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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
NUMBER 21.

the brightness in Ruthie's face, no one knows, for he never told, but baby be- haved like jewel, as Ruthie made her | first venture on the biscuits.
 Il might have done it long ago." she said, as little more than half an hour later she took from the oven pan of biscuits. light and nicely Drowned, such as any cook might be proud of ''But there are plenty of things I might have done long ago. if I had only thought so. But l wasn't fairy then.''
 70 mamma, here you arer' Ruthie looked proudly about the room as mammals quick eye took in every de- tail of the thorough cleaning, even to the corner cupboard, which had been purposely left open.
 "I heard Mrs. Bright's voice some time ago, but l felt like resting, so I did not come in. She has been helping you, hasn't she? I heard her talking about fairies-she's a good fairy her self, Pm sure"
 Indeed, mamma" said Ruthie, laughing merrily. Mrs. Bright hasn't done a thing. Twas telling her I wish ed a fairy would come and wave her magic wand for me and have every thing done in flash, and then she said I'd better be fairy myself l think it would be pretty nice thing to be a real fairy" the little girl chatted on, as she set the table, flor then I'd have a splendid carriage for you to ride in. mamma, and you should never do bit of work again, and baby should have a clean white dress every day. But as I can't be that kind of a fairy, Mrs. Bright thinks I'd better be common kind of little household fairy. So I've been trying that"
 You are the dearest little fairy in the world" said mamma; "and see, you have two little wands instead of one."
 Mamma kissed the dear little hands as she spoke, but added:
 ''There's one thing better even than a household fairy, and l think that is what you are to me-"
 ''What, mammal" asked Ruthie.
 "A little household angel, dear. "- Sydney Dayre ip Chicago AdUance
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
Reclaiming the Zuyder Zee.

The area of dry land in Holland is a
 million acres greater now than it was
 in the sixteenth century. thanks to the energetic works of reclamation which have long been proceeding. It is
 computed that eight acres of land are daily restored to cultivation in the
 wonderful little country which has fought so sturdy fight against the ocean. For forty years past Dutch engineers have been proposing the reclamation of the ZIyder Zee-a greater work by far even than the draining of the lake of Harlem.
 which occupied twelve years. The Zuyder Zee was formed in 1282 by an invasion of the sea. which engulfed seventy two villages. The matter is now being taken up very energetic ally throughout the country, and several organizations have been formed to collect funds for defrayino the cost of the preliminary S rveys It is proposed to separate the Zee from the ocean outside by means ofdykes o great strength, and then to pump out the water-obviously long and costly operation. That this colossal work of reclamation is practicable there can hardly be a doubt The effort is worth some sacrifice; for if it be successful, it will add new province 10 the king. dom of Holland. -Sk Janees' GGzette,
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
QUEER KLEPTOMANIA.
How Valuable Articles Frequently Disap-
 pear from Washin. ton Houses.

How Valuable Articles Frequently Disap-
 pear from Washin. ton Houses.
 It has been observed that the cards of the wives of the Cabinet have not the usual reception day Wednesday, on them. The omission is purposely made to prevent. if possible, the un- known crowd which comes to Wash ington each season from making a free use of their houses
 These public receptions, which are Washington custom of long standing. are becoming more and more objec- tionable. These continued encroach- ments and grievances are becoming intolerable. The question has arisen. is there any way to remedy the evils attendant upon keeping open house? It is not surprising that dubious char acers are often seen in the promiScu- ous crowd which fills the houses of public officials. A hostess never knows how many more than are in- vited will be present, and is embar- t"e9V1 s'IV"C f.Havidin9 for her com- pany.
 Articles often disappear mysterious Y. At one tea costly cloak was ex- changed for a shabby one. It was an out and out case of stealing. A gen. tleman found battered. dirty old soft hat left and his brand new tile gone. A lady rested her muff, en- broidered handkerchief and card-case on the mantel while she took refresh ments. A woman deliberately folded her own cotton handkerchief. with blue border. put it on the mantel and walked off with the handsome one.
 To keep out intruders some have adopte the plan of inviting their guests in a whisper and pledge them 10 secrecy. While some persons en- joy publicity which is given to their entertainments by daily publishing record of all they do, others find it very objectionable. as strangers make use of the catalogue to participate in the hospital ity. even when there is no previous acquaintance, no claim of recognition and no opportunity for civilities.
 If the punch bowl and refreshment- table were abolished. and valuables put under lock and key. several classes would not be tempted to in- trude. Louisville CoWrier-JowrpGl.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
FINE NEIGHsORHOOD.
A South Carolina NegrO's Pleasant Ex-
 periences in Tennessee.

A South Carolina NegrO's Pleasant Ex-
 periences in Tennessee.
 A South Carolina negro who had moved into Tennessee community was asked by white man if he liked his neighbors.
 ''Oh, mighty well, sah; mighty we'll. he replied. "Trabeled ober seberal counties an hab circleated roun' CT good many votin' precints, but ain't foun' no neighborhood yit dat I likes lack do dis yere one.
 Have the people borrowed ,,any thing from you?'
 ''Oh. yas. sah; oh. yas. Bout de secon' day we got we're Mig Jones she came ober an borried de sitter, an Mir. Sniff he borried my sawbuck an MT. Brown he come ober an said dat he would lack ter hab our ccffee- mill.
 Did you let them have what they wantedp"
 'Oh, yas, sah. Jes handed em' right out widout word O 'pIaint."
 Have they ever brought them backP'
 No, sah. "
 And still you call them good neigh bors?"
 ''Yes, sal"
 Well, I don't see how you can make that out"
 Easy ernuff. sah. Yer see I hab borried CT dollar frum Mig Jones. CT chunk O CT hoss rum Mr. Sniff an CT sassage grinder rum MT. Brown, so. Is CT good deal erheaI On. I ain't neber gwine ax 'em ter pay me back. Bless yo' life, Is dollars erhead now. Oh, yas, sah. dis is so fur CT mighty fine neighborhood. "-ArkGnsao0 Irav- eier.
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know?" says he. 'No." I said: "l ain't quick in figures, and I hadn't t time 10 foot it up. I hope it will make us out this year three hundred dollars or so.
 Amy" says he. you're prodigy "a prodigal, I may say-and you don't know it. A hundred names at two shillin' each gives us twenty five dollars Sunday. Some of them may fail. but most of 'em is good; and there is ten, eleven. thirteen, that sign fifty cents. That'll make up what fails. That paper of yourn' Il give us thirteen hundred dollars a year!' Jumped up like I was shot. ''Yes," he says. 'we shan't need any thing this year from the Board. This church, for this year at any rate. is self-supporting."
 We both sot down and kep' still minute, when 1 said. kind O softly: '.Hezekiah." says I, 'fsn't it about time for prayers?' I was just chok;n'; but, as he took down the Bible, he said: 'I guess we had better sing some- thin'." nodded like, and he just struck in. We often sing at prayers in the morning. but it now seemed like the Scripture that says: He giveth songs in the night" Kiah gen orally likes the solemn tunes, too; an:l we sing "Show Pity. Lord" a great deal; and we had sung HI ark. from inc Tombs DolefuI S)umdr' cause Kiah was not feeling very well, and we wanted to chirk up little.
 So jest waited to see what meter he'd strike tonight; and would you believe il? Ididn' know that he knew any such tune. Blt off he started on Joy to the World. the Lord is Come. I tried to catch on, but he went off. lickerty-switch, like a steam engine. and I couldn't keep up. l was partly laughing to see Kiah go it, and partly cryin' again, my heart was so full; so I doubled up some of the notes and jumped over the others. and so we safely reached the end. But tell you Hezekiah prayed. He allers prayed well; but this was brand-new prayer. exactly suited to the occasion. And when Sunday came, and the minister got up and told what had been done. and said: 1t is all the work of one good woman, and done in one day." just got scared and wanted to run. And when some of the folks shook hands with m1 and said, with tears in their eyes, how I'd saved the church, and all that, I come awful nigh gettin' proud. But. as Hezekiah says, "we're all poor sin ners;" and so I choked it back. But am glad 1 did il; and don't believe our church will ever go boarding any more. -DorG Dennis, tn Pres byterian Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
CASTING A FACE.
The Process of Taking a Plaster Impress
 sion of Features or Bust-


 sion of Features or Bust
 The person-~-vI,,,se lace IS to be ..tzrken is placed flat upon his back, his hair smoothed back by pomatum to prevent it covering any part of the face and conical piece ot paper, or straw, or quill pu' In each nostril to breathe through. The eyes and mouth are then closed and the entire face completely and carefully cov- cred with salad oil. The plaster. mixed to the proper consistency, is then poured in large spoonfuls to the thickness of one-quarter or one-half inch. In few minutes this can be taken off as if it were film. When cast of the entire head or of the whole human figure is required either cast of the face is added to mass of clay which is to be modelled 10 the re- qured figure or the whole figure is modelled from drawings prepared for that purpose. This is the work of the sculptor
 When the clay model is finished a mould is made from it as in the former cases. If the model be a bust, a thin ridge of clay Is laid along the figure from the head to the base, and the front is first completed up to the ridge by filling up the depressions two or three inches deep. The ridge of clay is now removed, the edges of the plaster are oiled, and the other half is done in similar way. The two halves are likewise tied together with cords and the plaster is poured in. In com plicated figures, say 'Laocoon, the statue is oiled and covered with gela- tine. which is cut off in sections by means of thin, sharp knife. each piece s, -,--;,se 6 a n,a,,la fnl. itc own part of the new statue. -Art Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
THREE YOUNG SCAMPS.
The Prank They Played, and How They
 Were Caught in Their Own Trap.

The Prank They Played, and How They Were Caught in Their Own Trap.
 It was very hot day, and rainy. too. Regular dog-day weather" old MT. Spriggins said, ''if it is the month of June"
 It was too rainy for the boys to play outdoors at noon-time, so you may know lG raIned hard. The smaller children played ''Tea-kettle's boiling over!" in the entry; but that was too small game for our three rogues-
 '.How hot it isr' said Tommy Trow, mopping up his face with very dirty handkerchief.
 Have to make up fire to cool of by." said Billy Coe, who was always saying queer things.
 Let's do it, cried Titus Rowe, the harum-scarum boy of the school. Let's make fire and roast 'em out this after noon."
 So the three young scamps went to work to get together wood and kind lings, and made up a fire in the big, rusty stove. By the time one o'clock and Miss True came the school-room was just as hot as a pepper-pot
 The scholars, as they came in one after another, looked disgusted, and famed themselves with their books.
 Miss True quietly shut up the stove, and opened all the windows and the door. Then. by few direct questions, she found out who made the fire.
 Moving up chair each side of the stove, and one behind it, she called on Tommy, Billy and Titus to come with their books, and occupy the three chairs. Then she gave all the others seats near the open windows, and com menced recitations-
 How those boys did sweat and swell ter! '.Please, Miss True, mayn't go to my seat?" asked Tommy, after while.
 "No." said Miss True. so decidedly that the others did not dare to ask.
 How they did long for recess time. that they might go out in the rain and cool of But when recess came they were kept in instead, and very much ashamed they looked.
 "lf you are sure you are warm enough now, boys" said Miss True. when recess was over, 'you may take your seats for the rest of the day." And very glad they were to do it.
 'I tell you," said Billy, on the way home. "you won't catch me making another fire on a hot day."
 ''Nor me- said Titus. 'I like to have roasted to death r'
 "Yes. twas awful" sighed Tommy; ''but l couldn't help thinking she served us just right"
 And nobody denied it-Our Little Ones
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
CUPID AND VICTUALS.

WI aO RANG hlS U Go We can live without love-what is loving br pining? ut where is the man who can live without diI ingg'
 Listen to me for minute,
 Maiden with celestial eyes, Think of marriage-could you in 1t Bring your spirit down to pies? You can plSy-you have been heard to Marble likewise, opine. Would you think it quite absurd to Care little how dines Were worth a million dollars, would have cbsf from France; But the youths in paper collars Must with modesty advance Not for such did Soyer study; No Careme for them shall raise Noble plats, but Biddies ruddy Lead them in dyspeptic ways. lam poor, but not dyspeptic; Lovely woman ne'er shall take My dear stomach and subject it To her caramels and cake. What is home without dinner? Who could ever bear to stay In place where, though a sinner, He was poisoned once day? Love is not enough: diet Based on steaks and solid things Tends to keep fellow quiet When he would unfold his wings. So, my Amy, share no stupid Scorn of her who wields the pan, For, believe me, cunning Cupid Takes his victuals like man.
 -S 8. Russ, in Philadelphia Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A REGULAR LIVE BOY.

He was not at all particular
 To keep the perpendicular, While walking, for he either skipped or jumped He stood upon his head awhile, And, when he went to bed awhile, He dove among the pillows, which he thumped He never could keep still bit; The lookers-on thought i'll of it; He balanced on his ear the kitchen broom; And did some neat trapezing. Which was wonderfully pleasing, On every peg in grandpas harness-room- From absolute inanity,
 The cat approached insanity To see him slide the banisters, so rash; But once on that mahogany,
 While trying to toboggan, he Upset his calculations with crashl And since that sad disaster
 He has gone about in plaster Not of Paris, like nice Italian toy; But the kind the doctor uses, When the bumps and cuts and bruises Overcome a little regular live boy!
 -GeOrge Cooper, in St. Nicholas.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
PITH AND POINT.


 faults in order to have it thought that we have no great ones.
 We fnl it hard to get and keep any private property in thought. Other people are all the time saying the same things we are hoarding to say when we get ready. .-Dr. Holmes.
 Solomon might have spoken lit tie emphatically had he said: Go to the oyster, thou sluggard. An able bodied female oyster thinks producing 5000 900 eggs is fair seasons work when she is feeling well.
 If a man received three dollars per day, and slved every cent of it, one thousand years would elapse b. fore he could be master of a million. His hair by that time would be slight tinged with gray. -Uait;d Labor Age.
 It contributes greatly toward a mans moral and intellt ctual health, to be brought into habits of compan- ionship with individuals unlike him. self, who care little for his pursuits and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself 10 appreciate. -NathanieL HaDthorne.
 We do not know what is to happen tomorrow. therefore let us make the best use we can of to-dly. Only one day is given us at a time-one mo- ment, indeed-that imperative 'now" that quickly passes, and will never come back again. -UnHed Presbyte- rian.
 It is very diff icult to retain a friend after you have got him. You may be sure of losing him if you ask him to befriend you-at his expense ol risk. There is love of friends which causes men to go on bonds and in- dorse notes. which they subsequently, have to make good, while they wall and gnash their teeth -Ierus Sitaings.
 Congressional demagogue Cat mass-meeting) - "Yes, gentlemen, labor is the cornerstone of our pros- perity. Voice (from the audience)- 'True fer you. The cornerstone of a buildin' is highly honored, isn't it sor?" "Honored! It is the stone se- lected for the reception of the most valued records and most precious tes- timonials of its era of civilization. :" ''Thrue agin, sor. An it's dorn near the bottom it is, too. sor. OnGha World.
 If Milton will only cross my thresh- old to sing to me of Paradise, and Shakespeare to open 10 me the world of imagination and the workings of the human heart. and Franklin to en- rich me with his practical wisdom. shall not pine for want-Af ;rtotfecruaI companin,setrfp, and l may become a cultivated man. though excluded from what is called the best society in the place where 1 live. - William ELLerV Charming
 -Consciencos are accommodating things. They seldom trouble a man who has gobbled millions of other peoples money; but when they get hold of fellow who has pocketed twenty-five cents that belongs to some body else. they make it warm for him until he disgorges or joins the great majority and augments his peculations to point beyond which no self-re- specting conscience cares to go.
 inequality in taxation, my son, is a system of assessment which hits you quite as hard as neighbor Jones. over the way. Just and impartial taxation. on the contrary, is system which lets you off without paying dollar and makes Jones pay enough for both. There, my son. you have bit of infor- nation that you would never learn in an organic newspaper or political Boston IrGnScript
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21
A Fatal Omission.

Old Man (to daughteD Clara, I discovered Nero lying deadin tho yard this morning.
 Dacghter-I am very sorry. papa, but l can not help it. You knew very we'll that young MT. Harvard was com ing to see me last night. and you should have tied the dog out of harm's way.-M ], Sun.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21

-Coverly Shorts-Its daisy, old man. 1 get them of Cuban who smuggles them. Kirby Stone (breath- ing cautiously y)-Say, Gov, why don't you get the same Cuban to follow you round and smuggle the smoke:- PucE.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21

-"Yes." said the young lady sum mer boarder, "a camp-meeting must be very interesting. l have always wanted to go to one" 'So have l." said the landlady, but it always comes the same week as the fall races. "- Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21

The more wheat a man owns the more firmly he is convinced that war in Europe can not long be delayed. Take us all in all, we are selfish lot of mortals. Most any American would see Europe at war if he could make five hundred dollars by it-Detroit Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-04-21

A crazy quilt made of saus age was on exhibition in Wilmington show beef'' market.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-31
HOJJSES.

Neat cottage, 4 rooms and basemsnt, on
clean side OF Court ST., opposite Metcalfs
lot 50x150; $3.50.
New double house, s rooms, all convent
ences, on Pine street, $4,000.
-Four new cottages, raniries, closets, etc,
lots 50Xl5O, in Sunset tract, well located;
prices from 81 100 TO $500; easy terms.
Tract, 7 rooms, hard finished, bath, pantry,
closets, etc, lot 7Sxl5O; $4,000.
House and lot, cor. Fifth and Wall sts., 10
rooms, lot 73xl20; $4,000.
New house, rooms. bath, pantry, closets,
etc, on Maple avenue, near Eleventh street;
lot 5ONl5O, including furni ttrc; $500.
Beautiful new house of rooms, with all
c0nvenlences on lake shore avenue near
Ninth St, good barn, location superb; s65OO.
TWo-story house of rooms, crate. bath,
pantr1cs hot and cold water, ttc., on Maple
Venue, between Eleventh and Twelfth sts.,
50xl5O; $1,000.
Nice cottage. 5 rooms, bath, etc, on King
street, near Gran d ave. lot 60X120; $500.
Beautiful two-story house, 8 rooms, all
modern conveniences, on west side of Hill
street, near seventh, lot 60xl55, which is
worth price asked without improvements;
$21 900.
House. rooms, Barn, etc., and two lots on
Naeo street: 200.
New two-story house, 9 rooms, gas, hot
and cold water. etc, on south side of Ninth
street, near Pearl, lot 4612X160; $1,000.
House, rooms, bath, pantry, lawn hedge,
| etc, on Myrtle ave, lot 5Ox14S; S24OO.
Two new wo-stOry houses of IL rooms
each, with all conveniences, beautifully
situated in the Park Villa tract, near Figue-
roa street; $4,000 and $1,000.
| Neat COTTAGE, z rooms, bath, pantry, etc,
or King street, near Main, 60x120; $4,000.
House, 3 rooms, bath, etc, on York street,
near Grand avenue, 2Ox117; $45OO.
| Two-story house, 10 rooms all modern
cOnveniences, on west side of Flower street,
! near Ninth. lawn, flowers, etc; $4,000.
House, 10 rooms, all conveniences, on
lnfs nxJE
street-car line; $12 500.
New two-story house, 8 rooms, hath, pan
| tries, etc. on Santee street, near Pico, Ask
! $50; $1,000.
| New two-story house of rooms, bath,
pantry, etc, on Hawkins street, E. L. A. !;
| 1890.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-31
After Twenty-Five Years,

Talk about the feelings of fish out
of water, why that's nothing to the
way our old friend DR.. C. F. Heinze-
man, the well known druggist, feels
in evacuating his old store in Lam
franco block, where he has done busl-
ness for twenty five years. He has
temporarily moved into the store 25
Temple street, Attorneys block where
he will remain until a beautiful new
building replaces his old stand, when
he will return to the old site, and en-
bellish the city with one of the finest
drug stores ON the Pacific Coast. Cal
ling in to see our old friend Yesterday
we could not help observing that he
acted as if he was a stranger in a
strange land.
"Well, you see, my friend" he
said, 'one can't get used to new
place in day; and in my case had
become so accustomed to the old place
that l felt as if l wer- fixture in it =
part and parcel of its walls and sur
roundings."
"That is true. The habit of q
quarter of a century is not thr ,wn of
in minute. All, doctor, you were q
nice, sprightly-lookiug young fellow
when you first commenced making
pills in that place."
"Of course l was but then | ain't
so very old looking now," said the
doctor, sprucing up.
No; that's true. But in those
days, you remember, you were one OF
the beaux. You were a shining light
among the young floods, and when i,
came to a bdille, who so envied fo,
graceful motions and grandiose pirou
cites as yourself?"
"Well, that's all right. We won't
talk about that now. Perhaps | car
shake as lively toe to-day as ever
Sapparament Pve got those bottles
on the wrong shelf. Pm com mpletely
turned round in this new place.-Well
as you say, Twenty-Five years make 6
difference. But, look here, old fellow
} ou were no chicken at that time
yourself. What an old coon ver
must be ?''
We protested that his momorv was
at fault, and called his attention te
the fact that he was placing the
soda water stand in the rear of the
shop and the laboratory in front. 1t
took us some time TO make him under
stand that this shop did not point the
same way as the old one; but he
finally rec flied matters, as we saw
when we next called last evening
and found that he had really made
his new premises lock very fine ant
inviting.