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The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
PIGS AND SERVIANS.
A Country in Which Pork Constitutes the
Real Industrial Wealth.

A Country in Which Pork Constitutes the
Real Industrial Wealth.
Men and women alike wear huge
sandals with a wilderness of straps
bound about the leg up to the knee,
and the women display multi-colored
aprons worked by themselves, short
skirts and short, thicI1-quilted jackets,
with gaudy kerchief over their hair.
The aprons aforesaid are among the
few pretty objects traveller can take
away with him from Servia as speci-
mems of native industry. They are
worked in sort of spurious Turkish
style, and, though rough in material
and crude in color, are effective as
chair or small table covers. The best
product of the country is the Prot
carpet, worth about o ducat or ten
shillings a square meter. The designs
are extremely pretty, and the rugs,
without being so heavy as Persian, or
so ragged and scant in the web and
wool as Caramanian, wear forever.
The manufacture of these is entirely
confined to Prot near the Bulgarian
frontier, from which place they take
their commercial name. The real
industrial wealth of Servia lies
in it's pigs. Out of popu-
lation of nine millions, seven
millions walk on four legs with an
independent air, sort of "a pig and
brother assumption of co-equal rights
and privileges. The Servian pig is
certainly a remarkable animal, and no
other pig is so self assertive, so strong,
or so hairy as he. We have seen one
of them, while driving along by the
side of his master, insist on alighting
where he pleased, which happened to
be over the splash aboard. No persua-
sion or argument could induce him to
alter his mind. and it was not till he
had tripped up the pony and upset the
cart that he was satisfied. The ma
ture hogs coat is of a deep red brown
and as curly as a retriever's, turning
to long gray bristles down his back as
he advances in years. His presence is
everywhere visible or audible. He
crops out on every hillside and from
every thicket and copse, and lines the
banks of the Danube in hundreds, while
the train that carries you away from
Belgrade will cross tracks packed with
sQuealing porkers and taxing magma
ton to conceive by what ingenuity the
beasts were ever induced to enter and
be penned When we remember that
King Alexander's great-grandfather
was a swineherd at Takovo, we must
further allow the pig his niche lin Ser
Wan history to add to his commercial
Importance and artistic value. Satur-
day Review,
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
TEACHING PARROTS.
Different Varieties of the Bird, aud Where
They Come From.


They Come From.
AS reporter entered a bird fancier' s
establishment few days ago he was
greeted with a series of yells and
screeches, a discordant welcome from
the parrots of all sizes and cOlors
which were ranged round the room,
and appeared to vie with each other in
making the greatest racket
I'VE have just received fresh i'm
portation of parrots" said the bird
man, appearing from the menagerie-
room in the rear of the store, land
from all prospects there are a good
many fine takers among them"
What varieties have you?" asked
the reporter.
cat the present we have but three
varieties-the double-yellow head, the
Cuban and the African gray"
(Which variety leads in intelli-
gence?" asked the reporter.
Il prefer the African gray parrot, -"
replied the bird man, yet the Cuban
and yellow heads make excellent talk
ers."
Where does the gray parrot come
from?"
He comes from the west coast of
Afriea. The colored men take the
young birds from their nests and sell
them to captains or sailors of trading
vessels. The best birds come from
vessels plying between Africa and Bos-
ton"
How does the trip across the ocean
agree with them?"
very we'll. They seem to get ac-
climated in their voyage and gener-
ally know how to talk some when they
arrive"
How do you teach parrots to talk
and how long does it take one to
learn?n
That's hard question to answer.
Different birds vary in intelligence.
A bird will get accustomed to a place
in about two months, and if given a
lesson every day can talk fairly well in
that time"
''How do you give q lesson?"
The morning hours are the best
for teaching. Cover the cage with a
cloth, and then in clear voice say a
word or short sentence until the bird
repeats it. Then commence with an
other, and so on. When once it be-
gins to talk it is only a matter of time
and patience before it improves. OBJ
ject teaching is good plan" con-
tinued the bird man. GA parrot needs
only to see and hear a barking dog,
growing rooster or a mewing cat few
times before an exact imitation is
given"
Suppose you have a bird that can
talk and won't talk, is there any way
to make it talk?"
There is no method that 1 am ac-
quainted with, unless it be that of
starvation, but that's cruel. and should
not be resorted Washington
Critic.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
THE PRECIOUS RUBY.
Interesting Facts About the Most Valua
BILE of Stones.

Int eresting Facts About the Most Valua-
BILE of Stones.
To the question: (Which is the
most valuable precious stone?" prob
ably nine out of every ten, at least,
would without the slightest hesitation
reply: 1.-The diamond but the value
of a good-sized diamond can not APP
proach that of a ruby of correct color
and similar dimensions. The worth
| Of small rubies-stones, that is, of less
than carat-is, if any thing, rather
less than that of diamonds of like
descriptions; but the rare occurrence of
large specimens of that dark carmine
tint which is looked upon as the sine
qua non of a good ruby causes the
value of these gems to increase in
far greater proportion than in the case
of diamonds. Rubies weighing more
than four carats are so ex-
ceptional that when perfect
one of five carats is brought to the
market it will command ten times as
high sum as diamond of the same
weight; while a ruby of six carats
without crack or a flaw, and of the
proper color would, in all probability,
bring as high price as FL, 900 pounds
per carat, or fifteen times as much as
diamond of like size and faultless-
ness. All over the East rubies are re-
garded with the greatest possible
favor, and so it has been from the ear
Hest times of which we have any rec
ord
The largest ruby known was brought
from China, and forms part of the i'm
perial-crown jewels of Russia. 1t is
the size of pigeons egg, and was
presented by Gustavus III. of Sweden
to the Empress of Russia on his visit
to st. Petersburg. The finest ruby that
has ever been brought to this country
was one which reached our shores in
1875. 1t was blunt stone, drop shape.
and weighed slightly more than AZ
carats. No one in England could be
induced to give the price that it's
owner placed upon it, and it was,
we believe, finally disposed of on the
continent for a sum between EGO, 900
and 930,0 900. The ruby is the hardest
of all minerals except the diamond,
and by its hardness a ruby may be told
from spinel, which is considerably
softer. If. as is often the case, it is
not advisable to scratch or otherwise
abrade the surface of a stone which it
is wished to test, the greater specific
gravity of the ruby will show whether
it is entitled to rank as one of those
gems or not Curiously enough, the
ruby and the sapphire are absolutely
identical in every respect except that
of color They are varieties of crystal
lied alumina, which is usually known
under the name of corundum. AS a
general rule the crystals CT this sub
stance are dull in hue and lack trans
preancy, but when they chance to be
clear and bright-colored they give
some of our most valuable gem& Lon
don Standard.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
MISTAKES ABOUT DOGS.
An Old Sportsman Defends Them Against
Newspaper Charge.

An Old Sportsman Defends Them Against
Newspaper Charge.
"All dogs detest work. " This is a
poor text from which to preach a SER
mon against laziness. The civilized
dog of the nineteenth century is very
different animal from the dog on the
day when it was written in opprobri-
UNI: ''Is thy servant dOg?" Among
all animals there is none more affec-
tionate than the dog, nor one which
shows such earnest desire to be of
service to his master, and is so untir-
ing in his devotion. A man may loose
his human friends and be ostracised by
society; he may lose his money and be
clothed in rags, but his dog will re-
main faithful and will guard and pro-
tect him with as much faithfulness as
if he were a millionaire.
The text that ''all dogs detest labor"
is wholly fallacious. The well-trained
dog delights in work. Who has not
seen the sparkling eye and joyous ex-
preston of the dog when the prepare
ton for the chase is begun? Who that
has heard his watchful BARK in the
midnight as he guards the home will
doubt this? Tender in his loving care
of children, instead of being spoken of
with contempt for his laziness the dog
should be associated with faithfulness
and activity in dog duties. The bee
doesn't make soap, nor does the dog
pillow.
Thirty-fve years ago the writer
with his associates went upon a wild
ramble upon the plains reaching the
great forests upon the Pacific. For
two years the faithful ''Old Rover"
was one of the most useful members
of the expedition. All night after a
long days march he slept, so to speak,
with one eye open, and we retired to
rest with confidence that neither In
dian nor proving beast would steal
upon us unobserved. Hundreds of
times were we wakened by the low
grOwl of the faithful sentinel, and as
soon as we were aroused and had our
arms in readiness Rover would disap-
pear in the darkness in the direction
Of any threatened danger, and he
would soon know its nature. If he
found nothing after making a circuit
of the camp he would return and lay
himself down at our feet, and we could
drop to sleep feeling greater security
than if guarded by half dozen men.
He would stay in camp all day long
am guard it from all intrusion while
every member of it was miles away.
Upon one occasion when he was left
to guard the camp crock of butter
was set at the foot of a great pine
tree. A paper was tied over the but
ter, but the wind blew it off. Upon
the return at night, where the crock
stood was only great pile of leaves.
Upon removing them we found the
crock of butter safe. Rover knew that
it should not be exposed to the sun
and air, and not being able to tie on
the paper had done the best he could
by covering it with all the leaves
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
How to Restore 1t According to the Most
Promising Method.

How to Restore 1t According to the Most
Promising Method.
When the bodies of persons appar-
entity drowned are taken out of the
water, those who are near, and wish
to restore animation, are frequently at
loss how to proceed. Some igno-
rant people think that the body should
be held up by the feet, in order to al
lew the water to run out at the mouth.
This should never be done. The best
way to proceed is to lay the BODY
down, rub it with warm cloths, and
breathe into the nose or mouth, so as
to eXpel the water and set the lungs
working in a natural manner. The
following incident will furnish our
readers with bit of practical knowl-
edge which may be of great value to
them some time.
While some boys were bathing in a
river where the water deepens upwards
of fifty feet in the space of a few yards,
one of them, in attempting to swim,
got into deep water inadvertently, and
went down. His companions immedi-
ately ran off to give the alarm, but a
considerable time elapsed before the
body was got out, when it appeared
that the ''vital spark had fled, the
body having been some minutes in the
water
Without losing one moment, the
body was placed on its back, by some
gentlemen, on sloping bank, the
head being nearly eighteen inches high
er than the feet, and, in this position,
one of the gentlemen instantly put
one hand on the boys mouth. having
the other on the abdomen, and apply
ing his mouth to the nose, commenced
blowing with all his might. allowing
the water to escape between every
blast, which came IN great quantities
from both mouth and nose, being forced
out by the injected air, and a slight
pressure on the abdomen with the 9TH
er hand. The operation being repeat
ed for ten or fifteen minutes, with con-
tinual rubbing of the legs, arms, abdo-
men, and chest. a draught of air APP
peared to be lnnaled, and, in little
while, respil atlon slowly and feebly
commenced. Warm water and fannels
were now got and applied to the feet
and body, which appeared to cause ex-
cruciating pain, the muscles of the
face becoming much distorted, fol-
lowed by the vomiting of water in con-
siderable quantities, writhing and cry
ing Historically. Fully an hour and a
half elapsed before the boy became
sensible, and recovered the use of his
eyes, which were fixed during the
process of resuscitation. N. Y. Ledger.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
THE CUSTER MASSACRE.
What Indian Agent McGillicuddy Has
Learned About 1t.

What Indian Agent McGillicuddy Has
Learned About 1t.
In his long service as Indian agent
DR.. McGillicuddy learned from the
Sioux many interesting facts about the
Custer massacre. For years after that
horrible affair the participants in it
were very 10th to talk of it to white
men, but as the agent gradually gained
their confidence they told him, little
by little, the whole story. Sitting Bull
had 5000 warriors on that occasion.
That is said to have been the largest
force of Indians ever encountered by
American troops in a single engage
ment. Custer had over 500 cavalry
and some Crow scouts. He divided his
forces about equally and sent Major
Reno with one body to attack the lower
end of the Indian village while he
charged at the upper end. The Sioux
all agreed in their statements to DR..
McGillicuddy that their surprise was
complete. They were engaged in re-
peling Reno at one end, when the
buglers at the other end gave them
their first warning of Clusters pres
ence. They were disconnected, and
were on the point of giving way for
general retreat when Reno, to their
establishment, drew off. This permit
ted them to turn their whole attention
to Custer, the white chief with the
yellow hair"
They told how they managed to
make the massacre complete. The
ground was broken and Custer was I'M
able to handle his men in cavalry for
nation. He dismounted them, leaving
every fourth man to hold the horses.
The Indians threw themselves first on
the men with the horses shot them
down and stampeded the horses. They
did this, they said, because they knew
that the bulk of the ammunition which
the soldiers carried was on the horses.
This done, the rest was easy. 1t was
only the question of few minutes till
the cartridges in the belts of the SOL
diers gave out, and then there was no
more dmuuulGlOU.
81 see," said Dr. McGillicuddy,
''that every now and then some man
announces himself in the East. as the
sole survivor of the Custor massacre.
You can always put him down as an
impostor. There was one man who
might have escaped. He was young
SI1rUeon named Lord His bOdv was
not found until long afterwards, and
it was at first supposed he was cap
tive. The Indians told me strange
story about Lords death. They said
that when he saw how things were
going he started off. Several young
bucks followed him, but he had a good
horse and kept ahead of them. just
as they were going to give up the
chase and intending to let Lord es-
cape, he drew a pistol and shot him
self dead. l suppose he was crazed
at the thought of becoming a prisoner.
The only person with Custer who sur
vived was a Crow scout. When he
saw that the fight had gone against
the cavalry he drew his blanket over
his head so that the Sioux might not
recognize him as Crow, jumped
about among them and howled and
gradually edged his way out of the
fight and made off. l believe he is
still about the Grow agency, Sioux
Falls Cor. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The dog-tax of France gives the
state an annual revenue of about ST.
100000
1t is proposed to open a museum
in Berlin in which shall be exhibited
all the German costumes from earliest
days, with interior arrangements and
decoration of houses.
Cotton was formerly grown in
Queensland, $4,000 acres being de-
voted to it in 1870 but last year hard
ly fifty acres were in cotton in the
whole country. The decrease is due
to the improved methods and cheap
labor in other countries, but the gov
eminent is now making an effort to
stimulate the industry.
The native doctors of China are to
a great extent self-constituted. Any
person who is in want of livelihood,
and can read and write sufficiently
well to be able to copy out prescrip-
tions from a medical book, can set up
in practice without fear of government
or other interference.
"A private irrigation enterprise has
been opened at Richmond, Victoria.
The water is elevated $50 feet into
large iron tanks by Tangye pump
run by an eight-hOrse power, and from
the tanks is distributed by means of
piping and trenches through the or
chard. There are in use $500 feet of
three-inch piping, and the pumping
machinery is capable of lifting 5000
gallons per hour. Whether this enter
prise will pay remains to be seen.
The proposed plan for a postal
tube between France and England is
to suspend two tubes of about three
feet in diameter each by means of
steel cables across the channel, forty
yards above the level of the sea. They
will be fixed to pillars at distances of
60C yards and ir each tube a little rail-
way will run, with cars capable of
carrying 40 pounds in weight. The
cost is estimated at S., 100000
The telephone bell rang suddenly
in the Elysee the other day just as
President Carnot and the Cabinet Min
listers were assembling in council. An
official put his ear to the tube and
heard an unknown person ask if he
were in communication with the Elysee,
as if he had an important declaration
to make Upon being answered in the
affirmative, the unknown applied his
mouth to the telephone and delivered
the following message yer batim:
"Vive Boulanger! You are all a pack
of robbers!'
The Government of Java has en-
gagged extensively in the cultivation of
cinchona, the source of quinine. Its
original object was scientific expert
mentation for the benefit of cinchona
growers, but the business has proved
so profitable that the plantations have
been increased until now private grow
ers feel the competition so much as to
demand the restriction of government
enterprise in this direction. This is
one of the few instances of profitable
governmental farming.
"A London paper says: GA gentle
man who happened to be at Cambridge
station one day recently, when the
Queen arrived, says that, although the
royal train stopped fully two minutes
while the wheels were examined, Her
Majesty never looked up from her
work, or exchanged word with the
lady in-waiting. Her Majesty industri
ously continued her knitting, which, as
my informant observes, would fetch
n LONG price at a fancy fair"
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

within rod about it. The Old dogs
bones rest upon one of the mountain
sides of the Coast Range, and when he
died there were tears of as honest sOr-
row as were ever shed. 1t is safe to
say if the savage who killed him for
the sake of pillage had been caught,
there would have been second
funeral. Such facts speak eloquently
in defense of the dog from all the
scribblers who preach from such texts:
-"All dogs detest work. "-ChicagC
Inter-Ocean.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

Two CoLORED men named Young and Gar
rett have induced Gil cOlored men to locate
upon Government land in Oklahoma, taking
100 acres each, or AS, 100 acres in all. They
have laid out town site near tt 9 center Of
the colony The name of the town is Lin
coin, located on the north bank of the CHM
AKRON river, and is destined to be the county
seat, as they have five townships and are in
the majority ten to one.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

A GENTLEMAN had accompanied friend
home to dinner, and as they seated them
selves at the table the hostess remarked:
II trust that you will make allowances,
Mr.. Blankley. Ny servant left me very IN
expectedly, and [ was compelled TO cook the
dinner myself" "Oh, certainly, my dear
madam, certainly" responded the guest
with great emphasis, 81 can put up with
anV thingn
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
" Mammals Gittin Better

Inere Il RIAdneSS IN the hOuSehOIui
The shadow fades away
That darkened all the sunshine
OF many q summer day,
40, mama 5 getting better"
The happy children cry,
And the light of hope shines bright again
In the loving husband's eye.
In thousands of homes women are "sick
unto DEATH with the terrible diseases so
common to their sex, and it would seem as
if all the happiness had gone out of life and
the household in consequence. For when
the wife and mother suffers all the family
suffer- with her. This ought not to be, and
it need not be, for a never-failing remedy
for woman's ailments is at hand. Many a
home has been made happy because the
shadow of disease has been banished from
it by the potent power of DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription-the unfailing remedy
for all weaknesses and diseases peculiar to
women.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
Conflnemeny and T5ard WORK

Indoors, particularly in the sitting posture,
are far more pref Idicial to health than ex-
cessive muscular sxertion in the open air.
Hard sedentary workers are far too weary
after Office hours, to take much needful ex-
ercise in the open air. They often need a
tonic. Where can they seek inauguration
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, renovant
particularly adapted to recruit the ex
hausted force of nature. Use also for dys
pepsia, kidney, liver and rheumatic all
meDtS
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

A New YORK jewelIer has two jewels.
apparently diamonds, in his window with
the simple inscription over them: (Which
is genuine!" Two young men, after hold
ing heated discussion on the question,
made the jeweller the umpire of a wager.
The latter was compelled to acknowledge
that both were genuine. 1t was merely an
Ingenious advertisement.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

JAMES LEONARD, a compositor ON Cna
Times-Democrat Of New Orleans, lately in
seven days of seven and one-half hours
each, set and distributed To-, $40 ems-eoua'
to about 205, 600 letters. He worked regular
copy and his proof contained Comparatively
few errors. In accomplishing the feat his
arm. it is estimated, travelled no less than
125 miles.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

EVERY reader of this paper will have
noticed what has been said weekly about
Shallepberper's Antidotej for Malaria No
statement has ever been made which Is not
strictly true and more than substantiated by
experience. No testimonial has ever been
published which is not genuine, and the
original of which is not IN our possession
If you are the victim of Malaria, don't trif1e
with Quinine, but get the Antidote and en-
Joy health. If your druggist don't keep it,
send one dollar to DR.. A. T. Shallenberger,
Rochester, Penna, and get it by mail.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

A sALooN-KEEPER at Fassil, in Wyoming.
who frIghtfully maltreated his wife foI
teaching her little boy prayer, was recent
ly visited by delegation of twenty women.
armed with whips and switches, and thor
oughly thrashed.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

"IHAvE met this man." said the lawyer,
with extreme severity, sin great many
places where would be ashamed to be seen
myself," and then paused and looked with
establishment at the smiling court and jury.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14
Illinois Central Railroad Exoursions soutt

For free copy of Southern Home-Seek-
ers' Guide" Farmers and Fruit-Growers'
Guide to McComb City, Mississippi" adj
dress the undersigned.
A H. HANSON, j. F. MERRY,
Gen'l Pass Agent, Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agt
Chicago Manchester, Iowa.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con-
stipated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, one pill
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

IT is not generally known that Mr.. Glad
stone has only three fingers on his left
hand. The index finger was shot off forty
seven years ago by an accident in the hunt
ing field.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-09-14

A PEARL spoken Of by Boetius, named In
comparable, weighed thirty carats, equal to
five pennyweights, and was about the size
of muscadine pear.