Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-01-22

themselves in possession of diamonds are curiousIy enough the owners of about the least profitable and most cx. pcnsivo luxury possible. Not the rich, but tho poor are those who have dia. mouds now.
 One of the chief novelties of 1908 in New York is a mild but interesting ag. tatiou for female suffrage. Under vel low and black banners bearing the words. "Votc for Womcn," various impassioncd oratorcsses grieving at the position to which woman is relegh'cd in this country, are lecturing from soap boxes on crowded corners. Just what specific ends this sufTragcttc invasion with demand for votes for women hopes to accomplish mere man has 80 far had considerable difficulty in de- tcrmning. One of the more fiery ora torcsscs has announced that the coun' try is in need of moral revolution - whatever that may bc. Another has taken for her them" the statement that as woman is the boss of the home, which is the greatest factor in the ad- vance of the country, she ought logical lv to toe boss of everything else. Stili others advocate the abolishment ot rents. It is noticeable that about 99 per cent of the street corner audi cnccs are composed of men who grin chccrfully, the remaining l per cent being made mp of women who are cX trcmcly disdainful. One man, appar cntly of English distraction, found himself in considerable danger of a serious fight for shouting "No petti' coat government for lIamcrica.' Narl- ous requests were made that he "give the women chance to talk,' and mat tcrs looked stormy until he explained that ne had left England on just that account. No local Countess of War wick has yet appeared to champion the cause, and altogether the movement while it attracts interest by its nov elty, is not taken seriously.
 Other cities with oldest residents lowering about the mere hundred mark will now have to make way for Father Knickerbockcr. This city's oldest resi- dent counts his age not by scores of years but by hundreds. While the date of his birth is naturally shrouded m q somewhat dim and distant past, his age, figured as closely as possible, is set at l,030 years. A. Toad IS the name of this resident, whose memory, if he possesses one, goes much farther back than American history, but as might he guessed he is not human being hut a common, everyday toad. Discovered by Sorkmen engaged in blasing out rock 800 feet below the surface he is now the most valued pos session in the reptile house at the Zoo. similar circumstances have been dead and many of them petrified. Indeed the present specimen when the blast first laid open his bed of centuries seemed to bc devoid of life. On being brought to the Zoo from the rock cham. Der in which he had SO long slumbered he was not only blind and of dull grey color, but also refused to eat. During the first days of his return to earth the ancient toad lived in jar filled with oxygen. Gradually. now ever, his eycsight returned, together with his appetite and his color became normal once more. After his sleep of centuries this oldest known living creature on earth is calmly devouring flies and incidentally attracting much attention at the Zoo without showing any sign of his enormous and surpris- ing age. LONGACRE.