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The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
Blowing Out Electric Lamps.

Lately many cases of trying to blow
out electric lights have been reported,
as well as trying to ignite paper from
the globe while in the act of getting a
light for cigar or pipe, the victim
not recollecting that the gas or kero-
sene lamp had been removed. A case
of the first kind is quite laughable. At
a certain store in the north end of the
city an electric light has been put in.
When the time for shutting up came
the proprietor said to his assistant:
willie, put out the light" Now a
kerosene lamp had been in the store
all the time, and the clerk was always
in the habit of taking a long blower
and then putting it out. This evening
was no exception to the rule, and the
clerk blew away for some little time
without any result, The proprietor
came along, and seeing the trouble
took the blower and with the other
hand caught the knob, turning the
light out, at the same time blowing
through the instrument that generally
put the light out. The clerk was
somewhat astonished at the result but
did not catch on, and the next attempt
will be watched with interest, prOvid-
ed he does not see this article.-New-
buryport Herald.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
HYMENEAL HINTS.

GUESTS depart directly after the bride and
bridegroom.
WEDDING cards must never be sent; they
are out of fashion. So are memorial and
christening cards.
THE bride and bridesmaids bouquets are
still presented to them by the bridegroom,
and arrive at their destination on the wed
ding morning.
TIE first to arrive at the church is the
bridegroom, accompanied by his best man,
and he stands at the bottom of the chaucel,
waiting the arrival of the bride.
REFRESHMENTS at wedding breakfast
are very elastic. They need not soar above
tea, coffee, cake and sandwiches, or they
may include poultry, game, sweets and
champagne-in fact nearly every thing one
would have at ball supper.
WHEN the person who gives away the
bride is not her father he meets her at the
door of the church and escorts her to the
building, but he does not accompany her in
the carriage Her mother is the proper per
ssh to do this in the absence of the father.
A WIDOW can not wear orange blossoms,
either as a wreath or on her dress or in her
bouquet. she must not wear long bridal
vail, except she wears it over her bonnet,
and she can not have bridesmaids or we'd
ding favors. She must not continue to wear
her first ring.
AFTER the bridal pair have left the church
the next person to hurry away is the bride g
mother, who goes home at once in order
that she may receive her guests. This may
be mentioned as almost the only instance
in which it is good form for a hostess to pre-
cede her guests
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
PERSONAL PECuLIARITIEs.

EMPEROR WILLIAM keeps a scrap book Of
newspaper clippings regarding himself.
| This may account for his frequent ebulli-
! tions OF violent temper.
THE Ameer of Afghanistan is not literary
in his tastes. He has imposed heavy tax
on all books and printed matter passing
through his dominions.
Mrs. MAPEs DODGE is very vivacious
talker as well as writer. She edits st.
Nicholas, but only goes to the Office once a
week, doing most of her work at home.
"DoN'T talk to me about my voice." said
Mr.. Gladstone the other day. 81 hate it.
| Once had a voice with which 1 could do
what wanted; but have that no more"
IT is said that Mr. Whitney has had every
newspaper reference to him since he be-
came Secretary of the Navy clipped out and
pasted into scrap-book. The scrap-book
now comprises forty large volumes.
". S. GILBERT likes to design the dresses
of the women In his plays. He says: II
abhor bustles, improvements, tight lacing
and all such denominations, and 1 think that
woman's dress should fall in natural folds
to the figure"
THE Emperor of Austria is q splendid
horseman. His slender and graceful figure
ID Wei dQdpLGu W OIlC OCluO1C. w uCH
with his staff he can be recognized at dis
lance, beng quite conspicuous figure in
the cavalcade.
EDISON still works as hard and as industri-
ously as though he was just beginning his
career, and any day he may be found at his
bench at his shop in Orange, N j., hard at
work, in his shirt sleeves, making with his
own hands models he considers too delicate
to trust to another.
The Russian Empress thinks little of
court etiquette. Recently at some function
at the Danish court, where properly she
had precedence of the Princess of Wales,
she laughingly invited the Princess to go
ahead of her, saying: When 1 am here
am only my mothers second daughter"
THE Mikado of Japan is about thirty-six
years old, considerably taller than the
average japanese, and has for sixteen
years worn European dress. His hair is
worn somewhat long, is very heavy,
and parted near the center. His Majesty is
very studious and extremely well versed
in all the current affairs OF Importance
throughout the world
POPE LEO rises at five o'clock in summer
and six in winter. He tak,5 half an hour to
dress and an hour to mediate. At eight
ClOCh nc CdheS MS Couee anu rOu. Leu
XIII. is one OF the most abstemlous of
men, and the entire expenses of his table
do not average more than one dollar day
the whole year round. 1t must be remem-
bered that the Pope always takes his meals
alone.
The Bonanza King of Nevada, Senator
Jones, retains his cheerful face and humor-
Gus ways through all the vicissitudes of his
career, even if he is less ef1orescent than
he used to be in other times. When he finds
fitting company, he SPINS yarns of frontier
life that are both broad and long, and, if he
can be induced to make a book of them, he
will get an audience larger than ever list
ened to any of his political speeches, or
even his financial demonstrations.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
PERSONAL POPULARITY.
A Few Sensible Words About Peopl,
"with Axes to Grind"

| A Few Sensible Words About People
"with Axes to Grind"
The traditional esteem in which is
| held the man who has an axe to grind
is very slight. Self-interest, which is
hardly more than a synonym of selfish
ness, is conceded to be the handspring
of his life, and, naturally, it attracts
little sympathy. The man or woman
who would succeed must do so by re-
lating himself to something higher
than himself, or he fails to inspire that
response in the minds of those around
him, which produces the vital magnet
ism of working atmosphere. AS a
general statement, this is always true:
but the changing conditions of modern
life has linked more closely all motives
and all interests, till, in very literal
sense, it is true that no man liveth to
himself. Practically, therefore, the eff
feet is just this: The man who has an axe
to grind Is ready, in return, to help
grind another mans axe, and the most
cheerful and encouraging atmosphere
gendered. In fact, the axiom is quite
redeemed by these modern conditions,
from any specially unworthy sense of
Interpretation. Most people who are
good for any thing have the traditional
axe to grind, and the traditional iron
In the fire. The law of cooperation
prevails. 1t binds together the COM
munity. All workers are, to a great
extent, dependent on each other, and
the recognition and acceptance of this
fact is mutually helpful. The note of
the age is individuality. Personal
popularity is almost an indispensable
condition of success. One may like or
dislike this fact, as may be, but at all
events he must accept it. Nor is it
without higher side, because in its
ultimate analysis it implies the i'm
portance of character as factor in
all achievement. 1t is not enough that
the artist paint a picture which
is a JOY of possession; the potential
purchaser looks behind the picture to
the painter and asks of his life, his
ideas, and these determine largely his
rank in art. The lecturer comes to the
city with new subject to present. The
topic may be of interest, and even i'm
portance; it may be something the
community should care for; but unless
the speaker secures a personal consid-
GRAFTON and inspires personal interest,
he is apt to fail OF that degree of pro-
fessional consideration which is Justly
his due, unless he be one who brings
worldwide reputation, and has already
earned his place in public appreciation
by the invalid testimony of noble and
Important work. The weak side of the
element of personal popularity as a
factor in success is, that the communi-
ty sometimes does homage to very
poor and inadequate sort of idol. But
in the long run these things adjust
themselves. Boston Traveller
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
SERPENT AND SEAL.
How a Well Directed Bullet Robbed q
Boa Constructor of His Prey.

How a WeIl-Directed Bullet Robbed q
Boa Constructor of His Prey.
was padding along in small ca
noe on one of the numerous tributaries
of the Rio Parana, looking for ducks
or any thing worth shooting, when
suddenly | heard behind me fearful
yell and a great splashiug in the water
A bend in the river prevented me see
ing what it was, but thinking it was
some tapirs or carpinchos bathing, l
turned my canoe in order to get shot
at them, and saw huge snake hang
ing from q tree with his body curled
two or three times round an unfort-
innate se1l. The water around them
was fOaming, and every now and then
the seal and the fore part of the snake
would disappear below the surface
and remain below for several sec
onds, until in moment the snake
would twist his body into sort Of
cOrkscrew shape, and lift the seal right
out of the water, and they would re-
main swinging in the air, only sup
ported by the snakes tail. At one
time l saw the second seal jump out of
the water to catch hold of the snake,
and all three remained in the air, roar
ing and yelling most fearfully for some
time, when suddenly they dropped into
the water again, the snake never los
ing his hold of the tree.
AS none of the combatants seemed to
be in the least affected by my ap-
proach, | put my canoe within some
ten or twelve yards of them, so as to
have a good shot at the snake next
time they appeared, and l had scarcely
laid down my paddle and caught up
my gun when they came up again.
aimed right at the snake where he had
curled himself round the seal, and gave
him both barrels. The effect could
not have been greater. The snake let
go of the tree and fell with the whole
length of his body into the water,
splashing me all over, and then again
the three disappeared. After about
minute both seals come up on the other
side of the canoe, looking at me and
shaking their heads in the same way
as dogs do when they come out of
water. They had white breasts, and
noticed that one of them was bleed
ing from a wound in the neck, but
whether from my shot or from bite of
the snake | could not tell.
The snake little later crawled up
the "barranca" out of the water, as if
nothing was the matter with him, so l
gave him one shot more, (which made
him disappear in the bushes, where !,
being alone in the canoe, thought it
more prudent not to follow him. He
was very big one, for from the branch
to which he had his tail attached down
to the water was a distance of some
fourteen feet, and when he fell his tail
nearly reached my canoe. / do not I'M
derstand, though, how he would have
managed to eat one of the seals, each
one of which was the size of an ordi-
nary man. "-Buenos Ayres Standard.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
HOUSEKEEPING HINTS.
How and Why to Preserve the Wings OF
Birds and Fowls.

How and Why to Preserve the Wings of
Birds and Fowls.
In the winter, when so many game
birds and fowls are used in the family,
one can make handsome or very use
full collection of the wings that are left
on the birds when they are sent home.
Turkey and chicken wings are good
for brushing the hearth when one has
an open fireplace, and are also excellent
face of the range. The wings of small
game birds are, as a rule, quite pretty,
and may be used for trimming hats and
bonnets The wings of wild turkeys
and ducks have beautiful cOlors in
them. Such wings can be employed to
brush the hearths in the dining and
sitting-rooms.
After cutting from the wings all the
flesh you possibly can, spread them. one
at time, on piece of thick paper.
Place rather warm iron on that part of
the wing where the bones show-taking
care the iron is not hot enough to burn
the feathers-an let it stand until the
muscles become set. This will cause
the wings to remain spread. Another
way to reach the same result is to tack
the wings on thin board in the posi-
ton in which you desire them to re-
main, and keep them there all the time
they are being cured.
When the wings are permanently
fixed N the right position, line a paste
board box with paper and lay the
wings in it. Sprinkle the bony parts
thickly with ground Glove, rubbing it
in where the bones and flesh are eX-
posed. Put on the cover and wrap the
box in thick brown paper. Set away
in cool, dry place. At the end of a
month the wings will be in good con-
ditiOn. Take them from the box and
shake off all the Glove. Place the
wings in the open air for few days
and they will lose the odor of spice.
In curing a large pair of wings you
will require two heaping tablespoon
tuls OF Glove. The same pasteboard
box, with the Glove remaining in It,
can be used every time, little fresh
spice being added on each occasion.
Maria Parton, in Housewife.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
MARRIAGE IN RUSSIA.
How Young Men and Women Are Brough
Together by Match Makers.

How Young Men and Women Are Brought
Together by Match Makers.
No sooner does young lady in Rus
STA become of manageable age than
she is styled ''nevyesta," which may
mean bride, a fancee or a marriagea-
BILE girl. 1t is with her that the svakha
commences her operations. The mar
riage-making lady, always possessed
of great powers of conversation, ELECTS
over a cup of afternoon tea, the young
lady's opinions as to the blessings OF
the married state, and, should she
show any inclination to it, adroitly
finds out the points and projections of
her ''ideal." Should the girl be rich
the svakha's business is greatly SIM
plifed, for in that case the father very
frequently gives the girl full permits
sion to choose whom she will. The
svakha's next step is to discover the
Ideal and bring the young people
together. 1t is, of course, frequently
difficult to bring the young man
to the young lady's house, owing
to the absence of a reasonable pre-
text for calling; but a meeting is
arranged by the svakha, who tells
the aspirant to wealth and beauty.
or to wealth or beauty alone-very
frequently the former minus the latter
that in a certain box in the theater
or standing by such pillar in the
church, he will be able to judge of the
perfection of his ''fate''-which, as the
Russian proverb says, no one escapes.
Frequently the man does not please the
girl or the former thinks it not good
enough, in which case the whole thing
is ''off'' and no one a cent the worse.
If the young couple are taken with one
another the svakha next considers her
personal interest in the question, and
an agreement is come to with the
future happy man as to the percentage
of the dOwry, as commission, that she
is to receive, and this is committed to
writing. The parties then adjourn to
the Office of the man of law and the
list of things that the bride is to bring
to her husband is put down in legal
form, and before the marriage cere-
mony takes place, usually on the pre-
ceding day, the whole is sent to the
bridegroom 8 house, where all the
relations of both bride and bridegroom
assemble and inspect every thing so
sent. Texture and material is SUBJ
jected to critical examination, and
should any discrepancies occur between
the list at the legal practitioners and
the articles actually despatched, the
match can be Immediately broken off
by the defrauded bridegroom.-Lon-
don Spectator.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
A MAN OF MEANS.
How He Accumulated Five Million Dol
lars i'm Twelve Years.

How He Accumulated Five Million Dol
lars in Twelve Years.
A medium-sized, middle-aged man,
with an irOn-gray mustache and Off
hand ways, though of few words, ar
rived here the other day over the Cali
fornia and Oregon road. He ~ a man
who has made a great deal of a stir
in half dozen Territories and States
of the West, and is yet doing it, and is
talked about great deal.
The quiet, unassuming man was Den
mis- Ryan, the five-times millionaire,
builder of the gigantic Ryan hotel in
st. Paul, railroad-builder and silver
mine owner. His family are with him,
and will remain all winter, but Mr..
Ryan himself will stay but a short
time,
Mr.. Ryan has led a strangely check
cred life. Up to 1876, it is said, he had
no money at all, and had the hardest
kind of work to get along.
In that year. while toiling as COM
mon miner, he struck it rich in the
Rebel mine, one hundred miles from
Phoebe, in Nevada, and sold out for
$1,000,000.
This seemed like vast sum to Mr..
Ryan, but he wanted more, and he put
a good many thousand dollars in the
Horn Silver trying to develop it, and
at last he and Matt Connolly, who were
equal owners, opened an immense ore
body, and sold out to an English
company, represented by Sir Charles
Franklin, for 100000.
With this vast capital Mr. Ryan went
to Montana and secured some of the
best mines there, and worked them at
a profit. He also secured large con-
tracts for building the Northern Pa
cific railroad, and he has also been
identified with other railroad schemes,
notably with the road projected from
Billings to Cook City, in Yellowstone
National Park.
He also began and completed the big
Ryan hotel in St. Paul, which is the
wonder of the Northern prairie regions.
This hotel is variously estimated to
have cost from 81, 800, 900 to $2,000,000.
Mr.. Ryan is now engaged with other
capitalists in building large smelter
at Tacoma for the reduction of Wash
ington Territory and Idaho ores. Mr..
Ryan was met by an Examiner repre-
sentative, but he hesitated to go into
particulars in regard to this or other
Western enterprises in which he is en-
gagged, saying that for business reasons
he preferred to say nothing. He
thought from their commercial lOca-
tions that Tacoma and Seattle would
be cities of considerable Importance
San Francisco Examiner.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
EVOLUTION OF WOMAN.
Uow 1t Has Already Affected the Visib
Aspect of Modern Life.

Uow 1t Has Already Affected the Visible
Aspect of Modern Life.
If we look back a quarter of a cent
ury there Is no change so marked in
social and business life as that in the
position of women in regard to educa-
ton, employment and freedom of ac-
ton. And this position of self-depend-
ence and self-defense is taken without
any question. A few years ago in Lon
don it was not just the thing for an I'M
married girl to be seen abroad alone
even in her mothers carriage. She
may now be seen in a hanson. 1t is
not long ago that it was thought I'M
safe for women to travel without a
male protector. A brace of spirited
girls may now go clear round the
world together in entire safety, and
without exciting any sentiment more
dangerous than admiration. So far
as the world is concerned they
are entirely safe, f they desire
to be. Perhaps we might have
more cause for anxiety for the we'll
being of young man or a couple of
young men on the same journey. The
world in all civilized lands will treat
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
Unhagging Interest.

'What is the matter with you?''
asked a travelling man of seedy-lOok-
ing fellow, who was asking assistance.
"You look as if you are able to work. "
Il am, but 1 can't get it. [ lost my
job about month ago"
Discharged for failure to attend to
your duties, no doubt?"
II don't know about that. The boss
said that I attended to them with I'M
tagging interest"
What was your occupation"
81 was station-master at a small
town and let seventeen passengers get
Left Chicago Globe.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

in England the proper ratio of
doctors to population is said to be one
to 1,2OO, but by this rule there are l.
943 too many doctors in London, and
while 600 die every year, 1900 new
ones are turned out. Competition is so
great that in some parts of the city
doctors will see a patient, prescribe
and supply medicine for sixpence a
visit.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
An Unusual Chance.

How to receive four numbers of six cent
paper for two and half cents a number:
Send ten cents before t6e 1st of April to
Robert Bonner's Sons, Publishers, 1874
William street, New York City, and they
will send you months trial subscription of
four numbers of the New York Ledger in its
new form and artistic makeup.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
One secret of Longevity.

Those anxious to prOlong this rapid transi-
tory existence of ours beyond the average
span, should foster his digestion, negatively
by abstaining from indiscretions in diet, and
af1rmatively by the use of that peerless
stomachic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
when he experiences symptoms of indi-
gestion. The impairment of the digestive
function IS fatal to vigor. Subdue with the
Bltters, also, fever and ague. biliousness
and constipation.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

A man was recently examined at
Galveston for license to practice law.
''In order to constitute last will what
is essential?r asked the lawyer who
was questioning the applicant. "a
corpse and some property are all that
is necessary" was the reply,
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

IT is said that tobacco can not be cured
in California. 1t is presumed, however,
that what can not be cured must be en-
dured, the same in California as elsewhere.
Boston Transcript.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

"A bullet fired into a Tennessee
negro who was stealing a pig struck
him in the right arm, ran up to the
shoulder, passed down to the left side,
twisted around two ribs, and dropped
at his feet.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09
She suffered for Six years.

Wife suffered six years from suppressed
menstruation. Has been treated by the best
physicians without benefit. Two bottles of
Bradfields Female Regulator relieved her.
W. A. SIMMONS, McNutt's, S. c.
Write Bradfield Reg. Co., Atlanta, Ga, for
further particulars. Sold by all druggists.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

COUGHS AND HoARsENEss. The irritation
which induces coughing Immediately re-
lieved by use of ''Br0Wn's Bronchial
Ir0cheS." Sold only in boxes.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

WHEN girl slams the front door in a
suitor's face she has certainly been guilty
of contempt of cOurt.-D .nsville Breeze.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

A CLOCK that is one hour behind time up
to noon and one hour ahead of time the
rest of the day would be extremely popu-
lar with most clerks.-Jewelers' Weekly.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

IT sorely tries the patience of the editor
of sanitary journal to write an article
on the subject, ''Some Ideas in Filtration"
and have it appear "Some Ideas in Flirta-
ton" But it probably becomes there
by much more interesting to lady readers.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

DoN'T Wheeze and cough when Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar will cure
Pixies ToOthache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

THEATER managers say that bald headed
men are never bashful or over modest
They are always very willing to come tt
the front.-ROcheste Post
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

THERE is no period of a girls life at
which she is not beautiful and charming
and all that, but it must be confessed that
it is as bride that she takes the cake.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia, and
too hearty eating, is relieved at once by TAX
ing one of Carriers Little Liver Pills i'm
mediately after dinner. Don't forget this.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

TALKING about bowling successes, is
there any thing that holds shotgun to a
''melancholv dog on a moonlit night"'-
Burlington Free Press.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

If charity funds were always ready
when wanted great many more people
would feel encouraged to go into the pauper
business-N O. Picayune
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

The girl who eloped with liveryman
was evidently determined to get groom
of some kind.
The Arizona sentinel., 1889-02-09

IN ancient times every body played the
Tyre. Nowadays the liar plays every body.
Merchant Traveller