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Arizona republican., 1909-06-15
POLICE COURT pockEr.-In D.

POLICE COURT DocKET.-Inp po- lice court yesterday Juan Costo was given seven days for drunk and dis orderly conduct. Juan showed a re- bellious spirit after he had been placed under arrest for threatening to assault an ice cream vendor, and was placed in the tight cell and decorated with handcuffs. John Gebbin, a vagabond from Kalamazoo. Mich, was given his freedom upon promising to leave the city. Ronald Barnes drew seven days for being drunk and Paulo Martinez five days for the same offense Henry Will son, who was arrested for being drunk, had in his pocket a bottle of Hostetter's Bitters The bitters carry 61 per cent alcohol and come under the head of intoxicants which cannot be sold on Sunday. The police will attempt to learn where the intoxicant was sold and warning is issued that such alcoholic stimulants, although they may come under the head of medicines, are not to be sold on Sunday.
 GOAT INVADEs THE REPUBLI- CANA goat of enormous proportions invaded the Republican, the paper room, shortly before the hour of 6 last evening and had it not been for the timely discovery of the foreman 1t is hardly possible that there would have been enough paper to turn out a pa per this morning. When discovered munching the end off from one of the huge paper rolls, six others already having been devOured, the goat merely gave a muffIed bIat of acknowledgment and shifted to better ground, where he could not only attack the roll of paper in front of him with better ease. but at the same time be in stronger position of attack, should some one endeavOr to suggest his evacuation. A council of war in the meantime had been in progress between the foreman of the composing room and the lino- type men and 1t was finally decided upon to remove MT Billy from his pa per repast before 1t would be too late But, though everyone twas more than willing to see the deed done, at the same time no one would volunteer to take the first step. Things were grow ing dark and darker, both for the fore. man, and for the chances of having enough paper to print the morning is- sue. At this critical moment Casey, the owner of the goat. appeared on the scene and, with few unintelligible words of Irish endearment, won the favor of the goat and soon the invader of the paper room was enticed out onto the street and the pulse of the foreman resumed its normal throb
 DEATH WAS NATURAL-An in- quest was held by Coroner Johnstone on the body of Ramona Nunez who
Arizona republican., 1909-06-15
Of Local Interest

AN EASTERN BUSINESS TRIP R. S. Goodrich will leave this morning for Chicago.
 GONE FOR THE SUMMER-Mrs A. NJ. Wiatt was a passenger on the morning train for Los Angeles, where she will spend the summer.
 THE DOG DAYS BEGIN.-Two hundred and thirty-siX dogs have been tagged in the last fey days, the number of tags increasing the city revenue by S4T2. Eight or nine canines on which the tax had not been paid were shot by the dog catcher.
 LooTED STORE AT COURT LAND-News has been received of the footing of the general store of John Rock, a former resident of Phoenix at Courtland. The store was entered during the still hours of night and a large quantity of shoes and general merchandise taken, prob ably with the help of a wagon. No clue to the thieves has been found.
 SURVEY APPRovED-Survey No 2565, embracing the Summit, Pilot, Blue Bird, Blue Copper, Hub, Last Chance, Red Mountain, Copper Hill, Dewey, Wedge, Sixteen to One, Boulder, Eastern Star, Protection, Lone Star and Keystone lode min ing claims, situated in the Globe Mining district, Gila county, and .l., pany, has been approved by the surveyor general.
 THE CAPTURE OF A ToUGH.- On Sunday night Constable Murphy picked up a stranger who had in his possession a pair of brass knuckles. When a man is found laden with hardware of this de- scription an explanation of some sort is expected of him, and in this case one was promptly forthcoming, though it is not quite satisfactory The man said the weapon did not belong to him; that he never carried that kind of an offensive armament. but that just before he was arrested a stranger whom he cannot describe gave the knucks to him to hold for a while.
 COLISEUM FINE-The Coliseum was really fine last night, that is the verdict of the throng that came out of both shows, and if the bill that will be changed tonight is go- ing to be better, which Reeves and Wood state to be the case, Phoenix is soon at this rate to have the finest vaudeville in the southwest. Louis Gillette comes well recom- mended, though he is no as well known in southwest vaudeville circles as Dawson & Whitfield, who have drawn packed houses wherever they have appeared. However, it is up to these people to deliver the goods tonight and live up to the compli- mentary remarks advanced by Reeves & Wood.
 JUDGMENT FOR THE DEFEND ANT.-The only case in the district court yesterday was that of the E. s. Wakelin Grocery company against Perry and Goodwin, of Tempe, to collect the balance of a bill for
Blue-grass blade., 1909-08-29
Influence of Superstition Upon Conduct
Decidedly wholesome-Morality
Grows With Intelligence.
(By A. a. Snow

10y a "a cho"'J
During all of our lives we have heard
from Christian pupits about Christianity
being the fountain head of all morality.
We are frequently told that were it not
for Christianity this would not be decent
world to live in; and that we would have
no security for life, liberty and property.
But we have also always noticed that
should anyone express doubts on such
supposition it would not be at all pleasant
for him. Should he ask for the privilege
of giving his reasons for an adverse Opin-
ion and present some facts to the people
showing the other way it would raise
tempest indeed. And it would not be a
tempest of argument reason either; 1t
would not be inspired by intelligence or
morality. But it would be a tempest that
would have no respect for morality, fair
ness, justice or even truth. 1t would be a
tempest that would seek to trample all the
beautiful features of morality into the
dust tempest whose father is chaos;
whose mother is hate; and whose guardian
angel is the blackless Of night.
Intelligence is the Creator of Morality and
the Suppression of Thought is Its
Orthodox Devil.
The history of Christianity is the history
of the suppression of thought. Christian
ity is not the fountain head Of morality
but a dam to hold back the flow: and be-
cause the flow OvertOps the dam the dam
maker asks for the credit Of the stream.
The bible is not friend to free speech
and is thus an enemy to both intelligence
and morality. Christianity condemns a
man to eternal damnation for his belief
and the old testament puts him to death
for giving his opinion to his fellow man.
Paul would condemn to eternal flames
those that would preach contrary to his
views So this intolerance is not an incl
dental feature of some churches; not simply
a prodigal step of some that have wan
dered away from the straight path; but it
is characteristic, or fundamental to the
bible itself Those few churches that are
liberal or tolerant are such have wan
dered away from the narrow track into
infdelty. 1t is true that Jesus now and
then is made to speak words that indicate
beacon toward liberty, but then again
he Is made to voice sentiments darker than
the dungeon; and also to swear allegiance
to the old bible which puts man s intellect
in eternal chains.
There were ancestors Of man who were
Blue-grass blade., 1909-08-29
BLUE GRASS BLADE.
The Morality of Christianity
BLUE GRASS BLADE


along with intelligence; even the dog has
some moral traits according to his intell-
gence. But man was a moral being ages
before Christianity existed. Through the
use of speech man grew in intelligence and
became moral in proportion to his ability
to think and converse.
Ethics, like science is subject to correc-
ton and improvement by experience and
applied intelligence. Some things we
thought were right IN past time we have
come to find out are wrong, while others
that were condemned as wrong we now
know were right Christianity claims its
code and precepts are handed down direct
from God who is perfect, and that they,
therefore, cannot be improved upon.
Therefore to move the Christian in for
ward way, either in science or ethics, is
like moving dead weight In fact he is
almost constantly pulling back. AS an ex-
ample of this we might cite the case of
the Pope of Rome. He comes cut in oppo-
sition to women having a voice in the af-
fairs of government and as usual he bases
that opposition on the teachings of the
be given What little advancement is made
by Christianity is through the influence of
infdeity within its own ranks, or through
deception as to the real teaching of the
bible.
That there was morality before Chris
tianity is known by every reader of ancient
history, and all such readers that give
Christian the monopolv IN If nraach
what they know to be lie and are them
selves malicious and immoral deceivers.
Some who are more cautious only tell us
that the belief in a god inspires the be-
lever to duty of obedience to that god,
and thus to morality. OF course there is
debit as well as a credit column to take
into consideration in this matter; and
farther, so far as the effect is concerned, it
would make not a particle of difference
whether that god really existed or not and
the preacher need not be concerned
whether he is making an appeal based on
truth or falsehOod Now can it be
healthy morality that is based on false
hood? But again this last speaker comes
in conflict with his own bible for it teaches
that the gods of the heather are all idols
and are all powerless and valueless to man.
What then inspired the morality of these
heather, for they are moral, more or less
1t is sometimes claimed that the infinite
threats on the one hand, and promises on
the other, of the gods are great incentives
to morality. But Christianity can make no
boast over the heather system in this re-
Blue-grass blade., 1909-08-29

spect; and in this respect too, it might be
absolutely false and have the same effect
as if true. Besides an act to be moral
must be performed for principle and not
through fear or the expectation of pay.
He who takes up his armor for pay is
outside the moral arena; Notwithstanding
the fact that in the line of evolution the
moral has grown out of the non-moral; and
the unselfsh is the outgrowth of the selfish.
Besides, to orthodoxy and the bible, man s
eternal destiny does not turn on his moral
or immoral acts, but whether or not he has
been converted or baptized; if the moral has
anything to do with it it is only secondary
in its significance. Orthodoxy being true,
belief is far ahead of deeds. The desperate
criminal has as good a chance of escaping
hell as the moral man. As to whether a
man goes to heaven or hell is a question of
chance; since every one that grows up is
exposed to the penalty of hell fire at least
part of his life, and that unavoidably.
As to whether he finally gets to heaven or
hell depends on whether he chances to get
converted or not before death. All are
bound to be unconverted, and fire brands
for hell part of their life. ! detest any
idea of morality built on the principle of
"seven up What must the moral effect
be to tell the criminal that he, at any time
before DEATH can unload the consequences
of his misdeeds on some innocent person
and he himself go free?
If man is forced onto this earth, hav-
ing no voice in the matter; forced to be
exposed to the penalty of endless woe, as
it is claimed all are during an indefinite
period of time; forced to die and that at
any moment of time not known to him;
and then if he gets into an endless hell
either because he died before he made his
escape, or because he failed to make the
escape before he died: i say if he deserves
such fate for such culpabeness, what fate
does the one deserve that forced him to
take such hazardous chances?
The penalty for sin as given by ortho-
doxy or the bible cannot be counted a pen
atty at all, but a tragedy and an awful
one too. And while it would be policy for
one to make effort to escape such a fate
should he be convinced that it exists, there
would be no merit whatever in such an at
tempt; no more than in the attempt of an
unfortunate man to petition a governor or
jury to escape the gallOws. Morality will
not run in such tracks as is built for it by
Christianity. That railroad is laid out
side of its realm. There may be demerit in
an attempt to shift off ones responsibility
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neither merit nor demerit in accepting or
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
CALLER LEFT IN A HUFF.
innocent Thought of Business Mar
That Gave Serious offense.

Two business men had been talklns
good naturedly the other day. Their
conversation had reviewed number OF
things. and a remark made by the pro-
prietor as his caller was leaving
brought up the subject of prosperity
in a rather awkward way.
Business with me has been HUE
dull of late. I've had only few cali
ers," he remarked.
The friend smilingly rejoined:
You'll have enough of them In
short time-prosperity's coming right
along. Why" he added, emphatically,
"the next time drop around, instead
of being able to chat with you for hall
an hour, there'll be so many people
ahead Of me that it'll take me two
hours to get to you-maybe / can't
see you at all"
81 hope so," rejoined the proprietor
cheering up over the prospects OF re-
newed business activity.
His caller literally 'stormed" out OF
the office, leaving his erstwhile host
in state of bewilderment as to what
had happened.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
THE STORY.

THE wonderful golden image which
! the king had caused to be set up
had for the moment been forgotten,
and the throngs of people which had
been gathered to pay homage to the
great glittering thing of gold were
surging about the place where the fur
mace had been built, and in which now
g raging fire burned. 1t was the same
furnace in which the metal for the
great image had been smelted but a
few days before, and that day the fires
had been kindled again, not to smeIt
more metal for an image, but to burn
the heretics who dared to defy the
mandate Of the king and refuse to bow
down to the wonderful image and in
whom dwelt the spigit of their gods.
That day the great company of mu-
sI';ians had played in honor of the
golden image, and at the sound Of the
music the people had bowed before it
in alteration and worship. Even the
king had, with much pomp and cere-
1nony, paid his oblations before the
I1lldSS, anu udu BSSh 1O4lOWSu ny u1S
brilliant court ret1nue. Then, from the
high throne where it had been set I'D
overlooking. the great plain, he
watched the feasting and the dancing,
and the prostrations of the people as
the music gave the signal.
Then had come the break in the GER
emonies and the news had quickly
spread through the vast throng that
the three governors over the province
of Babylon had refused to bow before
the great image and were to be cast
into the fiery furnace. And for the
time being the great image and the
glittering ceremonials and feasting
were forgotten and the people surged
about the place where the furnace
stood.
With morbid eagerness they watched
the bringing of the furnace to the in
tense white glow. Breathlessly they
stood and saw the three men bound,
and as they were lifted and carried to
the mouth of the furnace and thrown
within the leaping flames a cry of fear
ard horror burst from the hundreds
and thousands of throats, for there
w-ithing in death agony on the ground
lay the men who had borne the vic.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
CHILD SPOKE WITH AUTHORITY
Had Biblical Proof of the Existence OF
Cannibal Cows.

NOW, children" said the pretty
teacher, Il want you all to write a
composition ON the cow. You know
what cow is. You know that cow
gives us all the milk we drink. Now,
write me something original about the
cow as you know her; nothing COM
monplace." It would take several
pages to print the results, but there
is room for at least one composition
by girl of seven:
"a cow is quadruped, having four
legs and four feet. She gives milk,
and sometimes has horns, but not al
ways. The cows baby is called a calf
and sometimes bossy. When COW
talks she lows. A cow with horns
can hook, but cow without horns
is helpless. A cow is a carnivorous
animal when she has chance, but
she ordinarily eats grass, if there Is
any. A cow is cannibal if you let
her alone, for she will eat her own
kind"
The Mortified teacher exclaimed:
"Sallie May, where on earth did you
get the idea, the ridiculous idea, that
COW is carnivorous and a cannibal? i?
You meant to say that cow is herbi-
vorous or graminivorous" "No, teach
er, read it in the Holy Bible. Don't
you remember there were seven fine
fat cows feeding near a brook, and
seven, lean and hungry COWS came and
ate them up? See Genesis 41:4."
Teacher reserved decision.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
The Hen That SIwims.

When we lived in Jeffries, Wis, we
had a peculiar Plymouth Rock hen.
She had very funny eyes and we call
ed her "Cross-eye"
One rainy day the little pond near
our house was pretty well filled up
with water, which covered the soaked
legs and left the floating ones quite
far apart.
l was very much surprised when ]
saw the hen wade out into the water
and swim to log which was floating.
She had no difficulty in getting to
shore Or out on any log.
She had very small wings and a
short tail, which made it very hard for
her to fly, and wherever she couldn't
fly or wade from place to place in
the pond she would swim.
She was not thoroughbred, al.
though she was marked like a Barred
Plymouth Rock. She was an excel
lent layer and every now and then
she would lay large eggs with two
yolks.-June P. Culver.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
SERMONETTE.

True faith throws one unre-
servedIy upon the mercy and
care Of God.
Note that it was not question
with these three Hebrew serV-
ants as to whether or not God
would give them physical deIiv-
erance from the awful peril
which threatened them, rather
did the whole question of con-
duct hinge upon the one
thought, "What is the right
thing to do?"
Do right whatever be the con-
sequences, is the uncompromis-
ing law of God.
The man who would attempt
to bargain with God, making his
obedience to the Divine law con-
tingent upon Gods comforting
upon him certain immunities
and blessings, is the man who
is serving for the Ioaves and the
fishes and who never knows the
deep Joy of doing right for
rights sake.
The true servant of the king
of kings is never abashed be-
fore the presence of the kings
of the earth. Listen to the words
of these men as they place al
Iegiance to God before every
earthly claim. "our God whom
we serve is able to deliver u.s."
but even though it should not be
his will to deliver US from thy
hands, know thou, oh, king, that
we will not serve thy gods nor
worship the golden image.
What a blessing these three
Hebrews would have missed if
they had feared to have stood
with God. They did not know
it at the time, but that furnace,
heated so hot that those who
threw the three men into its
leaping flames were struck dead
by the heat, was to become the
Vestihule of heaven, and the
trysting place where God in the
person of his blessed Son was
waiting to receive them.
The fire of Nebuchadnezzar
could burn off the fetters with
which he had bound the serv-
ants Of God, but it could reach
no further. So with the fires
of persecution which assaiI the
Christian. They come as a re-
fining flame separating more
and more from the fetters which
would circumscribe and bind
the soul in it's fellowship with
it's Lord.
The soul that dares to stand
alone for the right very soon be-
comes conscious that he is not
alone but that there is another
presence with him in the fiery
furnace of affliction, the very
presence of God.
The man who fears to do
wrong is the man who knows
not the fear of man.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
An ECONOMIC PROTEST.

Did I understand you to ask me if
wanted work?" asked Plodding Pete.
That's what you understood, if you
understood anything answered the
woman with a cold steely eye and
square jaw.
You've got some wood that needs
chopping, suppose?"
Il have"
Lady, I'm surprised at you. Don't
you know dat de trees gather mois-
ture gradually an by slowly lettin' it
into de ground keep up a steady water
supply? Don't you know dat when you
leave de hillsides naked an bare de
water comes down in a freshet, same
as beer from barrel wit de head
stove in? Don't you know dat future
generations is goin' to miss de UNI
brageous protection overhead, an dat
our grandchildren is liable to be at de
mercy of a parasol trust? An you
want me to chop wood! Lady, I'm
surprised at you!"-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
INvALID's SAD PLIGHT.
After InfIammatory rheumatism, Hair
Came Out, Skin Peeled, and sed
Sores DeveIoped-only cuti-
cura Proved Successful.

about four years ago had very
severe attack of infammatory rheuma'
tism. My skin peeled, and the h1gn
fever played havoc with my hair
which came out in punches. also
had three large bed sores on my back.
I did not gain very rapidly, and my
appetite was very poor. I tried many
sure cures but they were of little
help, and until tried Cuticura Re-
solvent | had had no real relief. Then
my complexion cleared and soon I felt
better. The bed sores went very soon
after few applications of Cuticura
Ointment, and when l used Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment for my hair
it began to regain its former glossy ap-
pearance. Mrs. Lavina ]. Henderson,
1873 Broad ST., Stamford, Conn, March
6 and u, 1907"
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
Experiment With Sandy Soils.

The New Jersey experiment station
has carried on experiments for the
past four years in increasing the fer
tility of light, sandy soils. Both the
legumes and commercial fertilizers
were used to build up the soil. OF
the legumes crimson clover, cowpeas,
soy beans, vetch, red clover and al
falfa were used. These supplied to a
great extent the nitrogen deficiency
of the SOIL The lacking potash and
PHOSPHORUS were supplied by such
commercial fertilizers as muriate of
potash, ground bone, and acid phos-
phate. The nitrogen, potash and phos-
phorous being thus supplied to the
sandy soil, it rapidly increased in
value. At the beginning of the ex-
pertinent the average value of the
crops per acre in excess of the cost
of fertilizers was 500. At the close
of the experiments this value had in
creased to $76.90, or nearly four times
as much.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
Comparisons Are Odious.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-This paper says
that about twice as much power is
required to stop an express train as
to start one.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Very likely, but
that does not give us any adequate
idea of the additional power needed
to stop woman talking as compared
with what is required to start her.
Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer., 1909-01-02
Not Fair.

'Look here, Abraham" said the
judge, its been proved right here in
court that instead of doing something
to help support your wife and children
yau spend your whole time hunting
'possum!"
The old negro hung his head.
Now, Abe, you love your wife, don't
you?"
"Ah suttinly does!"
"And your children?'
"Yas, suh!"
"And you love them both better"
Better ev'ry day, jedge!" Abe
broke in.
better than a thousand pos
stms?"
Look hyah, jedge,'' exclaimed Abe,
with widening eyes, "dat's takin' a
coon at pow'ful disadyantage!%-B
hemian Magazine.