The Arizona sentinel., 1885-10-17
MISCELLANY OUS,

rlety through the medium of divorce.
Philadelphia Times.
"A Maine farmer in fit of somnam
bulism lately got out of bed, dressed
himself and went to his meadow anC
moved swath forty rods long before
he woke np.-BoSton Journal.
Two locomotives built exactly after
the same model have different rates o.
speed and drawing power. This differ
ence in speed has been known to reacf
fifteen miles an hour.-Boston Budget
-"Oh! was it l, or was it you?" asks
the golden-haired poet, Nora Perry. L
Nora will refrain from making a noise
perhaps between us we can shove it or
to the proofreader.-Bufalo Erpress
The indications are that the great
Lick Observatory in California will be
completed in 1887, French firm having
successfully solved the problem of cast
ing the disc, which is to be threet feet
In diameter.
"A late critic gives it as his opinion
that the word rye" in Burns song,
Coming Thro' the Rye" means river,
and not a field; that the author in.
tended the word to mean crossing OF
the stepping stones in the river Rye
Chicago Herald.
The wits of the people in England
go wool-gathering just as they do here,
it seems. Last year there were 26, 200
letters posted in England without any
address upon them, and in 1000 OF
them coins and money were enclosed.
The largest and finest collection OF
orchids in this country is owned by
Hon. Erastus Corning. of Albany, for
which he was offered and refused 1919,
600 by syndicate. The late Mrs. Nor.
gan, of New York, left choice col
lection valued at $250,000. At5ane
Journal.
There is nothing new in the idea O.
pneumatic tubes. A pneumatic con-
veyor for letters, ETC., was suggested
by DIR. Papin, in 1895; patented by
Madhurst in England, 1910, on the
compressed air principle, and by Valen-
tine, in 1924, on the exhaust principle.
N Y. Sun.
The deep concern displayed by a
number of esteemed contemporaries
over 1.-The decline of marriage gives
rise to the suspicion that large stock
of mttens has accumulated among the
personal belongings of the respective
editors.-I'adtanapolis Journal.
Statistics show that the wheat trade
of California. Oregon and Washington
Territory with Europe give employment
to more than four hundred
sailing vessels going around Cape
Horn. The average passage for each
vessel is about 5000 miles, in an
average time of a little over four
"A story is told by the Presbyterian
of a New York woman who was asked
to add her name to subscription list
for charitable purpose. II can not"
was the reply; Il did all 1 could afford
to do for charity during the winter. l
went to the charity ball, the kirmess,
and attended a number of private
theatrical entertainments given for
The First Kiss of Love:
Her cheeks are flushed, her eyes are wet
She heaves gentle sigh;
Her hair is mussed, she scarce knows vet
What's best-to laugh or cry
what makes her blush and tremble so
With mighty joy and fright?
Inc nrst time in his life her beau
Had kissed her sweet good night.
"A prize fight was arranged between
5wo young women in Australia. The pu-
5llists came up defiant and jaunty for the
lrst round, which ended in a mutual
1nockdown, each receiving a blow
'quarely in the nose. At the expiration
If the allowable interval the referee
called ''Timer but the antagonists had
ost all vim, and both were weeping
over the possible Disagreement of their
aces-a calamity compared with which
The loss of the fight was nothing.
ago Inter Ocean,
FLOCK here, Ransom" said an old
negro to ayoung fellow. II doan' min
yer 'sociatin' wild my daughter, but I
iruther yer wouldn't come roun' nv
house no mo-. Time fore de las what
re wuz heah | missed er water bucket.
IN de las time de bride wus gone. an
low, ez L has use fur de saddle.
iruther yer wouldn't come heah. 1
ioan't say that yer amt homes, but
uch curis things happens while yer is
n de neighborhood, so jes' ter please err
'le man, what amt en- oyin' very good
health, pleas doan' come round dis
house no mo-. ARKANSAS IraUeIer.
This is the latest parrot story: "a
common gray Polly, having been
brought from Guinea by sailor with a
coarse, rough voice and afflicted with a
ough, the parrot learned to initiate the
xact tones of his master, even to the
ough, so closely that the sound of his
'olce was often mistaken for that of the
ailor. 1t was afterward taken in hand
y another Instructor and taught soft
r tone. but it never forgot the harsh
dice of its former master, and often
unused bystanders by relapsing into
ca slang, interspersed with the asth-
matte cough of the sailor. "-PhtladeI-
htG Press.
The explorers of the Congo Valley
re surprised by the crudity of life
here. The natives have no domestic
ted beasts of any sort, nor do they
aise or catch any animals to eat, as
hey know nothing of flesh as food. No
emblance of clothing is worn, and diet
practically confined to spontaneous
roducts of the soil. Letters from mis-
ionaries say, too, that the negroes
here are so low in mentality that any
ope of Outstanding them must be
ased on a long and patient course of
ltellectual training. They are too
ensely ignorant to comprehend the