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The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05
ACOUSTIC VASES.
How They Enabled Roman Actors to Be
 Heard in Gigantic Theaters.

How They Enabled Roman Actors to Be Heard in Gigantic Theaters.
 The theaters of the ancient Romans were notable for their good acoustic properties, due to the fact of their in- terior being constructed of wood, material which, by it's own vibrations, re-enforces sound. Those of the Greeks, being built chiefly of stone and marble, were wanting in this important re- spect, to remedy which they were com peled to call in the aid of resonance, which they did by placing series of hollow brazen or earthenware vessels of carefully-graduated sizes between the rows of seats in the audi torium. Vitruvius tells us that these harmonic vases were placed in cells or niches between the rows of seats occu- pied by the spectators, to which the voice of the actor had free passage, and that they enabled the actors to be heard in all parts of the gigantic thea ters, some four hundred feet in diame- ter; that they were made of brass or earthenware, and proportioned in magnitude to the size of the building; and that in the smaller theaters they were tuned in harmonic proportions of fourths, fifths and eighths, with their replicates; while in those of greater magnitude there was vase to corre- spond with every sound in the dis diapasOn, or great musical system, in all the genera. Unfortunately, he does not give any descrip- tion of their form which in all probability resembled that of bells These vessels, termed echeiG, were found greatly to strengthen the speak CTS voice, especially when the dialogue was intoned; and here we have prob ably the philosophy of the origin and practice of intoning our church serv- ice. Each echejon selected a certain note like the pipe of an organ, and vii brating in unison with it, responded and took up the sound by sympathetic vibration, thereby increasing its in- tensity. Any hollow ar space will ac- commodate itself more or less in the same manner, fact that is now gen. orally taken advantage of in our the aters and public buildings, by leaving open spaces beneath the seats and floors, between the walls and above the ceiling. Chambers yo&rRaL
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05
 THE MAGNETIC POLE.

How It Shifts Its Position from East to
 West and from West to East. When the magnetic needle is brought within the influence of an electric cur rent, it always shows tendency to put itself exactly at right angles to that current. Reasoning from this phenomenon we infer that what causes the needle to point always northward when it is not disturbed by a local cur rent, is the circumstance that currents of electricity are ali the time flowing about the earth from east to west. The magnetic pole stands related to these currents as the geographical pole does to the parallels of latitude.
 But the magnetic north, or pole, does not correspond with that of tho earth. It is, therefore, probable that the lines of direction of earth electric currents are not parallel with the equator, as are the parallels of lati- tude. This pole was found by Ross, in 1880, to be in lat. 70 deg. min. 17 sec. N, and long. 96 deg. 46 min. 45 sec. w.
 The magnetic pole is constantly shifting it's position from east to west and from west to east again, within certain limits, probably on or near the same parallel of latitude, though it is not fully known that the pole does not have north and south as we'll as an east and west motion.
 In 1863 it was directly north of Paris. It then moved westwardly till about 1919, when it turned back toward the east. In this direction it is still nov ing. It is calculated that the eastern limit will be reached about A. ID. 2140.
 There are so many points of agree ment between the distribution of ter restrial magnetism and heat that many persons think the two may be connect ed, the one as cause, the other as ef- feet. The magnetic pole has been in the region of greatest mean cold ever since any thing has been known of electricity, and the temperature of high attitudes. It remains to be seen whether or not the place of extremest cold is moving eastward with the magnetic pole.
 It is a reasonable inference from what is known, that no auroras are produced in latitudes much higher than the magnetic pole. If such is the case, the spectator between north latitude 80 deg. and the pole would see these displays to the south ol him.-~yoUtb's CQnlpGalQRr
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05
The Real "Woman Problem. "

Recognizing heredity as the distinct7 i've attribute of the female sex, it be- comes clear that it must be from the steady advance of woman rather than from the uncertain fluctuations of man that the sure and solid progress of the future is to come. The attempt to move the whole race forward by elevating the sex that represents the principle of instability has long enough been tried. The many cases of superior men the sons of superior mothers, coupled with the many more cases of degenerate sons of superior sires, have taught us over and over again that the way to civilize the race is to civilize woman. And now, thanks to modern biologic science, we see why this is so. Woman is the unchanging trunk of the great genealogic tree, while man, with all his vaunted supe- riority, is but the branch, a grafted scion, as it were, whose acquired quail ities die with the individual, while those of woman are handed on to futurity. Woman IS the race, and the race can be raised up only as she is raised up. There is no fixed rule by which Nature has intended that one sex should excel the other, any more than there is any fixed point beyond which either can not further develop. True science teaches that the edUcation of woman is the only sure road to the evolution of man.-Pr0f Lester 7, Ward. iD Forum
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05
TRAIN MANAGEMENT.
Lantern Signals, Taken from the Amer
 can "Standard Code"

Lantern Signals, Taken from the Ameri-
 can 'Standard Code"
 A train while running must display two green flags by day and two green lights by night, one on each side of the rear of the train.
 After sunset, or when Obsecured by fog or other cause, must display head light in front and two red lights in rear.
 Two green flags by day and two green lights by night, displayed in the places provided for that purpose on the front of an engine, denote that the train is followed by another train run ming on the same schedule and entitled to the same timetable rights as the train carrying the signals.
 Two white flags by day and two white lights by night, carried in the same manner, denote that the train is an extra.
 A blue flag by day and blue light by night, placed on the end of car, denotes that car inspectors are at work under or about the car or train and must not be coupled to or removed until the blue signal is removed
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05
NUMBER 6.
PITh AND POINT.

Short accounts make long friends. Use not credit too frequently without oiling with currency.
 If you have enny doubt about the propriety ov thing. you may be pretty certain that the doubt is right.-Josb BiILings.
 What we call curiosity and in- quisitiveness in other people seems in ourselves only laudable thirst for useful information.-SomerUiLte Jour- nGL.
 It is an oft-quoted saying of Dr. Johnson that "a man is better pleased when he has good dinner on the table than when his wife talks Creek"
 -Positiveness is a most absurd foible; if you are in the right it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong it adds shame to your defeat. at.-Sterne.
 He who, meeting a pleasant temptation, stops to shake hands with it, will generally end by going with it wherever it chooses to lead him.
 He who respects his work so high ly and does it so reverentlY that he cares little what the world thinks of it, is the man about whom the world comes at last to think great deal.
 We ought not to judge people by their beliefs, because we dc not know how they have been brought about; but we may justly apply the crucial test to our own views, and honor or dishonor them accordingly.
 You can not trust man perma- nently to do any thing that he does not like to do. Virtue is never safe until it gets beyond the point of taking care of itself. We are not safe until it is safe for us to do exactly as we want to. -Dr. c. H. ParEhurst.
 In these days half our diseases come from the neglect of the body in the overwork of the brain. In tllis railway age the wear and tear of labor and intellect go on without pause or self-pity. We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from d thousand anxieties and cares. They fatigued only the muscles; we exhaust the finer strength of the nerves.-L0rd Lytton.
 It is only the small man who feels big. It is only the men of small brain and the men of small heart who lift and Haunt themselves in brainless Os- tentation. The men and the women of the large heart and of the large brain do not measure themselves by common standards of the. pulpit or of the plat form or any standard that men set up. And when men thus stand by the side of these great pillars planted on the earth and lost in the sky, they are, and feel themselves to be, exceedingly hum Chicago AdUGnee.
 -Impetuous Fashionable (meeting old friend in the street-'Oh, Count ess, how do you do? I'm glad you're back. I haven't seen you since your brilliant wedding Of course the Count is with you" Countess: No; l left him in Italy" Friend-''I hope you had good time there. His grand old castle" Countess Well, you see, it took all my money to pay his debts on it, but friend lent the money to come back with. By the way, you can do me great service" Friend (weakly)-"Certainly! What is it?' Countess -"Give me some sewing to dO."-CdrtOOn.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05
DOING ONES DUTY.
The Highest Privilege and Truest Enjoy
 ment of a True Man.

The Highest Privilege and Truest Enjoy
 ment of True Man.
 Most well-disposed persons think their time ought to be fairly divided between duties and pleasures, and their chief trouble of conscience is as to the proper proportion of time to be assigned ill the one direction or in the other. When plain duty presses them, they are ready to attend to it; but when they have the privilege of enjoying themselves, they want to leave all thought of duty out of their minds. Yet as a matter of simple truth, one's greatest pleasure ought to be found in duty-doing; and ones pleasure ought never to be sought, or one's enjoyment to be found, outside of the plain path of duty. There is, in fact, no truer enjoyment to a true unmistakable duty; and there is no privilege so high as that of attending at the moment to that which ought to be attended to just then. Recreation, relaxation and diversion may be the supreme duty of the hour, and when this is the case they ought to be att tended to accordingly. And again the straining of every nerve in the doing or the enduring for some earthly loved one, or for the One who is to be loved above all, ought to be a pleasure be- cause it is duty. He who does not enjoy duty-doing does not know how to enjoy himself in any way, or how to do duty under any circumstances. s. Times.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05
LESSON V.-"Is the man mad?"

LESSON V.-"Is the man mad?"
 "He is."
 ''Why is he mad?"
 Because he says he whistled for the car last evening and it didn't stop."
 "Didn't the driver hear him?"
 That's a question. The man says he couldn't have been over half mile away, and the night was very still, and he wants it understood that if it hap pens again he will go to headquarters with his complaint"
 "But he got the next car?"
 ''No. he didn't, and that's what hurts him. He was standing on the curb stone, kicking the needless driver of the other car in imagination, and was so deeply interested that he let two cars and good-looking seamstress pass him without seeing them. De trOt Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05

| the dSSdSSln $ IOufGD VlCJllu. Ile WcIS | lying in heap in front of a bench in a public park, and it was easy enough for me to realize how it had come about The native who took my hand had taken his The knife had gone to the mans heart, and the right ear was missing A police official came to see me, and 1 was asked to pay the chief another visit, but this 1 fatly re- fused to do. I had been snub- bed and insulted, and if he caught his man it must be without help from me. The reward was now increased to 92,000, and over thirty arrests were made within the next two days The whole city was in a ferment by this time, and as the day went by and the real assassin was not caught, the populace demanded the head of the chief of police, and he had to step down. His successor had more than his keenuess and little of his conceit, and when he sent for me l obeyed the summons He was satis- fled that the native who spared me slew the collector, but we were still in the dark regarding the mans identity. Ten days passed, and then a British Major was assassinated on public street between two lamp-posts. In this instance the hour was late and the Major was drunk. The murder was identical with the others, and during the next day many Europeans left the city.
 It was queer how the first clew was struck. Two days after the murder I was talking with an English officer about the bloody business, and the name of the first victim was men, toned
 "Poor Tom" sighed the officer, "I wonder if he will find any ears to pull in that other land."
 What do you mean?" I asked.
 Well, he was a good-hearted com panion, but terrible hard master on his servants. He had his own way of managing them. Some of us believe in kicks and cuffs, backed up with good big oaths, but Tom pulled their ears for them. It was not a week be- fore his death that 1 saw him pull the right ear of his groom until blood flowed from the torn flesh. "
 Iput two and two together as quick as a flash of lightning, and half an hour later was with the chief of po- lice. It had puzzled every body to understand why the assassin had sliced off and carried away the right ear in each case. Here was a solution of the mystery. The groom had gone into other service, but was easily located and arrested. He was caring for the horses of an officer, and in his box in the stable was found his knife and the four bloody ears He was bold, gamy fellow, ana he boasted of his bloody deeds. He said:
 '1 killed my master because he pulled my ear. After killing him 1 wanted to kill others. l had set the number at twenty. I am your prisoner Do with me as you like. The four Englishmen 1 have killed were worth to you four thousand such lives as mine. l am ready to die."
 He was executed in public, and died cursing the whole English race. How do you suppose the reward was divid- ed? If any body furnished the clew I did, but the money was divided be- tween the chief of police, who caused about the ear-pulIing! They were big hearted enough to offer me twenty-five pounds each, but 1 respectfully de- clined the charity.-M. '. Sun.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05
VOLUME XVIII.
ION GREAT WATERS. "

The ship has crossed the harbor bar, And, leaving home and friends afar, Sails forth beneath the evening star. With prayer of watchers left behind, It sails before the springing wind: Strong is the bark, and God is kind. O baby-souls, sent forth from Heaven, To you the sea is also given A weary struggle to be striven! Ye, too, have left the light of home For warning winds and waves-to roam Across dreary waste of foam; And what shall be the end for yef Dark shlpwrecl1 in the snidmost seat Or triumph to eternityf Fear not; for if ye brave the blast With God S own colors at the mast The haven will be sure at last
 -.4rthw [. SfLDeon, ip Good Words.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05

-"The Chinese are very persistent, remarked Miss Learned to gentleman visitor. Il don't know about that. It seems to me the character of a China man is apt to be wish-he-washv,"
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-01-05
NEW FIRST READER.
Human Nature as Displayed on Street
 Cars and Street Corners.

Human Nature aS Displayed on SCroeS
 Cars and Street Corners.
 LESSON I.-'' Shall we make trip on the street car and study human nat ure?"
 ''Yes, let us go. They run so swiftly that it is like flying through the air. How exhilarating! What moving pan orama of human life is here represent ed! An! but why do we stop?'
 ''For that woman block and half away who is waving both arms at the driver. Now that she has stopped the car she isn't in so much of a hurry. She feels for her purse, rearranges her cloak, draws on one of her gloves, and detains twenty passengers for two min utes."
 ''She must have very important bus iness?"
 ''She has. Her neighbor got a cloak which she says cost $36, but this wom- an thinks she saw one like it for $19. She is on her way down town to make sure. There-she is on-and we will now fly again"
 LESSON IT," -"Street-car conductors are great students of human nature, are they notP"
 "They are. They can pick out a man who will take a three-cent piece for ten almost at a glance.
 "Are they often annoyed?"
 "Very often, but the company pays 'em for it. It is very annoying when conductor helps 8 woman and seven children on and off to find that she is only wash-woman and can never leave him a legacy"
 ''Is conductor expected to be gen. tleman?"
 Certainly. He is supposed to lift his hat to every lady, wish every pas senger good-day, and to indulge in tall linen collars, kid gloves and swallow tailed coats"
 "Why does he have to ring up fare for each passenger?"
 "To prevent his changing places with the owners of the line. But for this wise provision of nature he would soon be seated at the cashiers desk, and the cashier would be on the rear platform of car"
 LESSON III.-''Why does the pas Senger put his hands in his pockets and stretch his legs across the car?"
 Because he passes for genius"
 But it looks loaferish.n
 'It might, in case of poor man, but this one is worth $75,O and any thing he does is credited to eccentrici- ties of genius"
 'He seems half-drunk."
 ''So he does. In the case of man earning two dollars day he would seem all drunk, and the conductor would give him the collar, but money and genius are big excuses, my boy. :"
 LESSON IV.-"Why did the lady give such a sudden start?"
 Because she realized the fact that the conductor had been holding out his hand for two long minutes for her fare"
 But didn't she notice him collect ing?"
 "Oh, no. It wouldn't be fashiona- ble to notice any such thing. Her mind has been far, far away, and now that it has returned she feels in differ ent places for her purse-rises up, sits down three times, shakes out her skirts and unbuttons her cloak, and finally produces car ticket from her gloveP"
 "Didn't she know it was there all the time?"
 "She did, but if she hadn't gone through her performance the rest of us might not have noticed her new hat and sealskin."
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-02

George Frederick Handel, although q
native of Germany, being born in Halle,
Saxony, on Feb. "a, 1885, passed the
greater part Of his life in England. Even
in childhood he sacrificed his hours Of
play and his meals for the study Of
music, and at 10 years of age composed
a set of sonatas that were not without
value. AS composer, Handel was
great in every style. In his choral works,
he throws at an immeasurable distance
all who preceded and followed him.
Very soon after his arrival in London,
in ITO, Handel attracted the attention
of Queen Anne. A Te Deum and Jubi-
late, composed to celebrate the treaty OF
Utrecht, gained him a pension of 92OO.
Handel died on Good Friday, April 1S,
1859, and was buried in Westminster
Abbey. The composer gave perform
ance Of his own compositions in 1749,
by which e5OO were realized for the
Founding hospital, which institution re-
ceived e7, 900 from the annual repetition
of this performance during the ten fol
lowing years.-Philadelphia Times.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-02
Oxidized Hair.

Ladies, it would seem, no longer dye
their hair. o, dear no! They never
think of doing anything SO crude as that.
What they do now, if you please. when
they wish to give to their locks that
bright golden or bronzy tint which is So
fashionable, is to "oxidize it." I az,
sure the fair sex will thank their faithful
friend "Myra" for teaching them THAI
convenient term. Hair dye will, OF
course, never be mentioned more, for al!
lady who wishes her hair to be safely
and imperceptibly, lightened and bright
ened' Ito use Myra's own comforting
words) is to oxidize it with the aid Of
pure peroxide of hydrogen" Even the
most punctilious OF ladies, who shudders
at the notion Of dyeing her hair, can
hardly object to peroxide Of hydrogen
ize" it. Why, it soundsas innocent and
a. proper as taking chamomile pill Of
rubbing ones ankles with arnica. Lon
don Figaro.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-02
A Shrewd Otter.

One day as I was standing on the shore
of Cranberry bog pond I saw q large flock
of ducks near the middle Of the pond and
soon after discovered three offers in
front of me, but not enough to shoot.
While watching the maneuvers Of the
offers they started down the pond in q
straight line for the ducks. The old
leader struck out lively, leaving his mates
far behind, and as he neared the ducks he
dived and presently 1 saw one Of the
ducks disappear beneath the surface after
considerable struggle, theremaindero OF
the flock rising and flying away ingreat
commotion. The otter had gone under
the flock and selected q certain duck and
pulled him under. A few minutes later
the otter made his appearance near the
south shore Of the pond with the duck in
his mouth.-Forest and Stream.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-02
Improvement In Farm Tools.

We hear very little about the advance
of improvement in agricultural imple-
ments and farm machinery, but that
branch of the industrial pursuits Of the
country is keeping abreast of the times,
nevertheless. The plow of twenty-five
years ago is now a curiosity, and those
who sold and used it cannot realize how
it was made to serve the purposes for
which it was manufactured. And the
plow of a decade since, while perhaps
not so crude, has been abandoned for q
better implement. And so it is all
through the list of agricultural imple-
ments and farm machinery, and in an
other quarter of century it is possible
that the farmer will walk no more in the
cultivation of his farm.-St. Louis Globe.
Democrat,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-02
Big Papers All for Reform.

The followingis q remarkable state
ment, full Of meaning for the support
ers Of Tariff Reform and Tax Reduet-
ion: r....t.
Rowell's Printers Ink says there are
only six papers in the country to-day
having each circulation exceeding l00,- :
600 copies daily. They are the Chicago
News, the Boston Globe and the Bos-
ton Herald, the New York News and
the New York World, and the Phila-
delphia Record. Only one of these
the Records an exclusively morning
paper: one-the New York News-is an
evening paper; while tour-the Boston
Globe and the Herald, and the New
York and the Chicago News-print both
morning and evening editions. And,
what Is quite remarkable, not one oi
these widely circulated journals support
the Republican party, and all advocate
Tariff Reform oa the lines laid down in
President Cleveland's celebrated mes.
sages to Congress.-Jaekson Mich,
Patriot.