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The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
PITH AND POINT.


 Nature has made some men tall, and laziness has made them mshort.-Burling- ton Free Press.
 -Self-reliance comes from relying on self, in the hope that self will presently become worth relying on.
 Hard work is the best cure for the blues; at least, that is what you always tell other people.-Somerville Journal.
 Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past.
 Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are com monly at the best.-Charron.
 Never hold any one by the button, or hand, in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.
 As you must inevitably keep com pany with yourself as long as you live, it is of consequence to you to make of yourself pleasant, agreeable cOmpan- ion
 Despair makes despicable figure, and descends from a mean original. 'Tis the offspring of fear, of laziness, and inn patience; it argues a defect of spirit and resolution, and oftentimes of honesty too.-Collier.
 When benignity and gentleness reign within we are in least danger from without; every person and every occur. renee is beheld in the most favorable light Washington Post.
 To be practical not only means to be energetic-for often the most indus trious accomplish little or nothing and make failures of their lives-but it means to have appreciation of given cir cumstances and the ability to bring com. mon, not uncommon, sense and good judgment to bear upon them.
 If only parents and teachers were half as earnest in asking the question concerning child of their charge: 'Is it well with the young man?" while there is still an opportunity of influenc- ing him for good, as they are when he is already beyond their reach, it would be better than it now is with many young man.-S. S. Times.
 Some disagreeable habit in one to whom we may owe respect and duty, and which is a constant irritation to the sense of our fitness of things, may de- mand of us greater moral force to keep the spirit serene than an absolute wrong committed against us. In the one case endurance is all that is possible; in the other we may sometimes rightfully fight and there is world of comfort in the powers of action.-Once a Week.
 There is much good in the world, and it will not keep itself concealed from us; if we do not see it and meet with it, the fault is with ourselves. There must be some kind of repulsion in us that drives it away from us, or drives us in the opposite direction, and what we need to do is to discover and get clear of it. There are some souls that are never without their swarms of an. gels.-United Presbyterian.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
BUYING A HUSBAND.
A Vice That Is Becoming Very Popular in
 Certain American Cities.

Certain American Cities.
 When the American girl has once fallen victim to the appetite for title the best thing the gossips can do is to let the girl have her Duke or Baron or Lord. Should she be compeled to marry a common human being she would be full of profound grief whenever she saw the picture of a crest or should she meet anywhere His Lord ship' or the Duchess of Blank tonshire." It might be well to rear American girls as Americans and early teach them the emptiness of old titles and the exceeding fullness of the word man" when it means education, industry and honor; but when the girls have wholly escaped all alluSion to the value of the American ideal and have been fed upon foreign titles and foreign passports into society, it is then too late to prevent them from making a rush to- ward some man with an ancestral name.
 At times good marriage comes of the American and the foreign aristocrat, but the general chase in which the American woman runs after ''name" and the European name" runs after money is foolish to the extent of being diSgraceful. Our education of girls must be defective and positively snob- biSh if it permits daughters to remain blind to all that is great in re- publican institutions, and to be daz- zled all through youth with the ex- ternalities of old despotisms. The humorous papers of our Nation make great sport of the young man who speaks with the drawl of a London cockney, who sports the big eyeglass, and who lin New York turns up the bottoms of his trousers because it is raining in En- gland" but the same papers should laugh every day at the girl who has out grown the United States, and looks out over the Atlantic with languid and hay eye to see if there is not crawling up out of some old tumble down palace a degenerate youth to whom she can give her love and her money in return for the titles which the man wears but at the same time has disgraced. What is painful to think is that girls love should be flung away so cheaply. If mans love can be bought that is calamity enough for a whole epoch; to have woman's love in the market, to be sold for title, is enough to ruin all poetry and romance. Prof. Swing, in Chicago Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
ECCENTRIC MUSICIANS.
The Oddities of Haydn, Beethoven and
 Other Great Artists.

Other Great Artists.
 Haydn liked to dine alone, and he was such great eater that he was some times called the greedy musician" It was his custom to order dinner for five persons at his favorite hotel, and at the appointed hour to devour the whole ban quet.
 "Serve dinner" he ordered, on one occasion, to a new waiter, who was not aware of the musicians way of sustain ing himself.
 O''The dinner is ready,' returned the waiter, ''but the company is not come."
 ''De gompanyH' Haydn retorted con temptuously, Pooh! de company! I am de company"
 The dinner for five was forthwith put before de gompany," and not an eata- ble scrap of it found it's way back to the kitchen. Beethoven, when thinking over one of his sonatas, would walk for hours with a companion without utter ing single word. At other times he would sit and play for hours at his piano, and was very much incensed if any one happened to overhear him. But his strangest habit was to walk about his room in a reverie, pouring pitchers of water over his hands alter nately, till the floor was completely drenched, and people came running upstairs to learn the cause of the deluge. The country people who knew him were careful not to disturb him when the mood of composition was upon him. Once troop of charcoal-burners met him in path, and they all stepped to one side, though laden with bushels of charcoal, to let him pass for fear of disturbing his meditations. Meyerbeer found his imagination most lively during a thunderstorm, and the reverberations are heard in his music. Halevy liked to sit by his fire and listen to the sing ing of the kettle. Auber received most of his ideas while on horseback, and his music is light and rapid. Sacchini worked surrounded by his pet cats. Paesiello composed his best music while lying in bed. Sarti found that his i'm agination had free vent in dark room. Adolphe Adam got his ideas while buried under an cider down quilt. Gluck composed best out of doors in meadow, with his piano and bottle of champagne.-Longman's Magazine.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
THE LIMEKILN CLUB.
An Unknown ScOundreI Attempts to Blow
 Up Paradise Hall.

Up Paradise Hall.
 The unhung Scoundrel who attempted the destruction of Paradise Hall during the last three days of last week will hear of something greatly to his ad- vantage by addressing the keeper ot the museum.
 This is the thirty-fourth attempt made in the last ten years to destroy that i'm posing edifice, and from the fact that each and every one has been failure 1t would seem that some colored guardian angel made it her special business to watch over the hall and it's wealth of memories and relics. The unknown villain who made this last attempt bored out panel of the alley-door and l proceeded to crawl through into the hall, from which stairway leads to the station of the outer guard. He found one of the BearTraps yawning to re- ceive him. It was the trap known as ''The Colossus of Roads, having spread of four and half feet, with a spring | power estimated at four-horse power. He must have scented danger just in time, as his dead body was not found in the trap. Both his boot-heels, his hat and piece of his right ear were left be- hind, however, to show how close the call must have been. The janitor even discovered three eye-winkers on one of the jaws, and that the villain escaped justice is one of those mysteries over which the detectives love to sit and marvel
 In going back through the hole he was in such hurry that he stripped the buckles off his Suspenders, and most of the buttons off his clothes, and that he was white man, and red-haired at that, is proved blythe hairs left on the jagged edges.
 "Gem'len, " said Brother Gardner, when the meeting had been duly opened, ''dis am anOdder proof of what hev offen told you, dat bein' bad doan' pay. You kin sot down wid piece of chalk an figger it right out to any mans complete satisfackshun dat it doan'. De bad man may git ahead now an den, but de fuSt thing he knows along comes a setback to take off all de profits l dOan' want you to be too good
 Soouy-goOu-DekaSe III dat case your fellowmen would allus be expectin' to see you break out somewhar', but let badness alone. It gins you de night mar in de night an de shibbers in de daytime. You ar allus expectin' sun thin, no matter how hard you try to be happy, an dat sunthin' nebber fails to cum. When it does arrove you is either blowed sky-high wid spring gun, killed dead wid policeman's club or smashed to meat in de jaws of bar trap. De seckretary will offer reward of fifty dollars, half in cash an half store pay, fur de arrest convickshun an execu- shun of dis unknown assassin. ."-Detroit Free Press
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
Bits of Abraham Lincoln.

Among the papers of the late John w. Forney was found the other day a letter from B. B. French, under the date Washington, May 28, 1865, which gave fac-similes of some notes written by President Lincoln relative to his domes- tic affairs. One. sent to Mrs. Lincoln on the official paper of the Executive Mansion, was: ''Mother-Please put somebody at work now on Tad's room. A. L." To this Mrs. Lincoln added a note to MT. French, then Commissioner of Public Buildings, saying: ''Please give Tad board and some plank. Mrs. Lincoln" A card written by the Presi- dent to MT. French, on November g., 1864, said: ''If Commissioner of Public Buildings chooses to give laborers at the White House holiday, 1 have no objection. A. Lincoln" The proposed holiday was to be given after the re- election of President Lincoln.-Phila- delphia Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
THE FAT MANS STORY.
He Tells How He Successfully Fooled a
 Kansas Prairie Fire.

He Tells How He Successfully Fooled 6
 Kansas Prairie Fire.
 The boys had been looking at the fat man for some time as he strolled up and down the depot platform, smoking good cigar and his face wearing a look of con tentment and one of them finally ob served that it was good time for him to tell story.
 ''Eh? A story to pass away the time certainly" he replied, as he sat down on baggage truck, recently painted sky blue color.
 'You must know, gentlemen" he be- gan, after getting his legs crossed, ''that 1 was not always at the head of the lead ing banking-house of Chicago. No. All my life, up to ten years ago, was passed in the far West, on the plains and prai- ries and among the hills and mountains. l had, as you may suppose, numerous adventures. I was just thinking of my escape from prairie fire, but the de- tails might not interest you"
 ''Oh, yes, they willP' we all cried in chorus.
 "Well, one day in the fifties I was journeying across a Kansas prairie on foot. One morning I got up to find fifty miles of tall, dry grass between me and the hills. A strong breeze sprang up with the sun, and had scarcely started on my way before I discovered a great smoke to windward. The Indians had set fire to the prairie to kill off the rat tleSnakes, you know"
 ''By George! but you were in for itH exclaimed the hardware drummer from St. Louis.
 ''Yes; I realized that in a moment. In five minutes l could see pillow of flame to windward. It was at least twenty miles long, and spreading as it came. It was coming faster than a horse could run. figured that it would be upon me in five minutes"
 "And you dug a hole in the earth?" queried the glue man from New York.
 ''I had nothing to dig with. If had had the proper tools the time was too short"
 ''Then the wind changed?" put in the Yankee notion man from Cincinnati.
 "Never point. As I stood there that great ocean of flame came roaring down toward me like the bosom of destruction. lost fully two minutes before I got to work. I could even feel the heat of the fierce flames scorching my fiesh."
 ''But, hang it, man, you escaped?"
 q did"
 'EYou don't show any scars or burns"
 ''No"
 'Well, get to the point"
 'I will. I waited until the flames were not over mile away, and then l took my balloon off my back, pressed the button which permitted the natural gas to flow in from the reservoir, and, talk ing my seat in the chair, shot up into the air about five hundred feet and let the flames sweep under me. One of my boot heels was little scorched, but that was all the damage done."
 ''Do you tell that for truth?" angrily demanded the starch man from Oswego.
 The solemn truth, gentlemen. Our company is now doing general banking and balloon business-same style of bal looms. We can and do undersell all others. Send in your orders early and avoid the winter rush. That's all,"-,N ', Sun
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
OUR YOUNG READERS.
OUR NURSERY PET.

She is ugly and old, she is tattered and torn, The picture, in truth, of ''mai all for.Orn"; Yet each baby in turn thinks O lovely new dolly One quarter so nice as poor shabby old Polly! Her cheeks have long lost all their beautiful red, And I'm sorry to say, she's no hair on her head; Then her nose, once so white, is now shocking ly brown, And her right eye looks up while her left eye looks down! Oh, Polly, affection is trying fear; You've had all your charms loved away my poor dear; They have faded and fled meath the hugs and the kisses Of all those warm-hearted young masters and misses. But, never mind Polly, you've done your work well, And the joy that you've given no verses could tell King Baby, the monkey, would spoil new dol, But naught comes amiss to contented old Polli
 Little Folks.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
LOVE AND HOME.
-rsr twilight shadows gather close,

When twilight shadows gather close, Ee@raakiug hours ol rest. Cares drop away, and teuaerer moods Are larborad iu tho breast. By daylight, @ .er a thousand fr'.-- our waywarI thoughts may ruaw- But Che thoughts chat come a. eTeuule Are Thoughts of love and homo. The p grim o'cr Iifa.- rugged road
 oft ruds the Journey drgaE. The sum- -scOrched pIaIn, tnU u.4-1y --- ss-t. May fill his heart with fear; But drearer far would be the path His dreary footsteps roam, If came to him at eventide
 No thoughts of love and home. And tho by dark and devious path Our way through life may run, Tho sore the fight to gain the height That marks the journey done; God grant our earth worn foc- may rije "hll early shadows come. Safe sheltered 8t the eEertiGa
 In the fold cr love and home.
 G. C. Brown. in Good Housekeeping.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
A Clear Conscience Obtained.

Brokers Wife-How happy you look, my dear. What is the cause?
 Bfoker-A clear conscience. I have not taken any innocent and confding man money for twenty-four hours.
 ''I am glad to hear it."
 ''Yes; you see, my partner died last night, and our offite was closed to-day" -~N. !. Weekly.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
4 Oneer Cnndnctnr.

Little Eddie Howard liked to ride in the open horse-cars, and his mother used to take him out of town almost every day when it was hot in the city.
 One day, as they were riding along. the whistle blew and the car stopped. The driver looked, but no one wanted to get out. ''Why did you blow your whistler" he said to the conductor.
 ''I didn't whistle" said the conductor, and the car went on again.
 Pretty soon the whistle sounded again, and the driver stopped the car again. But no one wanted to get out. The driver was angry. Don't stop this car again." he said, unless some one wants to get out of it."
 ''I didn't stop the car," said the con- ductor. ''I didn't blow the whistle once."
 Somebody did," said the driver.
 'I don't know who it was" said the conductor.
 The car went on again. Pretty soon the whistle blew again. Little Eddie Howard was sitting near the conductor. ''He didn't blow it," he said to his mother, flor I was looking at his mouth all the time." The driver was cross at the time.
 ''Hurry up! hurry up! hurry up!' was the next thing they heard, and then they found that the words came from a parrot under one of the seats in a big basket. He had whistled so much like the conductor that no one could tell the difference Christian at York.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14
Another Case Entirely.

Judge-James Ricketts, there is a charge Of fighting against you. Don't you remember that scriptural advice, if a man strike you on the right cheek to turn the left to him also?
 Prisoner-Yes, yer honor, but Bill Symmes he hit me left cheek first judge.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14

The horse sometimes distinguishes himself for his neigh-borly manner Merchant Traveller,
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-12-14

Occasionally, remedy is worse than the disease. The Earl of Derby was troubled with the gout, and friend sent him case of certain kind of wine as a specific for the malady. The next day his lordship returned it, saying: ''I have tried the wine, and prefer the gout,"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-10-03
A "High'' Compliment.

AT the Senatorial Convention held in
Greenfield last week after the presenta-
ton, or rather seconder to the nomina-
ton, Of Hon. d. NJ. Massie, Hy Davis, Of
this place. made some telling remarks.
The Chill;Cothe Leader has the follow.
ing in reference to Hy's speech:
This nomination was seconded by II.
D. Davis, Esq, of Hillsboro, in a speech
that fairly electrified the convention and
brought down storms Of applause. II
was a hummer. He referred to the many
important questions that had been set.
tied at last falls election, and of those
that were to be settled in tie approach.
ing contest. Among these was the all
important one as to whether we were tc
have ballot.box stuffing, forgery, bribery
intimidation and ruffianism as dominant
factors in politics in Ohio, or whether
we were to be permitted to enjoy the
blessings of free, pure ballot and an
honest count. He said we needed q
brave and gallant man to make the race
for Senator, and in Meade Massie Re.
publicans had found that man. awe
know him over here in Highland" said
Mr.. Davis, "and know him well. And
we know him to be noble, loyal, intel
ligent, hard.working man, who has the
best interests OF the people of the whole
district at heart. We have learned to
love him, because we know his worth,
lie is a man of the people. Everybody
likes him over here, because he touches
elbows with humanity. He is soclose to
the people that we all call him Meade.
There are no brass ornaments on him.
No man is 30 humble or so obscure that
Meade Massie will not do him a kindly
turn. He is noble man and gallant
Republican, and We will do for him as we
did before-give him the loyal, hearty,
united support OF old Highland. His
name being on the ticket Will add
strength to the Republican cause, both
in Ross and Highland"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-10-03
Complete Calculation.

The following calculations in reference
to the power, speed, number of revolu-
tions aud distance travelled by employe
and belts, made by Mr.. Linn, manager
OF the Electric Light Plant, have been
received by us, and we think them in
teresting. Hence their publication:
Since starting, the Hillsboro Electric
Light and Gas Company has given l2O,-
600 candle power of lights for 1890
hours; has used one mile of carbon
the lamp-lighter has travelled in putting
in carbons 1900 miles; $4,000 barrels OF
water have been used; 100 tons of coal
have been used; the engine has revolved
100000 times; the dynamo has re.
volved 45,000,000 times, and the belts
have travelled $4,000 miles, distance OF
one and half times around the globe
$1,000 horse power for one hour has
been used; S92 persons have visited the
works in operation; one hours time
has been lost on account of engine; "A
hours time lost on account Of repair oi
one dynamo; we lacked water part oi
the time for two weeks; steam used, as.
suming engine to cut off at t stroke with
1910 side pipe space, 14,470, 800, 900 cubic
inches of boiler pressure.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-10-03

On Friday evening Of last week a very
pleasant musicale was given at the mil.
linery emporium of Misses Willitts and
Uhrig. There were about twenty invit-
ed guests, and local talent, with some
from Hillsboro, who delighted those
present with their performance. Miss
Mamie Ingebrand, of Hillsboro, sang in
a most charming manner two selections,
entitled "The Broken Pitcher" and "The
Night Birds Cooling" Her exquisite
voice will long be remembered by those
who had the pleasure of hearing her,
and she will alwaysbe welcome visitor
to our little city. Mr.. Chas. Crothers
gave two numbers on the clarionet which
were highly enjoyed. Mr.. Ralph Price
accompanying him on the piano. Mr..
Price also gave an instrumental solo in
his usual happy way. Taken altogether
the occasion was one long to be remem.
bered, and like O'Rourke's feast,
"Twill ne'er be forgot
By those who were here and those who were
not"
Greenfield Enterprise.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-10-03
BOOM! BOOM!! BO0Ml!!
Roll, Rattle and Bang.

Has Greenfield in all her past history,
ever offered such an endorsement, for
the interest the uplifting spirit Of pleas
ing excitement and high pressure of en-.
thusiasm to her citizens, as the pro-
gramme for October sth? The promise
Of day replete in all the details OF it's
attractions.
The march, music, basket dinner,
eloquent speeches, dress parades, in.
spection, grand.review and the battle o.
the veterans, consisting Of infantry, cav.
airy and artillery; Springfield battery
Of rifed and gattling guns.
No G. A. R. comrade, or old soldie,
or citizen can we'll afford to lose this
grand opportunity for social culture, fol
satisfying sightseeing, for renewing the
old pledge Of loyalty to the old flag, TO,
strengthening the true spirit of patriot
ism under the guard of fraternal bonds
Popular and favorite orators have
been secured for the occasion, among
whom are Dept Commander of Ohio
Gen'l s. H. Hurst Dept Chaplain
Frank G. Mitchell Past Dept Comman'
der, Judge Jos. w. O'Neil; Col. w. E.
Bundy, Division of o. S. w.; H. D.
Davis, Division o. S. V.
Come Everybody, come +! with your
families, come !! with your baskets
we'll stoed with the fat Of the land, from
the field, the orchard, the sty, the poul
try-yard, the cellar and the larder; and
don't fail to swell the immense throne
of WELCOME and DELIGHTED visitors
on October 9Th, at Greenfield.
BY order of Ex. Com.
@. F. WILSON, Pres't.
H. N. DEPoY, Sec'y.