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Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
nnntlna Hnrrs.

Theno do not seem to be as many hares now as there used to be wher l was a boy Then the old fields and branch bottoms used to be full of them They were peculiarly oul game l mean we used to consider that they belonged to us boys. They were rather scorned by the gentle men, by which was meant the grown up gentlemen, who shot par t1dges over the pointers, and only picked up a hare when she got in their way, and the negroes used to catch them in traps or gum. which were traps made of hollow gum tree logs but we boys were the hare hunters. They were our property from childhood; just as much. we considered. as Bruno and Don. the beautiful crack pointers. with their brown eyes and satiny nars and coats, were the gentlemen 4.
 The negroes used to set traps all the fall and winter and we, with the natural tendency of boys to initiate whatever is wild and primitive. used to set traps also To tell the truth however. the hares appeared to have way of going into the negroes traps rather than into ours. and the former caught many to our one Thomas Nelson Page in St. Nicholas.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
4 anltar,a raIo.

Miss Bessie w. Harris, daughtcr of n musk dealer in Troy, N r., broke a guitar which her father had given her some time ago It was peculiar look ing but fine toned instrument, which had belonged to her dead grandfather. and no one knows how it came into his l possession. Mir. Harris, in examining the pieces today, found the following strange inscription written on the wood:
 March 6, 1880. This guitar is put together today by man who has been in prison eleven years under sentence Of life, prisoner who is victim of cir cumstances and today is held as a crirni- nal. To carry out revenge the plan was so laid that Chamberlain is into it vet unbeknown to himself. In time this guitar may be broken and these words road by some one, and whoever it may he ask them to know and publish this fact.
 "A man uiay be B state prisoner for years and yet get square with his enc mics. have enjoyed many pleasant moments even in this prison, for 1t is a pleasure 10 believe that there are those who fear me as 6 man. Chamberlain stood with his hand on his revolver Christmas, 1879 Oh, how contemptible he looked, thepoor cur Yes, he is cur of the mongrel breed Rets of Neb.. ufip pie nine years, caused by neglect of prison officials"
 Read backward the signature forms the name Ben Foster. Cincinnati l Commercial Gazette.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
Old Bop.s sci,.d

During the recent storm the heavy surf washed away several feet of the beach between sandy Hook and Sperma- ceti Cove, N In one place where the sea had clean sweep fifteen feet of the beach was upturned and big pile of hnlnan bones was exhumed 4 number ot bullets were found among the skele- tons. Spanish coin 100 years old and number of brass buttons with the nti- morals 4 and were also found in the mass. Ii is known that both American and British soldiers were encamped on sandy Hook at various times during the Revolutionary war but there is no rec. ord of any burying ground ever having been there The bones and other relics have been seized by relic hunters. New York Letter
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
Saturday. May 21, 1892.
rhe Age ei Ro.nn,,.thlli1,.

In relation tO the question of TO
 sponsibility, according to the French
 criminal law, there does not appear
 to be any age at which child is ab- -solutely exempt from punishment. 1T an otfenSe be committed under the age of sixteen, and 1t be found to have been committed without dis. eernment, the offender is to be ac- quilted but, according to cirum. stances, he Is to be returned to his relatives or placed in a house of cor. rection, to be brought up there and detained for any number of years not exceeding his twentieth. By the criminal code of the German empire a person cannot be rriminally prose cuted for any offenSe committed be fore he has completed his twelfth year
 In his History of the Criminal Law of England Sir James Stephen expresses himself as follows. By English law children under seven are absolutely exempt from punishment, and from seven to fourteen there is a presumption that they are not DOS sessed of the degree of knowledge es. sential to Climinality, though this presumption may be rabutted by proof to the contrary Like most other presumptions of law. this rule IS practically imperative, or at all events operates seldom and capri ciously.
 My own opinion is that the ageof | complete Responsibility should be raised, say to twelve except in the case of few specially atrocious crimesy, and that it should be sue, ceeded by complete responsibility. This definite expression of opinion by an authority of such eminence and experience must carry great weight London Lancet.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
win Power and the Thumb.

Would be hipuotlzers should avoid trying conclusions with persons na sessing longer jointed thumbs than their own, for if there IS any truth in palmistry the strength of ones w,ll depends upon the formation of the thumb; the will power of It's owner belng great or little according to the length or want of length of its upper joint.
 How the thumbs of the Roman holiday makers were formed mat tered nothing to the defeated gladi ator whose fate hung upon their being bent forward or backward A method of decreeing life or death ,o which, perhaps we owe man at another's mercy being said to be un der his tbun,b Chambers Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
Not to no Hired.

\ lady one day saw roughly dressed man at work on the trees iu Portland garden, and stopped |, ask
 What are you doing to those tree trunksl"
 "Girdiing them, madam. with printers ink and cotton. was the re ply "ltwill keep off canker worms
 How much does it costf inquired she.
 About twenty five cents apiece
 We'll ! wish you would come and girdle ours What k your uameY
 Hill, the laborer replied hut to her repeated request that he world undertake her own trees. he returned m eva'iye answer That uIght she told the story to her husband aud he burst into a roar of laughter
 What i, the matterr ehp rl1cd
 Why Said he. that labunr wa. the Rev Dr till. late president of Harvard oiy of the leading nmthc matlrians living aud the recently pastor of the First Parish Church Critic
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
WaIking Q. Cnre for In.omnIn-

do not believe that any one, DO, down sick needs to suffer from sleep lessnesS who will walk pr7ldentlv regularly and sufficiently. 1 have found 1t sovereign cure. The ontS trouble is that walking makes me sleep too long and too soundly. A good many years ago. some hours after the close of a day on which l had done an extra amount of tramp. ing, l arrived at my destination and speedily sought my couch did not wake until the morning sun was shining brightly, and then it was tp discover that was in the midst of the utmost confusion. The windows bad been driven in. and broken glass and twigs were scattered all about my room
 There had been a fearful storm in tla5 pight, a portion of the roof over me had been carried away. trees had been uprooted chinneys overturned and everybody had deserted the house except myself. and had been as totally forgotten as was obliy lous - Belfod's Magazine
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
The reIau,o,:rssl..

Speaking of G!ay's telautograph ar electrician well acquainted vitl tLe pro. moters of the Writing Telegraph com. pauy said Tt is current gossip with the alectriyai frateiui,y that tae telarto- graph is % be handled in connection with the Bell telephones. That is. . general company controls the device. It will form local companies ia the usual manner and m working with tue Dell telephone people place tal.u.ograuhs with telephones. Thus a man will be able to t,lk or write as hc may see it. If his hello is out he can leave d note. Signatures and legal documents caY be Transmitted, and you gentlemen of the p"osa can call up your city editor, tell him what you have, receive his orders as to space and wfite out your copy. which will ne instantly reproduced in yoal cd. iiorlal roonis It's a great scheme and will work nicely hgrucased to the tele. phone Chicago Neas.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
rrnpcrlIrs nI cnilnl.,....

Cellulose ;lbSurlS water and bv 1T, swelling provides the softest p,ssl ble obstruction Du account of l;, low specific gravity less than that of cork 1t is valuable for life hslts and may be used in large quantities tu keep a seriously damaged ship afina, Cellulose compressed and packed in the coferdam of ship. to form a leak belt, does not emit any unple.ts ant oaor and does not decay for two or three years When penetrated by a proiectile it is not igpited. dcx.s uat give otf any disagree snDka. possess ng in t!lis respect a great advantage over rubber aiGnor If dry loo>,. cul!ulosc be ignitcd it gives out white smoke. Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
qF...r c.,.

Consul D-aby of PeE:n-. China. To ports that ia lss1 from one bort. Ichang there were exported l3,O0O pounds of tiscIs bones. For use as fertilizers the only uso intelligent people seem to hayo for dead tigers these bones might be wcrth $i5G yet they were enterc,l at Q ralue of e3.G00 They are to be u,ed as q medicine. From them will be rnado a tonic which the Chinese invalid ',e- lieves will inpalt to him some of the tigers strength and fiGrceness For the sane medicinal reasons g.Co0 pounds of 'old decrs horn" were valued at SLIGO
 Many of us whoGre filed with disyps, at the folly of such absurd beliefs are now keeping up old customs and habits that are almost as absurd and expensive. in Inc light of modern progress, as this tiger bone tonic. Rural New Yorker.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
Everrbody Mn, mnro nnn. l1...l.

Take pound of vh.,p ,jtstiie o, brown windsor soap stir it on the lire with a little water. Add Iaven der water nr any other kind of es sence when it K melted to a smooth paste but do not thin II ioo much Str in half a cup of more of almond meal or of common oatmeal. Keen lt in Jars for use This k an olallme preparation for keeping the hands smooth and white, which was used hf the helles of the olden time. New York Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
Great Foats or Strength.

London has been entertained lately by
 feats of strength that are certainly re.
 markable and probably unsurpassed in
 modern times. First there was man
 named Sandow, who was an enormously
 powerful man; he was succeeded by
 Sampson, and he in turn by an Irish
 American named Sullivan. Curiously
 the three names begin with the letter s,
 which is also the initial of strength ' and Of the Greek word for strength (sthenosl Sullivan, the latest conner, is thirty years of age, stands feet SL, inches in height, and weighs l6s pounds. lis appearance presents little that is un usual in the way of muscular develop meht, and his biceps are neither very large nor wonderfully rigid. It is in his neck and jaw that his strength chiefly lies, and the majority Of his feats are such as bring this peculiarity into special prominence
 Al an exhibition given in London he fastened chain to a 56-pound weight, and the other end being griped bo. tween his teeth, swung himself around and around until tho twirling chain as stunned nearly horizontal line. The feat was repeated with the weight doubled, and as the performer, with both hands to his hips and using every sinew in his frame, swirled around and around the audience wondered with anxiety what would happen if one of the links should fly asunder The most remarkable feat, however, that Sullivan | performed was the lifting of an elephant | by his teeth. It was a baby" tis true, but it weighed about 1 500 pounds and | was lifted clear three inches from the ground its whole weight pendent from the Jaw of the man above.
 Sullivan was not successful in an at- tempt to break chain with his arm. having injured this limb on the previous nlght. He succeeded, however. in prov ing that his prowess was not entirely confined to feats with his teeth by lift Ing barrel of water. weighing 56O pounds, with the middle finger of his right hand .Harper's Young People.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
An Uneven Trade.

A Brooklyn boy nine or ten years old began several months ago to save money to buy pony His parents and rela- lives hunored his whim. and having ample means they helped along his ac- cunluiatioas very rapidly The young ster had no idea of the purchasing power of money. but ne had started out with tine notion that when he filled his little iron bank hc would have enough to buy the pony When the bank would hold no more he broke it open, and his mother counted SGo,l5. That is not enough to buy pony, said she. Then gue,s I'll take tricycle. said the boy The tricycle. was bought, and the boy started to explore the neighborhood. He was gone about two hours, and when he reached home he had no tricycle.. but he held his hat carefully under his arm. Oh, mamma, look at these pretty kit ties" be exclaimed. displaying four snall kittens just abie to walk. T traded my tricycle. for these. The boys parents have not yet been pr,o to ind the other party to that bargain. New York Times
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
! pIroree from . penh ,1nn.

A very peculiar case is reported from Paterson, N. J.. where a woman desires to get divorce from a dead man. or rather to get her marriage set aside Her first husband enlisted ia the war and was killed She married again, and at the death of her second husband she ascertained that her second marriage deprived her of the benefits of the law. Subsequently she learned that her sec ond marriage was bigamous, husband No. having wife living at the time of his marriage to her This marriage. she thinks, can be set aside as null and void, and then she will be able to pro cure a widows pension.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
4 Rare Find In Rnllimnrs

A few days ago Mrs. Andrew Reid
 Ir , Of Mount Vernon place, who is a
 native of France, and whose brother is
 an artist in Paris, made one of the rich.
 est art discoveries that has ever come to | hSht m Baltimore, Mrs Reid is a great
 lover of art and knows a good picture when she sees one, For long time she has been in the habit of bunting througl, secondhand stores for old paintings Several days ago by chance. she walked into store on North Charles street. There she saw a dilaniddted looking old picture 'hich represented the head of French peasant At first she did not pay much attention to the picture, but went on to examine the other old things m the store By chance she returned to the picture and it struck her as being a remarkably fine piece of art work. She turned it over and looked on the bacl, and there was the artists name. Before herwas one of the most valuable pictures in Baltimore
 She immediately called the dealer ano asked the price of the picture. He stag. gered her by asking twenty dollars. She paid the price. took the picture home with her and now it cannot be bought for less than thousands
 It was a rich find, truly, as there are only two other pictures in Baltimore by the same artist. The picture IS by Jean Baptlste Greuza, and ou the back of il Is Jean Baptiste Greuzc. l725 10 1898. MT William T. Walters owns one of the pictures, for which he paid big price. and MT. Le0uce Robillon owns the other. | Mir Walters viewed Airs. Reid's picture yesterday and pronounced it genuine. 1 He says it ts worth thousands of dollars. Baltimore American.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
eANoeaFeA1AeR,s GIFT.

1 was just little thng
 When fairy uame and t,issod mol Floating in upon the light Ot q haunied summer night, To. the iairies came lO sing Pretty slumher songs and bring
 Certain bouns thnt else had missed me From a dream turned 10 zee W hat those strangers brought for mo, When that fairy up and kissed me Here, ulsnp this cheek. he kissed mel simmerurw was there, bul she
 Did nai likv me altogether: Daisybrighl End Turtlednve, piltercurds and Honey Thistlebl0N and Ambcrglee On that sleamiHg. ghostly seq
 FloRied from the moty heather. And around uy lrundle bed Friaked and looked and whisperinV said Soiemnlike and altogether
 "lou shall kiss hum. tianderfeatherr' candcrfea'hcr kissed me then Handerteather quaint and merryl No alternate sprile was h0, But aS buXom as could p,.: Kissed me twice and once again, And the others shouted when On my check up rose Il hcrry Somewhat like mole, nlayhsp, But the kiss mark ni that chap GanderteatheT passing merry Humorsonc but kindly, very, was just R tiny thing
 When the prankhh Gandorfeaihe Brought this curious yif, to me With his fairy kiso,Aa tlrty, iet with homes, lriat sing That some gift he chose tu bring Out Of yonder haunted heather. Other charuIs and friendships fly Constant friends this mole and Who have been su long l1getheF Thank you, htlle tantlerfratnerl
 -EuK1ne Field in Chicago Neys
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
Horribly IHart, Though Gonerous.

S- ls mathematician, and a banker too, by all that k strange Mathematics k his hobby. He k a common fellow coarse of gram. strong of head a hard business man and horribly exact ID his dealings full of prejudices full even to hos tility for those who differ with hIm, but very generous know hlm well.
 On one ocasion 1 knew him to ruin man by insisting on the return of money lent He declined to wait, took the last cent of what was due. and a month later lent the penniIpss man a really large sum on easy terms to start him in buslness again pr Weir Mitchell in Cantury
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
Iii. Cars in Drawing.

Stothard an English painter, wa, noted for his certainty of hand. Ar anecdote related by Leslie, q brother artist. shows how he acquired the sureness that gave him fame.
 Stothard was showing some early drawings from the antique, made while he was student of the acad. emy. They were begun and finished with pen and ink only, and Leslie re- marked that they looked like beau. tiful line engravings.
 T adopted this plan, replied Stothard, because. as l could not alter a line it obliged me to think 6ef're l touched the paper. n-Ex. change.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
A Lively EI.c,,on

According to the Buenos Ayres Herald, elections in Argentina are exciting af. fairs. At the recent election at Buenos Ayres policemen armed with swords and reYolyers were placed at all the street corners, the polling places were occu. pied with strong detachments of police, and policemen armed with rifles were posted on the roots of adjoining houses. The fire brigade, fully armed. was con centrated in the central police depart ment and the troops of the garrison were massed just outside the city. Every citizen elector was armed with a fe. volver. and the political clubs swarmed with men armed with rifles and re- volyers.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
LenrnInr tn pnn

1t IS queer how small an occurrence serves to attract a crowd. The other evening popcorn kiosk at the corner of D street and the avenue was surrounded by gaping crowd, ranging in character from gamins to gentlemen, all breath lessly watching the proprietor as he shook pepper over the gas hamer. A couple of young ladies happened to be passing. and one of them inquired:
 What arc those men staring aty"
 They are learning how to pop" re, piled her companion.
 "oh, sighed the speaker, 'how I wish Charlie would tako a fow lessons.'
 Washington Post
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
No Two rnnn... n.lnr.

The Chinese have long been awar, that the impressions of no two thumbs, even of the same individual. are alike; and impressions of every criminals thumbs are taken by the police and numbered for reference. He may disguise himself as be will. make up as he can; but comparison. of the impressions of his thumls with that in the police archives set ties the identity of an old offender beyond doubt Charlhers Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
some Fainons nIamnuds.

Among the large and otherwise Ia nous diamonds of the world the fol lowing may teenwuerated The Pig got, S2i carats the NaSSae. ggi car ats the Florentine Brilliant 1893 carats the Eugeuie and the Green Brilliant, each 5l galats fhe Shah S6 carats: the S,ucy 5Si parats the Orl"f or Orlou l9I! caIats The noted diamonds of lesser size au,l value are the Dresden the Hope the Austrian Yellow and the Polar Star St Louis Republic.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
The Army mi lho chrrch.

The Austrian war minister has issued Gn order 10 encourage religious feeling in the army Ee finds that Austrian soldiers do moi attend divine service ac. cordinS to the regulations, lnaslnuch as the encourg cement of religious feel ,n9 IS regarded as of great service 10 the military, the army must heiceforth go to church at least once a month. Like wise, young officers in command at church must conduct themselves in q moro reverentiaI spirit than has been observed lately Berlin Letter.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
HIgh PrIce. for nId silrnr

One of the most remarkable sales of old silver ever held was at Edinburgh lately IL included pieces belonging to the late Earl of Dunmore and the sery- ice Of st. Martins abbey in Perthshire Several pieces were bought on coinmis. sion from New York. The highest price ever obtained for old silver eighty dol. lars an ounce, was given for an early Italian double handled cup and saucer, S42O being the price The highest price heretofore had been fifty dollars an ounce. London Letter.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
SiIkunrns

Some genius in Syria, named Mousa Rhouri, has discovered the secret by which the silkworm makes silk. He can make the silk by machinery without the aid of the silkworm, In this way the cost of making silk can be reduced one-half. A manufactory is to be started m Georgia soon by Syrian colony. To manufacture silk in this way a large tract of land has been secured on which to plant mulberries, and the emigrants expect soon to make their fortunes. Meehan's MnnthlY-
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
4 cnnfnse,i nu..,innor

Miss Elderly That tree was plant, ed sixty years ago.
 Mir Blmder Did you plant it with your own fair hands2
 Miss Elderly indignantly -- Sir pray what age do you take me to bet
 Ar Blunder tconfusedly) l | didn't mean that IT mean. did you see it planted London Tit Bits
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
A Valuable snnken Boat.

An effort is to be made to raise the old British treasure ship Hussar, which was sunk near Hell Gate, Nov. 9, I78O. She Is said to have carried $4 ,0O0, 900, but all efforts to raise her have been frustrated by the heavy tides and cur rents that sweep through the sound. = New York Letter
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21
The Youngest Maine n,,,,,,,...,

The youngest Maine grandfather continues to be heard from Accord Ing to latest accounts he lives at htonehaA and k but thirty six years old - Bangor Commercial
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21

lthas been calculated that the right hand of a good compositor Tn taking type from the frame to the suck while setting up 9,0U0 ems in eight hours covers a distance of 3G. .uUO feet
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21

The electoral college of 1899 will be composed of A members. There will be S56 representatives in tho next house. The basis of representation is one mem. Der for each lT3O00 of population, or a majority fraction thereof.
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21

The Egyptian fellah is apparently the worst taxed man in the world Even on the palm tree, which gives him food and shelter, he pays fifty cents d year
Arizona silver belt., 1892-05-21

Mrs. Mary Stately, aged seventy, seven, of Portsmouth, O.. who has been toothless for long time IS developing a third set of natural teet She has now on her lower jaw two fully deya.oped sbstb