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Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
TONIGHT IS CARNIVAL
 FAREWELL TO CARE
Crowds of Masqueraders Will Throng the Streets-Fun-Fun- Fun and Then
 Some.

Today is Carnival day and tonight the streets will be thronged with the merry makers" some of whom will be clad in grotesque costumes and others particularly the gentle sex will don their handsomest raiment and will ap- pear with dainty masks. It will be fun for everyone and to a certain eX- tent ordinary propriety may be for gotten Fun is to be king of the night" and every participant will lend his energies toward making the night glorious with fun.
 The police department will have eX- tra officers on the streets to see that innocent fun does not degenarte into obnoxious hilarity. Pure fun will be permitted but no rowdyism will be countenance SO woe to the forgetful, who in their enthusiasm. overstep the bounds of decency.
 Let it be a glorious jollification for everyone who must still maintain that characteristic of- the south," chivalry toward ladies.
 Washington street with its beautiful electric illumination will be the main thoroughfare for the promenaders and the merry makers in their varied col Ored costumes will add life and beauty to the street
 It is expected that the restaurants will be thronged with guests as many after the merriment" supper parties have been announced and tables have been reserved in advance.
 Watch for the "big doings tonight and helD tO make the ioIlification ono to be long remembered
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
F YOU WANT CLERKSHIP
 YOU'VE GOT TO HURRY
The Democratic Legislators Are Now Ready to Receive Applications.

The milling around for places in the legislaturs has already begun and those who want clerkships. pageships and other ships within the gift of the democratic majority cannot apply too early The democratic members elect are impatiently awaiting these appli - cations and would like no doubt to have them in as soon as possible in order that the matter may be settled and that they may get it off their minds so that they can settle down to business of enacting wise and useful legislation.
 The way to go at it is to buttonhole members on the street and force prom ises of support from them. If they are not on the street ascertain their addresses and write them early anG often. It makes a legislator feel good to be apprised through the United States mail that he is a man of the hour and worth paying some attention to. Many applicants will no doubt fail because they will not be soon enough. The early bird catches the worm.
 The fight for offices in the organi- zation Is already beginning The friends of Sam F. Webb one of the members elect from this county are urging him for the speakership on the ground that he has probably had more legislative experience than any other member who will be in the assembly and then he received the leading vote in his own county. If Mir. Webb should be chosen it would be at the cost of a good many minor clerkships for Mar icopa.
 Ben R. Clark of Graham who is in the city now is understood to be a candidate for the office of chief clerk of the council and his friends say that there is little doubt that he will get it. MT. Clark is one of the old time democratic leaders of Graham.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
=7, -5- FEEBLE OLD LADY Has Strength Restored By
 Vinol

Mrs. Michael Bloom of Lewistown, Pa, who is 80 years of age. says: For long time I have been so feeble that I have had to be wheeled around in an invalid's chair. l had no strength and took cold at the slightest provoca- tion, which invariably settled on my lungs, and a cough would result My son learned of the cod liver prep aration called Vinol, and procured a bottle for me. It built up my strength rapidly, and after taking three bottles am able to do most of my work, and can walk a quarter of mile easily. Every aged or weak person who re- quires strength should try Vinol. I am delighted with what 1t has done for me-"
 AS body builder and strength crea- tor for old people, delicate children, weak, rundown persons, and after sickness, Vinol Is unexcelled. If it fails to give satisfaction We will re- turn your money.
 A. L. BOEHMER, DRUGGIST,
 PHOENIX, ARIZONA.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
NAVAJO INDIAN BLANKETS

Great sale begins today. The price is right. Come and see them at the Miller-Sterling Co, 9-11 East Wash ington.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
FIRST AMERICAN SATIRIST.
Simple Cobbler of Agawam and His
 Views on Woman.

Who cracked the first joke in vance Review The early records as to the first American who tried | to be funny on paper. Of course, some of the very early colonists in both Virginia and New England wrote humorous and sarcastic accounts back home.
 One might call to mind John Pory of the Jamestown settlement, whose ! letters to the home folks were quaint | ly witty; Francis Higginson, sturdy old New Englander, sometimes dan gerously near joking, and some would say that William Wood of Massa- chusetts. by his sprighly New England Prospect" Q634) deserves the place as first of the numerous fathers of American humor. But the first man to do it with malice aforethough and with the in tention of publishing also seems to have been the New England preach CT, Nathaniel Ward G57S-1652). It was he who wrote the first American book of humor the Simple Cobbler of Agawam." Other books he com posed, but as they deal extensively in promises of volcanic landscapes in the next world. they can not with propriety be called funny.
 Ward was a widower of consider able standing in point of time when he perpetrated the Simple Cobbler,' 1 bearing on the tenor of his remarks, is.r. -1,s ,sal, women.
 ITO speak moderately" says he, q truly confess it is beyond the ken of my understanding to conceive how those women should have any true grace or valuable virtue that have so little wit as to disfigure them selves with such exotic garbs as not only dismantles their native lovely luster, but transclouts them into gant bar geese, ill-shapen, shotten, she'll fish, Egyptian hieroglyphics, or at the best into French Hurts of the pastery, which a proper English woman should scOrn with her heels. It is no marvel they wear drailes on the hinder part of their heads, having nothing as it seems in the fore part but a few squirrels brains to help them frisk from one ill-favored fash. ion to another.
 The world is full of care much like
 unto a bubble,
 Women and care, and care and
 sgs women,
 And women and care and trouble. k, Tt is a more common than con venient saying that nine tailors make man; it were well that nineteen could make a woman to her mind. It is no little labor to be continually putting up English women into out landish casks; who if they be not shifted anew once in a few months grow too sour for their husbands. What this trade will answer for themselves. when God shall take measure of tailors' conscience is be- yond my skill to imagine. He that makes coats for the moon had need take measure every moon; and he that makes for women, as often, to keep them from lunacy."
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
A. w. ROBINSON,
 Board of Trustees.

Real New York Sweet Apple Cider at Melczer Brothers Company, IA West Adams street. Phone Main 75. enty-five cents per gallon, phone Main 75.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
Pays to Advertise,

When I was doing business in a very small way" remarked a shrewd merchant, T advertised that I had no branch stores"
 "Well?"
 That made people think I was running a classy shop, and pretty soon I was able to open branch stores. See?"
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Sealed proposals and bids Will be re- ceived at the office of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 1, in the Grammar School Building. in Pres colt, Arizona, until o'clock p. m, of the 2Sth day of November. 1908, for the construction of a public school building in West Prescott, without plumbing and heating, also separate proposals for plumbing and heating the said building; all in accordance with plans and specifications, copies of which may be obtained at the office of the Board of Trustees above men tioned.
 Each bid must be accompanied by a certified check for per cent of the amount of the bid.
 The Board of Trustees reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Dated Prescott, Arizona Oct. 30, 1908.
 M. B. HAZELTON,
 H. D. ROSS,
 A. W. ROBINSON,
 Board of Trustees.
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13

The world is full of care much like
 unto a bubble,
 Women and care, and care and
Arizona republican., 1908-11-13
Just So.

50 you want ten dollars for a week in New York" gasped Nav Hoptoad. Why, it can't possibly cost you more'n a dollar a day to live"
 T know that" responded Paw Hop toad, but when a feller goes to New York he calculates on blowin' some money in"
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

sr3-reIz looked at him When she did II with
scorn. It was easy enough to see how the land lay
She was in love with some one else.
We'll | had used my eyes pretty well when was
I'D in her room. and had noticed several things
Among these were first, a Bible on her bookshelf
half-filled box Of Caramels copy OF Inc star Win
one page torn out. and on. l tried what the
,r,ritualistic mediums call fishing test on her.
saving that / thought she was very reEglouS one
smiled rather Cvnically: but her stepmother thought
II was wonderful. Why, Ruth goes up to her room
every night after dinner to read her Bible! she eA-
claimed | next informed her that she was fond OF
sweet things. and her StepmotheT Corroborated me
Ev saving that she bought box OF candy every day
OF two. D..
could see that she was strictly chaperoned. She
didn't 90 out of the without Mrs LorsSon
asking her where she was going. and from the con
versation | inferred that she went nowhere alone
| was certain II not alone mere conVentloTaltH
Mrs LOrsson watches her As ! was going out q
maid brought some letters in on salver. One was
for Miss Ruth Mrs. Lorsson opened It calmly, as II
4 was for herself glanced and handed It TO
her stepdaughter. have no doubt that the letters
Miss Ruth writes are inspected as well
Isn't II awful" sighed Ealeska / thought
that sort Of thing had all gone by nowadays
Not when YOU have a stepdaughter, and an
eligible Young millionaire to marry her to, said
Astro That woman IS a tyrant and a scheneT
There little love lost IN that family m sure But
now look At the cipher again
CIRST let me think" Valeska SAID thoughtlully,
holding the paper IN her hand Here's a
,,,r,r7g giri that IS having Young whom she
doesn't like forced upon her. She Is probably IN
love with another but IS not allowed TO see hln or
10 Urite To him Well, d manage to communicate
with him some way
Yes and YOU re clever for eighteen and yon
read the Bible every night after dinner
tOb1" Valeska ewes grew bright. Then these
figures refer 10 Bible texts, But that the way
our grandmothers interlarding their messages
with scriptural quotations. don really oeiieFe
Ruth Is 50 religious As that
All YOU don't know your Bible then. Astro re-
i9jned as he went 10 bookcase and took down =
copy. "W Why, 1t S the most wonderful Dook III tne @
,-id IN -,,ora VIZ VS. than one 1t not only contains
he sum of human and divine wisdom, but It con
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

tains almost every message that one might wish to
send. Why its a ready made lovers Codex! 1t
iSn only the Song of Songs that contains beautiful
love messages, assure you They're scattered all
through the book
Then these figures must refer to the chapters
and verses Valeska said. scrutinzing the numbers.
And the books Astro added
Valesla still puzzled over the lists of figures. The
numbers seem too high for that
And there's first clue Now let us examine
the columns in detail We'd naturally expect the
number of the book to first, the chapter next,
and the verse last. The highest number in the first
row is ~ But there are only sixtysiX books in the
Bible; 50 that can't be the number of any book
Taking the second column. we see that the highest
number is 34I But the longest book in the Bible,
the book OF Psalms, has only one hundred and nifty
chapters so that column cant give the chapter
numbers-as 1t IS. at least The third column has
only the number Of That can't be the number OF
every verse.
He waited for Valeska She frowned prettiy as she
studied it out For sometime her look was intense,
rapt Then as if some idea passed from him to her,
her smile came radianty, and she exclaimed
The figures are reversed! What slyboots she
ISL
Astro smiled also. d. OF course I saw that at the
first glance There is direct confederation OF 1t
plainly evident In the first place, reversed IS 70
the number in biblical order of the book OF Psalms
which has more personal messages than any other
book. and second get the chapter I43, which
could from no other book OF course Now let us
trv and see what We get III begin at the top the
sixtv-third Psalm verses three. four and five. And
he read aloud
Because thy lovinz znnes better than Iite my lips
shall praise thee
Thus VIII | ble,- thee while ! i've: VIII hit up my
Nv soul shall be atisied as with and fatness
and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips
It's pretty ism It he asked
The tears had come into Vaesla' eyes. Oh, it's
beautiful" she exclaimed. No one could call 1t
sacrlegous though she has used the words that
apply to the Almighty for her own lover She's d
dear 1t seerns wrong to pry into 50 charming a
secret; but / m diving hear the rest OF it.
A STRO put down the cipher his IS evidently
~ only side of the correspondence, you
must remember If to get IT all, we must
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

E Master II MYSTERIES entered the
great studio smiling, and, without
-euavlrE his 0Vercoat or silk hat,
-1-ew himself on the divan and
-L-Cklel
Ealeska. his assistant. looked up
from her desk with q question IN
her ewes. though she did not speak
As As--o did not seem inclined
% answer. she resumed her work
with the finger prints. Each one Of
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

less Naleska looked
UP.
agree with YOU 50
far. But let me tell
YOU the rest Of the
story. Ruth Is, as you
know. q very pretty
young girl but she's
more than that. she 5
clever. OF course the
cleverness OF eighteen
isn't quite so deep a
the cleverness of ma
tunty: but | think she
IS intelligent enough to
keep that stepmOther
Of hers guessing. Ot
course one of the first
things / said was that
she was in love. Her
stepmother denied 1t
50 Indignantly that |
Immediately smelled a
mouse Ruth didn t
betrav herself but |
noticed that the Young
man who was present
Immediately began 10
take notice He Is
Sherman Fuller. and
| imagine from what |
heard. a millionaire IL
MS own right. De
cidedly an eligible
The way Mrs Lorsson
managed him was Won
derful. / There 5 no
doubt that # she can
throw Ruth at ms
head. she'll do It. He
seemed TO be perfectly
willing. but Kutn
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

absolutely meaning
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
Finding the Worlds Radium.

Probably no discovery Of modern sci
cnce has Decn more romantic than that
OF raulunl, Tor While everything else in
this old world of ours VIII wear away
IN the lu.inesS OF time, radium goes on
giving out heat and light forever; Il
perpetual light of intense brilIlance, d
perpetual power plant OF enormous
strength. so writes +. Harry Middle
ton i'll the Technical World Magazine.
\ small fraction OF an ounce. properly
employed would provide a good light
iOr several rooms, and would never re-
4uire renewal, While a given quantity
Of radiu:n will melt it's own weight of
ice every hour. The energy stored up
in one gram of ii would be sufficient to
rt.iee nve hundred tons weight IL mile
high, and on this calculation an ounce
of it would suffice to drive Il fifty
horsepower automobile round the entire
GioDe at pace of thirty miles an hour.
But the industrial application Of "a
dium is restricted by the extremely
limited supply available, and it's fabu-
lous price. France controls the worlds
market, and possesses the only whole
sale radium factory on earth. And de-
spite the fact that no commercial use
has yet Eecn discovered for radluln, the
demand for the precious element is
enormous. Every scientist in the world
wants his grain of it for laboratory
purposes. Patient researchers every
where are studying it and applying it
I" different substances in the nope of
discovering new combinations.
outside the walls of Paris, near the
old lvry cemetery, you will find ii group
of unpretentious sheds. These form
the workshops Ct Monsieur and Mad
anne Curie, where the crude ore goes
through its early stages of separation
ana here there are many tons OF rare
earths done up in sacks ready fer treat
mont
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
WINDSOR FAIR.
Everything in Readiness for Exhibition
Next Week.

Preparations are now completed for
the great Worlds Fair" at South
windsor which will take place Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday of next
week. Besides the usual fine show of
neat stock for which this fair is fam
Gus. there will be an abundance of
other attractions.
The entry list promises some of the
pest racing ever seen over that course.
the horses coming from widely separ-
ated points
There will be band concerts. baby
shows. athletic sports and fakirs ga
lore. 1t is asserted that the manage
ment have secured the finest merry
go-round in the State, which will be
of great interest to the children and
young people, especially since it has
the lovers tub" which produces such
ecstacies of joy from those whose
hearts are tender from Cupid's darts.
The athletic sports will include a
potato race, sack race, wheelbarrow
race. etc, and are open to all.
Judging from former years, one of
the most popular places on the grounds
will be the dance pavilion which will
be managed by very competent parties.
The Grange exhibits will as former
ly constitute an important feature and
will be viewed by thousands.
1t is predicted that this exhibition
will prove a record breaker in attend
ance as well as al other features.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
EAST PITTsToN.

Mrs. Eugene Staples and sons OF
Portland, who have passed most of the
summer at Sedgwick. are visiting Mrs
Staples parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Knight.
The long continued drought is being
felt in this section. and many arc
troubled with lack of water.
Mrs. Russell Knapp has returned to
her home in Massachusetts after a visit
with her brother, Briggs Wright
The Ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs.
E. A. Wall on Thursday afternoon. and
the attendance of all who are inter-
ested in Harvest Supper is earnestly
requested.
Mrs. F.. A. Oliver of Winchester,
Mass, and Mrs. NJ. E. James are
guests of Mrs. f. S. Gahan.
A meeting was held on Saturday
evening at the church vestry for the
organization OF singing school during
the coming winter. 1t is now probable
that a school will be conducted under
the instruction of the former teacher,
r. i. Conant.
Miss Chrissie Grover of Pemaquid is
spending a short time with Miss Addie
Wright
j. A. McIltosh and Henry Wright
who are employed in Augusta, spent
Sunday in this place.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
SOUTH JEFFERSON,

The special meetings, conducted by the
evangelsts. Misses Edwards and Kite hen
arc well attended. and several conversi ons
have been reported. The meetings viii
continue until Friday evening.
The many friends of Rev. H. p. Wood,
who for nearly IL yeais was pass D. Of the
Free baptist church in tits place. we,,
panied to learn of his death which oc-
cured last Monday 1T his late home at u
NORWOOD street, Portland. He mad been
in failing health the past year, and since
July had been unable to leave his home
The direct cause of his death was Bright 5
disease.
F.. Fl. Rose returned to Colby college
Wednesday.
A large number of friends and neighhors
gathered at the home OF Mr. and Mrs Os-
borne Hilton Wednesday evening, Sept.
IT, to attend the wedding reception of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira D. Boynton, the bride
being the daughter of MI. and Mrs Hill
ton. A very enjoyable evening was pass
ed, and the young couple were the recip-
tents Of MANY beautiful presents. Ice
cream and cake We're served, and the
guests departed at "A late hour, wishing
them many years of happiness.
H. A. Clark went to Portland Wednes-
day to attend the funeral of Rev. H. F.
Wood.
Inc Free Baptists Society will hold it's
annual Harvest supper ut the Good Temp
lars ball. Monday evening, Sept Is. If
Stormy Monday, the first fair evening
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
Tapping the Gunnison Canyon.

The most spectacular engineering enter
piis. ever undertaken by the government
is now or the point of completion. Car
ried through under most extraordinary
and unprecedented difficulties, it's success
is already absolutely assured, ana, IS a
result of the achievement, 10000 acres,
on about 2:5 square miles, of desert III
southwestern Colorado will soon be trans
formed into blooming garden.
Th.: principle feature of the enterprise
in question was the boring of a great hoie
Though TIE base of mountain range six
miles thick and half a mile high, the oD-
ject in view being to provide iii this man
her conduit tor the carrying of a river
across to the other side of the range. in
order that it might irrigate and render
fruitful Il desert valley.
The river concerned is the Gunnison--
a rapid and turbulent stream which rows
through the canyon of the same name
otherwise known as the Black Canyon
This canyon is perhaps the most forbid
ding and impossible in all the West. II is
a huge gosh. cut as with mighty knife
through the landscape, and with walls
WHICH for the greater part of its length
are almost vertical. Every hundred yards
OF so, along its bottom, the passage of
the stream is obstructed by a cataract
So far as known, up to the time of the
reconnaissance by government engineers
four years ago, nobody ever entered the
gorge and came out alive Technical
World Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-09-23
NORTH AUGUSTA.

Rev. G. d. Holmes, Superintendent
OF the Augusta district will preach at
the Methodist church Sunday Sept. q,
morning and evening and at the Jcwett
SchoolhouSe in the afternoon. Mr.
Holmes is Il talented speaker and it is
hoped that a large number VIII avail
themselves of the privilege of hearing
his interesting sermons.
Rev. Norman G.. Storr took for his
text last Sunday morning Joshua I-6,
His sermon was supplemented by q
brief talk by Mrs. Seth WEIGH, deacon
ness and missionary from Lowell, Mass
Mrs. Wclch also delivered an interest
ins address in the evening before a
good sized congregation.
Schools in this vicinity commenced
last week with the following teachers
Frederick Cony, Cony school: Miss
Ella Hodgkins, Ballard; Ethel Bowen,
Bracket; Addie Ireland, Stone;
Blanche Cobb. Leighton.
f. f. Libby is building an addition
to his barn that he may have more
room to shelter his large herd The
work is being done by Henry Lyon.
G. c. Black and j. l.. Dutton recent
ly built a cylindrical silo about 30 feet
in height for w. X. Ayers. They are
also making repairs on his out build
ings.
Past Masters night was observed by
the Grange last Saturday evening. All
interesting program was presented,
consisting of speeches, vocal and instru-
mental music aud readings.
Miss Alice Taylor is passing a few
we ekS with her sister, Miss Lena lay
Tor, West Sidney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Seth WEIGH of Lowell,
Mass, ar" the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
George II. Fisher.
q. NJ. Bean Jr., carrier of Route 3.
who had been enjoying a two weeks
vacation resumed his duties Monday.
f.. l.. Garland carrier of Route is
enjoying his annual vacation.