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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

~ never heard distinguished people
talk among themselves but once" de-
clared a young lady the other day, ''but
then l was quite satisfied. IT was even
more interesting than | had expected"
"What did they talk about" asked
her companion %curiously, land who were
they2"
The young lady named them-two
noted authors, q gentleman and q lady.
"And they talked" she added, with q
smile, "about pokers."
"PokersY" calculated the friend incred-
ulously.
"Pokersr' repeated the first speaker
firmly. 1.-THE authoress had just built a
new house, and her furnace did not
work well. She thought her companion
had one Of the same kind in the house
and asked about it.
"He gave her information and advice,
and then they branched off to pokers
and the iniquity of manufacturers who
make them of soft iron so that they bend
out of shape the first time they are red
hot. You have always heard, haven't
You, that his style is exquisite and his
English singularly clear and vigorous
Well, it is so, 1 assure you, when he talks
of pokers, and she is charming when she
talks in a humorous vein about bach
hampers and cold air boxes. was de.
lighted with the entire conversation,
though it certainly was not what / an
ticipnted youths Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

A pneumatic tired safety bicycle that
rested against the curb in Eighth avenue
opposite the Grand Opera House on Fri
day night had a crowd about it for an
hour. 1t bore a huge placard with the
inscription, For Sale, Price 49,"
The placard had been placed there by
the owner, who had made a wager that
he would display the bicycle for two
hours, and that no one would venture to
buy it.
There was a lot Of lively talk among
the crowd that stared at the bicycle, but
nobody went into the cigar store where
the man who had bet that q purchaser
would appear was anxiously waiting for
some one with $12 to materialize.
A stout Englishman neatly dressed
came along and studied the placard with
q frown.
IL hate these practical jokes, he cried.
Il ride a bicycle myself, and l only wish
l had $12 in cash, and I'd get that wheel.
That reminds me Of the story of the man
who stood on London bridge and offered
to sell genuine gold sovereigns for a pen.
ny apiece and stood there an hour with
out selling any"
The bicycle owner won his bet finally
to the chagrin of the man who felt SURF
that q bargain would be snapped up
The fun Of it was that the owner woulC
| have been forced to part with it unde,
the terms Of the wager.-New York Sun
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

An old Irish woman's cow was sick
unto death, so she turned to the priest
to save it. II can't do anything to keep
your cow from dying" he said impa-
tiently.
"Fath an begorra it's you that can If
any one can" the answered in simple
faith.
Unwilling to have her reverence in
him shaken, the old man went to her
cabin. The sick COW was brought out
into the yard and propped up, then the
priest began a solemn march around it,
chanting monotonously, 'If You die, you
die; if you live, you live" When at last
the tired priest sat down, the COW was
reviving, and it afterward lived to a
green old age. Some years later the
priest was at the point of death with a
terrible quinsy, when the old Irish wom-
an presented herself at the house and
told the doctor she could cure him.
She was laughed to scorn, but at last
had her own way. She insisted upon
having the dying mans bed brought out
into the middle Of the floor. and around
it she slowly cantered, singing, IF you
live, you live, and if you die you die
The humor Of the situation tickled the
suffering priest 50 that a hearty laugh
broke the quinsy, and he also lived-tC
a green old ge.-Springfeld Homestead
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

Among tho fresh air children from
New York at one Of the western Penn
s~ylvania mountain towns was a bright
faced but sickly looking boy. He had
never seen 70 much greenness before
nor sniffod into his snub nos so much
fresh air, and while ne seemed to enjoy
It all he did not show 80 much enthusi-
asm as the other children. He was no
ticed by tho kind hearted farmer st
whose house he wa staying, md by a
few adroit questions his story was
learned. lie wanted his little brother
Billy 10 be with him, he said.
Billy had one fresh air visit, but he
was sick and ought to have another. He
had wanted the man in New York to let
Billy come again In his place, but the
man thought Billy's brother needed the
outing more than Billy. The farmer
could not resist the appeal, 80 he wrote
10 New York and at his own expense
had Billy brought on. When the time
was up, the farmer and his good wife
concluded to take the boys as their own,
and the New York parents being not
loath the arrangement was made. And
that Is how two fresh air children got
mountain homes.-New York Recorder.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31


'oThis here show business" said the
dime museum man, "ain't what it's
cracked up to be by o long shot. A
mans allus ruHnin agin things that do
him up"
whats troubling YOU" inquired tho
advance agent
"Why that durn mermaid Of mine is
gettin me into debt over my head. Now,
you know I've got the only genuine mer-
maid on exhibition. She's a maid of the
sea, she is, a living example Of the
storied nymphs Of the wave Of old, rs
my programmer says. ] pay her a big
salary, and she puts all my other attrac-
lions in the shade. IL would put your
eye ont to see the way the people look
at her. l tell you, she's the greatest
freak in the business, and the best Of 1t
is she's g%enooine. But to como down TO
cases, as l wuz saying, she keeps me in
hot water all the time. There amt a
day that / don't have to do somethin
special for her. / don't dast refuse, for
I can't get along without her In these
dull times. Sometimes, though, she
makes me crazy by her unreasonable
requests. What do you suppose she
wants now9"
Couldn't imagine" replied the ad.
vance agent, "unless tits fresh sea water
every day or something like that"
"HuhF' said the dime museum mar
disgustedly, "that would DO easy. THAI
durn mermaid don't want a thing but
pair Of button white kid Shoes Buffalo
Express.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

dren VIII bo found In thego summer even
ings playing as merrily as though bread
grew On trees and landlords were mere
mythical creatures.
To these children the front gardens and
the big back yard that were the delight
Of former generations are unknown. The
sidewalk Is their playground.
II "a IN the evening that the laughter
and gong Of tho little ones make the air
most vocal. In the white glow Of the
electric lights and the illumination that
streams from the windows of almost in
Vulnerable shops they romp and play,
engaging IN childish games, some Of
which were ancient in the days Of their
grandparents, while others are new even
20 the young matron who watches them
with interest from her window.
Little Sally Waters" "Oats, Peas,
Deans and Barley Grow" IAN Around
the Mulberry Bush, Ring Around the
Roses" and other old time songs retain
their pristine charm and seem destined
to be sung and played in cycles yet to
come. With them the new ones will
probably all go down 10 future genera
tons, for although the most OF them are
simply nonsense rhymes there Is a catch
iness about them which will make them
perennisL-Eew York Advertiser.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31
RIstori's Dual Nature.

l have never met with a more passion
ate, fiery actress than Ristori, with one
possessed to the same degree by the
demon Of tragedy. Yet when she came
to Paris for the first time she was nurs-
ing her last child. Well, on the days
she was acting she brought her baby
with her to the theater, put it to sleep
and went to give it the breast during
the intervals of "Myrrha," which is sim
ply the most m%onstrously passionate Of
all dramatic works. Did the part Of
nurse detract from tho partof the tragic
a%ctress2 BY no means. Did the part Of
the tragic actress detract from the part
Of the nurse? No more than in the 9TH
er case. am, no doubt, quoting an ex-
ceptional fact, which may be solely ac-
counted for by the strength of ~organiza-
ton possessed by Nine. Ristori, but La
Malibran also showed us numberless
contrasts Of feeling altogether unlocked
for. Standardization of Sixty Years"
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31


"They say that the girl Of the future Is
10 have a mustache, " said the sweet look
ing girl In wood color. Il think we
could dispense with boards, but 1t might
be a good idea to have some places es-
tablished where we could go and have
our shoes polished. Ihave tan shoes by
the dozen pairs that l had to discard be-
cause Wouldn't be bothered with smear.
ing shoe dressing over them. Ones hands
get 80 sticky and horrid. Quite often
would have given anything 10 have my
shoes polished, but ] never could get mp
courage enough to 90 into a shoe store
and ask if they would fix them for me,
The men certainly have the advantage
on that point, If we do wear their hats
and collars and cravats." - Chicago
News-Record.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

Ask yourself hard questions about
yourself; find ont all you a about your
self. Ascertain from original sources II
you are really the manner Of man you
say you are; If You are always honest; If
you always tell the square, perfect truth
IN business deals; II your life Is az good
aud upright att II o'clock az night as il
Is at noon; II you are as good a temper
ance man 40 a lshing excursion as You
are al a Sunday pionic;Nif you are as
good when you go out Of the city as you
are At home; II, Ia short, sou are really
the sort OF man your father hopes you
are and your sweetheart believes you to.
be.-Pan0la CTex.) Watchman.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31
Mrs. coleman d. Bahop Of Washing-

Ers. Coleman Il. Bishop Of Washing
ton, chief instructor Of the Chautauqua
summer school Of physical culture, is a
striking example Of what a may
achieve by Delsarte exercise. III was a
stoop ghouldered, sunkon chested, sharp
voiced woalal until began traiGna IN
this way, she slys OF herself. 81 START
ed in with the regulation lOlessona, bat
improved sorapidly in health aud spirits
and became so firmly convinced Of the
systems value that / resolved to devote
my life to the work" Mrs. Bishop is by
nature y remarkably charming woman,
whatever education may have accom-
plisned for her AZ wen, and IS now a OF
the most successful apostles Of the mod
orn creod o. noalA aal DIa0ty.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

A small boy in Maine who brought
homo q mud turtle from a pond a quar-
ter Of a mile away noticed that when
ever set free the turtle set of in a bee
line direction toward the pond. The
boy tried 70 confuse the turtle In every
way he could devise, but the turtle was
too smart for him and always started of
IN the right direction AZ II he knew
where no was going and was bound to
get there In the quickest time possible.
And now the boy has puzzled the whole
township by demanding 70 know how
that turtle knew in what direction his
ancestral pond lRy.-New York Times.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

Miss Beulah True Of Hancock, Me-,
an accomplished artist, who furnished
the illustrations for a recently published
history Of Castine, has acted during the
summer as purser on n of the Maine
steamers, Of which her father is captain
Miss True Is quite young, being yet a
student in the normal school at Castiue,
but Is thoroughly %conversant with nau-
teal matters aud able, II necessity de
mands, TO take her place at the wheel.
This practical knowledge was gained by
going on long voyages with her father
Exchange.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31
PrnI.e Fnr American women.

The usual cry reaches US from across
tho other side Of the channel. English
women who can dress smartly enough
at home are wearing out their old
clothes, and, worse than that, allowing
themselves to look absolutely untidy at
continental watering places. At railroad
stations they appear gloveless, with hats
and wells awry, and their boots old and
dusty. Never doesi 1t 30 behoove a WON
an to look neat as when travelling, and
more particularly en- evidence. An Amer
lean can be spotted in q moment, wheth-
er ia a railway carriage or on board a
steamer. AS a rule, she eschews the
sailor hat when on voyage. Instead, she
wears a trim smart ''boat" shape Of
waterproof felt, with waterproof rib
bons, and bristling with wings stuck in
by q cunning hand. Her gauze veil IL
always fresh and immaculate, heI
gloves easy fitting, but well cut anC
newly bought. Her skirt never drag
giles. No buttons are off her boots
Would that English women would fol
low our American cousins example il
this.-LOndon Gentlewoman.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

Mr.. Jarrett's Experience rs n Forty-niner.
''The first time ! was in Portland"
said Theatrical Manager Henry @. Jar
rett. twas in 1910. / came around the
Horn from New York as s~upercargo of
three ships bound for San Francisco.
After we had discharged our cargoes !
had some little leisure ON my hands,
and l concluded to cone TO this country
and take a look at 1t. / took passage on
the Sea Gull, one of the very first
steamers that ever came up the Column
bia river. The blowing Of the whistle
caused considerable fright among the
Indians along the banks. / brought up
from San Francisco a hogshead of sugar
on speculation. When we landed in
Portland the hogshead fell overheard,
but was soon fshed out. The sugar was
about $50 pounds heavier after the acct
dent, but l sold it, water and all, for SO
cents a pound. The sugar cost me 10
a pound.
II bought a large lot Of potatoes here
by the bushel az a very low price, and
sold them in San Francisco at 81 pound.
l also took back with me four turkeys
and told a sailor if he would hitch them
up with strings and drive them through
the streets of San Francisco and sell
them he could have % per cent of the
proceedsl He sold the turkeys for $50
apiece 70 a couple of restaurant keepers,
who wanted the birds as an advertise
ment. This was just before Christmas,
l84o."-pOrtland Oregonian.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31
FOR LITTLE FOIlls.
roor chuarsn az rlsy.

Tho happiness Of childhood even under
NO most Encouraging circumstances
could scarcely be more emphaiically IL
Illustrated than Il is by the summer even
ing pastimcs Of the little people ia the
p0pulons districts Of the city.
Hard timee, with gaunt hunger AZ an
attendant. have fastened themselves
upon a large portion Of the tenement
house community, and yet. except in
certain Of the most densely crowded
streets Of the teelning east side, the chill
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

Buck Anthony, colored, of Early coun
ty, Ga, is said to be the best cantaloupe
raiser in the state. His methods are thus
described. "He fertilizes them with zoe
casins. adders, coachwhips and such
other snakes rs he a conveniently
catch in the spring, which imparts to
them the finest favor imaginable. He
also raises the most delicious rattlesnake
watermelOns."
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

Ayers SaraapArilla acts directly
and promptly, purifying and en-
riching the blood. improving the
appetite. strengthening the nerves,
and invigorshng the system. II Is,
therefore, ID the truest sense, an
Alternative medicine Every invalid
should give "a trail
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31
They Wore Not Voting.

Foreign Visitor-Ah, you have a beau
tiful country and a noble system Of gov
ernment-every man a freeman and all
equal What is that great crowd about
that hotelY Are they voting for and
against some new lawl
American Citizen N-o-ahom-a prin-
eessis stopping there.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

ANH"
The measure around the skull Of the
criminal, taken horizontally, Is always
less than that around the skull Of the
upright man, and his brain Is found to
DO lighter, his constitution feebler, too,
and his heart Is weak. But even among
culprits themselves there are great diff
ferences-thus the highway robber is
naturally found to be taller than the
pickpocket. and the bones of his skeleton
are stronger. lie and the murderer,
when they write at all, write a large
round hand with many hourishes. The
thief writes with effeminacy. q small
hand.
These people are apt TO give the stu
dent surprises. He finds, for instance,
that they are not habitually cruel. Wan
ton ~murderers will be kind to a pet.
Where they are cruel It is the women
who are most so, and who discover the
most shocking forms Of cruelty, and al
though a few have talent they are all
wanting in the ability to use their talent
70 advantage, but most of them have
great stupidity.
They are Eighty and faithless always,
clinging long to nothing. And with it
all they are extraordinarily superstitious.
The one satisfactory thing that comes
out Of all this investigation is the estab-
lishment Of the fact that education di-
minishes the tendency to crime, and that
as by slow degrees the day shall come
when a whole generation is educated
the children of that generation will be
born with less and less tendency to crime
or to crime made easy.-Harper's Bazaar.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31
danger In roasting Ons'. Fssl.

Don't put your feet 30 ear the FIRE.
grandpa" said q little boy who was
watching the old gent toast his toes.
You're alwsysgroanin about you're rns
and there's no KNOWN but they'll pop"
Exchange.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

~ fishes knew enough to live in the
ground instead Of water remarked
Frank, they could get all the worms
they wanted without hooks in them.
Harper's Young People.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

People with hair that is conlin
ually falling out, or those that are
bald, can stop the falling, and get
a good growth Of hair by using
Halls Lair Remover.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

''Pm almost afraid sometimes" said a
white haired woman at a club meeting
a long ago, when / see tho attention
given 70 athletics, the Delsarte system,
physical culture or whatever name under
which the enthusiasm exists that the
coming woman Is going to be a superb
animal-nothing more" Now York
Timea
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

1t is reasonable to suppose that
as Ayers Sarsaparilla benefited
others it will benefit you. No other
medicine is so effective in produc-
ing a radical change in the blood
and imparting renewed life and en-
ergy to the whole system, both ner-
vous and physical.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

The conditions are favorable for the
development of consumption only when
the system gets ''run down." then fol.
lows a cold, a catarrh, the bacilli Of
tuberculosis become lodged m the mu-
cous membrane. invade the tissues and
spread.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

The school board Of st. Paul has fixed
tbs scale Of wgges for the teachers Of
that city regardless Of aeE.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31
AyoFs 8araaparilla acts direct

Out Of Albany'a population Of 100000
over 1900 ars working women
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31

II al tho birds IN the great green wood
Should fy together about my feet
And sing the beat they ever could,
Wouldn't the music be loud and sweet
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-10-31
DEMING HOUSE.

Rooms neatly and comfortably furnish
ed. Terms reasonable by the day or
week.
Silver Avenue, ono block south OF the
depot. Mrs. MARY Il. COLLINS.
Proprietress, Demmg, N. M.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-25
ABOUT PEOPLE.
Daily Chronicle OF the MoVsmeni OF
individuals

Daily Chronicle of the Movement OF
individuals.
Charles Kelsing, Of Fortieth and JaGob
streets, isill.
Chas. Burrows, of Washington, Pa, iS g
Windsor guest.
William B. McMechen is at Denver o.. a
business trip.
Newton Riley, Of Georgetown, o., is Wis
iting South Side friends.
f. B. Rouse and H. c. Smith, Of Woods
field. o., are Behler guests.
Mrs. B. Bach, wife Of the blacksmith at
the city gas plant, is very i'll Of grippe.
? Miss Mallie Fawcett and sister, interest
ing young ladies. are guests OF friends In
the city.
Edward Pratt, a well known young man
of Fifteenth street is very ILL., II is thought
he cannot recover.
Mrs. G. D. Davidson. of Rochester, ~.
Y, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. NJ. ".
Richards, on Chapline street.
Mrs. DR.. J. H. Pipes and Master S@.r-
geant Nixon left y esterday for visit TO
Beaver county, Pennsylvania
Miss Geneva Seybold. daughter Of Jo-
seph SeyOold, OF South water street, IS
dangerously i'll Of diphtheria- It's thought
she cannot recover.
McLURE: c. L. Williams, Psrkersburg:
C. A. Scraford, Fairview; j. Davis, Gloy-
er's Gap; j. B. Waikinshaw. NJ D., Wells
burg; +. A. Sapp and J. A Clark, Fair
view.
BEBLER-W. c. Fleming and VIM. Laf-
ferty, RiggsyiIle; Charles Dolsn and wife:
Mannington: E L. Martin, Metz, and
John Stealey and Charles Hendrich, Sis
tersville.
WIxpsoR: John H. Howard and Andrew
f. Hayes. Royal; John 9. Hopsenstall,
Stune Clin: H. L. Scafford, Morgantown;
William Edwards Warrington and George
Little, MorgantOwn.
Srkuu-Harry Caldwell and wife and
r. Renter. Parkersburg: J. r Koen, Man
nington; G. E. Bartlett and j. T. Short
gen , Morrautown: C. A. WEitsall. Sisters
vile. and Wm. /. Opg, Wellsonrg.