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Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

Coast artillery officers who cannot ride horseback will be given the priv ilege of walking thirty miles in three consecutive days. Being an army of ficer in these strenuous days is not entirely a matter of gilt buttons and gold braid.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22
LONG SEASON FOR
 ARIZONA ORANGES
1t is An Erroneous Idea That the Good Fruit is Gone With the Pass ing of the Navals.

A majority of the people of Phoenix doubtless think when their navel, bloods, and Jaffa oranges are gone that the season for the delicious Arizona fruit is over and resign themselves to the mediocre California product. Such. however, is not the case. There are large number of late Valencias raised here. Hitherto they have been pulled and marketed too early-before they had attained their delightful flavor.
 For the last three or four weeks the W.tP. Crump Hay and Grain company has marketed on the average five tons of these late Valencias weekly and the end is not yet. MT. Crump estimates that he has about fifteen tons more to market.
 These are grown in the G. H. Hahn orange grove. They are being mar keted at a price that nets the grower about $2.50 per box, which is more than four times as much as some or anges sold by MT. Crump in the east netted him. He is convinced that James G. Blaine was eminently correct in eXtalling the nome market" idea.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22
.CHlORIS GAYANA NOT
 CHL0RIS VIRGATA
But the Name is of Secondary consid- eration Providing the Grass Will Grow Satisfactorily.

A short time ago The Republican published a letter received from B. Harrison of Burlington, Australia, de- scribing a certain grass seed of which he sent sample to this newspaper. suggesting that it might prove a val uable plant on the Arizona ranges. The seed and letter were forwarded to Prof J. J. Thornber of the University of Arizona for him to experiment with if he cared to do so. He has written the following letter concern ing the matter. It appears that he has already experimented with this grass and finds it a promising plant for Arizona although he believes the classification of it was enormously made by The Republicans Australian correspondent
 Tucson, Arizona, May r, 1908. ''The Arizona Republican,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 'Dears Sirs: Yours Of recent date at hand and contents noted, also the packet Of seeds which I have exam ined. From the seeds, and also from the contents of the enclosed letter, I am quite certain that the plant refer red to is not Rhodessgrass, Chloris vir- gata, but a nearly related grass, Chlo- ris gayana. Both these grasses have been tried at the university grounds and Chloris gayana has shown itself to be of exceptional worth if reason able irrigation can be employed. Of course it does not yield as heavy as alfalfa, at least :t did not with US. It spreads rapidly by means of runners above ground, but it does not develop underground rootstocks as does the pestiferous Johnson grass. It cannot be grown without some irrigation, though it resists to a remarkable de- gree extreme heat and drouth. With
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

the speaker said more than five months ago said it should do; it has left undone all those things which he said should be left undone. The course of the speaker may not win him much love but it will abate none of the respect in which he is held by friends and enemies alike.
 Next November will tell whether he shall be regarded as guilty of sins of omission for which his party is to be vicariously punished.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22
THE STEAMERS PRoPHEcE.


 The great power of the speaker of the house has never before been so clearly manifested as -tr tne =entmiia- tion of events at the eve of the ad- journment of congress.
 On the eve of its -convening MT. Cannon outlined the character of the legislation which would uot be enact ed at this session and at the same time he briefly explained why. His explanation was made to a republican caucus and among the reasons he urged against a broad legislative pro- gram was the eve of a national cleo tion.
 For the same reason congress has been urged to enact much of the leg islation demanded by the president. A majority of the republicans of the house would have yielded to the clam cial bodies and MT. Gompers the head of the American Federation of Labor. But the speaker stuck steadfastly to,
  his text He held that there had been already enough disturbing legislation and announced that he preferred to send the republican party to the polls on the record it had made rather than to send it there for votes for which it would have plainly bidden if it had enacted such legislation as had been demanded of it.
 At least two of these demands had merit; the one for financial legislation and the other for a revision of some. of the tariff schedules. Events have shown that congress could have done nothing in the matter of the former however much it might have desired to do so. In the case of the latter, the opening of the tariff door, however great the need of it, would have been of doubtful wisdom on the eve of a national campaign.
 Congress has done all those things
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

One of the worst features of the Merry Widow hat is that it has a tendency to throw the peekaboo waist into the shade.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

The purefood law has not interfered any with the custom of placing the large, ripe strawberries at the top of the box.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

unfavorable conditions, it grows to a height of two or two and one-half feet on the university grounds. That it would do much better with more fav- orable conditions appears quite cer- tain.
 ''On the other hand, Rhodes grass, Chlorise virgata, is an annual with us, dying out with the close of the season. This latter species does not appear to do any better with us than our native water grass, Chloris elegans, which grass it very much resembles. Trust ing that the above will answer your purpose, I am,
 ''Verv truly yours,
 "J. J. THORNBER,
 "Botanist.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

It may yet become necessary for the two great parties to use force in order to obtain candidates for the vice-pres- idency.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22


 After these disclosures it could hard ly be expected that any fair minded jury could view the testimony of any of the yellow dogs" without grave suspicion amounting to more than a reasonable doubt of its credibility.
 Though as we have said there can be no moral doubt of Ruefs guilt there has actually been no proof of it ex- cept the word of the ex-supervisors and that is plainly not enough.
 If Ruef cannot be convicted no one connected with the scandal can be and the much and prematurely lauded San Francisco prosecution is doomed to be remembered as a gigantic fizzle.
 The trouble has not been in the com plexity of the case, nor in the dishon- esty of citizens from whom juries are drawn, but lies wholly in the purpose of the prosecution, not to avenge the outraged law but in its selfish pur- pose at every step to increase its own reputation.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

"The" Allen made fortune of s350,- GOO out of dives and poolrooms. He might easily have made that much in Wall street in a week in a good sea ing a sporting man.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22
PHoENIX, ARIZONA, MAY g, 1sO'
A GIGANTIC FIZZLE.

While there is perhaps no moral doubt any where in the country of the guilt of Abe Ruef there ought no where to be any criticism of the jury which tried him, for its failure to find a verdict of guilty, The methods of the prosecution had made it practical ly impossible.
 The whole case was made to rest on the testimony of ex-supervisors, self confessed criminals, yellow dogs" a name applied to them by MT. Heney himself, men the price of whose tes- timony was their freedom. It might as well have been purchased with dol lars.
 At no time was such testimony worthy of credence, though earlier in the prosecution it might have been ac- cepted But that was before the dis closures regarding the immunity con- tract between the prosecution and Ruef. Those disclosures showed that the prosecution was given to driving a hard bargain. Not content with re- ceiving from Ruef his simple story regarding his transactions with the United Railroads officials, it de- manded a convicting story. It was brought out that he had been prom ised full immunity which was with held because his testimony was found not to be worth as much as the prose- cution had promised to pay. There was no doubt in the public mind that Reuf would have been a free man if he had consented to do his best to- ward the conviction of Ford and Cal- hOun
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

spending their summer $l2'O
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

The great power of the speaker of the house has never before been so clearly manifestedas-trtoe eafmina- tion of events at the eve of the ad-
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

GEO. W. vICKERs, Pres and Gen. Mgr.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-22

The Arizona Republican is on sale at all of Amos street news stand wagons in Los Angeles, San Diego and Long Beach.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
ACQUAINTANCES EASILY
MADE ARE NOT so EASILY
PUT AWAY

The summer acquaintance Is like a
new shce-she needs careful testing be
fore accepting.
What seems pure gold is often washed
brass; and it - harder to tell the true
ring in people than in metals.
slownezs in friend acquiring means
less dumping later Il is easier to culti-
vdte acquaintance than 10 drop it,
Fine garments do not always cover
me characters. A clever woman III
seeking new friends viii not bank on
what can be bought.
There IS a broad line between ac-
quaintance and friendship: 90 not let
it be too quickly overstepped.
Reticence Is an admirable summer adj
junct. II saves many regrets for mis-
placed confidence.
Rapid acquaintance is as uncertain as
fruit bGying; II Is too often worthless
from oger-Tipe3ess.
1t is better 10 be hard TO know than
too easy. ESclUsivehsss quite as often
means cool judgment as snobbishness.
The rushed friendship usualiy mas the
lack of lasting qualities of most forced
groWths.
Going slow on frleEd-makine need not
necessitate pryiuE into the bank ac-
count and social position OF the casual
acquaintance. Many good friend has
neither.
Better go home with To acqIaint ances
than with wrong ones. SOlitaTiness may
BE- lonely. it il not communicating.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
First Corsets Were Heard Of
Among the Ancient Greek Women

inch vaists-one shudders to think Of
what fortunes they must have gone
through, but perhaps thirteen inches
was more elastic mea surement in
that court Of trickery and corruption
than now
Corsets in the sixteenth century were
very handsome. and were worn outside
of the robe to show their richness: hence
the women Wed with each OtneT in their
COstlinesS ana beauty. Disguised bV
the excess of their cost, Henry XIV OF
France forbade any of his subjects TO
wear them save "femmes de ioie 81 aux
nlonE, in whom he was not Interested
Il was in the sixteenth century that
corset specialists appeared. and Romen
1cre fitted with much care. All sorts
OF shapes We're made. and they we're
laced at either stde. in front as we'll as
a the hsch, and were made OF every
material possible.
Not until as late as 1852 did the corset
as We know it make its appearance
and since then. especially Of late years
its development has been rapid. and to-
day the art of corset making seems %
tiers are trained to correct all minor
and some major defects of deficient or
too redundant figures with the aid OF
their steels, whaleboue. and cloth. and
70 set OF TO the greatest possible ad-
vantage the natural grace and beauty
OF the perfect figure. or if one has a
dCcadent taste for hipless, uudeveloped
figure such as the modes of the day
seem made for. then the corset maker
Is so skilled as to be a6le 10 sha ~
and push flesh and muscles from ons
spot 10 another and work wonders in
the way OF red ictiou. New York
Times
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29

The origin OF the much-abused corset
abused in one sense by many Pnysi-
clans and in others by many women
dates a. far back as the apodesme,
strophiun.. or iona OF the Greeks, and
the fascia, oeinture, cestus. or malillare
Of the Romans. OF course corsets, prop
eTly thus termed. were unknown 70 the
ancient Romans and Greeks, but even
in those days women saw the necessity
OF folds or bands for supporting the fig
ure. especially after maternity. The
centuries of that period were made of a
dozen yards Of wide linen that were
swathed about the figure from hips to
shoulders, and this was often beautiful
~ ornamented-
The original cestus was a band of
skin placed about the hips over which
the tunic was pouched, or it was placed
below the bust TO raise it. The cingu-
lam. another device. was narrower.
while the iona was wider than the ces-
tus
The waist line made its advent IN
England with the Norman women, as
the Anglo-SaXons wore gowns ike
eIoaks and sfI0744d no waist line.
The Norman women, on the contrary
Qarhed themselves in hides laced with
leather thongs, and these were followed
in later years with stuff girdles having
busks OF wood or metal, and then came
iron corsets-
Catherine de Medici commanded the
= omen Of her court 10 have thirteen
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
FOR BUSY MOTHERS

Kerosene will remove tar, varnish and
other like substances from the hands
and viii also cleanse varnfsh brushes
A bit Of flannel dipped IN the oil will
usually be sufficient TO clean the hands.
To preserve lemons many have re-
sorted 10 placing them in jars OF water.
changing the water every day. This
will keep them for number Of days.
but If It is desired to keep them a long
time in hot weather they should be
painted over with the white or the
mixed white and yolk OF egg. and after
drying they can be placed, not touching
each other, on a shelf and left 10 take
care OF themselves. OF course every
part OF the fruit must be covered with
the egg, which on drying forms an air
tight covering that preserves them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29

round The cards YOU have picked up
are your fortune. Then keeping them
face down sou place them on any Of
the good cards left on the board. When
YOU have placed them all, you turn
over the cards and read them. counting
only those that are placed on cards.
The cards signify:
Spades. Ace-New ac0udIntauce.
Clubs, Ace-A present.
Diamonds. Ace-A letter
Hearts, ACe-A house
Spades. Ten-niEht.
Clubs Ten-JOuTney-
Diamonds Teu-A lot OF money.
Hearts, Ten-AIarriage or great pleas
uTe.
Spades, appointment.
Clubs Nine-FOr sure.
Diamonds. Nine-Good news.
Hearts. Ninc-Wish card.
Spades, Eight-SmaIl disappointment.
Clubs, Eight-Laughter
Diamonds, Eight-SmaI amount Of
money.
Hearts. Eight-Love.
Spades, Seven-Sickness.
Clubs, Seven-Knock at the door.
Diamonds. Seven-Surprise.
Hearts, Seyen-Short time
The two red fours are the tables: the
two dark Tours are the sick beds; two
of hearts is a kiss; the other twos,
jhrees fVes and skies are time within
TWO. three. five and six DAYS. weeks
months or years.
Kings are ola men; jacks young men;
queens women diamonds are very
light; hearts arc medium; clubs, dark
spades very lark. You must make youI
siguiuer the queen that suits your com
pleSliop; II a man, king or Jack OF the
same tO.-,,sseNiOu.
Take g whole deck of cards shuttle
three times, cut Taree times. make q
wish laT cards on 4 table eight IN z
rev. until all ere laid Begin readIna
ca5ds whore your king. queen or ZACH
may be. Read the entire deck; the near
er the cards are to you the sooner the
events which they signify will come tC
you.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
Card Fortunes

SdAu EulA AACo.
Y 1.-The following card fortunes
have been prepared by an expert. IN the
gentle art Of forecasting the future BY
the spots and faces of the pasteboards,
Take a whole deck OF cards, shuttle
three times, cut three times. while for
mulating a wish. Turn the cards FACE
up. take OF one card at "A time. say
ing, Ace" king" queen. Jack, %
hearts" nine, " ten. diamonds, and
ss your count falls on a card OF the
same number OF name lay it aside and
so on through the whole deck, repeat
ing twice. shutting between each count
The cards laid aside comprise your for
tune. Lay them out face down one at
q time IN six stacks until all are used
I'D. Turn over first stack and what
ever it contains is for yourself: the sec
ond stack Is the house the third
stack is for your wish: the fourth is
what YOU expect; the fifth Is what you
get; the sixth Is what is left for you.
Then here is another fortune. Take
all the sevens, cights, mines. tens,
Jacks. kings, queens. and aces, Shuttle
three times, cut cards three times while
thinking of a wish. Lay out cards eight
in a row, four rows Count from your
own card hve cards. including your own.
then five more from that and so on to
the end. The fifth card belongs TO your
fortune. Count same way from wish
card. Do not take cards Up. only read
them start with the first card. count
savens Fights. mines tens Jacks.
queens. kings. aces Where the count
falls on a card OF the same number or
name. pick il, up. So on through the
cards once: count over the cards again,
starting with seven as before When
you count 10 the end OF the cards a
| second time. then go through the cards
again starting where you left of. For
example, II the card IS ten, jack would
| be your starting count for the third
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
MADE HIS FORTUNE
WITH MARCEL WAVE
FTenChman Who Invented New
Style Owes Prosperity to
Mother.

n. Marcel. the Frenchman who origt-
mated the famous and ubiquitous Mar
eel wave, Is said TO have realized IN the
first ten years after he invented the
hair wave bearing his name million
francs Anyway. he is now but fifty
five. and has made money enough TO
live al his leisure on his country estate.
His mother was responsible for the
Marcel wave. Her hair not suding him,
me Experimental with q and by acct
dent hit on the wave.
AT that time he was q young hair
dresser with . small shop on Mont
maTtTe. His mothers hair was beauti-
ful. and waved naturally everywhere
but al the temples. Wfere there was
nor the slightest Indication or a wave
This annoyed him so that one day ne
took The irons and persuaded her 20 al
low him 10 use the hot irons on H.
After much fussiuE he turned the irons
the wrong Way-aS then thOught--5 nd
behold, the Marcel wave
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
AID IN DISPOSING OF THAT
SUPERFLUOUS FLESH

o. YOU gle OVERSIGHT. don't use druss.
they may bring on another evil worse
.Hsa flesh.
Use che flesh brush. Get square
coInersd clothes brush of manila hber.
Al first the skin viii ne sensitive, but
rg-s the brush gently and steadily. and
r. viii not 'Tritate.
Paw s.rrntio1 to the muscles or the
y.nuIderE and arms. and especially the
hack of the neck where that unsightly
mound OF flesh rises
Whenever Won can walk, do so. mag
inc that tie trolley car cngenders dis
ease.
When YOU feel sleepy, 50 out IN the
sunshine on AN interesting mission
Uo your sleeping at night and omit the
afternoon Udp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
DONT,S WHEN YOU ARE TLRED

err Ease up . little.
Don't talk any more than you can
help. Talking takes vitality.
Lie down I'm a dark place II only for
fifteen minutes.
Don't read anything in which you are
not interested.
Don't feel that everything must ne
done i'm one day. There are 3s4 more
Realize that il Is better 70 leave
things undone tia n overdo yourself.
Avoid people and their woes at that
time. Seek some one frivolous
Don't try to improve yourself. Give
YOUR mind a rest.
AND don't forget that q little lemon
juice in cold water in the morning is a
great help.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
TO CLEAN ALCOHOL SPOTS.

ii spots are left on your table from
the hot alcohol IN your chaflng dish, try
the following remedy: First, rub in we'll
a little wood alcohol: then TO remove
the resultant whitish mark wet piece
of very soft flannel with csmphorsted
OH ard rub the srOts thoroughly. Leave
the surface very oily for several hours
and finally polish snergeticaliy with g
hif of channels.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
HOW TO CLEAN WHITE PAINT

Hot water and soap give s. yelIowish
tinge TO white paint To avoid this
make a lather of hot water and mild
pure white soap, and use il after it be
comes 1ukewarm Tt is also benefit 10
the paint so ga over It again with per-
fectly clear water and 2 clean cloth re-
moving any suggestion of soap!ness, as
ali soap is more or less following ff al
iowcd Ia remain on either paint OK
clothes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
SIMPLE AFTERNOON GOWN
~ * ~
By MAY MANTON

simple afternoon
GOWNS are always
in demand This one
is made OF blue
ashnlere y z l
bands of black silk
braid but coulc be
utilized FOR alnos-
any simple ma
terial with equal
su c q e SIS Light
weight serge and
chiffon P a y a ma
both are excellent
there are a great
many pretty nov
city fabrics both
plain and figured,
and IN e D d erd s
check is having
great vogue. cor
The trimming fat
banding - always
pretty and easy 10
apply, b Il t bias
bands Of contra ST.
ing material also
are much used and
are effective, while
the blous,, OF silk
and the skirt or
wool would make
a useful combina-
zion. s h e = herr s
check with trim
ming OF b ] 2 elk
Lands IS smart ana
suits the design
admirably. II some
thing "A little more
elaborate is want
ed, the p a n e ! e
could be % black
ms well as the
hand.
For the medium
size the blouse viii
require 81 yards Of
material - Sz
Yards 20 or = yards
"A inches wide with
~ yards OF braid
the skirt rs yards
- . yards 81 Or 54s
Yards g inches
Wild e with lGz
Yards Of braid.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-29
no RENOVATE CANE CHAIRS

II you want to clean and tighten your
cane chairs this housed eaning soak
them well with not water and use soap
II necessary. Dry them in the open
air. and when thoroughly dry they viii
ne tight as when new and perfectly
clean