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The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
Selling -obncco in nnnville.

It is an interesting sight to see the hundreds of covered tobacco wagons come to market. Large ware houses are ready to offer every inducement to farm CTS to sell their load. DriYeways lead to the great floors where the load is as sorted in piles according to grade, hay ing been weighed first while on the truck. Each pile is tagged with the name of the owner and the weight, with d place for the buyers name and price. Many farmers remain over night, for they arrive at all hours of the day and night. Free stables and other ordi- nary comforts are provided.
 There are ten ware houses in Danville, N. C. They are divided into two series of five each, and public sales are con- ducted in two at the same time. Under the direction of the Tobacco Exchange the order of sales is arranged. Placards are posted at different points, First sale at Nears, Second sale at Acree's," and so on, each ware house taking its assigned turn until all five have sold out-hrSt to- day, the last tomorrow. Each ware house has its own auctioneer, clerks, and most of the firms buying having two sets of buyers to attend on the two circuits.-COr. Washington Post.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
n1ummies and nIohammedana.


 One night l visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the purpose of exam ming some of the antiques exhibited there, and took q look at the mummied cats, in which my little son, who was with me, is especially interested. Very solemn and ghastly are the swathed and silent tabbies, who perhaps gamboled around the feet of Moses and of Pha. raoh's daughter, and it struck me in looking at them that the Egyptians of 5000 years ago were little ahead of the New York of today in their devotion to birds and quadrupeds.
 Something of this veneration for the brute creation has been transmitted to the Mohammedan of the east, who per mits neither cats nor dogs to be slain, but provides meals and quarters for them A learned pundit of that persua- sion once expressed to the late $. s. Cox, when minister to Turkey, his surprise that Society for the Prevention of Cru city to Animals should be needed in a Christian country. Our brilliant Sun set" was not usually at q loss for words either to conceal or express an idea, but on this occasion he confessed that he was routed by the unspeakable Turk, and had to take refuge in the assertion that this was the work of the Blavatsky sect of Buddhists. It is just possible that the gentle Turk believed him, but Mr Cox was always of the opinion that he did not.-New York Letter.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
An Underbred Guest.s Ways.

The disposition to regard friends home as a hotel and the repasts served therein as free lunches betrays the under bred guest beyond the possibility of reha bilitation One token of this inclination is in the establishment of his contented person in the most luxurious chair he espies or lolling on the sofa He carries forward the neat design by lingering bric brac. opening and shutting books scru tinizing wall paper, frescoes and furniture. sometimes turning up the corner of rug. pinching draperies with haberdashery touch. and. when not prevented by in tractahle casters, tipping his chair on the hind legs
 Why what the indignant military critic of the Jackson statue at Washington called 'Tarin'" chair should express the extreme of ease better than one left i'll the normal quadrupedal position is a recon dite question Ii must, or it would not be brought to the front so often that chair tipped backward might serve az the crest of the independent Yankee the world over A further and quite indubitable evidence of quite at homeativeness is the subdued whistle or hum with which the guest re. gales himself when not talking He can compliment his entertainers no more highly than by becoming human kettle on the hob. and singing himself up to the bubbling point of conversation. Marion Harland in Philadelphia Times
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
Where Panama Hats Are Made.

"Why is it they make such wonderful hats at Panama and nowhere elseY" asked the reporter.
 "On the contrary" replied the natter, these wonderful hats are not made at Panama and are made somewhere else. No Panama hat was eyer made at Panama. They came to be called by that name be- cause Panama merchants first made them known outside of local markets The best Panama hats are made in Guayaquil. They are woven by native women out of the fiber of the pita palm. This fiber is gen orally spun or stripped by these skillful artists into slender threads ten and fifteen feet long, although it can be stripped into almost any length with care. The braid ing or weaving is aii done with the fiber held below tho surface of water, which keeps it pliable and preserves the pecu- liarities of it's texture An ordinary Pan- ana hat, made of several pieces of fiber, costs g at first hands in Guayaquil That seems a trife high. but it takes a woman three weeks to braid hat of that kind, and it will wear forever. Finer grades require more delicate threads and longer time in making.-New York Even inr Sun.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
ComDressed Ar Torpedo.

Still another torpedoS this one the tn- vention of an Austrian count, Buona- corsi by name, has made its appearance in the European naval and military world. According tc official and private reports of the trials of this instrument they were eminently successful, giving results superior even to those obtained from the Whitehead. The motive power is compressed air, acting directly from 8 reservoir upon the propeller without any assistance or intervention from machin- cry. The propulsion is effected by twin screws working inversely and giving velocity greater and more continuous. 1t is contended, than any obtained in other torpedoes. One remarkable feature of this invention is the faculty of auto matic guidance, which enables it to avoid protective nets and shields, and to dive any distance before rising to give its blow.-Exchange
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
Intellectual Hunger in Cuba.

A singular evidence of the aspiration toward enlightenment under difficulties in any land is in an odd class of folk | have discovered here ill Havana Books in Cuba are few and costly There are not as much news and miscellany in any single issue of Havana newspaper as are given in three columns of any American daily But the intellectual hunger must be satisfied, and there have grown out of these conditions large number of lec:oFs or readers These go from one shop to another. and often from house to house among the lOwIy, and read and comment upon the insignificant world news which the lifeless papers occasionally print They are well paid for, as they must roar like mad bulls in their readings so that the 800 or l.0OO hands in a great cigar factory can all catch the precious words. they soon lose their voices altoget her. Edgar L. Wakeman in New York Mail and Express.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
Railroad Flyers In England.

"You don't know what fast travelling means in this country
 An Englishmau who had recently made a trip throughout the New England states and the west was discussing our railroad system with friend at a cafe
 Now listen and I'll give you some news in England third class passengers ride from forty to forty five miles an hour and nobody pays extra fare on ac count of the speed From New York to Albany q IS l42 miles by splendid track There are ten express trains daily between these cities and their average speed is twenty nine miles an hour Between London and Sheffield l62 miles. the Great Northern runs nine trains daily. with an average speed of forty five miles an hour Between New York and Bos ton the average speed is thirty miles an hour. and the fastest. a train composed exclusively of sleeping cars. makes thirty nine miles an hour Between London and Manchester 203 miles. there are twenty trains daily. with an average speed of forty one miles an hotts oiiu oOnS LidlilS uidhiliS ult1 DO tween London and Glasgow. 40 miles. there are thirteen daily expresses. and their average speed is almost forty miles all hour. one train being much faster than this"
 "Yes. but that Is only on favored lines
 Not at all All over England and Scotland express trains. composed of first. second and third class carriages. make from thirty five to fifty miles an hour, while in America thirty five mile train is called stroke of lightning The fast est regular train in America, so am told. is on the Baltimore and Ohio. which makes the forty miles between Washing ton and Baltimore in fifty minutes There are three or four fast trains between New York and Philadelphia covering forty six miles an hour Between Liverpool and Manchester there are fifty two trains daily none of them slower than forty five miles an hour and four of them making fifty one and a third miles an hour. r."- New York Mail and Express
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
E,mnnthetic- Xet CrneL

It is strange, by the way, how easily the sylnpathies of the majority of man kind can be excited in certain directions, while in others they are absolutely ire sponsive, People are so hard, so unsym- pathetic. with those who are brought into daily contact with them-so full of pity for those of whom they know nothing; so mean, so cruel often, to their own fami- lies, their servants and their work people 50 ready to lavish mischievous charity upon strangers of whom they have heard some tale of woei In one of the last numbers of The Charity Organization Re- view the story was told of London busi. ness man who turned away two of his clerks because times were so hard and i'm mediatoly sent e50 to the fund for the unemployed, to whose ranks he had con tribUted those two.-AtlantaC Constitution.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
Early Marriages in China.

In China early marriages are the rule. The match is arranged by the parents. and is ill the nature of a commercial trans action The groom is expected to make presents of money and clothes to the bride. who. however. brings no dowry or anything in return. The calendars ara consulted solemnly for lucky days. and the blessings of the tutelary gods sought by various propitiatory measures If the signs fail to turn out auspiciously the wedding is postponed again and again.
 The ceremony of marriage consists in drinking cup of samshoo together in the nuptial chamber Thomas Stevens Let
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
Some Presidents Trousers.

Some men are born for trousers, oth- CTS achieve trousers and others have trousers thrust upon them. Who that ever SAW President Arthur can forget the beautiful folds of his trousers? Neither large nor small, with no bag ging at the knee, but falling gracefully upon his shoe they were indeed beautiful to behold. Such trousers were not sim ply due to the tailor's art. They showed his natural affinity for trousers, and while the experiment might have been attended with danger, there is, neverthe- less, q strong probability that MT. Ar thur would have made pair of Bovery ''hand-me-downs" look quite respectable. Of all the presidents of modern times he was the best clothed as to his neither garments.
 His great predecessor, Gen. Garfield, achieved trousers. His tailor was good, s0e cloth was in good taste, but the wearer gave little attention to the mat ter, and even appeared in public once in trousers frayed at the heel. Hayes trousers were barely respectable, while Gen. Grant was utterly indifferent to his. Trousers were thrust upon him He really had no taste for them.
 President Harrison's trousers are re- spectable and good always, but they are full of wrinkles and of so conservative a color as to be nonentities in the trouser world, and President Cleveland's legs were incased in broadcloth of stiffness and newness of appearance that showed a woeful subordination of the wearer to the tender, mercies of the tailor. This is fatal mistake. A mans trousers should show the combined thought of the wearer and the tailor. Neither can accomplish them successfully alone Cor. New York Times.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
The Time to Gather Flowers.

Do not gather flowers while the sun Is shining upon them, but choose instead the early morning, or the hour after the sun has gone down. Avoid pulling or tearing from the plant; cut with sharp scissors or g ,,nife, and in the case of varieties having large stalk or stem rub little dirt over the wound. AL ways leave as long a stem as possible, not to interfere with other buds or bios soms.-John Richards in Jenness- Miller Magazine.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
rifteer Hundred Foot seaweed.

Californian big trees will have to take second place as botanical giants now that the ocean has undertaken to heat the land in the size of it's products Capt. John Stone, of the ship Clever, picked up sea weed on the Atlantic near tho equator that was l.50O feet long It was an alga. and has been identified as a specimen of macroceptis pyrifera - Philadelphia Times
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
Very Nervous Indeed.

When Mayor Hewitt was in Washing ton he was continually annoyed by the untimely barking of dogs at night. But it seems that there is man now in Wash ington even more nervous than the mayor.
 He refuses to live in 6 house with trees in front of it because he says their bark dis turbs him at night. New York Tribune,
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
stocked with Chinese Pheasants.

Several years ago the Rod and Gun club of Portland Ore. imported c few Chinese pheasants and set them loose on Protection island The pheasants have since multiplied until the island is well stocked with them The birds are about the size of common prairie chicken. with long tail, and their plumage is remarkably beautiful. New York Evening World
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17

It is rot generally known that q single mouse turned loose in a grocery window will catch more flies in a single evening than fly paper catches all day, and be- sides, he eats them, and don't leave them lying around loose. Don't grudge the mouse his little mischief; he is good fly and roach exterminatpr.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17

All cigarettes contain, according to Professor Lafiin, Q competent scientist and chemist, five distinct poisons. Three of these are the most deadly oils, one in the paper wrapper, one in the nicotine, and the third, and the worst, in the favoring. The other poisons are salt peter and opium,
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
Mailing Unmounted Photo..

Unmounted photographs. etc. can be sent by mail without damage by rolling them around the outside of light cylin- drical piece of wood or bamboo. when 0 pasteboaFd lube cannot be ub:ained.-''T. ? b, Q" in Writer,
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
FLAGSTAFF LoD5E.

MO. 2, F. & A. NJ. Regular meetings of this " Lodge at Masonic Hall, on the fourth Mon day, in each month. Soiourning Bretaren cor dially invited to attend.
 J.W. SHARP. ". \. J. E. BURcHARD, Sec'y. Examining Committee: ". J. Hill, Niles J. Cameron, John Rosebaugh
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
T. D. G. RANSOM.

UToMAN's RELIEF CORPS, No. 32. meets at w c. A. R. Hall every two weeks on Thurs day, at o'clock P. N.
 MRs. P. B. RUMsEY, Pres. MRS. LENA ELMoRE, Sec'y.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
ROYAL ARCH MAsoNs.

STATED CORPORATIONS on the third Satur- C day in each month in Masonic Hall at PM. Gojourning Companions are cordially invited.
 J. E. BURCHARD, II. P. F.w. II. GUTTER, Sec'y.
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0. E. s.

Q. E. S. MOUNT FRISCO CHAPTER, No. 1, o. E. s M Regular conversations in Masonic Hall second and fourth Friday nights in each month
 MALIssA E. WEST, Worthy 4latron,
 J. E. BURCHARD, Worthy Patron, J. GUTHRIE SAVAGE, Sec'y.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
RANSOM POST.

MO. 4 c. A. R., meets at Grand Army Hall on IN the second and last Saturday in each month. Visiting Comrades are invited to at end.
 GEO. HoxwoRTH, P. c. L. L. BURNS, Adjutant.
The Arizona champion., 1891-01-17
SECRET SOCIETIES.
I. Q. Q. F.

I. Q. O. F. ELAGsTAFF LODGE, No. Il, I. o. o. r.. meets U every Wednesday evening at o'clock. Visiting Brothers in good standing cordially invited to attend.
 c. R. BAYLEss, N. c. A. s. ALvoRD, Sec.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-04-09
Serving Early Writs.

1t was not the easiest thing in the
world to bring malefactors to Justice
IN the early administration OF the law
in Virginia, as the following returns,
made to executions, will illustrate.
The extract is from the History OF
Augusta County,"
''In the case of j ohnson VS.. Brown
(1751). Not executed by reason there
is no road to the place where he
(Brown) lives. ~
Again: ''Not executed by reason Of
excess of weather.
"Nov., l752.-'Not executed bv rea-
son OF an ak the axe being in the
hands OF defendant, uplifted, no doubt.
to cleave the officers skull.
mot executed because the defend.
ants horse was faster than mine"
Not executed, by reason OF q gun. .
..Emlen VS.. Miller Kept off from
Miller with q club, etc; Miller not
found by Humphrey Marshall.'p'
Not executed, because the defend.
ant got into deep water-out Of nv
reach. "
NOV, 1854. Executed on ~
within, John Warwick, and he is not
the man. -
August, 1850 executions "a.
turned "not executed, by reason 81
the disturbance Of the Indians ~
Youths Companion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-04-09

apostolic faith. Resurrection Of com
mercial integrity. Resurre otion ina
tional honor. Resurrection Of inter
national good will Resurrection Of
art. Resurrection OF literature. Res
direction Of everything that is good
and kind and generous and just and
holy and beautiful. Nothing to stay
down, to stay buried, but sin and
darkness and pain and disease and re-
venge and death Let those tarry in
the grave forever! GLORY to God in
the highest, and on earth peace, good
will to men,"
Christ the Lord, is risen today,
Sons of men and angels say cir
Raise your songs and triumphs high,
Sing, ye Heavens, and earth reply.
Loves redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight the battle won.
Lo! the suns eclipse is Ger;
Lo! he sets in blood no more.
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TheLiOn'S Breath,

1 told the other children to lie still
because we had no place to hide in,
nor was it any use to try to climb a
tree, for the California lion will climb
like a cat. So we saw the lion finish
his meal on our OK. It grew very light,
near sunrise, before he took any no.
tice Of us, where we sat under the OK
cart. As soon as he saw us he walk
ed up very close, with a curious, won
dering expression on his face, and went
all about the cart looking us over, and
making a purring sound.
We sat close and had our arms
about one another, but did not say g.
word. He then came up so close that
| felt his breath on me, and finally he
he put his nose against my ankle. I
had no stockings on, only home made
shoes, and his nose felt very strange
and made me expect to be eaten up at
once. But l thought it best to lie
still and not cry out:
After what seemed long time, the
lion went back and lay down by the
dead OK, about 1OOfeet distant, keep
ing his eyes on us most of the time.
He sometimes walked around the OK;
then he went off little way to a
spring; then he came back and walked
around the cart. At last he lay down
again by the OK, shut his eyes and
seemed asleep. The sun was now high
and we were very hungry and thirsty,
but when we moved a little to rest
our limbs thelion opened his eyes and
looked very bad. =
We lay under the cart all the morn
ing, and until about the middle of the
afternoon, and the lion lay under the
shade Of a tree, watched us, ate some
more beef and went to the spring as
often as he chose. Then about 8
o'clock mother and Jose, the peon,
came down from the coast way, and
when they were on the ridge they could
look into the canyon and see the
whole situation at a glance-the lion,
the dead OK, the cart and the three OF
us huddled together under it. Jose
ran forward and fired two shots,
wounding the lion, but he got away in
the rocks Century
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-04-09
Self-DiSCipline.

"Al Burton, the great gambler, who
see by an article in the Inquirer, has
quit backing his judgement with his
money, is a peculiar man, said well
known travelling man yesterday. "He.
is great big fellow, over six feet, and
weighing over 200 pounds: One Of his
peculiarities is Furnishing himself
when he loses his money or does any
thing that after-thought suggests to-
his mind as foolish. I remember a
story I heard some time ago. Burton
had been playing faro,bank and had
lost quite a sum of money He went
to his room, and the man who occu-
pied the next room declares that h-
spent the night marching up and dowr,
and at every step swearing at himself
something after this fashion: You
thought you knew all about faro, dldn's
you? YOU old fool, that's
what you are, and so on. Finally, he
laid himself out on the table, folded
his arms and rolled off on the floor.
This is a favorite way he has Of
Furnishing himself, and, being such 8
large man, it is doubtless very effect
i've. Cincinnati Inquirer.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-04-09
A BABY's MEMORY
He Hides Ring and Receivers It a
Year Later.

He Hides a Ring and Receivers 1t a
Year Later.
A curious instance of dormant
memory in infancy took place in our
family. My mother went on a visit
to my grandfather, who lives in Lon
don. She took with her a little broth
er of mine who was IL months old,
and his nurse who waited on her as a
maid. .u- 1..
One day this nurse brought the
baby into my mothers room and put
him on the floor, which was carpeted
all over. There ne crept about and
amused himself according to his lights.
When my mother was dressed, a Ger
tain ring she generally wore was not
to be found. Great search was made
but it was never produced, and, the
visit over, they all went away, and it
was almost forgotten. Exactly a.
year after they again went to visit the
grandfather. This baby was now /
year and 1 months old.
The same nurse took him into the
same room, and my mother saw him,
after looking about him, deliberately
walk up to a certain corner, turn q
bit of the carpet back and produce
the ring. He never gave any account
Of the matter, nor did he, so far as I
know, remember it afterward. It
seems most likely that he found the
ring on the floor and hid it, as in a
safe place under a corner of the Brus-
sells carpet where it was not nailed.
He probably forgot all about it till
he saw the place again, and he was
far too infantile at the time it was
missed to understand what the talk
that went on was about, or to know
what the search, which perhaps he did
not notice, was for.-From the Irish
Times, $3.50 w..