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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11
WONDERFUL MEMORIES.
Persons Who Could Repeat Long Essays
 Alter Hearing Them Once.

Persons Who Could Repeat Long Essays
 Alter Hearing Them Once.
 There was d Corsican boy who could rehearse 10000 words, whether sense or nonsense. as they were dictated. and then repeat them in reversed order without making single mis- take. A physician, about 60 years ago. could repeat the whole of Para disc Lost'' without a.mistake, although he had not read it for 20 years. Euler. the great mathematician, when he be- came blind. could repeat the whole of Virgils 'E Ieid," and could remem. Der the first line and the last on every page of the particular edition which he had been accustomed to read be- fore he became blind. One kind of retentive memory may be considered as the result of sheer work, deter- imitation toward one particular achievement without reference either 10 cultivation or to memory on other subjects. This is frequent ly shown by persons in hum- Dle llle III IOSdIu lO lue DlDIe. All OlOl beggar man at Stirling, known about fifty years ago as Blind Alick," afforded an instance of this. He knew the whole of the Bible by heart, inas- much that if sentence was read to him he could name the book, chapter and verse, or if the book, chapter and verse were named. he could give the exact words. A gentleman. to test him. repeated verse, purposely mak- ing one verbal inaccuracy. Alick 'hesitated, named the place where the passage was to be found, but at the same time pointed out the verbal error. The same gentleman asked him 10 repeat the nineteenth verse of the seventh chapter of the book of Num- -bers. Alick almost instantly replied: "Therc is no such verse. The chapter has only S9 verses" Gassendi had acquired by heart 600? Latin verses, and in order to give his memory exer- else he was in the habit daily of recit- ing 600 verses from different languages. -Christian Weekly.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11
CIDER TURNED SOUR.
New York Wine Merchant Reveals a
 Secret of the Trade.

4 New York Wine Merchant Reveals a
 Secret of the Trade.
 "1his cider has turned sour"
 The speaker was the proprietor of a hotel on Broadway not very far from Twenty-third street. He addressed wine and liquor merchant who sat facing him. and who occasionally handles choice brands of cider for his weallhiest patrons and hotels. The merchant volunteered to buy the sour cider, to the surprise of reporter, who was also seated at the table. The following day the reporter called upon the merchant. and when the converse tion reverted to the sour cider the former was invited to visit the cellar.
 Descending a few steps, the report CT found himself in an extended range of underground rooms, filled with im- ported wines, liquors and cider. At the further end of the cellars were sev- eral rows of barrels differing from the remainder in that they were placed in different positions.
 "Here.' said the merchant, taking up champagne bottle. 'you see this? It is bottle of the imported cham pagne of the brand you saw opened the other night. Look at the label. I'm going to open the bottle and let you taste it. '"
 He did so. It was perfect. spark ling. fragrant and exquisite.
 'Now," said he. walking to the first of the row of barrels, rinse your mouth and taste this.
 1t is cider turned sour. believe" said the visitor.
 You are right" resumed the mer- chant, 'it is sour cider; like the sour cider took back from the hotel Well. the champagne you have been drink ing is bottled from these very casks of cider; and here are the casks in every stage of treatment from fl rst to last. I will prove it to you by testing the different stages, from the first 10 tho bottled article.
 This was done, and the reporter was convinced of his statement The mer- chant said that he couldn't tell the genuine article himself from the con- verted juice after it had been success fully treated. He believed very few men in the country were acquainted with the process, but asserted that it had become regular business in the French wine districts and Tn England.
 ''This seems to explain how it is-we drink more champagne ir America an- nually than the entire product of the French whey ards" said the reporter, and the merchant smiled, "-M ]; Sun,
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11

gone to smyrna on a merchantman, and I'll tell you how it happened: 1 went to a hotel to get my dinner, and as sat down at the table 1 saw man sitting opposite mo who gazed at mo with what I took to be an insolent stare. When got good look at him 1 forgot my deformity, and immedi- ately reached my hand across the table and said:
 Shake, neighbor. believe I owe you fifty cents
 'How's thatP' says he.
 We'll says l, l have made vow that if l ever met a man who had longer nose than I have I would give him half dollar, provided he would do the same when he met man whose nose discounted his At once the whole dining-room was in an uproar of laughter, and the stranger said: It's bargain. Pulling out his note book he wrote the receipt and I gave him half dollar I afterward learned that he was captain of a packet ship outward bound for Smyrna, Syria"
 After this Jerry had peace about his long nose, and the silver half dollar was taken by Captain Ballard to Smyrna There It was turned over to an English mate of an E ast Indiaman bound through the Suez Canal to Madras. The Englishman carried it for several years, and finally landed in San Francisco. where he, having hard streak of luck, enlisted in the United States regular Carmy, and went up among the Blackfeet Indians. near Fort Benton, where he was made prisoner.
 After being tortured in every con- ceivable way by the Indians, they cut off his nose and set him at liberty. He finally drifted to Boston, and as he was walking one day on Washington street, who should he meet but Jerry. Having heard from Captain Ballard how he came in possession of the sil- yer piece, he recognized Jerry. "Hellor' said he; lis your name Jerry Coldridge?"
 That's my name," said Jerry.
 '1 am happy 10 meet you, said the Englishman. ''Allow me to return to you the half dollar you loaned Cap tain James Ballard five years ago. 1 carried it around the world with me. and never found a man with nose as
  sec, lost mine now, and 1 think the clinker belongs to you"
 Jerry and the English mate became fast friends and went into business to- gether, and when you go into a little store on Dock square. in Boston. you will see the funny spectacle of one of the partners with . nose as long as your hand and the other partner with no nose at all.-M r Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11

into his wife's lap and gasped out: 'Gimme some camphor, Pm faintin'." Fans were quickly brought into acquisition, and the brides cam phor made to do duty. by which means we succeeded in reviving him. His first words were: ''Friends an feller citizens. that's worse that brakin' yoke of Texas cattle"
 After this came the long-delayed supper, then the justice whistled lively air, while we made believe we were young again, and danced to the merry music. am afraid our friends in the East would have looked on with stern disapproval if they could have
 seen how we. to use a slang phrase. literally "carried on. But all things have an end, and just as the first faint light of approaching day appeared in the cast, the guests departed, and tho newly-married couple went to theIr home in the 'dugout'' on the prairie. Mrs. Josie Morley. in Yanker Blade.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11
PRINCESS SALM-SALM.
The Closing Years of Woman Once Fl
 nous in American Society.

 nous in American Society.
 All middle-aged Washingtonians. and especially veterans in the army of the Potomac. will remember this .dashing adventures. She was Agnes Le Clerq, a native of Baltimore, who in early youth was a circus rider. dGaSeWse and star actress, by which accomplishments she accumulated quite fortune. When the war broke out she was making a great spread in Washington, though rather on the shady side of society, and was d prime fayerite among officers of the army of the Potomac. Finally she married a genuine Prince, German, Felix Salm- Salm, who had volunteered in the Union army. The Prince did not amount to much, but his wife was princess all the same, and through her still powerful influence he was made a Brigadier-General. Many will remember her spirited style of beauty, as she appeared in the reviews of those days, always dressed in semi military garb and riding magnificent ly upon a splendid stallion. When the war was over. and while the army was being reorganized. she passed a win ter III Washington, endeavoring to ob- tain for her husband Coloners s com mission, but she was unsuccessful, for really the Prince was not worth row of pins, and there were too many would-be Colonels. most of them belonging to the noble army of invincibles in peace and invisi- blos in war. If the complete history of Mime. Salm-Salm's intrigues, in pursuance of her purpose, were dragged into print, many fair repu- tation would suffer among the shining lights of the United States capital Afterward she came to Mexico, where the weak Maximilian was easily won to her cause, and soon Prince Salm- Salm was made aide-de camp to the Emperor. For a time they lived in clover, but when the crash came Salm- Salm barely escaped being executed with his master. Doubtless he would have been but for the energetic inter- sessions of his wife, who went on horseback, unattended, all the: way from Queretaro 10 San Luis Potosi, and on her knees besought the Indian President, Juarez, to- spare both the Emperor and his aide. She could not save the former, but the royal family of Austria was duly grateful. So it became to her advantage to re- turn to Europe, where the. Prince was appointed a Major in the Grenadier Guards of Prussia. After he. was killed, at Gravelotte. his irrepressible widow raised hospital brigade, which really accomplished great deal of good during the war;. .AfterWard she mar ried Charles Heneage, an attache of the British Legation at Berlin. But Mme. Agnes Le Clerq-Salm-Salm- Heneage did not find the scion of John Bull so plant and. manageable as her gentle German husband. and the pair soon separated. She died about four years ago, having met with more ad- ventures than any woman of her day. Word, in Troy (M Y) Times
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11
AN EXPENSIVE. JOKE.
How Detroit Grocer Collected a Debt of
 Long Standing:

How a Detroit Grocer Collected Debt of
 Long Standing
 They stoo d in front of grocer's on Michigan avenue yesterday and ore of them looked very sly and cunning as he said: Let's come a joke on him. I'll take that turkey down and hide it. and we'll hear him rave"
 He took the bird off the hook and started 10 hide it in barrel around the corner, when an officer who was coming up and had seen the theft took him by the collar.
 "Say, it is all in fun." protested the man.
 "Oh. is itP We'll, you can explain at headquarters. But the grocer knows me-. Does heH Come in and we'll see" The situation was explained to the grocer, and he looked hard at the man and replied:
 'I can't say that I know you.''
 But I have been trading here right along. My name is on your books. ;" Lets see you owe me a balance of seven dollars"
 "I-I guess so"
 And have owed it for four months. can't say as know you"
 But r m going to pay. Here-take it out of this ten. l always pay my debts"
 'Exactly-three dollars back Of ficer. think I know hm. Yes, Pm sure do. He took the turkey for fun, and you may let him go" "-DetroH Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11
NUMBER II.
PTa AND POINT.

-7De M1n is hard to please who does aoa enjoy good hca-Lh-z--r07- Cogri5r.
 Charity begins at home. Avarice locks the door and keeps it there. N C. PscayanG
 -Unearned Ilcremeut-The differ cnce between th. cost and price of a church-fair pe1wipsr.-Plsck-
 The average pill resembles Bau- quo's ghost r one particular It will not down. StGLe Journal
 The plumber is a good deal like the w0odcock. If it wasn't for his bill he wouldn't get any thing to eat Burlington Free Press.
 It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow-necked bottles-the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring out-Pope.
 Did you ever see doctor kick a banana-peel off the sidewalk or tell an acquaintance that he was sitting in draughtp-So SonlerUitLe Journal.
 The older a man gets the more difficult it is to pull the wool over his eyes. He has a good deal less wool, you know. YonEers Statesman.
 Sometimes the grandest opportu- nity of man life comes to him when he hast's dollar in his pocket and isn't able to borrow one. -PhiIadeI- phiG Call.
 The painter who works by electric illumination natutally prefers the Brush light. Noah, we believe, stuck to the arc for quite while. -BoSton Bulletin
 The duty on paper-To pay your subscriptions promptly. and under the consciousness that you get more for the money than can bs had in any other way.
 There is a difference between signing a marriage certificate and lecture contract, but some women are slow in finding it out-Boston Cont uonWealth.
 If the Recording Angel ever falls in love, the object of that sublime be- ing's adoration will doubtless be the man who sprinkles ashes on the ice before his residence. Lincoln Journal
 A weak mind sinks under pros- perity as well as under diversity. A strong and deep mind has two high est tides-when the moon is at the full, and when there is no moon. - AnOn
 An exchange says: 1.-The Films depend almost wholly on fish" The obligation in that case is mutual. Were it not for the fins, the fish could scarcely get o1 in the world. -Bitg- hanlpto1a Republican.
 A French philosopher asserts that "He is the happiest who makes the greatest number happy" and the French philosopher is right, if, with the most of mankind, he thinks that the greatest number is No. 1.-JourHGL of EducGtion.
 The man who planted tree to raise wood for his own coffin has just died at Akron, O.. three years after the tree was cut down. It is Akrono- logicalfa fact that this man has died some where annually during the past quar- ter of a century at least. Hereafter the tree planted should be ''ehest- nut ," "-NorriSto1On Herald
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11
THE COLONEL'S TRIAL.
He Didn't Want to Hear Mirsndu Tal
 But She Wouldn't Hush.

He Didn't Want to Hear Mrsndu Talk
 But She Wouldn't Hush.
 One of the most annoying faults Of ihe hired "colored lady is her persist ent disposition to talk about the affairs of her own family. Sometimes, despite every attempt at Encouragement, she will begin a story, of which her brother is the hero, and keep it up until pa tience is gray-haired with age. Ma rinda Napoleon, likely coL0red woman, applied to Colonel We5heral for position of trust in his family. She began to tell him of her honesty.
 That makes no difference" said the Colonel. "I don't care whether olt are honest or not, and you may be reasonably negligent in the discharge of your duties. but there is one thing l wish to impress upon your mind"
 Whats dat, Colonel? ease I can do any thing
 "l do not wish you to take me into your confidence and tell me about your family. don't want to hear a word about your mother and father"
 '1 erStan,ls, sah."
 "I will pay you extra to keep your mouth shut. Speak when you are spoken to. and then merely answer questions.
 "Why, sah, dis is de place dat Fse been looking fo' all desc years. spies folks dat is allus wantin' CT pus- son ter tain dem wid conversation, ease CT body gifts tired. Now, dar's my sister Jane, she's de udder way, an'-'
 But you are not to speak of your family"
 ''Dat's de pint, sah, dat's de pint. 1 Iwarked last year for Misses Simson, an de folks kep' me CT talkin' all de time, an mudder she tell me not ter pay no 'tention ter de folks"
 "Never mind all that. I don't wish to hear anything of your mother. l don't want you to mention your family while you are in this house."
 "Cose yer doesn't, sah; an I doesn't blame yer tall. De las word my brud- der Henry said ter me fore lef' dis mawnin' wus gibben me vice how ter please der white folks. Henery he's CT favorit all down in our neighborhoOd. Worked for old man Desmukes three years, an wouldn't CT quit den 'cept de ole man died an ernuder pusson tuck de place. Henry's de fines han wid horses yer ever seed. Dat clay bank hoss O Mir. Anderson's, whut wouldn'tlet nobody go in de stable"
 tSay, Marinda, you"
 Its jes' like I tell yer. Oar want a blessed soul on de place dat could do nuthin' wid dat hoss, an Henry-'
 ''Listen to me. I tell your
 "Yes, sah. What was yer bout to observer"
 ''I told you that I wanted to hear nothing about your family. I see, though, that you are like all the others. Go on"
 "Yes, but Henry he tux blin' bridle-"
 "Stopr'
 Didn't yer tell me ter go on?"
 "Yes. l tell you to go away from here. don't want you"
 ''Whut yer gree ter hire me fur, den? Ain't my s'ciety pleasin' ter yer?"
 You can't keep your mouth shut, and I don't want you. Now go"
 "Why, yer's de curiest pusson l neb- Der seed. Doan' kere ter stay heah, ease yer's sorter common folks, mo- how. Tse glad I refused yer offer ter hire me. Good mawnin', sah. "-Opie Read, ia Teras SitttnQs.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11

--2Ut 1u Is hard to please who toes 'oe ani1y good hla-L-f--r077
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11
VOLUME XVII.
A SKATING SONG.

Skate, skate, skate,
 Early and late, While the ice is sparkling and strong;
 And the air as gay,
 In its winter array, As in summer with flower and song; With the laugh, and the shout, And the dazzling quick rout, And the musical click of the skate.
 Skate, skate, skate, Keep your knees straight, And your arms from the windmill sprawl;
 For the ''outer roll, And the firm "cross roll' Strike out, with no fear of fall; With the head quite upright, And with grace, and delight, And the rythmical glide of the skate.
 Skate, skate, skate,
 The figure eight" And the figure three" in both ways;
 And the double three,"
 Back and forward free, And loop in it's serpentine maze; With the laugh ard the shout, And the dazzling quick rout. And the musical click of the skate. -La1ra Sanford. tg " r. HedepeRdeat.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11

Sir John Lubbock. in his lecture on "Savag S" says that the negroes never kissed until they were taught by the white people,
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11
ARTISTS OIL COLORS.
Combinations That Are Used m the Pro-
 duction of Paintings.

duction of Paintings.
 From the cochineal insect is ob- tained the gorgeous carmine, as we'll as the crimson, scarlet and purple lakes. Sepia is the inky fluid discharged by the cuttle-fsh, to render the water opaque for its own concealment when attacked. Indian yellow is from the urine of the camel. Ivory black and bone black are made out of ivory chips. The exquisite Prussian blue is got by fusing horses hoofs and other refuse animal matter with impure potassium carbonate. It was discovered by an ac- cident In the vegetable kingdom are included the lakes, derived from roots barks and gums. Blue-black is from the charcoal of the vine stalk. Lamp black is soot from certain resinous sub stances. From the madder plant, which grows in Hindustan, is manu- factured turkey red. Gamboge comes from the yellow sap of tree. which the natives of Siam catch in cocoanut shells. Raw sienna is the natural earth from the neig ghborhood of Sienna, Italy. When burned, it is burned sien- ma. Raw umber is an earth from um- bria, and is also burned.
 To these vegetable pigments may probably be added India ink, which is said to be made from burnt camphor. The Chinese, who alone can produce it, will not reveal the secret of its compo- sition. Mastic-the base of the varnish so called-is from the gum of the mas tic tree, indigenous to the Grecian archipelago. Bistre is the soot of wood ashes. Of real ultramarine but little is found in the market It is obtained from the precious lapis lazuli, and commands fabulous price. Chinese white is zinc. Scarlet is iodides of mercury. and cinnabar, or native yer million, is from quicksilver ore.-M o. Picayttne.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-02-11

Miss Prime - Philosophers dis agree as to which period of life seems the longest to mankind. What is your opinion, doctor?" Doctor (meditative- lv)-Well, it varies. In women, for instance, the longest is generally be- tween twenty-nine and thirty. 1 know in my wife's case ten years elapsed be- tween her twenty-ninth and thirtieth birthday. ."--Judge.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-04
THIRTY EIGHT VOTERS
WHOSE BALLOTS WERE NOT COUNTED IN
BOONE COUNTY.
Democrats Distrauchissd BY Republican Election
Commissioners - Shameful rand-Ths
Wayne County PalsshOOd Mailed
Progress Of the Recount
Special Ttltgrum 10 The Rtgiasr.

Speetd! TtlfgrdH 10 The RIgis,er.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, December s.
The Ercning Gazette prints the following
important information concerning frauds
in Boone county:
Mr.. ]. W.. Smoot, a former Sheriff of
Boone county, while looking over the re-
turns from the various precincts in that
county, was amszsd to find that one pre-
cincts, the name of which our informant
has forgotten, showed a solid Republican
vote. As this precinct always gave good
number of Democratic votes, Mr.. Snoot
at once mounted his horse and pro-
ceed6d to investigate. He found thirty
eight staunch, reliable Democrats, who
bad voted the straight Democratic ticket
at that precinct, and who were amazed and
indignant when informed that their votes
had not bean counted. They have ex-
pressed their willingness to swear that
they had voted the Democratic ticket
straight Mr.. Smoot gave this information
in person TO our informant, who is relis.
bic gentleman and a resident of this city,
who has just returned from Boone county.
The matter will be attended to without
delay by the proper authurities.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-04
HARDLY PROBABLE.
A Report Thst Senator Ksnus VIII

A Report That senator Ksnns viii bs
Opposed by Hon. II. q. Davis.
PTTTsBURG, December 3 The Pod pub
fishes the following relative 70 West v'r.
ginia roIitis There Is considerable talk
here about the probabilities OF ex-senator
Henry q. Davis, Of West Virginia, succeed.
ing Senator Kenns. /. is undeIssood that
the Democrats ouly claim the West Vir-
giuia Legislature by one ms ority, and that
there Is probability Of . row over choos'
ing Mr.. Kenns's succeaOr. General Gof
says Mr.. Kepns cannot be reelected. Some
Of Mr.. Davis friends think be can make &
deal" With the Republicans and secur.
enough Democratic votes 10 tl stt him 10 the
Senate. Mr.. Davis is personally very stou,
With the Preside 1t-elect. His daughter bAl
been Mr.. Harison's guest for 90 ne weeks
past, going to Indianapolis Just previous 10
the election. II IL thought tha. should ths
Republicans find that they cannot elect one
Of their party. q combination can be made
which might result 10 the selection Of Mr..
Davis. Mr.. DAVIS has served two terms In
the United States Senate and each time Wa
elected by the aid Of Republican votsra
The relations let Ween Mr.. Davis and Mr..
Kenra are not at all cordiil, and for this
reaton Mr.. Davis In talkei about.