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Vol. 5.
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♦ Physioim avid Surgeon
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feu»r»., Main Street, Me* aCLy.
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Physician & Surgeon
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M. W. BRACK.
Physician and Surgeon. Office and
fetidence at the late residence of
I. L. Patterson, Mesa, A. T
Diseases of women and Obstetrics
Specialty.
J. W,« BAILEY,
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frugs,[Medicines. Chemicals.
FANCY ADO TOILET ARTICLES
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»A ' ARIZONA
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P . THRESHINI/
J oimson,l)rew% Co.
Have placed au ordar for oae of the largest and most
complete threshing outfits that has ever been in the
valley and will be ready to contract to do threshing in
the heat manner and at most customary rates.
Bie Company is a strong one and has had many
Itara experience in harvesting and threshing.
Mesa Free Press.
REPORT OF THE CONDH ION
OF THE
Mesa City
At Mesa, in the Territory of Arizona
at. the ~ close of business December
26, 1890.
RESOURCES.
liOaps and Discounts, less due Iron,
Dime tors #13,402 14
Duo from Directors 9zHB2
Overdrafts ~,,,,, 1,112 40
Due from T*u»t Companies, State and
National banks 1,107 26
Hankinu House, furniture and fixtures 2,587 76
Other Real Estate 6,t60 0 *
Stock, Securities, Etc 4.434 84
Current Expenses and Taxes Paid 1,052 70
Specie 1,420 00
Le?al Tender and National Bank notes 1,128 00
Exchanges forClearing* 31 11
Total 834,165 11
LI ABILITi ES.
Capital Stock paid in $20,400 00
Undivided Profits 1,284 80
Individual Deposits subject to check 11,304 46
Time Certificates of Deposit 1,085
Total $14,165 11
Territory of Arizona, County of Maricopa | ss
I, E W Wilbur, cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that thp above statc-
U tjrue to the best of my knowledge and
belief, g W WILBUR Casl.ier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th
day of December, 1897
T E Po#kKCY, xotary public.
Corrupt— Attest
Wm OH&IS+V,
C W Ckoi'tk, *
g W Wlwßl'R
Directorr,
MESA, FLORENCE <fc GLOBE
STAGE LINE,
Three trips a week. No night
travel. Stages stop over night at
Riverside Stages leave Mesa
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur
days at 5 a in, and arrives at Globe
at 6 the tollowingday. Returning
leaves Globe at a m on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, and
arrives in Mesa the following day
at 6 p in. C C Hocket, Prop’r.
Johnson Bros, agents at Mesa:
Louis Sultan, agent at Globe; D C
Stevens, agent at Florence. L W
Collins, agent at Phoenix
MESA CITY, ARIZONA, FiiIDAV, MO' 7, HS'7.
THE EYE OP THE STORM.
The modern science of meteor
ology teaches us that in great
storms, both on sea and land, life
wind circles in spirals, which may
hundreds, or even thousands, of
miles in diameter. At the center,
especially when the storm occurs on
the level surface of the sea, there
is a calm called '‘the eye of the
storm,” Here the sun or the stars
can sometimes be seen shining thro’
a vast opening in the clouds, while
all around a furious tempest is
raging Recently Prof-Cornu, the
Fr» neb savant, gave 411 illustrated
lecture on s’orms in London, at
which he,reproduced the phenome
na of a great cyclone on his lecture
table, including “the eye of the
storm.” His apparatus was a flit,
circular disk, some three fe. t in
diameter, which was caused to ro
tate rapidly above a table which
was covered by pins eairying little
flags. The flags indicated by their
motions the direction of the winds
set in circuia' ion by the whirling
of the disk ahoye. As phe dpk
was moved across ijie table the eye
of the storm moved wi( h it, and
wherever the eye was the little
flags lay motionless, while those
around them were flapping and
snapping in the miniature tempest,
A barometer placed beneath a hole
m the table indicated a decrease "C?
pressure as the center of the mimic
storm passed over the hole. A
similar fall oi the barometer occurs
in a real storm.
Hon. Harry K. Ohenoweth to
day assumes the reins of govern
ment in the United States custom
house aud for the next four years
that office will he conducted by
him. Mr. Ohenoweth is the first
Arizona appointee under the new
administration and was the inos.
heavily endorsed man ever appoin-
office in Arizona. lie is a
first-class man in every respect
and is thoroughly competent to
conduct the office. The person
neJle of the office will remain the
same, it being under the civil ser
vice rule. We wish Collector Chen—
oweth all the success he deserves
and we know he deserves a lot of
it.—Yidette.
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Dr. Talmage, speaking of a
country newspaper, says. “file
newspaper whose coin uns overflew
with advertisements of business
men lias more influence in attraet
i *g attention to, and building up a
city or town, than anyother agen
cy that can be employed. People
go where's business. Oip’tal and
labor will locate where there is an
enterprising community. No power
on earth is so strong to build up
a town as a newspaper wed pat
ronized. and its power s ould be
appreciated
Ct is tlm health rather than the
strength that is the gieat require
ment of modern men at modern
occupations. It is not the power
to travel great distances, carty
great burdens, lift great weights, or
overcome great material obstruc
tions.; It is simply , that condition
of body and that amount of vital
capacity which shall enable each
man, iu his place, to pursue his
calling and work ou in his working
life with the greatest amount of
comfort to himself and usefulness
to his fellow man.
Onyx in large quantity, arid, it
is said, of good quality, has been
found in Hart county, Kentucky
A London journal of society says
that tha pimee of Wales F she
most thriftless man in the world,
as careless in money matters as h
suiocessful gambler. In 3-1 years
Aloeik, Edward, this journal asserts,
has “run through” $50,000,000.
The government has paid him $25, -
000,000, with an additional allow
ance of $5,000,000 for traveling
expenses, AH this he his vpem
and yet today it is estimated he
owes various trades poqpje and his
rich friends $20,000,000.
FROGS TO BE FARMED.
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ThS’'United States fish pom mis-/
sion just now is investigating the
aubieoc of fmg farming. It is be
lieved that ih re ought to be money
in tbe business, considering the
large demand for the hind legs ai
high prices, says the New Y°< k
Journal. The, principal mat ke-for
them is in New York (b y where
they are gathered from h'd of
tlm country, Fulton market, alone
selling from -75,000 to IQQ,OQO lbs
annually. The frog crop it present
is wholly wild and the bulk of. it
is marketed in New York. Mis
souri is.the greatest frog pro luciug
State; the town of Kennett alone
ships 00,000 pounds of dressed frog
legs annually and New Madrid is
second with 25,000 pounds. The
experts of the fish commission say
that the plant required for a frog
farm is exceedingly simple and
cheap. Shallow ponds may be
found almoat anywhere, and they
need 110 preparation, unless the
planting of bushes around te edges.
Frogs feed rnaiply on insects; the
reason why bite at a bit cf
red flannel is that they mistake it
for a gaudy bug. It is a good idea
to build a low board fence around
tbe pond in order to keep out the
snakes and small mammals that
are fond of frogs. The fence close
to the water so that birds cannot
stand on the inside: of it and pick
Up the pollywogs. Naturally the
first thing to do is to secure some
frogs for breeding. Any old frogs
will nor do. Some people imagine
that a frog is a frog and that is all
there is to be said . But there nrP
in fact, a good many species of
frogs and the real bullfrog is the
kiud whose large aud muscular
hind legs are so esteemed as a del
icacy,
T!j.q statistics of the Chino beet
sugar factory of California chow
that tfieie were 7000 acres of beets
grown fnr that factory Dst y«*r‘
This produced & total of 64,000
to ns of beets and gave an average
of 2,286 pounds of crude sugar per’
acre, or a total or about 8000 tons
fertile season. .From this it is
estimated that the net profit of the
factory was about $240,000. The
average, return per acre to grosvers
of beets was $33.75.
In Paris every woman looks as
if she were wearing a parhmak.
The hats, tiower-laden, are tilted
far over the forehead, and the col
lars are worn so high jbh&t only ttie
bright eyes of the wearers ars visi
ble. Kyeu the tip of the nose is
hidden, if this can be tastefully
done.
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A new' lead for deep-sea sound
ing carries a cartridge which ex
plodes on touching the bottom. A
submerged microphone receives the
sound, and the depth is estimated
from the time occupied by the lead
| in sinking.
THE PRESIDENTS WORDS
The e’osing por inn of President
McKinley’s address at th * Grant
Monument dedication was 0 s fal
lows. “With Washington and Lin
coln, Grant h's an exalted plac*
in the history and affection* nf the
people. Today his memory is field
in equal esteem by those whom he
led to victory and by those who
accepted his gene ous terms of
peaef. Veterans leaders of the
blue and the gray here meet not
only to honor the name of the de
parted Grunt but to testify to tbe
living reality of tfie fraternal nat
ional spirit -which h;t’§ . triumphed
over tfie difference of tfie past and
transcended: the limitations of
sectional lines. It* completion,
which we pray God speed, wi'l he
the nation’s greatest glopy. It is
right then that G'ant should have
a memorial commensurate with the
greatest and that his last resting
place should be in the oity of his
choice, to which he was so attach
ed in life and of whose ties lie was
not forgetful even in death. Fitting
too, is it that the soldier
should sleep besides the noble river
on whose banks lie first learned the
art of war and Qf which he became
master and leader witnout a rival.
New York holds in its keeping the
precious dust of the silent soldier,
but Ill* achievements, which h«
and his comrades wrought for man
kind, are in the keeping of seventy
millions of American citizens who
will guard 4;he sacred heritage for
ever and forevermore.
A STORY OF MILLAIS.
The story of the iate John M'l
lais, which follows, is told by a
correspondent p£ the London
Chronicle ii> the pamtep’s own
words.? “J found myself seated ope
evening at a rather grand dinner
next to a very pretty gushing girl,
to whom I had not been introduc
ed. She tired into conversation
directly she had finished her soup,
and as it vyas May, began with the
inevitable question: “I suppose
you’ve been to to the academy ?”
I replied that I had. “And did
you notice the Millais? Didn‘t you
think they were awful danbs? I
can’t imagine how such things ever
got hung !‘ She was going on gay
ly in the same strain, while I sat
silent, when suddenly the amused
smile of those around her amd tho
Significant hush brought her to a
sudden stop. She colored rather
painfully and whispered to uie in a
frightened voice, “For heaven’s
sake, what have I done ? Have I
said anything dreadful ? Do tejl
me.' ‘Not now,’l replied; ‘eat your
dinner in peace and I will tell.yoty
by-and -by.’ She did so, rather
miserably, vaiply trying to extract
from me at intervals what the
matter was and when dessert came
I filled up ljer glass and told her
to gulp it down very quickly when
I counted three. She obeyed with
out protest and I took the opp.or
tunity when she couldn’t speak to
say, “Well. I aip But let
us be friends.
NURSERIES ON RAILROADS.
Now conies the traveling nursery
to take its place alongside the bar
ber shop, liatljrooru, etc., ou our
fast trains. The traveling n.ursery
is to take up about the saiue
amount of apace us the private
stateroom of the .ordinary sleeping
car. There will be a aaviug of
space of sev.e>\ij feet, hoy ever, us
the wide seats on tin* * ,d‘*s of fht*
stateroom below the berths are w.c
needed in the puffery, being te
rJared by ottomans apd tiny easy
chairs scattered oyer the floor. | i
this way any danger from sudden
giarts or sharp curves is obviat
As a further protection against in -
jury to the little ones, the walls of
the nuysery are padded and tin*
floor thickly carpeted, so lit %
bumps and bruises will be n* o
gether avoided. At each end
the compartment aud firmly s» .
cur*d are t\y easy cots, in which
the smaller children lie and wat.-h
the games of the older ones. E»ei»
ear cojjtainimn the Uprsery attach
nu-i t w ill carry a matron or pm>n,
who will be.sefected with a special
reference to lier ability to amuse
and care for little charges, and she
will have at hand supplies of milk,
ropkies, edibles and drinkables 4 H JW
to .ip' infant heart. She will alsq
haye ch <rge of a medicine ehest
containing a full assortment of the
simpler remedies for childish ail
ments. A miniature toy shop is
another acijufioi? tp the traveling
nursery, and it will contain overy
thing frcip baby rattles to picture
books und fairy tales. Nothing, ia
short, will be missing that woui 1
adcj to the cpiufort or amusement
pf the young travelers.
Tho Postal Telegtaph Company
is now paying dividends at the r.* «
ot 4 per pent, annually. This is
the firsc time on record that an op
position telegraph company to the_
Western Union ever paid a divi
dend The .Postads stock is $13,-
000,000 and uq bond?. This latter
is clsq a rare feature with a big
corporation. The / company has
410,000 miles of wire and over
3,000 Millionaire John W,
Mackey ia the principal owner.
Having tried to make it illegal
to wear hats at the theater, or for
a woman to ,wear bloomers, the
Alabama legislature is proceeding
with its work of reforming the,
world and will pass a bill prohibit*
ing the s.ale o? .cigarettes.
The beet sugar bounty law just,
enacted in Michigan provides that
the state shall pay to tin farmer
four cents a pound for all the beet
sugar he raises and one cent a
pound to the man who manufac
tures the sugar.
Prospects of a short peanut crop
have sent the prjce up 50 per cent.
Big dealers are buying up all they
can get and is thought prices will
more than double.
We have it. from reliable sources
tbat work will be commenced in
the very near future upon the
proposed yaijigad frmp Mesa to
Globe. — lejupe News.
Two miles frpm Milan, Italy, is
the most remarkable echo in the
world- It is at the castle of yi
monatta, and repeats tlje shot of a
pistol GO ,times.
Out of ninety steamboats plying
between this country and others
only (j ve belong to the people of
the United States and employ
American labor
In suin'*,of the Hindoo temples
of India the collection is takcu up
by an uiephuut tha ocs urouud
with a basket. Everybody con
tributes.
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