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Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

LADIES' TOILET PARLOR - Hair dressing. shampooing, electric mas sage treatment. Shirley & Shirley, 39 E. Adams st. Phone Red S072.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

AM now better prepared than ever Tor matching chicks. Send in your orders. Phone Rural 1S1. Mrs. J. C. Jackson, one-half mile southeast of Eastlake Park
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

WANTED TO RENT-A 30 or 4O- acre alfalfa ranch with house and well. G. T., care Republican.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04
HELP WANTED.

MEN, LEARN BARBER TRADE Short time required; graduate earn S12 to s30 week. Moler Barber Col lege, Los Angeles.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

WE RECOMMEND THESE: 75x13712. east front. N. 5th ave, s75O 75X137Ia, east front, N. 9th ave, 750 70x190. East Evergreen. 700 50x15O, Mountain View. w..... 250 The above lots have cement walks, ar part cash will buy.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

WANTED-Woman for housework and to care for woman and child. Address Box 31, Republican.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04
GOLD AND SILVER REFINER AND
 SHELTER.

F A, SENNET, refiner. smeiter as- saver. Cash for bullion. fluxes. ores. etc. IA Wilson Bldg, Los Angeles
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

WANTED-Woman for housework; also woman to cook or a man and wife to do all the work on a small place. High wages for experienced people. Mrs. B. E .Beecher, Gen. tral avenue near Osborn school.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

FORTY ACRES near Glendale to ex- change for house and lot in Phoenix or vacant lots in Phoenix. Address Box 791. Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

Westmoreland place. Telephone Red 8S41
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

RAILWAY MAIL CIERKS, city car riers, postoffice clerks wanted. $500 to s1,600 yearly; steady work; an- nual vacation. Government exami- nations in Phoenix November IT. Free scholarships. Write Govern ment Civil Service Instructors, Dept. 370, Rochester. N. Y.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

115 N. Center st, Phoenix, Ariz.
 Offices: Phoenix. Glendale & Mesa 70 ACRES of fine garden soil close to the city for $6000. This is a bar gain and is woIth Investigating. Greene & Griffin Real Estate & Investment Co, l27 N. Center St.
Arizona republican., 1909-09-04

THE H. l. LATHAM CO.,, Real Estate, Loans, Insurance, Rentals
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26
When Uncle Sam Has an Auction Sale

our food laws.
For instance, olive oil, Maraschino
cherries, wine, sardines, mushrooms,
French peas, preserves and jams-in
fact all imported food articles-come
under this regulation. But though the
government requires half a dozen pack
ages to be turned ove to it for inspec-
tion--in order to avoid the chance of
a single n being fixed up and slipped
off upon them-the analysis rarely
goes beyond the contents of one speci-
men out of the six.
So that of each consignment of six
cans of olive oil, six bottle of cherries
or of champagne or six cans of sar-
dimes, five remain untouched. If graft
were really as prevalent as the muck
rakers would have us believe the en-.
tire six packages would probably be
opened and a nip taken from each
one, while the rest of the contents
would be appropriated as a legitimate
~perquisite of Office (by the heads of
the Department..
Instead of that, five out of six of the
articles received for analysis under
the law are sold at these auctions be-
hind the department building. The
receipts go into the %exchequer of the
bureau.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26
Farmer Is Real Spender, Says Wilson

ulation. l do not expect prices to fall
soon"
Secretary Wilson was asked if west
ern farmers really were investing
large sums of money in automobiles.
There is too much truth in those
reports" he responded. THE farmer
is out of debt. He has paid for his
farm, his fences and his machinery.
He has money in his pockets and big
crops continue to come on. He is
afraid to invest in eastern securities,
lest a year bring trouble there. There
fore he puts his money in luxuries.
instead of channels that might give a
return. People in the east do not
know what luxuries are; they must
go west to find that out.
THE farmer is handicapped by lack
of labor. Too many have gone from
the farm to the sidewalk. l hope that
education along agricultural lines will
remedy this, but the tide has not yet
turned. But by means of improved
machinery the farmer to-day can do
many times as much as he accom-
plished ten years ago. He does ii
with ease, too, for he sits at nearly
all his work nowadays"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

slowly and conscientiously, the two
hundred-year-old Christmas carol:
While Shepherds watched their focks by
night
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord cam down
And glory shone around,
the reedy voice repeated, and a listen
er might have understood what Alice
meant. It was much as If John Jones
had met William Smith and men
toned to him a matter of news about
a mutual friend, an angel. But to the
woman who listened with the boys
head against her shoulder, the incon-
gruous infections were sweet; the
audacity of it seemed to bring so
near. that it thrilled her. a night
when, for another Child's sake, the
skies had rung with a song that has
echoed always. Benny's fresh tones
disclosed. with careful conversational
emphasis, more and more facts about
angels, to him a shade less real, 9
shade more holy than his mother.
70 you In David's town this day
Is born OF David's line
A Saviour, who Is Christ the Lord,
And this hall be the sign
was ~elucidated In q realistic manner,
and the child proceeded to explain.
saThus spoke the seraph and forth
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

Unhappiness; the eyes were dull; a
Swinging walk lapsed to a lurch; his
coat collar was up and his hat brim
down. his clothes were shabby. The
Hypothetical observer would have
seen that the man avoided with some
effort the clergyman and his friend.
AS they came toward him down the
long platform, walking briskly for
warmth, talking earnestly together,
The watched them from under his sha-
dowing hat-brim, turned his back as
they neared him, and disappeared be-
hind the station. His hands in the
pockets of his o%vercoat, he stared out
at the fields with ~resentful eyes. He
came to a stop In front of a bench,
and, dropping into it, drew out a let.
tier. The thin envelope fell open as
IL read often before.
Dear Carl" the writing ran, Il
saw Peterson two days ago and he
told me you were playing in bad luck.
There's an opening out here in my
business for a person who knows sew
eral languages, and you came to my
mind. Would you care to take 1t?
You would have to put up a thousand
or two, and that, beyond travelling ex-
penses, would be all the money nee
essary. l think you would like It.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26
Lost Money Orders Worth Millions

system is perfect and instructions
are clear and ample.
For one thing 1t is known that
persons purchasing money orders ig.
norantly destroy them, believing that
the order constitutes nothing more
than a receipt. Many persons also
are in the habit of purchasing mon
ey orders before travelling from one
place to another, with a view of con.
these are lost through carelessness.
by fire, etc.
1T also frequently happens that or
ders are sent to wrong addresses, and
after repeated attempts on the part
of the postofice department to find
the payee or remitter, are sent to the
department, together with advices, as
unpaid.
Notwithstanding this, the govern
ment has wisely made provision for
the payment of money orders lost or
destroyed, by the issuance, upon sat
isfactory proof of loss or destruction,
of a duplicate money order payable
to the payee or remitter making appli-
cation therefor, as the case may be.
Provision is also made for the pay
ment of orders which are not present
ed for payment before the time limit
provided by law has expired.
"In one instance a claim for the
payment of a lost postal note was al
lowed % years after it became inval-
id. 1t will be seen that as trustee for
it's citizens in the transfer of pri-
vate funds the United States exercises
diligence in an attempt to find the
rightful owner. And yet millions are
still outstanding for which claimants
will never appear. This vast sum is
held in suspense by the government"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

NIASHINGTON.-A Washington wo-
w man discovered some days ago
that her German nurse was destroy
ing the money orders she purchased
to remit to the Fatherland. She had
torn up within the last five years
mor thar $500 of money orders,
thinking they were receipts for the
money deposited in the Office at Wash
ington and that the money had been
duly sent to her old mother in Ger
many.
This incident recalls the fact that
there has accumulated in the nation
al treasury millions of dollars, posi-
bly, ten millions, since the establish
ment Of the present system in 1864.
The government assumes the role of
trustee for the safe transfer of mon
ey from n individual to another, and
the protection is nearly perfect, yet
Uncle Sam cannot always remedy the
~carelessness or ignorance of persons
buying money orders.
An official, speaking of the system,
said: "This vast accumulation of
money is steadily being augmented
from year to year, and unless the peo-
pie become better acquainted. with
the character of a money order
transaction the accumulated sum
promises to become almost fabulous.
This money has accumulated through
no fault of the United States. The
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26
How to Make the Home Look Bright
and Cheerful for the
Holidays.

In massing holly for use on the
Christmas table it repays one to wipe
off the leaves with a cloth dipped in a
very little olive oil, say the Housekeep-
err. Tall candles should light the feast
and the holly leaves reflect the twink
ling lights in a beautiful mi II
a chandelier hangs over the dining
table a feature which will delight the
children is to have a nosegay of arti-
fetal flowers suspended from the chan
delier to within a foot Of the table by
means of a red ribbon. This bouquet
should have the paper puff of the old
time fashion, and the bouquet itself
will be found to be a shower bouquet,
one small noseegay for each person,
in tho depths of which some trifling
gift is hidden.
Snowballs of cotton, tightly wound
with white ribbon, also conceal gifts
most attractively, while the cheap but
pretty little Santa Claus candy boxes,
for sale at favor shops, are effective
upon the Christmas table, and will
hold quite a good-sized package, or, OF
course, may be used to hold the bon
bons for which they are intended. For
a luncheon or high tea during Christ
mas week, "a beautiful table may be
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

THE number of going; going, gone
/ sales which the government con-
ducts ought to qualify Uncle Sam for
admission to the guild of auctioneers.
These sales are the real thing, too,
red flag and all.
The tourist in Washington gets a
shock when he is passing the back of
the department of agriculture build
ing these days and sees a big red flag
with the usual white letters sewed on:
auction To-day" He wonders if the
government is restoring to desperate
means of raising the wind.
But your Uncle Sam is not in the
auction business from necessity. The
agriculture sales are explained in
this way. Whenever an invoice of any
article of food arrives from abroad a
certain number of packages are taken
by the government for examination to
see whether the article complies with
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

row you'll all be over to service and
you can fetch it back. How is THAR"
You've a lonely drive, too"
only two miles," said Harding.
And there's no danger for me. No
body suspects a parson Of money"
Maxwell considered. hesitated. Il
think Ill accept your offer, DOCTOR"
he said at last. "Quarles, the man
ager, objects to my landing with q
bag which l carry carefully myself, as
I must when It's loaded this way"
The man outside, strained forward,
could imagine the manufacturers
hand laid on the stout bag On his
knee. MY dress-suit CASE / throw
at somebody to be put into the trap,
and l think no more of 1t, but this !
keep by me. and I'm SO well known
about the country that they are IA
miliar with my ways"
The confident voice, the voice Of a
parsonage, went on, but the shabby
figure outside relaxed, shivering a bit.
against the wall of the station. He
was thinking fast, but his listening
nov was less careful; he knew the
rest: his data we're collected.
There was a whistle down the track,
and a wave of humanity drew togeth-
er; the train pulled in, the mar how
ering in the background waited to
e Mr.. Maxwell of Maxwell Field, in
a fur-lined ulster with its collar and
cuffs of sable, and the thin clergy
man in his overcoat a little gray at
the seams, enter a a together, be-
fore he sprang unnoticed into the car
behind them.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

IgTHE average laborer is living bet
j ter to-day than did Queen Eliza
beth in her time" said Secretary Will
son of the department of agriculture.
He was speaking of the prosperity of
the farmers in the west and of the
high wages of the workingman in the
east.
take the meat bills of the laborer
in Washington" he said. you will
find that they eat meat three times
a day-most of them-and they are
not content with any kind, but de-
mand the best cuts. They can af-
ford them. AS a consequence the
price of meat is high. While the
farmers are producing more beef ev-
cry year, they are not producing
enough to meet the increase in pop
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

ACK of mastery of the English
Il language led to the loss of a care
fully cultivated beard which graced
the chin of S. Zumoto, editor OF the
Japan Times of Tokyo and a member
of the commercial commission visit
ing this country. Mr.. Zumoto visited
the barber shop in the hotel at which
he is a guest.
81 would like to be shaved" he said,
in hating English. mot altogether,
but conseryatively."
He carressed his vandyke as he
spoke. The barber, a tactiturn work
man, said nothing, but tucked the tow
els and aprons and other articles of
his trade in and around the Japanese
editors neck. Then he began.
Americans in the shop We're startled
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26
Court House at Reno.

confederation of the plaintiff and pro-
cedure under court rules are so exact
ing and irksome that the desired re-
lief sought by the applicant is rend-
cred impossible of attainment, and the
client, when consulting local counsel,
is almost invariably advised that he
has no remedy. In Nevada the appli-
cant, without deception or fraud, upon
almost any charge from which lack
of harmonious relations may be rea-
sonably inferred, may apply to our
courts and secure prompt results by
decree of absolute divorce, valid and
binding in law"
Upon the passage of the new law
Nevada promptly succeeded to the
easy divorce crown that formerly char
acterized South Dakota, the people OF
which state n year ago made its
requirements harder and the time OF
required residence n year. 1t need
ed only the filing of suits there by
such well-known persons as Nat Good
win, Margaret Ellington (Mrs. Daniel
Il lOIHIdhJ anu lS VI cboSS SASASSi
with the consequent wide advertising.
to cause a stampede in that direction
of hundreds, many of whom married
at leisure and repented in haste.
Reno is a city of $4,000 population,
acting as a supply center to the vast
mining areas of Nevada, and being the
site of the State University, the Mac
kay School of Mines, a big Carnegie
library and other institutions. 1t is
known as the city of the finest
churches and homes in the state. 1t
has every modern equipment in the
way of paved streets, traction service,
waterworks, lighting. etc. Not only
is it a center of Intellectual attain.
ment and wealth, but it is a railroad
center and of climatic and scenic note.
Intersecting it is Nevada's most beau
tifGl mountain stream, the Truckee
river. on which the government is
spending millions, and surrounding 1t
is the richest agricultural land of that
region.
With all these and other advan.
tages Reno Immediately grabbed the
larger part of the divorce industry.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

with appeared a shining throng OF an
gels-praising God-who thus ad-
dressed their joyful song
An atheist would have got an Inn
preston, hearing him tell it, that the
boy had seen with his eyes and heard
with his ears what he related. There
was q silence as the sturdy tones end
ed and Benny's ayes gazed on into
the heart Of the fire, as if they saw in
a vision the still eastern night, the
shepherds on the hills, the white flight
of angels.
You repeated It very nicely" Mrs.
Harding said softly, and put her mouth
against his head again. Now yea
shall have yours"
The big 11-year-old girl caught her
mothers hand-a hand worn with
homework and sewing-and held It
against her cheek.
Twas the night before Christmas.
when all through the house." the wo-
man began, and went on, as many
women have begun and gone on with
the charming old poem, to children on
Christmas Eve. The fire cracked In
the pauses, and the logs fell apart
with gentle heaviness, an accom-
paniment to the swinging sentences.
Now just one more. children dear.
and you really must go to bed. Its
very late-look! It's almost nine"
and the girl and the boy cried out to-
gether.
ooh, the Beasts! The Beasts!"
They pressed against her, a head on
either shoulder, and held her hands in
theirs, while she told them a tale Of
a boy in a German forest whose IA
ther and mother were so poor that
there was not enough to eat in the
house. She told them how he lay in
his cot on Christmas Eve and heard
them plan; how he listened as they
divided what food was left into three
portions for to-morrow's breakfast.
the largest for the boy; how he
sobbed to himself in the dark as he
heard them arrange to kill his two
friends, the old horse Friedel and the
old COW Minna. rather than let them
Starve to death.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26
Noted Old Tavern Still Standing.

The old Whitney tavern in Shelby
Vile, Tenn, erected in 1910, is still in
a good state of preservation. 1t Is
built of cedar logs, which are chinked
and pointed between, and with the
exception of the renewing of the
weather boarding and shingles it has
undergone no change. The large stone
chimneys, with their broad fireplaces,
are still in as perfect condition as
when Gen. Jackson and other noted
personages were entertained there.
Later it was occupied as a residence
by Thomas Holland.
In the days of overland travel COM
modious stables were kept in connec-
ton for the purpose Of taking care Of
the horses and vehicles of the guests,
also the stage coaches which ran be-
tween Nashville and southern points
in Alabama and Mississippi.-Chris-
tan Science Monitor.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

against his knee, did not stir; he lis
tened intently. The two within sat
down without seeing him, back to
back with him, the wall between.
Every word they spoke came out to
him distinctly.
why don't you put that bag on the
floor? You hold on to it as if it were
treasure" the pleasant. easy tones
of the parson continued.
The big mans answer came after
a seconds pause. 1T is treasure" he
said briefly.
do you mean-Sidney, you're not
driving home alone tonight with the
mems wages?"
mo, not alone. Tomlinson meets
me-"
"%Tomlinson! He's nothing. That is
he's a good coachman, of course,
but the mildest rufian could do I'D
Tomlinson with one hand. A great
protection"
Il don't want protection" the slow
voice ~half-laughed. 81 can protect N.Y.
self-and Tomlinson."
The man outside could ali but see
the c~lergyman's head shake disap-
provingly.
Il don't like it. It's six miles and
you'll have to go through the River
Mills-the other roads impossible.
There's a bad lot of roughs there just
now. Pat O'Hara-who used to be my
man-of-all-work-told me about it last
week. He's working now On the Falls
bridge, and lives two miles this side.
He says they're genuine desperadoes.
1t will be known that you're coming
it's always known. What possessed
you to go back at night?"
Delayed" the laconic tones an
swered. "a meeting of the board of
directors"
well, delay a bit longer, and you
may save time" the clergyman threw
back. Don't go home tonight, Sid
ney-it's really unsafe"
Must get home for Christmas
Notwithstanding disappoint the ba-
by" said the steady voice.
9" know" the clergyman agreed.
"Tm in the same box. YETI he
harked back, 'it's taking too much
risk. You have no right to run such
a risk. How much are you carrying"
Three thousand dollars"
The man outside drew a sharp
breath as if the distinct words had hit
him. Three thousand dollars!
The clergyman inside repeated
them. 9Three thousand dollars! It's
too much to carry after dark through
a nest of banditti."
"Banditti!" The others tone pro-
tested.
But DR.. Harding persisted. "At least
leave the money in town."
"Where?" Maxwell asked. 1.-THE
banks are closed. The mems wages
must be paid the twenty-sixth. I'll
carry it safe enough-the Maxwells
have carried their employees wages to
Maxwell Field for five generations"
The clergyman's reply was serious.
with two Maxwells killed to discour-
age the practice" he said. There was
silence for a moment. Then, Il see
what can be DONE" the older man
spoke. "Give me the money. I'll take
it to the rectory tonight, and to-mor-
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

set by employing the use of green
linen runners embroidered in white.
A holly bell or a bunch of red carna-
lions in a cut-glass vase will touch
the center of the table to brilliancy
and soft garlands of southern moss
may lightly edge the linen runners,
or doilies If they be used instead.
The colonial glass candlesticks are
still in favor, and nothing is more at
tractive in a country house. With tall
green or red tapers, a group of these
~candlesticks placed in a mass of holly
as a centerpiece is both appropriate
and beautiful.
A quaint little Christmas tree may
be used as a ce~nterpiece by procuring
at the florists a little pepper plant"
which has lovely green leaves and red
berries. Wound with glittering tinsel
and tied with candied fruits held in
place with wee baby ribbons, or
hung with little favors Of French jew.
elry or articles of trihing worth, the
little tree makes q centerpiece Of
charm.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26

The two big children and their small
mother sat on the rug before the fire,
the fire being an especial luxury for
Christmas Eve. The nursery was a
pleasant room; the spendthrift fire.
light washed brightness over gay col
ors of coarse stuffs, over cheap prints
of fine pictures, over the whitewashed
walls and the peace of the two white
beds folded back for the night. There
was a homefike atmosphere, full of
the alert leisure of a house where
much is done. The children leaned
close against the woman between
them; the girls hair was spread on
her mothers shoulders, and the boys
arm was around her and his head
pressed her arm.
Say The Night Before Christ
mas again mother" he begged. you
promised you'd say it next"
mo, she didn't, Benny" objected
the girl. "She only promised she'd
say it again; she hasn't said While
Shepherds Watched at all yet, or told
us the story of the beasts on Christ
mas Eve. Have you, mother?"
MY knee, Benny-you weigh a ton,
DEAR" demonstrated the mother, push
ing a heavy foot. We'll do this,
Alice. Benny knows While Shep-
herds Watched as well as l, and if
he'll say it, then I'll do The Night
Before Christmas and the story, and
met aputhipU Won wanto
81 like your saying Of 1t, mother,
better than / do Benny's. He always
makes the angels talk like people,"
Alice demurred.
But the boy, undisturbed by criti-
cism, began at once. His large brown
eyes fixed on the fire, he recited,
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-26
Disaster to Japanese Editors Chin

when they heard a flow of what prob.
ably raj strong language in Japanese.
The barber had ~encroached on the
Japanese imperial, with the result
that nearly half of it fell beneath his
protest. 1t was necessary then to
cut it all off.
Members of the Japanese party en-
joyed the situation. M. Zumoto de-
clined to see it in a humorous light.