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The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22
HISTORIC FRENCH DUEL
The Meeting Between CazaIls and Bar
 nave in 179O.

The Meeting Between CazalIs and Bar
 nave in 179O.
 Rows in the French Chamber often lead to duels, but the Ferry-Boulanger meeting was not a parliamentary duel, since it did not grow out of such a quarrel; still its motive was so purely political that it has a right to be classed among those that originated in words exchanged during a heated debate. The first ol this sort of encounters in the chron- icles of French legislative bodies had its origin in the meeting of the Nation al Assembly of August II, 1790. The body was debating the responsibilities of the events of October 5 and of the previous year, and Oudard made a speech repeling certain insinuations indulged in by Chatelet, which raised veritable storm of angry cries. The Blacks" Git was the name then given to the Royalists, who are to-day called "Whites'0 behaved in such a manner that Ca- mille Desmoulins was led to exclaim they seemed like so many devils on whose bare heads a bucket of holy water had been suddenly dashed" Cazalis retorted that all members of the Left were brigauds, and he looked SO fixedly at Barnave that the latter shouted:
 Are you speaking collectively If  you are you are talking like fool and shall not notice it, but if you wish to insult me personally I will not suf- fer it."
 What I have just said," answered Cazalis, twas intended for you per- sonally."
 Barnave replied with an insulting epithet, and the next morning they went to the Bois de Boulogne with their seconds. ,Barnave shot first and missed. whAe CaeSfts' pistol hung fire.
 Upon my word l owe you every sort of an apol0gy," said the latter, as his second, St. Simon, was relocating the weapon.
 Say nothing about it. That's what l am here for,". replied Barnave, and they began conversing amicably. T will be sorry if kill you," said Ga zalis, but really you are very much in our way. What would like to do would be to give you a wound which would keep you away from the assem- ply for few weeks"
 '1 am more generous" replied Barnavei "all l want is to graze you, for you are the only orator on your side, while my absence would hardly be noticed" His bullet struck Ca Ealis on the forehead, but, as it en- countered the stiff brim of the hat he was wearing, it only produced a bruise, and ever after they were good friends. Memphis Avalanche.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22
HannY Homes.

Here's health to the wives and the mothers
 Who sit in our househo ods to-day;
 Who are glad when they brighten for others
 The hours that go drifting away.
 May their eyes keep the light of the gladneBs,
 Their hearts hOld the fullness of bliss
 That banisheS shadows and sadness.
 And what need we ask more than this7
 But-how can this happiness be kepti What shall protect those we love,-those who make Heaven of the HOme,-from the ravages of disease that is often worse than death,-that is, in fact, a lingering deatha Thequestlon is easily answered: Dr. Pierce's Favorlte Prescription-the standard remedy for all of those peculiar diseases to which women are subjects what must be relied on to preserve the health of wives and moth- CTS. It preUents those diseases, and it cures them. It IS blesslug to women and there fore National blessing, because it gives health to those about whom the happiness of home centers, and the strength of a Nation is in it's happy homes.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22
WAYS OF WooDPEcKERS.
Their Fondnesa of Noise Established b
 a Simnla Exnariment.

Their Fondnesa of Noise Established by
 Simple Experiment.
 It is not always easy to tell why Eookpeckers select one tree rather than others of the same kind in the forest to begin their operations upon, or why they attack one side of a tree and leave the other untouched. Com worms or ants are concealed beneath the point selected, and that the wood becker is guided in his search by the sense of hearing.
 But there are circumstances which go to show that the woodpecker is not searching for food or guarded by sound. In the winter, when worms and ants are dormant and silent, he will wake every echo for long dis tance around by tapping on a dead. dry branch, or on the hollow trunk of tree. He does not then apply his ear to the bark to listen for the noise of worms beneath. but his object seems to be to make all the noise he can him. self.
 The yellow-hammer, or golden winged woodpecker, is most easily studied, because he is most fearless and most nearly domestic in his habits. Where hollow trunks of trees are easi- ly found, he usually confines his at- tentions to them; but in prairie regions he bores holes through hollow pillars, steeples of churches, and other structures which promise an opening into an interior.
 But there must be some other motive at times, for the writer has watched one of these birds working with un- usual racket upon one side of an oak board, where by moving six inches he was at perfect liberty to look over upon the other side of the board and investigate whatever he could be hop ing to reach by boring hole through it. Indeed, it was perfectly immaterial upon which side of it he should begin operations.
 One year the writer occupied house which had large hollow pillars in front. Some smooth, round holes in them, about two inches in diameter, indicat- ed what freedom the yellow-hammers had used and would use again. In the early spring they began operations, and it was impossible to sleep in that house after daybreak. The birds would not have been harmed for this, even if it had become necessary to remove the house and pitch tent on the spot; but some experimenting was done at their expense.
 It was plain that noise was what they cared most for, as they would bore a hole within few inches of one which was already formed, and which would answer every possible purpose as well as the new one. To try them on this point, small, empty cask, probably nail cask, was set bottom upwards on carpenters bench in front of the house.
 The yellow-hammers could make no progress if their intention was to per- forate the slaves, but they could get out of that empty cask wonderful volume of noise. They quilted work on the pillars at once, but the joke of the thing became apparent when it was found that whereas they had before disturbed one household, they now woke up the whole town.-Youth's Companion.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

PERIODIC Headache and Neuralgia; cold hands and feet, and general Arrangement of the system, including impaired digestion, with torpor of the liver, &c., are, in certain localities. invariably caused by Malaria in the system Tn quantity too small to produce regular chlIls. Many persons suffer in this way and take purgatives and other medicines to their injury, when afew doses of Shal- lenberger's Antidote for Malaria would cure them at once. Sold by Druggists.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22
Dishonored Drafts.

When the stomach dishonors the drafts made upon it by the rest of the system, it i: necessarily because it's fund of strength is very low. Toned with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, it soon begins to pay out vigor ir the shape of pure, rich blood, containing the elements of muscle, bone and brain. As sequence of the new vigor afforded the stomach, the bowels perform their func- tions regularly, and the liver works like clock work. Malaria has no effect upon a sTstem thus reinforced.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

FIFTEEN daring young women of Phila- delphia have formed club of which the sole condition of membership is that the applicant forswear corsets. Each one of the ladies comprising the club has con- signed her whalebone cuirass 10 the flames, and now taxes her ingenuity to provide a substitute
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

EVERY body applying for season ticket for the Paris exposition must submit two photographs. One of these the exposition authorities keep. The other they sign and return to the applicant, so it may fare badly with one's relations if they insist on borrow ing the ticket.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

THE offensive pablt of splitting tobacco juice has received recognition as an illegal offense by a grand jury of Philadelphia. That body has found true bills against one John F. Berg for malicious mischief in splitting on the front doorsteps of several houses in the northern part of the city.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

ENGLAND gets most of its ice now from Norway, Scandinavian competition having almost entirely destroyed the business of shipping ice from Boston to England, which was once very profitable. Ice is sold in London for from fifty-eight to eight-one cents per hundred weight.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

THERE has been so much sickness in Trego County, Kan, that the probate judge cancelled all the druggists permits in the county, hoping in that way to mend the general health.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

LAKES in Eastern Oregon and Nevada are drying up in consequence of the divergence of their waters for purposes of irrigation and continuous drought. A number of large lakes have diminished many square miles in area.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

DOZENS Electric Soap has been made for 4 years. Each years sales have increased
 In 1888 sales were 2,047, ,620 6oTcs Superior quality, and absolute uniformity and purity, made this possible. Do you use itl Try it
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

IN Switzerland, if grave is left open over Sunday, it is said that within four weeks one of the villagers will die.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

OLD age is the night of life as night is the old age of day. Still, night is full of mag nifccrce, and for many it is more brilliant than the day.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

Do NOT suffer from sick headache moment longer. It is not necessary. Carter's Little Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one little pill. Small price. Small dose. Small pill.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

A CHICK or a partridge runs around look ing for it's meat as soon as it has shaken itself loose from its living prison, but an owlet does not for a month or more know which foot to put out first-
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

THE leading New York hotel-keepers have combined to set up printing office which is to furnish the printing and stationery needed for the hotels of that and other citinc
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

IT is unlucky to pass through funeral, either between the carriages or the files of ulOurperS on foot
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

TIE lover spends moro on the engage ment ring than he spends on hls wife in year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

EVERY man has 0 natural right to do whatsoever he wills, provided that in the doing thereof he infringes not on the equal rights of any other man.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

A BOSTON young lady defines love as Tan incxpressibility accompanied with out ward aIloYerishnessn
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

You can't help liking them, they are soverJ small and their action is so perfect. One;pills dose. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

MAN should command his flesh as slave his master The dominion of the enfran- chised is the most impcrious.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

THOSE things which engage us merely by their novelty can not attract us for any length of time.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

Dr. Pierce's Pellets, or Anti-bilious Gran ules; in vials, 9 cents; one adose. Druggists.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

To BREAK 8 looking glass is a sign of death in the family before tho year closes.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

A NUMBER of ladies in Boston are leading crusade against the practice ot docking" horses tails.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

FRESHNESS and purity are imparted to the complexion by Glennis Sulphur Soap.
 Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, 50 cents.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22
Oregon. tho Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant crops. Bestfruit, grain, grass, stock country in the world. Fullinformation free. Address Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-06-22

A canvasback duck is said to bs able to fly eighty miles ap h9UE
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-27
THE RAILROADS AND THE PEOPLE

c. P. Huntingdon, president of the
Southern Pacific Railroad company, is
credited with saying that legislative in
reference is the chief cause Of the stag
nation now existing in railroad circles,
and the low figures now cut in the mar
ket for such bonds and stocks. While it
may be claimed that laws can 30 formed
to protect the public from railroad impo-
sitions, yet such laws, framed by legisla-
lures ignorant of the technical details of
railroad business, may work much ir-
jury to innocent investors in such prop
erty. 1t is stated that the Atchison
stock deprecated last year their their
loss reached $47, 100000. Much of this
depreciation was due to unpreventable
losses such as floods and poor business,
and from unusual expenditures
in new lines. Railroads should
have just the same pro-
lection as private property and it does
not seem that laws should reach farther
or be more oppressive to these corpora
tions than to any other kind. On the
other hand, demand for railroads en-
couraged a system of grants and gratui-
ties that rapidly passed into dangerous
wrong. Millions of public lands were
recklessly given away to corporations
that never fulfilled their contracts, and
probably never intended to, and such
indiscriminate legislation has induced a
disregard for common rights with some
companies, such as should be checked by
wholesome laws. The whole question of
railroad legislation is difficult one, but
gradually the difficulties are being as
simulated aud it will not be long before
the public will have little excuse for
complaint from railroad exactions.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-27
MARINE MATTERS.

II 1855 the United Kingdom built Isl iron
steamships and $50 of steel. In 1851, thirty
Eve new ships were of iron and 2J5 of steel.
IT has been determined that an American
shipbuilder constructed the first sea-gong
steamer that ever crossed the Atlantic, the
Royal William.
ALMOST every American craft which goes
to sea now carries oil to smooth the troubled
waters, and there is hardly a week IN which
it does not save some vessel from founder
ing.
THEY have been trying to see how quick
they could stop an ocean steamer going at
fun speed and it can't be done under mile,
unless she happens to strike an iceberg or a
rock in the way.
SHIPS Of war are costly playthings in
times of peace. The Antetam cost upwards
of half a million, has spent the greater por-
ton of her tine On the rocks. and is now 10
be sold at public auction, her appralsement
being only Il, 800.
THE customs authorities last week pre-
vented the landing Of sixteen sailors, who
were coming 20 this country under contract,
for which reason they were denied admit
lance to the port By virtue Of the imported
Contract Labor law.
TIE new Imam steamship, the City Of
New York, is warranted By her builders 70
be unsuitable. That Is, one condition laid
down in the contract by the company was
that she should be unsuitable, although she
is of iron and has capacity Of 1880 tons.
TIE Scotch ship Paigrave, which has just
arrived in New York from Calcutta with
:, 500 tons of jute, hemp and lineeed, worth
$3.50, 900, is the biggest sailing vessel aflOat
She is constructed wholly Of iron. is 80 feet
in length, cost $4,000 and carries crew
OF fifty men.
TEE Morning Star is the smallest steamer
which has ever made tho run between En-
gland aud the Cape. She was designed by
her owner. Captain r. Duncan, Of london,
and was built at Leith. She is % tons,
yacht measurement, is Of teak, copper fast
end ard IS classed Al. Her length IS %
feet between perpendicular. over al 50
feet, with II feet inches depth q bold.
TIE plan Of signaling accurate tine from
seacoasts was first adopted by Great Brit
an about thirty years ago. That country
now has On its coasts fourteen tire-gals
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-27
a VISIT TO JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Without giving any explanation, if
indeed any were needed or expected
whether superinduced by the recent
correspondence between the parties
touching the action of the Kansas legis-
lature IN changing the name of Davis
county to Geary, or otherwise, it doesn't
matter-W. W. admire, Of this state,
paid the ex-Confederate chieftain visit
at his home at Beauvoir, Miss. After
giving quite lengthy description of the
premises and surroundings, Mr.. Admire
recounts his interview with Mr.. Davis as
| follows:
Although the hour was 1 o'clock p.
M, Mr.. Davis was still abed. He has
not been in good health for month past,
and seldom leaves his bed before noon.
But he announced that he would pres
emily see his visitors. AS soon as he
came into the room, shortly afterward,
he called me by name, and said that
it was very kind of me to have
written him recently concerning
the action of the Kansas legisla-
ture in changing the name of Davis
county. and that he was much
pleased because of our present visit. He
trusted that our visit thus far had been
agreeable, and drawing an easy chair
near US entered into lively chat with
my better half concerning the climate
of the south, the flowers, etc. | endeav-
ored to get him to recall his connection
with the location of the Fort Riley mill
tary reservation in Kansas and his &C
quaintance with the territorial COVER
nors He said thai thirty years ago he
might have discussed these matters. but
the lapse of time and the fact that he
had not thought of these subjects, made
it impossible for him to speak of them
now. He knew Governor Geary for
whom Davis county is now named and
Woodson and Stanton-the latter quite
well, as they served together in the
national congress. He thought Kansas
wonderful state and one that would
even continue to grow in wealth and
national Importance.
l expressed surprise in finding him SO
different in personal appearance from
what | had imagined him to be from the
engraving that is in Pollards Lost
Cause" which volume | had at home.
He replied that he was getting old, and
had changed much since the publication
of that work. Referring to Pollard him
self Mr. avis said: "Mr. Pollard's Lost
Cause is very much biased In fact, it
contains many misstatements. Pollard
is great liar, as historian"
Miss Winnie is at New Orleans. and
Mrs. Davis is confined to bed, having
been i'll for some days.
Mr. Davis is man still full of mental
vigor, but physically is very feeble. His
face is much shrunken, and his eagle
eyes have lost their old-time lustre. His
frame is not as erect, nor his step as
firm as of yore, but he carries his age re-
markedly well. He is now in his eighty
second year. His voice is soft and mel
low, impressng one with the idea that
its owner is kind and indulgent to those
he loves, while his gentle face shows no
signs of aught but goodness.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-27
OUR EUROPEAN GRAIN MARKET.

Philadelphia Textile Record.
There are some indications of the loss
to the country of considerable part of
the European grain market. In 1887 we
sent to Great Britain the equivalent of
90, 334, 5S4 bushels in flour and wheat.
In 1888 the shipments of these two arti-
Giles had fallen to 57,SS9,65O bushels.
This is a decrease of DO, 444 934 bushels in
two years, or an approximation to one
half. 1t Is very easy to see where this
great trade has gone to. In the two
years referred to the imports of wheat
and flour to Great Britain from Russia
and Roumania increased 3S,704, 005
bushels, or nearly as much as the whole
amount of our loss. These figures de-
serve attentive consideration from Amer
leans. They appear to indicate the per-
manent transfer of great part of our
grain trade to our rivals in the eastern
part of Europe. The only hope
that we can regain it lies in the
chance of failure of the crops of eastern
Europe or i'll the possibility of general
war upon the continent. In the pres
ence of such fact as this it becomes us
to ascertain quickly how we shall COM
penSate American farmers of this dimin-
ution of the European demand for their
products. The most obvious method
of read iustment is to encourage them to
diversity their industry-to grow less
wheat and more of other things that
may be consumed at home. For ex-
ample, there is no good reason why
sugar beet and sorghum culture should
not engage the attention of enough farm
erS to permit the decrease of wheat pro-
auctions to the dimensions of the do
mestic demand.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-27
LITERARY NOTE FROM TIE CEN
TURY CO.

Mr.. Joseph jefferson has been engaged
for number of years upon his autobi-
ography, which will soon begin to ap-
pear in The Century. No more interest
ing record of life upon the stage could
be laid before the American public, and
Mr.. Jetferson's personality is perhaps
more sympathetic to the people of this
country than that of any other actor We
have had He is the fourth IN genera
ton of actors, and, with his children and
grandchildren upon the stage. there are
six generations of actors among the JEFF
Persons. The record which he has made
of the early days of the American stage
is said to be peculiarly interesting. es-
pecially the story of his travels as boy
In his fathers company, when they
would settle down for season in a
western town and extemporize their
own theatre.
The autobiography will begin in The
Century during the coming autumn, and
the installments will be illustrated with
a portrait gallery of distinguished actors.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-27
OUR CATTLE INDUSTRY.

The cattle interest in this country is
the largest of all our varied industries,
and its annual production exceeds all
the cotton, the sugar, the tobacco, the
rice and the wheat produced. In 1880
when the last census was taken, we had
1000, 900 net cattle, and as cattle double
in number every three years, and about
one-fourth are slaughtered for beef, we
may reasonably calculate that we have
today to exceed 60,000,000 head in the
United States, worth not less than $50
per head, which amounts to 1900, 0O0,-
900 of money invested in this branch Of
live stock alone. 1t is estimated that
500, 100000 worth of beef cattle are
slaughtered every year. The National
Dairy Association states that the
butter crop of the United States
annually is worth over $3.50, 900, 600;
cheese, S36, 900, 900; milk and cream over
500, 100000; making total of cattle
production of $4SS, 900, 600 annually.
Facts like these interest everybody in
the country who eat meat, butter, cheese
or drink milk or wear shoe leather;
everybody from the humble Irish woman
with her little brindle bell-cow up to the
great cattle king whose cattle Craze on
thousand hills or plains, as the case
may be.
And yet there are class Of persons,
whether through shortsightedness, inor-
dinate selfshness. innate cussedness or
what not, would knock this immense
and far reaching interest into smither
Gems, regardless Of consequences. Verify
demagogy is potent god.