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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-25
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE
COUNTY OF MARlCOPA, TER
RITORY OF ARIZONA.

In the Matter of the Estate of John
c.. Jackson. Deceased. Notice of
Sale of Real Estate. At Private
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-10-25

SUFFERED
FIVE YEARS
Finally Cured by Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Compound.

Erie, Pa. 81 suffered for five years
from female troubles and at last was
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
g The Bec8 H0me Magazine page x
Serious History in Comic Vein The New sy''9 Ts.s Of

We'll. ! see the George family Is making
trouble for us again. said show-Me Smith
the eminent dealer in homemade history /:
though suppose Wen have a quiet sum.
mer on account Of It,"
What George family?" l asked won
dering what he'd discovered now.
Why, George King-George V. King"
answered Show-Me. the man thatp the
cause Of the evacuation Of New York"
'Oh. see" said. you mean King
George III"
No; that's the George that invented It.
Every days evacuation day now in New
York, and all on account Of your uncle.
George V. suppose George Three gave
him transfer good for another evacuation
day. More'n likely. though Il was
reign check-good for another coronation.
Anyway, every dollar ! get close to
nowadays seems to be outward bound
with a couple or three Americans tied 10
It, The other time. hundred years or so
ago as near as l can figure it out It was
mostly British who were on their way.
and the folks who were seeing them off
didn't care continental about whether
crowns were pinned on straight or side
ways
These evacuation days are different
AHes ueii me theg re hanging Onto
the rails Of every boat over to London
begging the captain to tell en- where they
can get rid Of their money quickest. Pa
thetic sights are witnessed at the dock
every day when some poor fellow with
couple Of millions in loose change is left
behind in the rush and has to get rid Of
his cash In the slow old New York way
IN bet not more'n half OF these corona
TONERS see the lid put on George at that
Tor they tell me the house was sold long
ago and the ticket Spectators have ali
closed out.
That nrst evacuation day you couldn't
have hired New Yorker 10 take a run
over with the bunch. have a look at a
king and slip a landlord a couple Of thou
sand for weeks board. Maybe It was
because New York wouldn't averag.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
Farm Sinks in a Hole

Much excitement has been caused in the
vicinity OF the home OF John Goebel, in Arm
strong township, eleven miles north OF
Evansville, Ind, by the sinking of a patch
OF ground on Goebel's farm, says the In
dianApolis News. Near Mr.. Goebel's house
is his peach orchard, about 100 yards long
and 30 yeads wide and containing almost
an acre of land. Several days ago the
orchard began 10 sink slowly and has now
gone down about six feet and the land is
sim sinking. There Il q pond IN the mid
die OF the orchard and as the land began
TO sink the bed OF the pond cracked and
all the water disappeared through the bot
tom into the earth. The pond is now filled
with large crackA
The sunken ground is in the shape OF q
hens esq, and is pointed At one end. The
trees are standing intact. but several large
erevtess have appeared among them. Mr..
Goebel says people he has talked 70 are OF
the opinion that there Is a large cave I'M
oerneath his farm. He has stuck poles
through the cracks in the sunksn ground
TO a depth OF ten feet or more and failed
to reach bottom. Mr. GoebePs house is
about ten steps from the sunken orchard.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
Queer Croesus

Millionaire Brown" lie an American
citizen who. for the last twenty-five years,
has lived on a yacht moored In the river
off the little English port OF BTightlingsea.
He has been a good FREUD to the little
town and now the decision of the king e
bench division that Brown is a resident
In England and must therefore pay income
tax. is causing much anxiety among the
Inhabitants OF BrighuinRsea, who quite
expect 20 wake up one morning TO find an
empty berth and some distant smoke on the
horizon.
BayaRd Brown has hitherto been free not
only from payment OF income tax. but also
OF harbor dues and rates. At one tina he
had a modest hull afterwards he bought
he now inhabits the Valfrayta- The price
paid Is said TO have been $4,000. 90 little
wonder he Is dubbed Millionaire Brown
and is sought by the income tax man.
BTightlingsea has some quaint yarns about
his passion for generoTity and indiscrimi-
nate charity. He has been known 20 scat
ter gold in the street and 10 dip his hand In
a bag OF sovereigns and oblige visitors
who have rowed out TO his yacht 20 ask
for money.
The Valfrayia has q crew OF about twenty
men who are more like the ivered staff Of
q dukes town house than the sailors Of a
yacht But It Is always kept under steam
ready to put 20 sea at moments notice.
though It rarely shifts its anchorage
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
Tabloid History of the Presidents

Eighteenth in the list OF presidents stand
z Ulysses Simpson Grant. the famous gen
eral who conducted several OF the stirring
campaigns in the civil war. He was born
at Point Pleasant. Ohio. on April a. 1922
and died at Mount McGregor, near Sara
toea. n. Y, on July %, 1855
Grants ancestors came TO America and
settled in Dorchester. Mass, in 1880 He
was the Oldest of six children and spent
his boyhood on his farther's farm. which
was more congenial 10 him than the work
In his fathers tannery. After attending
the village school he was appointed in
the spring of 1889 to a West point cadet
chip. and when he graduated from the
military academy in 1888 he stood twenty
first in class OF thirty-nine.
Hls first fighting was in the Mexican
wcr. where he rendered brilliant service
cnd rose TO the rank OF captain besides
winning the personal praise OF General
orth. He resigned his commission in
1854 and retired to the life of farmer and
storekeeper until the outbreak of the
war. when he entered the army as a volun-
tec.. His brilliant victories on the Missis-
sippi were followed by his Virginia cam
align, with It's fierce fighting. eliminating
in the final movement OF the national
forces which Grant gathered around Rich
mond After ten days marching and fight
ing, the campaign was ended. Petersburg
and Richmond we're taken. Grant pursued
and overlook Lee who surrendered to him
At Appomattox court house.
In Grants presidential election in 1858,
Virginia, Mississippi and Texas did not
participate. not having complied with the
'recODstruction" requirements OF congress.
During the first year of his administra-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
May 25, 1911.
Name aud ADDRESS.

Every spring one hears the anxious In
quiry, rs Il safe for American women to
travel unescorted2 Presumably the answer
given, in most cases is reassuring, for every
year increases the exodus Of American
women TO the Elysian fields across the
pond.
A woman whose lack Of an escort has not
prevented her from going wherever she
liked, says the New York Sun: The
tourists are women, In overwhelming pre-
ponderance; women travelling IN parties. in
pairs and even singly. Most OF the women
are spinsters; most OF the spinstsrS are
school teachers. There Is q sprinkling OF
elderly dowagers. a handful OF young girls.
a few money incoming couples, and a con-
spicuous absence OF young matrons, who,
it may safely be asserted, pesslmists 10 the
contrary, are occupied at homo with the
demands Of husbands and young children.
Il remember one trip abroad in which
the unmarried male element on board COM
prised one Roman Catholic priest, one
school superintendent and three little boys
On that occasion deck nirtations were in
frequent, and one woman remarked plain
lively that she somehow felt herself entitled
70 a bonus or other sign Of appreciation
from the other women passengers. mas
three little boys.
The Continental mind cannot seem to
fathom the reason why the American man
with his two weeks vacation-does not
come to climb the crags of Switzerland as
the Englishman spends his holiday. Eu,
ropeans explain the situation satisfactorily
70 themselves; 1t Is because American men
are a race OF worms. Year in and year out
they work themselves 10 the bone In pork
packing establishments. with the Their
monster standing never above zero in the
winter. never below 100 in summer. Mean
while their heartiess women are GALL
wanting through the capitals of Europe,
squandering the III gotten gains Of their
husbands and fathers upon purple hats and
fine lingerie.
zone. might think that II anything could
dispei this Illusion II would be the bands
of sober CARRIED. SpectAcied women who
form the mass Of American tourists abroad
Yet the middle class Frenehman or italian
clings TO the idea Of the American woman
abroad which he has gained from the
newspapers-the heiress Of untold millions
in search OF a husband with a title And
as the conversation goes on volubly at the
pension table, the little dun colored teacher
from Ypsilanti, Mich, U. s. A., who has
serimped and saved money for many years
20 take this trip before she dies and to
stand just once before the tomb OF Ma
poleon, with BEedeker In hand. Mstens
Her college entrance requirement knowl-
edge Of French is slight, but she Is able 10
gather that IL Is the sense Of ths meeting
that the American woman-psrsonified in
herself and trained nurse from Nebraska
Who does not catch their drift Al aIl-is
beyond all doubt the most prOdigal ana un.
serupulous Of her sex. devoid OF ali domes-
dc and womanly virtues.
Having heard the situation a. con-
oiseiy summed up. the little teacher az
eusas harself with \ smile 70 betake hsr-
self 70 the privacy OF her own room. wher,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
Beating the Cold

AT 90 degrees below" said an Alaskan.
recently in Seattle the exposed ears.
hands or nose will freeze in going a quar-
ter Of mile under ordinary circumstances;
but the children go and come from school
as usual without suffering from the cold
provided their faces and hands are pro-
tected.
They soon get used TO It. But caution
must be used TO avoid drawing the cold
air into the lungs. and It IL dangerous TO
breathe through the mouth. More die from
pneumonia brought on by freezing the
lungs in that way than from any other
form Of exposure. Horses are protected by
breathing bags, which extend down from
the nose OF the animal about eighteen
inches and are open at the bottom. The
breath which Is exhaled warns the air In
the bag before It IL inhaled and drawn
into the lungs And men wear a 'parly' or
headdress which extends over the face and
affords similar protection.
Tn the Canadian districts the northwest
mounted police regulate the treatment OF
horses on the freight wagons and stage
lines In q most humane manner so as 70
prevent them from suffering in this way"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25

Cannibals have all sorts of ways that are
doubtlessly humorous and delightful to
them, Of preparing the vietuaI victim for
the boiling pot. But they are always
marked by a superabundant of fat-produc-
ing kindness. Apparently they want TO re-
duce the mental energy-and consequently
suffering-to a minimum so that layers and
layers of adipose may accumulate succu-
lently on the bony framework Of the hu-
man delicscy they mean to devour.
But the head hunters Of a department
store have no such tender mercy. They
want 10 break in" the new business
woman with every form OF torture possible.
They want to tear down her womsnly re-
serve They want to shock her into insensi-
bility. and, eventually, into participation
in their slangy and even profane manners
OF speech.
Yes, / am talking about girls, the girls
who were saleslsdies and models in
certain fashionable suit store particularly
inspire the trade.
And the victim OF their ''breaking-in"
mistreatment was a young designer who
took her first business position among
them
She began by begging pardon" when
she passed in front OF one OF them. And
cut itl' was the elegant response her
courtesy met When she happened TO men
ton a book she had been reading as an
interruption OF the stream Of gossip that
was making the air OF her small studio
uncomfortable she was sQuelched with
Get on to the high-browl"
Her hours were somewhat shorter than
the hours OF the salesladies. l call them
that because they like IT, not because this
particular group deserve IT, They began
hecknng her with side remarks about her
being too nifty for their bunch"
There was a carefully preserved state
Of beligerency between the employees and
the woman In charge Of the department.
The woman frankly called the sslesladies
by q name that cannot be published. And,
Judging from the way they behaved the
term was at fault only IN it's inadequacy
70 do them full justice.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25

Business women, they called themselves!
And IL would have taken hard scratching
to find more than half a dozen among the
twenty Of them who had the least desire
TO give their services in return for their
salaries. They worked because they had
to, and they did as little as they could
and still be retained.
The designer was broken in" So CON-
pletely broken in that she left the place
at the end Of two weeks in an ambulance
And the burden OF her wailIng delirium
was, I'm sorry I apologized for stepping
on your toe! won't DO IT againl" or 'T'u
never be refined again II you think do II
just to act smart!'
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25

The sister who came to watch beside
her bed was amazed at the queer pleas.
But she knows now that the barbarity of
so-called business women made a perfect
inferno Of the short business experience.
She knows that the dainty ways were
ridiculed. She knows that the pretty man.
ners were reviled. She realizes that the
refinement Of the designer made her unfit
for close association with some Of her sex.
SO unfit that she had to seek a more con-
genial atmosphere in the carbonic clean
illness Of the hospital and she found the
change and contrast restorative. A nice
comment on the kindness OF girls to each
0therl aa4Akk,S
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
Tabloid Truths

Tell a woman she is duh and she is apt
to disprove 3. b. eNtcing you.
The next best ifing to profiting by our
mistakes is not 20 make any.
The girl with freckles has an advantage
over the leopard, who cannot change his
spots.
little change in the pocket Is worth
two in the weather.
Many man gets a pretty bad fall from
being thrown on his own resources.
Married couples should remember that q
heated argument is a poor substitute for
furnace fire.
Why should man make a fool OF him
self when there are 80 many women anx-
ious TO do the job?
About the most useless thing IN the
world Is 10 offer a reward for the return
of lost opportunity.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
Good Chance to Work

George w Perkins who has withdrawn
from the banking house OF J. P. Morgan
& Co. 20 devote himself 20 the great pub
lie questions OF the day said at a recent
dinner in New York:
ours Is country OF phenomenal pros
perity. There is no such prosperity any
where else on earth. Here we have work
for all In fact We have such a scarcity
Of labor here that the western farmer was
hardly Joking when he inserted in the
newspapers this want ad:
'wanted-Harvest hands Hired girl
blend and pleasant Phonograph music
during meals Pie three times a day. SIX
Jumps Of sugar 20 each cup Of coffee.
Hammoeks, leather divans. cosy corners.
feather beds. Rising hour, 10 a m. Organ
concert every evening. Free ehaWtng and
smoking Come one. come an"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25

more'n ~ a head those days-I don't know.
Good morning l says to an evacua-
ton day celebrator at the docks the other
day, have you got seats in the grand
stand?
Seats in the grandstandr says he
sir, have bought the whole grandstand
and had hotel thrown in. I'm thinking
Of leasing gallery in the Abbey. too. I'm
no piker
NO I says, you're only shopping.
Bong voyage. Enjoy yourselfr
That first evacuation day didn't seem
to make little old New York very lonesome
and maybe these days won't either. but
what gets me is how we're going to get
the money back
These 1911 evacuation day folks may be
all right, but 1 got a look at three per-
fectly good kings last night and It only
cost me Sl5, and didn't have to go TO
London, either"
Copyright. 1911. by the N. Y. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25

ton, however, these three states were
restored and the reconstruction was con-
summated. Grant served two terms. One
ministrations was the adoption OF the fif-
tenth amendment TO the constitution.
which guaranteed to all citizens Of the
United States the right OF suffrage with
out regard to race. color or previous con-
dltion of servitude.
Copyright, 1911, by the n. Y. Herald Col
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
Let the Beu Alone.

Weary Voice from DOorway-My dear
sr, have absolutely no objection 20 your
coming here and sitting up half the night
with my daughter. nor 20 your standing
on the doorstep for three hours saying
goodnight But In consideration for the
rest OF the household who wish 10 get
sleep. win you kindly take your elbow off
the beli-push London Opinion
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
American Men a Race of Worms

she spends a busy hour laundering a few
handkerchief In the washbowl and address
sing postal cards to the horde OF little
nsphews and nieees in faSaway YpsilantL
Mich. U. S. A. Noblesse oblige."
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25

A New York woman in 1857 walked 1000
miles In 1000 consecutive hours. She was
only obliged TO finish a mile in each hour
and thus. by walking two miles at a time,
contrived TO get an hour and a half of
uninterrupted sleep. Al the completion Of
her feat she had long. restful siumber
and awoke In possession OF her usual
health and viEor.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25

When q great man is laid in his grave.
lies Of malice are apt to give way 10 lies
OF adulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25

In ISIS Josiah Eaton walked LOO miles
in a similar number Of consecutive hours.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25

At Sheffield, England. in 1850. Richard
Marks walked l,0Oo miles in 1000 hours.
commencing each mile at the beginning
OF each hour. He was completely ex-
hausted at the expiration Of the task. and
for a time it was thought that he would
die, but he finally recovered his strength.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
Walkers Before Weston

Robert Barclay Ailardice. Scotch cap
tain In the British army. who was born
in 177s and died in 1854. was a noted pedes-
triAn. At the age OF Is he walked six
miles within an hour. When he was 20 he
covered 100 miles on foot In two days. and
in June. 1Ql. In excessively hot weather,
he walked 800 miles In five days. His most
surprising performance was walking 1000
miles IN Loo successive hours. A half mil
lion dollars was staked on the result
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-12
Col. Kennedy Goes
to Arkansas City

Colonel William Kennedy, the well
known advertising expert. has just closed
a contract with the commercial club Of
Arkansas City, Kansas, TO assume the
position OF commissioner for the club,
This is place corresponding to that
held by John NJ Guild with the Omaha
Commercial club. and Mr.. Guild Joined
with c. c. Rosewater and others in rec
ommending Colonel Kennedy.
II have just returned from a visit to
Arkansas City" said Colonel Kennedy,
land gained a very favorable opinion OF
the opportunity offered in the new posi-
ton. Arkansas City has population OF
10000, with all modern improvements and
great natural resources tributary to the
town. II Is one of the liveliest and most
promising American cities OF its class
Colonel Kennedy will leave Omaha Jan
uary ?, and assume his duties January 4
He will not take his family to Kansas
until later. He has for years been al
active worker in Ak-saT-Ben and is 4
leader in the Ad club. lie has been chic
! OF Clan Gordon and is now holding tn
office Of worthy president in the Omaha
| Aerie OF Eagles.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-12
Automobile Whips
Are Now in Demand

II have often heard jokesmlths talking
about statesmen for automobile whips"
said Burnett Bush, former labor commits
sioner OF Nebraska "and | have Joined
in the laugh But on a recent trip in the
west / saw automobile drivers using
whips in the way OF self-protection.
When spinning along country roads at
seven or four miles an hour they have
been killing dogs. chickens, pigs. calves,
children and other obstacles, and getting
soaked for the same In court. Now the
wise auto driver carries a long whip
with which 10 reach over the wind shield
and drive any moving critters out Of his
way. lie finds Il pays. and timely use OF
the whip leaves a kindly feeling mixed
with the smell OF the gasoline, under
stand a factory for the manufacture OF
the whips from the church spire cactus
Is to be started at Albert Lea. New
/ Mexico. This particular cactus Is long
/ strong and stings II Bit but never breaks
after being treated 20 = rubber bath"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-12
Particularly the Ladies.

Not only pleasant and refreshing TO
the taste, but gently cleansing and sweet
ening to the system, Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA is particularly adapted
to ladies and children. and beneficial in
all cases in which wholesome, strength
ening and effective laxative should be
used. Il is perfectly safe at all times and
dispels colds, headaches and The pains
caused by Indigestion and constipation so
promptly and effectively tina. i i the one
perfect family laxative which gives sals-
faction to all and is recommended by
millions Of families who hare used il and
who have personal knowledge Of its ex-
cellence.
Its wonderful popularity, however, has
led interruptions dealers to offer inita-
tons which act unsatisfactory. There
fore, when buying. to get its beneficial
effects, always note the full name Of the
Company-C California Fig Syrup CO.
plainly printed on the front Of every
package Of the genuine Syrup Of Fig
and Elixir Of SIENNA.
Foi sale by all leading druggists. Pic'
so cents per bottle.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-12
Morris State Fire
Inspector of the
Theaters of Omaha

Edward T. Morris, city fire warden, has
been appointed deputy fire inspector OF
theaters and other buildings by Louis v.
Guye, deputy commission of labor and
industrial statistics, and will Immediately
start a campaign for better fire protec-
ton in Omaha. He will receive no addi-
tlonal pay, but has added authority and
viii serve only i'm Omaha.
There are lot of buildings in
Omaha" said Mr. Morris, that are moth
ing more than fire-traps. In several
flats there is no stairway of any sort in
the rear, and should fire occur on the
stairway in the house there is no pos.
sible way for an inmate to escape.
This condition will have to be rene.
died. Either automatic fire escapes OF
metallic stairways will have to be pro
vided. will make an Investigation Of
buildings I'm the city and viii report OF
their condition regarding safety devices
I'm case of fire"