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The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Lenrosy Is ContseIons.

That leprosy really is a contagious dis ease seems to be pretty well proved by the documents which the Rev. II. P. Wright communicates to The Times. A Hawaiian convict who was condemned to death had his life spared on condition that he should be inoculated with leprosy by way of experiment. The inoculation took place three years ago, and the un- fortunate man, who would surely have done better to go to the scaffold, is now a tubercular leper. The experiment was perhaps hardly necessary. The fact that Father Damien has become a leper since he went to reside in a settlement of lepers is surely proof enough that the dis ease is contagious. Now, however, there is no longer room for any doubt which may have been felt upon the matter at one time.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
The Good Natured Japanese,

think the Japanese are the most good natured and courteous race I ever saw. never heard an angry word said the whole time was in that country, and as an illustration of their courtesy take this, which saw myself: It was in the railroad station in Yokohama. l had just returned from Tokio. The railroad system is just the same as that on the continent, cars and all. You buy your ticket for your destination, cnd when you get there you pass through gate just wide enough to let you pass through; here :,Gn stands who takes your ticket.
 We We. cHrtainly 200 persons who got out at that Sta. ion, and we were headed by a man who was evidently of some rank. When he get to the gate he stopped we all stopped. Then he bowed very low three times to a man who was standing outside of the gate. This bow ing is done by placing the hands on the legs very near the waist and then bend ing the body and sliding a1e hands down to the knees. After he had got through the other returned the salutation, bow ing three times in the same way. All this time we stood still and there was no crowding or pushing, every one seeming to think it the most natural thing in the world. Yet had this been in Europe, just think what 0 TOW it would have created! Just imagine whole train full of people standing still and waiting for @ minute or two while two persons greeted each other.-SaInuelF r. Farrar in Chicago Journal
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Ruby Mines, Burma.

One of the finest sanitariums in India is that of Bernard-1Iyo, on the broad rolling plains of Enjouk, on the north ern slopes of the hills bounding the ruby mining district of Mogok, Burma. Der nard-Myo is over coco feet above sea level The ruby mining district may have a population of over 6,000 people belonging to many different tribes. The mines are of three kinds-the working of Assure veins, washing in a somewhat similar manner to the hydraulic mining in California, and what may be called placer diggings. The third class of mines is at present the most important.
 At depths varying from ten to thirty feet, in the fatter lands of the valleys, there occurs layer of corundum from a few inches to a few feet in thickness. When this corundUm is brought to the surface myriads of small Tubies glitter in the sun. Almost all the stones are water worn or of irregular shapes, and it is rarely that a fawless ruby is found So rare is a ruby of the finest water, that one of three carats is worth ten times the value of diamond the same size. The district of Alogok is situated between Mandalay and Bhamo, and is nearer to the former place.-Scientific American
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Pope Leo,s Abstemious Life.

Like Napoleon, Leo XII does a great deal of work and takes very little sleep. He rises at in summer and in winter. His toilet occupies a half hour, after which he passes an hour in prayer and meditation as a preparation for mass, which he says every day in one of the private chapels of the Vatican. He officiates at the altar with exemplary de votion, and there is an exceeding grace in all his movements. whether in the sanctuary, in his garden, in his library or when holding a public audience, At s o'clock the pope takes his cafe au lait and Q roll. Leo XIII is one of the most abstemious of men, and the entire ex- penses of his table do not average more than S1 day the whole year round. It must be remembered that the pope al ways takes his meals alone.-Pittsburg Post
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Damping Grain.

One of the largest millers in the United States, c. A. Pillsbury, is credited with asserting that American millers do not dampen their wheat before grinding it. This is correct of some millers, but not of all, and the reason is not attri- butable to differences in NniIlers. but to differences in wheat. Most of the Cali foTnia wheat ground in this state Is moistened, because it is found necessary to do so. On the other hand, Oregon wheat will not stand dampening. as it contains enough water without this treatment.
 On this account local millers prefer California wheat, as they can add the necessary water for nothing, which they have to pay for in the Oregon article. When shipped abroad or stored for months at tidewater, there is less differ ence, as wheat which is not moist will become so when in a damp atmosphere. California wheat when afioat gains 2 to per cent. from absorption of moisture A certain percentage of water in wheat is essential to render it fit for. grinding, and the moisture has to be either found in the grain or applied artificially thereto. San Francisco Grocer.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Cranes at SC Per Ponnd.

The steward of Mir. Vanderbilt's yacht Ava entered large fruit and confec- tionery store on Baltimore street just be- fore the yacht sailed and purchased nearly S75 worth of confectionery and fruits. Before leaving he asked for some hothouse grapes, and was told by the proprietor that the price would be S6 per pound. The steward gave an order for ten pounds and asked that they be sent to Mr. Vanderbilt's yacht. The store keeper declined to fill the order, because he did not know of Mr. Vanderbilt.-Phil- adelphia Times.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Clothing of British Clerrymeu.

Can anything more absurd and less i'm, pressive be imagined than the hat, clothes and boots worn by the British clergymen who throng to London in Navy Anondescript seedy hat, generally of the wideawake description, long coat cut like sack, pair of baggy trousers, very much "kneed," huge pair of square toed bulgy boots and a gingham umbrella make up costume which is at once grOtesque and disreput- able. The old fashioned clergyman used at least to dress like gentleman, and the Roman Catholic priest has peculiar and unmistakable style of his own l quite fail to see, therefore, why the modern curate should array himself like a cross between broken down under taker and a cafe waiter out of work Labouchere in London Truth.
 Princeton College Humor.
 One day Dr. McCosh came into the mental philosophy class and said:
 "Ah, young gentlemen, have an i'm precision"
 ''Now, young gentlemen" continued the doctor, as he touched his head with his forefnger, "can you tell me what an impression is:'
 No answer.
 "What? No one knows? No one can tell me what an impression isT' ex- claimed the doctor, looking up and down the class.
 'I know" said Mir. Arthur "An i'm pression is a dint in a soft place."
 "Young gentleman" said the doctor, removing his hand from his forehead and growing red in the face, you are ex- cused for the day."-Philadelphia North American.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Brahan's Pride.

It is amazing how pride sometimes dominates a man. 'I was passing through Jermyn street late one evening. '' writes theatrical historian Bum, ''and seeing Manager Kenney swinging about in a nervous sort of manner, inquired the cause of his being there at such an hour"
 ''I've been to the St. James theatre, g he replied, ''and do you know 1 really thought Braham was much prouder man than 1 find him to be-
 "How was that"
 q was in the grecnroom, and hearine Braham say as he entered, I'm really proud of my pit tonight went in and counted it. There were seventeen spec. tators in itr-Detroit Free Press.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Dressing the Hair in Japan.


 The manner of wearing the hair in Japan is so elaborate that Japanese woman cannot do up her own hair, but is obliged to go to one of these establish ments. It is quite interesting to watch this operation. The woman seats herself on the floor before a round mirror made of polished metal, and the hair dresser sets to work. It is really quite formid- able affair, as the woman is apt to be very critical and insists on each hair be- ing arranged just so. The whole ar engagement may be described as a kind of large bow knot, and beeswaX enters 1 largely into the material used for the dressing. This has the effect of making the hair very stiff and shiny. The reason that the peculiar pillow is so much used is so that the hair may not be dis turbed while asleep.
 This pillow is block of wood with a notch cut in it for the back of the neck | to rest in. You see that even out here woman is the same, and just as much a slave to fashion and vanity as in our own country, yet one thing must be said in favor of the Japanese women that can not be said of our countrywomen, and that is that they do not, like them-poor, misguided fools that they are-ruin their health by corsets and tight lacing. Euro pean influence has had the good effect of driving out the horrid custom of black ening the teeth and gliding the lips. The Japanese women are really beautiful when you once get accustomed to their faces. The most of them have good though slight figures, but to me the chief beauty lay in the expression of the eyes, which are as soft and plaintive as does. The Chinese women, or at least those that I saw, were the homeliest and most disagreeable set that I ever saw in my life.-Samuel F. Farrar in Chicago Jour nal
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
How Cars Arc Coupled.

This operation must, according to the regulations of most roads, be performed by the aid of short stick; but disre- garding the regulation, partly to save time and partly because of fear of the ridicule that would be called out by the exhibition of lack of deXterity, the average brakeman uses his fingers. He must lift the link and hold it horizontal ly until the end enters the opening, and then withdraw his hand before the heavy drawbars come together. A de lay of a fraction of d second would crush the hand or finger as under trip hammer. And in point of fact this delay does, for various reasons, frequent ly happen, and the number of trainmen with wounded hands to be found in every large freight yard is sad evidence of the fact.
 But again, assuming that this part of the operation is accomplished in safety, there is another and worse danger in the possibility of being crushed bodily. Cars are built with projecting timbers on their ends at or near the center, for the purpose of keeping the main body of each car twelve or fifteen inches from its neighbor, but cars of dissimilar pat tern sometimes meet in such a way that the projections on one lap pass those on the other, and the space which should afford room for the man to stand in safety is not maintained. If the brakeman, in the darkness of night or the hurry of his work, fails to note the peculiarities of the cars, he is mercilessly crushed, the pom derOus vehicles often banging together with a force of many tons. A constant danger in coupling and uncoupling is the liability to catch the feet in angles in the track. Freight conductors are peculiarly liable to this, as the duty of uncoupling (pulling out the coupling pin) generally devolves upon them, and must be done while the train is in motion. Walking rapidly along, in the dark. with the right hand holding lantern and grasping the car, while the left is tugging at a pin which sticks, involves perplexities wherein a moments hesitation may prove fatal.-B. B. Adams, Jr., in Scrib- ner's Magazine.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
4 Clock with Many Fnces.

Professor NJ. L. Hussey is now the wizard of Edisons old home, and has been tinkering with old clocks for years until he has simplified a contrivance whereby hotel of five hundred rooms may have the accurate time in every apartment by system of electric wires connected with Q dynamo indicator in the office, from which these wires will run to clocks in rooms of the guests. The professor has made his electric clock so simple that it can be sold, he says, for 8 small lsum.-Philadelph Times.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
A Queer Statue of Queen Victoria.

Everybody knows that the Princess Louise is not mere amateur dabbler, but real artist in sculpture, and the statue of the queen on which she is en- gagged, and which is to be erected in Kensington Gardens, between the palace and the round pond, will certainly be as daring in design as it will be novel. It is intended to represent her majesty as she appeared on the memorable morning in June, 1831, when it was announced to her that she was queen of England. It will be remembered-Sir George Hayter's picture has commemorated it-that upon the occasion the Princess Victoria ap- peared in the scantiest of attire-a mere robe de mutt, with a shawl hastily flung over it. Rumor has it that the Princess Louise is succeeding in giving to this decidedly unconventional attire the ap- pearance of quite classical drapery.- London Life.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Trimming His Financial Sails.

Gus-Do you carry two watches, Jack, or is that double chain bluff?
 Jack-No bluff, Gus, carry Water bury in one pocket aud Jurgensen in the other.
 Gus-What's that for?
 Jack-When a man to whom owe money asks me the time 1 consult my Waterbury, but when a stranger or a lady wants the same information it's the Jurgensen that gives it, and don't you forget it.-The Epoch.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Lincoln, CuIIom and a Darkev.

Senator Cullom tells story about negro porter at Willard's hotel in Washington who was always obsequious in his attentions to him. One day the darkey looked up at him and said: Boss, you look pow'ful like Marse Abe Lincoln. Didn't you nebber hab nobody tell you dat" ''Yes," replied the senator, T have been told that; but you know they say MT Lincoln was the homeliest man in the country" ''Yes, l knows dat, but you do 'semble him most almighty much. "-Detroit Journal
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Missionary Work,

The societies of Christian Endeavor in St. Louis have organized "hotel con- mittee," whose duty it is to see that every arrival at the hotels after noon on each Saturday is furnished with cordial invitation to attend divine service at one or another church, full list of the churches accompanying the invitaticA St. Louis Republic.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
A freipht train on fine Southern Pac

A freight train on the Southern Pacific railroad ran into herd of cattle, striking yearling calf, which jumped at one bound on the pilot of the locomotive. Ii lay down quietly and rode for nine miles. As the train approached Tucson the signal whistle aroused it, and it jumped from the pilot and scampered across the range.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
The UniyeuaI Solvent.

Tact is the universal solvent. But it is gift, like extraordinary memory, or a sensitive musical ear, or quick and true eye for color. Without it there is no magic of manner, but with it charm ing personality is triumphant. t.-Harper's Magazine.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Pleased with the Compliment.

Stranger (perforce obliged to take din her at Aunt Dinahs)-Aunty, these pies are not tbe kind my mother used to make.
 Aunt Dinah Every much pleased)-No, indeed, sah, spec's not. Will yo' hab anudder piece?-New York Sun.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14

While colored laborer was upheav- ing the soil in the lot of J. R. Broad street, of Talladega, Ala, he unearthed a silver spoon having on it the initials ''W. NJ. G." and the date, July, 1860. !" The spoon had lain there over twenty five years, and was in good condition.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14

l lCtill VIII Nttho up anu d pOSlu shall be soaked full of a sad, musical and rhythmical violation of the statutes in such case made and provided and he will ask for the use of my four horse teeming brain, but it will be stilled forever. Then he will be sorry and will come and whittle off pieces of my fence to remember me by, and go down into my wine cellar and sob and say that England and the world have met with a great loss, and he will be right about it. You hear me,
 ALGERNoN CHARLES SwINBURNE.
 Gen. Boulanger cables:
 | SIR: Will you pardon me to try and cable gram you in yours own language of what I shall say to you2 am the author of what you should nominate "Boulangor's March, {" which am to understand is what you should designate in your country one grand crazy. | Is it not so?
 | To my ears it comes every little frequently, as you say, that to hear anything else musical in America but "Boulanger's March" and ''What the Little Dickey Birds Remark" is impossible.
 Yet I get nothing for all those but to have my portrait translated into broken English, as you say, and published in the papers. Can not your paper assist in one grand difficulty which shall result in a law that shall make the author or the criminal, both together, reap the rewards of his acts, and so wherever he shall go to, whether India's icy mountains or Greenland's coral strands, as some one has said, he shall not escape, but be rewarded or punished so much in one country as the other, whether he shall steal bank nationale or write poem!
 Then should I get a small sum when my march is sold along what we shall call the Rue de Park row. Then shall replacement first rate when everybody shall whistle it or play it or sing it. now close up this letter with a small remark, and it is this: When you shall expect to have great authors, or send good men to foreign countries to repre- sent our grand country, do not economize too much. Pardon me to write you a mean thing, but it will take a ceztury to make your literature and your foreign ministry grow up Sc that they shall fit your great financial en- baTrasSmentS
 I will now excuse you and say so long, with my love to the presiding officer of your country, whose name l do not now recall.
 I hope you will put your shoulder to the wheel and aid us all you can.
 There are a number of other letters yet to hear from, especially from the crowned heads, but still hope to get replies from many of them Several royal families at present are away from home and have left no word about having their mail forwarded to them, so it may be weeks before I get full expression from our brainiest monarchs
 In the mean time, under present regula- tions, the American author cOurteously asks congress to give him as good show in Amer ica as NJ. Zola now has.-Bill Nye in New York World
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
Discharged from, Prison.

Out of coo men discharged from Joliet prison and kept track of for two years, over 800 have been returned to the prison again, and not over 120 of the whole lot were clear of suspicion or surveillance. Chicago Herald
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
His CroMning Effort.

"Ah, Lionel, that poem is beautiful!" "Yes, Agatha, it is the crowning effort of my life"
 And, Lionel-my Lonell 1t will bring you fame, eternal fame, will it not?" ''Yes, Agatha-and perhaps 2,"-Life,
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14

BABBITT Postotfice 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 on the side of animal Boot cattle, road brand W on right side; T cattle, oss on right side; horse brand C. o.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14
"Tm very much worried about my

"What's the matter:'
 "Why, I've spent thousands of dollars educating him in elocution and oratory, and he can't make living, after all"
 Why don't he start in business as a prize fighter! Journal
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-14

JAS. l.. BLACK,
 postoffice, Flag
 staff, Arizona.
 Range, eight and one-half m le s south we st t ot Flagstaff. Cattle are branded as in ,.8 -,orEa
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-15
Murder and Suicide.

GAYLORD, Mich, Aug. ia. W. Viii
con, aged 20. who resided two miles east
of Waters, this afternoon split open the
head Of Mrs. West. his granddaughter.
head and zeal the heart. He is dead and
she will die. Mrs West has been keep
ing house for him and it is supposed he
was enraged because she was about to go
and live with her husband. from whom
she has been separated for a while. The
only witness of the crime was Mrs.
Vests 1~4-year-old sister, who ran scream
ing to inform the neighbors.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-15
BUTTE RACES At AN END,
Close of a Most Successful Meeting
Some Spirited Contests
Yesterday.
STABLES COMING TO GREAT FALLS.
Big Political Sensation i'm Canada-The
Minister of Public Works
Resigns.
He Makes a Long Statement StOutly
PrOclaiming His Innocence
Other designations
Probable.
LAST OF THE BUTTE RACES.
Big Crowd and Lively Betting-The Sta
bles Now Come to Great Falls.

Big Crowd and Lively Betting-The Sta
Bles Now Come to Great Falls.
Butte. Aug. 1l.-[Special to the TRIB-
uNE. The summer meeting of the West
Side Racing association closed with to-
days races. The weather was fine. the
track fair and a big crowdin attendance.
The betting was the l~iveliest of the
meeting. and the short horse plays won
big money. the mutuals paying s133 on
one heat. and again 3117.50. The stables
90 next to Great Falls.
The following is the summary:
Running-Half mile handicap-Black
Diamond won. Eddie II. second. Cornet
third. Dwarf Regent fourth. Time 0:iO.
Trotting-Free for all-Major Wonder
took the first heat and race. having won
two heats yesterday. Time 2:l5.
Running-One mile handicap-OregOn
Eclipse o Mystery second. Montana
third. Time 1:4315.
Running One-half mile Black Dia-
mond won. April Fool second, Bob Wode
third. lime O:413i.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-15
POLITICAL BOMB IN CANADA.
Sir Hector Langeyin. Minister of Public
Works. Rcsigns-He Reads IA Long
Paper in Defense of Himself.

Paper in Defense of Himself
OTTAWA. Ont, Aug. 1.-THE sudden
determination of Sir Hector Langevin,
minister of public works. to resign has
caused a big sensation here. This step
was completely unexpected. 1t is said
Hon. Thomas McGreevy would also re-
sign. The resignation of Sir Hector
Langevin has proved a veritable bomb
shell in political circles. 1t was totally
unexpected at this stage of the proceed
ings and is the absorbing topic of con-
~versation here. At a meeting of the
committee on privileges and elections to-
day Sir Hector read a long paper in de-
Tense Of himself. He said he would pre-
face it with the statement that he had
resigned in justice to his colleagues in
parliament and the committee. His
statement was very voluminOus. He de-
MED emphatically the truth of all the
charges of malfeasance preferred against
him and asserted his innocence in the
most positive manner
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-15
\ big Injunction suit,

LOUISVILLE. Aug. 13.-Attorney Gen
eral-elect W.. j. Hendricks and Captain
William Abbot have brought suit at
Pineville, Ky. on a claim for 5l.G53.00O.
The plaintiff is Archer Hartman, a veal
thy promoter, who represents eastern
capitalists. and he seeks to enioin the
payment for 100000 acres of land il Bell.
Clay. Leslie. Perry, Letcher and Harlan
Bird fork Of the Kentucky river.
The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-08-15
ChlOrOfOrmed and Robbed.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Aug. 13.--Dudley
Frayser. president of the Security and
Memphis City banks, secretary of the
Memphis city railway, principal owner
of the Public Ledger and one of the
most prominent and wealthy citizens of
Memphis was this afternoon chloro-
formed and robbed at the Gayoso hotel
by IA man giving his name as John \.
Morris and his residence as New Orleans.