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: VoL. 4. SHOES! sun SHOES Men’s and Boy’s Shoes arrived in Fact. • ♦ . o— Oft* Shelves are loaded wth tlie best of shoes, From No. 10’s clean down to 2’s, Come and see them—dont stop to snooze, Fur he that bujs them can never loose, i * ‘ ■' W# r#«*eetfi»lW invite ‘.be public to examine our new line of Men’- and Both Shoe* and also our new and complete stock ot staple an-11 Fancy Groceries and get tbe benefit ot our cash pries. It will cost you nothing to examine our goo U and will save jTou from the .mistake of spending yout money earetemly, B. M. JOHNSON & BROS £ja ANCIL MARTIN, Eye and Ear, Phoenix, A t)A J. W. BULEV, 9m§s, Medicis es. Chemicals, taircT an» toilet articles IraiM* Ptrfumtrf, Kt« j, MA AKIZOHA Da. M. w. BRACK. Physician and Surgeon. Office and lesidenco »t the late residence of 9. b Patterson, Me*a A. T Diseaaea of women and Obstetrics X Specialty. H. C. LONG MO RE, pny»ictan* Svirgeon Office at residence, 2 miles weat pi ¥eea. CITY SHAVING PARLOR V V. Wright, rop* CfShMht, Hatrconia ShMupoolnjf an* »»»•*»*• •• *■ 0 1. WILLIAMS, J eleotio Physician and Surgeot WILL ATTXJfD Al.i CALL* PROMPTLY If*Chronic dtMMea of woin«a » •p*ci*lty.^gj Office : One door North of Bee gir. Store Meaa, • - Ariseona ♦ W. D. MOBTOK. A. P.SHEWMAN. MORTON k SHEWMAS A ttorneys-at-Lauu. Mesa City, * Arizona. Will practise In nl|th« Court* ni the Terri tor; omruineut Imil Huslumi a specialty. Col tetioas promptly made. CHy Attorney* X 'tary Pahliu ia ffi *e. Dep.-sitlon* taken ant peastone applied for. J^orrics— Arlington Blrclc. It* aCity. ,v -1 , « I soi«atifio American A Afltnoy for^A IVmuip^AviATi. I I tmir trade marks. DEMON RATKMTR. COPYRIGHTS. «la Swatiftr Jtowwcai Bssssss^i mesa Free Press. I WEBSTER STREET. C. M FRAZIER. STREET & FRAZIER. LAW YERS, Romos 7 and 8, Flem ing Block, Phot*nix, Arizona. THE CEHCRffL frfSRKET GRAY A SANDERS, Proprietors.. Fresh and Corned and Pickled Heats, Sausage, Etc, always on hand. • - delivered to any part if the city and vicinity. Next door went of Post Offi-e. MESA, ARIZONA. ,* v liJ dM!U . Mrs. E. I. Long, Prop. Nicely fur niched rooms by tie uaj, week oi mmi'h Kates Reasonable. CHARLES STEVENS Cor Montezuma and Adau.B jits. Liver 1 ;, Feed and •Sale Stable Gloo l t*ir l viYi i I u ) *t !1 >tio \ t hours of the dty and night. Buy, se.l and trade horse Special attention to boarding li - rse i MESA. Feed & Livery Stable I 1 P. METS, Proprietor MESA CITY, AKIZONj*, FiUD iY. JUNE 12, 1*96. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE OF FORESTS. This influence, Say* M. Charles Mali Hon, in Cosmos ( August 10) has long been lecoguiged, hut ha* b**eu studied •cientiHcally only 1867. The r< stilts of this stud) now that the mean temperature u* wooded regions is slightly less than that of open country, the ditt rence being ab» ut one degree Fahrenheit near the ground and a 1 ttie less at the tops of the iree-. In gene ral, it is cooler by day .and warmer by night in the wo. d* than in th open joiititry. Thus fores S are r gulators of teinpeiature, and have an important influence o i tin ciima e, and hence on the agricul ture, of neighboring regions. The soil of fore-ts also is slightly cooler than that of the open r< gion —a fuci especially ad'antug* ous t< .agriculture in wanu climates. L * # W urUmiln*rg the difference of maximum temperature between forest soil and that of the open country lias reached 8 centigrade, the mean annual humidity of forest air exceeds by 3£ per ceut. that oi the open country. Thi* excess is in some as high as 14 per c nt. Besides, the temperaiuae of ‘he tre*js them-elves is lower than that of the guircunding air, whence that uir, coming in contact with th* tre s, has its teinpeiature Joweied to a point nearer to saturation. If the air of the op n country, aheady saturated with moisture, blow.-, through the trees, and is thereby lowered in temperature, its lUO.s --ture blows through the tiers, and is thereby lowered in temperature, its moisture will of course, eon * d ; ns*- and fall as rain; thus a wood may act as a veritable' rainmaker* It is in fact generally recogn zed that ruin is more frequent in the vicinity of vast forest regions tha* elsewhere. In parts of the steppe of Russia wln re trees have been planted ami forests have g’own up in ths past fifty years rain has notably increased. Forests also prevent floods. The forest soil ■*- soft and spongy, retaining th • lainwater and ht'ing it out slowly : .nto ihe streams. The absence o -.uch a sponge, together with g rater ease of evapora ion, make iestructive torruits much more fr-quent in barren than in wooded r gion*. Forests have an impor t *nt hygienic infloence. In warm countries, when a forest is cleared away? f« v. r always make* its ap peaiance, while if in insalubriou dis rict* trees are plant'd in q«ian tity, sickness disappears. Thu* the Ii tniaii campagna and the TusCtii marshes, where luxuriant forests are now growing, have almost lost their traditional unhealthfulnes*. Another important hygienic factor of the forest is the f ret that ozone exists in unusually large quali ties in their ne ghborliood. 'l'his fact, 1 .t* ly established by Ferimw, lias be* n held by him to show that a forest constitutes an important barrier against the approach of epidemic* and infectious diseases —lndian Agriculturist. “Eleme” i* a corruption of the Tu kish word signifying “hand picked,” and is applied to the best varieties of Sm) rna fig*. Thy dis tinguishing marks of the b**st v irieties of figs are a thin skin with the seeds plainly visible throvgh it, the pulp b* ing dark and luscious- To eat, the fig with the greatest measure of enjoyment, it must, however, be picked from the tree» and then it is a luxury indeed. “Yu*,” sa d a drummer in a Maine Central stn car th other day a* he fished out a trckel and Lou >ht a package of pepsin gum. “I yank some occasionally.’ As he peebd the tin foil o'T the package lm continu'd: “E'er hear bow they get thi* pepsin?” Well, • hey have a lit of young p gs anil * hey i hem away to the to notch till th-y’re Leling iu*t oit sight,. Tnen all at once ritiou* are knocked off for a day or s». The commissary doesn't come 'round Tue p ; g' 1 coinm ne** to think t iey on a diet of nonhwe*- wind and scenery in the low .*«t pa t. of Hu igry H»*llow. When th *ii appetit< s finally g'*t a buzz saw edge oi, men w*ho wear ear pads and marble heir's in •vftii p tih full *f so ne of the nicest smelling hot bran in »s » a pig ever put hi* nose into The no n stick those pails down near the pens s « that ea-h pig can get hn nose within about two inch"S of that mush, and then they hold the pads over their ea s and grit their teeth aid let the p'ga Mmdl and howl Nj, they don’t get a taste. In a 1 ttle while the bran is tnk n away a *d those pigs go hungry into eter n*ty. Tite secretion in their Stomachs i* almost all pure pepsin and that's wh it tiny put i:j this gum. It’s good stuff, gt nts; h ive a cliew on me!’' But no one ap peared to ha/e any stomach trouble just thoo. TH S CO jdlSkT l RRIG ATI ON congress. Adv : ce coming from Phoenix and oilier po nts in th Southwes 1 are to the effect that a ive interest s being awakened in the Fifth Irrigation Congress which is to take place i » Pho ii x durir.g the ■Him ng mon h of December. Much ha* been done by the present Na'ional Executive CMiimitteo in funhoriug ihe cause of irrigation all along the line, but more par - iculaily at Washington, and also by means of s curing favorable legislation ill the several State* comprising the Arid West. By •die time the Congress meets the (J S. Supreme Court will have ren dered it* decision on the constitu ionality of the Wiight District Irriga ion Law, and for that reason hIo-ic, the atmosphere of uncer tainty regarding irriga l io i law*, will have been removed, and the Congress b»* in pasition to devise wa)S and iiinans on correct lines to further the irrigation movement* The p**opl« of Phoenix are making every *ff rt, to seeu ea large dele p«atir ii, aid ecerytlii ig poin** to a Congr ss that p omisegto b** th** theUrgest in utten 1 the *, and ih* most impoitant in the history of | the movement.—Rural Ciliforn an T e a’*s ract *f thi onlitton of nitioaal bmks of Ariz ma at the cl »se of business on May 7th, as reported to the comptroller of the currency, shows the average re serve to have b* en 43.67 per cent against 35.14 per on February 28; loans and discount decreased from #663.611 to $658.6)1; s»cck* and securities no chmg ; gold coin increased 10m $149,370 t 05163,260 total s'i*c'** itn*r**ased frvn $164- 944 to $lB2 428; lawful money re serve ii crea-ed from $18J,542 to $193,439; individual deposits in creased from $815,235 to $940,981, The offspring of a single fly may in one summer, if none are destroy ed, Lumber 2,800,000. THE PROPOSED NEW RAIL ROAD. The building of the Santa F>* line now proposed to run from Silver Citv, New Mexico tc Cali fornia, wou'd add a *»ond> rful im pet us to the prosperity of Aiizona nd it would gi e passengers pass ing from east to w<st ov» r tba* line an o| p *tu iy to view tin* garden sp as of .vr z »na, winr* a * hose who have never seen Arizona eXC* pt from tbe wiinlow* of Southern Pacific cars h ive only neheld a v a ren waste, with no aigu of life except heie and »h* rn a held of cattle. The original railroad survey made through southern Aiizona and known as the “Tom Scott Survey” came thiough by Duncan on the upper Gila an I ptHsuig near Ash A-h Springs en ier* d this valley just above So o uioiiviile. Had that r* u e been adopted by the Sou'ln rn Pacific th* East* ru idea nf Arizona wculd not , ow lie as*« cia ed with a desert, for iruv Kb over that lino would have be* n ransom ted through a garden spot from the time they entered Arizona on the east until they left ;t on the west. Os course the talk of thi* Santa Fe line is only *pecu lation now, but when Engineer Vuughn pass** ov* r the p cposeil lino through this valley and tbe vast min* ral and c*ttle country betwe*n here and Florence cer tainly In will be impress'd w*ith ill** last field for developing busi ness for such a railroad.—Bulletin Judging from tne urod *c i»n of gold ao far.f »r the Bouth African country must take 8** f .*oiid place to th i f of the Unite State-, s*y* the West r i Mi ling World. There is ain irk *d falling off caused largely »>v the r»*c**n tr >uble in that country. Also th di ep reef companies are mining a> h greater cost and a* shown by re c nt rep rts they are also H iding poorer rock"—on** of the principal shewing only $6 per ton. The*, too, the recent expulsion of severa prominent mining .engineers from that country will have a d preasing effect fir ye i h to c»n • —l’hcr* will be slow to take their places While last year Africi was gmatlv in tbe lei I i* is apoirent that 1826 \yill pi *ce the Unite! S ate* ag i > in the nout rank of gill piodac »-rs. Mr. Andree’s plan* his bal j loon exp diti >n to the north p »b --js -em to V»e ftirly definite and co n plate. He Ift G' he iburg o | Ju ie 7, in the Virgo for Sp tzber gen,.p!«*n ifully sup died with pro visions, a b*.lloon house, ami ail tl:e necessary materials for the construction of a balloon. The ball-on will carry four month**’ provision* in a concentrated f mu, and an electric cook'n ' and hev ing app iratu*. Mr. who is chi**f eng'neer to the Sw**di*h bureau, lias been experimenting in balloon sailing, and he now finds that he is able by meins of a sail an 1 r *pe wh’ch dra.g< over th>* ground, to steer within two-points r.f the compass on either side of the wind.. —Ex. Sin Josh women a r e going to show the ra *n of Oiliforttia a t.«ick or two about th« detective business, [’hey are going to take Dunhitn’s trail and hunt him down. If they don’t ca*ch him, it will he the first instance on record where a woman was distanced in an attempt to capture the man she was af..er.—X. l If am in wixli-d to comm.t u mu’dcr in Q a t cou ty and want ed to do it in such n. manner as to lie convicted of it by a Grant « un iy jury lie would have to coi.su t a alawver at? to the »x>*ct mode of procedure necessary to be :ollmv«d to accomplish this o »j‘*ct. and we doubt if any G’nnt county iavyer can aduse a client so he cat k 11 a ■nan anti i»e co >v cted by a Grant county jury. The only man who lias l> en punidi .d for muidr in this county i i r*eeit years t'o k no chances with u jmy but piead 'tuby, and by l tinging a strong i.fluence to bear '.a Jutlz** H»Wfe JeiHon succeeded in getting luu n \ it was a clear case of suiciiV. A corr spondent writes that about nix years .go he saw an it* ra in a newspaper stutiug that u Ger man phys cian w»h going to die, md be wished to make known the i ifcoviTy be In.d made in ielution to the treatment of a mad do,' bite. The prescription he n -ver knew to ai l , and h • had tried it many tiiu • with men, cattle and horses It js tin : Si upiy w ish the w»und as soon as poss ble in a little warm vuv gar and water, and put a few drops of inuria ic acid iino the woui.d. This will neutralize the oisou and prevent the rii**axe which usutlly proves fatal.—Bos ten ./ouilpil. A late d.spatch from Brgharu f! t ', rt»h. **»ys the big re.>ei voir •u Tlif-*« Mile canyon, anuth of tlyrijm City, burned ns banka a id ■ solid wall of water sixteen f«. t . igh rushed down the canymi into the valley, o .trying dcstructoii ■efore it for a distance of 3) miles. »oul lers weighingjoiis were car ried abmg like feathers and d pos ited in the In Ida of farmera, who now ti.id th *ii fertil • acres covered vith sand, trees and boulders. The •ntire valley presents a desolate ippeurancM. - >•«- m ■ The laisji smiuitio discovery '♦•ported is that leu'~es of unlimited size can be mad * of oxygen gas, so bat our neighbors *n space can be brought within very short ring*. Perb»p< too inhabit an s of thn »*rth are already under observa lon liy our esteemed contempora ries ou a* d possibly the next invention will tell us what they think of the show’. The lub r unions of Vo i ana have 'one into the siver light to win. Tney will send about twenty good speakers to the eastern states to allocate the silver cause among t!»« laboring c'ssses. The men to be sent will belong to the different la »or unions ho that through th**ir membership they w ll he entitled to speak to labor unioi.g. The oldest and most curious* her h irium in the world is in the Egyp ti in museum at Cairo, li consists o! crowns, garlands, wreaths and nouquets of flowers, all taken fioni the ancient tombs of Egypt, most o’ the examples being in excellent c n lition, and nearly all of the flowers have been identified. They cmuot be less than 3,000 years old. As a means of showing how far tha world is from being overpopa* la'ed, economist assert that the en tire population of the United States could li'e comfortably in the single stite of Texas. . It is a sign of age for a woman to rave about the good looks of a b py- i x o. I*7