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The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
FEEDING FOR EGGS.
Why Hens Should Be Supplied With Egg
 Forming Food.

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 An egg is composed of all the ele- ments that sustain life, and unless the hens are supplied with the materials necessary for the formation of eggs, they can no more lay than can the COWS give large supply of milk on in- sufficient food. Not only is the car- bonaceous material required for the yolk, but the nitrogenous matter com- posing the ''white' of the egg is essen- tial. Then there are the mineral ele- ments to be supplied with large quan- tity of water. The matter of supplying plenty of water in winter is often oVer- looked. and yet there can be no eggs laid until the hens have received the water necessary for their purpose. Hence, too much care can not be exer- cised in winter, when the water easily freezes, in devising some method for affording it to them. Many persons adopt the plan of watering the hens three times a day, giving it slightly warmed, when it becomes an excel lent invigorator and stimulant. In feeding, not only should variety be allowed, but the hens should have gravel, pounded shells and plenty of dry earth or coal ashes for dust bath. A liberal supply of corn will furnish the material for the yolk, but it will not supply the requisite matter fer the formation of the albumen. The proper feed for that purpose is meat, milk, linseed meal, although wheat and oats partially assist. The lime does not come from the oyster shells entirely, but also from the grains. All foods con- tain proportion of lime, and in those sections where the water is hard, por- ton is derived through that source. Green food, such as cabbage and onions, are correctives, and are used as a dietary regulation, and the best method of feeding, therefore, is to so manage as to give the hens a variety of food, leav- ing them to select such as they prefer, as the natural instinct of the fowls will guide them in preferring that most suit able for them.-F'drn1, FSeld and Stoch- 11Nn
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
TAR-PAVED WALKS.

Directions for the Construction of a High.
 1y Satisfactory Garden Walk.
 The London Garden, speaking of these walks as well adapted to the kitchen garden, says that it is an error to suppose that they may be made by simply pouring tar over stones, cinders and coarse sand, and then gives the fol- lowing directions, and states that walks thus made will be very durable, clean and perfectly free from odor or liability to soften in the hottest weather; a coat of tar, put on with a brush, being re- quired in few years:
 First, the foundation must be per- fectly solid, and constructed of hard and durable material, three inches in thickness of the tar paving being am- pie for all purposes; the stones used should be perfectly free from dirt and of hard, angular character, in order that they may wear well and keep firm ly together. The stones must be burnt in large heaps like ordinary clay ballast, sifted while they are very hot, and mixed with tar that has been heated until the whole is thoroughly saturated. This process is the secret of making tar-paving. If mixed when the stones are too hot. the tar is burnt; if when too cold, the sat uration is imperfect. It requires some experience to know the exact heat nec- essary for successful mixing These paths should always be edged with the durable material, never live edgings, al- though, if desired, such may be planted outside the edging. The tile or brick edging serves to prevent the crumbling away of the paving. Take care in lay ing the paving that it is rolled until no interstices are left; the ordinary iron garden roller is of no use for the pur. pose. A heavy one of solid stone is needed for consolidating all properly. The material should be laid in two coats, one coarser than the other. As to the surface, crushed spar or shells and sharp sand may be used; I prefer the she'll, which may also be sprinkled on the path occasionally after the paving is perfectly dry.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
A DEPOT STORY.
How Brakeman Ditched a Train With
 Great Success.

How a Brakeman Ditched a Train With Great Success.
 Horrible, horrible! sir; l say horri- ble. I never want to witness such a sight again" He was little fat fellow buttoned up in a neat suit of clothes, that proclaimed him drummer at first sight; his little round nose peeped over his curled lawn-tennis mustache as if to see what his mouth was saying.
 What has happened?" chimed in the usual old woman in mourning and spec tacles, who is always around every depot.
 'Why," said the fat man, after get ting his breath, Il walked down the track to get a little fresh air, when standing watching freight train pass, l saw brakeman fall down between the cars and with my own eyes saw forty-seven cars pass over him. Oh, it was horrible! horribler' Here the fat man closed his eyes as though to shut out the sight.
 And did it kill him?" broke in the old woman.
 1He l'tI HldI OpcHou HIS eyes, anu III an easy way said: ''Oh, no; it didn't kill him. How could it? Only forty. seven cars, and they only loaded with pig-iron, coal, etc. Kill him, my dear madame? No, indeed; he only ditched the engine and four box-cars, nine flat cars; after the forty-seventh car had passed over him he jumped up-as is always the case after forty-seven cars has run over a man-and commenced to examine the track to see what dam- age had been done. He said to me he was glad he hadn't broken any of the rails or fractured any of the car wheels, as the company would take it out of his pay"
 ''Oh, I'm so glad he wasn't killed" exclaimed the usual old woman.
 ''And so am l." said the fat man.
 The train had just come in, the old woman and her band-boxes got aboard, the fat man went forward to the smoker to smoke and think what idiots some people are.-The o1dqe.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
NUMBER 8.

old age the person by whom m his boy hood it had been marked for life. There are some few other specimens of land tortoise in this country. There is one on the western prairies consid- erable larger than ours. And in the South there is very large one, known as the gopher turtle. This creature has shell nearly fifteen inches long, and is so strong that it can move under a weight of two hundred pounds, so that it might easily carry man on it's back.
 It lives in underground burrows in sandy forests, and does its prowling by night, often making havoc in the sweet potato and melon patches of the inhab- itants. So the good people of the Gulf States do not altogether relish the gopher.
 It is the water-turtles, the terrapins of our fresh waters and the great sea turtles which are the delight of epicures. Of the fresh-water species we have sev- eral varieties, from little fellow of the waters of Pennsylvania and New Jer- sey not four inches long, to the great and fierce snapping-turtle with she'll nine inches and more in length. It is said to have been taken of four feet in total length, from snout to end of tail.
 To kill this creature does not kill it's snapping propensities; the head will live for hours after being cut off, and has been known to snap boys finger or the leg of an investigating hen hours after it ought to have been dead. It is not safe thing to throw the head of snapper in the grass as trap for prowl ing chickens or curious boys.
 There is one other odd peculiarity of tortoises and some other reptiles with which we may conclude. If we want to breathe freely, we open our mouth to do so; but if the mouth of tortoise or toad be kept open by inserting a stick between its jaws, it will soon sui locate for want of breath.
 This may seem impossible, yet it may be easily explained. All the higher animals breathe by pumping the air into and out of their lungs. We do our air-pumping by means of the dia- phragm, broad membrane below the lungs, which moves up and down at every breath, and opens and closes the lungs successively. In the tortoise the mouth is the pump. It takes in mouthful of air. Then it closes its lips, contracts the cavity of the mouth, and drives the air down into its lungs. If the mouth be kept open, this pump will not work, since the air will rush outward instead of downward.
 This is one of the odd facts of nature. As many fish can be drowned by being fastened under water and not allowed to come to the surface, so many air breathers can be suffocated by being placed in an ocean of air with their mouths wide open. - Charles Morris, in Harper's Young People.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
A POST-MORTEM.
The Duties and Responsibilities of the Of
 ficisting Surgeons.

The Duties and Responsibilities of the Of ficisting Surgeons.
 Few persons upon reading an &C., count of post-mortem examination stop to consider the importance of the matter or the time taken up to do the work of an autopsy. The post-mortem surgeons are important officers, who make all the medico-legal examina- tions for the city, and are the medical witnesses for the State in cases where post-mortem examinations are re- quired. There are two post-mortem physicians in Baltimore, Dr. s. V. Hoopman, for the ten lower wards, and Dr. l.. W. Councilman, for the ten upper wards.
 A reporter, wishing to witness the post-mortem work, called on Dr. Hoop man short time ago just as he was starting to perform such duty. The case was a very important one, being one of the late murders committed in the eastern section of the city. Ar irving at the house, about twenty med ical students were found, who ac- companied Dr. Hoopman to the room where the dead body lay. A table was prepared by covering it with an oil cloth. The clothing was removed from the body, and it was placed on the table. The doctor carefully inspected the corpse and noted all wounds, which in this case were found to be three, two bullet-wounds and one knife-gash. The head was first examined. An in- cision was made from ear to ear over the top of the head, followed by gush of blood, which made some of the spectators remember that they were needed outside for moment. The scalp was reflected backward and forward and the skull exposed. The skull was then sawed around on a line with the eyebrows. When the top of the skull was removed the doctor took out the brain. The beautiful organ, with its Assures and convolutions, was mass of blood, the fatal bullet having plowed it's way di- agonally through it. An inspection of the neck showed that another bullet had entered at the back, passed through toward the front, severing the carotid artery and jugular vein. The next move was to make long incision from the chin down to the navel. The breast bone was dissected and the heart and lungs taken out for inspection. After carefully examining the heart, the doc- tor remarked that ''the column@ car nae, chorde tendinee and auriculo-ven- tricule and semi-lunar valves are all healthy" The lungs were found healthy A piece thrown in water would not sink, which the doctor said was test for healthy lungs. The stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas and intestines were all in turn carefully re- moved and inspected. All this com pleted, the organs were replaced and the incisions carefully sewed up. So completely is this done that when the body is dressed the fact of post-mor- tenn examination having been made IS not apparent.
 How many post-mortems have you made during the yearP" asked the re- porter.
 '' About forty, and about one hun dred since have been making post mortems."
 Glancing at the watch it was found Shat four hours had been occupied in performing the interesting examlna- tion.-BGltInOre Sun.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
ILLUSTRATED JOURNALISM.
What Has Been Accomplished in This Line by an EnterprIsing Pennsylvania Week.

What Has Been Accomplished in This Line
 by an EnterprIsing Pennsylvania Week.
 ly.
 The great success oi the metropolitan Journals in the new departure of illustrat- ing their columns by the delineation of prominent men and matters with fidelity to both art and nature never before com bined has so stimulated one of the Repub- lcan staff that he is unwilling to have that publication any longer chased with the progressive and old-fogy news papers that cling to the old ways. He has ac- cordingly, when on his rounds in search of news, equipped himself with a sketch book, and as occasion offered has picked up some little things which, after careful exc cution in the hands of an expert engraver, retained for this special task at great e&- pense, are here reproduced for the benefit of our readers.
 It is with pleasure that we present this morning to the many readers of the Repltb- Iicdn some account of most agreeable visit recently made to the extensive and fertile farm of Farmer Toprider, which is situated on the banks of the Overfowing Ow-Wallow Creek, in TaraXacum Township. The owner of this garden-spot of nature, whose portrait we give below, stands out at the summit of his profession, as will be observed by his title, and is ad- mitted by all of his acquaintances to be
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
Lost His Mind.

"Old man Pennybunker has married again."
 You don't tell me so."
 "Yes, and he has married right young girl, forty years younger than he is.''
 ''Well, I declare. His other wife only died six months ago. and he went on so at the grave that l expected that he would lose his mind"
 Well, you see your prediction has come to pass-"--TerGs Stftt1lgs
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
VOLUME XIV.
GROWING OLD.

Pm growing old. daily feel The years are creeping on apace, The seasons and the birthdays steal Around with but little space; The lines are deeper on my brow, My walk is more sedate, I'm told, My friends are fewer, choicer now
 Pm growing old. The things that pleased me when a boy No longer please, but bore instead; The friends that gave me greatest joy Are scattered far and wide-or dead. find my mem'ry has a gap. 1 thrice retell a tale retold, I like an after dinner nap
 I'm growing old. I'm growing old. Alack Alack! But yesterday 1 was a boy, With life before, an unknown track, dream of gold without alloy. Oh, but to live it OCT again! Oh, for the days of youth and gold But boys are boys and men are men
 Pm growing old.
 -J. T. Burgess, in Detroit Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
African Malignity.

Jim Webster was heard to express him. self very strongly in regard to the honesty of Sam JOhnsing.
 "YOu seem to have a prejudice against him." remarked Colonel Yerger.
 Oats whar you am mistaken, but can't spress how much hates him."
 "You seem to hate him like poison"
 "Wusser den dat. I hates him SO dat when he dies Pse gwinter tend his obse uui. ous burial L"-Teras Stfti7lqs.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23

Much is said in favor of the new kind of bricks made from the waste sand of glass factories, which often accumu- lates in such large quantities as to occa- sion much inconvenience. For utiliza- tion in this way, the sand is subjected to an immense hydraulic pressure, and then baked in furnaces at a high temperature, so as to produce blocks of various forms and dimensions, of a uniform white color, which are composed of almost pure silex. The crushing load is from two to three tons per square inch.- Cktcaqo Journal
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
THE GABLE END

of his well-filled barn. It is, howeve in the livestock department that he shines pre- eminent, and as we wandered at will among his sleek-coated Jerseys and well-groomed horses we sighed forth the aspiration that should it be our lot at the close of this ex- istence to assume animal shape we desired nothing better than to be assigned to such quarters as those occupied by fine
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23

This closes an interview which will al- ways be connected with pleasant memories ID the future, and lead, we trust to many more occasions of the same character.- WestcheSter (Pd.) Republican.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
CHEsTER-wHITE PIG,

which was industriously engaged in stow. ing away quantity of Farmer Toprider's prime corn.
 After spending some hours very pleasant ly inspecting the farm and its accessories, during which we sought for information and did not hesitate to apply
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The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23

With what an air of calm superior ity hen will gobble a worm after tho rooster has scratched it upi There are lots of hens in the world.-The Judge,
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23

The Presidency of the United States is to be abolished. It is Le FigGro, tha Parisian truth-teller. tha, lets us know about it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
THE PUMP

to Farmer Toprider, who most kindly re- sponded to our interrogatories, we were in- vited to the house and feasted upon some of Mrs. IFS noted handiwork in the shape of an elegant
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-01-23
LADDER OF FAME.

The neat appearance of his farm build. ing quickly attracts the eye, and it is at once apparent to the most casual observer that the hand of an artist alone has ap- piled the whitewash to
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-23

IT was just ten years last Friday
since the day when brave General
Custer and his famous little band of
soldiers were massacred on Little Big
Horn river, in Montana, by the In
dams. Everybody knows the history
of that eventful day. Clusters force
was divided into three columns-one
commanded by Maj. Reno, another
by Col. Benteen and the third by
Custer himself. The plan was for
these three columns to take different
routes converging toward the village
on the Little Big Horn. The rest of
the story may be told in one sentence.
Reno and Benteen failed to come to
time, Custer and his men reached the
village, fought an overwhelming force
of indians till every man died in his
tracks. For mile or more their
bodies were found strung along the
banks of the Little Big Horn, just
where they fell, The particulars of
this last fight are as thrilling as the
story of Thermopyle. 1t ought to
be put into the school books for
American boys to read and draw
inspiration from.
Custer himself could have escaped.
His Indian scout begged to show him
a way down the revine to a place Of
safety, but he shook his head and
waved the scout away. He preferred
to die with his men rather than leave
them. We doubt if there is more
noble or heroic character in all his.
tory than Geo. A. Custer.
West Virginia boys should read
the story of his life again and again.
He was q second Leonidas equal to
the frst.-[New Dominion.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-23
The Pension votes,

The New York Sun, which is in
clined to be adverse to the Admins
tration, takes the following reasonable
views of the Presidents vetoes of
Pension bills. To those who condemn
everything done by the present AID.
ministration it will appear as moth.
ing, but to the sober, thoughtful citi-
zen, there is much in it of good.
We are convinced that the Presi.
dents conduct in respect to the pen.
sion bills which he has refused to ap.
prove can be used to injure him only
by misrepresentation
To pretend that he is actuated by
any unfriendly feeling toward our
disabled soldiers or sailors is absurd
There can be no doubt that among
the thousands of claims for pensions
there are some which are dishonest
and ought not to be allowed Congress
itself denies many applications for
reasons "hlch we may assume TO be
varied Most OF the pension bills
WHICH congress passed nave been APP
proved Dy the president. In those
cases where ne mas withheld his APP
ProVaI Ihe veto is 70 be taken, not as
a declaration against pensions gener.
any Du1 as an expression OIL The Pres
IoehV o'ssen1 rom inc conclusion
Ie"Cneo Dy Congress-or' rather, by
One IensIon Committee' by whom
"'One' inc IacOS are lnVesugated-ln
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-23

MoRRIsoN's free trade bill having
been killed, business is reviving. =
journal.
Bro. Dawson can never learn to call
things by their right name, especially
when there is self interest at stake.
He ought to have told his readers
something about this free-trade(? )bill
of Mr.. Morrison's. BY the way,
though, Mr.. Dawson has never yet ex-
planned the difference between Rev
enue Reform and free.trade. He
failed to do so during the last cam
paign. Will he evade the same ques-
ton put to him now? We pause for
an evasion by him.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-23

THE other counties Of this State
should pattern after Jefferson county.
There they have ten months school
in two districts, and nine months
school in the others. This argues
much for the brain of the voters of
Jefferson, who, by encouraging the
school propose'to keep the gray matter
of their posterity in just as fine con.
dition as their own. The teachers, too,
of Jefferson county are engaged in a
commendable enterprise, manly: that of
publishing catalogues oftheir schools,
thus keeping up the spirit of their
profession. We say bravo! jefferson,
and we commend your work.
[School Journal.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-23

THE vote in the House of Repre-
sentatives upon the bill to grant a
pension to Elizabeth Luce. has an i'm
portance much greater than that of
the bill itself This was one of the pri-
vate pension acts vetoed by the Pres
ident. A majority of the committee
on pensions recommended that it be
passed Notwithstanding the Pres
idents objections, but the House, by
a vote of 116 ayes and l24 noes, re-
fused to follow the committees adj
vice and sustained the President.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-23

A REPUBLICAN, partisan, holding
Office under Democratic Admins
trat.on, must always be an offensive
partisan.
To speak OF q Republican office
FOLDER under Democratic government
as anything else than an offensive
partisan, is meaningless colloca-
ton Of irreconcilable terms. 1t is
like describing a person asa friendly
enemy.
A Republican oficeholder who, un.
der Republica rule, has been
personally active in politics, and who,
under q Democratic Administration
suspends his activity in order to re
tain his Office, adds to his offensive
craftsmanship new quality of fence.
He becomes more or less of sneak.
There is nothing odious or dishon-
orable in offensive partnership. An
inohensive partisan is poor stick.
But the place for offensive partisans
of the Republican sOr: is out of Office
while the Democratic party is carry
ing on the Government. The.offensive
partisans who should then fill the
offices are Democrats.
Offensive partnership is cause for
removal. Whether it is recognized
or ignored, the cause exists in the
case of every Republican still holding
Office in any branch of the executive
department.
No other reason for removal need
be sought or offered than this: He
is a Republican; he should go.-N.
Y, Sun,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-07-23

1t is ordered by the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Second
Congressional District OF West Vir.
ginia, that Convention be held st
Keyser, Mineral county, on the oath
day of August, 1886, at IL o'clock
A. NJ, TO nominate the candidate of
said party for Representative in the
Fiftieth Congress of the United
States from said District. The Ex-
ecutive Committee of the several
counties of the district are requested
to take the proper steps for the APP.
pointment of delegates to attend said
Convention; and it is recommended
that each county appoint not more
than one delegate for each one hun.
dred Democratic voters in the coun.
ty, and one for any fraction of one
hundred over fifty. By order of the
Committee,
Q. w. DALEY, Chairman.
w. S. Raymond, Secretary.