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Arizona republican., 1911-08-09
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LITTLE LAY SERMON.

Year after year men have been di-
vorced from their wives, have aban-
doned their children to the tender mer-
cies Of the world, taken unto themselves
new wives. sloughed off the old duties
and responsibilities as smoothly as the
snak sheds its skin and. in the par
lance Of the street, got away with it,
No courts interviewed. No judge
stretched forth his forbidding hand to
prevent the heartlesS immolation of
childhood as the sacrifice to. selfish
pleasure. The recreant fathers have
been aided by all the resources Of the
law to rear legally another family, pos
sibly to be abandoned like the first.
The marriage license officials ask no
prOhibitive questions: there is always a
preacher, priest or justice to perform
the ceremony. It's all straight" and
legal; the record is always clear. Only
there are the little children who are
suffering because their father has mar
ried again and can't support two fam
lilies. says the Kansas City Journal
All this has been going on without
any special let or hindrance and the
women and children have been carrying
the heavy load. until suddenly, like an
avenging bolt out of the clear sky OF
justice. comes one f. Z. Porterfield. by
virtue Of the law and a genius for jus
tice judge of the juvenile court Of
Jackson county, and says all this is
wrong; that the father who was order
ed to pay alimony for the support Of
his children owes his first duty to
those children and cannot legally mar
ry again and coolly abandon his child
rem to their fate, to grow up on the
streets and go to perdition or not. as
the dice Of fate shall decire. OF course.
everybody knew this was wrong, but
some how il had never got into the
statute books and the decisions Of
the woolsack. Only common sense, you
say? Yes, but the uncOmmonest thing
in all this world is common sense. That
is why it strikes us as almost in
spired when some simple, elemental
Solomonic decision as this, going
as an arrow to the very heart
and core of the problem, is handed
down why hasn't this been the ac-
cepted law all the time, thus prevent
ing the countless caIlous crimes of this
sort? why have not the courts taken
cognizance to a greater extent Of the
fact that society rests upon the home;
that a blow at the home is blow at
society; that wife beating and wife
desertion and child abandonment strike
at the very roots Of civilization. subvert
the fundamental theories of all organ
lied association of people, thwart the
very purposes of such organization and
bar the way to the continuity and per-
petuity of the race through the ten
dency to break up the human nest and
scatter the little human brood?
1t is idle to ask these questions. The
great illuminating and encouraging fact
is that judges have now arisen to prove
that human law is not inconsonant
with the higher law. 1t will require
the cutting of few Gordian nots be-
Arizona republican., 1911-08-09
Up to the President

Disregarding the warning from
Senator Smith, its chairman of the
committee on territories, that the
Flood resolution would not be ap-
proved by the president, the senate
yesterday adopted the Flood reso-
luton and rejected the Nelson amend
ment
Questionable motives on the part
of certain senators may account for
the unexpectedly large vote for the
Flood resolution-it is possible that
some of them, expecting that the
president would disapprove the reso-
luton. hoped that by adopting the
Flood resolution they would defeat
statehood.
In any case, however, it is to be
hoped that the president can see his
way clear to permit the Flood reso-
luton to become effective.
Arizona wants statehood.
Arizona republican., 1911-08-09
Why CAPITAL is Timid.

Mr. George Gould, in London, and
Mr.. William Rockefeller, at Tacoma,
state somewhat divergent views con-
corning the future of business in the
United States.
Mr.. Gould is gloomy. Crops are
good. he says, and conditions gener-
ally would assure prosperity if it
were not for ceaseless political agi-
tation. Because of this agitation and
the uncertainty of the future, capital
is staying close to shore, he says,
with few men inclined to make new
ventures. He sees no hope Of a
change for the better. He thinks the
agitators and reformers will continue
until they have completely frightened
everybody that has money to invest,
and he looks for a panic within the
next year.
Mr.. Rockefeller, like his brother
Arizona republican., 1911-08-09
The Tucson Shops.

1t is more than year since the
construction and repair shops of the
Southern Pacific railway at Tucson
were destroyed by fire.
SO far as the public is advised, the
company has made no move toward
rebuilding the shops, and the people
of Tucson are beginning to suspect
that when new shops are built they
may be at Phoenix instead Of Tue
son.
Sounding the alarm that Tucson
may lose the shops" the Tucson
Star makes the following editorial
comment on the situation:
Until the Southern Pacific com
pany makes definite announcement
of its intention to rebuild the Tue
son shops on as large a scale as they
were originally, the shop fight is
anybody's contest, and Phoenix can
not be blamed for shying a castor in
the ring Neither can Deming, nor
Yuma, nor any other progressive
city. In their present condition the
new shops belong to Tucson no more
than to any other city, and repre-
sent an object of legitimate cOmpe-
tition Phoenix is going after the
Southern Pacific shops and will work
hard for them. 1t is up to Tucson to
work just a little harder, and to be
gin at once
No organized effort is being made
TO secure the location of the South
ern Pacific shops at this point, but
there is no reason why Phoenix
should overlook any opportunity that
the situation offers. The kindly
neighborly feeling which the people
of Phoenix entertain for the people
of Tucson accounts, possibly, for the
failure of this city thus far to be-
ter of shops. But this neighborly
feeling should not prevent the people
of this community from doing every
thing that is practicable and fair for
the advancement of their own inter
ests. AS the Tucson paper well says,
1.-THE shop fight is anybody's contest,
and Phoenix cannot be blamed for
shying a castor into the ring" The
alert officers OF the board Of trade
should take up the matter in ear
nest, and by personal interviews with
the proper railway officials ascertain
what, if anything. Phoenix can do to
secure the location of the shops
here.
Arizona republican., 1911-08-09
THE ROSE AND THE NIGHTIN
GALE.

The Roses heart is heavy with desire.
And all her little leaves are tipped
with flame,
But she is shy and full Of tender
shame,
And red with bushes for the raptur-
Gus fire
Her fond dreams Of the Nightingale in
spire;
For all the garden knows her secret
aim,
By the perfume in which breathes
his name
And the bride beauty of her soft attire.
oh, when YOU find her, Nightingale, 1
know,
Some time between the twilight and
the morn,
Your joy will make the listening lilies
glow;
And you who in the dusk were so
forlorn,
In ecstasy of love will tremble so
You will fall fainting on the cruel
thorn.
Elisa Barker.
Arizona republican., 1911-08-09

John D., is chary of his words, but
is somewhat more hopeful than Mr.
Gould. To the reporters at Tacoma
he expressed the opinion that "A full
return to prosperity awaits the ces-
station of agitation implying a be
lief that such cessation will come I'm
the near future.
1t is, of course, useless to try to
disguise the fact that there is a
.timidity of feeling among investors.
and it is hardly worth while to ex-
oect them to become more confident
until after the presidential election of
next year. Democratic politicians
threaten a complete change in the
fiscal system of the country, and
business men generally, whether DEM
ocrats or republicans. prefer TO wait
and see what viii be done.
It is not the tariff agitation, how
ever, to which Gould and Rockefel-
refer, but to the great mass of laws,
proposed or already enacted, which
must inevitably make it necessary for
many big concerns to readjust their
systems of operation. And, it should
be clearly understood, it is the ap-
parent necessity for continual read
justment to new and strange condi-
tons which has at last led big capt.
tai into a condition of semiinac-
ton. If it could only be known
what the whole scope of new laws
and new court decisions is to be-if
it could only be known that with
given year the various state legisla-
furnish to the country a completed
system of reform-American business
selves to the situation. The average
man of affairs is not an intentional
no matter how vocifer-
ously the professional agitator may
insist to the contrary. Indeed, il is
but truthful to say that much of the
great volume of reform legislation
Of the past few years has the hearty
approval of the average business man.
What makes him timid now is the
as to the future. No
body can tell where or when we
shall land, carried as We are on an
uncharted sea by wave of reform
Arizona republican., 1911-08-09
KEEP UP THE ALIMONY.

Now" asked the lawyer who was
drawing up the will, "is there any
thing more that you wish to have
mentioned?"
you've said want all my just
debts paid, have yOu?"
Yes"
"WeIl, just add that the women to
whom l have been paying alimony are
to have their regular allowance right
along"-From the Chicago Record
Herald
Arizona republican., 1911-08-09

PHOENIX. ARIZONA, AUG. ?, 1911
Arizona republican., 1911-08-09

A Los Angeles paper prints a dis
patch from northern California de-
scribing the terror into which the
people of n rural community have
been thrown by the frequent appear
ance of a mountain lion in their
neighborhood. Such news is provo
cative of a smile among cattlemen
and mountaineers who are familiar
with the character and habits Of the
mountain lion. The beast is about as
dangerous as a coyote
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
THE FRIENDS OF BRueEs.

That the ''frie2As of Bruges' have
formed themselves into a society to
protect the grand old city from van
dals is an excellent piece Of news.
for their intention is to buy up every
Old house as it is put on sale and to
let it or make use Of it for purposes
not requiring any serious modifica-
ton in the arc hitecture.
Bruges is, in the opinion of many,
the most beautiful and suggestive OF
Europe's Old World towns so long
as it be lett as it stands now for the
admiration of future generations and
SO long as its stones will hold to-
gether. To WELD the pichaxe there
is every whit as cruel as it would be
to lacerate the consecrated master
pieces which hang on museum walls
Beautiful towns should be protect
ed along with other works of art,
and if for sanitary or other causes
they become uninhabitable there is
no reason why they should be inhab-
tied. People, must be made to pitch
their tents elsewhere and the mason
nv they have vacated may be turned
to other uses or simply put ON one
side and preserved fer archaeology
cal or artists sudy-The Queen.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
FROM SANSERv|llf

Sangerville, Feb. 11.-Snow and rain
again. Mr.. Ground-hog is a famous
character.
Mr.. J. w. Carson is at home turning
some irons for thu Steigel Lumber
Corporation of Stokesville. They had
breakdown with one of the engines.
A large crowd attended the funeral
and burial of Mrs. Iona Hess Wed
nesday at II o'clock.
Mrs. Zeno Cook and Mr.. Albert
Cook were married at the brides
home Wednesday night at 8 O'Clock.
M. G. Sanger performed the mar
rage ceremony. The marriage springs
surprise to many. 1t was a quiet
affair with only few knowing of tho
event. Mrs. Cook was Miss Howdy
shell before her first marriage. Mr.
Albert Cook Is brother to the frs
husband. May pleasure and prosper
Ity Away attend their pathway.
Mrs. Elizabeth Graybill is bette
again.
Mr.. John s. Kiracofe is about hi
daily duties.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
NATURES WARNING
Staunton People Must Recognize and
Heed It.

Heed II.
Kidney ills come quietly mrs-
teriously,
But natn4e always warns you.
Notice the kidney secretions.
See if the color is unhealthy
If there are settings and sediment,
Passages frequent, scanty. painfal.
It's time then to use Doap's Kidney
Pills.
10 ward off Bright's disease OF
diabetes.
Doan's have done great work in
Staunton.
Mrs. Robert Hope, 10 S Jefferson
ST., Staunton, Va, says: am very
glad to publicity recommended Doan's
Kidney Pills, as they did me a great
1eal of good. Ny back achsd from
morning until night and 1 Suffered &C
severely from pains IN my right side
that I was unable to rest well. The
kinney seoretions were also unnatur.
al. tried everything I knew of in
an effort for relief but was unsuccess.
full until procured Doan's Kidney
Pills at Thomas Hogsheads' drus
store. After had taken the contents
of four boxes, was cured and have
been in good health since"
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents. Foster Milbarn Co., Buffalo
New York, s1ls agents for the United
States.
Remember the name -Doan 's-ant
axe no other.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17

The piecep commonly used for
corning are the cheaper cuts Of meat,
such as the plate, rump, cross RIBS
and brieket, says w. H. Tomtave OF
the university farm Of st. Paul, MINI.
The meet should be cut into medium
sized pieces, So that 1t will pack well
in q lar Or barrel. 1t should be we'll
cooled Or corned before decay sets
in, or it will spoil the brine. For
each 100 pounds Of meat weigh out
eight pounds of salt, and sprinkle a
layer of about a quarter of an inch
in depth over the bottom of the YES
sci, and then pack in layer Of meat
five or six inches in thickness. On
top OF this put layer Of salt, follow
ed by a layer of meat, until all the
meat is packed in the vessel. Keep
enough salt for a. good layer over the
top of the last layer of meat. After
this has stood over night add for
every 100 pounds of meat four pounds
of sugar, two ounces of baking soda
and four ounces Of saltpetar, all dis
solved in gallon Of warm water
When this is coo', pour it over the
meat, and add enough cold water tc
| cover the meat. Weight it down
with a loose board, held in place BY
means of a clean stone, to keep the
meat under the brine. 1t should b<
left in the brine from rs to 40 days
before it is ready for use.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17

The quickest way to convince q girl
that you have good taste is to tell her
she is good looking.
Making Out Addresses.
There may be some things Uncle
Sam could do toward improving his
postoffce system" said the man with
the derby hat, but he certainly is
the boy when it comes to delivering
letters with queer addresses.
II was with a bunch that got to tell
ing stories about instances they per-
sonally knew Of in which crazy ad-
dresses had gone through all right.
One man told of letters addressed
merely with the name of some un-
known immigrant and the under line
New York that had been delivered,
and another told of a letter addressed
simply. Reads both ways the same.
Springfield, Mass that had been
handed to the right party-Mr. Otto
Boob. or some such name. And then
we got to arguing whether letter,
addressed in Chinese would go
through. We finally got up bets
about it, and was appointed to
make the experiment.
II went to Chinese laundryman l
knew and got him to write on an
envelope In Chinese characters the
name and address of friend Of mine
In a little town in Pennsylvania.
When tie Chinaman got through with
that envelope it looked as If an ink
brush had been doing fancy dance
on it. then stamped and mailed 1t.
In q few days my friend wrote that
It had been delivered to him as
promptly as II 1t had been addressed
q English, Detroit News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
RApluM AND GEOLOGY.

The properties Of radium have con-
seuuences OF enormous Importance to
the geologist as well as to the phy-
skcist or chemist In fact, the discov-
cry Of these properties has entirely
altered the aspect OF one OF the most
interesting geological problems, that
II the aae OF the earth. Before the
discovery Of radium it was supposed
that the supplies Of heat furnished by
cdemtoaa changes going on in the
eeetA are Quite Insignificant, and
eAa& tkess was nstAing to replace the
heat vAiah Aows from the hot inter-
ssr OF 1As earth 10 the colder crust.
New when tn earth first solidified it
enly possessed certain amount OF
eaplsa n the form Of heat, and if it
i continually spending this capital
and not gainsag my fresh heat it Is
evident that the process cannot have
been going on for more than a GER
tain number OF years, otherwise the
earth would be colder than It is.
kord KAlvin in this way estimated
the age Of the earth to be less than
100, oo0 600 years. Though the quaint
jN of radium in the earth is an ex-
nafagly small fraction Of the meas
o{ Tie earth, amounting according
to the determination Of Profs. Strut
and JOY, to only about five grams In
a cube whose side is 100 miles, YET
the amount Of heat given out by this
small quantity Of radium is SO great
that It Is moro than enough to re
place the heat which flows from the
inside to ths outside of the earth.
PROF. ]. J. Thompson, quoted BY
Science.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
M|DDIBEROOk ITEMS

Midddlebrook, Feb. 11.-Mrs. II. 6
McGary has gone to visit her sister,
Mrs. Gilmore, of Bristol, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Helms and lit
tie son, Firth, of Staunton are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George Bosser-
man. Master Firth has just recovered
from long illness of fever, pneu-
monia and spinal meningitis.
Mrs. Frank Rosen is expected home
this week from Mt. Jackson, where
she has been visiting relatives.
Little Miss Lois Cross has been ill
for several days.
Mr.. Robert Hawkins, who is en-
gagged in business in Lexington, spent
Saturday and Sunday at his home,
near here.
Miss George Virginia Bosserman
has gone to Staunton to work at the
V. S. D. B.
Miss Minnie Fitzgerald left last
week Tor WayneSoOrO Wnere sue Will
spend few weeks.
| Mrs. Lou Shumaker of Basic City,
who was the guest of Mrs. Chas. Ell
linger last week, has returned to he1
home.
Glenn Berry, who broke his ankle
at school, is getting along as we'll as
could be expected. Master Russell
Berry, who has been ill for some time
is not getting along so well. s~
Cards are out announcing the maj
rage of Miss Eva Hamilton to MI
VIM Motley of johnson, S. Z. In
ceremony to be performed at Bethei
February Is.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
Eacfe for Women,

The juice of ripe tomatoes will re-
move stains from white cloth.
Regulation measuring cups for the
kitchen should contain exactly one
half pint.
Pimentoes are the small sweet pep
pers used in garnishing fish and
chicken dishes.
Ten per cent of the materials
brought into a house as Fart OF the
food supply are put into the garbage
can in the form of waste. This IN
cludes bones, skins and parings as
we'll as the portions left over on IN
dividual plates after meals.
By removing the cream from MILK
Its fat or fuel value is taken out, but
tho skim milk retains all of the origl-
nal protein, that element which BUILDS
up and repairs all of the bodily It's
sues. Buttermilk or skim milk and
bread make a highly nutritious
luncheon
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
EGYPTIAN FARMING TOOLS.
Crude Native Thresher-Plough Is
skill Smoethed OF Tree Fork.


Crude Native Thresher-Plough Is
skill Smesthed OF Tree Fork.
''One OF the curious sights in the
Egyptian harvest season is q mo IA
threehiHg machine noisily workin & in
a field in which a native thresher is
treading out the grain" said Horace
F. Coler of Chicago, who has made
a tour of the world in the interests OF
American farming implements.
"The brown skinned tiller OF the
soil, clad in his flowing robes OF
white or the favored dull blue and
yellow combination sitting on the
high seat OF the crude thresher,
which is dragged over the fields by
yoke of patient camels or perhaps
camel and a donkey or a couple OF
buffalo cows, appears to the stranger
who sees this for the first time IKE
the principal actor in scene worked
out by an ingenious mind for stage
effect.
'The native plough in Egypt Is Sim
ply the forked portion of a tree or
two pieces joined together and
smoothed off, primitive contrivance
which may still be seen in use by Gu
ban farmers. The thresher is
sledgelike affair fitted with round
crushers Of wood Of iron end weight
ed down from the top. The grain
is crushed into the ground and when
gathered up it is mixed with Jumps OF
mud, bit it is said that nevcr a kc--
Eel of /. is lost Or wasted.
came ian farming macf inery may
t.e for51 in the reltotest parts CT
the wc-7s' and whers least c ,pected
In whai tanner it CTS there ! COLL
net ascertain. The natives could rot
ealighten me- Washington Herald.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-02-17
ossA1oeg 70 en- ua1Iussol1VA
For uoe on Farms In Lighting and
In Running Maohines-sites in
New Enuland.

For Zee on FarTMs In Lighting and
In Running Maohines-sites in
New England.
We hear considerable about waste
or barren land in the eastern states,
says the Rural New Yorker. This
land once produced good crops OF
grain and was live factor In supply
ing food for the people. Now much
OF this land Is vile. possibly used for
rough pasture, but OF little use to the
world. We must remember that
along with this iand other forms Of
industry have gone out Of service.
In New England, during the old days,
the hill towns were full of fine water
powers, at which small mills or fac
tories were located. With the de-
cline OF farming in these sections
came abandonment OF these powers,
and many Of them are now approach
Ing ruin. There is such a power in
o Connecticut town, and the follow
ing description Of 1t is given by u.
b. H.:
The water goes under instead OF
over the DAM The fall Is ledge
about Is feet with a dam of logs
about four feet high making fall Of
10 feet. The cause of this leak and
consequently the Loss OF power is neg
lect. It has been in one family since
it was built. 1t was left by father TO
son: the last owner had no children.
LID ord could not
do much, and did not feel like hiring
help. He died within a year, and
| the mills are left to his wife an old
lady In a few years there will be
nothing to tell that it was mill site
| but the ledge, There ere within
a radius of 10 miles from where I am
| five dams where there have beer
mills in times rome by; one OF them
was used 10 years ago, but it IS doWr
now. The caW;e of some of those
going down in the failing off in grair
growing and the Steam sawm1lls ina
have left the country pretty free
from timber There are sore flnt
places for Water-power in sections o
the country, and no one sufficient.
interested to consider using them
| Surely their usefulness is not who'll.
gone"
It seems a shame uhat these fin
water powers should be lost, contln
ues the Rural New Yorker, when Their
are so many uses to which electrl
power can be applied. With prope
capital and fair neigt,bcTly spirit
such a power as is here describe
could be made to light and heat
dozen OF more farmhOus'es, and tur'
the wheeles of most ordinary ms
chimes. While bitter fight is bein
made to prevent corporations fro1
stealing water privileges on the Pa
cific coast, these old mill sites in tn
East are being abandoned. 1t is
shame that they are permitted to g