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The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01
FARMER WASHINGTON.
He Was Very Thrifty, and Business Was
One of Bis Specialties.

He Was Very Thrifty, and Business Was
One of his Specialties.
I'm a study of the life of Washing
ton as a planter" said DIR. Toner, lone
thing that astonishes me is the amount
of energy the man was constantly ex-
pending up early in the morning,
writing letters, planning improvements
for or visiting his plantations and en-
couraging and instructing his over
seers both at seed time and harvest,
directing carpenters, millwrights and
men at almost every kind of work that
he carried on to develop and improve
his plantations. He had three fishing
landings on his estate, ferry and two
mills. These we're all created by his
own energy, foresight and manage
ment. He was in the habit of con-
tracing with merchants in Alexandria
or Norfolk to take all his -four for the
season and all his catch of fish, both
herring and shad, other than what he
reserved for use on his plantations.
The fish were owned and stored
at his own fish-house, but at the risk
of the merchant contracting. He was
a thorough business man, neglecting
nothing that promised revenue and
return for labor He supervised all
his farm arrangements. He made
with his own mechanics, plows and
harrows, repaired the farm machinery
at his own shops and made substantial
improvements upon the pillow in use in
his day. After the revolution, when
he enlarged his mansion at Mount
Vernon and laid out the land at the
west of the house in an ornamental
manner, he endeavored to transplant
to it specimens of nearly every native
tree that could at all add to its beauty
or novelty, and his diary says that
while riding through the woods or
surveying wherever he saw hand
some specimen of some tree not already
planted he would take note of it's To-
cality, and at a proper season would
have it removed and planted in the
western lawn at Mount Vernon
Washington Star.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

his tongue cruelty; and then the
laughter redoubles at his expense. Tho
combined intoxication of. the move
ment and of the cold is at its height
go on more quickly" the voices of
women say, nervously; and sometimes
deeper voice murmurs in lower
tone: why faster? 1t would be bet
ter that we never arrived at the end.
We do arrive, however. The team,
white with foam, stops in front of an
isolated tavern. 1t is Samarcande or
Tachkent, one of the inns of the sub
urbs of Petersburg, famous for the
troupes of Bohemians who lodge there
The party hires a room decorated in
any thing but a luxurious manner:
four smoky walls, a few chairs, and a
table. Champagne is brought and the
Tsiganes appear. The choir is COM
posed of three or four men and eight
or ten women. The men wear on their
bronze faces the expression of the
tranquil dignity of their race. With
their aquiline profiles, their sad
and profound eyes, they seem
like dispossessed kings Of Asia.
We would gladly depict the women
in some picturesque Eastern costume,
but the truth compels us to confess
that they are dressed in shabby silk
dresses, the cast-off finery of some ele-
CANT lady, bought at a secondhand
store in the Gostiny Dvor. The olive
colored compilations beneath their
painted cheeks, and the fire of their
eyes beneath their painted eyebrows,
alone betray the Indian origin of these
daughters of the Pariahs. The leader
of the choir tunes his guitar and strikes
up an accompaniment, very slow at
first, and then gradually quicker and
quicker. The Bohemian girls sing;
they are seated in a semi-circle,
their bodies and faces motionless.
At the beginning the accent is
cold and restrained. These wom-
en- appear Indifferent to the senti-
ment they are interpreting, like sibyls
visited by a god whom they do not
feel. But little by little their voices
become animated, and warm into that
cultural trembling which artists of
any other race can never succeed in
-imitating. The demon has taken pos
session of the singers; they hurry the
rhythm with furious alterations;
melodies and words are infused with
the same excitement, the languor, the
despair, and the fire of wild passions.
The soul of the old Arrays has accumu-
lated in these songs all the wildness
and melancholy of its nature. vi
comte Eugene Melchior de Vogue, in
Harper's Magazine.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01
4 PREHISTORIC CANOE.
The Rare Archaeological Treasure Re-
Gently Found in England.

The Rare Archaeological Treasure Re-
Gently Found in England.
A discovery of extreme arch8 OlOg-
ical interest has been made upon the
Barton section of the Manchester Ship
canal. On Wednesday, while the ex-
cavators were at work in what is
known as the ''Salt Eye" cutting, the
steam navy brought to light prehis-
toric canoe. 1t was embedded in the
sand twenty-five feet below the sur
face. With some difficulty the canoe
was removed to a shed in the vicinity
of the engineers Office, and examined.
1t was found to consist of a portion of
an oak tree roughly hewn and fash
toned. In length this relic of long
past age is thirteen feet eight inches
from end to end, with width of two
feet six inches. Notwithstanding the
lapse of centuries, the marks of the
axe are distinctly visible in the interior
of the canoe, the width of the blade
of the implement used-whether
of flint or iron-being apparently
about three inches. Unfortunately
the vessel sustained some damage
in the ruthless grip of the navy" the
bottom having been cut through
at the bow end, while a por-
ton of one side is broken in.
But for this mishap the canoe
would have been recovered practically
intact The bow is shaped so as to
leave a projecting block, through
which hole is driven, evidently for
the purpose of fastening it by means of
a rope. At this point the grain of the
wood indicates that the ancient work.
man had cut through the heart of the
tree, and that a portion had broken
away. Another piece of wood appears
to have been fitted into its place and
fastened with two stout wooden pins.
At the opposite end the canoe has been
strengthened by the fixing to it of
species of gunwale, consisting of the
naturally bent arm of tree, also held
in position with pegs or pins of wood.
1t is impossible to fix the precise period
of the canoe, but the circumstance. that
it bears no trace of nail or any iron
work may, perhaps, aid the formation
of an opinion upon this point. The
wood, particularly of the bottom, is for
the most part quite sound. The canoe
rested in bed of sand and leaves,
among which hazel-nuts were found.
In the immediate vicinity several large
the conclusion that the bed of the canal
is being cut through what was once a
forest. Manchester Guardian.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01
JAPANESE SUPERSTITIONS.
Some of the Strange Fancies of Those
Gentle Orentals.


Gentle Orientals.
The household superstitiOns of Japan
are very numerous They are harm
less, often exciting laughter; yet so
entrenched are they in the household
that religion, argument, even ridicule
can not destroy them. Some of these
superstitions have a moral or educa-
tional purpose, intoxicating lessons of
benevolence, neatness and habits of
cleanliness. A room is never swept
inmate for fear of sweeping out the
luck. At marriage ceremony neither
the bride nor the groom wears any
clothing of purple color lest their mar
riage be soon dissolved, purple being a
color most liable to fade. If the cup
of medicine is upset by accident during
the illness of a person it is a
sure sign of his recovery. This
looks as if the japanese had
faith in our proverb, Throw physic
to the dogs" There are some curious
ideas in regard to the finger nails.
They must not be cut before starting
on journey lest disgrace fall upon the
person at his destination. Neither
should they be cut at night, lest cats
claws should grow out. Children who
throw the parings of the nails into the
fire are in danger of some great calam-
ity. If a piece should fly into the fire
while cutting the person will soon die.
The bowling of dog portends
death. If a woman steps over an egg
shell she will go mad; if over a razor
it will become dull; if over a whet-
stone it will break. If a man should
set his hair on fire he will go mad.
Children are told if they tell lie an
oni Gmp) will pull out their tongues
The wholesome terror of the oni,
standing ready to run away with his
tongue, has caused many a Japanese
youth to speak the truth.
The japanese have a horror of the
darkness; they always keep light
burning to ward off ghosts. The junk
men believe in a ghost who comes to
them and politely asks to borrow a
dipper The answer decides the fate
of the junkman. If a dipper with a
bottom is bestowed upon the ghost, he
uses it to bail water enough to swamp
the junk, but if the bottom can be
knocked out and thrown at him he dis
appears. In this last case, the act
must be accompanied by an incanta-
ton, or the ghost turns into a sea cap
pa-a many-clawed monster-who will
drag the junk to the bottom.
The Japanese are gentle, sensitive
race. very much under the influence of
their emotions. Love with them is a
serious matter, often one of life or
death. Disappointment in love or de-
sertion frequently ends in suicide.
Sometimes the girl becomes an aveng-
err, and implores the gods to curse or
visit with death the destroyer of her
peace. The passions which thrill and
torment the human soul are as intense
in PARKWAY heather Japan as in those
lands which boast a higher civiliza-
tion.-Philadelph Press.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01
HOME AND FARM.

"A light harrow run over the corn
ground three or four times, the first
three weeks after planting, means a
heavy corn crop.
Cold boiled rice, alternated with
tomatoes, well-buttered and seasoned,
bread crumbled on the top, and baked
one hour, makes good vegetable dish.
The quickest way to fatten an old
cow is to confne her in small yard
and give her all the ground grain and
hay she can eat. She should be gotten
in condition in as short q time as pos
sible.
The writer of an essay on blowing
says the common practice of running
the pillow the same depth every year is
apt to make hard path by packing
the soil where the share scrapes
over it..
Don't study stock feeding so hard
that you will neglect to make proper
provisions for the feeding of your fam
lily. See that you have good garden
that will allow you to vary the diet of
pork and potatoes. Western Plow-
man.
Sheep should never be allowed to
pasture on land which has been top
dressed with manure, nor to Craze on
land which is liable to be Overfiowed,
or which contains stagnant pools, on
account of the danger of the sheep be-
coming infected with parasitical life.
Cold roast or boiled meat cut up
in dice, highly seasoned and moistened
with its own gravy or rich stock, and
covered with a layer of cOld-boiled
rice, buttered on the top, and baked
an hour, makes an economical and
convenient dish.
While it is desirable to commence
work as soon as possible in the spring,
there is nothing gained in attempting
to work the soil until it is sufficiently
dried out to work readily into good
filth, and sufficiently dry and warm to
induce a good termination of the seed
and a vigorous start to germ of the
plants.
dressed Spinach: Wash spinach
and put in pot without water. When
tender, squeeze dry. Put a teacup OF
cream in a saucepan with a table
spoonful of butter rolled in flour, let
heat. Chop one rd-boiled egg in
small pieces and put in, pour over the
spinach and garnish with slices of
hard-boiled egg.-Farm and Fireside.
-Millet and Hungarian grass are
very similar in appearance, but the
millet grows higher and affords but
one cutting, while the Hungarian grass
can be cut every five weeks if the soil
is rich. They are summer crops, and
are not usually sown until May. The
hay from millet and Hungarian grass
is highly relished by all classes of
stock, and the yield is usually heavy.
The ground should be well MANFRED,
narrowed fine and ten quarts of seed
per acre sown, or even more if a thick
growth is desired.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01
Salt for Black WeeVil.

l will state for the information of all
weevil can be kept out of corn after il
is gathered, or killed if already in it,
by mixing salt through the corn as it
is put in the crib, and occasionally
sprinkling the corn with water to
cause the salt to dissolve. 1t is not
necessary to dissolve all the salt at the
time OF cribbing the corn, as it will
continue to dissolve, except in dry and
windy weather, and will do so even in
dry weather if it is very warm. Do not
throw the water on in quantities, as is
the custom of some persons in this
section. This causes the water
and salt to run through to the
bottom in large quantities, result
ing in damage to the corn at the Dot
tom, also to the flooring and fOunda-
ton of the crib; besides, it may not
leave enough salt in the upper portion
of the corn. Some years since [ no.
ticed here a small weevil in cOttOn-seed
meal. The same weevil, or one very
much resembling it, is now to be found
in corn here. The salt ana water
remedy does not entirely exterminate
the brown weevil, but lessons their
numbers. This weevil damages corn
very little. / also had mites in my
corn the past fall, which the salt and
water exterminated as well as the
black weevil. L. Hardy, in Home
Journal.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01
LIFE IN PETERSBURG.
Graphic Description of a MidwInter Ride
with "Troika- Birds"

Graphic Description of a Midwinter Ride
with "TroiIxa- Birds"
Large four-seated sleighs are ordered
from Job master famous for the swift
ness of his horses and the skill of his
drivers. The bells of the teams tinkle
at the door; the company envelOp
themselves from head to foot in furs;
the women tie Orenburg shawls over
their faces. Two couples take their
places in each of the vehicles, and, as
may be readily conceived, it is not
chance that generally presides over
this arrangement, but another little
god who is less wise than chance. The
driver gathers in his hands his bundle
of reins, and speaks tenderly to
his horses: Forward, my little
pigeons" The three pigeons start
at full gallop through the empty
streets, twenty degrees below zero,
the air still, the sky black as steel, and
sparkling with golden spots which
glitter over the whiteness of all OBJ
jects in this limpid atmosphere. The
cold freezes the breath as it issues
from the lips. In a few minutes the
boards are converted into stalactites OF
ice. The Russian heart bounds with
Joy. Quicker! quicker!" cry the
women, their voices broken by wild
and joyous laughter. The driver, who
has previously fortified his stomach
with innumerable glasses of brandy,
administers stout blows with his knout
over the backs of his horses, and yet
they are giving the maximum of speed
that can be expected from their limbs.
They too seem to get intoxicated with
their own galloping. The equipage
flies along the quays and crosses the
river; the mean houses of the fau-
bourgs, with their poor little lights,
vanish out of sight behind il
like phantoms. Trees take the
place of houses the more deeply
we penetrate into the islands; now we
glide over vacant country in absolute
darkness, the tinkling of the bells and
the ripples of laughter alone breaking
the silence that has gathered over the
earth. When the hoofs of the horses
strike the pavement beneath the thin
ner snow, or when they bound over {
projecting block of ice on an arm o
the Neva, the heavy sleigh jumps ano
jolts enough to throw the travellers
out. Woe be to the one who is talk
ing at this moment: he is sure to bite
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Stricken With ApopIexy.

An aged gentleman of our acquaintance
went out after hearty meal to remove the
ice from the sidewalk. He worked as an
old man naturally would with his head and
shoulders bent low. He suddenly fell, be-
came unconscious and soon died.
What was the cause of his death?
Apoplexy-th physician would say apo
plexy Of the brain.
In persons of good health, the coats OF the
arteries throughout the entire body are
tough and elastic. In unhealthy persons,
particularly those whose kidneys are dis
eased, the walls of the arteries undergo
"degeneration"-due to the action of the
impurities in the blood which the kidneys
have been unable to remove.
In these cases, when the action of the
heart is intensified by vigorous exercise,
or excitement, the pressure Npon some
artery becomes too strong for it in its
weakened state--a rupture occurs and
stroke of apopIexy follows as matter OF
course.
Derangements of the kidneys are COM
mon cause of apopleXy.
Whenever they fail IN the complete re-
moval of the waste matter in the blood, the
deadly poison known as uric acid ac-
cumuiates, and creeps through all the
blood channels where it rapidly causes de-
cay.
The primary cause of all organic disea Sc
such as paralysis, consumption, heart dis
ease and nervous disorders, is directly at
tributable to failure of the kidneys in
their special function of purifying the
blood. Kidney arrangement is without
doubt the most aggravating as well as the
most prevalent of all ills of the present day,
and unless kidney disease is taken in time
and prompt restorative, such as Warner
Safe Cure, appied-death will inevitably
result.
Advanced kidney disease has Oaf1ed the
united efforts of the best physicians for
years and it is solely due to Warmers Safe
Cure, a simple vegetable discovery, that
modern science has been able to success
fully cope with it.
Life insurance companies make sure OF
it's non-existence before issuing their poll
cies and the learned and careful physician
will not attempt to prescribe for patient
afflicted with serious illness before first
ascertainingi if this disease is present.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

GOOD average of character is better
than lower level of character; but good
average of character is never reached by a
man who is satisfied with good average.
Only the man who persistently strives to be
at a high level of conduct will reach the
plane of the average weIl-doer. An average
is made by the balance between the slips
and the successes. The slips will come Of
themselves. The successes are a result OF
effort. He who aims no higher than an aver
age, will be sure to fall below it's. s.
Times
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

THE question is often reiterated: us life
worth living?" Whatever advantages some
lives may have for their possessors, they
certainly are of little service to others, save
as they may furnish warnings against a
wasted existence. There are those who
gather no spoil in mental culture, and make
no acquisition in moral worth to enrich
their own souls. Such people exert no good
influence, and put forth no power to help
others to a nobler hfe.-Christian Inquirer
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01
Expensive Oil.

Recently there was sent from Nor
witch, Conn, to New York five two
gallon tin cans filled with oil of black
birch, which was manufactured in
Bozrah by John Miner. 1t is worth
$50 gallon, and the five cans con-
tanned 1913 pounds of oil, valued at
$500, or little over S. pound. Black
birch trees do not yield oil as the maple
trees run sap. There is work in get
ting the tender twigs, and labor in the
process of extracting the oil. One
ton of twigs yields just three pounds
of oil, and it took nearly fifty-three
tons of twigs to yield the ten gallons
This oil is used in giving the winter
green flavor to corrections of all kinds
Tho oioion'c TnpanS of SI1nnOrt
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01
Rook.d on the Crest OF tn. waves.

The landsman, tourist or commercial
traveller, speedily begins, and not only be-
gins, but continues, to feel the extreme OF
human misery during the transit across the
tempestuOus Atlantic. But if, with wise
prescience, he has provided himself with q
supply of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, his
pangs are promptly mitigated, and then
cease ere the good ship again drops her
anchor. This is worth knowing, and thou
sands of our yachtmen, summer vOyagers,
tourists and business men do know it.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

New HAMPSHIRE seems to be the cham
pion divorce State of the Union. Official
statistics show that from 1882 to 1887, in
elusive, 1900 divorces were decreed. In
1888 there was 1 divorce to every 1913 mar
riages; in 1884, 1 to 1914; in 1885, l to 1919; in
1886, to SO, and in 1887, 1 to 10.7. This is
a larger divorce rate than is reported of any
other State.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

"TRERE is a tide in the affairs of men
which if taken at the flood leads on to fort
une" If your affairs are at low ebb now,
don't fail to write to B. F. Johnson & Co.,
1909 Main street, Richmond, Va, who have
plans that will enable you to make money
rapidly.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

A MEDICINE prepared for the general pub
lie should contain nothing hurtfulin any
dose. Such a medicine is Shallenberger' s
Antidote for Malaria; it destroys Malaria
as water puts out fire, and is just as harm
less. Sold by Druggists.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

: Some Windsor Lock (Conn) people
who forwarded 81 each for Emusic box
capable of playing twenty-three tunes re-
ceived large package on which sixty
cents express was charged containing
three five-cent Harmonious.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

The Fturbide. in the City of MeA-
ico, is probably the grandest hotel in
the world. 1t was built by the Gov
ernor for his palace, and cost 3,000,-
900. 1t contains a room used by Gov
ernor Yturbide for a chapel that is
frescoed in solid gold.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

A PORT HURON barber has found great
profit in the Pigs in Clover puzzle, as it
helps him hold customers who calm they
can't wait their turn. "Just try that" he
SAYS, soothingly, thrusting the puzzle into
their hands, and when lie gets ready to
shave them they are on hand.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

A LOCAL paper says that at church party
recently held in McDonough, Chenango
County, N. Y, forty young women were
put up at auction and sold to the highest
bidder. A hayseed believed the sale was
bona fide and put up aIluhis cash, $7.49, on
the prettiest woman bid off. 1t took consid-
cradle persuasion to convince him that he
could not remove his purchase to the pater-
nal ranch.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

CONSUMPTION may be avoided by the timely
use of Hale's Honey Of Horchound and Tar
P1ke's TOotache Drops cure in one minuta
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

THE Queen Regent of Spain, while at
Barcelona, three times visited the Amer
lean department of the International
Exposition and expressed great interest
therein.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1889-06-01

A YOUNG American lady went to Burmah
as a missionary and married the first
heather she converted. Now the Burmese
are bowling for more missionaries.