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The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
TURNING TO BONE.
A Poor Woman Who is Afflicted With n
 Rare and Awful Disease.

A Poor woman Who Is Afflicted "ith
 Rare and Awful Disease.
 Mrs. Mollie Hughes, a highly re- spected widow lady, living near Cam ernYille Idaho, is afflicted with a unique and most distressing disease, says the St Louis Republic. Little by little the flesh of her entire body is turning to solid bone or in other words, she is becoming ossifed. The disease was first not ced iu 1886, when Mrs. Hughes was NJ ss Duychink of Canon Rapids. At that time only single finger was affected. Within a month after the time when Miss Duy- chink first noticed the numbness and stiffness of the finger it had been acci- dentally broken off while she was asleep. The incident gave the girl no pain, there being neither blood nerves or flesh left in the diseased member. but it excited the alarm of the family, who called in physician. The broken stump of the finger was amputated back to where the living flesh set on and everything was thought to be all right. Soon the flesh muscles, arteries, veins and nerves on her hands fingers and arms became as hard and feelingless as the the finger had been before it was broken off. Next the awful malady extended to her elbows, the forenrms becoming as white and as clear as alabaster. Within the year the toes and the end Of the nose and ear tps showed like color and rigidnoss. The process of justification has now been going on nearly five years, and the attending physicians say that it is only a matter of time when the entire body of the poor victim will be solid bone. It is rare d sease, and the pathology of it is little understood.
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
THE PRAISE OF BLIND PIGS.
A Strange Tale Told by Evs Carson In
 Harper's Young People.


 There was bear who danced for a living. He did not adopt this occupa- ton from choice, but from necessity and because his master carried a strong whip and had quick arm.
 But he was conscientious bear and anxious to do his best, although it was not the sort of work he preferred. He danced carefully, and practised his steps along the road, when he travel led beside his master from town to town.
 One day executing a new waltz as he went he passed monkey, who sat on the topmost rail of q fence, and sur veyed the performance with a quiet smile. ... .... .......
 What do you think of my dancing, sir?" asked the bear wishing to hear the opinion of one who had reputa- tion for wit and wisdom.
 at is bad enough" replied the monkey. You are Q tremendously clumsy fellow. But you have cer- tain heavy style of your own, and may improve if you apply yourself long enough.
 His remarks saddened the bear, but did not prevent his still trying painful ly to make his steps correctly.
 Presently he came to couple of pigs, half blind, who lay dozing in the sun shine beside the road.
 What do you think of my danc- ing?" asked the bear. He was foolish enough to ask everyone the same question.
 Beautiful! Exquisiter' cried one pig, without opening her eyes,
 Such enchanting grace, such a lovely figure, such perfect timeH' grunted the other Beautiful! beauti- fulm and they both fell asleep again immediately.
 Then the bear, suddenly seeing what a simpletOn he was, sat down and groaned, hiding his nose in his paws.
 Now what do you mean?" cried his master wrathfully raising his whip. Get up, and go on with your steps. Is that approval enough? What more do you expect? Dauce again, that you may have moro praise"
 Master" wept the humiliated bear, "I can never dance again, The mon- keys criticism worried mo; but he knew what he was talking about, and I still had hopes of doing better. But when l have fallen so low as to be treated to fulsome praise from blind pigS-I see my case is hopeless, and that as a dancer l never shall sue Cend V
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
WITH AN IRON THROAT
This Man Would Defy the strangler or
 the Uangnan.

This Man Would Defy the strangler or
 the Uangnan.
 One of the best known members of local athletic club is known as 'the man with an iron throat" Not that it is iron clad but because no amount of pressure that has yet been applied to that portion of his anatomy has been sufficient to strangle him or stop his breathing.
 There was a jolly party of gentle men in an uptown cafe the other night. During lull in the conversa- ton the iron throated man made this remark:
 'I think that l have the most TO. markable throat in the world. l have given you one illustration of it and l am now ready to evhlbit another. l would like to have some gentleman with d strong grip-the stronger the better-to try to choke me in such a manner that will be unable to talk or breathe. If you succeed will for felt SlO.n
 Instantly the offer was accepted by a man who had once held the amateur heavy weight wrestling championship. He stepped forward and the iron throated man stood up.
 Don't be afraid of hurting me, II he said, and be sure to squeeze as hard as you know how"
 Then he drew himself up to his full height and the athlete clutchea him tightly around the throat with both hands. More and more he pressed, but without producing any visible effect Perspiration started upon the athletes brow as he further contracted his fingers but the subject only smiled and then whistled a strain from a pop ular air.
 But still the athlete struggled to make an impression upon the seeming ly impregnable throat. 1t was, how ever in vain.
 Why don't you press harder, my boy?n inquired the wonder You are not exerting yourself at all, are you?" and then the victim gave up in despair.
 Well, remarked the athlete as he relaxed his hold, you are the most remarkable man l ever saw, for fact. Why, my fingers are stiff and cramp- ed, but you seem to be all right. What is the secretP'
 But the wonder only smiled and re- fused to make any revelations. l, however succeeded in extracting the story from him, and l give it in his own words: 1t is explained in a | few words. First draw your head backward and downward and again make the muscles rigid. Keep them so and your friend may squeeze until he is tired without doing you any | harm.
 -The reason, he added. ''for draw l ing your head down is that your jaw bone more or less comes in contact with your friends fingers and to a great extent precludes the possibility of compressing the larynx. Oh, yes it is necessary to have well developed muscles, but they can be acquired if you don't happen to have 'em. As for myself he said in conclusion, "I have not been strangled yet and l am still in the field. ."-New York Herald.
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
HOW TO KILL A BEAR.
4 Frisky Colt an pung Runner Can Do
 It if You're Smart.

4 Frlsky Colt an l Pung Runner Can Do
 It if You're Smart.
 While ErastuS Holland, of Tunka- hanna Creek, was on his way home from Staulfer's mills one Jay he stopped at Darious Myers place and bought a ram, says a Scranton correspondent of the New York Sun. Holland was driving a skittish colt to pung, and he tied the rams legs and put him in the bottom of the pung along with a lot of other things that he had bought at the mills. On his way past Owl Swamp a bear waddled out of the bushes and started to cross the road in front of him. At sight of it the colt snorted and wheeled completely around in spite of all that Holland could do. The pung was upset, Holland landed on his knees in the snow. and the ram and everything else in the pung rolled out. Holland chung to the lines. and after he had been draggd some dis tauce he stopped the colt.
 While he was getting the rig righted he heard the ram bleating, and looking back he saw the bear making for the ram. The latter was struggling hard, and before the bear reached him he had broken the strings on his legs and jumped to his feet. The next thing Holland knew the ram ran past him with the bear close at his heels. The ram legged it along the road for dear life, and so did the bear, but the ram was feeter of foot and he kept several feet ahead of the bear.
 By that time the colt had got used to seeing the black beast and Holland jumped into the pung. whalcd the colt with the lines, and sent it racing after the ram and bear. It was down grade. and at a turn in the road the ram sprang over stone wall and took across field. Just then Holland overlook the bear, ran the right run. ner of the pung against it and tumbled it into ditch. The bear was turned end for end, and when it got up 1t started on its back track. Holland wheeled the colt quickly, ran the bear down again and knocked it out of the road once more with the runner.
 Again the bear was reversed. and when it got up it was unable to move in straight course. It whirled round and round in the road, and once more Holland knocked it out with the run ner, He kept doing that until the bear was pretty we'll used up, and then he pulled out his knife, stabbed it in the jugular vein and bled it to death,
 Holland found his ram in barn yard about mile and a half from where he had killed the bear, and after he hal secured him he loaded the carcass on the pung and drove home.
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
Encna of CnlOr.

Professor borden, writing in the Popular Science Monthly" says: In my youth always associated the idea of color with the letters of the alpha bet. In latter years the discovery that other people recognized no such color atiOn came to mo as q surprise. The letter R. for example, always calls up the idea of greenness. It is impossi- ble for me to think of R without the thought that it is green. In like man. ner $ is yellow, and X scarlet The coloration does not seem to l'e in the letter itself, as printed or written, but they coeXist with the conception which the letter represents. As the letter R comes into my mind, it seems to go, with grass and leaves, into the catego- ry of green things. The sound has nothing to do with its apparent cobra tion, for c soft and c hard are recog- nized as the same letter, and therefore colored alike. The coloration is not affected by the character of tho type. It is in the letter itself, regardless of the way in which it may be printed, or of whether it is printed or written at all. Tho idea has no connection with the lettering in any colored pie ture books, nor does it arise from any association of that sort.
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
k Freak Of Nature,e.

A remarkable freak of nature i0 found among the hills of Delaware county, New York, in sunken lake covering about three acres of surface, which lies between two parallel ridges not far from the New York, Ontario & Western railroad. The whole surface of the lake is covered with thick growth of moss whose stems extend to an unknown depth, but certainly further than the arm can reach. Each tuft of the moss is of a different color from it's neighbor, so that the surface looks like that of beautiful colored carpet. In walking over the velvety surface the foot sinks down a few inches without encountering the wa CT, which is at least two feet below the surface Near the shore, in few places, the water comes to the top. The buried pond is wonderful curiosity.
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
,rhe Photograph Anticipated.

In Fenelon's Fables, /" written in 1890, may bo found an interesting chapter entitled Voyage Suppose. " Of the marvels related in that story we read
 There was no painter in all that country, but when they wished the portrait of friend they put water in- to large basins of gold and silver and made this water to face the object they wished to paint. Soon the water would congeal and become as the face of a mirror, where the image dwelt in- effaceably. This could be carried wherever one pleased always giving as faithful picture as mirror. "
 Who will say that Fenelon did not anticipate the photographic
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
A strnnce Bird.

A strange bird, which has attracted the attention of hundreds of people, has been on exhibition on tha farm of John Roiabaugh, a farmer living near St. Mary's, Ohio, The bird resembles an owl very much in form, has head shaped like heart. the face of mon key, snowy white fur adorning it's face, while the feathers are of beau- tiiul and delicate yellowish gray, with the tail of turkey. The bird was caught few weeks ago while the family were returning home from church, and not until it had received n load of shot did it allow itself to be taken captive and then its captor was fearfully lacerated in the fight Chat en- sued. It utters noise similar to that of the squeal of a pig, and is fed wholly on small birds, which it takes mo it's beak alive, throwing out the tones and feathers altssward,
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
ARAGO'S DILEMM A.
Composed of a Cotton Night-Cap Filled
 With Double Barreled Shores


 Arago, the great French scientist was never seen with d decoration on his breast, He valued honors slightly. One evening leverrier the astrono- mer, called on him on his way to dine with a minister He expre ssed a wish to appear decorated with an order to which he was entitled, having re- ceived thSbficial notice of the honor, although he had no, as yet the decora- ton itself.
 Open that drawer" said Arago, and take whatever you want "
 In that drawer were all the crosses and ribbons which kings and emperors confer.
 While Arago wished above every thing to promuCate science and to make his researches useful he did not attempt to identify himself forever with his discoveries by writing books. He had no timo for writing, but con- tented himself with noting the results of his wogll in the record of the bureau of longitude or announcing it verbally to the academy,
 But this distinguished man dreaded nothing more than seeming ridiculous. He was careful Of his dignity even with his most intimate friends
 Eugene de MirecOurt gives an anus ing account Of Aragos morti cation at having to share g room with his irieni NJ. lGetelet, director at the Brussels ob orv, tory, says the Youths Cosa n on.
 Thy were at Louvain. When it Gp car that the best accommodation th c0stl be gwen them was one rCCm with two beds. Arago seemed much di,t.Tbed. 0 hen they went to tao -c0n he pa"c tho floor inpatient y. wala Inc Gegi1n astronomec vat. ad him !n os.om hmont and dar- ed mo- prepare for bej.
 l.a.tv &ra O seemed to form a Grs~.vqya re .l9lion. l.o exclaimed; .l cs. at,o tel you, my dear irieal, tlat .t is imp's5 O.o for me to sleep unless have on my head---n
 'AfIa,3'
 ''t cotton uightcapr'
 'lafb that my own habit" |" re- pr.. al uat,let Many persons corr lhc.r heads SO when they go to beJ"
 Do you think SOP" said Arago with s.gh of relief. But that is TO al When I sle3p----"
 .NE eil?"
 .'I ucrc"
 ''Ah. 70 do l. l make as much noise as a pipe organ, n returned the Belgian.
 'Oh, we'll, then, that is different n said Arago, much consoled. "Let us go to bed"
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
un TunIs.

Many ladies who get confused in the process of cross.examinato would envy the cit, uette whi- h prevails in Tunis A princess who was recently proceeded against by two negresses in her employ. was allowed to give her ev dence from the concealment of Q curtained partition. Whether this arr engagement gave het the requisite presen-e of mind or whether from inc inherent strength of her case, she certainly won the verdict. We do not learn that the negresses were accord ed tho same privilege, which might have been an advantage to them
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
Too QuicIS Tor saIni.

The only man who ever was too quick for Joe Dye the bad man of Ventura, was Petroleum Scott the old Ventura oil man, tall, wiry, nervous chap, who would be the terror of stenographers if he were a public speaker Phillips Brooks is U leisurely drawler compared to Scott. Scott and Dye had legal contest over an oil- claim on tbe Sespe, and, while the case was pending, Scott prudently avoided discussing it with Joe, whose temper and trigger-fuger were mo- toriously quick and apt to act in con- cert One day. Scott and Dye met in u Santa Paula saloon, and, sitting down at q table together, clinked glasses and cbatted about things in general Scott carefully abstaiued from talking about oil-claims, but Joe finally broached the subject and made some statement about the records that was not correct. This is the way Scott tells the story; Without thinking, l said, Joe, you're damn liar and as soon as the words were out Of my mouth. he yanked out his revolver and stuck it under my nose. But l was too quick for him. l took it all back be- fore he could shoot.
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
Extrnordlnnry Jumping Fen...

The jumping and pole-vaulting feats Of our contemporary athletes seem but the work of babies and pygmies when compared with the extraordinary dO- ings of the old-time acrobats. If his tory is to be believed Phayllus of Cro- tona could stand and make fifty-six foot jump on the dead level He was one of the main athletes at the Olympic games, his enormous jump forming a part Of the course of the Pentathlon. Strut the noted English authority on games and amusements, speaks of a Yorkshire jumper named Ireland whose powers were something marvel ous. He was feet high at the age of Is, at which time without the aid of spriug5 or spring board, he lcapod over nine horses ranged side by side and anOther time lightly cleared Q heavy wagon which was covered with an awning Colonel IrOnsides, who made voyage from England to India, early in the present century, relates that he met in his travels an old white haired man. who with a single bound cleared the back of an enormous ele- phant fanked on either side with six came)s of the largest breed. 4 book entitled History oi Wonders Per formed at Fairs mentions an English man who, at the Fair of St. German, in 172l, leaped over the heads of for ty people without touching one of them
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
soiing.

Miss Gray (the evening before her wedding Suppose the clergyman should want to kiss me after the cere- mony, dear, what shall I doP''
 Her dear fliend-"He won't want to. .n-Phila. Record.
The Coconino sun., 1891-10-29
A rroyerb Corrected.

sawyer--"The proof of the pudding Is in the eating"
 De Spep--"No, it isn't. Iii in the dtgestipg "-,-Puck.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12
COMMON SCHOOL, NORMAL,
AGIEU ULTURAL, MECHAN-
ICIAL, SCIENTIFIC AND
CLASSICALC COURSES,

EIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS q
year (36 weeks will cover all expen,
ses CT board, tuition, fuel, light and
furnished room. Ladies and Gentle
men received. Also little boys and
girls from six to IA years have separ-
ate homes with separate matrons.
Parents and guardians who wish good
homes and an education for their
children should write for catalogue to
PRES. j. S. McCULLOCK,
Knoxville, Tenn.
Term begins Sept. 28th.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12
Says our old fiie nd the San Fran

Says our old file nd the San Franz
cisco (Col) Elevator.
The Republicans of Ohio did the
right thing when they gave the col
ored Americans Of that State repre-.
sentation on the Republican ticket,
and that, says the Cleveland COZ Ga
zette. secured the full Afro Ameri-
can vote for the ticket. The culored
representatives on the ticket were
John P. Green for State Senator,
and Geo. H. Jackson for Assembly
man. Both were elected. Let Cal
ifornia look after the Afro-Ameri-
can vote by giving them the proper
representation, and thus secure the
full vote for their ticket at the next
election.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

1t occurred to us recently that some
philantbropist who is looking around
for practical way of assisting the
colored people of the South could do
them an incalculable benefit by in
vesting in land in the Southern
States and selling it in small tracts
or tarr at nominal sum to colored
families Many Of our people are
paying from $5 to IS an acre pc,
year rent for such farms and the
manner in which they are compelled
to cultivate these tracts and conduct
their business makes it utterly i'm
possible ever to do more than pay
the rental and subsist. If this sum
could be paid every year on the pur-
chase, in few years the farms could
be owned, and spirit of thrift and
enterprise developed which would
make them prosperour. This plan,
we think, is at least worthy of consid
Grafton. The American Baptist.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

We are indebted to the Honable
State Treasurer for a copy of his An :
nual Report for the fiscal year en- i,
ding Sept 30th, 1891.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

We take pleasure in adding to our
exchange list"The Seattle Standard y
Of Washington state. Success to
our far western contemporary.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

Congressman John Houk's 5000
majority in the District for so many
years ably represented by his father
is high complement to him. We
hope that his career may in every
way be as successful prolonged as
that Of his distinguished father.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

Gordon, white, killed an officer,
but he does not hang Frierson,
colored, killed an officer but he hangs.
Such is law; such is justice. Why
not both hang?-Chattanooga OBJ
server.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

Principal B. T. Washington, of
the Tuskegee Normal, told the WASH
ington Post man that in his opinion
the Negro should come South, where
he can control labor.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12
House and Lot for Sale.

Neat frame House, 3 rooms and
kitchen, with a good well and about
quarter acre lot, adjoining Far
Grounds on Clinton ST., will be sold
at a bargain for the cash Apply at
this office. II
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

We acknowledge receipt of the
able aad exhaustive report Of Hon.
John w. Noble. Secretary of the In
terror, for the fiscal year ending June
80 81.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

Hon. j S. Clarkson is the choice
of Des Moines, Iowa, Avala nchs, for
President.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

The Nashville Republican takes
the place of the Nashville Tribune,
recently suspended.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

Cleveland is yet in the ring for
the Democratic nomination.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

Remember that January 1st is
Emancipation day. Shall Huntsville
observe it9
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12
SATURDAY. DEC, 18th, 1891.

The Mills of Congress ground too
BLOW.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

Tammany will steal the New York
Legislature if given half a chance.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12

New York has been trembling uns
der the fear of a water-famine.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12
DR.. A. B. SHELBY.
Office 3O5, Franklin Street.

VIIC6 0UO, FTduk III Oh 66t.
HUNTSVILLE ALABAMA
Office Hours: 8 to II AIN. and 3 TO & o ni
Calls in town and country will be
promptly attended. Night cal is al
corner Of Gate and Henry streets.
Chapman building.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12
MASONIC.

Davids Temple Lodge No. 9, Tuscaloosa. Ala
Regular meeting first Tuesday night of each
month. EDWARD PICKETT,
p. B. GOODE, Sec. w. NJ.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12
THE PRESIDENT
He Sends i'm His Annual Me
sage to Congress.
Important Issues That Con
front Our Country.

Lengthy Paper That Deals With ID
ferent Questions - The Behrin. Sc.
Oueetiou. the Italian fair, and tn {
Chilian Trouble Mentioned-Other Mat
ters of General Interest.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12
The Post-Once Department.

The president compliments the work of tn
postmas ter general and says that the revenues
of ths department show an increase of over
o. 0o0, 900, with the deficit for the year 1890 OF
less than 81, 900 900. while the estimate for the
year 's3 shows a surplus Of receipts over eKpen-
ditures.
The presiden. concuIs in the recommendation
that the free delivery system be a;
once extended to towns of five thousand
population. He also endorses the
suggestion for q rural postal delivery.
Huntsville gazette., 1891-12-12
The Navy Department.

The Newark, Concord, Bennington and Mian-
tanomah have been added to the navy during
the year with an aggregate OF something more
than II 300 ton. Twenty-four war ships OF
classes are now under construction in the navy
yard and private shop, but " hile work is gong
forward satisfactory the completion of more
important vessels will yet require about year s
time.