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The Arizona sentinel., 1875-09-04
MISCELLANY.
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An artist painted a cannon so naturally that when he was finish ing the tOuch-hole it went off-at a very good price.
 Since Brooklyn wives have got in the habit of sweetening tea with rat-poison, the restaurants of that city have been unusually we'll patrOniZed by bald-headed men.
 The climax of "dead. .headism" has been reached in the passes to heaven issued by George, Bishop ofSaIvador, to his partisans in the San Miguel riots.
 ''I would advise you to put your head into a dye-tub, it's rather red" said a joker to a sandy-hair- ed girl. "I would advise you to put yours into an oven, it is rath- CT soft," said Nancy.
 Iowa has law which forbids a man marrying his step-daughter. It has no law forbidding his mar rying his mOther-in-laW. The Legislature justly thought such a law unnecessary.
 A living tree toad was recently found embedded in a gigantic sycamore tree near Lexington, Ky. It is supposed to have been there for over three hundred years.
 An Oregon man named his girl baby after Queen Victoria, and wrote the Queen to that effect. She didn't seem to care a cent, and he changed the child'S name to "Sal," and went out and pound ed the first Englishman he met.
 A party of Fiji Islanders are to attend the Centennial. Sealed proposals for supplying them with roast missionary during their stay should be sent in at once.
 A letter from the Black Hills' says General Crooks baggage con- sisted of a pair of blankets and a tooth brush, while that of the av- craze officer under him comprised Saratoga trunks, etc.
 She passed Sunday afternoon in sad regret over an unrequited love which would not die, while he re- mained in his boarding-house and cursed the laundress who had neglected to bring back his other shirt, Saturday night.
 Engene, a poet, to Amelia:
 Come, sit down on the shelly shore,
 And hear the mighty ocean roar" Amelia, fashionable young lady, to Engene:
 ''I can't sit down, you silly goose.
 Because I'd bust my pull-back loose."
 Twelve or fifteen Brooklyn law yers recently got into serious dis cussion in the courtroom in re- gard to the Lords Prayer. Each gave a different version of it Finally they referred 1t to the Judge, he shifted the responsibili- ty upon the clerk, who got Bible, looked all through the Old Teste- ment, and then gave it up. A Sunday-school scholar was then called in, who repeated it correct 1y.
 CONVERSATION WITH A CON- vICT.-VisitOr (after having ask. ed all the other convicts regard ing misdeeds and punishment in. fiicted) d)-"Well, Collins, what are you in for?"
 CollIns-"Because I can't get out"
 V.-"I mean of what were you convicted?"
 C.-"Frying icew
 V.-"Don't the warden ever take your irons off?'
 C.-''No; he's afraid I'll take cold if he does"
 V.-"Bow long were you sen- fenced for?" C.-"Ninety-nine days only"
 V. (Sympathetically) - "Ah ninety-nire days! Why, your sentence will soon expire, and you'll be free again, won't you?"
 C.-"Well, not so very soon, ,eith- er." N.-"Why, how's that ? Nine 1 ty days isn't longp' c. Slightly closing left Optic)-I "Well, you see, boss-They're all | Christmas days"
The Arizona sentinel., 1875-09-04

Inyo county has a female Mexi- can horse. thief known as the "Horned Toad"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
TIE CENsUs oFIRELAND.

The census of Ireland, which was uG-
dertaken four years ago, IS just completed
by the final reports, presenting very full
statistics Of the condition Of that Island,
which, as they are in a certain measure
connected with the growth Of our own
cOuntry, have here more than a technical
interest. The survey of the island shows
that out Of the 21,OO0,OOO acres Of its ter
ritorv. nearly 100000 are unified
foT cultivation, being either lake, bog or
mountain, leaving an screa CT productive
land li;tls more than three times the size
of Massachusetts, for the support OF tlye and
ono half millions Of people. Ten million
sores' of this is pasture, so that the tiilable
land little exceeds one acre to each inbao'-
rqUt The number Of dwelling houses re-
turned is 100000. Especial Interest at
farbes 10 the statistics Of population, as
showing the effect Of emigration, OF which
so large a proportion comes 10 america,
Since 1S4f the population has fallen oil
>. .TG2. 600, and there has been a decrease OF
100000 in the number OF dwellings
But during the ten years from
1851 to 1871 the loss has been
only $4,000, and it is thought that the nat
ural increase will soon begin TO make up
the decrease by emigration. The tendency
# more liberal methods Of government has
of late years been to give Ireland the
strength TO recuperate from the drain upon
its population and its resources caused oy
\ century of fmisgOve-ument, and TO turn
the tide which at one time threatened to
exhaust it. The drift Of events IS steadily
i'm the same direction; and while Ireland
has done 50 much to populate the world, u
is also coming to see its own growth ID
people and prosperity.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
An AwRwARD PREDICAlIENF.
Bridgeport (Conn.l Standard.

bridgeport JOnn-l otanuaTu
About 10 o'clock last Saturday evening,
Mrs. MalOney, who resides next door TO the
Summe,ield Methodist Episcopal Church,
head cries, evidently emlnating from some
person in great distress, and seeming TO
proceed fiom the church. She fastened
to the "cOrners7 and gave the
alarm, when officers Quire and
Gulick, accompanied by a number
Of men, hurried to the church. On their
arrival they heard a strange noise, as Of
some one in great pain, but On a thorough
search through the building failed TO dis
cover anyone therein. They were mysti-
fed: the agOnizirE cries, which were grow
ing fainter and fainter, seemed to be in
their very mitst, and visions Of ghosts and
gOblins damned Ievisiting this suDlunary
sphere, fitted through their brains. Final
", some Of the party bethCught them
selves 10 make search outside the
building, and thus discovered that the
sounds pTOcseded from the cold air tlue OF
the furnace. Closer inspection revealed
the fICt that man was in the tue, head
dOWnwards. They attempted to pull him
out by the heels, bUt found him firmly
Wedged in. The lue vas Of zinc, eleven
snd One-half by fifteen inches, and shaped
like n Il, and his shoulders were Wedged i'm
the lower bend. fastening 10 the inside Of
the church they made a hole in the tlue, IS
near as possible to his head, in or
der to give him air. That accomplished,
the fue had 10 be taken down and broken
open its entire length before he could be
extriclted. When rescued he was iusensi-
ole, and in a few minutes would have been
past help. Nothing definite is yet known
Of him, as his senses appear in mixed
condition to-day. He merely says be IS
from Troy, and that it all seems ike a
dream to him. lie has quarters in the Jail
until his head becomes clear.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
FRANCE.

VERSAILLES, Aug. 19.-The Republican
Permanent Committee to-day presented
Interpolation to NJ. Buffet, Minister Of the
Interior, concerning the BOnapartist dem
Onstration, newspaper articles and prohibit
tiOn Of the sale Of GladstOne's pamphlet
against Vaticanism. NJ. Buffet defended
the course Of the government, and said Wig
Orous measures had been directed against
the Bonapartist newspapers. He said he
had moreover been requested to authorize
the sale of GladstOne's book, but would
not authorize the distribution of pOlemiCs
against the Catholic faith.
NJ. Buffet further explained that Glad
stones publications were allowed 10 be
sold in shops, but not authorized to be
haWked about the streets.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
TURKEY.

BERLIN, Aug. 19.-It is said Austria has
offered, under guarantee Of Northern EI-
ropean empires, to intervene for the paciti-
cation Of the HerzegOvinans upon the basis
Of reform OF administration Of the Chris
tian provinces Of Turkey, but that the
Porte has refused the offer.
A Vienna special to La LibeTte says
Prince MILAN, Of Servia, has addressed to
the Powers who signed the treaty, a note
complaining that he has DO. been informed
Of their intentions regarding the insUTec-
tiOn which is extending into SerYia.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
POPPING EARLY.


A nrecccious five-year older received, with
bar sister a slice Of wedding-cake 70 dream
1noD. nm For three nights in succession it was
niaced uDder her pillow, with three slips Of
6aper bearing the name Ofthree little boys.
EdIden Hair had an auspiciOus dream con
cerning her next door neighb9r, a lad OF
seven wears. 1t was eXultingly related to
The family circle, and on the following day,
when the children were al play, the little
dreamer took aside the boy on whom her
fate depends, and said. archly;
aWillie, vii, you be my husband: 1
dreamed It."
0There are other Willits in the world,
was the reply.
ayes; but it was yOu," she said.
Willie retreated q step or two and an
sWered: ..
at takes a woman to ask that question
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
FOREIGN:
A Speck of War in Hayti.
The American Minister'S House
Surrounded by Troops.
ROUt of Darregary in Spain.
GIadStOne's Work on the Vatican.
Austria Proposes Mediation.
FOREIGN:
ROut of Darregary in Spain
GIadstOne's Work on the Vatican
Austria Proposes Mediation.
SPAIN.

MADRID, Aug. ia Royal brigade
under command of Gen. Delatre routed
Darregary, while the latter was endeavOr.
ing to penetrate into ATagon, and forced
him to retreat TO themOuntains In Catalonia.
Gen. JOuvellar holds the mountain passes
at Gallagher, and will prevent DarTegary
from escaping in the direction Of Ledara.
BOURG la DAME, Aug. ia Carlist
force operating in the neighbOrhOod Of Be
lever for the purpose Of intercepting sup
plies between Ruircada and SEQ D'Urgel,
yesterday captured twelve wagons loaded
with provisions belonging to the Royal
army. Gen. Saballas has arrived in the
vicinity of SEQ D'Urgel. Other Carlist
bodies are approaching, and an attempt viii
be made 10 raise the siege.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
BILL ALLEN.
Sharp Stroke of a Radical Blade.
RumOred Withdrawal of Gov.
Allen.
The. Wish Father to the Thought.

TOLEDO, Aug. 19.-The Blade, this
evening, publishes the following article,
based on private information, regarded by
that paper as reliable:
"There is a rumor adOat to the effect
that the condition of the Governors health
is such that his withdrawal from the
GUbernatOrial contest is quite probable.
His personal friends desire him 70 with
Graw for protection Of his health and pro-
longatiOn of his life, while his political
friends regard his defeat for Governor as
certain, which result would be disastrous
trOuS 10 his Presidential prospects.
BY withdrawing from The Gu
bernatOriI contest and placing some
other man at the head Of the ticket, defeat
in October would enable the fiiends Of
Alien to 90 before the National Convention
with the plea that Ie is the only Democrat
who eau carry Ohio. Thurman and his
friends bitterly oppose Aliens withdrawal
under any circumstances, as they expect to
make capital IN the National Convention
by the d, feat of Allen and his unlimited
initiation scheme. These rumOTs are now
ahoat among certain inner circles Of the
Democratic party, and should a change be
made in the head of the Democratic ticket,
il may be looked fOr sOOn."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
PULMONARY GYMNAsIICs IN CON
SUMPTION.
Galigpani,s AIessenger.

GaligDani's Messenger.
Under this title Gin French) DR.. BuTq
has published one Of the most curious dis
sertatiOns we ever remember having seeI,,
and which, We think, contains advice
which may be useful to such Of our readers
as are affected with weakness in the
chest. He begins with stating the
question fairly: "Are defamation, sing
ing, and, above all, wind instrH-
ments, dangerous exercises for persons Of
weak or delicate constitution, and more or
less predisposed by birth to serious diseases
Of the respiratory Organs?' Most physicians,
he observes, will answer in the affirmative;
he takes the contrary ground, supported by
what we deem startling evidence. Mr..
Bmq, it may be remembered, was the first
who proposed copper as 8 specific in
cholera, on the ground that wOrkmen con-
stantly handling that metal had trayersed
the epidemic Of lS49 with impunity. In
order to establish this fact he had visited 4
variety Of large workshops, and among
others those Ct manufacturers Of wind in
struments. On one Of these occasions 81.
Sax gave him the following information,
which we here repeat almost word for word:
"Besides chOleraic immunity, Our
wOTkmen enjoy another-they are free
from consumption. Many philanthrOpiSts,
on seeing our young military
musicians WELD the enormous instruments
we make, have sOrrOWed over the few years
those poor fellows would have 10 live.
Well, they are mistaken. All men who
make it their profession to try the wind
instruments made al the various factories
before sending them Off for sale, all without
exception to my knowledge, are free from
pulmonary affections. / have known
many such who on entering upon
this profession were very delicate, and
who, though their duty obliged them TO
blow for hours together, enjoyed perfect
health after a certain time. l am myself
an instance of this; my mother died Of con
sumption, eight childrenof hers fell victims
to the same disease, and only three Of us
survive, and we all three play on wind
instruments. The day is not far distant,
perhaps, when physicians will have recourse
to our dreaded art in order to conquer pull
mOnary Diseases
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
PENNSYLVANIA.
Heavy Rainfall for Two HOurs.

POTTsvILLE, Aug. l9.-At Tama na
last evening the rain poured down in tor
rents for two hours. Cellars were sub
merged, billiard tables flOatei and a num-
Der Of saloons have been compelled to sus-
pend business. Trains were DELAYED by
land slides. In the lower portion of the
borough, where scales are located for weigh
ing coal, the coal dirt covered the tracks
for long distance five feet deep. The
Central Railroad Of New Jersey was wash
ed out and culveTts and bridges destroyed.
1t will require four days to clear the road.
A large force Of men are at work to-day.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
OLD DAN TUCKER.

Dyersburg Correspondence Alamo Sentinel.
You have all hesrd, doubtless, Of Old
Dan Tucker, the fellow who come too late
to get his supper, you know, and about
whom a song was written, verse Of "hich
runs thusly:
ga negro came from Arkansas,
The gondest fool that ever saw
He wore his shirt out over MS coat
And buttOned his breeches round ms throat
Get out OF the way Old Dan Tucker, etc
Well, Dan lives in this neighborhood' DuL
whether he IS the veritable Old Dan We
have some doubts. 1t may be, however,
that
&c He and his good old Aunt Sally
Roth lived down in shinbOne alley
We have found another curiosity IN the
way Of a woman with six toes on each loot
We can testify that this is true, for We have
seen the toes.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
SEASIDE SOCIETY.
PhIladelphia BuIIetln.

l ran across a gentleman whom bad not
seen for a year. In the simplicity Of my
heart l inquired if his wife was here. The
muscles Ofhis face contracted as he replied
in the negative. / was afterward informed
that the bonds Cf hymen had been dissolved
between himself and his spouse some three
months ago. l struck another old seashOre
acquaintance. elbow is your husband"
was my natural inquiry. "Well, / pre-
sume,7 was the lacOnic reply, but the
woman's face told 10 tale. An hour later
the story ioated to my ear that she also
would tread the meandering paths Of life
and fortune minus her lord. Is everybody
divorced from everybody else? l wondered
Henceforward I do not intend 70 mention
wife's name TO husband or husbands TO
wife during my sgi iU-U at Cape My.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
WEST INDIES.

NEW YORK, Aug. ia West India
letter says the American Minister, Mr.. Bss
sett, in PO-t-au-Prince, daily expects an
outbreak among the Hsytian people. he
has Gen. Carol lodged in his house under
protection Of the American FLAG, and refuses
to surrender him 10 the Government. He
has requested the United States Govern
ment 70 send him a man-Of-War for his pro
lection. Mr.. Bassett's no sc is surrounded
by a guard Of soldiers, who daily insult
him and his family. Carol was one Of the
chief leaders Of the outbreak, recently,
against the President, and he has been con
demned to death by the authorities.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

ga WEAK invention of the enemy"
viii be the general verdict on the story
of the Toledo Blade about Gov. Aliens
health. The Blade is Radical organ
of the most unscrupulous type, and
the absence Of confrmatory dispatches
from sources more reliable is at least
suspicious.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Awards for gold at the b-Treasury in
New York yesterday were made at 1882
to 1878.
The Presidential party went cod fishing
yesterday.
A FIRE at Sacramento yesterday destroyed
the wood and coal sheds of the railroad
company and fifteen cars of wheat.
William Braden, prominent merchant
of Indianapolis failed yesterday LA
bililies Sl50,000; assets valued at $4,000.
The body Of Rev. DR.. James Richards, Of
CharlestOwn, w. a.,whO was accidentally
killed in a railroad station in EdinbuTg,
Scotland, has arrived in New York and will
be taken to Auburn, n. Y, for burial.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

A PROvERB writer says: "TrJJe manli-
ness begins at the point where. one com
prehends, grasps and masters what dis
tresses him, and uses it for his own puT-
pose"
We don't believe it. A man may "cOm-
prehend" and ''grasp" boil or a buniOn or
a mOther-in.la law but how can he use any Of
them to his own purpose? and what true
manliness is there in so graspiDg them p
Cincznnati Times.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

AT the Louvre Hotel there is a Mr.
Walker. Mr.. Walker had a dOy. His dog
has lost a running match. And this is how
Mr.. Walker has to pay his WAGER lie is,
during one whole month, to run into the
arms Of the first man he meets at the corner
Of the Rue de Valois after o'clock, aud to
say: "My dear brOther, a. last we meet
after twenty years Then ne is 10 apollo
gize Mr.. Walker has thus embraced four
teen FrenGhmen! Ugh Paris Figaro.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
Universal Satisfaction in East Tennessee
Special to the Union and

Special to the Union and American.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Aug. 19.-Sen-
atOr Key was serenaded by a large crowd of
citizens tonight.
In his speech, acknowledging the eOmpli-
ment, he SAID that, though Democrat, he
was no mere partisan. He should regard
himself not merely the representative Of a
section, but as bound to work for the best
interests of the whole country.
Uni7ersal satisfaction is expressed
throughout East Tennessee with his ap-
pOintment; and those who know him best,
are confident that he will reflect honor
upon the State and credit upon Gov. Tor
ter's judgment in making the appointment.
Bonfres are lit and fireworks exploded
here tonight in honor Of his appointment.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

Mr.. JEFFERSON DAVIS explains in
full the unforeseen events which
have led him to reconsider his accept
ance Of that invitation from the Win
nebagoes. He was In Illinois forty
years ago when aboriginal savages
Toamed the prairie, and he proposes to
revisit that State at his own "con-
Yenience."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
TfIcn Park Rnces-
The Illinois KuKIux.

SPNGFIELD, Ill, Aug. 19.-Nothing
further has been received by the Stale
authorities from the Franklin county hu-
Klux. The action Of the authorities Of
this county has stimulated the Williamson
and Jackson authorities, who are now Or
gaming the militia to be supplied with
arms by the State, which the Governor has
promised to send them.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

PRINCE LAsCAIRs recently sued five
churches n Rome, under the Roman
law. He claimed descent from Con-
staPtlne, who was the liberal patron of
these churches. Under the canon law
the descendants of the patron may de-
mand sustenance. His demand was
rejected, not because it was not good
IN law, but because the descent from
Constantine was not satisfactorily
made out.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

THE Indianapolis Sun asserts that
nine-tenths of the Republican voters
of Indiana are in favor of substituting
legal tender currency for national bank
currency, and that not one voter in five
in the city of indianapolis indorses
the new views of Mortun's organ on
the financial question.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

cred that the army in that country buys all
its beef Of a better quality aud at much
lower rates than the Indian Bureau. ct
the army contractors are at as great ex-
pense as the Indian contractors.
Jump Jim Grow.
Gov. Potts, of Montana, in writing to
the Interior Department on Indian mat
tens, Under date Of Aug. 6, says: "The
Crows have had rough treatment from the
Sioux, having lost about three hundred
horses and some Of their braVest warriors.
The question arises, How long can this
continue? The Crows are friendly to the
Government, and yet the Sioux are allowed
to drive them from their reservation,
steal their horses, kill their people, and
still there is no redress for them or the
white settlers VINO have homes on our east
ern border"
Does Advertising Pay7
The bids for furnishing internal revenue
stamps were opened to-day. The results
were very anomalous. Several firms Of
fered TO do the engraving for nothing. The
firm which now has the contract offers to
pay the Government twenty-oas hundred
dollars monthly fol the privileg. Of furnish
ing them free to the Government This is
a curious illustration of the advantages Of
advertising. The firm which Is now doing
the work Is satisfied that the advertisement
is worth tEenty-One hundred dollars
monthly, besides the cost 0t TIE material.
squeaIIng for MDte.
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Senator Morton is here en- route to join
the Republican campaigners in Maine. He
expresses the opinion that the Republicans
will carry Ohio. On the other hand,
prominent Republicans in Ohio are writ
ing here for help, urging the Administra-
tiOn to stir up the lukewarm and week
kneed ofiiceholders in that State to greater
activity. They also ask for money to help
carry on the campaign.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
A seIf.Conressed lTurderer.

NEW YORK, Aug. ia young Ger
man, giving his name as JnO. Kane, alias
Stelling, surrendered to the police Of New
ark las evening, saying on the 10th Of May
last, with three other tramps, he was con-
cerned in the murder and robbery OF an
elderly German, abOlt fyrty miles this
side of p-ftsburU
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

BEING recently reminded that he was
once a bulionist, and favored specie
payments, Old Bill Allen exclaimed i'm.
patiently: 81 would be In favor of
specie payments now, sir, if it could
happen as it did one day when I was
IN the Senate, and the Secretary of the
Treasury placed a noticeon each of our
desks that he had paid the last dollar
Of the public debt"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

THE suggestion comes from Chicago
that the tailor shop of Andrew John
son,in Greeneville, Tenn, with its orig
inal signboard hanging out, bearing
the words, "a johnson, Tailor" be re-
moved to the Centennial grounds for
exhibition next year.