his work.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-03

The people of Arizona should be up and doing now in the effort to defeat the reelection of Senator Bard, of Cal ifornia- Bard was the enemy of Ari- zona when our people were pleading for the right of seif-government. He opposed the omnibus statehood bill against the wishes of his constituents i1 the Golden State.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-03

There was no show for the Republi- -an delegates from Arizona to amend he Republican platform at Chicago. that document was adopted at the White House several weeks ago.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-03

Arizona should hold a mass meeting to welcome home the Republican dele gates to the National convention at The platform is such com 'ort to our desire for statehood.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-03

The talk of Cleveland in St. Louis yesterday would indicate that there was a prevailing desire among some of the Democrats to give Mir. Bryan a bitter pill to swallow.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-03

According to advices from St. Louis the Hearst boom is as badly wrecked as Santos Dumonf's airship.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-03

Arizona can expect from the Nation Il Republican party in Congress nothing
Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-03

If you have anything to Exchange advertise it in the classified col rm,s of the Review.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-07-03
Assessment Rolls
 of Cochise County
INCREASE IS OVER 4 MILLION DOLLARS OVER LAST YEARS
 VALUATION.

Assessor o'Reiley Has Made the Most Complete System of Locating own- ership Ever Carried Out in the As sessor's ofhce-list of Largest Tax payers of the County.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

had found another island, but the peo-
pie on the Island of Children did not
understand him, and thought he was
making motions to Sinbad to draw
his sword and kill them.
So every one Of them ran as fast
as his fat legs would carry him, and
hid in the cellars.
Snbad and Nebo ran back to the
boat and started for the ship, and the
brave baby soldiers in the fort kept
popping rubber bullets at them till
they were out of sight.
The little people came out of the
cellars when they found Sinbad and
the terrible black man had gone away.
They stood on the shore and jabbered
like a lot of magpies.
Some of them were sorry that Sim
bad went away, because they wanted
more candy. but the older people, the
judges and city council and the gen
erals of the army. and all others over
four years of age, said it was "a good
thing the giants had left the island.
1--WE know what candy is now"
they said. land we will make it for
ourselves"
Pretty soon the biggest buildings in
the town were candy factories, work.
ing day and night to keep up with
the demand.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

A little boat came out from the island,
and the big sailors on the ship looked
down into it. The people in it were
children. A little boy in a uniform
stood in the stern of the boat and held
the rudder, and other boys pulled at
the oars. The boy dressed like an Off
Ger asked for the captain of the ship,
and Sinbad came.
What do you want?" asked the boy.
I'VE want to go ashore" said Sim
bad.
We'll, you can't" said the boy.
This is the Island of Children, and
we don't allow big folks on it,
This made everybody laugh.
The big, black-bearded sailors threw
back their heads and roared like lions,
and their white teeth shining through
their boards made the children in the
boat afraid.
But the officer-boy stood up straight,
turned the boat around, and they row.
ed back to land as proudly as they
came.
Lower a boat" said Sinbad the
Sailor.
They lowered a boat, and Sinbad,
Nebo and three sailors got in. They
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

did not even know the name of it, but
called it goo, GOO"
They were so crazy to get 1t that
they forgot to be afraid of Sinbad.
He gave them all he had, and soon
they were good friends with Sinbad,
and showed him all over their town.
This was just like any other town,
except that 1t was small. The police
men were babies. with little helmets
and clubs hardly bigger than lead
pencil. The carriages were hauled by
little horses the size of cats.
When Sinbad walked he stepped over
the houses, from one street into an
other, and some of the children were
so tired trying to keep up with him
that they had to sit down and rest.
A big crowd followed Sinbad, and it
grew bigger and bigger, till the streets
were packed.
The street cars stopped running,
and the carriages with little women
in them were in a perfect jam. By
and by some of the little people began
to be stepped on by the horses, and
then everybody began to quarrel and
push and shove, and the windows OF
the stores were broken.
Then a squad of baby policemen ran
UP, with their clubs drawn, and began
to push the people back. There was
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

name, who killed old dog Tray. And
a terribly botched job he made of
stuffing him.
During the course of time he killed
various pets of the neighbors, particu-
ilarly those belonging to maiden
ladies, against whom he had always
had a particular aversion. This aver
sion was due, without doubt, to the
easily discerned fact that maiden
ladies are always nice and EbeneZer
| Grandfather was not nice at all.
Well, in the course of time he
married a woman named Evelirta Bit
terweather. She accepted him be-
| cause she was the only woman in the
town who did not know about Eben-
ezer Grumblefitzer's bad temper And
he married her because he was the
only man in the town who did not
know that she was a shrew who had
been twice placed in the ducking stool
and three times in the pillory.
The town was wildly delighted at
the wedding. for the burgomaster and
the town councillors and the burgesses
and the free holders and the notary
public and the police sergeant and
the sexton and the woman who sold
eggs and the citizens and their wives
and babies and cats and dogs and the
town beadle all were afraid to walk
along the street for fear of meeting
either Evelina Bitterweather or Eben-
ezer GrumblefitZer. So it had come
about that the streets used to be quite
deserted, and when even the bravest
men prepared to venture out they
always began by sticking out only the
tips of their noses and then one
eyebrow and then an ear, until
they were quite sure the street was
clear.
THANK heaven!" exclaimed the bur-
gomaster and his fat secretary when
the heard the news. THANK heaven!
Most probably Ebenezer Grumblefit-
ger will soon stuff Evelina Bitter
weather or Evelina Bitterweather will
beat large holes into Ebenezer Grum-
blefitzer That means that only one of
them will be left, and maybe, if we
have luck, they will destroy each
other like the Tenpenny cats" (He
meant Kilkenny" but he had never
heard of the place.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

We ought to go at once or some one
else may get ahead of u.s."
Accordingly, shortly after dark Qor
things are all topsy turvey in owl
Land and their night is our day. they
set off with noiseless flight toward Old
Tree avenue. They had no difficulty
in finding No. l, and Mr.. c. N. Tree
(short for Mr.. Cest Nut Tree) made
his prospective tenants welcome at
once.
You will find everything just as ad-
vertised," he said, as he courteously
hade them enter the low round door.
.grhe house is clean and freshly aired.
MIR. and Mrs. Squirrel occupied 1t last
year, but the nut crop was pretty poor
and they've decided to locate else
where. You, however, Will ma no
difficulty, for Hennery Place is only
a few miles away, just over there
and he pointed long gnarled arm To-
wards an indistinct mass OF pulldlhgs'
looming up in the moonlight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owl were greatly
pleased with everything they saw and
decided to engage the house at once
and begin housekeeping without oelay.
The terms proved reasonapIe-tWo
feathers a month--so they signed
lease for the season and started OH 10
procure furnishings.
''Perhaps we'd better visit Hennery
Place first and get our dinner III
rather hungry myself" said Mr. Great
Horned. oe.
$50 am l." answered his wife. Some
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

lot of shouting and crying, and the
policemen and the people began to
fight
Sinbad the Sailor tried to get out of
the town, but there was such a crowd
of babies around him that he could
not put his foot on the ground with
out stepping on them. So he had to
stand still.
And the crowd got bigger and bigger.
They all wanted to see the giant Sim
bad.
Sinbad watched the little people
long time, and then sat down on a
house and took out his pipe and lit it.
The smoke began to pour out of his
mouth and nostrils.
There was great excitement. The
people pointed at Sinbad and ran
their faces. They thought he was on
fire.
A terrible noise was heard up the
street. and the first thing Sinbad knew
the firemen were all around him.
The little horses dashed up with tiny
fire engines, all steamed up, and pref
ty soon a dozen streams of water were
squirting all over Sinbad. They gave
him a~good wetting, but the stream did
not reach his head, and he kept on
smoking as though nothing had hap
pened.
The smoke rolled out fearfully, till
the town was covered with a cloud.
The people all began to cry.
Then the sound of cannon doomed
through the town. coming from the
seashore. The children looked at one
another and cried harder than ever.
They knew the soldiers must have
seen something dreadful out on the
water.
Sure enough, when they ran to the
shore they saw what the trouble was.
There in a boat was Nebo, the black
slave, rowing toward land as fast as
he could, paying no attention to the
rubber bullets that kept hitting him.
He reached the shore and ran lo-
ward Sinbad, making all kinds of
motions with his hands. What he
meant to say was that the lookout
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

nice juicy rooster brains would just
go to the spot"
To Hennery Place they swiftly sped
Fortune was certainly looking their
way that night, for joy! oh Bliss! a
careless hand had left the door of
the henhouse unattached and the night
wind had swung it wide open.
The shivering hens, covering on
their roosts. were aware of a huge
dark shape, gliding swiftly and noise
lessly toward them, with wings and
tail outsDread. The next moment a
terrified squawk, a swift exit, and one
of their number had gone never to
return.
And and again the feathered ter
ror swooped in among them, till when
the morning light finally broke upon
the scene only a heap of headless
carcasses remained to tell the tale of
wholesale slaughter. For the Great
Horned Owls are fastidious in their
tastes and feast simply upon the
brains of their hapless victims.
The next day the owls moved into
their new home. Their preparations
for housekeeping were of the sim
plest-a few dry leaves for bedding
that was all. Then down in the bot
tom of the hole Mrs. G.. H. laid three
white eggs.
The cold winterdays flew quickly
past. Soon a faint little pecking
sound from one of the eggs betokened
the arrival of the first owl baby. An
other quickly followed and another.
Then began a reign of terror in all
the country round about. All snow
birds were ruthlessly snatched, still
sleeping, from their perches and borne
away by cruel claws to feed the hun
cry newcomers. The hens went shiv-
ering to their roosts, not knowing
whose turn would come next, and
Mother Rabbit had only to mention
the name of the dreadful Owl Ogre
of Old Tree Hollow to frighten her
wee furry babies into the most ex-
emplary behavior.
Meantime the little owls waxed fat
and strong on their grewsome diet.
Their feathers grew apace, and their
big, round eyes peered out toward the
door of their little home, as If anx-
ious to explore the world without.
The two older ones were nearly of
a size. and the third, a little smaller.
The youngest, not being so strong as
his brothers. could not fight so well.
when the food was put before them.
Hence, his portion was usually small,
for they were greedy little wretcLes,
and each looked out for himself and
no other.
The baby grew weaker and weaker,
as his brothers grew stronger, till one
evening he slipped and fell in the din
ner scramble and was crushed to
death. This, however, did not trouble
the others. 1t meant more food for
them.
Meanwhile the parents watched I'M
ceasingly. If dog or fox or other enemy
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

threatened, Mr.. q. H. would take his
stand outside the door. swell his
feathers out till he looked like big
puff ball and glare with his great round
eyes in such a terrifying fashion that
the intruder soon turned tail and fled
in alright.
And zoe to the weasel that attempt
ed to steal his nestlings. The sharp
claws gripped his back in strice and
Mr.. Weasel never stole again.
But more dangerous enemies were
closing round the little dwelling.
Farmers whose hen roosts had been
sacrificed. small boys whose love of
adventure had been reused by the dire
full tales of these terrible ogres-all
were on the watch to catch them I'M
awares.
Il was of no use to hunt by night
for both parents were usually abroad,
but day after day the woods were
searched.
Finally stratagem was used. A
plump young hen was fastened to an
old tree stump not far from Hennery
Place, and spies hid themselves close
at hand to watch what would happen.
For a long time nothing but a plain
tive cackIe now and then from the
poor prisoner rewarded their efforts.
Shortly after twilight, however, a
great dark object suddenly loomed up
before them, swooped down upon the
hen, buried cruel claws in its flesh, and
bore 1t away before the watcher fairly
understood what had happened.
Guns were discharged at the fleeing
robber but a blood-curdling cry was
the only answer. The boys gave chase
at once, but they soon lost sight of him
In the dark chestnut woods.
"Well, the jokes certainly on u.s."
said Harry Furness, the leader of the
party. Instead of capturing His High
ness, we've simply provided him with a
good, square meal"
WAL" commented Farmer Hal
lock, who had been one Of the great
est sufferers, I'm willin ter give IS
for tibet old varnint, dead or alive"
The offered reward stimulated effort
anew, especially among the boys.
Three of them son got their heads
together and evolved a plan. This
was to search every tree in the chest
nut woods the very next day.
Accordingly, early in the morning
they met for action. Each selected a
certain portion of the woods to eX-
plore, and signal was agreed upon
by which the others were to be adj
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

vised if any one had made a
discovery.
For more than an hour they toiled
away from tree to tree, poking every
possible hole for nest. Failure SEEM
ed only too probable, when a shrill
whistle from Harry summoned them
all to an old chestnut tree in the CEN
ter Of the wood.
Harry stood beneath it, dancing up
and down with excitement, and beck
oning wildly to the others to hurry.
When they reached the spot, he point
ed to small opening just where the
first branch left the trunk of the
tree.
There's an owl or something in
that hole" he exclaimed excitedly.
You fellows stand ready with your
guns while / poke him out"
Poor Mrs. G.. H. She was sleeping
quietly with her babies, after her
nights labors. dreaming of endless
chicken banquets served with rabbit
sauce, when a sharp stick prodding
her ribs woke her from her pleasant
Terrified by this mysterious intru-
sion, she flew from the hole, only to
receive the united discharge from two
well-aimed weapons Struggling fee
bly, she fell to the ground, never to
rise again.
Mr.. Great Horned, awakened from
his daily siesta on a neighboring tree
by the commotion around his home,
came valiantly to the rescue, only to
meet a similar fate.
And the Owl Ogres of Old Tree
Hollow would spread terror no more.
The parent birdss disposed of, Harry
climbed up again, and putting his
hand down into the hollow, brought
out two blinking owl babies. These
10
and train, perhaps, to forget the
bloody instincts that had brought the
poor father and mother to such an
untimely end.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

some of the sailors were afraid of
islands. after their trouble on the Is
land of Tickling, and wanted to go
hack to Bagdad, but Sinbad the
sailor made them keep right on.
He was looking for the Island of
niamonds, because he had only a
houseful of diamonds left at Bagdad,
ond he wanted more. So they sailed
long time, till one day the lookout
sang out: Land ho!"
"Where-away?" asked sinbad the
Sailor.
"Nor-nor-west, half west" said the
lookout.
This time it was a little bit of an
island. so little that the lookout could
hardly see it. But they sailed up to
if and found it was big enough to
have people on it.
The trees looked as small as grass,
and the houses were like lighthouses.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

It was not long before Evelina Bit
terweather began to beat her husband
as if he were an egg or a carpet Eben-
ezer Grumbleftzer bore it, not because
he wished to, but because he had not
learned fencing, and so could not de-
fend himself. Besides, a man would
have to learn new kind of fencing
that is not taught in the fencing
schools if he wished to defend himself
successfully against assaults with
brooms, colanders, stewpans, stovelids,
basting spoons, bread knives, pokers,
potato Washers and chopping bowls.
1t was then that Ebenezer Grunble-
fitzer regretted most keenly that he
had furnished his kitchen with so
many heavy, sharp and hard untensils.
One night after Ebenezer Grumble-
fitzer had been battered beyond hui
man endurance by a complete line of
kitchen hardware, beginning with a
frypan and ending tremendously with
the pudding bowl and coffee pot he
became so annoyed that he fell upon
Evelina Grumblefitzer, nee Bitter
weather, and thrust her into the ice
cream freezer. He at once began
Grumblefitzer, nee Bitterweather, had
been turned into a handsomely mold
ed figure of a woman in ice.
EbeneZer Grumblefitzer bore the fig
ure to the leading confectioner, who
paid him $4.37 for it. 1t is sad to re-
cord that he forgot to place the frozen
Evelina Grumblefitzer, nee Bitter
weather, into his refrigerator that night
and she melted away entirely, and
that was the end Of HERR
Only slightly assuaged nv the 81
multaneous escape from his wife and
the acquisition of $437, Ebenezer
Grumblefitzer strobe into his taxi
dermy establishment and began to hurl
the stuffed beasts and birds around
with a fury, as If they were his dear
est friends engaging with him in a
friendly game of football.
He hurled old dog Tray into a cor
ner, and then smash! went the stork
on top of him. Bang! went another
beast. Biff! went another. Blob went
another. And Whoofl went another.
Now, while he is throwing the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

Started toward the island. but before
they We're half way there cannoo
was hred from shore, and a solid r1,h-
per ball hit Nebo on the head Ha
looked surprised, but, being dumb. he
said nothing. AAe
The sailors kept on rowing and
soon anotehr cannon was fired and
S another pail struck Nebo. The sailors
PECAN TO get scared, and wanted to
turn around but Sinbad the Sailor told
them to go ahead.
Then another gun was fred and ~,
other ball hit Nebo and bounced Off
"Nebo, they don't like Won {" said
Slnnad. You are too black. You 60
back" 'u 50
Nebo jumped out of the boat and
swan back to the ship. After that the
cannon kept still. because the chill
dren had never seen any grown-1n
people, and a good many of them
wanted to see them.
They hid in their little houses, and
looked out Of the windows, watching
the boat with Sinbad in it.
Sinbad jumped ashore, and told the
three sailors to stay in the boat. be-
cause the people on the island were
afraid of big men.
Then he went up the little street.
taking care not to step on the street
cars, which were exactly the size of
soap boxes.
He came to building about half
as high as he was, filled with little
people, and they were badly scared.
He reached in his pockets and pull
ed out handful of candy, and threw
it into the building.
The children were afraid to touch
it, but one of the babies, not know
ing any better. took a piece and be-
gan to eat it.
Goo, cool" said the baby.
That meant that the candy was
good.
The children then picked up every
piece, and began to eat it, and pretty
soon they all ran out of the building
and held up their hands to Sinbad
for more. They had never tasted
candy before in all their lives. They
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03
TYRANNICAL TAXIDERMIST
PICTURE PUZZLE.

How Coroner KittIebiIer Discovered
Who Had Killed Ebenezer Grum-
blefitzer.
There was a taXidermist once who
stuffed animals badly and had a vile
temper. This is not any more surpris-
ing than most things in this world, for
bad work and bad temper always go
together.
This taxidermist had not always
been a taxidermist. Once he had been
a boy.
At that time he delighted particu-
larly in prodding horses and cows
whenever he found them where they
could not we'll escape him. He was
more cautious about dogs, and stoned
them only from safe distances. Insects
were his delight. They could not hit
back, so he crippled them to his hearts
content.
AS he grew older the habit also grew
older with him; and it was natural,
therefore, that he should kill every
thing that he saw. Soon he decided
that he would always like to gloat
over his victims. So he studied taxi
dermy.
His master was a kind old taxider-
mist, who believed in stuffing animals
only when they could not possibly be
kept alive and he soon kicked
young Ebenezer Grumblefitzer Chat
was the name of the villain of this
tale) out of his shop. For" said he,
81 see too we'll that you stuff beasts,
not because you love them, but be-
cause you hate them. So you will new
er become a credit to me"
Ebenezer Grandfather did not care.
He had learned enough about taxi
derny to satisfy him, and he began
forthwith to kill and stuff everything
that he could find.
He is the man of whom you have.
no doubt, heard, without knowing his
The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-03

beasts and birds around, and jumping
on them and smashing them into
smithereens, let us inform you hurried
ly that the shop had been visited just
before he entered it by a fairy. who
belonged to the Elf and Goblin So
ciety for the Prevention Of Bad AMI
NAL Stuffing. And this fairy, whose
name was Tinkletinlxle. had, by magic
arts. caused a great. huge, big, mon
strous, hairy capacious, hungry, fierce,
savage and intelligent Nubian lion TO
separate himself into pieces and hide
away, a piece here and a piece there,
in the stuffed animals.
So, of course. when Ebenezer Grum-
blefitzer smashed his stuffed animals
to pieces, what happened?
Why, the pieces of the Nubian lion
simply HAD to get together again.
And. being hungry, he made for
Ebenezer Grandfather without so
much as "by your leave"
And, being capacious. that was the
end of Ebenezer Grumblefitzeri
You may ask: IF that was the end
of Ebenezer Grumblefitzer how can
you tell so clearly what happened to
him?"
Nothing easier! AS soon as the
people of Bustingmass Chat was the
name of the town. heard that Eben-
ezer Grumblefitzer had disappeared,
Coroner Kittlehiler went into the
taxidermy shop and poked around in
the smashed pieces of the poor stuffed
animals. And, of course, he found
that parts were missing.
So he made drawings of the miss
ing parts and-behold! the Nubian
l.c: sat there. smiling in afivctiUriase
remembrance of his meal.
So the jury of Bustingmass brought
in a verdict that Ebenezer Grumble-
fitzer had come to his death through
the kindness of an unknown lion.
DO you think that you could be as
clever as Coroner Kittlebiler IL you
had such a wonderful case?
Try it, The pieces of the lion are
in the beasts in the picture, which was
taken by our special artist on the
spot, just as Ebenezer Grumblefitzer
entered his shop with rage in his
heart and $4.37 in his pockets.