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The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
HOME AND FARM.

A dried-apple pie is greatly improv- sd by adding well-beaten egg.-Er. change.
 Regarding the dehorning of cattle, Western paper says that experience teaches that the growth of the horn can be stopped by applying a red-hot iron i to the horn germ in calves.
 Roots of plants that go by choice ten or twelve inches in the soil fail to bring up full support when they are re- stricted to four or five inches by reason of the impenetrable earth beneath.- Troy Times.
 It is said that calves begin to form cuds and ruminate as soon as they are allowed on pasture, but three months is enough to allow them to do so, or the result will be SCOUTS. - Western Rural.
 Maple Cream: One pound of maple sugar to half cup thick cream; boil till sufficiently hard to make into cakes; turn into small pans and cool An ad- i dition of one cup nut meats makes an excellent nut candy. Philadelphia Call.
 Constitution should be the test word in selecting fowls for breeding,
 
 more vexatious to the breeder than to see chickens drop away with no appa- rent disease after all the trouble bestow- ed on them.
 A little cool-not iced-water given to the baby now and then during the sultry days of summer will often pre- vent a great deal of fretfulness on its part. It is quite as often thirst as any thing else that makes the little creatures so uneasy in hot weather.-M. r. Ea Gn1iner.
 To kill skunk and make no un- pleasant disturbance about it, partly suck an egg and put in small powder of strychnine, paste bit of paper over the hole and put it near the chicken coop where he can get it easily, and you will find him not many rods away, stone dead, the next morning, and no bad smell about him, either.-BOSt0r Herald.
 A small piece of rye sown late ad joining the hen-yard will be run over during open weather in winter, and will furnish some green food for fowls at a season when it is one of the things needed for egg production. The rye will not cost much, and will be worth more than the expense for seed to plough under as manure in spring. -PrGirie FaTmer.
 -Stewed Raisins: Take one pound of best raisins, pick them free from stalks; cover in dish with cold water, steep all night; put them in stewpan and bring the water to the boiling DO mt, then simmer until the skins are quite tender; turn into dish to cool, and they are ready for use. This, with bread, is an excellent dish for weak di- gestion or for invalids. If half a pound of figs, each cut Nto four parts, be stewed with the raisins, the liquor will be rich, sirupy and delicious.-The Co. terer.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
Increased Telegraph Service.

It is difficult to realize how very gen. eral is the use of the telegraph com- pared with former periods. Since the Government took possession of the tele- graph in Great Britain, record mas been kept of the number of telegraph messages sent yearly In 1870, there were 9,O00,000 messages; in 1875, 19,- OOO,OOO; in 1880, 26.0OO, ,OOO; in 1885, 34, 900; this does not include the press-messages, which have increased nearly thousandfold, due to the great CT cheapness of the Government service over that of the companies. Popula- tion does not increase rapidly in Great Britain, while it does in this country, and the growth of the telegraph service here would be enormous, if we had the cheap rates such as obtain in the Gov ernment service of Europe. It was SUD- posed that the telephone would diminish the number of telegraphic messages, but it seems to have had quite the ops posite effect. DemoreSt'S Monthly.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
THE SUMMER PEST.
How Good Housekeeper Can Easily Get
 Rid of Flies.

How a Good HOusekeeper Can Easily Get
 Rid of Files.
 If for forty-eight hours you can keep every drop of fluid from room the flies in it will leave it. But the prohibi. ton is absolute. A drop of dew on s rose leaf, still more the congealed breath on window-pane, gives quite as much fluid as the thirsty little fly will ask for. But good housekeeper will remember this rule so as never to leave a pitcher of water uncovered in a room which she wishes to enjoy a nap in, ol in which she means to place a guest. And she will carefully cover any other cup, mug, glass or other vessel which contains liquids.
 Observe, next, that the fly is a trop ical insect, dislikes cold and can moi bear it long. For the same reason, probably, he is disconcerted, even on 2 warm day, by draught of air. Dr. Franklin, you will remember, proved that man might be killed, as If frozen to death, by swift draught oi
 
 one hundred degrees Fahrenheit. For practical purposes the fly knows this as well as Dr. Franklin did. So soon as your patient leaves aroom, open the win dows enough to start all the draughts possible. Have paper-weights in abundance to keep books, handkerchiefs, or all other movables in place, that no one may have an excuse for closing the windows.
 The old New England housekeeper supposes that flies dislike darkness, and the old treatment of summer rooms is to keep them dark whenever they are not occupied by men, women or chil- dren. But I think this is an error. The fly, in darkness, simply recedes into his denS and caves and holes of the earth. So soon as the light comes he is out again, seeking his prey. It may be ob- served, also, that the apparent reason why he annoys your patient as he does in the early morning when no one else is awake or wants to be is simply that he has been chilled at night and now seeks the warmth of the pillow or the cheek. He is not at that moment seeking food. If you have been careless enough to permit any flies to sleep in the room with your patient, you can draw them to another corner by lighting one or two kerosene lamps. with such an arrangement, for instance, a. every oil stove gives.
 Sou should not have had any flies in the bedroom. Nor would you if the whole house had been kept in proper condition. If the establishments large the superintendent, if intelligent, will certainly detail competent person early in the spring to the special busi- ness of keeping out the flies and seeing that no more are matched. If you are in a private house read this article to your housekeeper, and concert with her thorough measures, taking pains to interest and instruct the servants Leisure HOSErS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The enormous indemnity France paid Germany raised its debt to S6, OOO,- 900, 900.
 Hereafter English soldiers will not i be allowed to smoke in the streets in the daytime.
 The Prince of Wales stables cost him over eighty thousand dollars year. The Princess loves dogs. She has over eighty.
 The four most important towns of Australasia are now Melbourne, popu- lation 2S2, ,947; Sydney, 224,211; Ade- la:de, 103. .S64, and Auckland, 60,000.
 The fall of a meteor on ice was lately witnessed on the coast of Norway, hole foot and half in diameter be- ing made through eight inches of ice.
 A Hebrew in Pereslavl died lately at the given age of one hundred and seven teen years. The KrevLGnen reports that he had been arranging to marry for the ninth time shortly before his death.
 A study of six hundred and fifty Italian thunder storms has shown Signor Ferra that every thunderstorm is be- hind a depression of barometer and hygrometer, and before one of the ther- mometer.
 A pearl that is declared the largest in Europe was sold in London lately for three thousand one hundred and fifty dollars. It was two inches long and four inches in rcumference, and weighed three ounces.
 Experiments in Austrian garrisons prove that where the floors of barracks are painted with tar the collection of dust in cracks is prevented, and there is a consequent d m mutton in Initiative diseases of the eye. There is also a great diminut' on of parasites.
 -Tarsus, in Asia Minor, is the termi- nus of new railway crossing that country. A section of the road has just been officially inaugurated with a jubi- lee and free excursion to the notables. The Arab dignitaries, however, gener- ally preferred to stick to their camels.
 An exper ment to test the speed of the swallow s flight has just been made at Pavia. Two hen birds were taken from their brOods, carried to Milan, and there released at given hour. Both made their way back to their nests in thirteen minutes, which gave their rate of speed at eighty-seven and a half miles an hour.
 The London World says that on Patt,'s return to London she found awaiting on her table several pale blue velvet boxes from Lady and Mir. Alfred de Rothschild, the first one containing brooch about four inches long, repre- senting two large pansies in white bril- lantS, with nine big blood-red rubies in it; heart all diamonds, and a large ruby in the middle, goes with the brooch; a cigar-box of violet leather, with an inch-wide gold frame, and on one side "M. Ernest Nicolini;" on the other, 'From MT. Alfred de Rothschild, :" both names all in diamonds and rub es; and sundry other trifes in gold and silver.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

when that same day the proof-reader had corrected an historical blunder which would have cost the author dearly had it seen the light. He has seen an author brag of his penmanship, and when his manuscript has been sent to him, because it was unreadable, he him. self was scarcely able to decipher it.
 Indeed it would not be surprising to see a proof-readers' union formed, the members of which should take solemn oath to ruin authors by letting the world see their blunders and inaccuracies. For the wrongs of the long-sufering proof. reader are many, his grievances great -DetrOit Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

Col. Conway, who has been for twelve years in Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, says that all the noted desperadoes that he saw were blondes. He says: 'Masterson the famous sheriff of Dodge, who had killed twenty-seven men when he was 27 years years old, has light hair and blue eyes. So has Doc Halliday, exiled from Arizona for trying to kill off all ot Tombstone in one day. The Erp brothers could join Lyd'a Tompson troupe if yellow curls went for any. thing. Jake Short, notorious through out the entire West, is little fellow oi blonde cast, and that is the complex ion of Mark Duggan and Jim Kinney, two very bad men of great renown ir Colorado.-N. r. Sun.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
How PaIa Ynn Ara,

Is frequently the exclamation of one lady to another. The fact is not pleasant one to have mentioned, but still the act may be kindly one, for it sets the one addressedto thinking, apprises her of the fact that she is not in good health, and leads her to seek reason therefor. Pallor is almost always attendant upon the first stages of consump- tion. The system is enfeebled, and the blood is impoverished. Dr. Pierce's ''Gold- en Medical Discovery" will act as tonic upon the system, will enrich the impover- ished blood, and restore roses to the cheek.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

OLD pill boxes are spread over the land by the thousands after having been emp of sickening, disgusting medicine the poor stomach has to contend with. Too much strong medicine. Prickly Ash Bitters is rapidly and surely taking the place of all this class of drugs, and is curing all the ills arising from disordered condition of the liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

A statistical expert calculates that if 1,000,000 babies started too, ther in the race of life 150,000 would drop in the first year, 53,0)0 in the second and 22,000 in the third year. At the end of forty-five years about half of them would be still in the race. Sixty years would see 370,00O gray heads still at it. At the end of eighty years there would be 97,000 remaining on the track; if teen years later the number would be reduced to 223, and the winner would quit the track forever at the age of one hundred and eight. Chicago Times.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
A Very Lame Excuse.

Colonel Witherspoon is we'll known in Austin for the meanness of the din. ners to which he invites his friends. One day he said to Gilhooly:
 ''I wish you would come and dine with me-"
 "When?"
 "Well, say two weeks from to-day. :"
 'Pm sorry can't come on that day, for I've got an engagemet to attend the funeral of dear friend. ''-Ie1as SJt. 'nGS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

-"The dread of night air is an ex- traordinary fallacy. What air can we breathe at night but night air? Our only choice lies between pure night air from without or foul air from within. It is unaccountable that most people pre- fer the latter. What would they say if it is proved to be true that one-half of the disease that we suffer from is occa- stoned by people sleeping with their windows shut?''-ALtOonG (Pa.) Iri6- U7le.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
"ILove Her Bstter than life. l,

We'll, then, why don't you do something to bring back the roses to her cheeks and the light to her eyes! Don't you see she is suffering from nervous debility the result of female weakness! A bottle of Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription' will brighten those pale cheeks and send new life through that wasting form. If you love her, take heed.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
Tho Cat and the cathird.
Upland and Meadow.l

A nearly life-size cAromo of cat was placed where the birds could see it and created great excitement. A catbird, however, coming up from behind alighted on the top of the picture in spite of the warnings from the other birds. Chancing to look down it saw the cat, and with a scream gave a double backward somer. sault and left.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07
-Ten-year-old George Hayes. of

..Ten-year-old George Hayes, of Schley, Ga, being sent by his step mother to his father with the request that he be whipped for not having his spelling lesson, walked a mile to pond with the intention of drowning himself. He was found hiding in a cotton-gin house next morning. He said that when he went into the pond the water got into his nose and mouth and hurt him so that he had to come out He tried it several times, but had b give it up,-4AtlGhstG Consultation.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

Two Brooklyn women had hus- bands who regularly beat them, and the other night at about the same hour they turned upon the rascals and beat them 90 seriously that they had to be taken to the hospital. One used stone and the other pitcher.-BroOkLyn UaaiosA
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

THE reason the woodman didn't ''spart the tree" was because he wasn't that kind of Philadelphia CGH
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

HE-''They have dropped their anchor.' She lon Fer first trip)-"Serves them right It has been hanging over the side all day long. ."-Chicago Tribune
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

THERE IS A MEANS of Eradicating local disease of the skin that can be relied on, viz: GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP. HILLS HAIR AND WHrsKER DYE, Black or Brown, soc.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

BETTER results are derived from Halls Hair Remover than from any similar prep aration.
 If you suffer with chills and fever, take Ayers Ague Cure. It will cure you.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

THERE is an increased movement in boots and shoes, the trade says. Evidently every body is going in for outdoor exercise.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

YOUNG HoUsEKEEPER (to butcher)-"Ars they succulent chopsl" Butcher-"No, mum; they're mutton chops."
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

SHE was plump and beautiful and he was wildly fond of her; she hated him, but woman-like she stro7e to catch him. He was fly.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

TIE ancients could beat us to death painting pictures; but look at our frames
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

A STATEN ISLAND school-teacher has just launched yacht which he has christened Rattan" It is a sort of birchbark.- Brooklyn Eagle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

AN attached couple that are always sepa- rating-a pair of shears.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

"WHAT bell are you ringing?' he asked of the colored sexton. Dis de secon' ring of de fus' bell, " was the reply.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

'DoN'T put in no muskeetA -nettin' fol me,n said Aunt Hannah. '1 oon't want tS breathe no strained air. "-VoE Populi.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

AN itching for notoriety is not enough to secure a niche in the temple of fame.- Iid-BitS.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

IF you have catarrh, use the surest reme dy-Dr Sage's.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

''IF can not have the fat of the land, car take little lean," said the tramp, as hs rested his shoulder against a lamp post.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

PARLoR MAID-Give me a pound of tea Shopman-Black or greeenl Maid-Doesn't matter which, misses is blind I-M '. Tele- gram.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

THE first violin is still in existence What puzzles us is how so many men can all be playing it at once.-LOUeH Courier
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

JOHN MAoKAY says Money is an acci dent" The most of us seem to meet with precious few accidents
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

So CLOSE is the sympathy between night and day that after the one falls the other breaks
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

A COLLEGE year is like one of those Shoop" snakes-it has it's commencement so near the end.-LOoUeH Courier.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

RELIEF is immediate, and a cure sure. Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. 50 cents.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

FRAZER AXLE GREASE will last two weeks. all others two to three days. Try it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

WHY is good base-burner lamp like 6 good husbandl Because it never goes out at night
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

A BARBER in Auburn has opened law. yer's office in his shop. Different way of shaving a customer-that's alL-S:,At6GiSs NesSen0er
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

AN ode to a goat may be called nam, versary poem.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

WHEN it is time to go at butter-making the dairy moves to a-churn.-Lopell Courier
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-08-07

The New Jersey mosquito is larger and thirstier than ever this year,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-24
A Tender Nurse.

A gentleman in one of the suburban
wards owned fine specimen of the
spaniel breed, which is very fond of
children, and, when any little ones visit
his masters house, constitutes himself
their companion, playmate and guard
ian. A few days ago lady with an
infant visited the gentleman, and in
the course of the day the child was
laid on pillow on the floor to amuse
itself for a time. The dog took his
place near the little one as usual. The
day was hot and the flies bad, and they
made the baby the target of frequent
attacks. This rendered her restless.
Doggie watched her for few minutes,
and then, walking close up, with his
nose or paw drove away every fly as
soon as it lit on the baby's face,
and did it so gently, too, as not to dis
turb her in the least. The dogs actions
attracted the attention of the mother
and others, who were filled with as
tonishment at his thoughtful kindness.
This story has the merit of truth
P'ttSburg Chronicle.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-24
Pussy Won Her Case.

B. V. Wolf, agent of the North Ger
man Lloyd Steamship Company in Mid
dletown, N. Y, has a cat that he has
for months been trying to get rid of
without putting her to death. She has
been given to farmers who have taken
her miles away to their homes, time
after time, but she has never failed to
put in an appearance again at the Wolf
mansion after brief absences. The
other day Mr.. Wolf went to New York.
He put the cat in a bag and tied it up,
and placed it under the seat of the car.
When the train reached Sterlington,
Mr. Wolf chucked the bag and cat out
of the window. Sterlington is forty
miles from Middletown. Mr.. Wolf
transacted his business in New York
and went home. This was on Tues
day. When he went home to supper
on Thursday night and sat down by his
hearthstone, there was the same old
cat. She got up, rubbed herself on her
masters legs, and purred in a way that
showed how she appreciated his little
joke on her. Wolf sat down and
seemed dazed for a minute. Then he
stroked the cat fondly, but respectfully,
and said, "You can stay here as long as
you live, if it's hundred years. I'll
get gold collar for you and tie it full
of red ribbons. And nothing COM
moner than an eiderdown rug will do
for you. Pussy cat, you're dandy"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-24
No School on the Hilltop.

The brewers claim that their indus
try-the manufacture of beer-contrib-
utes largely to the general public pros
perity. The Milwaukee Sentinel takes
occasion to show how the manufacture of
beer has benefited that city, which is
famous for the number of its breweries
and beer saloons. 1t says: " AT least
six new school buildings are immedi-
ately necessary, but because there are
so many saloons the taxpayers must
support police and courts and jails and
charitable institutions with their money.
There are hundreds of children of
school age in the city who are denied
school privileges because we cannot
afford to put up more school-buildings. "
Referring to the 5000 saloons, it says:
They render it necessary to sustain a
large police force to preserve order in
this city. They compel the city and
the county to support courts and all the
machinery of the law to take care of
offenders. They make us support a
house of correction for the seclusion
of the drunkards and criminals at an
enormous cost, almshouses and hos
pitfalls for the poor and diseased, and
largely made so by the drink curse. OBJ
viously the brewers are anything but a
blessing to Milwaukee,"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-03-24
for the CHILDREN.
A Fathers Surprise.

A boy was once made the happy
owner of a jack-knife. When a boy
has a knife it must white; and this
knife kept up its share of chips. But
the boy had head as well as a knife.
With the strong steel blade he was
ever fashioning something for pur-
pose. He never made the shavings fly
merely to make the stick smaller or
time less. While he was carving the
wood he was carrying out an idea. And
when you see boy do this, look out
for big man in few years. One day
this boy presented his father with
model of machine which had come
from under his jack-knife. The father
glanced at it for moment. He was
not able to take in the design, and he
waited for no explanation. He saw at
once that the whiting had been i'm
mense, and time had been given to the
toy. This enraged him, as he was
severely practical man, and could see
no use in such trifing employment.
He snatched the pretty machine from
the boys hand and threw it upon the
ground, stamping it to pieces. Soon
after this the father sent his son to
lOui IL tlic bIduc VI DldCkSInlUD. Ills
employer quickly discovered more than
the ordinary talent in him. Again his
jack-knife was at work Again the
same model was made. With pride he
explained it to the blacksmith. At
once it was recognized as useful in
vention. 1t was a power-loom, the
first ever made. A loom was then con-
structed out of substantial material.
1t worked with satisfaction. A loom
factory was then established. A trade
was built up. The boy had half the
profits. One year after the invention
was tested the blacksmith wrote to the
father that he would make him a visit,
and bring him visitor, who was the
inventor of the celebrated power-loom.
What was the establishment of the old
gentleman when his son was intro
duced as the inventor, and when he
told the father that the invention was
but the model he had kicked to pieces
last year. Let boys white as long as
they white out ideas.-Selected.