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The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
PITH AND POINT.

The wise man is the man who knows what to do when the time comes
 People don't get famous in a hurry, and it takes deal of work even to earn your bread and butter.
 -"Will the coming man use both arms?' asks a scientist He will if his girl knows how to drive. OnsahG World
 There is torture waiting for the man who will invent humane method of starting a balky horso.
 Judging from effects. the kind of oil most extensively used for pouring on troubled waters is turmoil N r. Sun.
 Money is not nearly so valuable as character. for money can not buy the respect of thoughtful men and women.
 True politencs5 is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists ill treat ing others as you like to be treated yourself Lord CheSterfeld.
 The louder the whine of com- plaint the less need for sympathy. Intense emotions never express them selves in noise.
 Be not offended at q jest. If one throw salt at thee, thou will receive no harm unless thou hast sore places. -Oid ProUerb.
 It is only another illustration of the law of compensation that women advanced in views arc apt 10 be behind in the fashions.
 It is not what Q man makes but what he saves that adds to his pros perity; stop the leaks. "Wanton waste makes woeful want"
 He who does right is frequently left alone. He who ,es under the surface and discerns the true state of things, will be left alone by tho undis- corning multitude
 As the sword of the best tompcrel metal is most flexible. so tho truly generous are most pliant and courte- ous ln their behavior to their interiors. -. Fuller.
 As too many cooks notoriously ruin the soup so too many clubs wean q man from domestic life and impair his reputation of old time as a good husband and father." The represent ,.ative fashionable club does more injury than benefit to communities. - . MaI and Express.
 What "T' think Is valiant propo- sition all the world over. and a proper one, too. for every one must push for ward. 10 some extent, his own person. ality. It is only when it includes the thought that every Jhals.e'sc must think the same way that it gets to bo odious. - U3tted Presbyterian.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
NUMBER 9.

think he was making fun oi Us. I can't believe the lamb went so far as that, though no doubt it admired Rover's great loud 'bow-wowr' and felt that its own little "ba-a-ap' was in compar- ison very mild,
 The farmer often wished to take tho sheep and kill it, now that it was too big for Annie to play with; but Mir. Noble declared that ''Bob"-for so Annie had named it when it was tiny baby-was one of the family and that it should stay in the yard with the dogs as long as it chose.
 One day I was in the snug library writing. It was the beginning of the cold weather, and few days before there had been heavy fall of snow the first of the season-just the time when the wolves are often driven by hunger to attempt raid on the farm CTS poultry-yards. Suddenly heard a great commotion outside, and Tom and Harold ran past the window, shouting: ''Rover, Jowler-here, dogs! Wolf La wolfp'
 l was putting my papers together, and thinking whether I should venture out in the cold or whether 1 should leave them to catch the wolf by them selves, when Mir. Noble came in, say ing, "Quick, Glaucus; quick! On with your coat There is the funniest sight outside you ever saw"
 Of course I jumped up, hurried into my coat and overshoes, and rushed out into the snow, wondering what new feature there could be in the not un- usual visit of wolf to the farm, and when outside I saw the boys and dogs were running across the open clearing in full chase after two large wolves. But, certainly, there was the strangest sight l ever saw in my life! There. among the pack of dogs, ran ''Bob," scampering along with the best of them. and "ba-a-a-ing" with all it's might at the astonished wolves.
 l don't know what the sheep had planned to do if it caught them, but Bob's actions were so threatening that we wondered whether it would have eaten a wolf for supper if it had over, taken one. Unluckily for our sport, however, the wolves managed to es- escape for that time. and Master Bob came home with the baffled pursuers, looking as proud as though it had suc- caeded in securinU some wolf for sup per and had enjoyed the taste.
 I don't know what became of Bob afterward, but I am convinced that sheep with ambition enough to chase a wolf may have aspired to any thing. -St Nicholas.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
THE APOSTLE SPOONS.
Necessary Articles That Have Been in
 Use Many Centuries.

Necessary Articles That Have Been in
 Use Many Centuries.
 Spoons have been in use for many centuries. and the earliest uss was for all gentlemen and ladies 10 have their own which they carried with them. Two hundred years ago we find fre- quent advertisements of ''a lost case containing knife and fork and silver spoon." The latter was usually de- seribed as bearing the crest of the owner upon its handle, or a picture of the Blessed Virgin, showing that spoons of that day were heavily orna- mented. The Apostle spoons' were at first dozen of these silver imple- ments. each containing ftfs re4seSlR image of one of the apostles. geherE ally with his name. and often some emblem of the worthy thus represent ed. St. James was attired as a pill grim; S. Jude generally was pictured with club, the emblem of his own martyrdom, or with a boat to s how his occupations; Sta ,SiWon with a saw, because he was sad6 asunder, and generally with an added oar to show his earlier tastes. The use of these as gifts from their god-parents to their god-children at the christen- ing is over four hundred years old. When the giver was too poor to pre- sent the whole twelve, he gave one spoon with the image of the patron saintser whom the child was named, or to whom he was dedicated, or who was the patron saint of the donor. not sEays in sdGh cases an apostle. The image ect four Evangelists on four 1, speofs was often thus used. the spoons ebefageelled Apostle spoons" al- th6AsR hot all were apostles. in the usual meaning of that word. Shakes peare in Henry VIII, when Cramer declares himself 10 be unworthy of being sponsor to tho young Princess. makes the King reply: Come. come. my lord. you'd spare your spoons. in plain allusion to the gift expected on such occasions. In addition 10 ''Home's Everyday Book. |" vol l., page 175 we refer our correspondent to 1.-The Table Book" page 817. for a sketch of a whole set of Apostle spoons" with their history.
 The earliest notice we can find in print of this form of spoon is an entry in the book of the Stationers company made in the year 1500. It is this item: "A spoyne of the gyfte of Master Reginold Wolfe. all gylte with the pycture of St. John" showing that such spoons were well known in that day. In "Merry Passages and Jeasts" is the anecdote of the immortal bard: Shakespeare was godfather to one of Ben Jonson's children, and after the christening, being in deep study. Jonson came to cheer him up, and asked him why he was so melancholy. No faith. Ben. says he. not l; but I have been considering great while what should be the fittest gift for mo to bestow upon my god-chi:l. and l have resolv'd at last I pr'ythee what, said he. l faith. B,n. I'll give him douzan Llttan Tt inl spoons, ald though sha translate them. '-' ~ r JoNrHQt Of Commerce,
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
MY WONDERS.

wonder which child left her book in the way Fer Rover, good fellow, to capture in play. He's tossed ii, and twirled it, and torn out Q
 page, It was all done in frolic, though looking like
 rage. wonder who left it? My dear little Prue, You don't mean to tell me! twas surely not
 you? Iwonder which child of gay, gleeful four, Must always be called thus: Come back shut
 the door!'' Iwonder who some times, thus summoned, for
 gets That people have nerves, which Q sudden noise
 frets? Iwonder! What blushing, my dear little May, Was it you did that same naughty thing, but to-
 day? wonder which child cried at bedtime last
 night; And sulked with a face that quite clouded the And said he thought eight o'clock came before
 seven, And wished he was big, to sit up till elevenf l wonder if such boy feels very grand? Why, Jack, was it you: That l cant under
 stand. I wonder which child made fuss at the cold This morning, and shivered till nurse had to
 scold; Which hates nice clear water. and fdgets about And always get washed with frown and a
 pOut I wonder if Harry will own 1t is wrong, And try to do better and that before long. I wonder if Aunty, who sits in her chair And writes this all down herself thinks it is fair To tell of these children, when Harry and May, Dear Jack, and sweet Prue, have assured her
 to-day They will turn leaf over, and presently show How careful and thoughtful and good they will
 grow? Mrs. IT. E. Sdn9ster, in Youths Companion.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
THE ORPHANS PRAYER.

With sobs and sore distressed beside his bed, The pretty little fellow knelt and prayed. Scarce seven sunny summers OCT his head Had flown, and childlike were the words he
 said:
 Kind God,' and here there came a sob be-
 tween,
 As though the poor child's heart were like to
 break, ''I'm just the worstest boy you've ever seen, But please forgive me now for Jesus sake" And tell my mother, if she can't hear Up where she lives with You, kind God" he
 cried, ''Td give just any thing on earth, oh dear, nrd obeyed her on tSe day she died!" Sc then the sobs are hushed, the curly head Is almost hidden in the dim half light: The boy is sleeping in his little bed Where no fond mother watches him tonight. Poor little motherless and sorrowing lad, Has then your prayer been heard and an-
 swered, too? You, dreaming, stir and smile as though it had, And who shall say, indeed, it is not true.
 N. r TeLsqrans.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
What s the useP Lemme 90 an I'll

"Whats the use? Lemme go an I'll pint her out on the next trainr'
 I'll not trouble ve!'' said Bings. moving away; T don't know the woman, but do know the baby"
 Once outside, it was easy to send an officer to take his man. with hint of his offense; and when the train rolle d in Bings was waiting for Billy among the passengers.
 At IasH the shabby green shawl of woman. with a sleeping child in her arms. Cassius' heart stood still as he stepped up with the officer Suppose they had killed Billy! But once in his arms-a word from the policeman hushed the woman's protest-Bings saw that the child, though evidently drugged, was breathing deeply and lay rosy in his sleep How he longed to send word 10 Stashy. but not cent had the man in his pocket. The world stood still! For the first time Billy's father wondered how he could get home with the child.
 Wanted at the station." said a blue-coat. touching him lightly on the arm. Fellow you tied so neatly in the coal-Yard is an old bird. and you Il make about six hundred dollars by the job!"
 The world moved round once more. Six hundred dollars! Why, six hun dred cents meant home and Stashy and happiness! "See here, mister. could you lend mo tri1e till get the reward? want 10 let his mother know Eve found the baby, little Billy, here" Perhaps the burly policeman had a baby and wife at home. l know the message went, and Stashy cried for joy and said: 'I knew his father would find Billy" with proud con- fidence. And when they reached home on Easter morning, the neigh bors all came in 10 welcome the Bings' Baby, and, like the brave heart that he was Bings never told even Stashy what price he paid for that nighl-ride to New York. Boston Transcript.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
CLOTHES-PIN MAKING.
How the Useful Little Articles are Turned
 Out by the Millions. "One cent a boX?'

''One cent boX?'
 ''Yes, sir We are paid one cent for packing a box of five gross of clothespins," said one of the packers to a reporter.
 ''An expert can pack 100 boxes in day of ten hours. Sharp work, that, handling 72 900 pins a day."
 Clothespins are made in the lumber regions. They are usually made of white ash, sometimes of beach. black and white birch and maple. The wood is taken to the factory in logs and ut into lengths of thirty-one inches by circular saws. These lengths are then cut into blocks and the blocks again cut into sticks. The sticks arc placed under another saw and cut into the required lengths Next the turner takes a hand at them and from there they go 10 the slotting machine. They are placed in troughs by the operator. the machine picking them up and slotting them. They are then placed in revolving pipe drier going thence to the polishing cylinder and then to the packer Each pin passes through eight hands. A single plant consists of board saw, gang splitter, gang chunker, turning lathe. drying house and pollsher and costs from ST. 900 to SIP 900. The machines working are very interesting. The little blocks of wood 5 nches long are placed on an endless belt. which feeds the blocks autom matically into the lathe. As the lathe is turned the pin is taken au- tOmatically from the spindle and placed on turntable and carried to a circular saw, which whittles out the slot in the pin. It is then finished and thrown out of the turntable by the same appliance that puts the pins on the table. Falling. they are caught in basket or barrel and are then taken 10 the drying house for 10 to A hours. or until dry. The polish ing cylinder or rumbler holds 20 to 40 bushels; this is run at a slow speed. about 30 turns minute, and by sim pie friction and contact they become polished. N r. MaiL and Express.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
YOUNG MEN READ THIS.
Don't Measure Your Work By Your Pay;
 Always Do Your Rest.

Don't Measure Your Work By Your Pay;
 Always Do YSogrBest.
 It is very common for-y6ang men, I think. to determinesthe quality of their work by the price which they are paid for it. I only getMays suchs a one, five dollars a week, and E. anis sure that I am giving f&e dsllars'. worth of service; If my empbyeis wants more, let him pay more; if he wants better let him give better wages. This is spacious reasoning. but it is false; and it is destructive to the best work, anl therefore to the best manhood. NJ man can afforl to do any thing less well than his best. He who always strives to do his best work. in the very process of striving will grow better and better Not only will he grow more skillful in that particular workm an- ship, but he will be better equipped for other workmanship. This is an absolutely universal law. It is the absolutely universal road to promo tiOn.
 The man who is careful to give nothing more than he gets rarely gets more than he gives. The man who works for his own sake, who puts the best part of himself into every blow that he strikes who mixes all his work with brain and conscience. who studies to render the largest possible service regardless of the compensation which it brings. sooner or later will ii nd his way on and up. The world learns his worth, and calls him to higher service. Nor is this all. By stirring himself up to do always the best he can, he grows into a power to do b t. ter and ever better -ChautauQnan.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
CARE OF THE HANDS.

A Bit of Good Advice to Girls. by One Who Speaks From Observation and Experi- ence.
 Because you live in the country and do homework, and even some good,i honest toll on the farm itself, is no reason why you should neglect certain little niceties of life, such as the care of your hands and teeth. You prob ably will not be able to keep the for mer white and soft as if you used them only for dainty embroidery, but few minutes spent each day in caring for them will show at least that they are we'll kept, and the signs of toll that can not be eradicated you need not be ashamed of.
 The nails can be kept nicely trimmed; they can not be even moderately long, but they may be shapely and pointed. Perhaps you can not afford to buy the outfit of manicure, but you un- doubtedly have pair of small em- broidery scissors; the file you must re- place as best you may with the one in your penknife. or, failing that, with piece of course sandpaper; and the chamois polisher, costing any where from sixty cents to two dollars, you can make yourself. Take a ehild's block about an inch thick, and three inches wide by five long-large enough to grasp it frmly-tack a bit of soft cloth for padding, and over that piece or the chamois you keep for polishing sil- yer on one of the edges, and you have an article that m y not be ornamental, but will answer every purpose.
 Soften your hands by washing in warm water with some good toilet soap for few minutes, then with the small scissors trim the nails, rounding them nicely. and cutting the corners very low. With some blunt instrument Gf you have not a file) push back the flesh from the base of the nails. and trim away all the dead skin- Now apply vour polisher and brush vigorously for a few minutes. Do this once week, and every day spend few minutes in the use of the polisher, and your hands will repay you in their neat appearance for the time you have spent A solu- tion of oxalic acid kept in a bottle with glass stopper will remove all stains of ink or fruit. and a match or a small stick dipped in the solution and passed under the nails will remove any discoloration that does not come of with washing. There is pink powder sold by druggists for polishing, but this may be dispensed with. If, however, you get any. be sure that you get the best and not spurious article. You should have a pair of old kid gloves. or better still wash leather, to wear when you are wedding in the garden, or doing any housework that will ad- init of it.
 speak with conviction born of sad experience, for 1 am afarmer's daugh- ter myself, and never thought of caring for my hands when I was child. When was old enough to care it was too late, and l have found out that no amount of after care can make up for the early neglect -AmericGn Agricuttar1St.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
The Drummer in the Days Immediately
 Following the War.

Following the War.
 The drummer of the present day is an effeminate creature compared with the men who went out on the road twenty years ago. Now he demands steam-he ated rooms, electric lights, sleeping cars and porter to lug his grip of samples around town. was on tine river in 1865 carrying a line of goods and covering territory that ex- tended from Cairo, H., to the head of navigation in Minnesota, taking an occasional side run up to the mount aims by way of the Missouri river. Our trips would last from two to six months. during which time we had to take things as we found them. Drum mers were accustomed to travelin O hundreds of miles on mule or horse back through sections of country so wild that the stagecoach had not pen etrated. Every one was disturbed by the war. and mechanics and laborers followed their duties with pistols hItched to a big belt outside their overalls. Nevertheless, no one ever heard of man being injured with firearms in personal quarrel. Rye coffee. sweet potatoes and an occa- sional strip of bacon formed our staple diet. In Missouri. owing to the rush of immigrants. it was diff cult to find lodging, and one night was considered lucky to get a cot where forty-six men were sleeping. Then the commercial traveller served as collector. and sometimes carried large sums ot money that were source of great concern. as there were no vaults or fre-proof safes in the rough holels of those days,-Sk L1Ris Gtobe- Democrat,
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19

The base ball fever has invaded Georgia in epidemic form. and the negro women and girls in parts of the State indulge in the game.
The Arizona sentinel., 1888-05-19

-Minister-"And do you expect to be lawyer when you grow up, like vour father, Bobby?" Bobby-"Yes, sir; I expect to be a lawer, but ma hopes I won't be one like pa."- 1as Epoch,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-07-21

STREETS. Upper Main street presents
now neat appearance. Through private
subscription the rocks. ETC., were carried
off during the week. Middle and lower
Main street, however, need cleaning
badly and it should be done. These
matters have been Voluntarily attended
to for q long time by individuals, but it
devolyes upon the County Commissioners
to see that any exceptional amount OF
rubbish, or unusual obstruction is re-
moved, il neglected for length Of time
by . property owner. and it may be done
at his expense. For convenience and
also for appearance sake let us keep our
main thoroughfares looking we'll.
The report Of W. J. Dooley, State
weather observer. for the past week
10 ~ follows:
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-07-21

Max Jacobs writes from Helena, Mon.
tans, that he obtained situation imme.
diatsly upon his arrival there at fair
salary, and expects to do we'll. Adolph
Jacobs also. is progressing; he has good
position and is constantly busy.
The mine and mill Of the Argus Com.
pany at Taylor were closed down on the
18th inst. and all hands discharged. II
il not known when work will be resumed
and the Taylor people feel depressed in
consequence. Ne
List Of letters remaining uncalled ftr
in the Phoebe Post Office on July 10th.
Galdamez, Juan +.
Yorasis Venetoy Parma Ne Cada.
John Shier, P. NJ.
Mr.. Frank Slocum, Agent here for the
Bristol Syndicate, having finished up the
Company's business. left on Monday last
for his home in Minneapolis.
J. A. Clark was passenger out on the
Milford stage Wednesday morning,
bound for Salt Lake.
James Nesbitt and family are expected
home from Salt Lake next Tuesday
m
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-07-21
STATE NEWS.

Harrison hats are beginning to be seen
on the Comstock. p4Gf-
Chloride ore asssying 5000 ton was
extracted last week from an Austin,
Lander county mine.
A five-foot quartz vein has been dis
covered near Sierra City that is literally
alive and sparkling with gold.
The Confidence Mining Company paid
its monthly dividend Of 50 per share
amounting to s29, 900 on July 10.
The appropriation Of sos. 900 for the
construction of buildings for the Indian
school at Carson has passed both houses,
and is signed by the President.
For the six months ending June 80,
there were four business failures in Ne
vada. Assets, 81. $50; liabilities 81, 600.
What State can make better showing.
The volume Of water in the Tr1ckee
river at Reno has greatly diminished
within the past two weeks, the river now
being lower than it nas been for years
past at this season.
James Moore has received notification
Of his appointment to temporarily fll the
Office Of U. s. Marshal Of Nevada, made
vacant by the death Of Thomas E. Kelley,
the late incumbent.
A cut in wages has been ordered At
the Carson Mint. The Waterman is only
paid $2.50 per day. 1t is not likely the
government will get responsible men to
work at those wages.
The Tuscarora Water Company was
incorporated in San Francisco July 8,
with capital stock Of $500, 900. The
contract for the pipe has been awarded
to Pittsburg firm.
On the occasion Of the Odd Fellows.
picnic on the Fourth, at Virginia City,
81, 900 was taken in at the bar on the
grounds, yet during the whole day all
the strong liquors sold amounted to but
one gallon and half.
The Esmeralda News says fifteen tons
Of ore from the Pamlico mine was
crushed at the Kiukead mill and yielded
n .
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-07-21
INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.

A bill appropriating $4,000 for the
erection Of an Indian industrial School
has passed both Houses Of Congress and
been Aligned by the President. Follow.
ing are the provisions Of the Act:
For the purpose Of constructing and
completing a suitable school building
for an Indian Industrial School, to be To-
Gated At some point in Orm.by county,
in the State Of Nevada, upon lands pre-
viously donated to the Government, o.
not less than 200 acres in extent, and o.
such character and location Is shall b,
deemed most suitable for the purposes
by tbe Secretary Of the Interior, sale
lands and specifications to be approved
by him."