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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-12-15
PITH AND POINT.

When a man has no design but to
speak plain truth he isn't apt to be
talkative.
-''All things are for the best" and
that is probably the reason why the
really hard-up man never gets any
thing.
There is no greater mistake than
! that made by the man who is selfshly
seeking any kind of happiness at the
expense of others.
There is no calling that is not
made better by brains. No matter
what a mans work is, he is a better
man for having a thorough mind
drilling g.-Beecher.
"A man of strong character always
makes enemies, but because a man has
many enemies you can not be quite
sure that he is a man of strong char
acter.
There are lots of people who mix
their religion with business, but forget
to stir it up well. AS a result, the
business invariably rises to the top
Methodist AdUance.
1t is impossible to make people un-
derstand their ignorance; for it re-
quired knowledge to perceive it, and,
therefore, he that can perceive it hath
it.-Tdylor.
The most trivial circumstances are
able to put an end to our qualifications;
they are like beds of roses, where it is
very unlikely all the leaves should be
smooth, and even one that is doubled
suffices to make us uncomfortable.
The assumption of virtue is com.
mon to mankind, but none assume it so
loudly as those who have the least
right to it. By such people any short
coming on the part of others is made
a subject of complaint QuiUer.
There are two ways (says Frank
lin) of being happy-we may either
diminish our wants or augment our
means. Either will do-the result is
the same; and it is for each man to de-
eide for himself, and do that which
happens to be the easier.
In truth, it is often more praises
worthy in us to praise another wOrthily
than it would be for us to have done
the very thing which is deserving of
praise in that other To praise WORTH
lily is one of the best ways of being
praiseworthy.-S. S. Times.
TO dread no eye, and to suspect no
tongue, is the greatest prerogative of
innocence, an exemption granted only
+ to invariable virtue. But guilt has al
ways its horrors and solicitudes; and,
to make it yet more shameful and de-
testable, it is doomed often to stand in
awe of those to whom nothing could
give influence or weight, but their
power of betraying. DR.. S. johnson.
"A painter can not finish his pict-
ure if he stands close to the canvas.
He walks back, stands off, and thus
sees the whole at once. Many man
whose affairs were in snarl has gone
to sea, and in few weeks has seen the
whole tangle, and in few more has
seen how to get the tangle out. If he
had stayed he would have died in his
net. Stand back from your picture
DR.. Deems.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-12-15
"PLEAS :"
a WORD That Stayed in Kitty's Throat So
Long That 1t Almost Choked Her.

4 WOrc That Stayed in Kitty's Throat So
Long That 1t Almost Choked Her.
Kitty had of late got bad tone to
her voice. 1t was tone of command,
very unbecoming a little girl. Instead
of saying: "Will you be kind enough to
do this or that?" or: please do this?"
or: "Will youP" in a gentle tone, she
said: "Do this" or: ''Do that" like
little tyrant. Her mother, as you may
well think. was very sorry, and talked
with her little girl about this new fault.
One day her shoe came off while she
was playing. When it was near din
ner-time she called Bridget to put it on.
Bridget" she said, II want my
shoe on. Put it on quick, for my pa
will come SOON"
Bridget was doing something else in
the closet, and did not Immediately
come out.
Bridget" she called again, ''don't
you hear me? Come and put my shoe
on"
Her mother was in the next room,
and overhearing her little daughter,
said:
''Say please Kitty, and Bridget
shall put your shoe on"
Kitty pouted, but did not speak. She
took her shoe, sat down on the floor
and tried to put it on herself, which
was all very well had she not done it
angrily, for children ought always to
help themselves. Kitty tugged and
tugged at her shoe, but her little fat
foot. having grown fatter since the
shoe was bought, it fitted very tight; in
fact, Kitty could not get the shoe on.
Soon she heard her papa's step in
the entry, and began to cry.
Bridget, will help you, Kitty" said
her mother, looking into her chamber,
task her, my child"
But Kitty looked "No, shan't," J"
though she did not say so in so many
words. The dinner bell rang.
"You stay here, Kitty, until you can
ask Bridget properly to put on your
SHOE" and her mother went down
stairs"
Kitty turned very red and burst out
into hard, angry fit of crying. Then
she got up, ran into a little dressing
room and shut the door. Oh, naughty,
foolish Kitty How much trouble she
was making herself and how grieved
her parents were to see no dear little
Kitty in her own high chair at the table!
and for such a reason, too; that was the
worst of it.
By and by her papa came upstairs,
and not finding her in her mothers
room, went to the little room.
.'Where is my Kitty?" he asked, in
sad, sorry tone.
The little girl jumped up from the
corner, and going toward him, said:
"Oh, papa, please would not come
out of my throat; it stayed there; it al
most choked me; but it will now."
She took her fathers hand, and.
taking up the shoe, went to find
Bridget, and when she found Bridget,
she said:
''Please Bridget, put my shoe on a
naughty little girls FOOT
Bridget did it very willingly. Their
she ran downstairs, and throwing her
arms around her mothers neck, said,
with tear in her eye:
Mamma, please did stay in my
throat so long that it felt big and almost
choked me; but, mamma. it's out and l
think it will come quick next time.
Please kiss me mamma. I'm very
sorry"
Kitty did not get choked so again.
She found it easy to say please"
and please made the
little girl a great many friends.-S. S.
Visitor
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-12-15
Youthful Depravity.

"You don't look strong enough for
the work, my son." said the merchant.
Running an elevator in my store is a
hard job and the pay is small"
Eyes, sir" said the youthful appli-
cant, Il can do it. I'm little, but I'm
strong. I'm your 'oister."
And the strong man turned and wept.
Chicago Tribune
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-12-15
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
DOING WELL.

"Oh, dear, dear mer' mourned Emma,
Our teacher gave away
The loveliest pearl-handled knife
In writing-class to-day,
And who do you think got it?
That little Lulu Wing
THE scholar who had written best
Not 'xpecting any thing
And just to think" sighed Emma,
1T might have been my own,
could have written as well as she
II 1 had only known"
Alas my little Emmai
Are you so worldly-wise,
You think there is no use in work
Except it win prize?
That nothing is worth doing well
If nothing it will earn?
Indeed, your lesson of to-day
Was good for you to learn.
Never again refuse the toll
That true reward will bring,
'Tis doing well and always well.
''Not 'xpecting any thing"
-YOWfh's Companion
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-12-15
VOLUME XVIII.
The TIME TO LOVE.

Watched a youth and maiden by the sea;
The white foam dashed upon the rocks in
spray,
As sportive as fair children at their play;
It kissed her cheek and brow, from care as free
AS birds in summer; sm ling, tenderly.
He took her hand in his in manly way.
The picture fingered with me many day;
youth is the time to love" it said to me.
I watched them later, when the youth had
grown
To mans estate, and little ones were led
BY gentle hands; her face with gladness shone:
sab! manhood is the time to love- said.
Sweet love without thee age itself were lone;
Life and eternity by love are wed
Sarah X. Bolton, in " y ZadepsHdsnt.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-12-15

Pretended German Count won love
of farmers daughter. Lived with old
man six months, Got six suits OF
clothes, borrowed money and stole
horse. Old man wouldn't board Ger,
man Emperor oY.-Toled0 Bee,
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-12-15

What are our young men coming
toP-COming to see our girls, of course:
-.SifiRgS.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-12-15
PRETERNATURALISM.
How to Perform a Few Choice but
Simple Tricks.

Henry Hatton, the Magician, Explains the
Easy Way in Which Mysterious and
Perplexfng Manifestations Are
Successfully Produced.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-09-06
Woman's Ingenuity.

Laugh at the tinkering OF women as
you choose, but it has been my observa-
ton that almost every contrivance for
use In the house has been made and
suggested by the woman, and not by
the man. In almost every house where
there are children you will find baby
house, in size from a starch box to a
packing box, made by mammals hands.
Then there is the sitting-room sofa,
made from an old packing box.
A young housekeeper whose means
are limited, made the whole furniture,
with the exception of bed, TOR her bed
rooms. The dressing-case, or bureau.
was fitted with shelves instead OF draw
ers, and the whole covered with cur
tain Of cretonne. On the top OF either
end were placed small starch boxes
fitted with shelves, the whole covered
| with cretonne, with curtains to hide the
shelves. The goods were fastened down
with tacks which were hidden by mar
row pleating OF the same material.
| Above the washstand was placed look
! ing-glass about two-and-a-half feet III
/ length; over this was canopy OF Gre
tonne, the board at the top being about
ten inches in width and not quite the
length of the width of the glass. The
cloth was laid on the board in box
pleats. The whole separated in the
form of pair of curtains, and were Sc
cured with ribbon bows at the top OF
the stand. Under the glass was mar
row shelf with a lambrequin OF Gre
tonne The chairs were made OF boxes
covered with the same goods. No back
being used, the tops were padded with
cotton batting. The whole gave the
appearance of a handsomely furnished
room, the total cost not exceeding two
guineas.
This woman is no exception to the
rule. In nine cases out OF ten you VIII
find the girls quite as handy with tho
tools as the men; and, indeed, in many
parts of Europe you will find women
engaged in every branch OF carpentry
work. Yankee Blade.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-09-06
SCHOOL, AND CHURCH.


There are forty-three summer as
semblies modelled after the original
one at Chautauqua, N. Y, and its OUT
line of work is done in each.
An American Society of Church
History has been formed in New York
City, with Rev. DR.. Schaff as president.
and Rev. S. M. Jackson as secretary.
The society starts with distinguished
membership. Nv
Bishop Gilmour, of the Catholic
diocese of Northern Ohio, has or
dered that no priest shall officiate at
funerals where flowers are used. This,
he explains, is done to prevent the
abuse attending their use.
Canon Rawlinson, whose volumes
are known to all scholars, is about
seventy-three years old. He Is not
impressive in personal appearance,
nor is he popular preacher, on ac-
count of d serious impeachment in his
speech.
Christian work among railroad
men receives large share of attention
in England The report of the Rail-
| way Mission (of which the Earl of
Aberdeen is president) for the year
ending April 30 says there are SO
branches in London, 1856 in the Prov
inces, IL in Wales, q in Scotland and
10 in Ireland, making 264 in all, of
which "a have been formed during the
year. i.
AS, to the value of the work per-
formed in India by the first Protestant
missionaries-Carey, Ward and Marsh
mama native Hindu paper says:
"They created prose vernacular lit
erature for Bengal, they established
the modern method of popular educa-
ton, they gave the first grand impulse
to the native press, they set up the
first steam engine in India, and in ten
years they translated and printed the
Bible, or parts thereof, in thirty-one
languages.
New York is said to be one of the
strongest Catholic cities in the world.
1t has rs parish churches, 40 chapels
800 priests, 800 Brothers, 1000 relig-
ious women, 10000 pupils in Its col
leges, academies and parochial schools
and $4,000 poor or sick or orphaned
cared for in homes, hospitals and asy
lums. Full 100000, 900 are invested il
Catholic churches and institutions, an(
there are 100000 Catholics within thu
city limits. So the Boston Pilot says
Each pastor should preach mis-
sionary sermon every month. 1t neet
not be direct appeal for funds, blu
may simply present thoughts which
will be suggested by such texts as HI
first findeth his own brother, Simon,
my hearts desire and prayer to co.
for Israel is that they might b,
saved" II am debtor both to tn,
Jews and the Creeks It should b
constantly instilled into the mind O
the protesting Christian that he shout,
do something towards building up tn
kingdom of Christ. - Christian In
quirer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-09-06
CONNAUGHT'S SEA QUEEN.
One of the Most Remarkable Women Ire
land Ever Produced.

One of the Most Remarkable Women Ire-
land Ever Produced.
The most remarkable woman that
Ireland produced in the sixteenth
century, and one that has no parallel
in the history of her time, was Grainne
O'Mailly, the Sea Queen of Connaught.
She ruled the pirates of the Atlantic
coast with hand of. iron, and this in
an age when her sex was pretty well
sat down upon.
Awoman of splendid ply .ue, she
had the olive skin and lustrous black
eyes that are still common in Galway,
the result of intermarriage with the
Spaniards. The father of Grainne was
lord of the Isles of Arran, an intrepid
mariner who took his daughter with
him on his piratical expeditions, and
impaired to her such nautical knowl.
edge that when he died, though but
nineteen, Grainne took command of
his flotilla and could defy the most
powerful coast lord of Ireland.
She had wooden ships under her
command, but her squadron was large
ly made up of coracles," the ivy
wicker-work boats covered with horse
hide that are still to be found in use
among the peasantry in the wild hooks
of Connemara.
The sea queen of Ireland was not
content with plundering Spanish gall
Icons, but finally attacked English ves-
sells with such fierce persistence that
Elizabeth proclaimed her an outlaw
and offered five hundred pounds ster-
ling for her capture. Troops were
sent to lay siege to her castle, but after
a fortnight of fighting they reiterated
beaten.
When the fearless Irishwoman was
on her way home to Connaught ter
rible storm arose, and the fleet was
obliged to put in at Howth harbor. Al
the castle there she demanded shelter
for herself and !. men. but was SC
brusquely refused that she turned back
| toward the shore.
A beautiful child ran across her
path, followed by her nurse. Grainne
stopped them, found the boy was the
heir to Howth and without more ado
took him upon her mighty arms and
strobe off to her ship. She took hin
to Connaught and demanded as his ran
som the promise that forever at meal
times the doors of the castle should b,
thrown open and all wayfarers who
wished should be entertained. 1t il
worth noting that to this day tht
promise granted has been religiously
kent
The beautiful pirate proved her RICH
to her sex in the encouragement sh,
gave religion and education; her un
tagging love for her children; th'
high value she placed upon woman'i
virtue and courage, and the stron.
good sense and judgment that char
acterized her treaties. Chicago Nesrs
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-09-06
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, II

up and ran. He got one more shot at
them and moved them down like
grain. For couple Of days there was
no sign of Indians and then it seemed
they had got large achievements.
They tried the other side of the fort
and came dashing at us on horseback.
The moment the Indians were level
with the stakes old Slower pulled his
gun. 1t was the most awful havoc |
ever saw. The horses we're wild and
the old man fired eight volleys into EN-
before what was left got out of range.
THAT was the last we saw of the
Indians. The old man insisted on 60
ing and counting the dead. tried to
get him not to, for was sure the Indi-
ans were just laying low and would
nab him. But l was wrong. They
knew when they had enough and had
left for some healthier place. When
the old man came back he saidi
"'There's just sixteen of them for
every one they killed of mine, and six
teen over which is my share. Now, If
any accident should happen to me you
just take the horses and get back to
the settlement and sell every thing you
can to pay yourself. Your months up
to-day
II was pumping water at the time
and was not paying much attention to
Slower. He loaded up the machine
and tied rope to the lever. Good
bye, Bolder,' he cried.
Il looked up and saw him standing
in front of the barrels with the rope in
his hand. Before l could move he
gave the rope a jerk and was cut to
pieces.
Il got back all right, but the mis-
take of my life was that | did moi
patent old Stover's machine gun. "
Luke Sharp IN Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-09-06
PERSONAL. AND LITERARY.

--Brayton Ives has probably the
most valuable collection Of manuscripts
and rare books in America.
john Ruskin has written sixty
four books, and his annual receipts
from his publisher reach twenty thou.
sand dollars,
The Marquis of Lorne is about to
appear as poet. He has written a
number of books, but has never pub
lished any of his poems. His publisher
has just published love idyl by him,
which is handsomely illustrated.
DIR. Holmes humor is as delight
full as ever. A Buffalo woman, born in
the Bay State, asked the autocrat what
the authoritative pronunciation OF
Faneuil Hall was: "Some folks
Faneuil; old folks-Funnel "-Spring-
field Republican.
Charles Stewart Parnell is an en-.
thusiastic lover Of science. The branch
to which he devotes most attention is
that of engineering. AT his home at
Avondale he has a fine collection of
books on engineering, and he spends q
great deal OF time in their perusal.
in the last two installments of
Murray's new English Dictionary, ex-
tending from bra to cass, the Boston
Journal is quoted as one Of the author
tiles for the use of the following
words: Brick-batter, bucket-shop, buff
falo (robe), burglarize, cabinet-mak-
ing Tin politics). campaign Tin pol
itics), candy-pull, cant-dog.
During the year ending May l, the
total number of books circulated by
the Mercantile Library Association of
New York was 151,3l4 OF these
nearly $4,000 were works of English
fiction, 1900 of French fiction and
5000 of German fiction. The trustees
report that they are in great need of a
fire-proof building for the safe keeping
of the great collection Of books under
their charge.
The way in which the novel OF
"Ben Hur" was written is described as
follows: The author wrote first on a
slate to rub out easily, then on soft pa
per with pencil. His patience in
going over and over the same ground
till he had brought 1t UP to his standard
would have commanded the respect Of
an ant. The final copy of the book
was on large unruled paper, In violet
ink. SO exquisitely done that the pro
fessional reader of the Franklin Square
House pronounced it the finest manu-
script ever offered him.
IN. E. Dawson is said to have acted
as private secretary to more public
men than any man living. He acte(
as General Grants stenographer dur
ing the writing of his Memoirs,
and he has performed the same ofiic'
for Mrs. Grant. Mr.. Dawson has beef
gathering material together abou
J public men for the past ten years, ant
many of them have dictated sketche
of their lives to him, with the under
standing that they were not to be pub
lished until permission should be given
He files and indexes these notes, an
some day he will make very interest
ing book on the public men of thi
generation.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-09-06
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
BE A WOMAN.

Otrye heard gentle mother,
As the twilight hours began,
Pleading with son on duty,
Urging him to be q man.
But Unto her blue.eyed daughter,
Though with love-words quite as ready,
Points she out the other duty,
"Strive, my dear, to be lady"
What's lady, Is 1t something
Made of hoops, and silks, and airs,
Used to decorate the parlor,
Like the fancy rugs and chairsf
Is 1t one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that is human
II tbs this to be lady,
IT'S not this to be woman.
Mothers, then, unto your daughter
Speak OF something higher far
Than to be mere fashions lady,
woman is the brightest star"
fyou in your strong affectioi
Urge your son to be a true man,
Urge your daughter no less strongly
TO arise and be O woman.
Yes, d woman Brightest model
or that high and perfect beauty
Where the mind and soul and body
Blend to work out life's great duty.
Be o woman, naught is higher
On the gilded crest OF fame,
On the catalogue OF virtue
There's no brighter, holier name.
-Homdn's Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-09-06
A PRAIRIE ROAD.


Inc early aster's purple mist
Upon the dewy wayside lies,
Aud through their clouds of amethyst
The yellow sunfiowers rise.
LiAe candelabra, tall and bright,
Ine silyer-clustered mulleins show,
TIL tipping every branch. like light,
Their Furnished blossoms blow.
Beneath the briar's scented screen,
where shining spider-nets are strung
The nesting turkeys brood and preon
And hide their callow young.
And circling low the crested Jays
Adorn the sunny roadway fare,
And feast from OF the trailing sprays
The wild blaokberries bear.
while thrusting back tho leafy shields
The green mock-orange hedges hold,
a troop OF sparrows seek the fields
To rob them Of their gold.
And yonder through the plumy weeds,
where tufted cornfiower buds are blue,
A little russell rabbit feeds,
And drinks the morning dew.
On either side, on level sweep
VI poundless, glowing, golden miles,
The summer sky bends blue and deep,
Ana summer sunshine Smiles
-Acatsen Stein, In Indianapolis Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-09-06
One Dollar Per Year.

grumbled more than was necessary
about the giving. | do not feel alto
gether guiltless, but am well punish
ed. M a. Wilson, in Minneapolis
UOusekecDer.