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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-11-17
PITH AND POINT.

1t is often an educated taste and
an ability to appreciate an object which
makes it valuable, while ignorance can
see in it Youths Companion.
If you want to find out mans
real disposition, take him when he's
wet and hungry. If he is amiable
then, dry him and fill him up, and you
have an angel.
Never be afraid of criticism or
ridicule; always remember that opposi-
ton and calumny are often the bright
est tribute that vice and folly can pay
to virtue and wisdom. .-R. B. Hayes
When his animal strikes 2:20
gait, the turfman knows that he's on
the road to wealth. But for the ordi-
nary farmer at the county fair the road
to wealth leads through the exit gate.
-"Call for All Song" said an Aus
traliau judge to the Hibernian court
crier in Chinese lawsuit. Gentle
men" shouted the crier to the spec
tators, ''would one of yez favor His
Honor with a song?"
Don't keep on hand too many cut
and dried theories. A foot rule is
convenient thing for carpenter to
carry about with him; but man who
is always ''sizing up'' other peoples
opinions by private rule of his own
is apt to be bore.
1t is the habitual thought that
frames itself into our life. 1t affects
us even more than our intimate, social
relations do. Our confidential friends
have not so much to do in shaping our
lives as the thoughts have which we
harbor.
Many a man seems reader to work
almost anywhere else than in his own
sphere. His proper and legitimate
work he counts as drudgery, while
there is a certain fas cination to him in
work which is not his appointed task.
Yet, as practical matter, the man
who will not do his own work is not
worth much in the doing of any body
else's work.
Some of the simplest things in life
are the hardest to learn. Any man
who knows how to think, realizes the
fact that you can't by any possibility
add two and two and make six, and yet
hundreds of intelligent people work on
the principle that they can secure
1,2OO living out of 5000 in cash or its
equivalent.
Life consists not of a series of illus
trious actions or elegant enjoyments;
the greater part of our time passes in
compliance with our necessities, in the
performance of daily duties, in the re-
moval of small inconvenience, in the
procurement Of petty pleasures, and we
are well or i'll at ease as the main
stream of life glides on smoothly or is
rutfied by small obstacles and frequent
observations.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-11-17
THE CORAL INDUSTRY.
Rapid Decline of Once Lucrative Busi-
ness in Italy.

Rapid Decline of a Once Lucrative Busi-
ness in Italy.
The report of the British Consul at
Naples that the once famous coral
fishery of Tore del Greco is rapidly on
the decline is piece of intelligence
which has long been expected. Year
after year the end of this once lucra-
tive industry has been approaching
nearer and nearer. For the coral
fisheries of Sicily and the vicinity are
experiencing the fate which has over
taken our oyster beds. They have
been overdredged. The oyster scalp5
can with care be replaced, but it is eX-
tremely doubtful whether an equally
good fortune is in store for the more
valuable coral banks. The oyster shell
and the pink branch of the coral are
composed OF exactly the same sub
stance. But, while the mollusk can
gather enough of lime for it's house
in the course of a season or two, the
delicate polyp takes a long time
to collect particle after particle of
of the Mediterranean and then by some
mysterious organic process color the
dense mass. 1t must, therefore, fol-
low, even allowing that the fishermen
intermit operations for some years, that
what was once a busy occupation for
thousands will for years be reduced to
very small proportions. This is what
the Neapolitans are expecting. Dur
ing the present season only one hum
dred boats were equipped, and the aver
age return was last year no more than
three tons for each, and of this much
was dead or broken coral, which brings
comparatively small price. In the
palmy days of the trade Tore del
Greco would often send out five hun
dred boats, each manned by ten or
twelve men, the outfit representing,
before a single haul was made, about
f4S0 each, while the profit from
the venture often rose as high
as 20 per cent. 1t is not half as
much now, and the gain has been
further reduced because the cost of
wages, tools and other expenses have
rapidly increased. The result is that
the boat owners are abandoning the
business, hiring out their craft for
ordinary fishing, employing them to
transport stone for the builder, who,
in new Italy, is so busy, or, when they
are unfit for the purpose of the COM
mon carrier, breaking them up for fire.
wood As for the coral fishers, they
are migrating in large numbers either
tc the United States or the Argentine
and Uruguay. which has al
ways attracted the Italians far more
than the colder regions of the north,
while others are finding employment
in agriculture or other trades. At
Tore del Greco there was q time when
fully four thousand people found en-
ployment in this industry. Barely
fourth OF the number can now make
and the chances are, as we
have said, that this year will sec the
ranks of the coral fishers still further
deplett d.--N, y Herald,
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-11-17
VOLUME XVII
REVERIES OF A BACHELOR.

MethInks hear him in the night,
Trying to pacify from fright
And guarding from mosquitoes bite
Those twinlets!
And as he bears one on each arm,
Longing in vain for peaceful calm,
He wishes 'em on a baby farm
Those'twinlets!
Laying each child upon its back,
He gropes to find the ipecac,
And steps bare-footed on a tack
Confound those twinletsl
he thinks of freedom long ago,
And rest he can no longer know,
And wonders, why should fate bestow
Those twinletsl
He envies then his old-time friend,
Who time 'twixt stage and club may spend,
Secure from summons to attend
Those twinletsi
Rail not, my friend, on loss of rest,
But nobly waves of effort breast.
And thou shalt own that thou vert blest-
With twinIets!
And after lapse of years score,
Methinks ope his library door,
See hopeful suitor asking for
A twinlet.
And later, sitting at his ease,
While fair-haired cherubs climb his knees,
Methinks hear: 'Thank God for these
The children of those twinlets!
Country Gentleman.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-11-17
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A FOOLISH GRUMBLER.

What Pouting at the window
With big sob in your throat,
Because Arthur owns a musket
And big Gerald sails boat
And Tom has bought a bicycle,
And Ted a Rugby ball,
While you, the friend and playmate,
Haven't any thing at allY'
Suppose for just moment
You should suddenly grow wise,
And look upon yourself. dear,
With other peoples eyes,
And seeyourself as 1 see,
Growing healthy, strong and tall
Do you think you'd say: THAT boy there
Hasn't any thing at ALL
Do you think you'd count for nothing
Papa sitting smiling there?
And the brothers, AMI the baby,
And dear little Goldenhair?
And mamma, who's ever ready
At her darhng's beck and call?
Can he say, who owns these treasures,
Haven't any thing at ALL
And the sled for winter mornings?
And the games for winter nights?
And the sunny summer beaches
Full of ever new delights?
And the pile of books and playthings
On the nursery floor and wall?
Aren't you ashamed to say, sir,
Haven't any thing at all"
All my foolish little darling!
Wiser folk than girls and boys
Shut their eyes to their own mercics
And see only others joys.
But If hearts would heed their blessings,
Counting gladly great and small,
Then how few would dare 10 grumble;
Haven't any thing at all -
Hide AlCCKe.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-11-17
FACTS ABOUT PIANOS.
Tho Materials of Which a First-Class In
strument Is Made.


strument Is Made.
How many people who play the
piano forte know that thirteen differ
ent kinds of woods are used in its
manufacture? According to a maker
of this now almost indispensable article
of household furniture, the mystic
number thirteen comprehends the
wooden makeup of that instrument.
First there is Michigan pine, straight
of grain and lacking sap, which COM
mends it for piano cases. The YER
mont maple, hard and fine-grained, is
utilized for the pin-blocks, into which
the tuning-pins are driven.
Indiana ash forms the tops. Where
wood which will sustain greater
strain and at the same time present
finer grade is required cherry is
brought into use.
Indiana again comes to the front on
white wood, of which the legs and
pedals are made. The ease with
which it can be carved makes this
wood especially desirable for this pur-
pose.
For the sounding boards and various
connecting parts spruce, largely sup
piled from the Adirondacks, is in chief
demand, with Western black walnut as
a substitute where a nice finish is de-
sired.
As ebony is the hardest known wood,
and presents strong contrast to ivory,
it is well adapted for the black keys.
Madagascar is the chief contributor of
this wood.
New England cedar supplies a fexi-
BILE and elastic material for hammer
stems.
In the faction" or working parts of
the instrument, it is necessary that
wood not apt to retain dampness and
susceptible of taking a high finish
should be employed, and in the apple
tree the piano-maker finds just what
he wants.
White holly, which grows "out
West" forms the part of the key be-
meath the ivory, and Eastwood is also
used about the keys.
And now comes the outside-the
hull-the veneer-of this wonderful
instrument. A vast number of fancy
woods are called into requisition.
Rosewood is imported from Brazil, and
Boston has the best facilities in the
country for saving it into veneers.
This much on woods. Ivory, of
course, is an important item in the
of a piano. The chief supply
comes from Africa, and comes to us
from Zanzibar.
Africa also sends us gum copal,
which enters into the manufacture of
pianOfOrte polishing varnishes. This
varnish is preparation of gum copal,
melted at high temperature and
held in solution by adding boiled oil,
reduced to the proper consistency by
the introduction of spirits of turpen-
tine.
Shellacs, also used in piano varnisn,
come from Calcutta.
Those felts and cloths used in diff
ferent parts of the instruments are
made from the finest woods. The felts
were formerly of German importation
wholly, but America is now able to
supply the article.
Buckskin, probably from German
finds its use in covering the
,elt, which in turn covers the ham,
ners. Music wire from Germany;
Oolts, pins, hinges, etc., from our own
and; glue, alcohol, turpentine, sweet
oil, rotten stone, pumice-stone and a
multitude of other articles aid the
in his operations CHI
,dOO Mail
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-11-17
To Render Wood Incombustible.

A mode of rendering wood incom.
busitible not generally known is now
given out as follows: Of sulphate Of
zinc, 27.5 parts by weight, II of pot
ash, % of alum, and II of manganic
oxide ore soaked in lukewarm water in
an iron boiler, to which are gradually
added II parts by weight of 60 per
cent of sulphuric acid. The wood to
be prepared is placed upon an iron
grating in an apparatus of suitable
size, the separate pieces being placed
at least an inch apart, the liquid being
then poured into the apparatus, and
the wood being allowed to remain COM
pletely covered for three hours, is
then air-dried. The mode of applica-
ton, however, is thought to be a seri-
Gus obstacle to the general use of such
a process for timber employed in build
ing, especially as the rough timber,
before being worked or framed, could
only be conveniently treated in the
manner described. The opinion seems
to be well-founded, as expressed by ex-
perts on the subject, that, if joists,
ceiling beams, and all joinery exposed
to fire could be treated, after being
fixed, with some chemical solution of
proved resistance to the action of
flame, many architects would avail
themselves of such process.-M y
Sun.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1888-11-17

Lady dentists are rapidly increas-
ing their number and incomes in Phila-
delphia, and those who have been un-
der their hands say they have a way of
mitigating the terrors of the forceps
that is very comfortable.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-06
Lost from the Hotels.

An old hotel steward said Yesterday
that IL is impossible TO restrict a large
proportion Of the loss Of portable articles
In hotels. This loss is not so much due
to theft as to carelessness and hurry on
the part of maids and men and women,
who carry Off the teaspoons they have
been using in their rooms, pack up the
hotel towels by mistake, and break q good
deal that is only missed when an inventory
is taken This steward said that a large
hotel collects spoons, napkins and towels
stamped with the names of almost all the
large hotels in the country, aud of names
in Europe. The spoon packed away with
the child's medicine by a maid In Paris
is, perhaps, next brought to light In a
New York hotel, where it is sent down
TO the kitchen when no longer needed.
Thus these little but costly things travel
about and defy safe keeping. There is a
great deal OF theft, OF course. Servant
ONE wrap ~tablecloths and sheets
around their persons, walters pocket
forks, spoons, knives and napkins, and
bartenders and their helpers carry OF
bottles of liquors. AS far as possible,
large hotels board and house their help.
because that makes il more difficult for
theft TO be practiced.
But the leakage remains very great.
In one case that can be certified TO, a
clever waiter established his wife at the
head OF a boarding house and furnished
her tableware, linen and a great deal Of
the food that was eaten from his stealings
from the different places where he was
employed. New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-06
Patron, Of the Barber shop.

The worst thing n man with n tender
skin can do Is 10 go from shop To shop and
get shaved by ms many different BARRIERS
a. there arc days in the week. 4 barber
who II up TO his work gets as well uc-
q]uaintcl with the faces Of the men hc
shnycs as the engineer gets 10 know the
grades and curves Of the road he runs
over. II takes On. or two shnyes TO find
out the ppCulilritps Of q customers face,
and the man who drops into any shop lac
may BE- paaaing suffers unlimited torture
In confoqurn9c, People who shave them
selves lave generally been constrained
10 do 20 10y The u~nintcntional cruelty Of
strange slaves Of the tonsorial art. For
tunntely for the profession, they mostly
return 20 their old habits, for although at
least one man In five can shnye himself,
not one man in twenty can strop q razor
and keep it moderately sharp Barber
" Globe. Democrat,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-06
Death Of a Fayorite Honnd.

An old hunter in Mexico gave TO the
author Of ''Summerland Sketches his
experience with a favorite hound, which
exhibited feelings that would honor hui
manity;
you have no idea" said he. show
they get used 10 you II you are alone
with them for weeks together; the worst
Of y Is that it comes 80 awful hard ON a
fellow TO lose a creature of that kind.
IL bought a fine Scotch dcerhound in
Baltimore in go. ! had him nearly
eight years. and ! tell you, SIR, | felt like
shooting myself when | lost him. The
Mexicans poisoned him because he
wouldn't let them come neal my smoke
house at night
'No square, straightforward poison.
either, for IL took him a whole week 10
die. It Just went through M like a
knife . hear him whine, and perhaps I
out b have put him out Of his misery,
but ] was thinking OF all tho scrapes we
had helped each other out vf-we had
frozen and starved together all over
Texas and Arkansas-and | couldn't Kill
him while there was a ghost uf a chance
Of his pulling through"
Tho voioe Of the old rough became in
~articulate az the recollection. He had
spread the dogs couch at the sido Of his
own bed and patted his shaggy coat till
he lay silent and ~motionless.
But late In the evening, when the logs
In the fireplace had nickered almost their
last. the hound rnised his head and placed
II upon his masters arm, looked into his
eyes and sank back dead, like the last
pressure Of a human hand. "a farewell
mutely spoken, but not easy TO forget"
Youths Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-06
Friday, July 9, 1888.
"RreathInr Lessons. for Singers.


Romani began to teach his pupils by
what he called breathing lessons,
whereby he made them expand their
lungs so as to strengthen them, and at
the same time acquire the habit Of re-
tanning sufficient breath to finish a long
sentence of cadenza without l~nterrupting
i, Once he had ascertained the register
Of the voice, whether II was bass, bari
tone oil tenor, mezzo soprano or con-
tralto, he Immediately obliged his pupil
to promise him on his honor not { at.
tempt 10 force a single note above OF
below his natural register. This art of
breathing is one of the first taught in the
great Conservatives OF Europe. The
pupil takes a looking glass and stands be,
fore IL, throws back his chest, puts his
feet together in a straight line and begins
to fill his lungs gradually with air, keep
ing the mouth wide open. with a smiling
expression When the lungs are full he
beats with his fingers generally from
three up to about fifty strokes before he
allows the breath TO escape very slowly
from the open mouth without closing the
mouth at all.
These exercises, repeated for about a
quarter o. an aour three or four times a
day, u~nqueStionably benefi; the health
and imperceptbly but rapidly increase
the volume OF sound emitted. In about
two months the pupil begins TO add to
these breathing exercises others, in which
he draws his breath in the same amer,
but pronounces each of the vowelsa nc first
pianisSimo, and increasing gradually by
degrees TO fortissImo-almost 10 a shout.
Singers, OF course, replace these simple
0unds by solfeggi and other vocalizes.-
Saturday Review,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-06
Inherited
Diseases.

In the realm Of disease the facts OF In
h%erItance are most numerous and are daily
accommodating. Herr. alas, they become ter
rible. fateful and overwhelming. No fact 81
nature Is more pregnant with awful mean
ing than the fact Of the Inheritance OF
disease. It meets the physician Oh hls daily
rounds, paralyzing his ART ana filling him
with dlsmay. The legend If the ancient
Greeks pictures the FuriCs as pursuing
families from generation TO generation.
rendering them dcsolatc. The Furles stNl
ply their work OF terror and death, but they
are not now clothed In the garb Of superstl'
ton, but appear in the more iutelllgible but
no less awful form Of hereditary disease.
Modern science, which has Illuminated 50
many dark corners of nature, has shed a
new Light on the omiiuus words Of the
Scriptures, "The sins Of the fathers shall he
visited upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation" Instances Of hereditary
disease abound. Fifty per cent. of cases OF
consumption, that fearful destroyer Of FAM.
lies, Of cancer and s~crofula, run In families
through Inheritance. Insanity Is hereditary
In a marked degree, hut, fortunately, like
many other hereditary diseases, tends to
wear itself out. the stock becoming extinct.
A distinguished scientist truly says; n
organ or texture OF the body Is exempt from
the chance OF bClng the subject Of hereditary
disease Probably more chronic diseases,
which permanently modify the structure
and functions Of the body. are moro or less
liable % be Inherited. The Important and
farrcaching practical deductions from such
facts-afecting 70 powerfully the happiness
OF individuals and families and the collective
welfare Of the nation-are obvious to refiec.
ting minds, and the best means for prevent
ing or curing these diseases Is n subject Of
intense interest to all. Fortunately nature
has provided n remedy, which experience
has attested as infalllble, and the remedy Is
the world famous swift's Specific, a pure
vegetable compound-nature's antldote for
all blood pOisons. To the afflicted IL Is a
blessing Of inestimable value. An interest
ing treatise on BLOOD Hnd Skin Diseases"
will be mailed free by addressing
THE SWIFT SPEcIFIc Co.,
Drawer 3 Atlanta. ca
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-06
Chances for Three Inventors.


I have often taken occasion 10 remark
that the world is awaiting the appear
ance of three inventors, greater than any
who have gone before and to whom it
will accord honors and emoluments far
exceeding all ever yet received by any o.
their predecessors. The first is he who
will show us how, by the combustion of
fuel, directly to produce the electric cur
rent; the second is the man who will
teach us TO reproduce the beautiful light
Of the glow worm and the FREELY, a light
withou. heat, the production Of which
means the affiliations of energy without
that still serious waste than the
thermo dynamic now met with in the
attempt TO produce light; while the third
is the inventor who is to give us the first
practically successful air ship.
The first two Of these problems are set
for the electrical engineer, and we may
be pardoned excess of faith should il
prove to be such, when, contemplating
the enormous gain to humanity which
must come of such inventions, we look
confidently for the genius who is to null
tiply the wealth of the world to an ez-
tent beside which even the boon con-
ferred by the creators Of the steam engine
and the telegraph will not appear over
shadowing. When this inventor comes
forward, and most probably not till then,
it is very likely that we shall see steam
superseded by q ival.-Thurston in
Forum.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-06
rHEoFFIcIAL PAPER OF CUSTER COUNTY

No bills against TaR ~YELLowsToNE
PuBIIsHISG Co, contracted by any Of the employees
Of said paper or others, will be recognized unless
accompanied by a written order signed by the pub
isher or business manager.
The editor OF THE YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL
Is not responsible tor any 81 'ne 'Pin
Notice is hereby given to all concerned that
The JOURNAL PuBLIsulNG 60
holds the contract to do oil printing and adj
yertising, OF whatever nature chargeable 10 Gus
tsT county and Is also the a sipuated ard only paper
in Custer county in which services by publication
can be legally made. Legal notices published IN
ether papeps Of Custer county, are ySid and
worthless, as has been decided BY the courts oil
Montana.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-06
No Other Railway in The Northwest

has IN 20 short u period gained the rep
utatinn and popularity enjoyed 10y the
WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINE.
Fromu comparatively unknown fnctor
in the commercial world, II has been
transformed 10 an independent, infu.
entail. grand Through Route, with
magnificent depOts, superb equipment
aud unsurpassed terminal facilities.
through careful catering 10 details Ii
has won for itstlf \ reputation OF solid.
ity, snrety. convenience and attention
to IT, patrons, second b. no railrOud in
the country. Pullman sleppers. mod
els Of pulatial comfort, dining cars in
which the cuisine aud general appoint.
ments are up to the highest standard,
aud coaches especially built for this
route, are among the chief ellen euta
which have contributed towards cater.
ing successfully to "A discriminating
public. Located directly on It's line,
between Minneapolis aud 81. Paul. and
Milwaukeeand Chicago, and Duluth and
Milwaukee aud Chicago, are the follow
ing thriving cities of Wisconsin and
! Michigan New Richmond, Chippewa
Falls, Eau Claire, Ashland, Hurley, Wis.,,
lronwood, Mich, Bessemer, Mich. Stew
ems Point, Neenah, Menasha, Oshkosh,
Fond du Lac, Waukesha, and Burling-
ton, Wis.
For detailed information, lowest cur.
rent rates, berihs, etc., via this route,
to any point In the South or east, aP-
ply 10 nearest Ticket Apent,or address
WIN. S. MElLEN, JAMES BARKER
General Manager. Genl. PAssr, a Ticket Agt
MILWAUKEE,
=. ". ANsoN, Northwestern Passenger Agt
No, 10, Nioolett House. Minneapolis, MINI.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-07-06

A patent law has just h'"r adopted in
Switzerland 10y popular vote. II covers
mechanical inventions only.