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Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24
ALI ALBUQUERQUE
 GAPES AT PERFORMER

ALBUQUERQUE, Aug. 23.-One of the most remarkable sleight-of-hand experts in the world has been in the city for the past two days. He is Mr. C. s. Bennett, of Boston, whose mar yelous deXterity in an endless Teper- tOire of tricks of parlor magic has dumbfounded the few persons who were privileged to see his exhibitions Mr. Bennett explained many of his feats of legeTdemain to a small and select class last night. He travels through the country teaching sieight- of-hand tricks to such classes. and is said to make thousands of dollars at the business. MT. Bennetts expert ness in card tricks, coin palming. handkerchief and ring tricks surpass- es belief, and after witnessing a few of his performances the observer is helplessly conscious of the fact that the human eye is an utterly unreliable and untrustwOTthy proposition.
 q never lack for classes" said Mir Bennett last night. "Legerdemain has an unfaiIing fascination for both young and old everywhere. I believe I have a repertoire of tricks that will compare pretty favOrably with those Of Hermann and Keller. The fun niest thing about the who's proposi- IiOn,'' said MT. Bennett. c4relessly pulling a few silver dollars out of the reporters ear, lis the astounding sim plicity of the tricks when they are ex- plained.
 Tn fact, it almost disgua.s a man with his own senses when the tricks are eXDlained to him Tn TnaC;r cases the eye is simply, not quick enough to follow the movements of the perform CTS hands, and in others you are gen. erally looking at the wrong hand. think I have got perhaps more fan and more entertainment out of my own tricks than my audiences The Openmouthed stare of al unsuspect- ing stranger when you extract a rab-
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24
FORESTRY IS
 ATTACKED WRONGLY
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of Michigan. Wisconsin and Mime nesota would still be the center of the American lumber industry.
 In Germany the forests have been treated scientifically since the early years of the eighteenth century. They cover today practically 24 per cent of the total land surface of the empire, and are yielding largely in creasing returns to the government without diminishing their contents. The government regulates all the for ests of the country as to cutting, clean ing up debris and reforestizing.
 Japan furnishes perhaps the most convincing argument in favor of permanent government forest policy. It was at the dawn of the Christian era that the Japanese government be- gan to conserve its forests, for the population Of the islands then was dense. as now, and there was danger that the unrestricted cutting of the timber would in time interfere with the supply of timber needed for ship building and for fuel. From the first all the watersheds in Japan have been kept covered with trees and all the fellings have been strictly supervised. So thorough was the system that in 1867, when the upheayal came about which produced modern Japan, the for ests of the country were turned over to the imperial government absolutely unimpaired. There is a forestry de- partment for the management of the governments 17,50O,0OO acres of tim Der land this being 30 per cent of the total forested area of the country. The United States is thelefOre not the first nation in the world. but the last, to take up scientific forestry.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24
GREELEY'S FORECAST OF THE WEST.

Horace Greeley, on his visit to the Pacific coast in 1859, made this re markable forecast of the future of the uninhabited desert region of Ne vada in an overland stage coach: q have come across desolate and ter rible country. land seemingly worth less foreyer-the great American des- ert. But I believe that the Almighty has created nothing in vain, and as have passed over this awful region, the thought has fixed itself in my mind that. since 1t IS useless fo> every other purpose. it may be a and of vas- mineral wealth. If that be sc. it will take 2 hundred thousand min CTS a hundred thousand years to even prospect it."
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24

The last legislature made 2 ten strike when 1t passed ihe Doran mine tax bin. That measure has brought more good fruit than its friends claimed it would. II is not loo soon to begin to point to other desirabe and beneficial legislation fin Arizona. It will be expected of the next legisla- ture that 1t will take the "iron horse" by the tail and slow him up some fin the matter of freight and passenger charges in this territory.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24
DORIAN LAW
IS GOOD.

No other state or territory in the Union has apparently added 25 per cent to its taxable wealth within a year. Yet that is what Arizona has done. This has not been accomplished by, greatly increasing values over those Of former years. for there has been comparatively few changes in values generally; a considerable part of the increase is the result of a rapid but natural growth of wealth and an equal part of the increase is the result of a healthful change in the assessment Of mining properties, the territory's greatest source of wealth.
 The claims of the advocates of the Doran mine tax bill in the late legis- lature have been made good. Those who believed at the time that the measure was inadequate agree now that it's operations has exceeded ex- pectations.
 It is now proved that it is doubly beneficent measure. It has not only performed the office of creating a healthy swelling of the revenues, but it has been the means of allaying an unhealthy agitation which grew out of the fact that the mines had for a long time evaded their just share of the burden of taxation, and which threat ened to overburden them with more than their share, or at least to load them up to the point of discourage ment.
 The Doran law has done all that its friends foresaw that it would do, and more.-Phoenix Republican.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24


 As near as can be learned the West ern Federation of Miners organizers, led by Rawlings, Cannon and Semple, spent something approximating ssOOO in their effort to unfonize Bisbee What has been the result? Before the advent of the agrtaJors in Bisbee there were probably 2O00 union men in good standing working in the War ren district Now there is not one. Every dollar expended fn Bisoee was earned by some miner pounding the head of a drill. Has anything been accomplished for the bettermelt of the condition of labor at Bisbee or anywhere else by the attempt made to force a union into Bisbee over the opposition of s7 per cent of the men employed there2 Can any good come to Douglas smelter1nen by following the advice of the trouble breeders who invaded the peaceful and prosperous camp of Bisbee?
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24
LABOR SCARCE IN MEXICO.

Under the above caption the New
 York Commercial sums up quite cor.
 rectly the manual labor situation in
 Mexico as follows:
 "A scarcity of manual labor is
 threatening the industrial interests of
 Mexico and it appears that the capi.
 talists of that country must begin to
 look around for imported worIlmen.
 It is asserted by Modern Mexico that even the old established haciendas are beginning to feel the demand that has been made upon the supply of strictly native labor, as the numerous construction enterprises have enticed away from the farm the formerly con. tented pcon. whe is attracted by the larger wages paid by the contractor and hastens to reap this increased re- ward in fresh fields.
 The contrast between the rate of wages paid on the large farms was complacenty accepted formerly, and the rate now offered by some of the contractors who wish to accomplish results within a given time and must have the peon at any price, is some what startling when any comparison is made
 Tt was thought when the peso was established that little difficulty would be experienced in bringing in cheap and good labor from Europe, the West Indies and even from the southern states of the United States, and pos sibly from the orient. It has trans pired that the West Indies as a base of supply for labor has not been of any value and that the European can not be turned from the tide of immi- grafton to the United States, where the wages are higher and where he has been led to believe that there exists a veritable land of promise
 The extensive development that is going on and that is being planned in the republic makes it clear that the native labor would never be suffi- cient, even if every laborer should be engaged, to carry out the work. The development of the west coast. the extension of the Central railway on the west and that of the National on the east, the electric transportation light and power plants, the opening up to modem methods of cultivation of the many large old plantations, all demand labor in enormous quantities.
 Where, then, is this necessary sup ply of labor to come from? Of late years there has been a stream of Chinese and Japanese laborers flow ing into Mexico, but the tendency of these to make tracks" for the bor. der as soon as possible has interfered with their usefulness.
 Tt is thus concluded that some ac- ton must be taken to encourage the of Iaborers into Mexico. if the deveopment of the country is to continue"
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24

The jointists seem to have lost courage in Arizona. Since Roosevelt's political agent passed through the ter ritory and was accompanied to the rim of the Grand Canyon by Pop" sturges we hear no more about the probabilities of joint statehood man being made governor of Arizona,
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24

Over in Phoenix the politicians are talking about Hon. Tom Weedin of Pinsi county as probable democrat ic candidate for congress. Well, Edi- tor Weedin would easily clean up any republican that could be pitted against him in such a race
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24

The vacation season is drawing to a close and the summer widowers are beginning to spruce up in anticipation of the return of their wives from the seashore and other sections of the country where they have been during the summer.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24

With the county and territorial tax rate at s2.OO We are now beginning to feel the benefits of the Doran mine tax law. Six years ago the tax rate in Cochise county was s4.20 on the $100 valuation. It is now less than half that amount. Arizona is fast get ting out of the woods.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24
GOOD ADVICE FROM
 FRIENDLY NEIGHBoR.

THlcNOEr NEiSHbOH.
 We take the following from the Fl
 Paso Herald:
 Though the department of mining In the territorial university at Tucson is ably conducted it Is an incontrover. tible fact that Arizona needs a scnool entirely devoted to teaching the sci ence of mining.
 Mining is too important to be taught as a branch in any state or territory. especially in Arizona, one Of the leading producers of minerals.
 This is not a matter tna, concerns the mine owners so much as fl does the young men of Arizona. The mine owners can secure competent men from the eastern schools of mines, that Is where practically all of them come from now, but Arizona cannot ahOiu to hdNt lHtSt pOSAjlOuS hiltu by imported men while thousands of her own young men are seeking voca- tions in which they may make their fortunes.
 "A brainier set than the young men of Arizona may not be found in any part of the country but it takes more than brains to make mining expert or manager It takes special instruc- tion, expert and thorough instructions. There is no other profession. perhaps. that so absolutely requires a techni- cal knowledge if the top of the lad der or even any of the higher rungs are to be reached.
 And there is no profession in which reputation and money are more sure. ly to be made if the man who enters it is properly equipped.
 Consider the almost countless num- Der of mines in Arizona, each one af- fording opportunity for expert employ ment, at the present time and yet the development goes steadily on and not only that but the field is wider than the territory of Arizona. An endless army of American mining experts is ceaselessly pouring over the border into Mexico. By companies they go, battalions and by regiments, and yet the demand remains unsatisfied, rath- CT does the deficit grow greater owing to the wonderful mineral development of our sister republic.
 Many Arizona young men have gone to the technical schools in the east thus securing a finished educa- tion but the number Is but a very small percentage of the number desir- ing a thorough training in the science of mining. It takes money, a whole lot of it, to carry one through course in an eastern school and not every young man can command it to be used for this purpose.
 Arizona can render her young men no greater service than to enlarge her plans covering the teaching of mining and establish school of mines. the first and only object of which shall be the giving of thorough in that line.
 Let Arizona establish such an in stitution, give it a competent and cap able faculty and then appropriate plenty of money for its proper mainte- nance and enlargement from time to time and the time will come when the statement that a young man is graduate of the Arizona school of mines will be sufficient recommends ton to secure for him the best of openings in his profession
 And as the Paradise, Ariz., Record remarks, since it takes years to build up a school of this kind the territory could not begin the task too soon.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24

It is to be hoped that the recent rumpus in the ranks of the national guard of Arizona will pass of without any conduct being exposed which is unworthy of a soldier and a gentle man.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA,
 Csanty of Cochise, ss.

I, Y. A- Patterson. circulation mana gsr of the BisDee Daily Review, do sa.sznIy swear that the above state Es1x gives the actual and bona ide ea-c1l4rSoz of the daily editions of the EzaSs Daily Review for the month oS July, 1907. and that from the sszsszs1t all spoiled and Jeff over pa Ssrs have been deducfed
 N. A PATTERSON.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24

No wonder the Douglas Examiner went to the newspaper boneyard; 1t was depending largely for support on the Western Federation organizers and walking delegates.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24

Mrs. Eddy, the Christian Scientist, is now out of court until the next friend becomes envious of her world Iy possessions.
Bisbee daily review., 1907-08-24
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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
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a well-ordered life. For the present
day workers, seeking the best interpre-
tation of the beauty of the nude in art,
this book will explain that Pollaiuolo
was the man who took up the study
from scientific standpoint and
bridged the time of extreme conven-
tionality after the sensuous extremes
of the Roman painters, with the more
rational age to which he pointed the
way.
Forty-nine well-chosen and splen-
didly executed reproductions OF the
work of the great Florentine scientific
painter add greatly to the value of the
edition, attesting the infinite variety
of his work Another satisfactory
feature of the publication is a care
fully compiled appendix. classifying
the elaborated text and giving, by way
of verification. some important docu.
ments in the original Italian.
One of the particularly good chapters
of this book is that which gives the
characteristics of Pollaiuolo's art. 1t is
a gem of analytic criticism. Referring
directly to the colors which combined
with the superior draughtsmanshfp
make his work the wonder that 1t is,
the author says:
IN color, Antonio tends to be some
what heavy. warm brown, green, pea
cock blue and deep amethyst and ruby
being his favorite tints. 1t is probably
to his handling of gold and jewels that
he owes the depth and Gem-like glow
OF his colors."
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

birth and upbringing were lowly.
Placed at an early age by his father
to learn the trade of goldsmith. he
soon attracted attention by the origi-
nality and superiority of his designs
and became one of the most skilful
workers in Florence. the range Of his
accomplishments including some not
able bronze decorations. But 1t ap-
pears that in the days of Pollaiuolo-
1882 to 149S-there was not as much
money to be made in the craft of the
goldsmith as in the art of the painter.
and so 1t was that this man, talented
enough to do almost anything he es-
sayed, learned to be a painter. His
years as a designer made the transition
an easy one. Starting in this way; Pol
laiuolo made his way until he stands
next to Donatello as pioneer and chief
of the FIorentine realistic school. But
with all Pollaiuolo's success as an ar
tist, the brush could not wean him en-
tirely from metal work; in fact, it Is
known that he was always a goldsmith
as well as painter. The churches of
Florence bear testimony to this. In
one q painting and a silver altar cross
bear ths same date. And at last. when
PolIa&uoao died, he was in some ac-
counts ,*c1aSsiied with the sculptors,
showin3s q still further unusual devel-
oprnen&
Quite naturally, interest centers in
the great work done by Pollaiuolo in
Rome. whittier he went at the request
of Innocent VIII. whose tomb was the
last triumph OF the Florentine. He died
just as it was completed.
To the student of character this
book will afford keen enjoyment. show
Ing how much may be accomplished in
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
"The Messiah Idea In Jewish History"
By Julius H. Greensboro. Published by the
Jewish Publishing Society. Philadelphia.

By Julius II. Greensboro. Published by the
Jewish Polishing Society. Philadelphia
''The Messiah Idea in Jewish His
tory" a scholarly book by Julius H.
Greensboro. in which is discussed the
attitude of the Jewish historians and
the Jewish people toward the Messiah
in ancient and modern times 1t has
been often asserted and generally ac-
cepted that most people believe that
Judaism has no dogmas. The author
of this work takes the opposite view
and proves ii by ancient lore. He traces
his idea from the Old Testament and
later Jewish history down to the Chris
tian era, but devotes most of his at
tention to the times following the es-
tablishment of the Christian faith
The book is interesting in'itself, but
particularly so as a comparative study
of religion The chapters deal with as
many periods-'In Biblical Times"
''The Second Commonwealth The
Talmudic Period" The Rise OF Ration
alism," ETC., and are very comprehen-
SiYe.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
antonio P0IIaiuOIO''

biography and critical analysis By Maud
(;ruttwell Published by Duckworth & Co.,
London: imported by Charles Scribners Sons
New York. Price -.
To the bibliography of art an impor-
tant book has just been added mas
terly biography and analysis of Maud
Czruttwell of the life and work of Anto-
Mo Pollaiuolo, the greatest scientific ar
tist of the Florentine school The work,
published in London, has been imported
by Charles Scribner's Sons and pre-
sented in exquisite form to the Ameri-
can public. It Is not easy to under
stand why this well-merited considera-
ton of one of the worlds greatest
artists has not been written before.
To do II now has meant a lot of orig
inaI research on the part of the au-
thor. to whom the art world owes
debt of gratitude.
The biography gives an excellent
idea OF the environment in which this
rare genius developed and shows that
like mary a world genius Pollaiuolo's
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

I'VE are building the Panama canal.
whose corollary must be a mercantile
fleet of our own upon the seas. dis
tributing the products of our soil and
manufactures throughout the world.
and Secretary of State Root has made
1t easy for a better understanding and
augmented trade with the republics to
The south of US. But Americas real
opportunity Is In Asia. where dwell
more than half the people of the earth,
for the possibilities of commerce with
the rich East exceed those of South
America tenfold. Uncle Sam merits a
goodly share of the trade of both these
divisions of the globe. The people of
the United States must cut loose from
the idea that has lost its logic in re-
cent years. that the Pacific Ocean sepa-
rates America from the lands and ISL
ands OF Asia, and look upon it as
body of water connecting US with the
hountiful East
1--WE should see to it speedily that
our plows and harrows are being
used on the Nile, our agricultural ma
chinery in the fields of India. our
lathes and planers and drilling ma
chimes In Eastern shops, substituting
those made in kBngland or Germany.
American locomotives should draw
American cars, over rails rolled In Pitts
burg, through Manchuria and Korea"
Most of this. Mr.. Penfield tells us
in his introduction, but there is moro
of it in homeopathic doses all through
the book.
mis- collection Of travels is out of
the beaten track. After passing the
Worlds Townsite at Suez." the reader
is taken through Colombo, Ceylon's sea-
port, the description OF which is better
than anything seen in recent years in
books of travel. The pearl fisheries
are excellently pictured; then a visit
TO the shrine of Buddha; thence to the
beautiful hill country of Ceylon. Bonn
bay Jeypore, Benares, canton and Ma
Gao are given all too little. space, and
the Tai Mahal, that most marvellous
tribute to a much adored wife, is given
a chapter by itself under the title of
THE Worlds Most Exquisite Build-
ing"
In the final chapter of the book.
"Japan's Commercial Future" the Jap
anese enterprises and encroachments
receive some such attention as must
inevitably be given them before long
by the worlds statesmen.
The book is vitally interesting, fu..
of real information. most entertainingly
presented and is worthy of place in
any library The text is enriched by
fifty or more fine illustrations from
drawings and photographs.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

By Hutchins Hapg00u. auJn0r OF Inc AuloO.-
ography of a Thief published Dy DuI-
field & Co.. New York. Price S1.5O
Hutchins Hapgood wrote "rhe Auto
biography of a Thief In rather roman
tic circumstances. An eX-convict upon
his release from prison was sent to
"Josiah Flynt," the author tramp, by
some member of the National Prison
Association. who had befriended him.
and was turned over by Flynt TO Hap
good. The latter becoming interested
in his story, took it down for him, and
began Herewith series of researches
into various phases of the underworld.
That book was interesting, well written
and a valuable addition to books about
criminals. Now the same writer's FUR
ther Investigations along the same line
are made into another book called The
Spirit of Labor"
The author has chosen the biograph-
ical form and asserts that the events
in the story are actual, but it is the
life story, just the same. of Chicago
labor leader and trades unionist.
The socialistic movement in this
country is attracting the attention Of
people in all walks of life and when a
man who writes as well Mr. Hap
good does puts its principles into the
mouths OF his characters one must
needs take notice. He is just and un-
biased and the representatives of labor
and capital should find equal pleasure
in reading this excellent book.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31

claim any great degree of accuracy or
permanency for the formulae suggested,
and to warn the reader against a too
definite application of them In par
ticular cases. The whole study is in
in the past has been too little appreci-
ated. namely, that an impure water
supply affects not only the health and
comfort, Of a community, but also the
individual pocketbooks OF the people"
The author has added few extracts
bearing on the same subject from re-
cent lectures and addresses he has
made on The Disadvantages Of Hard
Water" The Pollution OF Streams
and the Natural Agencies C1 R24nA
ton