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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-10-19

A LITTLE seeing saves much looking; a
little speaking saves much talking.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-10-19
A NATIONAL FLOWER.
What Oh Earth Would We Do with 1t
Even If We Had One?

What OD Earth Would We Do with 1t
Even If We Had One?
l have read with growing interest
much that has been printed about the
crying need of this country for a Ma
tional flower. l say have read it with
interest, because I thought that it
might indicate the growth of that
idyllic sentiment which would soften
our National character and throw the
golden light of poetry around the cot
ton mill, the pork packery, the rail-
road depot and the blast furnace. But
l am convinced that the demand is not
general for National flower, and that
what is written about it and printed
about it reflects the sentiment of that
class-a very limited one, believe
who do not see that national flowers
are the Outgrowth of national natures,
when they grow at all.
Of course every body has heard of
the old Irishman who objected to SUBJ
scribe for q new chandelier, because if
the lodge bought it nobody could play
on it. My objection is that if the ed
itors who write of the Nationel flower,
and the sentimental contributors who
will not be comforted because it is not,
could agree on a National flower, no.
body would wear it. The Florentine
of the sixteenth century, with his 9s-
thetic nature cultivated to the highest
degree by the contemplation of the
great masters of color and design,
might naturally worship flowers, and
the red lily above all For him to
wear q red lily was natural. 1t
lowered from the rich soil of the Flor
entine nature:e But can any one
imagine the American of the nine
teenth century wearing a flower Off
cially marked, branded, called and
specifically set forth as National
without a feeling and bearing of con-
straint which would plainly mark the
artificial designation of the bloom, and
lead him to give it to the Office boy as
soon as he got to his desk? We can
not 60 back to antiquity because we
have lost the way. The French Revo-
lutionists tried it and failed. Some of
them wore flowers in periods of Ma
tienal adversely, because an ancient
people had done so, but soon gave it
up, for fer &c energy of the time and
the tender hue of flowers did not go to-
gether. Give soil of sentimentality
and the fierce heat of faction, and a
national, that is. flower of domi-
nant party, may be forced to general
acceptance, as was the lily in Bourban
France and the violet in Bonapartean.
Under natural conditions, no flower
yet ever became national by concerted
action or by the passage of appropri-
ate resolutions Boston Transcript
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-10-19
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.

oregon, tho Paradise OF Farmers.
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full information free. Address
Oregon immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-10-19
The Liver

And kidneys are organs which it is important
should be kept in good condition and yet they are
overworked and abused by nearly everybody, until
they become wOrn-out, elogged up, or diseased
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures all difficulties with
these organs, rouses them to healthy action, and
tones the whole digestive organism.
have been using Hoods Sarsaparilla for Indf-
gestion and liver trouble. 1t has greatly benefited
me, and think it is fully as good medicine as
claimed" K. S. CHEsEBRo, chief engineer fire
dept. StonfnRtOn CT
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-10-19
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Sold by all druggists ST. six for IS. Prepared onl,
by c. 1. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-10-19
G sfgEl2 Woven Wire Fencing

WANTED At ONCE IN every Town;
to take orders for New Subscription Book, IS
to $40 per day easily made. eZ-Send for circular
JOHN PETTIGREw, Publisher, SPRINGFIELD, MASS
sSNANE THIS PAPER every you write
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-07-11

CHARLIE rs MACkAY.

I n FS "A
I'd rather drink cold water from the brook
Than quaff excitement from golden chalce;
I'd rather sleep on straw in shepherds hut,
Than lie awake and restless in palace
I'd rather earn dry bread in lusty health.
And eat it with a sense of wholesome pleasure,
Than feed without the zest of appetite
Of gorgeous pate and unavailing treasure.
I'd rather have one true unfa:ling friend,
Than fifty parasites to carve my bounty;
And one poor lass who loved me for myself
Than one without heart who owned county.
Nature is kind if our desires pure,
And strews rich blessings everywhere around us;
While fortune. if we pant in her pursuit,
Too often grants her favors to confound us.
Fresh air and sunshine, flowers and health and
The endowments if learn to prize
The wise mans treasures better worth than gold.
And none but tools and wicked men despise
them. Chambers Journal.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-07-11

Five Gents.

ing to excess in them when we gain our
liberty again. There is not much danger
of eating too much while in prison If we
have strong inclination to indulge in ex-
penslve and useless habits. it will be much
better in the long run to admit our weak
ness at once and try to overcome them instead
of laboring under the impression that we
already have full control over them We
can no more cure fault by trying to
make believe it does not exist than we can
freeze ice cream Oh hot cook stove.
The man who is possessed of good sense
and has full control of himself is as near
perfect as mortal can wish to be. Such a
man will not get chOlerc at every little
mishap that will occur during a day. He
will not make fool of himself by wasting
his wind cursing inanimate objects when
they chance to be in his road. Any man
that wishes to make friends for himself. and
to get his full share of happiness in this
life, will find, if he gives the matter any
attention. that he can best reach this end
by being master of his own actions and
that he can never reach it so long as he re-
mains creature of impulse and slave to
every passing whim. RONDA.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-07-11
ONE GOOD LIFE.

beam, piercing the forbidden shade
OF some drear prison cell, has often brought
Quiet to troubled spirit and has made
Dark. morbid broodng change to peaceful
thought.
SO good life will prove guiding light
To brighten paths weak morta!s oft find drear-
beacon on the narrow way of right,
To lure the fallen to a higher sphere.
Saturday Spectator.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-07-11
The Saunterer.

Warden StOrdOck has become so nOtO-
riOusly charitable that the boys around the
prison say every impecunious old bum who
strikes the town considers it his first duty
to call at the prison and interview the
warden. The other day while the boys
were industriOusly tanning themselves and
dreaming of Greenland's icy mountains or
some other country where the mer-
curry does not shoot up to 9S with no
apparent prOvOcatiOn whatever. gentle
foOtstep was heard in the hall. and soon
was followed by person who desired an
audience with the executive officer of that
great moral institution. The caller was
not exactly in calling costume, nor did his
appearance herald him as a distinguished
person from abroad. In making his en-
trance he was preceded by some two or
three inches of highly favored nose with
the aromatic OdOr of stale beer. His gar
ments were of cut and texture which sug-
gested the idea of travel in many strange
lands with industrious application to the
business of collecting specimens in each,
and he had about him the air of one famil
lar with back doors and ''hand outs" Ad-
dressing himself to Mr. StOrdOck he de-
livered himself of the following Grafton
in much the same tone the lecturer at
dime museum assumes when exhibiting a
curiO: ''Sir, | am representative of the
ArkanSaw Travelel OF which you may or
may not have heard. and am here solicit
ing subscriptions for that world famous
paper in your city. l was at one time con-
nected with the dramatic profession and
played second violin in the world renowned
Days orchestra, which immOrtaized it
self by the production of the beautiful mel
ody, The Arkansaw Traveller am now
prepared to furnish you sample copy and
take your subscription, the terms of which
are two dollars year in advance" At
this juncture he produced from some mys-
terOus receptacle about his person a SOled
copy of the Traveller, which he extended
with one hand while he held over the other
for the expected offering. Knowing that
there was chair and some other articles
in the hallway outside, the warden accom-
panied. him to the front door and saw that
nothing stuck to him as he departed. AS
he departed he turned. and making a sig
niticant gesture suggestive of one. who
would empty the contents of a drinking
vessel into his own mouth he said, 'Sir.
might be permitted to ah, er-ah-."'
The jingle of a dime as it fell on the side
walk at the feet of the tramp was the last
scene but one, the finale transpiring, so far
as this history goes, at an adjacent saloon.
Saltwater Messenger.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-07-11
Decision Of Character.

In whatever situation in life a person
may be, questions will arise for his con-
sideration and decision. A man speculat
ing in stocks considers and decides what Sc
.curitieS he will buy or sell, when, and at
what quotations Guests at the Hotel
StordOck have the privilege of considering
and deciding whether to take the Pride of
ST. Paul. smoking tobacco or large deli
,ciOus plug of Lark" chewing tobacco.
There is a right and a wrong way of con-
siderng question. There is also right
and wrong course to pursue after de-
cisiOn has been reached. Whatever a ques-
tOn may be. whether trivial or important,
the mind should be concentrated upon it
when it is under consideration. Every cir
.cumstance involved should be critically ex-
amined and allowed its due influence.
When question has been handled in this
manner when judgment has been passed
upon it, when the course to be followed
has been outlined, that question should be
stamped III large red letters, FINISHED.
There is but one contingency which should
cause that stamp to be remOved-the dis
cOvery of facts unknown at the time the de-
ciSiOn was made, and therefore, not con-
sidered. A decision made in the proper
way will be adhered to, unless the person
is extremely weakminded. For. if doubts
afterwards arise as to the wisdom of the
conclusion, a man can say to HIMSELF:
"When | decided this matter l knew all
the facts with which am now acquainted,
jS | ho r
ter the most careful attention of which
was capable. | Judged each circumstance
as accurately as my mind would permit.
| utilized all my experience, all my learn
ing. Therefore, | cannot now decide this
question more intelligently than before, let
the Judgment stand"
By adhering to a decision. the time that
would be employed in recOnsidering the
question is saved. Time in this institu-
tiOn is very abundant article. Buta man
in the outside world who is called upon to
decide many important questions each day,
would soon be overwhelmed with work if
he reconsidered every decision made. Far
more important than the saving of time.
however. is the advantage that strong,
resOlute course of conduct possesses over a
weak. undecided course The one may
not have fortunate result; the other can
not.
Imagine ship sinking in the middle of
the Pacific. Noble speeches and heart
breaking farewells may be omitted. Every
body takes to the boats. The boats are be-
tween two islands 1t is uncertain which
is the nearer. Food and water are on board
in sufficient quantities to maintain life
while reaching either island. The captain
considers the question and decides that the
distance to island number one is less than
%hafk 20 fc1o ,hor l.
headed in its direction. Twenty four hours
sailing does not appear to bring the island
much nearer. 1t seems to be very distant
The captain recOnsiders the question and
decides that island number two is the
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-07-11
Major NewsOn in States Prison.

Major NewsOn will be a voluntary inmate
of the states prison at Saltwater At the
request of Warden Stordock and the con-
victs the genial Major will regale the ex-
lied and misguided patriots with a Fourth
of July Grafton. which it is safe to say will
be in his happiest vein. All honor to the
MajOr.-St. Paul News
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1889-07-11

He who is Of no use to himself is of no
use to any one.
The reward of one duty done is the
power to fulfill another.
He who takes the child by the hand takes
the mother by the heart.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08
Snag Boat Work on Western Rivers.

Since the advent of the steam horse,
those of Uncle Sans good subjects
who have known the delightful expert
ences of travel in the "stern-wheelers"
on Western rivers may have taken the
idea into their heads that the rivers
and boats had nothing to do but "dry
up and decay.
Those of the aforj said subjects who
take a slip down river now and again
know that they have not done any
thing of the sort; in fact, the rivers
are Just little too active for Uncle
Sam, for while they refuse to dry up,
they keep him hard at work with his
snag-boats to prevent their choking
up.
These boats are built entirely of
steel, in the strongest manner possible,
having powerful engines, and hull in
two sections ian enlarged model boot
jack; fitted with powerful steel der
ricks, chains, aud metal tackle, they
are forced up to the heaviest obstruc
tions, and lift them easily from the
narrow channels of the rivers. Dur.
ing low water all the channels used by
passenger and freight steamers are
patrolled by these boats, and danger,
Gus snags are pulled out as fast as
they are uncovered by the falling wat.
er. During high water, and after
each of the sudden rises for which
these rivers are notable, it is the
duty of these boats to watch the ''tiost.
ers'-a term applied to heavy debris
md boats adrift; in event of fire, to
assist in silencing the conhagration
with her big pumps; and in breaking
up and clearing away fallen bridges
or wreckage n the channel or at land
ings by aid of peculiar and powerful
steel hook attached to her fore derrick,
called, in river-men's parlance, a "par.
rots nose"
There are a number of these boats,
and each carries the usual list of offii
GERS, engineers, and crew. Without
their aid the Western rivers in many
places would be ren lered entirely uu-
navigable on account of "snags" aud
'hoaters. .'-Ha,per's Weekly.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08
Strange Phenomena

The imaginings of the romarcers
have again and again been in time
realized by the discoveries OF the sclen
lists, and if the Oriental idea, that
nothing can be fancied unless it really
has somewhere an existence, may be
supposed to have any foundation, 1t is
to be expected that in time many more
of the wonders of fiction will be
brought into the realms Of sober fact.
A case in point is afforded by an ex-
pertinent tried at the hospital Of the
Salpetriere. A subject having been
hypnotized, the physician conducting
the experiment traced his name upon
the patients arm with a blunt probe,
saying to him
"This afternoon at a o'clock you
will go to sleep and blood will then is
sue from your arms on the lines which
| have traced
The subject fell asleep at the hour
named and the letters appeared upon
his arm in relief, marked with bright
red and here and there with minute
drops of blood. The same patient was
subsequently heard, in a spontaneous
attack of hysteria, to command his
arm Ia blee, and the cutaneous
hemorrhage resppeared.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08
The Renaissance of the Fan.

After long interval, long period
of neglect, the year 1929 saw a revival
in the taste for fans 1t chane,l that
grand ball was preparing at the
Tuileries, at which several costume
quardeills,, were to be danced. Nine.
la Duchesse de Berri had undertaken
to get up Louis XIV quardrilIe, and
was seeking every where-had sought
every where in vaiu-for fans of that
period. Suddenly some one remem-
bered having seen some old fans in
the shop window of a perfumer named
Vonier, who lived in the Rue Cpumar-
tin. Vanier had collected o.d .us for
some time as an amateur. His fans
were taken to the place; in the guard
rifle they created furor and were
all purchased. The Duchesse de Berri's
ball begun the renaissance of the fan.
Parr in Ha,per'S Mayrzine
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08
PRESIDENT BARNARD's ROMANCE.
MS BRIDE WAS ONCE A FLOWER GIRL IN
A DAYTON o., MARKET-HoUsE.

From heNeto York World.
The account of the opening OF Barn
ard college, which memorislizes the
name of the late president of Colum-
bia college, recalls pretty little ro-
nance of two score years ago in Day
ton o. There were extensive "mark.
et-houses," the roofs of which pro-
jected and afforded shelter, beneath
which the farmers and gardeners dis
played their produce. Along one end
of the market house ran principal
thoroughfare, travelled daily by the
business and professional men of the
town. One soft, sunshiny spring
morning there appeared at the mark
et.house a fiower-girl selling bouquets.
The girl was young and charming and
spoke with a pretty French accent.
The first young man who passed that
way bought a bouquet. Every one
who followed did likewise. In an
hour the first flower sale that had ever
taker place in Dayton was ended, the
stock sold out, and the fair vender
disappeared.
Next market day the little maiden
appeared again. She charmed every
Que she talked with, but she did not
reveal her identity to any one and re-
nelled all curious queries with gentle
dignity that was an insurmountable
barrier.
For two seasons the fiower-girl lit
up the dingy market house by her pres
ence. One day she was gone. From
that time the place knew her no more.
Years after one of the young ladies
who had been apatron of the fair flower
seller was in New York shopping in
Stewards A stranger approached,
and, greeted her by her maiden ZANE.
expressed much pleasure at the meet
ing aud inquired for Dayton people.
"Doubtless you have forgotten me"
said the stranger, "but you used to buy
my flowers in the market house. That
was long ago. live here DOW. am
married. Here is my card" 1t bore
the nams of the wife of President
Barnard, of Columbia college.
A subsequent conversation explain
ed the mystery of the t1ower-seller.
The father of Mile. was exiled
from Paris for political reasons and
his estate confscated. He came to
America and drifted to Dayton, where,
in modest cottage in the French
quarter, he beguiled the term of bis
Punishment by cultivating flowers
while their little daughter eked out
their slender income by selling boquets
After ten years changes in the govern
ment restored in a measure their faller
fortunes and father and daughter were
enabled to come East and assume the
social position which belonged to them
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08
JUDGE WHITE ON DUTIES OF
JURYMEN,

In case recently tried in the Ale
gheny county court, the jury, after be-
ing out six hours sent down word to
Judge White that they were unable TO
agree on verdict, the jury standing
IL to l and the one would not give in.
Judge White had the Jury brought in
to court and in kind, but firm words,
informed them that he was surprised
that they could not agree. The case
was a trifing one, and involved hardly
anything more than the question of
costs, as he had intimatel in his
charge. His honor stated that the
probability was that the Que juror
was wrong, as there were elevep TO
one chances that way. The juror
should feel that the eleven men were
as honest and intelligent as he was.
1t is not question of conscience with
Jurors that is mistaken idea it is
simply question of judgment, and a
majority could agree without injury to
the conscience. HIS honor stated that
he could not think of discharging the
jury, and hoped they would reach a
verdict in few minutes The obsti-
nate juror was evidently impressed
with the judges remarks, as he im-
mediately gave in to the other eleven,
without leaving the box verdict Of
not guilty was handed down.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08
Edison's Machines.

Mr.. Edison is reported, in a conver.
sation with an interviewer who solic.
tied his ideas on the subject of the
projected worlds fair in New York, as
saying that he would take an acre Of
space in such a fair and completely
cover it with his inventions, of which
he has no less than seventy now under
way. "One of the most peculiar, and
now promising good results" said M.
Edison, sis what | may call far sight
machine" BY means of this extraord-
mary invention he hopes to be able to
increase the range of vision by hund-
reds of miles, so that, for instance, "a
man in New York could see the featur-
es of his friend in Boston with as much
ease as he could see performances on
the stage, That" he added, "would
be an invention worthy prominent
place in lhe worlds fair, and hope to
have it perfected long before lss2."-
Iron.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08
Gardens of Babylon.

The hanging gardens of Babylon
appear to have been square, each be-
ing 400 feet 10 length. They were
carried in the manner of large terraces
one above the other till they rose as
high as the walls of tho city, the as cent
being from terrace to terrace by stairs
10 feet wide The whole pile was sus-
tanned by vast arches raised on other
arches and strengthened by wall sur
rounding it 22 feet in thickness. On
the top Of these arches were laid large
fat stones, l6 feet long and feet
broad. These were lined with brick,
closely commented together with plast-
er Of bitnmen, and that covered with
sheets of lead, upon which lay the
mold of the garden, where there were
large trees, shrubs and flowers, with
various sorts of these gardens, each
containing about four acres, and dis
posed in the form of an amphithatre.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08

A pen that will obviate frequent ap-
plications to the ink stand can be
made with the utmost ease, aud is
said to be perfectly reliable Two or
dinary pens of the same pattern are
inserted in one holder. The inner pen
will perform the operation of writing
while between il and the outer one a
supply of ink will be reserved-the
twin,pen having, of course. been dip
ped in the ink which will be amply
sufficient to write several pages
of manuscript, though the rate of writ
ing will materially Affect the quantity
of work that can be performed with
one supply of ink. 1t is not necessary
that two pens should be very close to-
gether, but should the ink not flow
freely enough, the points may be
brought nearer by using tiny rubber
or bit of thread.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1889-11-08

Fog and its causes have been the
subject of much discussion. BY one
writer the celebrated London fog is attri-
buted to the cooling OF the air by radi-
alton from hillsides near the city,
which air, flowing down, envelops the
city. 1t has also been suggested that
a cool northerly wind on the west side
of storm flows into the saturated air
on the south side and condenses fog
In Newfoundland it is thought that
fog is produced by the flowing of a
saturated current southwark TO cooler
waters, which often have ice floating
in them. In one of these cases, how,
ever, does it seem that the theories ad.
vanced have been substantiated, and
the subject offers an interesting field
OF investigation to the scientist.