Arizona republican., 1911-03-07

resembles dog and pony circus. The engine is about the size of a tea kettle and is spiritedly dragged around by little long-eared burro. There was a fire in a photograph gallery not long ago and the depart ment was called out The gallery the totally inadequate engine was unable to get a stream that high When the fire company arrived at the scene the chief in charge lined all of his men up along the side walk and carefully called the roll before they were permitted to get busy with the fire The fire of course took every advantage of this opportunity. and by the time the firemen got on the job il was be- yond control.
 Among the fire fighting equip ment was small extension ladder and it required fifteen minutes to erect it and then no one seemed to care to ascend it. and they cannot be blamed in view of what happened
 
 utes after the ladder had been set in place. one brave soul essayed the ascent. and just as he reached the top of the ladder it collapsed and slipped together. This landed the dar- ing fireman opposite the second story balcony.
 He stepped off on the balcony into safety and was rewarded with a thunder of "bravos" from the spec tators below Tipping his hat in appreciation of the applause. he stood there. the admired of all beholders, while his companions in arms below cheered as wildly as the rest. Hav- ing faithfully performed their duty. they watched the fire burn itself out and then called policeman and ar rested it--alsO the proprietor. be- cause in Mexico if fire occurs in your establishment you must tell the authorities all about it. give your real name and be glad to escape with q life sentence.
 i The lower order of the people here when they are buried do not by any means find a permanent resting place. The graves at the great Dolores cem- etery are rented to them and when the rentals cease the bodies are eX humed and thrown on a community bone heap
 A rattro. or sneak thief went out to the cemetery recently and appro- priated a skull whose proprietor. as he said. had no further use for it. He subsequently, sold it to a confid- ing tourist as the skull of Gen. S.f th he republic Delighted with his shrewd- ness, the thief confided to a brother ratero the story of his feat. and if so impressed his friend that he de- cided to do the same
 So he beat it for the graveyard, secured a skull somewhat smaller than the first and sought the center of town where tourists are most apt to be found But alas he ran up against the same tourist who had purchased the skull from his friend and offered the one he was carry ing as the original and only genuine skull Of the great patriot
 The tourist objected and declared that he owned that particular. skull and said that the latter did not IT, semble the skull of JuareZ in the least and wasn't nearly as large. ThereupOn the ratero. not to be ont done by gringo in argument, hotly protested and said that the skull which he was attempting to sell was that of Juarez while he was a boy, whereas the skull which the tourist had bought was the skull which be- longed to him after he had reached his majority. The ratero is doubt less regretting his marvallously orig inal argument yet in the shades of Belen
 A man was knocked down by a trolley car recently and was imme diately arrested for injuring the car. as in falling the buttons of his coat scratched the vanished surface of the vehicle
 In all the eomisaras (poiice sta tions) there is a physician in at tendance and one of his duties is to decide whether prisoners brought in aIe intoxicated. Even though a man may be unable to stand up the doctor will gravely take his pulse and de- eide according to its rapidity.