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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-12-27
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ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 22-It is difficult to judge whether the gen. eral political strike can be ranked as a success or a failure. The authorities are bewildered by the strength of the strikers, and the strike has reached for midable proportions. In St. Petersburg, where, even according to the officials, over third of the workmen obeyed the order of the workmen's council, the strike leaders are confidently asserting the others will be brought into line immediately. The government, how ever, has succeeded in keeping the railroad traffic out of St. Petersburg moving with reasonable regularity.
 The scanty dispatches received from the interior do not indicate whether the order for the strike is meeting the
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-12-27
Date Is Changed.

On account of floods and washouts the Arizona Cattle Growers convention, called for December at Phoenix, will not be held until December 2s. The convention will be in session three days. Low rates are offered on all lines of railroads and big attendance is expected.
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Gone to Chicago.

R. A. McGillan, who is develop ing several mining claims in the Plaeerita section, left yesterday for Chicago to spend the holidays with friends. After short sojourn he will return to re- sume work.
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woodmen's Smoker.

The Woodmen held a smoker last evening, after the lodge work had been concluded during which four new can didates were inducted into the mys- teries of woodcraft. The social season that followed was thoroughly enjoyed.
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Returns Home.

Deputy Sheriff Foley, of Ash Fork, returned to his station yesterday after several days of visit to Prescott. on social and official duties. Johnny is capable officer and in addition an agree able person all round.
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Mine Examiners.

H. J. Beemer and Lester Jackson re- turned to the city last night on the Big Bug train, where they had been on a mine inspection trip.
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Was in Gotham.

John Duke has returned from a some what extended trip to New York, where he was attending to business matters in connection with mining in this section.
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The JOURNAL-MINER-Hypocrites detest it, rogues fear it, and thieves steal it to get the news.
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F ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2s,
 F 1:40 a. m.-The emperor and F cabinet reached a final deci- :. sion regarding the electoral !. law.
 F Universal Suffrage Revoked.
 F ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. !. 23-At the session of the cab F inet, presided over by Elm
 !. peror Nicholas, it was decided F that universal suffrage would ]. not be granted.
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0TI h[W5 IN bl|[F
(From yaturday's Daily.)

Hon. B. J. Whitesides, of Nogales, a member of the last legislative council, was in Prescott yesterday looking af- ter business interests.
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Work Progressing.

A. J. Pickerill, who is superintend- ing the big operations going on at the
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1905-12-27

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The Washington times., 1905-10-01
Some Hints About the Quest Room

bed always unrumpled: and have the at
tending afghan or slumper-rug gay and
bright
If you've flowers blooming put a few
in vase in some out-of-the-way corner.
or put your prettiest plant in the win
dow.
When you have the room papered.
keep in mind the same principles on
which you would work II you were pa
pering . den, where paper. as well as
hangings and the rest, must express
the idea of coziness. Only. for a bed
room, the coloring must be softened
somewhat. although not to the extent
that the other rooms are
Perhaps this seems a little radical
this suggested treatment of Il guest
room in strong. glowing colors. rather
than the traditional bedroom ideas. but
the idea has been demonstrated in a
nearby home, with the result that every
guest who visits there comments on it
with delight. and straightway plans TO
go and do likewise.
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been made in Japan or China, where the
most cunning workmen of all the world
are found. But some very gOod-looking
ones come, not so Oriental, but pretty
enough Tor most of us, a lot less expen-
Sive-
Heads of animals. stained in coIors ap-
proAimating the natural coiOrs, but a
dozen times gayer, are the prettiest ones
Tor children's umbrellas, Dut seem a bit
out of place upon those for any one old
enough to have put away childish
Things The same sort of handles In
ivory or bone, carved out. belong to q
vastly different class, and are usually
used only on the better umbrellas
In natural wood handles. the darker
woods are best liked. and in these there
are countless versions of knots and
knobs.
As to coverings, it is said that plenty
OF colors Will be used, which is probably
true OF those got to use with the won
derful new rain coat of crepe de chine
and silk and dozen other extrava-
gantly beautiful kinds But for the
most part, black will, as it always is, be
used
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A Clever Silver Gift

A clever little gift for the woman
who prides herself on having her silver
just so, yet who finds it necessary to
have 1t polished every time she brings it
out from her treasure chest (which
usually happens to be a drawerD is n
set of canton flannel cases
jewelers. usually provide cases with
sets of silver, but the box cases aren't
the satisfactory ones in point of keep
ing the contents bright. And. besides
many a womans silver is the result of
several years collecting, which probably
means that the cases most probably
haven't been included
Canton flannel comes in a soft fine
quality that has a nap on both sides,
robins egg blue and sea green.
Hem square of the material at both
ends, and fold one end up to exactly the
middle of the square. At regular inter-
walls stitch 1t into divisions, making
room for twelve spoons or forks or,
wing-shape bits should be stitched on
one on each side of this lower side. and
piece of tape or of ribbon matching
in color, tackled on to one edge.
Each time the silver has been washed
and wiped, it should be given an extra
little rub and put away. each in its COM
partment, and the case rolled up the
flaps laid over by way of extra protec-
ton against insidious dampness, and
the tapes tied to keep the covers in
place
If such cases are used. there'H be
practically no furnishing of your silver
These cases can be made pretty in
spite of the rather prosaic service they
are to be put to, and set off their con-
tdnts most effectively.
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Blouse Protectors

With the wearing of fall and winter
weight coats over white silk and lingerie
blouses comes the necessity for some
sort of slip that will protect this blouse
For very cold mortals there's the ciev-
crest SOFT of a knitted bluose cover.
made In some way that rids it of any
fastening down the front; leaves it, in
stead, to cross so that there's a double
thickness across the chest, and lets the
two ends button on each shoulder. Be
ing knitted with firm. even stitches IL
bears repeated washings-a very neces-
sary requisite.
Another sort is of silk-a heavy quail
ity OF china silk is the best for the pur-
pose-and is made exactly like a shirt
waist, only looser and with bigger COL
lar and cuffs. Narrow ribbons run
through collar, cuffs and belt, and tie
pulling the collar well up until it covers
the collar of the blouse. and the cuffs
Well below the blouse cuffs.
IL looks like simple little shirt waist
when II is on. and slips off when you get
10 your journeys end, leaving you as
fresh and dainty as when you started
which is its object; and il washes even
better than the knitted cover
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Pretty Book Covers

A pretty cover for a book or magazine
is always an acceptable small gift, and
need never be an expensive item.
First. get a stiff piece of cardboard
and cut 1t the exact size of the front
for, not, of course, including the back
piece which holds the pages together.
You must now select a material to
cover the cardboard with. and, Of
course, any woSs1 in the shape ot EN-
broidery or painting must be done be-
fore the stuff Is stretched over the card
board You have endless scope for your
decorative capabilities. When linen is
used. conventional design worked In
flax thread Is most effective; silk and
satin display embroidery TO perfection;
figured materials can have their pattern
outlined in gold or silver thread, and the
covers de luxe can be painted with deli
cate sprays of flowers or small fruit
Cut the material nearly an inch larger
than the book when II Is open, and In
cutting allow for the back piece; now
fold II over the cardboard covers and
stick down with glue or photograph
paste; and remember to notch the ma
terial at intervals, as 1t lies better II
this is done.
When the covers are quite dry. take
a piece of silk or sarcenet and sew II
carefully around the edges of the cover.
and where the cardboard ends at the
back piece stitch the Sarcenet right
through very neatly to the outer mate
rial. You must now put a piece OF
ribbon to the top and bottom of the
back piece Ito tie through the middle
all around with narrow silk cord If de-
sired
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.ASHHzy @ezded Nth odd
qzen shades and shadows in its many

dozen shades and shadows in its many
folds.
Tulles, crepe de chine, lace, net, chiffon
every sort of it-and wonderful East
ern materials. embroidered. with the
lavish fancy Of an Orientalist, with gold
and spangles.
Old-time knotted fringes are back with
the scarfs-long and silky and knotted,
either the simple single-knot fashion or
with complex arrangement of knots
and interviewer strands But when
fringe is used IL should be as closely set
as possible, allowing the spreading in
its use 10 show off the knots rather than
spreading them before knotting.
The printed crepes are exquisite, with
white or some pale tint of n color for a
ground. on which are laid single flowers
or tiny bouquets in dozen soft, rich
colors. Some of these scarfs are accor-
dion pleated, which breaks the design
into the shadow-howers so exquisite on
sheer fabrics. One In the palest of blue
showed the flowers made half misty by
the pleating.
Some of the simplest-they'r beauties,
thoush-of the chiffon scarfs are trim
med with deep double ruffie of pleating
that runs all around the scarf proper.
which is shaped something like those
horrors of another age that went by the
name of 'nubias."
Black, which has crept into such favor
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L SOUe0OW I0erc :
a fitness about them for their
work that suits as we'll with the finest
silk as with the cheapest cotton cover;
and does it without seeming common on
the finer grades.
But there are always novelties crop
ping out each year, and new versions
of three or four other sorts OF handles.
The inevitable silver ones. for instance,
and ivory carved into grotesQue or
graceful shapes.
There's nothing radically different
about this falls new umbrellas. The
handles, or most of them, are small fol-
ago, which really came about through
Its convenience.
There are some interesting wood han
dies that look as though carved all
over with mysterious cabalistic symbols
but which are really only natural mark
ings in the wood It's some strange ORR
entail wood that has no interesting knobs
to use for top. so it is usually sur
mounted with a plain crystal ball or \
long, rounded crystal or silver top.
e Silver and gold handles are less in
favor that they've been for years, while
ivory is better than ever. Sometimes
tiny ball of ivory is carved with dozens
of wee faces, grotesque, and yet won
derfully artistic, and so well executed
that even under magnifying glass each
ugly face leerS at you without in the
least losing its expression. Monkeys
dozens of 'em-climb another, and lot
of tiny, white mice swarm over a third
Among the ivory ones, the most at
tractive. as well as the most costly, are
those with every evidence of having
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leads to their destruction Each is
made to serve some distinct purpose.
One is a candlestick. and the modern
woman has more use for candlesticks
than ever candles had even in the DAYS
when they were the only available light
Another is vase-with n graceful fig
ure of woman springing up somehow
out OF the firm, rounded base, and lam
guorously bent back against the top
Perhaps, it's a little vase, just big
enough for flower or two-enoueh for
the beauty spot of room: or II may be
large enough TO crowd in a bunch OF
the glowing asters or the cosmos that
norists shops and country gardens
alike are gay with.
The colors-or shades, rather-are
greens, soft sage greens that tighten al
most into white, and remind YOU of the
descriptions travellers give OF the ice
plants in African deserts-with thick
green leaves and stems whitened in
spots as though a thin film of ice had
creDt over them.
They're just the sort of thing for desk
or bookcase, or for that odd corner in
your room that needs a beauty toucs
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you hold is centuries old. perhaps stolen
from the wedding finery of some little
princess who died hundreds of years
ago.
There's nothing filmy about the ORR
entail Scarfs, everything tends to the
heavy, ornate styles, yet some of them
most of them-are beautiful, and all of
them are interesting But they are so
full of character that they should be
worn with the more simple types of
med they are a jarring element
But a scarf of some sort is almost in
dispensable this fall, especially If you
are the proud possessor of one of the
new Empire evening coats. which some
how-like the period-demand ore more
exquisite extravaganza. and get it.
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What One Woman Did

Accomplishing in their proper time all
the details that make housework syste-
matte appeals to me. In January and
February 1 replenish household linens
from bargains offered at this time.
sheets, pillow-cases, comforts, towels,
table cloths, and napkins are made 1
plan my gardening then. deciding upon
the seeds needed and the disposal of
gl ound In March 1 make the summer
underclothing for the family. During
April am ready TO do some gardening.
as well as to begin the making of sum-
mer dresses, for at this time the sea-
sons styles are decided. In May
finish summer sewing and clean house
June finds me ready to enjoy summer
and no special tasks other than preserv-
ing fruits as they are on the market
for winter use. Through July. August
and September this work continues and
Is done in the mornings, while after
Moons are spent in recreation and nee
diework. During these months / make
many of my Christmas gifts. In Octo-
ber i begin winter sewing and i'm No
vcmber / prepare for winter as to fuel
and vegetables. December L spend in
preparation for ChristmSa.
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f ALL the Fascinating bits of
frippery that ever graced the
world OF dress, scarfs are far

world OK dress, ScarfS are Tar
and away the 1oveliest Being
such becoming things, and such an at
tractive adjunct TO every one OF the
many types of formal dress, they ought
never to be out of style
But all the reasoning in the world has
no avail against the whims of fashion,
who DEGREES this and that with as airy
grace as if she were not ruling out
some things almost indispensable to
proper effects
AT any rate, scarfs have come back
into favor. and like everything else that
has returned they have come with a
thousand new graces of texture, or
color or design
Fringes and frills and pleatings; plain
hens and those with hens mysteriously
drawn and stitched dts like sewing on
air TO do them); bright with spangles. OF
dull in the wonderful rich way that is
typical OF lace-there's no end to new
scarf ideas
Some of them are apparently plain, but
the plainness is a mask behind which is
some interesting mesh, with curious
shiftings of threads here and there that
resolve themselves into set patterns; or,
perhaps. the silky quality of the mate
rial catches the light and takes on
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eyed Spanish senoritas know so well.
With the rest of the rainbow tinted
scarf beauties, which are set off by an
occasional black one here and there, are
the strangest ones-types you uncon-
sciOusly associate with Eastern prn-
Turing pictures of life in the Orient
Some of them are of silk-the queer
thick silk that is almost stiff-with
spangles and glinting gold embroidery
making IL sitter and apparently more
impossible TO drape, yet its very weight
drags it into graceful folds.
Some are of cotton stuffs-thoSe curl
Gus stuffs which nobody else knows how
to make, and which look as though
they had been made by the same meth
DDS for centuries, that perhaps the bit
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is great variety, the taste of the owner
tor the giveD is usually very plainly
shown. For, between, are severely simple
baskets and those made elaborate with
twists and turns of straw, and with as
tonishing bows of ribbon and even OF
lace.
Those tiny baskets and boxes filled
cut with a thousand and one things,
ready for any ordinary emergency which
demands needle and thread in q hurry
have probably more ingenuity displayed
In their makeup than any of the larger
sizes. Yet II you're travelling or II space
counts for much in your room, there's
nothing that takes their place.
= just how to dispose of an extremely
limited amount OF space, and at the
same time have at your elbow the many
dinerent things-for you never know
winch you'll needs u problem which
mas been solved in a hundred different
ways
Little leather-covered boxes are per
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for suits and dresses alike and for some
of the loveliest evening dresses, has
come out in y hundred scarfs, some of
lace, with large patterns that give the
effect of shadows on the lighter ground
But the most fascinating are of the
sheerest net or tulle or chiffon, trimmed
with the tiniest of spangles-silver or
gold-which dot II all over, and on the
ends are grouped in odd SWirling lines
A scarf of this sort gives as dramatic
d touch to a black costume as a great
splash of color
Lace mantillas are particularly becom-
ing with the soft fluff of hair that is
characteristic of the present coiffure-
And mantiliaS lend themselves with
peculiar grace to the little coquettish
drapings that make the prettiest possi-
BILE frame for a young face, as the dark
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haps most convenient or all. especially
as they are divided into sections SO that
each thing is kept by itself-there's no
tumole, no tiresome tangle OF things lust
when you are In your greatest hurry
But the bags. II they're made of a pret
ty silk with a tiny. dainty pattern, are
far and away prettier.
The fittings of one OF these bags or
boxes take the greatest possible time 10
collect. for pins and safety pins of sew
eral sizes and both black and white
hooks and eyes and buttons, tapes and
cottOrs and needles, scissors and Thin
bic and tape measurc--when you make
out a list you find yourself with a
couple of hours shopping on your hands
and apparently little 10 show for it,
But these couple of hours end in saw
ing you endless sets or those dreaded
nine stitches sure to be followers of a
postponed mending.
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TszT FER EecSe7c1eS

geaphy. with. the design carefully pen
ciied on for such of us as nave to do the
work. but lack the creative artistic in
stinct. These cost very little. and make
stunning things for a corner or for a
gift 10 the girl you love best.
Work baskets on stands, high like the
tables. have a lower shelf OF the wicker
they're made of. which serves double
purpose: that of strengthening the sup
ports and of holding the overflow OF the
basket on top. -
OF little baskets and bags there is no
end. Some have lids, and some are just
wide. capacious things that make
room. somehow. for all the troublesome
mending anywhere about the house
And an with all things in which there
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Some Little Gems of Pottery

Some new little pottery things are
shown in the shops-just simple. mex
pensiye things, but graceful and pretty,
and each bowling to William Morris
rule OF having reason for existence.
Not one of these bits is just piece
of bric-a-brac, that stands around aim
lessly, pretty in itself, but invariably
In the broad and devious path OF the
woman with q duster that inevitably
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" " ing the cause of fine needle
work, 1t is only natural that
more and more convenient arrange
ments for keeping the numerous. but
necessary. little things together should
be constantly invented.
The prettiest work-tables come-the
prettiest of them all is said TO be copied
directly from one that Martha Wash
ington owned-with drawers and deep,
rounded sides that open by a flap on
top. The top drawer is divided up into
convenient compartments-a long. mar
row place for scissors, and every other
compartment with its use well defined.
Some of them are quite expensive,
those Of mahogany, inlaid, especially so.
But as pretty in. their way are those
got ready for decorating with pyro-
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N \
M comfort it is, when you've land
ed from even a short journey
and are shown to your room. to
find that room looking ike one that has
been lived IL, instead of the desolate
"spare-room" type or olden times.
When you fix your guest room up,
don't let it be a dress-up room. by any
means, with everything set prirnly
around in the sort of order usually des-
ignated as apple pie but which isn't
half so nice,
And it should be papered ard furnished
with an eyeto having plenty of CHEEKY
color around-those alI-white rooms. and
those got up in pale, cold coIorings are
all very well for your own room, out
mighty cheerless when it comes to a
time of welcoming.
Have couch in the room, if you can
there's nothing like It for leaving the
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Observation-Disclosures Handles

7 OTH1NG ever seems to take the
\ place of natural wood handles
for umbrellas Somehow there's
a fitness about them for their
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Little COnveRieRCes for Needlework

Z TITH the exquisite lingerie and
NM handmade blouses stimulat-
" " ing the cause of fine needle