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Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-17

property in South Prescott. He will stock the pond with Japanese fantail
 gold fish.
 Gone to Phoenix.
 To visit with friends and inciden- tally to see the Territorial fair, Mrs. R. N. Looney and sister, Miss Winnie Mayer, of Mayer, have gone to the Capital City.
 New Use For Auto.
 D. M. Clark, who has mining prop erty in the Jackass Flat country, has decided to put his automobile to a new use. He will convert it into a temporary hoisting engine.
 To Visit Southern Arizona
 John Kinney, a well-known local mining man, left on last evenings train for southern Arizona. He will spend some time in Tucson and Phoc- nix before returning to this city. Casa Grande Mining Man.
 Van H. Brooks, who is a promi nent mining man of Casa Grsnde, is & visitor in this city, which is his former home. He states that mining conditions are quite satisfactory in the Casa Grande district. Pioneer Peace Officer.
 Jacob Henkle, who was a pioneer shriff of Yavapai county, renewed old acquaintances here yesterday before leaving for San Bernardino county, California, to look after his mining interests. He expects to return here later and intends to erect a residence in West Prescott.
 Visiting Former Home.
 w. J. Rielly, manager of the St. Michael hotel, has gone to San Fran cisco on a combined business and pleasure trip. He is a former resi- dent of the metropolis of California. During his absence, D. H. Cardill, who was formerly connected with the hotel, is acting manager. Mir. Car dIll for some time past has been bookkeeper for the Octave Mining company at Octave. To Fight Tuberculosis.
 On next Tuesday evening at the High school auditorium there will be organized a Yavapai County Society for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. These branch societies are now being organized throughout the territory by Dr. J. W. Finn, the secretary of the Arizona organiza- ton, and the movement is one that should command the general support of the public. Goes to New York.
 Charles M. Binford is greeting old i friends in Prescott for a couple of | days prior to taking his departure for New York, where he goes to ac- cept lucrative position with a large firm of accountants. While there he will avail himself of the opportunity to take a night course of study at the University of New York, devoting his attention to commercial law, fi- nance and kindred subjects. He goes to Phoenix tonight, and after a few days in Los Angeles, will proceed to New York City.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-17

the generating of the current in either light or power.
 Cattle Go East.
 Orville Bozarth, live stock inspector of this district, has cleared a ship ment of over 300 head of beef cattle from the range of M. A. Perkins on the Upper Verde, for Kansas City Kan. The above consignment was purchased by J. A. Pitts of Flagstaff, and loaded at Del Rio.
 Contractor Leaves.
 [ James Crable, well known in con- tracting circles in brick, stone and cement work, has accepted a position with the Clara Consolidated Mining company and left yesterday for Swan sea to begin work on an extensive concrete contract. He expects to be away during the winter.
 Tuberculosis Victim.
 Mrs. Earl Meade, a young woman who has been in the city for a few months in the hope of receiving aid through the climate for tuberculosis, passed away yesterday morning at the Mercy hospital. She was a native of Oregon and aged g years. Her hus- band has been notified of her death and will arrive today or tomorrow. The remains are at the undertaking parlors of H. M. Maus & Co.,, and in- terment will be announced later. En Route to Coast.
 Joe Stephens reached the city yes terday from his range at Tank creek, and will leave this morning for Los Angeles. He has recently enlarged his water storage dam at that point and says it is one of the best reser- voirs in the western part of the county, impounding a sufficient sup ply of water to carry the range ami mals through the dryest period. Since being enlarged the dam is over 90 feet across and at the present time is over half full. Others in that sec tion will store water for their range stock the coming summer, building concrete dams.
 Scooping Them All.
 The following will give some idea of what is going on in Phoenix this week, professionally and otherwise: The K. of P, the Odd Fellow, the dis trict attorneys, the postmasters, the embalmers, the dentists, the teachers, the stOckmen, the recorders, the pro- bate judges, the county school super intendents, the supreme court, the clerks of district courts, the Demo erats, the notary publics, the Anti Saloon league and the Royal Arch, the code mining commission, and ev- erything in Yavapai county with the exception of the board of supervisors and the road grader are in the great convention city by the Rio Salinas.
Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-17

Journal-Miner-High class job work
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
DIVING FOR COINS.
The Natives Of Madeira Are Experts
at the Business.

The Natives Of Madeira Are Experts
at the Business.
AS we drew in and came to anchor
we saw descending upon US a 6eet of
small. curious boats 6lled with half
naked men. We suspected now that
Madeira was cannibal island and pre-
pared for the worst. II was not quite
as bad as that They merely wanted
us to throw coins over into the liquid
azure which they call water in this
country, whereupOn their divers would
try to intercept the said coins some
where between the top aud bottom of
the sea. We didn't believe they could
do it. but we tried and. as usual. found
that the other fellow knew his own
game better than we die
IL those amphibians did not always
get the coins they GENERALLY did They
could see them perfectly 10 that amaz-
ing water, and they could dive like
seals. Some of the divers were mere
children-pOor. lean creatures who
stood up in their boats and shouted
and implored and swung their arms in
wild invitation to Us 20 fling our
money overheard. But they did not
want small money-at least not very
small money. They dee.iineti to dive for
pennies Perhaps they could only dis
tincuiSh the .lpam OF tho white metal.
Let Il Aickcl or Il diHs4' i'e lOoScd over
aud two or three were after ii in a
dash. while vehPment outbreak OF
Portuguese from all the rest entreated
still further largess. IL WAS really a
good show. aud. being the first OF its
kind. we enjoyed it.-Albert Bigelow
Paine in Outing Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18

Carbuncles. to which the aDcients at
tributed fantastic properties. were in
reality rubies They served, 1t was
said. to give light TO large serpents or
dragons whose sight had been en-
feebled by age. They bore them con-
stantly between their teeth and laid
them down only for eating and drink
ing. 1t was even claimed that the car
bunclc emitted light In darkness and
that the fhk'kest clothing could nor
STOP its rays without ala the exag'-
geruiiOn Of Suth legends ii was be-
lieved for long time that rubies con-
tainPd luminous rays. The truth IL
tina they have double refractiou ana
seHl oul the Frd rays with uneuuatT.k
hPiliancy. TFi i7VrSed in a vacuum 5*
m electric current. they are nlnmiBaf-
rd with 4 rr-d fire Of extreme iaseE =
siiy. The grPEleSt Aeai does a0t
change their form or their color.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
KEENLY INTERESTED.
Lincoin's Question After the Commit
teeman Had Finished.

Lincoin's Question After the Commit
teeman Had Finished.
Just after the second battle OF Bull
Run the Boston chamber OF commerce
decided that President Lincoln was
not prosecuting the war with enough
celebrity to conserve the interests of
business, and so it appointed com
mittee to go to Washington and re
monstrate with him upon his dilatory
tactics. The committee was headed by
Mr.. Pierce.
1--WE found" he said, "a man who
looked as if he had lost all the friends
he ever had in the world. who invited
us to take seats and inquired our bust
ness. As was the spokesman. open
ed our case, and as proceeded the
presidents face relaxed. BY and by he
smiled and betrayed actual Interest.
and by the time concluded he WAS al
most in q broad grin. After had fin
ished he inquired If that was all had
to say, and on my saving that
thought it was he asked If some 0f the
other gentlemen wouldn't like to say
something. They replied that they
thought had fully covered the
ground And then" continued Dir.
Pierce. what do you suppose this sol
emn man did? Wen, he just moved his
chair over to mine, smoothed his trou-
GERS over his knee, then reached over
and sWoa'And mine down. 100. aFzi
then. wiyua queer look, which, nvne Of
us will ever forget, he said. Mr..
Pierce. did you ever notice what
difference there is in legs?'
What did we do? We grabbed our
hats and took the first train for Bos-
ton. and we never dared to report
Ladies' Home Journal
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18

And That Ended the Naval sweatbox
Punishment.

Punishment.
On one Of Nr l.lnculns excursions
to Fortress Monroe ON the steamer
Hartford In 1861 his attention was di-
rected to 4 narrow door bound with
iron. the use OF which he was anxious
to learn
what Is thisg' he asked.
"Oh. that is the sweatbOx." was the
reply. lit is used for refractory and
insubordinate seamen. man in there
is subjected to steam heat and has very
little ventilation 1t generally brings
him to terms very quickly"
President Lincoln's curiosity was
hroused. This" he said to himself,
lis treatment to which thousands of
American seamen are probably sub
iected every year Let Inc try it for
myself and see what 1t really is"
Taking off his hat, for he was sever
al inches over six feet in height. he en-
tered the inclosure. which he found to
be little more than three feet in length
or width He gave orders that at a
signal from himself the door should
De luultuiultly OptuSu. AZ was thNh
closed and the steam turned on.
He had been inside hardly three min
utes before the signal was given. Pres
ident Lincoln had experienced enough
of what was then regarded as neces-
sary punishment for American seamen.
There was very little ventilation. and
the short exposure to the hot and hu-
mid air had almost sutfocated him.
Turning to Secretary Welles of the
navy department. the president ordered
that no such inclosure as the sweatbox
should ever after be allowed on any
vessel Tying the American flag.
It was not an hour after this order
had been given before every sailor on
every ship in Hampton Roads had
heard Of it. The effect was most re-
markable on the older sailors. many
of whom had themselves experienced
the punishment of the sweatbOx. Some
of them wept from JOY.
But the good results Of this act OF
President Lincoln were not confined to
the American navy. Great Britain,
France, Germany and other European
countries heard that the sweatbox had
been abolished in America as inhuman.
One and all OF these nations in turn fell
into line, and today the sweatbox is
not to be found on any vessel flying
the flag ia civilized nation through
out the world.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18

| have SnuwB Il aresS coat handed
from one Iu another ia the wings sew
erAl times during a performance. II
was IA current idea that white cotton
stockings assumed the appearance OF
silk from the front by making IA heavy
line of white chalk on the shin bone.
A white tie was easily made from a
strip Of note paper, and even shirt
trout could be managed from highly
glazed note paper White cotton gloves
were de rlgueur in place Of the more
expensive eid ones. A comedian. hav-
ing no bk6iSSStocEngs. once blacked
his legs AtWl ttF show he asked the
stage mana4sf, 200 we play this
piece again" ET"Yes; next week"
"Oh. the, need not wash my legs"
From "Rumblings OF an Old Nam
mer." by Russell Craufurd.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
Al IntslIin.nt Cow.

few nights ago citizen went
Aome and found COW ia his yard
lie drove her out. he then went intO
the house and laseg. heard the animal
ia the yard again He drove her out
the second and third times. The ciIi-
zen's son came home later and foAnd
the animal in the yard and drove her
out. The citizen then made an iDyes-
tigatiOn and found the COW got IN by
wading around the fence on the river
side, He hung up lantern,to deceive
the COW as she came in. aud the next
morning, so he says he found the COW
in the yard With tue lantern hung on
her horns, using the same TO hunt out
the best grapefruit in his grove. Say
what you please. but that was an iD-
teiligent cow. And the story is true
of course Il is.-Fort Myer Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
THE BISHOP STAYED.
He RisLed Row, but Didn't Have 20
Leave His Bed

The bishop of a southern diocese was
once making missionary journey
through Arkansas aud the Indian Ter
rtOry. and on his arrival at Natchez
he said to the landlord OF hotel. 81
have been travelling for week. day
and night. iu a mail wagon. and want
n comfortable room"
"Sorry" said the landlord. but
don't believe there's vacant room In
Natchez. There's horse race.
! Methodist conference and political
convention in the city. and every house
is full mp The only thing can give
you is a shakedown" Then. observing
the bishops tired face. he added: THE
best room In my house Is rented to a
noted gambler who usually remains
out all night and seldom gets In before
breakfast II you Will take the risk
you shall have his room. but IL he
should come in there'll be a row, I'll
promise you that"
The bishop decided to take the risk.
About 4 o'clock in the morning the
gambler returned and promptly shook
the bishop by the arm.
Get out of here or I'll put you outF"
he shouted.
The bishop, the gentlest OF men. rails
ed himself on one elbow so that It
brought the muscles of his arm into
full relief
MY friend" he began quietly, "be-
fore you put me out will you have the
kindness to feel of my armT"
The gambler put his hand on the
bishops arm.
stranger" be then said respectfully.
"you can stay."-Youth's Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18

The history OF SayOna is that OF a
long struggle with the t;enOese. ended
In the siXleetHh century, when they
seized the town ard rendered it's har-
Dor useless by sinking vessels filled
with stones at the entrance. Ia 1746
1t was captured by Sardinia, but was
soon back again under the control Of
Genoa. The ancient Sayo where Mage
stored his begtX.. ia the second Punic
wa6 FSavOna was the birthplace of the
pOpes Sixtus rs. aud Julius II, and
the home of the ancestors OF Colum-
bus. who bestowed its name ou one Of
the Girst islands he discovered Ia the
West Iudies- LondOn Standard
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
RAN THE BLOCKADE.
Pvttins Through Risky Piece of
Business at Santiago.

Pusttine Through a Risky Piece of
Business at Santiago.
Some naval officers at dinner party
the other evening were discussing the
efficacy of the Cuban blockade in 1893.
That many vessels ran the blockade at
Havana. Cienfuegos and elsewhere
was admitted.
But only one vessel ever ran the
Santiago blockade" said one of the
speakers, land that was one of our
own vessels. the little Gloucester"
He then described how the Glouces-
tor ran thp hlorkndc while command
ed by Dick Wainwright hen "A leu
tenant commander, who had previous
ly been executive officer Of the Maine
when il blew up.
I'VE had been sent down to Asser-
raderos 10 communicate With the in
surgents." said the raconteur. who was
on the Gloucester at the time. Upon
our return it was quite dark. and we
were proceeding slowly to our station
on the inside line of the blockade when
the electric signaling apparatus broke
down. We could not give signal.
particularly the private Identification
signal Of the night. Had we been dis
covered by one of the bloekading YES
sells 1t would at once have dashed The
signal and If we did not Immediately
respond it would have promptly open
ed FIRE. We would have been blown
to pieces I'm minute.
1T was a risky piece OF business, but
Dick wainwright was perfectly COOL
and the Gloucester acrually picked its
way without being discovered through
the whole hOckading feet took up its
statiOn 0s the thside liHe. uader the
MORO and as Sonn as phe signaling ap.
paFatHs was repaired reported its ar
rival II was a clear ease OF blockade
running. but II was mighty tickiish
w bile il lasted"- -SaB Francisco Call.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18

tie Franks With an Authors Maau-
scripts. end Decorations.


A Paris contemporary dealing with
the love Of great men for animals
gives an amusing account Of Chateau
BRAND aud his monkey. When he was
engaged IN preparing Fonianes' works
for the press. Un returning one d"y he
was met hy his monkey.
"Ab. you rogue said Chateaubriand,
your shamefaced look tells of mis-
chief" The monkey was chained up
but as things did not appear much dis
turbed Chateaubriand thought nc more
of the matter until 1t was time to re-
sumo work Fontanes manuscripts
were not to be found
At last Chateaubriand looked into
the waste paper basket. aud there were
the manuscripts The monkey had
watched his master, aud as he had
seen him fold a sheet of paper and
tear it into four so he had dealt with
Fontanes' writings. With much labor
they were pieced together and after
ward published.
Chateaubriand thought Il advisable
to see what else the monkey had done.
His orders had disappeared from a
drawer which was always kept closed.
The servants searched everywhere for
them, but they were not TO be found.
Nearly week elapsed before they
were traced. and then a domestic no
ticed that the monkey bad suspended
them to the cornice In quasi-sym-
metrical way.
The monkey was given his congo.
aud Chatbeaubriand replaced him by
cat. which was allowed place on
his masters writing table, and great
was the pleasure which he derived in
playing with puss
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18

Tue tate Count dr Lesseps was tFar-
cling Ola one occasion in a French rail
way train in n compartment With tive
travellers.
Il beg your pardon, sir" said one Of
them. fancying that be belonged TO
their fraternity-"are you not a tFaV'
elerG"
Certainly | am" said the count.
I'VE thought so! What is your line?"
"Isthmuses."
"wh-wh- what" asked the puzzled
commercial what are they?'
Il am introducing ship canals" said
De Lesseps gravely.
The commercial travellers feared that
they had fallen IN with lunatic aud
were making preparations to escape
when the count handed them his card
and put them at their ease.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
sUILD HOUSES IN ICES.
Some MeNeans Thus Sleep Secure
From Quakes and Tioers.

NNAH fAAeN@1 aNt1 NNNios
In order TO protect their homes from
earthquakes many OF the natives Ia
the territory around Chilpancingo and
other towns in the state OF Guerrero.
in Mexico. live in trees. Some OF
these tree homes are OF large size and
are ingeniously constructed Reeds
and grasses are interviewer with the
twigs and branches of the tree much
In the manner that bird builds its
nest. The severest wind seldom loos-
ems II from the tree Where the trees
are large and stand closely together
houses of two or three rooms are fire.
quently built In their branches. These
houses also afford protection from the
tigers and other wild animals which
are found in that region in large num-
bers. II Is said that a tiger will not
attack It's prey unless II is upon the
ground.
The prime object OF elevating these
houses into the trees. however, is, as
mentioned. to keep them from being
shaken down By the severe earth
quakes which visit the Guerrero terri
tory at frequent intervals The rock
ing of the earth gives the trees a
swaying motion. but does no damage
to the houses. In some localities whole
villages of these tree homes are to be
seen. None of them suffered damage
from the recent earthquakes which
wrought such ruin TO the buildings
upon the ground. New York Tribune.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18

We saw no suggestion of modern
architecture or European innovation.
no blot anywhere except single mo
torcar Without knowing anything
on the subject should say that the
architecture Of Madeira is a mixture
Of Spanish and Moorish, like that of
Mexico, only II is better than any
thing In Msxico From the ship the
stncco. tile rooted city is fawless. aud
as we steam away and night comes
down aud lights break out and become
a ieweied necklace along the waters
edge our one regret is that we are
leaving it all behind.--Albert Bigelow
Paine Ia Outing Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
Swell stnok.

"COuid sell you an imported Per-
sian cat for Sl.O00?" rentured the cat
and dog fancier
"Whatr' exclaimed the multlmillion-
aire in surprise. "Why, just bought
5000 bulldog from you the other
day"
"Yes. bat thought you'd want a
81, 900 cat for that swell bulldog to
chase You surely wouldn't allow a
5000 bulldog 10 chase common cat,
would youT-P Pittsburg Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
Meaninn Of ttrs Green aouah.

The custom of placing a green bough
on the roof of a newly built house is
not confined to Germany. but was
adopted by the Freneh Canadians. who
brought it with them from Brittany.
The custom originated from the super
stition prevalent centuries ago that
every tree is inhabited by spirit;
consequently it was believed that ev-
cry time a tree was felled another
spirit was dispOssessed. and this was
supposed to cause some bitterness on
his part against society Rather than
risk having these homeless and dis
gruntled spirits yeat their i'll feeling
upOn the huusee Hader construction or
upon the builders = bcnnch was plant
ed on the higbesg part OF the hoHse
for their occupaAry Ihey were then
supposed to be IaOiiided aud If they
remained So uBtii the roof ,sas put On
amy evil design contemplated would
prove harmless, for the spell would be
broken. Van NSEdeN's Magazine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
Janet's WAY Of CROWNS YOUNG.

~NNNN NN0J W ~ SNN'i1 tNNi'Ss
AS Il matter OF fact. Janet was born
exactly two years before her brother
Fred; therefore In the natural course
or ihinse whcn he was ten she WAS
twelve aud sirrird in IT, when Fred
was kpnwn 10 be fourteen s still con-
fessed 10 sixteen When Fred bOasted
eighteen years she timidly acknowl-
edged herself just over nineteen. When
Fred came home from college and had
a party iu honor of his twenty first
birthday Janet said TO her friends:
what Il bnyiSt fellow Fred is! who
would think he is Oniy year younger
than I?' When Fred declared himself
twenty-five and old enough 10 get mar
ried Janet said TO a gentleman friend:
"Do YOU know. feel very jealous Of
Fred getting married. But. then.
suppose twins always are more at
tached to one another" And two years
later at Fred'S wedding she said. with
a girIish simper to the guests; Dear
old Fred. TO see him married today.
and 10 think when he was only I'VE
years old they brought him to sec me,
his baby sister wonder If he thinks
OF u nOwg"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18
THE PRINCES PRESENT.
II Was Given In Exchange For Mag
nifieent Carpet.

II Was Given In Exchange For Mag
nifieent Carpet.
"While | was in Damascus" said a
globe trotter the other day, "some
royal highness or other potentate
passed through that ancient city. and
the governor of the town delivered an
address OF welcome. 1t was in verse,
and everybody who knew Of the Oc-
currence felt sure that the governor
had been richly rewarded by the prince
for his effort That afternoon, so the
story goes, the governor called on a
dealer In rugs with whom he had been
chaffering for long time over mag
nificcnt carpet which he coveted for
his palace After several cups of coffee
the rug merchant offered the governor
the carpet in exchange for the present
the prince had given him for his po-
ctic welcome TO Damascus. The gov
ernOr after a little hesitation agreed.
and the carpet was rolled up and de-
livercd to an attendant. who started
for the governors palace.
Thank You said the governor as
he arose gracefully to his feet.
But the princes present. demand
ed the rug merchant
You have it, sad the governor.
All he gave nae was Thank you," and
this | have given you for your car
pet. - New Y0rk Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-11-18

Judge O'Rear has handed down a
decision of the Court of Appea 3
holding that a decree Of divorce
cannot be changed or compromised.
An Owsley county woman was given
a divorce and $1.500 alimony and
her attorney compromised the ali
mony for $500. She repudiated the
compromise and the court sustains
her.