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Arizona republican., 1911-01-01
HIGH IDEALS OF
 AN ARIZONA COLLEGE
An Institution That Hopes at An Early Day to Have a Fine
 School Building.

The first and only incorporated pri-
 vate college in Arizona is the Menta
 Science College Educational associa-
 tion, which has an authorized capita stock of $500,000 and was incorpor- ated in March, 1910. The president i of the corporation is c. Puntenney l and the secretary is Minnie A. Ste
 vens, both of this city. and Phoenix ! is it home. The college is yet a very young and not large institution
 but it hopes to grow rapidly during
 the present year IL has no building yet. but expects to have one on ! Seventh avenue. near Five Points just east of the new Pemberton school
 building. on a lot donated by Presi- | dent Puntenney.
 In the meantime the corporation is
 conducting a school at 9l2 Grand ave-
 nue at the home of Mir. and Mrs D. V. DeSaffrey, known as Harmony
 Place. Mr DeSaffrey has been em- ployed to conduct the school during ! the present year The annual term opens Jan. l. and the sessions are
 two months long. A fundamental doe Urine of the school is mental science
 and its purposes are best set forth in the language of it's promoters. as follows:
 ITO advance learning. the arts and sciences. and to promote public wei fare by providing for 4he conveyance. holding and protection of property. for the founding, endowment. erec- tion and maintenance within this ter
 ritory of colleges and schools of learning. mechanical institutes. mu- seums and collections of art It is to be a college for both sexes. and it's nature especially being for the study of man and woman in all branches; mechanical training law and the studies and exercises directed to the cultivation and growth of mind.
 Its object is to qualify students for personal success and direct usefulness in life along the lines they find them selves best adapted for. and it's pur- poses tO promote health in all stu dents by the study of self and the pursuit of happiness in life. Since the idea of establishing an institution of this kind is for the benefit of each individual who, attends. it is placed upon the broadest possible line and 
 cational association. governed by five directors elected annually. and who must be stockholders. and the board of directors fill all vacancies.
 "The directors have power and it is their duty to establish and main- tain at the college an educational system which will if followed fit the graduate for some useful pursuit or calling in life and to this end to cause pupils to decide their particu- lar calling according to faculties eX- pressed by them. To prohibit sec tarian instruction and debates on politics. To nave taught the right and advantages of association and to afford equal facili- ties and give equal advantages to both sexes"
Arizona republican., 1911-01-01

the commercial hotel yesterday: David Connor. D. J. Shea, Jerome; D. F. Kei- ley. Prescott; J. R. Widmann. Kenosha Wis; J. H. Ruse and wifes Mesa City; s. R. Bell. Utica, x. Y: J. w. Reiff. San Francisco; George Hamlin, Relief mine: C. w. Grouse. Whiteriver: Mrs. Speed. Peoria. H.; J. F. Bernard. H. B. Wilson. c. w. Crandall. A. J. Gilbert. A. Lyall, Wingelman; MT. and Mrs. Joseph Lamonnay, Phoenix; George B. Clark. Tucson: D. A. Millett. Arlington; Louis Scherin. Los Angeles; Colin Campbell. Phoenix: Phoenix: Pat Cleary, Cashion; Mrs. s. Rowe. Grand Canyon: James O'Hara, Phoenix; G. A.. Mauk. Globe; Charle McGillioyay, Fl PaSo
Arizona republican., 1911-01-01
PERSONAL MENTION

Those registering at the Ford hotel yesterday were: C. H. Lincoln. Los An geles: F.. w. Carpenter. WicEenburg; Mrs. J. c. DOlman, Topeka; Rosa Schultz. Tempe; Bertha Schultz, Nam moth. AriZ.; D. Cole, Cananea; C. D. Reppy. Florence; Mrs. A. G. Bass, Jr, Kelvin: Mrs. H. B. Kelly, Flagstaff; Ben Pearce. Williams; C. osborn and wife, Phoenix; Charles J. Weaver, Mill Waukee; John R. Lewis.1 Conlee City. Wash; A. & Duties. Markeson, Wis; Richard Humphrey. Milwaukee C. B.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-01
Finances and Markets

New York. Dec. 31.-The final day of the year on the stock exchange was noteworthy only insofar that it was probably the dullest day. even for a half session. since July 2. 1908. when the total sales auIOunte1 tO about 34.OO0 shares. Today's trans actiors aggregated about 4i.0o0 shares. andsthe day as whole. was without point or purpose.
 Abroad. the most interesting devel-
Arizona republican., 1911-01-01

Opment was the strong demand for call money in London. where the rate advanced ,p , per cent. at which rat the bank of England lOaned large sums.
 Some further idea of the state If trade throughout the country may be gathered from the increased falling osf in hank clearings These are estimated at S2.555.S9S.417 for thc last week. and SS.154 419G.66o last year
 Government bonds unchanged on call during the week. Total sales to- day. par value. S1. .0O3. 900.
 STOCKS
 Amalgamated. 61H: Smelling.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-01

73ss; Atchison. 1OOIs; St Paul. 1222, New York Central. 111s; Pennsyl- vania. 123A Reading. 15024: south ern Pacific. 1157s: Union Pacific. 1701s; Steel, 72lsS Steel preferred 116%s: Silver. 54isc.
 METALS
 New York. Dec. 3L-Metal market dull and nominal in the absence of exchanges.
 Tin. $3S 00@3S.35
 Lake copper. SIS OOG132 a: cleo trOlytic. 12 a 6 ls DO. casting, SIP .50612. a.
 Lead. $4 45G4 55.
 Spelter. $5.4O@5. 471s.
 Iron unchanged.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-01

H. H. Estabrook. Tucson. and NJ. B. Brown. Milwaukee. registered at the Stag yesterday.
 Following are the guests who regis tered yesterday at the Adams Annex: NJ. Field and family. San Francisco: A. M. Gilbert, Boulder. Colorado: Mrs. C.. F. Brose and daughter. Dubuque. Iowa; Charles F. Parker. Durango. Mexico; T. smith, St. Louis
Arizona republican., 1911-01-01
HE HAD HOPES.

Mrs. Slowboy-How is my son get ting along at school. professor
 Professor-I have great hopes of him. madam-great hopes. He's the laziest boy I ever saw
 Mrs. Slowboy-Then why do you say you have great hopes of him?
 ProfessOr-Because if he ever begins to study he's too lazy to stop.-Chi- cago News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
Biplane Flights at State Fair.

Secretary Fred L. Davis of the
Vermont State FAIR Commission has
just closed contract with Glenn H.
Curtiss, the famous inventor and
aviator, to give flights in his biplane
at the Vermont State Fair at White
River Junction, Sept. ro, 20, III and
IT.
There will be three flights daily,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday,
and flights are guaranteed each day
with wind velocity up to 40 mile S.
This practically insures no disap-
pointment.
The oval formed by the trotting
track at the State Fair grounds
makes an excellent course tor the
starts of the flying machine. There
are no distractions like buildings in
the way of the two large grand
stands and spectators will be given
an unobstructed view of the starts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
Strange Children.

George Bancroft, the historian,
used to relate with gusto a joke that
he caught while trotting to school
along Massachusetts, country road.
It was about old Levi Lincoln, says
Percy H. Epler in master Minds at
the Commonwealth's Heart" The
old gentleman was nearly blind. A
flock of geese was being driven COB
bling up Lincoln street. Leaning
far out of the carriage, the fine old
aristocrat, thinking they were chill
dren, threw out handful of PEN
nies, graciously exclaiming:
"God bless you, my childrenp
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
1sthina an Elephant.

The elephants bath takes week
to carry out in detail; it requires the
services of three men, and it costs
$500, the Philadelphia Record says
This treatment is necessary for a
circus elephant, and if the animal is
valuable one the proprietor Of the
circus does not consider the money
wasted. The first process consists
in going over the immense body
with the best soap procurable-150
pounds Of soap are used-and the
elephants ears are especially care
fully attended to. When the soap.
ing and drying are completed the
elephant is well sandpapered and
after that rubbed all over with the
purest Indian oil until the mouse
gray skin is supple and glistening.
This last finishing touch is the most
expensive part of the whole bath, as
$3.50 has to be spent on the oil
alone.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
the RIVER NILE.
When its Waters Turn Green Then
Comes tho Welcome Flood.

When its Waters Turn Green Then
Comes tho Welcome Flood.
The "green water" of the Nile is
quite different thing from the
green water of the ocean, says the
Scientific American.
About April 10 the Nile begins
its annual rise, and month later
the effect is felt at Khartum. A
very curious phenomenon accompa-
MES this increase in the appearance
of the "green water"
For a long time it was believed
that the color came from the
swamps of the upper Nile, lying iso-
lated and stagnant under the trop-
ical sun and polluting the waters
with decaying vegetable matter.
With the spring rise this fetid
water was supposed to be swept
into the streams to make its appear
ance in Egypt.
Within recent times, however,
this theory has been abandoned.
Now we are advised the green
water is caused by the presence of
innumerable numbers of microscop-
ic algae, offensive to the taste and
smell. They originate away up in
the tributaries and are carried to
the Nile, where under the hot sun
and in the clear water they increase
with amazing rapidity, forming col
umns from $50 miles to 500 miles
in length.
The weeds continue to grow, die
and decay until the turbid flood
waters put them to an end, for they
cannot exist except in clear water.
Offensive as, in some respects, the
green water is, it is hailed with de-
light by the Egyptians, since its ap-
pearance is sign of the real flood
time and the close of the water fam
inc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
Forehanded.

An industrial commission ap-
pointed by congress was conducting
certain Investigations with refer
ence to the operation of mills and
factories in various parts of the
country, and the members became
especially interested in the working
of one mill in southwestern state.
The Investigators we're in one room
when the whistle blew for noon.
The operatives put up their tools
and vanished as if by magic. "Do
all the workmen drop their tools the
instant the whistle blowsP" asked
one of the commission. 'No, not
ALL" answered the man who was
acting as guide. "The more orderly
have their tools put away before
that time"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
An inopportune Remark.

All is not paradise aboard ship,
first, because nobody is armor plate
proof against seasickness. Old sea
captains have been known to sue
cumb to a cross sea in Saginaw bay.
There is malicious story of cap
tain who brought home a parrot as
a gift to lady friend, who COM
planned that the bird knew nothing
but the phrases of the forecastle.
The captain promised to bring on
his next voyage bird which had
never been allowed to go outside his
own cabin. Polly, however, proved
very reserved and never said word
until one day when the lady was
giving lunch party, and the soup
was served, there descended from
the cage of the bird the agonized
remark, Steward, bring me
basin w-Boston Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
A Witty Comment.

One night several years ago two
young men were dining with two
ladies at the Havlin hotel, in Cincin-
natl. The two ladies were members
of Miss Marie Dressler's company,
and Miss Dressler herself happened
to be dining at the next table. AS
the party of four arose after dinner
one Of the mems sleeves brushed
glass from the table and it was shat
tered to bits on the marble floor.
With a twinkle in her eyes Miss
Dressler leaned toward him and
said, ct beg your pardon; you've
dropped the stone out of your ring"
Town Talk.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
A Yankee Commission.

Since the golden age of the New
England trading skipper Yankees
have had a reputation for being
commercial. Few, of them, however,
are so eager for bargain as this
one, celebrated in the Louisville
Times: He was touring the south
for pleasure, but could not dislodge
from his mind the customs and
phrases of his business life.
"Here," said guide to him one
day, Fright here in this room, sir,
Washington received his first COM
mission"
The Yankee frightened up.
"What per cent commission was
it ?" he asked.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
oanre Of Proverbs.

Mont0 OF Pfovornus
Proverbs In one Of the most popular
games that children play. Herp IL the
way to play It In case you DO mot al
ready know how:
Ono player leaves the room. and
while he 10 absanE the rest az upon
some proverh. The words OF this
pr0verb are distributed among them.
and each player An reply to a question
asked by tho guesser has TO introduce
his particular word. When all the
words have been introduced the guess
Or has to guess the name OF the prov
erh
Here are few familiar proverbs:
'Hear twice before you speak
once"
~Half a loaf Is better than no
bread"
Good wares make quick markets"
-Friends are plenty when purse In
full"
.cut your coat according to your
cloth"
"A little rain lays much dust"
"Better lRte than never"
BARKING dogs seldom bite"
"a good word costs nothing"
"A good name In better than
wealth"
IAN 10 not gold that glitters."
"A penny saved is a penny gained" |"
"a friend In need is a friend In
deed"
~Make hay while the sun shinea.s
"One good turn deserves another"
"Out Of sfHl,t out OF mind"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
PROPOSED CHANGES
AT w. r. JUNCTION

The Central Vermont Railroad
Wants Public Service Com
mission Restrained from En-
forcing its Order.
A suit in equity which contains
number of points of great interest
to the legal profession has been
filed in the Office of Clerk f. s. Platt
+ of the United States court in Rutland
says the News. The Vermont Gem
trail road, thro ugh their attorneys, @.
\ W. Writer'S of st. Albans and Young
\ & Young of Newport, ask for an in
junction against the Vermont public
service commission to restrain them
from making any complaint or tax
ing any action towards enforcing an
order dated June %, 1910, provid-
( ing that the Central Vermont and
Boston & Maine railroads shall re-
3construct the depot and railroad
Syard at White River junction.
A hearing will be held in the mat
ter before Federal Judge James L.
Martin in Chambers at Brattleboro
on June 80.
In 1908 residents of Hartford, in
which White River Junction is
located, petitioned the public SER
vice commission to better conditions
for the accommodation of the public
at the depot. The commission,
then known as the board of railroad
commissioners, issued an order sug-
costing improvements. The railroads
claim that crossing, which it was
proposed to change, was a public
highway and that the state and the
town of Hartford should share with
the roads in the expense. The
matter has twice been through the
X Vermont supreme court.
The case is brought in the federal
court on the ground that interstate
passenger and express traffic will
be interfered with by the proposed
& changes at White River Junction.
.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
A LITERARY CRIME.
The Destruction Of the oreat Library
Of Alexandria.

Wg SSNSA0tN0H W hto SfOat A@tbTAEV
Of Alexandria.
On Dec. 20, GAO, after siege
that had lasted fourteen months,
the great Mohammedan general
Amrou found himself master of the
renowned city of Alexandria, the
capital of Egypt and at that time
the commercial and intellectual me-
tropolis of the world.
To his master, the Caliph Omar,
Amrou wrote, al have captured
Alexandria, a city containing 1000
palaces, 1000 baths, 10000 dealers
in fresh oil, $4,000 gardeners, 40
900 Jews who pay tribute and 400
theaters and other places of amuse-
ment."
Amrou made no reference in his
letter to the magnificent library,
concerning which there has come
down the following story: John the
Grammarian, the most learned man
of his day, being in Alexandria at
the time, begged of Amrou that he
would give him the library. Amrou
told him that it was not in his pow
er to grant such a request, but that
he would write to the caliph about
it.
Omar, ON hearing the request of
his general, sent back the reply:
of those books contain the same
doctrine as the Koran they are of no
use, since the Koran contains all
needful truth; on the other hand,
if they contain anything contrary
to the Koran they ought to be de-
stroyed. Therefore, whatever their
contents may be, J. order them to
be committed to the flames"
Accordingly they were distribut-
ed among the public baths of the
city, where for more than six
months they served to supply the
fires.
The loss to the intellectual
wealth of the world by that ruling
of Omar is incalculable. The stored
up wisdom of ages was in that Alex
andrian library, and with the de-
struction of the precious volumes
facts were lost which were never to
be recovered. The caliph's igno-
rant and fanatical belief in the in
fallbility of the Koran worked hu-
manity the harm that can never be
atoned for while the world stands.
New York American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
Camp Billings Season of 1911

Camp Billings is summer camp
for boys, conducted and supervised
Sby the Windsor County Committee
Hpf Young Mems Christian Associa-
tlons of Vermont, and is under the
&iirection of the County Secretary A.
~. Hurd, of White River junction.
The camp is not mere vacation
resort it aims to make the time
epent of real value to every camper,
hnd to provide a place where boy
pr young may enjoy few days of
wholesome. healthful, manly outdoor
4 life in the woods.
The activities of camp include
baseball, quoits. water sports and
Prchery contests; its social features
appeal to boys, and frequent talks
|wlll be given on nature study, for
estry, astronomy and first aid to the
injured.
Any boy from IL years up, living
Windsor county, may attend the
camp.
Camp Billings, which is at Lake
fairlee, 10 miles north of White
River Junction on the Boston & Maine
Failroad, is well equipped for the
pleasure of the boys, and is good,
wholesome, safe place for a summer
putting. The campers receive every
Poention. Boats are provided, but
No canoes, and swimming is per-
nitted only when accompanied by
FAe camp leaders.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
The HobbIed LADY,.

Miss Arabelia siimnins wore her hobbie
skirt to town.
Her figure was quite modern. of a style
straight up and down
Il was q small community In an unsettled
state.
Tho dash that Arabella cut was wonder
fully great.
old Uncle Billy Bingie come a-ridin' down
the street.
He is the most nearsixhted man you'd
ever chance 20 meat
which makes the style Of cards he plays
narticuiariv ouaint :
sometimes the nair he betn I'm thera an.
then agin Il amt.
Miss ArabelIa stood upop tne ourbatone
Ioolxin' sweet
Yet somethin. Iikc n pout. no perpendicu.
larIv neat
Old Uncle Billy he rode ND 20 rest hisself
A a,,eii --
An. bitched hi. hoas 20 mar beeore aha
mad q chance 10 veil.
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sttn nAA uhA o. ~ 49, hha hnna ha
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
A PuzzIar.

At an examination in an English
school the teacher was so pleased
with his class that he said they
could ask him any question they
liked.
Some were asked and replied to.
Seeing one little fellow in deep
thought, the teacher asked him for
a question. The boy answered,
with grave face:
"P-please, sir, if you was in a
soft mud heap up to your neck and
/ was to throw brick at your head
would you duck ?"
The answer is not recorded.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
The Ono Who wasn,t whipped.

1t was in a large school, and one
of the boys had committed some
grave infraction Of discipline. The
teacher announced that he would
thrash the whole class if some one
did not tell him who had committed
the offense. All were silent, and he
began with the first boy and
thrashed every one in the class un-
til finally he reached the last one.
Then he said, ''Now, if you will tell
me who did this I won't thrash
you" "All right, sir; did it, was
the reply.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
PART +.

Among the prominent in early times in Vermont
whose merits have been strangely overlooked by nearly all who have
prossed give history of that memorable That
General Ira Allen Although he the present day far less
brother and far indeed than the
who controlling the desne the
infant settlement through the whole period its early anomalous
history for genius gaty enlarged intellect high
and energy executing hem he inferior of em
if superior them ALL UP the time of the admission Yer
probably widely felt than that any individual
State.
His has been somewhat eped by the boder and
dazzling deeds his brother the renowned Ethan Allen whose daring
had made him much hero of the which
particularly demanded such character that they
look the quiet services of Ira Allen and overlook the
great deeds the blancy of their execution by
He born in Cornwall Connecticut May ls 1851, and
evidently received there school the vicinity good
English education including and style of composition
thorough knowledge the surveying the being
evnced his pespcuous State papers and his History
the best published and the latter his survey
of portion of the State which subsequent found
remarkable for accuracy and righteousness of allotment
Before he 20 he received commission certain
grants Mt Mansfield While this business he joined
acquiring large of land Burlington Bay and thereby
laid the foundation of his fortune.
opening the conflict with the Yorkers the New
Hampshire Grants till the opening of the Revolution Ira Allen while
still extensively pursuing his explorations and all parts of
the State became of the quite the active
indefatgabe the erretng
pursuing hunting down and routing from the country
grade the officials and employees of the Yorkes No
and ubteruges innocence aad these
and explorers shielding them against his vigilance
agacty They feared him than Ethan Allen whom they
coud easily eude With them Ethan
the noise but Ira the lightning that did the execution
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
WOODSTOCK NEWS

The Rockefeller Institute has
granted the sum of $500 to DIR.
Charles L. Dana and DR.. VIM. N.
Berkely for research on the func-
tons of the pineal gland-an organ
once thought to be the seat of the
soul
A cement floor is being laid over
part of the village storehouse near
Court street. This is for conven-
ience in handling the steam roller,
and stack will also be built, 80
that the machine can be fired up in
side the building.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
just What Ho said.

sT> don't believe a word you have
said," snapped the skipper, 'but
I'll tell you what 1 do believe-that
you are confounded sea lawyer
and that you would talk the hind
leg off donkey. Did you hear what
/ said?"
eyes, sir" replied Able Seaman
Danks sulkily.
"What did 1 say?"
"You said that you believe I
would talk your leg off, sirp-Lon-
don Express.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01
5000 Cattle Drowned.

A reservoir OF 5000 acres at Grand
Junction. Colo, burst Sunday caus-
ing property damage of 100000.
Five thousand cattle were drown
ed. No lives were lost. For miles,
crops were washed out.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01

A Kansas butcher was driving q cow
20 his slaughter house when a stranger
stopped him and said, ~what are you
going to do with that cowT
'r'm going 20 XIII her, said the
butcher.
The stranger looked the COW over
carefully. 'oh. don't believe rd do
that II you feed her up awhile think
she'll lfve~-KRnsas AfaRaxinA
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-07-01

Lieutenant de Malharbe, a. French
military aviator, few from Paris to
Sedan, covering the distance, 1T 6
miles, in hour, Al minutes and 35
seconds.