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The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
nismarek,s Magnificent Physique

The appearance of Bismarck, who is not only famous man, a prince, and a general, but who is chancellor of the en- pire as well, makes the populace gasp. venture to assert that nowhere in the world can a man of 73 years be found who compares with this magnificent looking leader. The perfect command that he exercises over himself in addition to pulling the noses and batting the backs of the nations was shown last winter when the Iron Chancellor reduced his weight thirty-five pounds by course of training that would have staggered a collegian.
 1.-The full significance of this feat, y one of the princes physicians said to me the other day, twill not strike you till you call all the conditions into view. It shows after all that three score years and ten is by no means Q goal to be dreaded. A mans age is what he makes it, accord ing to Prince Bismarck. Still when a man is in his 73d year it looks like fool hardness to suddenly reverse all old and methodical habits, take ice cold baths at daybreak, have cold meat and cold tea for breakfast, let wines and beer drop out of existence, and do an amount of violent exercise that would wear out a S0-year-old laborer."
 The hard physical work which the chancellor has passed through in order to get his weight down has left him a picture of erect and sturdy manhood. He gives the lie even to the most con- plimentary of his portraits. All his life he has been an athlete, and now he reaps the reward. -Blakely Halls Berlin Let fer
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
"Reatinc,, the Machine.

The schemes whereby the knowing ones nowadays beat the 'drop-a-nickel' machine are so numerous that the busi- ness is threatened with ruin. The man. ner in which the weighing machine is swindled is thus told by one who has tried it on: Just place the sole of your Loot against the edge of the upper plat form. push hard and sudden and then jump "'Iickly on the platform; that big hand l. fife will tell you your weight just as surely and correctly as if you had acted straight or the machine and paid your lonely nickel. Some fellows have been dropping lead slugs, just the weight of nickel, into the slit; so, from all ap- pearances, think the day of the drop a-nickel' schemes is in the past. Chi cago Tribune,
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
The Manufacture of Crutches.

There are but three factories in the United States in which crutches are ex- clusively manufactured, one each in Bos- ton, Philadelphia and New York. The crutches which meet with the readiest sale are those with elastic tops, which are generally made of rosewood, lancewood or rock maple, with patent rubber cushioned bottom. They sell for $12 a pair The "cow horn" crutch is made of a cheap grade of maple with nickel plated ferrules The handles are securely fastened by wire rivet running through both sides of the crutch and handles. This is light, tasty and durable. The arm pieces and handles are made of black cherry. This crutch brings $10 at retail Many crutches are made to order, their price depending upon the material em- ployed in their construction. Some cost as high as $100 a pair.-Detroit Free Press.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
Bismarck,s Famous Sentence.

It is proposed to use the famous sen- tence of Prince Bismarck, "We Germans fear God, but nothing else," as the na- tional German motto. A number of stu dents have been hunting for the origin of that expression ever since, to prove that there is nothing new under the sum- One finds it in Racine's .'Athalie, as the saying of the high priest Joash, and an other has discovered a passage almost identical in Carlyle's eloquent description of Abbot Samson ("Past and Present, |" book II, chapter ID. These scholars would destroy all the patriotism in Ger many if they had their Chicago Herald.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
.coconut." and Not "Cocoanut. ]"


 It may interest readers to know that a recent number of the new quarterly, Annals of Botany, contains short article by Professor Bayley Balfour upon the correct spelling of this word. He shows that etymology and early authority alike make "coconut" the correct form for the fruit of the COCO palm, and that ''cocoanut' is merely relic of the igno- rance of those who supposed cocoa and chocolate to be obtained from the COCO nut. This ignorance, madam, pure ignorancel'' was unfortunately shared by Dr. Johnson at the time when he prepared his Dictionary, and although he afterward learned otherwise, and in his Life of Drake" correctly wrote COCO, plural cocoes, this was after the publication of the last edition of the Dictionary" in his lifetime, so that he had no opportunity of correcting his un- fortunate and misleading error.
 Botanists, however. long continued to use the correct form-some have never ceased to do so-and Professor Balfour now calls upon them to unite iu ban ishing the blundering ''cocoa nut, " and in putting an end to a mischievous con fusion between coco, cocoa and coca, which are the three entirely distinct veg etable products. For. coco he is able to cite not only Dr. Johnson's own use as opposed to his Dictionary, but the use of the laureate, who in "Enoch Arden" writes:
 The slender coco's dropping crown of flowers
 Dr. Murray is also quoted as writing, q shall certainly use coco in the die tionary," and treat cocoa as an incorrect by form.-Notes and Queries.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
Specimen of Chinese Ingenuity.

Messrs. E. Claudel 6, Bro. have re- ceived from San Francisco wonderful piece of workmanship, which is a strik- ing evidence of the patience, skill and ingenuity of the natives of the Celestial empire. It is intended as an Easter offer ing, an egg. but little larger than a tur- keys, and, to outward appearances, noth- ing but such an egg as might be picked up in any farm yard. But inside of the shell there is such delicate mechanism that an accurate description of it is well nigh impossible, and to get fair idea of the limits to which human skill may reach it is necessary to see this marvel. The eggshell is divided into two parts, but so closely and skillfully are they joined that the naked eye fails to dis cover the line of junction. The tiny works by which its different parts are operated are lot of microscopic springs and diminutive wheels, so small that the largest of the lot hardly rivals in size those small spangles which are used in gold lace embroidery.
 The arrangement is such that once in each hour the two shells, which are hinged at the base, fly apart with a spring, displaying to view a gorgeous tulip, so artistically and truthfully col ored that one can hardly believe that it has not been plucked from a flower bed instead of being production of art. The petals of the tulip slowly unfold, opening one after the other, until the flower is full blown Within it stands a wee church, with belfry, on the outside of which is a small dial plate, where the tiniest hands point the hour. The latter are so very small that, placed next to them, the finest needle seems monstrous. The hour strikes with a fairy-like tink- ling, the church slowly revolves on its axis, when the rear comes to view, ex- posing the works to the sight. Then the petals of the tulip fold together again, the shells of the egg rejoin. and for an- other hour the whole seems to the un- initiated beholder nothing but common egg.-New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
Anon, Long Distance rslerrnph1.

'1 have read those stories about the marvellous feat of an operator sitting ln his office in Vancouver, B. C., and send ing a message clear through on straight line to New South Wales, but there is not a word of truth in it. It has never been done and never will be with our present system of telegraphing.
 The speaker was Chief Operator Will fam Lloyd, of the main office of the Western Union in this city. Mir. Lloyd went on to explain why a message could not be sent such q long distance on a continuous line.
 "Land telegraphing and sea telegraph ing are totally different, said MT. Lloyd, ''and that is where the hitch comes ln. If I want to send message to Bombay, for instance, it frs: goes to New York, then to Torbay, Newfoundland. It is taken down there and is sent by another system to Queenstown, Ireland. It is re- ceived there, not by sound, but by reflec- ton. The operator sits in a dark room and the spark from the wire is shown in a looking glass. This is reflected on the wall, and is read in that way, From this point it goes to London by the ordinary method From there it is sent to the African cable line leading across the Channel, down the Mediterranean and the Red sea to the Indian ocean, there it takes to Bombay. Probably fifteen oper- ators handle the message before it reaches its destination, and to say that a message can be sent through without a stop is nonsense. The work is done very quickly, though, and message to Cal cutta or Bombay would go through in two hours, perhaps three, according to the way the wires are working. They have been sent in less time "-Chicago Mail.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
Didn't Know All His Neighbors.

A distinguished clergyman once asked a gentleman to contribute money for foreign missions, and received the reply: ''I don't believe in foreign missions. I won't give anything except to home mis- sions. want to benefit my ncighbors. y Well" responded the doctor, 'whom do you regard as your neighbors2''
 Why, those around me-"
 Do you mean those whose land joins yours?"
 "Yes."
 "Well, how much land do you own?'' ''About 800 acres.''
 ''IIow far down do you own it?"
 "Why, I never thought of it before, but l suppose own half way through. ' Exactly" was the reply. 'Isuppose you do, and l want this money for the Chinese, the men whose land joins yours on the bottom. "-Pacific.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25

Served the Government Seventy-one Years.
 Judge James Lawrenson entered the postal service when he was 16 years old, and has been in it continuously for sev- enty-one years. He is said to have sworn in every postmaster general since the administration of President Andrew Jackson. When Mir. Villas was sworn in MT. Lawrenson was overlooked, and when the postmaster general heard of his record he sent for MT. Lawrenson and was sworn in again.-New York Sun.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
Drink RuttcrniIl,.

Lactic acid, which is not far off from the beverage commonly termed butter milk, has been doing the peptic wonders, it is announced. A good many people who are tout of sorts" with liver trou- bles might try the buttermilk cure di- rect, without waiting for an illness to have it prescribed for them. Especially old and feeble people derive benefit from the churn's surplus.-New York Tele- gram
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
Almost a Dissertation.

What more melancholy sight than an old person so far down the hill that the tumult and din of the struggle upon its crest is already dull upon the cara dear old lady, with dim eyes and 0uttering footsteps and blunted hearing, condemned to the crowd, the glare, the manifold exigencies of a hotel2 Does it not seem a desecration of the solemn quiet of old age, the gentle peace that should enshrine the last years of well spent life Mrs. Frank Leslie in Philadelphia Times.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
A Perfect PenduIuLI.

The construction of perfect pendulum has been accomplished, it is announced, by suspending a lead shot by a single fiber of cocoon silk ipS vacuum pro- duced by means of a Sprengel pump. The shot, One-sixteenth of an inch in diameter, weighs one-third of a grain, is suspended by a two foot fiber, and is placed in tube three-quarters of an inch internal diameter. It has a vibration range of one-fourth inch on each side of midpcsition, the vacuum being equiva- lent to one-tenth C. millionth of an atmosphere.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
Hnu Amnntation Is Performed.

The layman is often surprised to note how slight are the external manifesto tions of serious diseases which sometimes call for radical surgical treatment. Dr. Warren brought in before the medical class at the Massachusetts general hos pital not long ago an old man upon whose right hand there appeared to be a small sore spot, not at all malignant or painful in it's appearance. It was situated di- rectly upon the back of the hand, and seemed to be no more than a trifing local sore that could be easily healed. The patient was a man of more that S9 years. Dr. Warren explained that the trouble was of a cancerous nature; that it had manifested itself in no other part of the body, and that amputation seemed to be the only safe course to resort to-. He accordingly proposed to take off the hand just above the wrist before the malignant disease had a chance to spread.
 The usual application of rubber band age and tight rubber cord above the point of amputation was made, and the surgeon made rapid work of the case. A single sweep of the knife just over the wrist severed the skin and little deeper The tissues were then dissected upward for nearly an inch toward the elbow to the point where the bone was to be cut in order to make flap. The flesh was quickly cut to the bones, and few strokes of the saw severed them. The wound was antiseptically treated and sewed up, and in ten or fifteen minutes from the time he was brought in the old man was picked up by strong attend ant and carried back to his cot in the surgical ward.-New York Sun.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
Hogs of St. Anthony.

The far famed hams of Bayonne are now rivaled by the noted little hams of La Mancha, which are yielded by race of orthodox swine popularly known as the hogs of St. Anthony. These pious little pigs are said to be so grateful for the good time they have of it, in feeding on the richest beechmast in the woods, that when their day of doom arrives they do not require to be driven to the slaugh- ter yards, but voluntarily present them selves thereat, their shouts wreathed with a meek simper of gratitude for past fa- Vors received.-London Telegraph.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
A "Bung yYhitt1inc" Contest.

One of the most successful features of a recent literary entertainment" in a town the other evening was a ''bung whiting contest by ladies'" Each of the contestants received a square bit of wood from which to whittle bung to fit large stone jug. They could all see the hole to be filled, but none could measure it. Prizes were given for the best and for the poorest bung, and then they were all sold at auction. One of them neatly fitted the bunghole.-New York Sun,
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
In a Cheap Eating House.

Diner-Here, waiter! what in thunder have you given me here? I called for tripe; but this is the stringiest stuff l ever encountered
 Waiter (after critical examination)- l. Just as I expected. That cook of ours is awfully nearsighted, and instead of honeycomb tripe, she's served up piece of Turkish towel. Perhaps you'd like something else?-Boston Trascript.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25

BABBITT BROS.-Postoffic address, Flagstaff, Arizona, Range, Clark's Valley, Mogollon mountains. Brand as above cut. All young stock branded on both sides, with swallow fork and underbit in each ear; also own the following: Boot, T, 2 H, anywhere brand w on right side; T cattle, Oss on right side; horse brand C. o.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25
Tho Present Are.

Our times are the dearest times we shall ever know, and of these times the press is the youngest handmaiden. George Alfred Townsend.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25

It is said to be the custom in Spain for the girls to kiss every young man they meet on the 29th of February.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25

The best education is that which tn world gives you.
The Arizona champion., 1890-10-25

To know the new, search tbe old.- Japanese,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-31

dull at about the lowest prices of the day.
sugar is down SIT Lackawnnna, "a; Louis
vile and Nashville, lssi Chicago Gas and
Missouri Pacific each 1876 Union Pacific, la
and Rock Island aud Northern Pacitc pre-
ferrod, l per cent aud the others smaller
amounts.
Railroad honds showed tho now interest
which has been awakened, aud transactions
footed up sl,0F,UQ anl el which the Atohtson
incomes furniphed l~A0o aud the NnTthern
Pacific D. tl6hoOO IL -stst ooni lnued strong
also, notwithstandlng -Nknets In shares,
and. whils the marked -. M were few, the
losses were even loss. liurliHE.=1, Cedar Rapids
and Northern bs Tuse 2 " ~ ~. Paul n. aud
d. Is ~ To lsl the bs, IN lso, aud Reading
Tho Post says. The Increased activity In the
stock market was shown by the sales ot lOO 900
shares of listed stocks in tho forenoon, which
was more than In the same hours an any day
since December l6 The activity to-day, how
ever, was OF a different kind from that on the
10th, as to-day II was caused by a desire TO aC-
cumulate stocks. whereas on the 10th great
many people thought the announcement OF the
agreement to form n new federation among the
Western roads was good time to SELL because,
1t was argued. great many people were
heavily loaded with stocks and would take the
opportunity TO get out With this idea tho
bears sold everything short, and stocks went
down l to points The experience OF the two
weeks since the 18th has, however. shown that
it was a mistake TO sell stocks then, as prices
nave not been SO low since, and as at the prices
of this forenoon every active stock on the list
was higher.
The following table SHOWS the prices or active
stocks on the New York stock Exchange yester-
day. Corrected daily for THE DISPATCH by
WHITNEY & STEP HENSON, Oldest PittshurR mem
bers of New York Stock Exchange, 81 Fourth
avenue:
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-31
Wool Markets.

NEW YoRK-Wool dull and weak: domestic
fleece, 34QS9c; pulled, 27@34c; Texas. lS@25c.
PHILADELPHIA-Wool market qniet but
steady. Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Xxx, 32@3ic: Y, 30@32c; medium. 361a@3Sc;
coarse, 35@3614c. New York. Michigan. lndana
and Western tlne or Y and XX, zS@29c;smedi-
um. 36@S7c; coarse. 3415O36c Fine washed
tlelaine X and Xxx, 33G37c medium washed
combing and delalne, 4O042c: coarse do
do do 251I@37c; Canada, do do 35@39c. Tub
washed choice. 37@l0c; fair, 35@99c; coarse, 500
35c. Medium unwashed comhng and deiaIne,
2S63lc; coarse do do do, 2-l2Sc; Montana
1S@23c; Territorial, 1922.
BosToN-There is good demand for WOOL
and sales for the past few days have
been at full prices. In Ohio woods there have
been sales of Y at 3ld32c. and of Xxx and
above at 33GlS4c Michigan y is offered at $50
29c. In combIng and delaine tleeces there have
been sales of No. combiDg at 39@42c, of Ohio
fine delaine ut 35936, and Of Michigan fine de-
laine at 34@35c. Territory wools-There have
been sales of fine at 60c, of fine medium at 570
5Sc, and of medium at 54@55c. Texas woods
steady California and Oregon quiet Pulled
woods IN fair demand. with sales of best super
at 4O@45c, of fair to good super at 3O@3Sc and
of extras at 22G3Oc. Foreign woods quiet and
firm.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-31
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Wheat Strong and Active on Bullish Cables
Corn Opens With a Jump-Oats Cap
tured by the Bulls - Hog
Products Move I'm.


CHICAGO--Therc was decrease of 2O0O, 900
bushels of wheat on ocean passage. and as this
came to hand previous to the opening of the
market here it created very strong feeling
and an advance when trading started to g75zc
for May. compared with 97@971sc at the close
of the session yesterday There was fair
amount of ACTIVITY. and there appeared
10 be an excellent demand for
some time, but it was noticed that
the buyers of wheat, yesterday. were principal
sellers on this advance. The cable advIces
were encouraging to holders and exporters.
The shorts were rather anxious in view of the
surrounding circumstances, and they succeeded
in buying enough to allay their fears, the price
of May wheat having advanced to 9S1s99Sl4 &c.
July was maintained at about 4c discount. and
December Sc discount under May. The price
was kept close around 9l2sc during the latter
part of the session and closed with sellers at
that price.
Corn opened up with jump of &c over the
closing prlce of the day before, and at the end
of the session 1t bad gained &c over the open
ing quotation. The price for May started irreg-
ularly at 5l15@52c, with some sales Immediately
at 521sc There was reaction to 5l74c, with
perhaps safe or two at 5l54c- The advance and
strength in wheat was in favor of better prices
for corn and the small proportion of No. 2eorn
in the daily receipts and in store is used with
effec upon the shorts every time heavy hold
er desires to run them in. May advanced to
525sc and closed at 5214 GQ52ssc.
The bulls captured the oats market early in
the day and worked prices upward several
notches. Hutchinson's puying (he took 6Oo,O00
bushels) was the principal reason for the ad-
vance, although light receipts and the small
quantity OF the contract grade in store were
important factors in the bulls favor The
shorts. who were not particularly numerous,
took fright and proceeded to cover. The mar
ket opened at H1sc fol, May and advanced
slowly to 443sc when the price shot up like
rocket to 441sc. 1t afterward advanced to 45L4c,
when there was reaction ofssc. The closing
price. 441sc, was lc higher than yesterdays
close.
Hog products were easy near the start. pork
showing the most disposition toward selling
lower, but later the sentiment changed COM
pletely and the early dropping tendency was
changed to one more nearly approaching buoy
ancy. May pork opened at from sl1 011a to
Sll 10 and it declined to $40 10 with probably a
sale at 21ac under that. Business was duh un-
til after the call, but woke up and prices ad
vanced easily on moderate buying on account
principally of the small amount offered for sale
at the same time. 1t advanced to Sll 271I and
was at the outside figures as trading ceased.
The leading futures ranged as follows, as cor
rected by John NJ. Oakley & Co., 40 Sixth street,
members Chicago Board of Trade:
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THE COURSE OF OIL.

Good Opening, With Something of Slump
at the Finish.
The oil market opened rather stiff esterday
at 7l5Sc, around which figure about H. 900 bar
rels changed hands. This was the top figure of
the day. There was some weakness before the
close on switching the option over TO February,
and the market closed at tic with bids and
sales. Pittsburg was the highest point. Clear
lnCs were 5000 barrels.
The highest point reached during the month
was 7216c. The lowest was CSC. The highest
opening was 7l7sc. The improvement that set
in a week or zen days ago was due to Dullish
field news and tile producers movement to
make I market for tht mselves.
Average runs. 1888; average shipments
S6iS9; average charters. 1919. Refined at
Aptwerp. l7Isf: at London, 515i. At Liverpool,
sgd; at Bremen. 6.40l; at New York, 7.35.
Cases 9.35.
McGrew, Wilson & Co. quote puts Soc; calls,
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