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The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15

been employed In fitting Circassians
for the harem. A woman first inter-
est In physical culture is to fill out
her neck 80 that she may look better
in . decollete gown. It's all in d line
with the manicure business, which 10
making very ornamental. but worse
than useless, hands 1t all goes with
our heaps Of cushions and shaded
lights and refnements of perfumes.
It's the development of curves and the
study Of poses and the absolute delft
cation OF dainty sensualism. 1t would
be good plan to let in on the bust.
ness little wholesome sunshine and
fresh air."
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15

Young men think they know just
what kind OF q woman they will
marry, and they are sure that they
will marry no other. The result is
apt to prove them very much in error
as to what they think they will do and
will not do. They marry-most men
marry some time-but two chances to
three they marry avery different lady
from the kind they have always dill
ated upon.
A young man who has pertInaciously
insisted that he will only marry a
brunette will in the end marry a
blonde. A young man who has al
ways felt and said that he would only
marry blonde is very likely to
marry a brunette.
Such things como out very funnily.
A pug nose has been the horror OF a
youthful sprig OF fashion, and he wac
heard many times to express his sem
timents on that subject. Five years
after he is seen proudly escorting a
pug-nosed wife!
UAnother could never bear q
'.dumpy" woman. He, alter all. Sc
lects for vito the latest little
woman he has ever known.
A third likes robust women, and al
ways had q dislike OF the lean~and-
lank order. BY and by the tallest
woman in the town has his surname,
with a Mrs" preiixed to it.
You can tell better about the
weather afterward than before; SO
you can tell better after marriage than
before what kind OF woman was to
be your wife.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15
Socrates and xnntIppc.

II Is related that Socrates, return
ing home one evening from Aspasia's
salon, found Xantlppe still sitting up
waiting for him.
Socrates" said she, in a tone
which drove terror to his soul
Socrates, did you mail my letter."
Yes, my dear" Socrates made
answer; Il dropped it in the box as
| was going down town this morning"
But Xantippe, who had had ex-
perience of men in general and Of
Socrates in particular for many olym-
pads, put her hand into his overcoat
pocket and drew forth the letter.
which he, being man, had, OF course,
forgotten to mail.
Socrates was thereat sore afraid,
and his knees besmote one the other
as he stood before her blighting gaze.
Happily he bethought him OF some
way out of the mess into which he
had fallen.
.Er-um-my dear" quoth he,
that is not your letter; that is the
one wrote to-er-um-l mean that
is not the one you wrote this morning;
that is the one you are going to write
tomorrow morning; am
"Mr. Socrates, said Xantippe,
you have been drinking again; you
know this is tho letter | wrote this
morning"
Socrates, philosopher that he was,
saw that the only way out Of this
trouble was to make & clean breast OF
1t and take his medicine ike a man.
Yes, my darling said he. in true
philosophic humility, that is the let
ter you gave to me this morning. |
forgot TO mail It,.
Well" said Xantippe in a sur
prisingly good-natured tone, which
Socrates was not wont to hear at
home, ii am glad you forgot to mail
it. / want to add postscript to it. !"
Whereupon Socrates, drawing n
tablet from his coat.tail pocket, wrote
down the living thought that one OF
woman's chiefest charms is the quail
ity of surprise which ever endures in
| her nature.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15
How She Lost Her Lover.

Twas a summer ago when he left me here.
A summer OF smiles with never q tear,
TIL said to him with SOB my dear,
Goodbye, my loveri good bye
For ! loved him, oh, as the stars love night
And my cheeks for him flushed red and white
When he first called me his hearts delight
Goodbye. my lover: goodbye.
The touch Of his hand was q thing divine,
AS he said TO me In the soft moonshine
And drank of my love as men drink Of
wine:
Goodbye, my lover; good-bye
And never night, as knolt In prayen
In gown as white as our own souls were,
But iu fancy he came and kissed me there
Goodbye, my lover goodbye.
But now, o Godl what an empty place
My whole heart is or the fond embrace
And the kiss loved, there is not trace:
Goodbye, my lover; goodbye.
He sailed not over the stormy sea-
And he went down in tho waves, not he;
But oh, he is lost for he married me:
Goodbye, my lover; gtod-bye.
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Fcmjufne Flashes.

You might as we'll not try TO call
the garment you wear in tho day
time a dress, and the one you go to
bed In a gown. All the new diction-
aries have reversed the appellations.
One writes OF Mrs. Deland, the au-
thor: Every step she takes has In it
ouickness, and she greets you with a
rush that simply takes the stranger by
storm.
A beautiful bronze drinking foun"
tain was lately presented to the Ohio
Humane Society OF Cincinnati by Mrs.
S. b. Sachs, Mrs. A. j. Seasongood
and Miss Fechiner, OF that city, who
have been prominent as public oene-
factors for several years.
Amelie Rives-C hanler is said to be
hard at work upon new novel, en-
titled According TO st. john" The
Cosmopolitan Magazine has secured
it and placed it in the hands OF an
artist In Paris for illustration. 1t is
announced that the first chapters will
appear in the August number oil the
Cosmopolitan.
Jane Stevens, whose pictures are
on exhibition at the Royal Institute
of Painters, spent the best years oil
her life as q clerk in one OF the de-
partments at Washington. Without
lesson in drawing, and with no as
sistance or encouragement from artists
her natural genius finding expression
In bold, original work, she has won
international recognition and honor.
Columbia college last week turned
out two women as graduates among
AL men. Mrs. Elizabeth Cynthia
Barney took the degree of bachelor o.
arts standing fourth in a class Of
6fty. Miss Annie Leland Barber was
declared an M. A., and came proudly
forward from class OF thirty-one
! vo,,np' men, Miss Barker also holds
the Harvard degree. %of b. A. Bu
both women declare they were mo-
lonely.
Mrs. Jennie NJ. Lozier, the new
President Of Sorosis, is II physician
herself. the wife of a physician, ant
daughter-in-law of the noted Glenn
ence Lozier, one of the first womei
physicians in America. She has givel
up her practice, and is devoted t.
philanthropy.
The dress was displayed in the dry good
store,
II was richer than that which tho maide
wore,
She looked at 1t, sighed and shook her mead
~ am not In it, was what she said.
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me, but | dOr't care for II, and You
may have 1t II you WORT DO stingy,"
said his mother. Davy took M,e jelly
and ran toward the barn ttitb
H. thinking, II l divide with
the rest there won't be a spoon-
full apiece. II is better for one to
have enough then for 6seh to have a
little" So he climbed up he loft
where he was sure no one would tlllhs
Of looking for him. Just as he was
ENJOYING his selfish feast he heard his
sister Fanny calling him, but he did
not answer. After awhile when he
had scraped the saucer clean, he
went down In the barnyard and
played with the calf, and hunted for
eggs in the COW shed. He was
ashamed to 10 to the house, for he
knew he had beef very stingy.
30, Davy," said Fannie, running
into the barnyard after long time,
'where have you beenP We looked
every place for you"
What did you wantp" asked Davy,
thinking, OF course, that she wanted
him to give her some OF his jelly.
Mother gave Us party" said
Fanny. 1--WE had all the dolls dishes
set out under the big tree by the
porch; and we had cake and raisins;
and Mrs. White saw US from her win
dow, and she sent US over a bowl OF
ice cream and some jelly, left from
her company dinner. We had a
splendid time, but we wanted you
with u.s."
Poor Davy, how mean he felt! and
he was well punished for eating his
jelly all alone.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15

Johnny is bright little boy of FIVE,
and lives up town. The other morn
ing, during siege Of rain, Johnny
could not go out to play, but sere raj
little companions came to see him.
One of the boys had been to Sunday
school, and was relating what he h ad
heard about how the world was made.
Johnny's mother stole silently to the
door of the dining-room, in which the
little fellows were aud listened.
God made the world in just six
days, and he didn't have nothin' to
make 1t WITH" she heard the small
speaker say.
The others were silent for moment
Then Johnny spoke up: "And wasn'l
there any world at all? Nothin' no.
where?" he asked.
mo; there wasn't nothin' at all. F"
"Well, said Johnny, after pause
'.what did God stand on while he wa
at workp"
And this poser closed the discussion
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15

There were two little kittens, black and I
gray,
And grandmamma said with frown;
ait will never do to keep them both,
The black one we'd better drown.
Don't cry, my dear" TO tiny Bess,
"One kittens enough 10 keep;
Now run to nurse, for It's growing late,
And time you were fast asleep"
The morrow dawned, and rosy and sweet
Came little Bess from her 1api
The purse said: $50 into mammals room
And look In grandma's lap"
Come here" said grandmamma, with
smile,
From the rocking chair where she sat;
God has sent you two little sisters;
Now, what do you think Of thatf'
Bess looked at the babies a moment
With their wee heads, yellow and brown,
And then to grandmamma soberly said,
(which one are you going to drownT'
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15
A Merry Fellow.

There came into our post, at the
last regular meeting, says a Tacoma
correspondent, visiting comrade,
Prof. A. A. Barlow, who has just
grounds to claim the honor OF being
one OF the youngest regularly enlisted
soldiers during the late civil war.
Prof. Barlow was a member OF Com
pany I, One Hundred and Forty-Gfth
Ohio. He enlisted at Sandusky and
was mustered out at Camp Chase
at the age OF ii. He carried the
same musket given him at the
time OF his enlistment until he was
discharged, marched with his CON-
pany in line whenever called upon,
took his part on picket and skirmish
duty, ate his his bareback and SOW
belly whenever it was possible to get
the same, and never lost day by
sickness during lis term OF soldier
life. He is SO years old, weighs 1877
pounds, aud is principal OF the Emer-
son school in the city OF Tacoma, q
position which only these worthy and
well qualified can obtain.
A lltJle luCluenb WHICH was lOlu III
my hearing by one OF his comrades is
too good to keep from your readers.
Toward the close of warm after
doom in July, 1864, young Barlow
found horse, saddled and bridled
and ready for a rider, in lane about
half mile from camp. The horse
was loose and walking leisurely down
the road.
Barlow caught the animal, lit his
pipe. mounted, and started down a
little HILL keeping sharp lookout
for something to stow away into his
haversack.
Putting away at his brierwood pipe,
and thinking Of home and mother, he
came suddenly upon three Johnnies
sitting on log by the side of the
road, with their backs toward him.
while their guns were leaning against
tree some ten feet away.
Heres a go" said he to himself.
Three rebels In front of him and moth
ing in the world to defend himself
with. Necessity is the mother OF a
bold front. He knew that he would
soon be taken In II he did not act, and
that quickly. a4ls4 aAa44a.
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Cool.

COOL.
In a Confederate soldiers DIARY
OF the War" we find an anecdote OF
the retreat from Gettysburg, which
illustrates amusirgly the value OF
GOODNESS in time of danger. While
passing through a thick tody oil
woods, he came suddenly into another
road, where he saw before him 0
hard-looking specimen OF a Union sol
der. He was seated composedly in
the middle OF the road, gnawing an
old beef hoof.
What regiment do you belong TOT"
said /.
"Seexty-third."
"Sixty-third what?"
"Seexty-third Bensylvany."
"Slxty-third Pennsylvania! Where's
your regiment, and what are you
doing hereP You are my prisoner. -
my reg ment is dah," pointing tc
the woods in front OF him. The road
was literally strewn with muskets,
for some OF Meades men had evident
ly stood not upon the order OF thei,
going.
sprang from my horse, seized q
loaded musket, cooked 1t, and pre-
scented 1t at the fellows head.
Come on, sir" said /. Come
on, or will blow your brains out. v
He paid no more attention to me
than II / had been fly upon the wall.
He coolly went on gnawing his beei
heel, aud quietly remarked:
',Nein. don't go already. hash
feets (fits)"
couldn't kill an unarmed man.
and I,couldn't tote him, and his regi.
ment was too close for me to make {
very long speech; SO babe hin
s.pood day" and rode ON,
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Take or Your Skin.

'.Do take off your skin, my dear, or
YOU will catch cold,n said the hostess.
mo, thank you. TO tell the truth,
since I've grown so stout l can't get
out OF my skin easily" said her blonde
visitor. The speakers were two En-
gllsh women in n London morning
room. An American present listened
TO the remarks with rounded eyes.
She remembered Sidney Smiths old
receipt for hot weather: Take off
your flesh and sit in your bones;' but
to hear these ladies talking OF she'd
ding their epidermis without smile
was incomprehensible.
Presently when the blonde caller
rose to depart the hostess said:
Fancy your having had that skin
for three years. Why, except the
wrinkles across the chest, 1t looks
quite fresh" patting as she spoke,
tho rich fur of the seal jacket her
visitor wore. The mystery was ex-
planned. Skin" is the English alb
breyiation for sealskin garment, but
10 takes an American some time to
get accustomed to the ghastly allu-
sion the Authorization lends itself to.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15
New Savings Bank.

A woman in Cleveland went to
chiropodist and told him she was
afflicted with an iugrowing toe nail.
He diagnosed the boot she wore and
found roll OF bills worn to fragments
in the toe. She paid him his fee and
sent the money to Washington to be
redeemed. She declares she must
have hidden it there in her sleep.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15
In The Train.

That fellow over there must feel
uncomfortable.
"WhyP"
He tried TO shut the window for
the girl in front Of him, but couldn't
do it. After he gave it up the girl
tried and succeeded"
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snngy Davy.

Davy was pretty little boy, with
light curly hair and blue eyes. but he
was very stingy. One day he went
nto the kitchen whore his mother
vas at work. and saw on the table a
'aucer OF jelly. ..Can | have iteN
,sked Davy. "Mrs. v hite sent II to
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15

II have given up all interest. said
an intelligent woman recently, 'In
the movement for the so-called physi-
cal culture OF women. 1t is not that l
do not believe most heartily In the
full and symmetrical de3elppp1ent OF
the bodily powers. butthe whole cult
Ia being perverted to sensuafism. The
Neutrality-suspicious. are dev6ting them
solves not to wholesome training for
health, but TO making visions OF
loveliness. with irect-rcgard to their
effect on the other sex; anf-after as
frank methods as could ever have
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15
.onnny and His Pa. shirt.

Johnny had Just put on his fathers
flannel shirt which was too large by
several sizes. ''HughW he ex.
claimed, this shirt wouldn't fit me
If | was two pairs o twins"
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Catching the Prince.

found upon inquiry among the
passengers Of the Servia that Prince
George, aside from his having done
so much to restore peace of mind
among the timid passengers, had also
been very polite in not showing any
annoyance at such OF his fellows who
persisted in following him about and
watching him as If he were part of
the entertainment furnished by the
Cunard company, for which they paid
their money.
From the kodak fiend especially the
poor Prince seemed to have no escape.
He is stalwart young man, and as
such likes the air, which kept him
much on deck. At such times he was
frequently approached by innocent
looking individuals who, while pre-
tending to examine ship far off on
tho horizon, would suddenly fire their
kodaks at the unfortunate scion OF
royalty.
One day little girl thirteen years
old approached the Prince ON the
hurricane deck and said
please, sir, are you Prince
George?"
Yes, l am Prince George, said he
Of the broad shoulders, pleasantly.
please, may / take your picturep
said the child, pleadingly.
The big Prince looked down at the
little girl and replied kindly: Yes,
yes, little one; but hurry up" Then
he stood up straight and waited for
the agony.
The child drew diminutive kodak
from under her arm and aimed it at
the Prince. Suddenly her face grew
troubled. and she said, wistfully--
Please, Prince, won't you sit
DOWN. can't get you in this little
hole, my kodak is so small and you
are so big"
Then the Prince laughed and took
a seat and kept very quiet until the
little girl had taken his picture.
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A Clown Goat.

Richmond, Me-, is the home OF a
clown goat which is source of ainuse.
ment all along the Kennebec. He is
pet among the steamboat men
and regular visitor at the wharf
when steamers arrive or depart. One
day last week Billy's owner missed
him, but two days afterward. when the
steamer Kennebec arrived, the goat
walked calmly down the gangplank,
dressed in pair of old trousers,
swallow-tail coat, and astovepipe hat.
He had been to Boston with his
friends, the deck hands. and came
home with an increased dignity OF
bearing naturally consequent upon q
visit to that learned town. When the
lady in the waiting-room petted him
the goat whipped her veil from her
face and swallowed it in q twinliling.
Then he went home in his new togs,
which he has probably since eaten.
The Coconino sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1891, 1891-08-15
The Smallest Man.

DcUC 10 SuppUSGu W nave UtSH thO
smallest man who ever lived. He was
borne by peasant woman in Lor-
raine, just one hundred and fifty years
ago, and was called Bebe because the
first few years OF his life he could
articulate only "be-be." The day OF
his birth Bebe was smaller than his
mothers hand.
Ten days afterward he was taken to
the village church to be baptized, in
his mothers wooden shoe, because he
was too tiny to be carried safely in her
arms. During the next six months
the same wooden shoe seryed as
Bebe's crib.
When Bebe was about years old
King Stanslaus Lesczinski of Poland
made him court dwarf At the
time of his Introduction TO court life
Bebe was just twenty inches tall, and
weighed eight pounds. He never
grew larger.
Bebe had a sweet little voice, a
good ear for music and nimble legs
He could dance and sing with the best
OF the Kings courtiers.' He was very
| useful as q table ornament at all the
Kings great banquets. His most fam
GUS appearance in this rather curious
role took place at n dinner which
Stanislaus gave to the Ambassador OF
Il great power. In the middle OF the
table was an immense sugar castle.
Shortly before the guests rose TO
| leave the door Of the castle opened
and knight in full armor stepped
out with a drawn sword In his right
hand. All the guests thought the
knight must be some wonderful ALL
tomaton which the king had obtained
from the skilled mechanics across the
Rhine. He wasn't, however. He
was none other than little Bebe. He
walked around the table, shook his
sword in the face of every guest
saluted the king, and then turned
back to the castle entrance, where he
assumed the position OF sentry.
At a signal from the king every
one at the table began to lombard
him with small sugar balls. Bebe
hurried at once into the castle, locked
the door, mounted the tower, and pre-
tended to return the fire by setting
off a lot of perfumed explosives.
In Paris lady Of the French court
had been holding him in her lap be
tween the courses Of a court dinner.
Suddenly she rose TO leave the room.
Her first step was accompanied by 1
shrill cry from the folds OF her gown
Your majesty, your majesty, thii
lady has stuck me in her pocket and
is running away with NO."
The voice was Bebe's. He was i'm
mediately dragged from the cour
lady's pocket and placed under thu
guard of two pages, who were in
structed by King Stanislaus to watcf
him day and night.
To drive away melancholy Beht
was married to Theresa Souvray, ;
dwarf OF abont his own age ant
and slightly greater stature. Tha
was the last drop in Bebe's cup. Tw'
weeks after his marriage he lost hi
mind. He ceased to talk entirely
ate little, and spent most of his tim
in his crib. His honeymoon wa
barely up when he died at the ag
OF twenty-one. His wife. Theresa
=, survived him forty-two years.
Catching the Prince.
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How 1t Appears TO Young Eyes.

While two little boys were looking
over collection of stamps, they came
across seal OF the United States war
department. "rll bet You don't
know what it is" said Leo.
"T'll bet / do" replied Sidney.
That why--that isl should think
you'd know. Leo, that means lit
means---that they had fight few
years ago, and the South tried to de.
part from the North--and that. the
meaning Of war department.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-02
EARLY FRUITS.
Peaches Already Shipped From Winters
and VacaYille.

Peaches Already Shipped From Winters
and VacaYille.
WINTERS, CAL, June 1.-G. w. Honclay
sent the first shipment of peaches to
Chicago in a car which left here Satur-
day.
VAcAvILLE, CAL, June 1.-The first
peaches of the current season were
shipped to Chicago this afternoon. This
is about ten days earlier than the aver
age of previous years. They were of the
Alexandria variety, and very fine.
Fourteen carloads of fruit were shipped
from here last month, as against five
during the same period last year. The
shipments were mainly cherries. The
cool weather is helping other fruits.
The crop throughout the valley is large.
CHICAGO, June 1.-Porter Bros. & Co.
sold today two cars of California fruit.
Black Tartarian cherries brought $l.05
@$1.80; Royal Annes, $1.35@$1.90 !;
cherry plums, $1.25@$210; Pringle
apricots, $1.30@$2.70; Thissels' seeding
apricots, $2.65@$3.15 Black Biggerrean
cherries, $l.45@$l.50; Rockport cher
ries, $1.75; Centennial cherries, $1.55.