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The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
A HORSE TRADE.
How the Professionals of Texas Manage
Questionable Transactions.

How the Professionals of Texas Manage
Questionable Transactions.
G. w. Bulger is one of the best horse
traders in Western Texas. Not long
since he offered for sale large bay
horse to Colonel Witherspoon, who
thinks he knows all that is to be known
about horse. Colonel Witherspoon
bought the horse at very low price.
Gilhooly, who happened to be present
when the trade was made, took the pur-
chaser aside and said to him:
Colonel Witherspoon, how did you
come to let yourself be taken in on that
horse? Don't you see that he is lame in
his left hind leg?"
Colonel Witherspoon winked and
whispered to Gilhooly.
81 am not fooled blame bit in that
horse. know he is lame, but his lame
ness comes from nail in his hoof. I'll
just have that nail pulled out, and then
the horse will not limp and will be worth
twice what gave for him. It's big
bargain and don't you give it away"
Gilhooly whistled and remarked:
"Well, you are a shrewd one after all"
1T will be cold day when 1 get left
on horse trade" replied Witherspoon,
as he led off his limping purchase.
Next day Gilhooly met G. w. Bulger.
"Bulger, you are not as smart at a
horse trade as thought you were. You
let Witherspoon have that horse for half
what he is worth"
care you sure of that?"
Certainly am. That lameness
comes from a nail in his hoof. Wither-
spoon will pull the nail out, cure up the
sore place, and the horse will be worth
twice what he paid YOU"
81 don't think so, replied Bulger. Il
know all about that nail in the horses
hoof. drove it in myself"
"You didP"
Eyes. You see WANTED people to be-
ieve that it was the nail that made him
limp, but he sOGS lame before. He VIII
keep on being lame after that nail is out.
He always will be lame. Do you see
now?"
''Well, yes, think l do. I'm glad
you told me. When l want to buy
horse know who not to buy from."-
Teras Siftimgs.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
PITH AND POINT.

The first woman complained of hay
ing nothing to wear, and her daughters
have kept the same old story going from
that day to this. Chicago Ledger.
81 can give you cold bite," said
the woman. ''Why not warm it up?"
asked the tramp. "There amt any
wood sawed" ''That so? Well, give it
me celd."-N Y Sun.
Up to the time of going to press
New Haven possesses the champion
mean man. He looks through amagni-
flying glass at cent to see that nobody
has stolen feather out of the Indians
head.-Ne,O Haven Neo0S.
"A certain judge was not remarkable
for sagacity on the bench. At an Off
cial ball he criticized the waltzing of a
witty member of the bar. ''Ah! my
friend, you are bad waltzer." "Ah!
but you are bad Judge" was the re-
joinder. er.-Prairie Farmer.
Sliding down hill and shinny-stick
are all the rage under the more elegant
appellations of tobogganing and polo.
If somebody will only invent high
sounding name for them, we shall not
despair of peg-top, marbles and hop
scotch one day becoming exceedingly
fashionable among the elite. e.-BoSton
Transcript.
-''Look here" remarked De Wiggs
to the corner grocer, ''this pavement
here is awful slippery. Why don't you
throw some sand on it?" Cant get a
bit" replied the grocer. "Well, throw
some sugar over it; the pavement won't
know the difference" Chestnut
yelled the grocer.-P PITTSBURGH Chronicle.
up in the choir the tenor was max
ing love to the soprano in muffied voice
while the preacher was waxing eloquent
in the pulpit below. You're DEAR"
the young man whispered. ga doe,
rather" the soprano smiled back "Ah,
yes," replied the tenor; ''you're the do
ia mi" She killed him with a look
Chicago Tribune.
-'Some folks say I'm conceited," re.
marked young Popinjay the other day,
'but I'm not. don't believe in hiding
what I've got under bushel, that all. "
That's where you're right, young
man." exclaimed a bystander, approx
ingly; 81 wouldn't waste bushel on it
if l were you. A small-sized pint meas
ure would be amply sufficient. .''-Somer-
yilLe Journal.
Young artist think my picture is
going to be accepted by the academy.
Friend-You don't say SO! Good. am
glad to hear it. Young artist-Jenkins
told me to-day that while he was before
the hanging committee my work was
brought up for discussion. jenkins said
that the chairman, who has great deal
to say about these things, exclaimed very
pronouncedly: %, hang that picture
1t looks very encouraging, doesn't it?"
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
A USEFUL FISH.
The Carp and Its Marvellous Adaptation
to Environment.


to Environment.
Some amphibious habits on the part
of certain tropical fish are easy enough
to explain by the fashionable clue of
adaptation to environment Ponds
are always very likely to dry up. and
so the animals that frequent ponds are
usually capable of bearing very long
deprivation of water. Indeed, our ev-
olutionists generally hold that land
animals have in every case sprung from
pond animals which have gradually
adapted themselves to do without water
altogether. Life, according to this theo-
ry, began in the ocean, spread up the
estuaries into the greater rivers, thence
extended to the brooks and lakes, and
finally migrated to the ponds, puddles,
swamps and marshes, whence it took
at last, by tentative degrees, to the
solid shore, the plains and the mount
aims. Certainly the tenacity of life
shown by pond ANIMALS is very re-
markable. English carp bury them
selves deeply in the mud in winter,
and there remain in dormant condi-
ton many months entirely without
food. During this long hybernating
period they can be preserved alive for
a considerable time out of water, es-
pecially if their g1lls are, from time to
time, slightly moistened. They may
then be sent to any address, by par
GELS post, packed in wet moss, without
serious damage to their constitution;
though, according to DR.. Gunther,
these dissipated products of civiliza-
ton prefer to have piece of bread
stepped in brandy put into their
mouths TO sustain them beforehand.
In Holland, where the carp are not so
sophisticated, they are often kept the
whole winter, being hung up in net
to keep them from freezing. At first they
require to be slightly wetted from time
to time, Just to acclimatize them grad
ually to so dry an existence; but after
awhile they adapt themselves cheer
fully to their altered circumstances,
and feed on an occasional frugal meal
of bread and milk with Christian resig-
nation. CornhiU Magazine.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
knew All Buf Two.

In wild part OF Scotland, dealer in fish
used to drive his cart considerable
distance inland. On one occasion, when
passing a wild moor, where, although there
did reside schoolmaster the knowledge
OF the inhabitants of affairs in general was
not extensive, he dropped a lobster. Some
children picked it up, and wondering what
the strange creature could be, took it to
the schoolmaster. The dominic put on his
specs, and, turning it over and over, ex-
amined it carefully. ''Weel," at length
said the oracle, II ken maist O. the
wonderful animals o. creation, except jist
twa, and thae twa l never saw. They are
an elephant and turtledove, and SO this
must be ane O. the twa. ."-MontreaI Wit.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
a VALUABLE MAGNET.
Some of the Late Prof. Henry's Historic
Apparatus.

apparatus
Among the many valuable and his
toric pieces of apparatus about the col
lege are several instruments which
were invented and used bysthe late
Prof. Henry in his experiments on
electricity. In one of the laboratories
of the School of Science may be found
his ''big magnet" as it is called,
mounted on a large frame, which,
when charged with electricity by means
of his ''big battery" of one cell, was
capable of lifting thirty-three hundred
pounds. He afterwards made one of
nearly the same size and capacity for
Yale, which has been in constant use
there until within few years, when it
was laid aside, and is now preserved
among other relics of the college. Prof.
Henry's large magnetic globe, made
partly of wood, constructed so as to
show the electric currents of the earth
and the dipping of the needle, together
with the galvanometers, coils, electro
magnets and recorders, are of special
interest and peculiar historical value.
In the E. M. Museum also there are
several pieces of apparatus worthy of
mention, not made, however, by Prof.
Henry, among which we note mag
netometer used by Humboldt in South
America, an original Fahrenheit ther-
mometer, large collection of barome-
ters and three sections of the Atlantic
telegraph cable. Such relics are spec
tally invaluable among the large col
lections the college already has =
Py-nscetoraian.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13

astonishment as best they might, re-
turned to the house in high spirits. The
name, Count Villain, had given me the
clew to the whereabouts of Lenore. The
dwelling of which have spoken as sit
uate across the plain and opposite the
rock was the residence of Count Villani.
1 had met the old gentleman in the city
and formed speaking acquaintance
with him. As neither of us had men
toned our private affairs, l had no
means of connecting his daughter with
my invisible girl. That afternoon 1
presented myself to the Count and, after
amazing him with my story, which a
few tests convinced him was true, for
mally proposed for his daughters hand.
As my wealth and social position were
well known he offered no objections and
his daughter was sent for.
As she entered the room l saw that
my idea of her had been less than true.
had never seen so lovely woman nor
one who so perfectly embodied my high
est conception of grace and beauty. Her
dark eyes, still wet with tears, met mine
inquiringly.
aLenore, said I, 81 have come as l
promised"
George" she said, with a radiant
smile, sis it you?"
care you Disappointed" I asked.
Gam 1 what you expected"
"You could not be more" she an
swered naively, '.you are no less.'
"Now that we meet as solid and ma
terial beings" 1 continued, ''are you
willing to ratify the contract we made
when we were only voices, Lenore?
Your father gives us permission"
1t may be supposed that received
satisfactory answer, when the good
natured Count found it discreet to turn
away his eyes during my reception of
it.
AS to the strange circumstances which
was the means of uniting us, series of
tests revealed remarkable acoustic
property in the rock by which persons
standing in certain positions with refer
ence to it were able to hear each other
with ease more than quarter of mile
apart. 1t is very matter-of-fact solu-
ton of the mystery, but Lenore and ]
are none the less grateful for the good
offices of the rock.-C. L. Hildretb, in
N. Y. World.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
A BUSY METER.
why a Gas Consumer Desires to Have q
Line Drawn Somewhere.

my gas bill, l notice. SAID a citi-
zen going into the gas company's
office lis the same this month that it
was last.
Eyes, sir" responded the clerk, 1--WE
try to do the fair thing"
THAT new meter you put in my eel
lar is wonderful invention, continued
the consumer.
"Oh, l don't know about that; it
doesn't differ much from the old ones
''Is that so? Well, do you know l
thought it was something remarka-
able"
In what respect, sir?"
''Why, it not only measures all the
coal gas we burn, but it has way of
getting around the house and con-
verting all the tallow candles and
lamp oil into gas and registering it
right along, just the same as if it
came from headquarters. Can't you
arrange it some way so that a line of
demarcation, as it were, may be
drawn, and my share of the profits on
raw material furnished be put to my
creditp"
The matter was referred to the board
Of directors, rs,-Merchart Traveller.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
The Wolf and the Crane,

A Wolf having invited Crane to dine,
served the food in a shallow plate so that
the guest could not get any, while the host
Tapped up an abundance with his tongue.
On the next day the Crane invited the
Wolf to dinner, and the food, consisting OF
soup, was set out in long-necked jar,
which put it entirely out of the reach of the
invited guest. But while the Crane had his
head in the jar the Wolf knocked a hole
in the bottom with hammer and swal.
lowed the greater part of the soup as il
ran out.
MORAL: This Fable teaches us that We
should not despise the mental resources
OF those who move beneath us.-Life
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
BALD MEN.
The Startling Increase of Alopecia in the
United States.


United States.
1t has been estimated that one-half the
adult men of American birth living in
our cities are bald-headed The estimate
is not exaggerated, if it is applied to
persons above the age of thirty, and it
may be rather under the mark. If, now,
it be conceded that one-half of our Amer
lean business and professional men are
bald at the present time, it would be in
teresting to speculate as to the condition
of the heads of their descendants some
hundreds of years from now. The prob
abilities point toward a race of hairless
Americans, for badness is extremely
liable to be propagated in the male line,
and to appear a little earlier in each
generation. The American Nation is
threatened with the catastrophe of uni
versal alopecia.
The answer has almost always
been that it is due to the excessive
strain and ceaseless mental and physical
activity to which American methods of
business and modes of living conduce.
From the visitors gallery of the Stock
EAChdhSC, AOl CAdlhplO, OuO flOWb a
mob of shining pates belonging, as
rule, to rather young men.
The sons of prematurely bald fathers
should bear in mind that if they wish to
save their hair it will only be through
industrious attention to their scalp.
This much-negleeted surface should be
thoroughly cleansed at certain intervals.
1t should be carefully and regularly
examined, and if it be unhealthy. dry
and scurvy, the proper applications
should be made to it. The wearing of un-
ventilated hats is one of the greatest
sources of failure of nutrition of the
hair, and these must be avoided. The
beard never falls out, because it gets
plenty of sunlight and air. These are
what the hair of the scalp needs, also.
Women are less bald than men, because,
for one reason, their scalps are better
ventilated. In fine, civilization has
made the hair-producing organs of the
scalp delicate and feeble. They have
to be nursed and cared for, or they
atrophy and disappear. Young Amerf-
cans who do not wish to lose their hair
before they are forty must begin to look
after their scalps before they are twenty.
-Medic0L Record.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
A Cruel Father,

Smith, the father of seven ravenous
children and one wife with grand appe-
tite, asks DR.. Bacillus:
''How is it, doctor, that, lying here for
three weeks with typhoid fever, have ex-
listed without eating?"
The fever has nourished you, Smith, ("
arswereIthe physician.
Are you joking, doctor?"
No. [ am telling you the truth!''
My gracious! Now, I'd like to have my
whole family down with fever for year. 1
could save a little money then."-San, the
,ScaraUlOUcH
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13

ORB LIFE.
Astronomical Problems That Present
Themselves to the Observer.

Astronomical Problems That Present
Themselves to the Observer.
Two problems of interest present
themselves to our consideration. In the
first place, we have in the sun an ex-
ample of an orb in that particular stage
of orb life during which, we have been
led to suppose, meteoric election takes
place, and we are naturally led to in
quire whether the sun ever elects flights
of discrete bodies from his interior; and
this inquiry will naturally be extended
to his fellOw-suns, the stars. In the
second place, we are led to ask how
these comets and meteor streams are to
be explained which assuredly have not
been elected from the earth or any of the
planets; and this inquiry will have to be
extended to those comets and meteoric
streams which not only can not have come
from any member of the solar system,
but can not possibly have been derived
from the central ruler of that system.
Now, among the remarkable discover
les made by means of the spectroscope,
one of the most striking has been the
recognition of tremendous solar dis
turbances of an eruptive or rather of an
explosive nature. In 1872, Prof. Young,
of Princeton, N. j., observed solar
eruption, in which what looked like fila
ments of glowing hydrogen (averaging
a thousand miles or so in lengthy
seemed to travel upward from the suns
surface at the rate of about one hundred
and forty-five miles per second, till they
had reached height of not less than
two hundred and ten thousand miles.
Even then they did not cease to ascend;
but, losing their luster, faded out of
view. If shreds of hydrogen were real
ly shot out on that occasion, we should
scarcely find in the event anything bear
ing on the matter before us-the posi-
BILE election of meteoric matter.-Long.
mans Magazine.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
NUMBER Is.
SILVER SPOONS.
But Little Machinery Used in Their Manu-
facture.

Probably there is no article of table
or of other household use in the pro-
duction of which so little of machine
working is employed. Almost all the
work on solid silver spoons is hand
work; the exceptions are the rolling
of the ingot into plates, and the pro-
duction of spoons with ofnamentation
in relief, which is produced by recessed
patterns on the rolls.
The material for spoons is coin silver
obtained from the Government mints
in ing0ts, or from trade for old silver,
or from the use of current coin. This
is melted over charcoal fire in plum
bago crucibles to a certain heat, known
to the adept by the appearance of the
surface of the molten metal; it is
poured into cast-iron molds, forming
bars of about seventy ounces each.
These bars are heated over a forge
fire of charcoal and worked on the
anvil by hammer and sledge, precisely
as iron or steel is worked, or are rolled
into plates or ribbons. Occasional an
nealings are necessary to prevent
cracking.
The ribbon for the ordinary teaspoon
is four and half inches long by three
eighths of an inch wide. When rolled,
blank of two and a quarter inches is
heightened to four and half inches,
to thin it down to spoon thickness. Be-
fore rolling or hammering, silver is
very nearly as soft as lead; but with
these mechanical processes it can be
made hard and rigid. Good springs can
be made of silver hammered or rolled.
To form the bowl of the teaspoon,
the bar, of three-eighths of an inch
wide and less than three thirty-sec-
ondths of an inch thick, is hammered
flat on an anvil with crowning face
until the workman has spread it into
an oval, which is much thinner in the
middle than at the edges, as the edges
are to receive the bulk of the wear.
The handles are formed also by the
hammer.
The curvature of the bowl is pro-
duced by repeated ''coaxing" blows by
steel punch and die of cast compo-
sition of lead and tin. No file-dressing
is employed on the faces of the spoon;
only the edges are file-dressed to form.
From the anvil and the die the spoons
come to hand-smoothing with Scotch
gray stones and polishing by stiff
brushes, generally revolving brushes
charged with ''grits' and oil. Burnish-
ing is the finish of spoons as of all
all bright silver goods.-Pansy.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
GONE TO SCHOOL.

Where is our merry hearted baby?
How strange the silence seemsl
Where is helm the land of mischief,
Or in the land of dreams?
Tying the reins of patient Rover2
COaxiDg puss with q spool?
Ah, me! how slowly we remember:
Baby has gone to school.
Here at home he began his letters,
Finished with K, Y, z,
And conquered the multiplication table
AS far as the three times three"
Then papa laughed, and suggested shyly:
Mamma fOrgets one rule,
Babies must learn to be more than babies,
And so they must go to school"
Well we recall the September morning,
When our sturdy, little man
Kissed us goodbye, in the pleasant sun
shine,
And the growiDg-up began.
Looking back, he cheerily shouted,
As we watched from the doorway cool:
"Good-bye folksesI I'll come and see you
Bym by, after school"
Many tale he finds to tell us,
Mingled i'll smiles and tears.
Bravely his heart goes out to the future,
Untouched by doubts aud fears.
Yet we know life holds harder lessons
Than those from book or tool.
Ah, time! 6eal gently with us and baby,
Till we all are home from school.
Leslie Waite, in Chicago Adudnce.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
A SHREWD CLERK.
He Aims to Make the Guests of His Hotel
Feel at Home

he Aims TO Mako the GueStS OF his hOCel
Feel at Home.
The rather numerous Dakota delegation
in Washington was increased by another
arrival. He registered at hotel and said
to the clerk:
~ may want to stay some time, can you
give me good room?"
~ think we can let you have one that
will suit"
81 suppose you try to make it pleasant
for guests?"
Certainly, we aim to-"
"Of course. What 1 like in a hotel is
something home-like."
81 think we can satisfy you on that
score"
81 hope SO. Now I'll tell you; if you will
see that 1 am made to feel perfectly at
home during my stay you sha'n't lose any
thing by it."
80, we'll make it home-like for you. Let
me see," he continued, glancing over the
register, "you are from Dakota?"
"Yes, I'm member of the Dakota Legis
lature and"
"Here!" exclaimed the clerk turning to
bell-boy, "show this gentleman to the
poker room" m."-EstelLine Cd. IT, Bell.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
Poor Consolation.

what is the matter with you, Gus?"
asked Judge Pennybunker of Gus de Smith.
Il was engaged to be married to Miss
Birdie McGinnis and now she has gone
back"
Don't let that worry you. AS pretty
girl as she is will soon find some other fel.
low to marry. Texas Siftings.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
A Powerful Excuse.

1T is an outrage the way you treat me, ("
said Miss Bmerelda Longcoffin to Hostel
ter McGinnis.
"How SO, Miss Esmerelda?'
'You have sworn to love and cherish me-
and now you are making love to another
young woman. 1t is hideous outrage"
BE calm, Esmerelda, be calm. I'm going
to go back on the other girl, too.'-Texas
SHtings.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13
MILlENNIAL CLIMAXES,

~'lIere is a book I'd like 20 SELL"
The speaker was shot dead.
~This homicide was justified"
The judge and jury said.
"You want barbed wire and lightning
rods"
The farmer wanted rest.
His bull-pup tore the agent sore
Twas taken as a jest.
The plumber forwarded his bill
With figures it was rife.
The court decreed that for his greed
He must be sent for life.
The Ice man gives away his crops;
Good gas is served for fun,
And coal abounds. Two Thousand
pounds
Are crowded in q ton.
u Il. Rdldron, in Judge.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13

\ MAN in London has been sent to prison
for throwing onions at every one wearinga
tall hat.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-03-13

The first woman complained of hay
ing nothing to wear, and her daughters
have kept the same old story going from
that day to this.-Cbtcago Ledger.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26
100000

WILL BUY first class Engine, Boiler ane
w Saw Mill outfit that will cut from 5,0ot
to 5000 f. OF lumber per day.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-26

had genuine proposal from a man
as old as Joal.
DIR. Fenwick wouldn't accept my
answer as final says he will wait until
I'm older.
Belle and are invited to spend the
Christmas at Oakland, and mother has
consented, so we are anticipating a
grand occasion, considering they are
to have other company from Philadel-
phia and elsewhere.
Belle treats me more civilly now !;
she sees I'm in favor with the Living
stones, so I reckon she thinks it may
be to her interest to keep on the good
side of me.
TO BE CONTINUED.
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