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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
MODERN LONGEVITY

Social statistics recently compiled go to show that with the increased application of hygenic principles of living, and the scientific methods of sanitation consequent upon higher stan dard of civilization, the life of the average man and woman is growing longer with each genera ton. In its attitude toward increased longevity the public is divided. Some hold to the rule laid down in Ecclesiastes that all earthly exis- tence beyond four score and ten is simply a weariness of the flesh and little to be desired Others believe in old age as a period replete with the wisdom derived from six or seven de- cades of experience in the joys and ills of this 1 life
 It is characteristic of youth to regard old age as very dull period, and one which offers but slight inducement to continuance of life, It is an allwise regulation of nature, however, that this view of old age is modified with in creasing years, and further, that the elderly man, as a rule, does not cling so tenaciously to life as does the stripling. And so when the end approaches the average man of advanced years finds him in a frame of mind that does not make the event of death nearly so unwelcome or dreaded as the younger person may imagine
 Some there are who take the extreme view of subordinating everything in life to the general progress of the world, even to the unhumane sacrifice of the individual If science, applied to living, has simply increased longevity, they say, then its work in this field is more than worthless, for it has burdened the fit with the support of the aged whose utility is nl Now this Oser-like attitude is not at all likely to find favor with the majority of people, and the chances are that the great mass of people would rise up Tn strenuous protest at the suggestion of such marking back to barbarty. The status of the aged among us is yet, and let us hope, ever will be, surrounded with reverence re- spect and kindly attentiveness. For blood and human affection are still strong enough to over whelm any dictum made by the coldly scientific with view to hastening the millennium.
 It may be truthfully said, moreover, that sci ence while increasing longevity has, also pro- longed the usefulness of the average human being, so that, far from imposing a burden on the race, it has added materially to its general effectiveness in the work which the world of fers.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29

takes delight in human anguish. T could make speech every night the year round. But refrain-beino merciful and lazy"
 Of recent candidate for the presi dency he said: "There seems no limit to his eager credulousness. 2 He seems able to believe anything-aly he asks is that it shall be incredible ,, The mans party he characterizes as a " fortuitous concourse of unrelated prejudices."
 Describing collection of sacred relics gathered by Philip II, he playful " writes: "With the exception. ney haps, of Cuvier, Philip could see more iu a bone than any man who ever lived. In his long life of osseous en- thusiasm he collected 7,42l genuine relics-whole skeletons. odd shins teeth, toe nails, and skulls of martyrs sometimes by miracle of special grace gstting duplicate skeletons of the same saint.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
THE LOGICAL END DOFLYNCH LAW

The trouble with the lyncher is that he keeps his every apologist forever fashioning fresh ex- his every apologist forever fashioning frehs ex- cuses for illegal executions of criminals or sus- pected criminals. That is to say, that is one trouble with him--one among many
 The logica! end of lynch law is contempt for all law and reckless disregard of it entirely md in all forms. A negro was recently taken from a Florida jail and lynched notwithstanding the fact that he had been tried for the murder he was alleged to have committed found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged Moreover, his sentence was to have been executed within five days There was no fault to find with the con duct of his trial. He was promptly arragned when caught, tried in order and with due re- gard to decorous and decent procedure, and would have been in his grave and out of the wa; within ninety days of the time the crime was committed and, mark you, the crime was not even the ''usual'' one it was murder
 What, consciously or unconsclously, was the isolated motive behind this mob's dastardiy work? It had no excuse whatever along tine usually proclaimed lines. There was surely ue unseemly delay of the law to complain of. Nb further appeal to the courts was contemplated: the governor even had announced that he would not seek to interfere with the execution of the death sentence, scheduled to be carried out within less than one weeks time. The one lone motive behind it all was the mob inclination to show its contempt for the law--its wiling
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29

even in states that have a climate but poorly adapted to such presentations If we accept the Gictum of the venerable Mark Twain, New Eng land has 136 kinds of weather, and from nine to ten varieties in a single day are not unusual Yet in the face of all this atmospherica dis turbance and fckleness, New England has been a stronghold of the open air drama. One of the most notable evidences of this was afforded recently when an English version of Schiller's Joan of Arc was presented in Cambridge Mass, before an audience of more than 15,000 people. The roofess theater is fast becoming an important adjunct to the American college community and to many cities and towns. The fame of the Greek theater at the University of California is widespread. Since its dedication it has been the scene of a large number of credi- table performances
 In view of the encouragement of outdoor players given by states that are the bane of the weather mans life, it is singular, to say the
 least, that some of the states and territories with good climates have done so little to popu-
 arize this healthful form of amusement. The climate of Arizona, for instance can not be par alleled in this country as being favorable for the open air play A roofless theater in every city of moderate size in the territory would add much to the pleasure of its residents. There are comparatively few days of the year when the weather would not permit the presentation of plays under the sky. A stock company in Globe, for example, would have the support of the pub lie in giving shows outdoors, in suitable stad- ium. Anyone who has ever attended such pro ductions knows the novel impression they make on the spectator. Although business opportun- ity is the most powerful factor in the upbuiding of any community, yet the influence eXerted on the newcomer by creditabe amusement facl- ities is also strong, and should tend to make his residence permanent. Enclosed theaters lose much patronage during the summer for the simple reason that they are often so oppressive ly hot that person already sweltering dslikes to commit himself to them for several hours, even though the show is highly entertaining. But a theater in the open would surely be the mecca of amusement seekers for large part of the year.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
John Hays Hu1ror

Charles c. Moore, in Putnam's Nigga
 zine.
 Few of our public men have had a more delicate or delicious humor, coupled in an unusual way with keen and cutting wit We are fortunate in the preservation of so many of his ad- dresses. Speaking of his frequent op- rortunities for talking in England, NIT. Hay wrote to T friend: Ton never saw reople SO willing and eager to he N1red az thcso blessed John Bulls. If 1 were of the Neronic type, which
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29

ness to repudiate the laws authority upon the slightest pretext. That is what moved it to lynch this negro. Split hairs as one may, and seek for other and better reasons if one will, there stands the truth of the matter in all of its hideousness. And it is the logical elimination of lynch law.
 Lawlessness feeds upon itself, and waxes fatter and fatter as the diet is supplied in ever more generous measure. It cankers the soul of the rich and the poor impartiay. It produces lyncher in Florida and a millionaire thief among the sugar trust kings in New York The one breaks one commandment by taking human life without undisputed justification, the other breaks another commandment by employing false weights and measures in dealing with his fellow-man and supplying his bodily wants and necessities. And both are the victims ot them selves and the tant of disrespect for the law of the land.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
ARIZONA AND REFORM

For the first time in thirty years there is no open gambling in Arizona.--Press dispatch.
 There's somcthin sorter missin in our
 wine-like atmosphere; The breeze is jest as coolin and the
 sun shines iest~as clear, But when the boys jog downward they
 are sorter lonesome.like, Sence the ball has quit a,rollin and
 the gamblers had to hike. They drive up sort of iistless and they
 jest say, "Howdy, pard," And their ponies heads is droopin like
 they, too, took it hard, And it seems all hushed, like that day
 we planted Mesa Mike, Sence the ball has quit s-rollin and
 the gamblers had 10 hike. l ain't a-sayin', pardner, that it ain
 all fer the best, Though some of us ain t matched with
 out cards clutched to the vest. But fer life this town ain t in it with
 the graveyard up the pike, Sence the ball has quit a-rollin aho
 the gamblers had to hike. We Ire alearnin simple pastimes, h1"
 Old Maid and House Crokay, And the cowboys of the BarC ai"
 alearnin' to croshay; And we toddle to our blankets "he'
 we hear the curfew strike, Sence tho ball has quit a-rollin ai'
 the gamblers had to hike.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
Kindness to Millionairea

From the Philadelphia Public Ledge
 A woman of Colorado Springs in. proved the shining hours by being kind to an invalid millionaire, which was 70 contrary to the prevailing practice there that he was deeply impressed, and, dying, left her s25,OOO in coin of the realm.
 Thereupon the people manifested great interest. "Lo!" said they, "this thing of being kind to mil lionaire seems to be very much of a snap. Bring on your millionaires that we may administer unto them"
 But, as the common saying is, there was nothing doing, and so the people mourned that the only millionaire of the right sort had been gathered to his fathers.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
MORNING SMILES
On Vacation

along. go away, two weeks to stay, yet matters don't
 go very wrong. It certainly surprises me to see the office lose a
 clerk Of my estate and wondrous weight and yet keep
 up the current work. You'd think the boss, to fill the gap, would hire
 two husky workers, say; At least employ a man and boy to do the work
 while Pm away. He doesn t do a blooming thing-a foolish man,
 as you'll agree. Yet things wag on when l am gone-t certain
 ly surprises me.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
A Will That Baffles Lawyers

From the Kansas City Star.
 ''I hereby declare that I want ChrisA Hillhouse to have all my property This will, written with a pencil, was filed for probate in Kansas City, Kan, and the judge holds that it is entirely valid. lawyer would have taken three sheets of foolscap paper to say that. and to leave enough loopholes in the document to give the heirs chance to prove that the testator was rot "of sound mind and disposing memory"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
LET YOUR PAPER FOLLOW YOU

The Silver Belt ,cW De mailed upon request to subscribers teariag the city during the sun,- mer months. Change of address ooiH be made as frequently aS desired; notices of such change should giUe both the Ola aud Reac address. Call ct the office or phone any change you irish be- lore lea0ing the city. The subscription rate IS the same out Of toWm aS in the city.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
A Rumor From Harvard

That rumor about Harvard E inten- tion to give Maud Adams an honary this year is probably of the kind that ain't so. "I have never heard, " says the corporation g secretary, "of liar ward comforting degree upon wo- man, and as far as l kno wthe rule has not been changed. v
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
Such a Novelty

From the Savannah News.
 What has happened. Where is Bwana Tumboi Why are there no bulletins from the jungless Never before in sev. en years has the big chief been out of view of the public for so long as three whole days.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
rakins Candy From Children

From the New York Press.
 Miss Sadie American---curiou name --ssued Illumination against chil- Association of America, at Pittshurg Instead of fairy stories children should be told some instructive tales from
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
From His Point of View

From the Chicago News.
 "Now, Mir. Knox" said the pyofes sor of physiology, "can you tell ms with what faculty man could most. easily dispense9"
 Yes, sir,' answered the student.
 Good" said the professor. "Which one,"
 "The college faculty, " replied young Knox soberly.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
Ha,ll Get His

From the Little Falls Times
 The eastern gentleman who is exhb- ting an angleworm in bottle and call ing it an infant python should remem- Der that T. R. is coming back.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
Gratitude

From the Philadelphia North American
 During last year John D. Archbold gave $375.O00 to Chancellor Day school, which shows that even if cor porations have no souls, their officers are not devoid of gratitude.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
Many Husbands

From the Cleveland Leader.
 ''I have three husbands to support, pleaded the Jagged beggar woman.
 What--you are bigamists'
 No sir. One husbands mine, and the others belong to my two daugh ters.'
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
P1ess Comment
Willing to Keep His word

From the Cleveland Leader.
 The debtor-I'm Tn sorry, sir, but can't pay that bin this month.
 The creditor-But that's what you told me month ago.
 The debtor-Well, didn't I keep my word
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
Modern Life

'happy7"
 Well, she's gone in by turns for rowing, and tennis, and horses, and golf, and dogs"
 ''Say on.''
 Sometimes l wonder if am a sweetheart, or merely fad.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29

Some one comes forward with story telling about Minnesota automobist who was sent to Jail and fined heavily for exceeding the speed limit, but who admits, nevertheless. that he was justly SC sentenced. Evidently the fish liar IS to have ome fierce competition this summer
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
Would Surely Pass the Senate

Perhaps if the advocates of an in come tax would specify that it should be laid only upor people whose incomes are lass than $5o0o year. there would he some enthusiasm for it in the sen. ate.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
He Knew

From the Cleveland Leader.
 'War is the curse of civilization, acclaimed the orator. ct is indeed hell. My wife s first husband was li !. ed at Santiago, and"
 And he wondered why his auditors thought he said something funny
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29

Young man, get married" advises the Rev. Dr. Broughton of Atlanta. If the good doctor wli read the current newspapers he will dis cover that the young men are getting mar ried.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
Just Common Sense

Common Sense says it is not wrong Ito steal a kiss. Sometimes, how ever, common sense suggests very diff ferent course of conduct.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
An UphiN Fidkt

Any parlor socialists at your boarding house7"
 ''Yes; but they aint making much headway against the dining room czar.''
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29

The Pittsburg Dispatch discusses in a recent issue 1.-The Burden of Fair Women.'' Curi- ously enough, the article concerns itself not at all with the present style in hats
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29

A Chicago man ate his Panama hat the oth- CT day. We suspected this high cost of living business would go to the consumers head sooner or later
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
4 Cruel Girl

Said Cholly-Speech is s,.lI to be the means of concealing thought
 Said Doy-Well, you have nothing to con- ceal.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
FiShing

He had but little cunning Nor any luck that day.
 When asked how they were running, He sourly said: Away"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29

" tree which exudes beer has been found in Afrlca' says the Macon Telegraph And it IS far cry from Macon to Africa
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
At the Tdil0r'.s

''And how shall make your suit, sira" ''Make it as unlike those fashion plates as possible
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
..Re Good to Renorters,

From the Concord Monitor
 Bishop Lawrence. in the current is- sue of the Church Militant, the official
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
He Gets Ills

Beat them rugs!"
 "Aw, say, wifey'
 Didn't the local paper allude to you last week as a human dynamo7 Get busy!'
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-06-29
The Truth

- l love my work. v
 "Now be honest. Do you really love workY'' Well, it's an extremely platOnic affection. v
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-05

that all the constitutional buwarks were being swept
away. When the minds of those who see things gov
normal and the eyesigt became clear Caesarlsm anu
Capitalization found somewhere far down the "ihu
and the constitutional bulwarks were found 10 De as
strong ribbed and iron bound as ever The country
always to the down in thousand dihcreht ways
just before the delegates the great national cohVeh
lions gathered together
In the,Libcral Republican convention of 1872, held
in the city Of Cincinnati there things said about
General Grant which the things said in the Bat
more convention little later tame. When Grants
namo was mentioned in the convention the first time
every man missed and kept kissing for the period
usually allotted to the applause following the mention
of some favored II only seven years before
this that had received the surrender Of Lee at
Appomattox and yet here in northern convention OF
men nearly every of whom had been Republican
the of the great soldier was greeted with the
Kisses not only of contempt but of hatred
In the year 1892 the Democratic convention held
in building erected for the purpose the lake front
in Chicago. Any man who attended this Democratic
gathering win remember the building-'the Wigwam,
as It was called The roof OF the Wigwam leaked The
smallest hole in It was the skylight 1t at the Wig
wan convention that Grover Cleveland nominated
for the third for the office of president: In the ho
tells for three days before the convention there
were scores of men who given to the task
of telling everybody who would listen that il the
yention commit the objectionable onense of
nominating Cleveland defeat awaited the Demo
cratic party and II by any chance defeat averted
the election OF Cleveland would bring disaster to the
country.
The New York delegation, 70 men in number was as
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-05

e same KIND Of freedom that was the joyful possession
VI e!r loFeiathCrs, One of the arguments that was
"'u against the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt for
""thci term was that he had gathered himself
oS' "I he forces Of government and that he had ab
almost wholly the larger part of the functions Of
.ne legislative braach II was q common enough th.ag
" washington last year and the year before hear the
words nucred about "oncmnn power" and the "rcpUb-
I'S rapid road to dospotism" Somehow other there
seemed 10 be a feeling that this utterly Tx
ana mat The supposed danger existed for the first time
IN the history Of the country.
Two years ago n New York paper with an eye On
Roosevelt opened its columns discussion Of "Cae
sarism' The New York paper years ago saw
daily and nightly for wearsome month after wearsome
month the ghost of "Caesarism" There nothing new
under the sun, even in the matter of ghosts.
When the Democrats of the country got together in
convention in Baltimore in the year 1872 Caesarsm and
Capitalization stalked hourly through the hall in
arm before the eyes of the afrighed delegates. The
Liberal Republicans had held convention In CinCin-
natl and had nominated Horace Greeley and b. Graft
had assembled at Baltimore indorse the Liberal Re.
publicans ticket and say things in their platform
about General Grant and the Republican party generally
No probably will deny to-day that there
hundred and things In Grants administration bad
enough to have had words not of praise said about
Them but instead Of actually specifying this thing
that thing the speakers of the Democratic convention
carried away by the fear that the republic
TO go the way and that empire to come into its
that they lost track of legislative matters that might
have been criticised and held up to make the voters
afraid the crowned wrath Of "Caesarsm."
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-05
SOMETHING BETTER

Joseph II. Choate said at recent dinner that within
q few years the sure) all civilized nations would
compelled arbitvate their quarrels for centuries
all civilized men have been compelled to do.
"Patrlotism-the glorious fourth--all that sort OF
thing is very good, indeed, said Mr. Choatc but dis
armament, universal peace, will be much better.
I'm this splendid peaceful future which is
u.s. friends of will uncouth young
seemed the other day in my native Salem.
This young entered drug store and said:
"'Gmme a brush
Every good SIR said the polite assistant, What
kind of a brush? 4 toothbrush?
Toothbrush? Nav. snarled the young What
would want toothbrush fur? DO ye think rye got
hair on my teeth?"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-05

II was 81 years
ago that the ghost
Of Cacsa $ m
walked abroad in
America. 1t walked
again recently and
there was just as
much substance OF
the spirit as there
was when August
Belmont In the
Democratic con
yention at Balti.
more saw IL stTlu-
ing through the
convention hall.
In his speech at
that Democratic
convention Mr..
Belmont said that
Grant, aided by a
corrupt congress, n
Congres s from
which all love OF
liberty had depart
ed. was assuming
all the functions
OF government OF
whatever kind, and
that the bayonets
of the military des'
potism already
were flashing in
the sun. The New
Yorker declared
that "Caesarism
and centraliza'
ton" were under
mining the very
foundations of our
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-05

fz1'n'aa'~@zSHa ASlllNGTON The pc.
IN All litical activities Of the
w American rCgT!u arc
practically Coasyioss
fvCSygI National state aud Ia.
ppISLGtk cai elections follow
~'''4'n1'''a~ one another In uuhruk.
en- round It is held. seemingly,
that in short terms OF Office lies
the greater safety for free insutu.
lions
II has been asserted and argued
TO the limit Of patience and ondur.
ancc In Washington and elsewhere
that the campaigning times. with
their attendant excitement. coming
as they do with barely a space be.
tween, tend to the breaking Of the
health OF the business life. Pros.
perity, however, has been so gen.
orally part OF the countrys his.
tory that little heed is given to the
complaining cry The fear of a DOS.
sible instability Of institutions that
might follow change has out.
weighed the fear OF possible but
temporary commercial instability.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-08-05

p &C at the
polls The poll.
tiCians. the men
who make n
business OF pol.
tiles. have n
wisdom Of their
own, and they
have n respect.
though It be n
selfish and n re-
luctant one. for
that which the
people are bent
on doing.
II all the dire
things had hap.
pened TO this re-.
public that poll
ticians Just be.
fore national
conventions had
predicted would
happen to It IL
n man not their
c h Dice were
erected presl.
dent. tbero
would not be n
shred OF liberty
left in the land.
Tho people.
however, seem
to be satisfied
that they have