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Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
rho yYnnhorfu1 starasl,.

There are scores upon scores of differ ent forms of marine animal life that come within the category assigned to "starfishes," but the most singular spec imen in the whole group is the splendid astrophyton-the "sea basket" of tho sailors. It is truly wonderful speci- men of marine life, having hundreds of long and short, straight, twisted and curled tentacles, and but for the geomet- ric precision of the plan upon which the starlike ''body" is fashioned might be mistaken for miniature, circular speci- men of the devilfsh. The center of the creature, the hub" from which the five stout arms radiate, is the body, head and thinking machine" of our curious as trophyton.
 The whole, not including the laby. rinthine tentacles, which branch to all the points and intermediate points of the compass, looks for all the world like an animated Fourth of July firewheel. The five main arms are divided into three each within q short space from the astro's body, and these three are almost imme- diately subdivided into innumerable oth. CT arms and tentacles, the whole form ing 8 net, by means of which it captures it's prey and holds it's victims until the life has been sucked out of them. St. Louis Republic.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
such a rhlne a. roo Much plgnity.

It is all very well for travelng man to be on his dignity, but il he overdoes it he is apt to encounter the fall before which, we are told, pride goeth. When I first went on tho road, had n mortal objection to the word drummer" and resented the term whenever applied to mo. Onmy second journey called upon an old fashioned merchant in a Texas town whose name was on our books and to whom my predecessor had always sold large bills. introduced myself with q good deal of dignity and handed himm my card.
 "Oh, you're ---'s new drummer" re. marked the old gentleman in some what patronizing tone. was nettled considerably, and correcting him said:
 "No, am their travelling man. am not drummer.
 The merchant was quite as good at repartee as was, and looking at mo half in pity and half in contempt he said with a sheer. which he made no at tempt to disguise:
 "Oh, that's so, is it2 We'll l was look ing out for ---'s drummer, but if you ain't he Two nothing for you"
 No amount Of persuasion or apologiz- ing had any effect op the old gentleman, to whom the representative of rival house sold first class bill the same aft ernoon. The lesson was not thrown away on me. and now man can call me Hottentot, provided he accompa- nies the salutation with good order,- Cor. St. Louis Globe Democrat.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
Three Great Nnrlrntors.

To review the work of Columbus without referring to that of Yespucius and Magellan would leave the story of new sea and world discovery discon- nected and incomplete. This y,nl be patent when it is remembered that, though believer in the rotundity of tho earth, 1t was not Columbus but Magel- Ian who first physically demonstrated that fact by circumnavigation. And Ma gellan might have failed but for the pre- vious work of Vespucius. The latter had explored the Atlantic coast of South America farther south than any of his predecessors, and the south Atlantic ocean eastward to the islands of South Georgia, nearly to the parallel of Cape Horn.
 By this journey Nespucius demonstrat- ed with a considerable degree of cer- tainty that the strait, which had for some years been looked for, leading to the elusive unknown sea that bounded the eastern coast of Asia, was not to be found through the new lands of the west north of 54 degrees south, at all events, The mouth of the Amazon, the bays of Rio Janeiro and of the La Plata had been explored and were found to contain fresh water. so that through none ef these could an entrance to the unknown sen on the farther west be found.- Thomas Magee ill Californian.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
Tho Hummlng of Telegraph wires,

You have all heard the humming and singing of telegraph and telephone wires as you passed thepoles along the streets. No doubt you have concluded that it is caused by the action of the wind on the wires and given 1t no further thought But it is not true that the singing is caused by the wind. and if you at all observing you will notice that often the humming sound is to be heard cold win ter mornings when the smoke from chim- neys goes straight up until 1t is lost in the clouds, and when the frost on the wires Is as fuzzy and thick as a roll Of chenille fringe.
 The wind has nothing to do with the sound, and according to an Austrian scientist the vibrations are due to the changes of atmospheric temperature and especially through the action of cold, as lowering of temperature in duces shortening of the wires extend ing over the whole of tho conductor A considerable amount of friction is pro duced on the supporting bells, thus in- ducing sounds both in the wires and the poles.
 When this humming has been going on, birds have mistaken the sound for in- sects inside the poles and have been seen to peck with their bills on the out side as they do upon the apple and other trees.-Boston Journal of Commerce.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
Afraid Of New Fnces.

Ut is laughable," said Clerk Burney at the Arlington last night, ito observe what consternation strange face will crsate m a crowd of public men nova days.
 You will see several of the latter talking and joking, when suddenly some one not known to them will approach. 4 startled look flashes over their faces, and the newcomer receives q cold recep- tion unless he happens to be newspaper man or political power.
 "What is the cause? Why, office seek ing. Every senator and representative in the city is approached 90 times a day by some man wanting his application in- dorsed, and the senators usually are pre- sented witha letter O. introduction, mak. ing escape impossible. They must in dorse or make an enemy, and if they in- dorse the application it means so much of their patronage gone from their friends. No wonder they look frightened at the sight of Q strange faco approach ing. ."-Washington News.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
A Menlthv Yarrnnt.

A ragged and dirty vagrant who gave the name of John Walsh, A Heyward street, Brooklyn, was arrested the other day by Policeman McGowan at the cor ner of Fulton and Cumberland streets in that city. He was charged with lsung- ing and vagrancy.
 When the. sergeant took stock of the contents of tho mans pockets, he nearly Tainted with astonishment. First roll of biils amounting to SO was found, then an Emigrant Savings bank book showing deposits of S2,20O turned up, and lagtly the officer took from an inside pocket a book issued by the Prevalent Savings bank of Jersey City, which gave John Walsh credit for having 1000 in the bank Keeping Then the man him. self produced from another pocket a certificate of deposit in an English bank which added &, 900 to his assets.
 Ip the Butler street court the wealthy vagrant was fined g. which he paid with some reluctance from the roll of bills found upon him. n.-New York Adyer- Eaas
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
nntie. nl llnme Ner1on,ed.

Rev. Mir. A, in Felin's Grove, Pa, had just commenced his sermon one Sunday morning when boy some 8 or 0 years of age got up, and walking straight up to the minister asked in a voice loud enough to be heard by the congregation: May go homer forgot to feed the pigs" Consent was given, but the effect upon the minister as well as upon the congregation was far from serious. Chicago Herald
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
rhnrnctcr In Nlcinnmc..

When Austria was only a dulzedon, thHe were three rulers who won for .hHsciyes the respective titles, Cath oiic." Glorious" and ''Warlike.' The first was perhaps a religious man, hke Ferdinand the Catholic of Spain The second may have been like Lorenzo the Magnificent, and the third a great war rior. And 50 from these titles oI nick names we have likewise some idea of the copditions of the people whilo these dukes ruled.
 Franco hes he'd most wonderful as sortment Of kings. One was the Little and another the Bold One was the Stammer- CT, another Simple. while a third and fourth were Indolent and Fair. These names are descriptive of the kings them- selves, but it is hardly to besupposed that a king who was indolent or simple did much to further the interests of his sub jects. But when we find Robert II called the Sage we realize that he ruled wisely, and that the people were better off forit. Chicago Tribune
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
uawk Nose, a ycry old Feature.

It is a mistake to suppose that tho hawk nose is confined to Hebrew own CTS, though the persistence of the qual. tiles which it indicates makes it most frequent in the race which it principally adorns A pictorial addition to the his tory of these noses was recently discov- cred in a graphic caricature drawn by the clerk of the court on the edge of a fifteenth century record of plaintiff whose nationality the least expert mas ologists" would have at once detected, without the legend <$Aaron filius dia. boil" which the artist had been at pains to inscribe beneath 1t. But the hawk nose" is at least equally the possession of the Syrian and the Syrian Arab, as it was of the Phenician of uldall shrewd money getting races.
 Vespasian possessed it in perfection and though it is news to us that when young he retrieved his ruined fortune by horse dealing, science always uo- torious for its interruptions dealing and sharp, dishonest practice" he was de scended from a thoroughly business par snt and bequeathed his carefulness in money matters to his son Titus, Lon don Spectator
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
rhe nor.e 1snew yYhat was Neeasa.

A remarkable exhibition ofinstinctwas exhibited by horse at oil City one day last week. Sunday night tho horse was brought into the stable lame, and the stablemen thought it was from a sprain. They were rubbing the leg with liniment Monday morning, when the horse broke away from them and ran in to blacksmith's shop in the neighbor- hood. Here he wheeled up to the horse shoer and lifted up his lame leg. The oman examined the leg and foot and that an improperly driyennail had penetrated into the quick of the foot. The shoe was reset, and the horse returned to the barn. Chicago Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
The "nnsln,' of an Apple.

Ono end of the apple bears the name of "basin" and contains the remnants of the blossom-sometimes called the eye of the fruit This part of the apple is deep in somevarieties and shallow and open in others. This is the weakest point in the whole apple as concerns the ques- ton of the keeping quality of the fruit If the basin is shallow and the canal to tho core firmly closed, there is much less likelihood of the fruit decaying than when it Is deep, and the evident opening connects the center of the fruit with tho surface.-Professor B. D. Halsted in Popular Science Monthly.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
Family Expenses.


 A few days since tho wifo of q wealthy man went into grocery storo where most of the provisions for the house were bought. She went in considerable haste to the proprietoi and asked him to loan her a dollar. Her husband, she said, had gone down town and forgotten to leave her any change and she must have little immediately, She took the bill rolled it up and put 1t into her glove, then in an undettone said; "Pleaso charge that as sugar, My husband might not like it if borrowed money.p The man said "CertainlyT and tho woman went ont A customer who was standing at little distance but who was concealed from the lady by pile of tea chests smiled to himself and then smiled at the grocer who came back to finish filling his order
 Although the grocer said nothing, it was q we'll understood fact to the GUS toner, as it is to many other people in large cities, that this is not an unconl- mon practice. Men who are liberal with the families, as far as food and clothes go, rarely give them a cent for their own use. They will pay any req sonable bill and many unreasonable ones, but they pay them in checks and overlook the bills themselves, then they fancy they know what becomes of the money. Such conduct is unwise. If there is anything in tho world that has a tendency to drive a woman to under hand practices 1t is such lack of conf dence on the part of her husband or father.
 A wise way is to make a regular d. lo~ance for each member of the family. New York Ledger
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
A GlcantIc Tombstone.

One of the largest tombstones in the world is to be found over the grave of a Georgia hermit named Scarlett, who be- fore he died selected monstrous gran ite powder, 100 by 2j0 feet, and directed that he be buried under it. A small cave was excavated beneath this 1ninia- turo mountain, Scarlett directing the work. It remained thus for some years, and when he died he was entombed there, and the boWlder remains as his headstone. New York Recorder.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
fnl1-t. rl bod msn,lcn of nlooa.

The district court is somewhat unde- cided as to what is the best course to pursue in tho case of the State versus Edward Porter, charged with carving another colored man named Clark with knife. The trouble arises over the fact thGt Juror Oswald is taken with fit every time blood is mentioned, and the case has to rest until he recoyers. The very mention of wound or the showing of a knife sends him into fit of shivers, and the attorneys are struggling along in an effort toconduct the case without the use of gory details. That is prac- HcaIly impossible. The court cannot re- lease the jury and try the case again un- der the rule that q man once in jeopardy is always in jeopardy and cannot be tried twice, except in case of q disagreement. The case is Q peculiar one.--Miuneapolis Cor. Chicago Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
More Interesting Than Cha Fair.

It is reported that Count Tolstci, the Russian novelist, will visit the Worlds fair If he comes, the greatest show on earth will present no object more inter esting than the man who has voluntarily put luxury and ease behind him to bring himself in touch with the common peo- pie and carry out the humanitarian idea laid down in the Christian system by the great exemplar. Kansas City Star.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
s,aitoheh onbv A nnrrn.

A peculiar accident happened the other day on the Bakersfield and San Miguel railroad at Asphalto The train was made up and ready to start for Bakers field. when young bprro was seen rub bing himself on the switch When the train started, the shriel of the loeorlo- tive whistle frightened him. and he jumped with such force against thc switch as to throw it open just as the train arrived As a result the locomo- tive and four of the cars were ditched.-- Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
nIr. Astor,e Absenteeism.

Mr. Astor seems quite to be bequalifying as an Englishman Within the last few months he has acquired an English news paper, a fine London mansion and a Thames country seat. It may be won dered how the Americans like all this. Talk of Irish absenteeism But what of
 the American millionaires who draw their house rents in New Yo@. and spend their money in England? St. James Ga
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
New York Women Who Love Jewels.

Mrs. Grosyenor Lowery has passion for the Spanish topaz, while Mrs. George Kidd is equally fond of yellow anne thysts. Mme Roda, formerly the well known Mime. Barrios, has collar of pearls and diamonds which is unique in its way. She has also stomacher of opals and diamonds. New York Re- coraer
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
Cianl < on IlaireattIns

The crank oa the suhlect of haircut, ting-you've all ict lia. Inc worst form of haircutting crankisll is proba- ply the man with poctical fancy, who tries to stick barber by asiiag 10 get his hair cut in some uuheard of fashion. l had man come in 0nco and ask for an fins 'oot;' sometimes it's 8 landscape garden It was only last week that a big, long legged youngster camo in and asked me to cut his hair ca.tail stylo.- National Barbcr
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16
4 prosrest ef :. Lively Time.

"Wnl you apologize for blowing omoies in that ladys face|
 "APologizo nawthin
 'Yery well, l intend to thrash yon, end before do l think it only fair to tell you that ] ain naujau, the heavy weighs rusher o3 Harvard
 "Thet's alI fight, young feller. Pm Liver Gilligani thb balidaleweight cham pion of Hoboken '-- Harpcrs. s.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16

The largest Gothic church in the world is Cologne cathedral. It's foundation stones were laid in 124S, and the edifice was comnleted in 1880.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16

All the actions and attitudes or enlI- dren are graceful because they are the offspring of the moment, without afec- tation and free from all pretense.- Flu
Arizona silver belt., 1893-09-16

htout 70 years ago tnolu Was q severe epidemic of smallpox in England and America. In recent months the disease has been causing alarm in many parts Of England and Scotland.
The morning call., 1893-11-17
MUST PAY TWICE.
How the Hibernia Bank
Was Swindled.
Hugh O'FIaflerty's Deposit With
drawn After Death by Some One
Who Personated Him.

Superior Judge Seawell gave Judgment
yesterday for $3.50 81 against the Hibernia
Bank in the suit of John a. Sullivan.
The circumstances of the case were
somewhat PECULIAR. 1t appears that in
July. 1885. one Hugh OFlaherty. la
borer, opened An account with the Hiber-
MIA Bank and kept adding to his deposit at
odd times until, when he died on October
5, 1889. there was the comfortable little
nest egg of Sl283 Is standing opposite his
name in the books. linn ediately upon
hearing of Hugh O'Flaherty's death his
brother James came 10 San Francisco
from he East and engaged the legal firm
of Sullivan q Sullivan to investigate h is
brothers affairs. The account al the H.
bernia Bank was discovered, and James
OFlaherty claimed the whole of it as his
own. However, his request was not sue
cessful, as it was shown that there were
other relatives to share in the estate.
Shortly after that James O'Flaherty dis
appeared.
Sullivan & Sullivan waited for some
time for news of James O'Flaherty, and at
length, having heard nothing, proceeded
to. investigate the estate of Hugh
O'Flaherty for themselves. They had
John A. Sullivan appointed administrator
OF the estate and guardian of the minor
of Hugh, in San Jose. In the performance
of his duties the administrator presented
himself at the Hibernia Bank and ex-
pressed his desire to withdraw the de-
posit. which by this time had Increased
some what.
But, to SuIlivan's surprise, the bank
protested that the money had already been
paid out. Further inquiries elected the
fact that on October 90. 1889, man en-
tered the bank premises representing him.
self to be Hugh O'Flaherty, and producing
Hugh O'Flaberty's pass-book. demanded
his deposit in full. His demand was ac-
ceded to, and the maI signed hugh
OFlaherty's name in receipt. He then
went away. The bank officials said they
are not to blame. although it was shown
that Hugh OFlaherty had been dead three
weeks when the occurrence took place.
The bank refused TO pay the money over
again. Sullivan brought suit, and it was
yesterday decided in his favor. BY this
time the original deposit has grown tC
S1510 81. for which judgment was given.
1t is now BELIEVED beyond doubt that
the man who withdrew Hugh O'Flaherty's
deposit from the bank was none other than
the James O'Flsherty who disappeared
especially as it has been discovered thai
the authorities at ST. Mary's Hospital
where Hugh O'Flaherty died, delivered
the dead mans pass-book into James
O'Flaherty's hands.
The morning call., 1893-11-17
Bauer Symphony Concert.

Adolph Bauer will give the fourth of
his winter series of symphony concerts at
the TivoIi this afternoon. l.. Crepaux, a
basso from the Paris Grand Opera-house,
will sing for the first time here, and as q
token of respect to the memory of
schakowsky. the eminent com poser who
died last week, his remarkable fifth SYM
phony will be played. The programme is
as follows:
"The Erinnyes" tMasseuet), prelude, re-
ligious scene, entr'act, advertisement (violon.
cello solo by L. HeiDe); vocal solo, "CenteD-
aire" (Marty), l., Crepaux; Turkish march
from the "Rnins OF Athens" fBeethoven); vio-
lonceIlo solo, "Kol Nidrei' (Brucn), Louis
Heine (by reqnesD; symphony No. 5, op. GA
(Tscbaikowsky) Qn memoriam), born 1870.
died November 5, 1893-Andante, Allegro con
anima; AndaDte cantabIle. con alcuna licenZa:
yaIse (Alegro moderately; finale, andante macs
toso, Allegro vivace (by requesD.
The morning call., 1893-11-17
Fairbanks Memory.

William ii. Fairbanks, who disappeared
three weeks ago. leaving a wife of two
days distracted. has returned and asserts
that his memory is perfect blank regard
ing the occurrences of the past sixteen
months, including, of course, his marriage.
He disappeared October IL. and on October
2S was recognized in Oakland by Rev. Mr.
Monro. pastor OF the Presbyterian Church
at Point Arena. where Fairbanks, after a
life OF travelling, settled down as a photog-
rapher. Fairbanks tale is Ia the effect
that he recovered himself and found he
had los: his memory IN Shreveport. La.
whittier he had wandered unconsciously
from this city. He is said to be prepared
to admit the fact of his marriage and 10 be
now on the way to Point Arena, where bis
wife and mother reside
The morning call., 1893-11-17

ent board will press the work with vigor. realiz-
ing that we have whole State to organize. and
but few months in which TO doit.
This enterprise. Ike every other business,
must have money Without money we could
do nothing of value. tn capital stock has
been placed at 100000. OF which only so
much will be sold as there shall be oenniIe use
for in such a way as TO earn in'eresr upon
itself. Upon the stock sod interest at 6 per
cent is guaranteed. Societies formed on this
plan all pay their interest promptly, and there
is no doubt that his convention will do the
same.
The shares are placed at s5 each, so per cent
payable upon subscription and the remainder
upon call of the directors. Full payment VIII
be necessary by June l next. No stock viii be
issued except TO ffuil-growers, and the limit 10
be issued TO any one grower Is 100 shares al 50
each.
The first thing required is 10 raise the neces-
sary capital The management viii endeavor
10 make II safe dividend paying Investment
We desire to raise The FIRST half OF 1t by sub
scription OF 100 fruit-growers taking twenty
shares each. We desire this TO be done during
the term OF Office Of the present directors We
therefore ask growers willing 10 De one OF 1Oo
TO Ia twenty shares each 10 send In their
names without further solicitation, with check
for half the amount, for which receip VIII be
given and The STOCK issued upon full payment.
1t H. estimated that the Work OF the Santa
Clara County Exchange has saved the growers
of the county during the:preseut season half
million dollars by its influence on the market,
preventing panic among growers and unneces-
sary sacrifice of fruit ana IT. the entire capital
contributed by its stockholders had been sunk
in would have been good investment for
each one OF them. As matter OF fact. how
ever, Tbs ir capital Is intact all invested In prop
efty worth more than 1t cost and will pay its in
terest regularly.
any owner lof twenty-five acres OF bearing
orchard can contribute 500 each year to a SIM
liar organization, extending its operations over
the entire state. and make money easy II he
never sees interest or principal again, but the
directors OF the California Exchange promise
.nfnnlnf administration mnnAv a6S0-
luIely needed for use, Tut II shall be so used as
TO earn interest, and not be wasted.
We hope 10 receive subscriptions promptly,
in order that effort needed for other important
work OF organization need not be. diverted 10
securing the small amount OF cash capital
needed, but which. however, must be bad.