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The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Paris is to have an international ex-
hibltion of railroad inventions and ap-
piiances next year.
italian railroads, it is said, reduce
the fares of all dog bitten persons who
go to consult Pasteur, at Paris.
"A London restaurant keeper paid
SIS, 900 for the privilege of catering at
the Colonial Exhibition now in prog
reSs.
"A mass of lead in an elevated fur
mace in Paris was completely dissipated
by IA stroke of lightning, no trace of the
metal being found afterward.
"A French Anti-Tobacco Society
offers prize of 5000 for an essay on the
effect of smoking on the health of liter
airy men and its probable ultimate re-
suits upon French literature.
"A witty woman of Paris says that it
is more difficult for woman to make
excuses for her beauty among other
women. when she is really beautiful,
than for a plain woman to find favor
among the men.
"A peculiar Partisan fashion which
hrs grown rapidly within the past few
years is the custom for women to 90
worn by the laboring woman is now
rarely seen.
The housewives of Norway make
their common fiat bread largely of the
powdered branches of the young pine,
not so much to save flour as to secure a
srrhf hor fn no Of
only innutritious, but actually iniuri-
Gus, and is now being denounced by
medical men.
An Irish journalist in London
dressed himself in blue and gold livery,
with a pair of green spectacles, and
spent two hours with the clown in the
sawdust at the circus performance given
before the Queen. He wanted to tell
how the Queen acted on such an occa-
sion.
-Mauna Loa, the Hawaiian volcano,
is situated on the southern slope of the
Mauno Loa mountain, some several
thousand feet below the apex. The crater
proper is nine miles in circumference
and about six hundred feet deep. The
floor of this crater is covered with black
lava, and every few weeks or months it
receives new coating.
What is the value of flea? Ac-
ccrding to Professor Erbini, who owns
those marvellous insects now perform
ing at the Exchange Rooms in London,
the highly trained Russian ''pulex irri-
tans" is valued at S125-at least that is
the sum offered by the professor for the
recovery of a missing member of his
troupe that plays leading business. "
On an average each inhabitant of
London consumes each year thirty-two
times as much fish as each inhabitant of
Berlin, and Paris consumes more fish
than the whole of the German Empire.
Efforts are now being made to popularize
the eating of fish in Germany. To bring
this about, German paper suggests
that fish be made into sausages.
"A woman has just died at the age
of one hundred and twenty-five, in st.
Petersburg almshouse, where she had
spent the last seventy years of her life,
during which period she had never once
been seriously i'll. She could see quite
well up to the last, her eyes presenting
no trace of atrophy SO common with
aged persons. Her memory and in
diligence were also unimpaired at the
time of her death. The same institution
possesses another inmate, soldiers
wife, who, on being admitted about two
months ago, presented her papers to the
managers which certified that she is
now one hundred and ten years old.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
LEOPOLD Won RANKE.
Sketch of the Career of the Recently d.
ceased German Historian.

Sketch of the Career of the Recently De-
ceased German Historian.
The late DR.. Leopold Won Ranke wa.
Germany's greatest historian. His life
was devoted to study, and his works
evidence vast research and mastery Of
materials. He had planned for the great
work of his life history of the world,
which was to be in nine volumes, but
had completed but six volumes at the
time of his death.
Leopold Won Ranke was born al
Wiehe, in Thuringia, on December 81.
1895, and completed his sixtieth year as
professor in the University of Berlin on
March 81, 1885. He began life as a
student, his position being that of tutor
at the college of Frankfort-on-the-
Oder. His first work was published
in 1924. Four years after he was sent
officially to examine the public archives
accessible to him in Vienna, Venice,
Florence and Rome, an occupation ex-
tending over four years. During this
books which successfully appeared.
The book which first gave him Euro
pean reputation was entitled 1.-The
Popes of Rome" This great work ap.
peared in 1884. Lord Macaulay's re-.
view of it in the Edinburgh ReUieoO is q
masterpiece. 1t made Rankes name
familiar to English and American
readers. In 1S41 Won Ranke was APP
pointed Royal Historiographer. 1t was
in 1865 that he was made president OF
the Historical Commission of Munich,
and at the same time entitled- to prefix
Won to his name.
Won Ranke married an Irish lady,
Miss Graves, very superior woman,
but of retiring disposition, and who
never shared his literary work. He had
a son and two daughters.
He held command of his surprising
power of mental concentration up to
within short time of his death. Last
January the writer of fifty learned books
conversed with irmness, fuency and
continuity, convincing his visitors that
he was as skilful with his tongue as with
his pen. Weather permitting, the vet
eran of more than ninety years old
walked two hours day in the open air,
and wrote or dictated eight hours of the
twenty-four He lived among his books,
thirty thousand of which lined the walls
of his study.
He was a great favorite with the En-
peror William, who presented him with
a full-sized portrait of himself on his
last birthday. On the mantel-piece Of
his study stood full-length photograph
of the Crown Prince in his Cuirassief
uniform, also gift from the original
Springfield Republican.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

other hurries us all day long, and our
wives hurry us home at night. Our
business hurries us, and our creditors
hurry us the worst of all. Even the
weather has caught our lively habits
and hurries US, too.
Our correspondence and conversation
show what a miserably hurried people
we are. And there are entirely too many
phrases in general use in our social and
business intercourse, which on account
of their extreme brevity and explosive
abruptness, CRATE harshly on the sensi-
tive ear For instance, what could
sound more unpleasant to man who
hates hurry and worry than this:
"Please REMIT" or this: "Send check
at once, or we will draw on you at
sightr' The Japanese have much
pleasanter ways of framing similar little
business messages, and we might be-
come happier people by adopting sug-
gestions from them.
Twill you, at your convenience, dc
me the kindness to hang a check for the
inclosed bill in the vicinity of my eye.
lids?" certainly sounds less harsh and
gritty than: Enclosed find bill; remit
at once.
The japanese do not say: ''Keep of
the grass!' but: 1.-THE municipal au1
thorities will consider it an everlasting
kindness if you will hang yourself of
the verdure." There is nothing coarse
and savage about that, and it don't
make us feel as if we must 60 on the
grass just for spite.
To my mind there is nothing more
facilitating and enervating to our race
than the hurry and hustle and five min
utes for refreshments that mar our So
cial, domestic and business customs.
and make our boosted civilization a
sham and fit subject of ridicule to older
and calmer nations.
Let us pause and sit down and learn
something from the Japanese.-ScOa
Way, in Pack.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
BIG AFRICAN BIRDS.
Arrival of a Lot of Ostriches Imported
For q California Breeder.

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For q California Breeder.
Galveston (Tex.) speciaLI
A vessel arrived at this port recently
with lot of ostriches en- route from Africa
to California, where they are to be kept
for breeding purposes. During the unload
ing of the vessel large crowds gathered to-
watch the awkward antics of the huge
birds as they were being moved from the
hold of the ship to Beach Park, where they
will be allowed to run at large for week
before undertaking their journey to the
Pacific coast. A large open-top- cage was
improvised, into which an ostrich
was driven and then hoisted with
horses. AS they reached the SUM-
light after sixtY-five days in the
dark hold they exhibited signs of
great delight. The ostriches are tame and
docile with their keepers, but familiarities
from outsiders are resented. Just after
one bird of magnificent proportions had
been hauled up, and before the surprise
over his suspension in mid-air had worn
off, two sailors opened one side of the cage
before it had reached the large covered
wagon. With great rapidity the ostrich
and then the other sailor, sending them
flying against the bulwarks of the vessel.
The native keeper said if the bird had had
more room the blows would have killed
both men. DR.. Sketchly is greatly pleased
with his cargo, notwithstanding he lost
twenty-fou ostriches on the passage.
Each pair will breed from sixty to eighty
chicks per year. This is probably the last lot
of ostriokes that will ever leave Africa, az
the export duty at nearly all the ostrich
points is five hundred dollars per bird. The
birds are under the immediate care of five
Hindoos, natives of Madras, but long resi-
dents of Africa, whom DIR. Sketchly has
permanently employed. Among the ma
tives is one woman. She is very dark,
with evenly nodded features and wonder
full eyes, straight, black hair, long and
wavy. The right lobe of her aquiline nose
is ornamented with a small brass scarf
pin with a red glass gem. This ornament
is deity pinned through the lobe and
hooked below. She is the wife of the chief
native of the party and is about twenty
years old.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
TRAVELLING DRESSES.
The Rage For Tailor-Made Costumes OF
Small or Underlined Pin Checks.

The Rage For Tailor-Made Costumes of
Small or Underlined Pin Checks.
Tailor-made dresses are the fashion
for travelling, and are oftenest of small
checks, either clearly marked or else the
underlined pin checks that are merely
one or two threads of white crossing
others of color-brown, blue, red or
black. These must be all of pure wool
that will not cookie, yet of light weight
that they may not be too warm or too
heavy for midsummer journeys. For
these reasons the sleazily-woven
Cheviots and serges are made up by
tailors, and the designs for these are ex-
ceedingly simple. Two extremes are
seen in these dresses; one, intended for
slight figures, has short drapery and
kilt. skirt of very wide or of very mar
row plat, while the other, for those who
are inclined to stoutness, has long drap-
cry nearly covering a foundation skirt
that has no plaits at the foot. Some
times a compromise between these is
seen in a deep over-skirt made of
double-width wool goods, draped around
the figure, with only one seam, and
perhaps with the lower edge left to
show its selvage. The basque is
an exceedingly plain position,
with two rows of stitching
on its edges, and otherwise without
trimming. The plaits in the back of the
basque must be pressed fatty, and Sc
cured so that they will not spread open,
no matter how large the tournure may
be The collar may be high standing
band, or else it may be notchedrolling
collar that can be worn with chemis-
cite of pique, or percale, or of tucked
linen; and it is also a good plan to have
a separate chemisette and collar of the
dress material, to be used inside the
rolling collar, closing the dress up high
about the throat, making it more con-
Tenient on long journeys. The coat
with such dress is of the material cut
in skeleton sacque-that is, without
lining and may be closely fitted by
dart in each front, single-breasted, and
buttoned by small braid buttons, or else
it may have loose double-breasted
fronts, with closely adjusted back. The
Norfolk jacket, with hood, length
wise plaits, and belt, is also liked in
the rough homespun cloths which tail
ors use for travelling outfits; sometimes
this Jacket alone is made of checked
goods, while the dress may be of solid
color, such as the ecru, tan or blue
twilled serge of homespun.-Harper's
BGzGr.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
Knew Him Entirely Too Wen.

A man who is attempting to start a re-
tail lumber yard down in small town in
Ohio gave a jobber the name of his former
employer for reference and left his order.
The report received by the jobber, al
though slightly ambiguous, was not of a
nature to induce him to hustle very much
in the execution of the shipment. 1t is so
subtle, and withal so honest, that am
tempted to subjoin it: "Mr. has
worked for me for twelve or thirteen years,
and has always been faithful man, and
/ respect him as true friend; butif 1 was
a stranger to him and knew his failings ]
would not want to trust him."
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
Blinded BY Tobacco.
London lancet

Tobacco blindness is becoming a com.
mon afiictlon. At present there are sew
eral persons under treatment for it at one
London hospital. It first takes the form
of color blindness, the sufferers who have
smoked themselves into this condition be.
ing quite unable to distinguish the color OF
piece Of red cloth held up before them
Sometimes the victim losses his oversight
altogether. Although smoking is to a
large extent the cause of this malady, and
so gives it its name, heavy drinking is also
partly responsible.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
Too Funny For Any Use.

Two dudes meeting at a picnic.
First Dude-Aw, Authaw, isn't this
jaully?
Second Dude-Awfully jaully, Chau-
lie.
First Dude-Did you wide aw walk
ovah, Authaw?
Second Dude-I wode Chaulie, but
one of us walked, dawn't you know
First Dud-Naw, Authaw?
Second Dude-Ya-a-s, Chaulic.
First Dude-Which one, Authaw?
Second Dude-The hawse, of cawse.
Chaulie.
Roth-Ha! Hal! Hall Td-Bits
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
WomanSa Face.

'sWhat furniture can give such finish Il
a room, as a tender woman's face" ask
George Elliott Not any, we are happy t.
answer, provided the glow of healtl
tempers the tender expression. The pale
anxious, bloodless face of the consumptive
or the evident suffeEings of the dyspeptic
induce feelings of sorrow and grief on 2u
part and compel US to tell them of DR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" tn
sovereign remedy for consumption ant
other diseases of the respiratory system a!
we'll as dyspepsia and other digestive
troubles. Sold. everywhere.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
An Ancient Landmark.
TGOshen (IndO Latter

About five miles south of here, in Kos
ciusko County, lives man by the name OF
Jeffries. In 1856 he cut his initials on
what is known as a dry-land turtle-'W.
j., in 1856" One day recently he found
the same turtle short distance from the
place where the markings were made
thirty years ago. The markings were
still plain.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
MUST your kitchen fire be Of dissipated
disposition because it goes out every nights
Best Goods are Put in Smallest Parcels.

Best Goods are Put in Smallest Parcels.
The old proverb is certainly true in the
case of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative
Pellets" which are little, sugar-wrapped
parcels, scarcely larger than mustard seeds,
containing as much cathartic power as is
done up in the biggest, most repulsive-look-
ing pill Unlike the big pills, however
they are mild and pleasant in their opera
tion-do not produce gripping pains, nor
render the bowels costive after using.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

A MAN should be allowed to laugh at his
own jokes. Others may not see where the
laugh comes in.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

MAN proposes; woman discloses, and then
the whole world says Il told you Sc. "-BHr-
lingtos Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

PLEASE remember that GLENN's SUIPHW
soar presents all the advantages Of Sal
phur Baths at a cheap rate. HILLS HAIB
ND WHIsKER DYE, Black or Brown, Soc
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17
ELY'S
CREAM BALM

7 haze used tsoo
bottles Of Ely'S
Cream Balm and
consider myself cur
ed. I suffered %
years from catGrrlI
and catarrhal head
ache and this is The
first remedy that az
torded lasting relief.
ID. T. HigginsOn,
AS Lake Street, Chi
cago, III.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

GAS bills should be carefully filed; not
necessarily for preservation, but in order
to reduce their Size-JItdge
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

DELICATE diseases of either sex, however
induced, radically cured. Address, with 10
cents in stamps for book, Worlds Dispen
sary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

IT is not patriotism which leads doctor,
to go to war. It's pillage Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

The skeleton man travels on his shape
Indianapolis Herald. Al
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

WHEEL never tire of entertaining the cy-
clists. Let them axle they want and they
shall have it-BOStOn Post
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

A WRITER says: "What quaint head was
Carlyle's." We're you quaint head with
him !-TerGs Sittings.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

A HoMELY woman has some advantage
over beautiful one. 1t is possible fol
other women to love her.-Chicdgo Tribune
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

For restoring faded and gray hair to it,
original color, use Halls Hair Remover.
Sufferers from malarial disorders will find
a specific in Ayers Ague Cure. Try it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

MEN who think they mold public
opinion say to the world: ''Please ask us
when you wish to think. ~ o. PicGytIse.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

A BACHELOR editor, who had pretty Un-
married sister, lately wrote to one similar
ly circumstanced; Please exchanged
" J, Telegram,
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

YOUNG man, never say to your sire.
"You might go, father, and fare worse. "
Detroit Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

The small boy now dreams of marble
hauls ''-BOston Commercial.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

SOLD again-Second-ha articles.-Btsr-
lngton Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

He covered the whole point-The man
who sat down on a carpet tack.-LJe.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

"ST1cK to it." as the fy-paper observed
to the fly.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

The best thing yet discovered for sea
sickness is port.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

A LAWYER is not a cat; but he can b
placed IN the fee-line category.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

PIso's Remedy for Catarrh is agreeable
to use. 1t is not a liquid or snuff. SOC.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

''WAs the drum beaten because it Gale
the harp a lyre!'-TeIGs Siftings.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

A NEW YORK paper says the milk sold in
that city is white lie."
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists Hit &c.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

TALK is cheap-except through the tels-
phone.-Nelc brunswick Fredo1eiG.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

BACK PAY-Kicking a book agent out Of
your office.-Nerchd,It Traveller.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-07-17

J.. UPSIDE down-A feather bed.-Lifs
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-02
Cotton Belt Stations.

The cotton growing regions Of the
South is n in which hundreds OF
millions OF dollars are invested and
the condition of the crop is, at all times
a feature eagerly watched by those in
terested in the cotton commerce of the
United States.
The many disasters to these invest
ments by floods, drouth, frost. violent
wind storms, and sudden or decided
changes in the atmosphere has created
a demand for such information as can
be used to assist cotton exchanges, COT
ten merchants and others in determin-
ing, at frequent intervals, the condi.
ton Of the growing crop.
To meet these demands the chief
signal Office has made, with the CO.
operation of the railroads and tele.
graph lines in the Southern States,
such arrangements that daily
reports of the maximum and mini
mum temperature Rld rainfall, and
the occurrence OF frost and destruct-
i've storms, may be collected With re-
liability, and rapidly disseminated
throughout the commercial centres Of
the cotton region from April to Octo.
Der, inclusive, of each year. The
duties Of a cotton region station are
light and as a rule the oper-
ator In charge Of the telegraph
office at the place where the station is
located has been appointed as the Oh.
server. The duties consist Of taking
and recording observations at SPIN.
central time) Of the maximum and
minimum temperature, temperatures,
and amount Of rainfall during the
past twenty-four hours, the occurrence
of light or killing frosts, destructive
storms, tornadoes, or violent thunder
storms. The data collected in making
these observations, being for the pub
lie use, cotton region observers are
authorized to furnish such informa-
ton as their records show to all per-
sons requesting the same.
The cotton growing region Of the
United States is divided into districts.
These have been formed with refer
ence to existing cooperative railroad
lines, to secure the best telegraph ia
cilities, and arranged to prevent the
overlapping Of territory which would
produce errors In the preparations Of
mean temperature and average rain
fall. The districts embrace the terri
tory adjacent to the more i'm
portant cities in the Southern
States where full reporting stations Of
the signal service are located. Each
district has a centre for the concen.
tration Of reports from the several
special stations, aud the name of the
centre is used to designate the district
The following-named signal stations arc
the centres: Wilmington N. c., Char
lesion, S. c., Augusta, Ga, Savannah
Ga, Atlanta, Ga, Montgomery, Ala.
Mobile, Ala, New Orleans, La Calves,
ton. Tex, Vicksburg, Miss, Ltttl'
Rock, Ark, Memphis, Tenn. A
these several centres are received daily
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-04-02

We have mentioned that It would Be an IN
teresting experiment for the farm boys AID
girls to save some OF the seed in a potato b6A
when they ripen III the fall, and plant them
and see the kinds Of potato that will be nfo
duced. These viii be different from the
parent potatoes, and different from aaeh
other as well.
The seed should be sown il boxes ~ the
the window, or under glass. The best way la
to but them lii flower POTS, scattering them
lightly and thinly upon rich SOIL Sprinkle
finely puIverized earth upon them I'LL they
are covered an eighth Of an inch deep The
seeds are 50 light and fine that watering thc
earth in the ordinary way WIN wash the COW
ering off them. The best way, therefore, to
water them isto plunge the pot in which they
are planted into a vessel filed with water ill
It comes nearly to the top Of the pot Water
will thus soak through the porous eaFthen'
ware to moisten the soil When the earth III
the pot becomes damp the seeds have had .
sufficient drink. This is to bedone when thes
are first planted. Cover each pot with 4
piece 81 glass, set 1t III the window, and leave
It until the seeds sprout Then raise the glass
gradually, he first day a little, the next q
little more, and then take It Of altogether.
The plants are the smallest things at FIRST
But as they become stronger and the danger
of frost is gone, set them out ia q warm
finely powdered, rich soil