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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
sir MoHARD owews oAosr eroaY.
It Was Fearfully Real to the Man Who Saw
the Severed Head Rolling In.


It Was Fearfully Real TO the Man Who Saw
the Severed uoad Rolling In.
The late Sir Richard Owen used to TO
late a remarkable ghost story. In his
early days, when he held tho post Of sur
geon to the prison at Lancaster, a negro
died in jail, and postmortem as well as
an inquest was necessary. Aftor the iu-
quest the young surgeon saw the body
put In the coffin and the lid screwed
down, TO be ready for the funeral nexs
day. Owen had at the time been already
atNacted to the study of comparative
anatomy, and negroes heads were noa
plentiful, so he made up his mind thar
this one should not be lost to the cause
of science. In the evening he returned
to the prison with a black bag contain.
ing brick-from his official position h5
had no difficulty in getting admittanco
to the mortuary, where the coffin lid wal
unscrewed and screwed down again
During this process the brick and the
negro's head changed places.
The ground outside the principal en-.
trance to the Jail has n considerable de.
scent, and the time being winter, with
snow and frost, Owen had scarcely passed
out when he slipped and fell all his length
the bag went from his hand, and tho
head tumbled out and rolled down the
paved way. He got up. caught the bag,
and following the head clutched it just
as it finished its career in small shop
where tobacco was sold. Pushing it into
the bag again. he vanished out Of tho
shop with all the speed he was capable Of,
Next morning, when Owen was going
to his usual duties at the prison, he was
called in by the woman at the shop where
the accident had occurred on the previous
evening. She wished him to see her hus-
band, who was very i'll. He had had, she
said, fright the night before that caused
him to look wild and dazedbke. Thsman,
it turned out, was a retired sea captain
who had been in many adventures among
the West India islands when many deeds
were done that did not at that time re-
quire to be accounted for. Among these
had been the killing of a negro in which
he had hand, and the transaction had
left q touch of trouble ON his conscience.
After giving these details the old captain
told Of the horrible event that took place
the night before.
He was sitting in his shop. All was
quiet, and it so CHANGED that he had been
thinking of the negro, when suddenly no
saw his very head roll into the shop IN
front Of the counter, and it was followed
by the devil all in black, with a black bag
in his hand. The devil snatched up tho
head, and both disappeared through tho
earth like a fash of lightning. The de-
scription was perhaps not quite compli.
mentary to the young anatomist but it
was satisfactory so far thatit showed that
his identity had not been recognized
| London News.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
~. CnInr I'D ihn wnIntnnnt-

Life learns from private sources that
when gentleman goes to an entertain
meRt to which he has received an en-
graved invitation he should weara white
waistcoat. If the invitation is written,
he simply wears the usual black waist
coat. II is perhaps unnecessary to in.
form our readers that the man who ig-
nores this rule is no gentleman. Still
we hardly like to advise hostess to
eject from her house every man whose
waistcoat is not ia perfect harmony with
his invitation.
1t is not to DO expected, however, that
his welcome win be as warm as if his
waistcoat were what it ought 10 be
Should he be, for instance. a distin-
guished author, high church dignitary
or an eminent scientist, the hostess might
allow him to sit In the kitchen rather
than have him elected from the prem
ises. Life.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
The Advancement of Lenres.

The general arrangement Of the leaves
on limbs and stalks Of trees and plants
secures between each sufficient space to
prevent one leaf from interfering with
another. And not only are leaves so ar
ranged as to exist Independently of each
other, but In general way they have
taken upon themselves the forms best
adapted to secure the maximum of sum
light as it is showered upon them in diff
ferent ATTITUDES. At the equator, where
the suns rays are vertical, we find large
fiat leaves, like those of the banana,
plantain and the various species Of the
cactus.
Farther north, where sunlight strikes
at an angle, small leaves and pine
needles" are found. Then, again, note
the peculiarity of the Australian gum
tree-instead of exposing their broad
faces to the sun the edges only are so
turned. Were It otherwise the sun
would rob them of all their moisture, it
being we'll known fact that the gum
tree grows in the driest region on earth.
st. Louis Republic.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
No More CobbIers.

There is no sense in calling shoe
maker Of modern times a cobbler. The
nearest thing to a cobbler today is the
custom made man who confines his at
tention exclusively to that ono branch.
Machinery for making shoes in great
quantities and in sections is Of compare
lively recent date, and prior to its adop-
ton the shoemaker, or cobbler, did the
entire business, from taking the measure
TO collecting the money, In small towns
and villages he literally performed the
entire process himself, having insufficient
trade to justify the employment Of an
assistant, and in larger cities he superin-
tended the work from beginning to end
himself. The labor saving wonders Of
the times have practically swept this
man out Of the field, and there are very
few members Of the trade who are really
cobblers.-st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
Electric Heating.

Electricity generated for heating or
for any other purpose must DO produced
at tho cost Of the expenditure Of some
other form of energy, such as the burn
ing of coal or the force Of falling water
As the latter form of power is hardly
available for use in New York, Il fol
lows that If electric heating is to become
a commercial phase of life In that city
current will be supplied to consumers
from central stations in which coal is
burned under the boilers, precisely simi-
lar to existing plants for the supply of
light and power. The conversion and
transmission of heat by this process is
not economical, and current from coal
burning stations in sufficient quantities
for heating could only be used by the
wealthy, to whom its convenience and
cleanliness would commend itself
1t is apparent, however, that the "coal
barons" would have nearly as much to
say about the supply of fuel to such sta
tions as to individual consumers at pres
ent, although it is probable that the
mere cost of coal and labor would be
proportionately reduced by the use Of
cheaper grades of fuel and by central
ization Doubtless electric heating has
a great future, but at present it seems
to be principally available in localities
where water power can be utilized in
the prime movers.-Chicago Western
Electrician.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
Theodore Hooks INDECENT Daughter.

"By a curious coincidence" says an
English journal, attention has been
called to the existence, in very poor cir
cumstances, of an aged daughter Of
Theodore Hook, just at time whom a
proposal is On foot to commemorate tho
brilliant humorist by a stained glass
window in the porch Of Fulham church,
in the pretty Gods acre Of which hd
lies buried. Hooks only surviving child
has, alasl fallen on evil days, and at up.
ward Of 20 years Of age finds herself IN
sOrely Strengthened circumstances.
"It is not, happily, our custom TO allow
the children OK those who have won
fame TO suffer unaided the penalties %
unavoidable misfortune, and il may be
taken for granted that the same spirit Of
respect for a distinguished namo which
has led TO the collection Of funds for tho
memorial window and for the restora-
ton Of the famous writer's tomb viii
secure material help TO his daughter in
her poverty and old age so far os The
odore Hook himself is concerned, wa
may be quite sure that no pOsthumous
honor that could be offered 10 him would
compare-could he but know Of it-with
the timely aid which Is asked for his in
digent aud almost friendless daughter.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

"You have been walking about this
great city for six weeks and haven't
found work. said the kind woman feel
ingly.
"Yes'm," replied the seedy man in the
kitchen, his mouth closing over a wedge
of pie. "That's right"
"You are willing to work, dare sayY'
"Willin, mum? I'd work my laigs of
Of / could git chance. Jest a leetla
more cream in the cavity. ThanlKy."
"And you would do any kind of hon
orable work, presumed"
"Yes'm, anything that's in my line.
I b'lieve in every man stickin to his pro
fession."
"May ask what your profession is?"
"pm a inventor, num-"
"An INVENTOR"
''Yesm," j" said the seedy man, reach.
ing for a doughnut, Inventor Of a new
process for curin sunstrokes. Chicago
Tribune,
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

A Scotch laborer was dying. He had
four little children. After lying silent
for awhile he said he would like to see
them, and the poor wife brought them
to the bedside. All he did was to take
each of the three elder children by the
hand and to say, "Gude day"
Then he said to the youngest, wee
thing years old, "Will we gle me a
bit kiss?"
Tho mother, lifting up the wondering,
child, said, "Say ta-ta to your father"
"Ta-ta," said the little boy in a loud,
cheerful voice, and then ran out Of
the cottage to play. The poor father
closed his eyes; the tears ran down his
cheeks, but he said no more. The abun-
dance of his heart choked his utterance.
He was weary, too, and so guide day
was his only word Of parting. .-"Twen-
ty-fYe Years of st. Andrews"
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

A business man in this city who is up
TO his ears ia tho work necessary 70
gather capital to float an enterprise, and
at the same time to keep information Of
the nature of it away from busy rivals,
found time last week to say: "Did you
ever think that patent does not patent
in this country? Well, it's a fact All
that the patent Office does is to give you
q paper with some writing on it, but il
another man steals your idea and goes
to manufacturing your invention thd
patent Office viii not lift a finger to pro.
tect you or to stand 1 its own decision.
The fact that you've got patent is a
point in your favor, but you've got to
hire lawyers and fight the thief in the
courts, and If he can stand it to hire
lawyers longer than you can that settles
you. and you might as well make him a
present of your invention. There are lots
Of men in the country who are getting
rich on the discoveries Of other people.
All they had to do was to take em and
fight the real discoverers into poverty.
The patent Office, to be respected and to
be of any use, ought to have the power
to cause the stealer of patent to be sent
to prison. New York Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
Tho RatemnsInr Power.

This is what Aldace r. Walker, chair
man of the joint committee of the Trunk
Line and Central Traffic associations
Gays about railroad rates in The Railway
Age and Northwestern Railroader; 1.-THE
fact is-and it is so often overlooked that
it must be stated strongly-the ratemak-
ing power of railway company is its
highest corporate function. 1t is char
ter power. rs control rests ultimately
In tho state In acts of incorporation
this power is universally conferred upon
the boards of directors-the highest seat
of corporate authority. It should have
been treated with seriousness and as rep
resenting tho most important duty of the
several boards. But instead of this our
country has been treated to q carnival Of
rates-rates-rates Hundreds Of thou
sands of tariffs have been filed in Wash
ington during the last five years The
directors Of every corporation have prac-
tically abdicated this most important
duty and have left it in the hands of sub
ordinates, who have patiently developed
a most ingenious confusion through
which they alone are competent to pick
their way"
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

In the vicinity of Chestertown there is
a picturesque lake which, because of the
fact that it has never been known 10 be
rufied or disturbed by the most violent
storms, is C. He'd Still pond. This pond
has never been known TO have even a
skim Of ice ON itf surface, and during
the recent intense cold weather was not
frozen. but was a favorite resort for
waterfowl. Cor. Baltimore Sun
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

One speaker, referring to the prevalent
ignorance about common things, said
that he once saw a laborer digging fints
in the chalk and asked him if he thought
they grew.
mo" was the reply. 81 don't think
about it; knows they do"
"Then place a flint on your chimney
piece and see how much it grows in a
twelvemonth."
Gan right, sir, and do you do the same
with a tater and see how much that
grows. ."-Youth's Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

In Scotland once a drunken man met q
clergyman chasing his runaway dog on
Sunday. 'Tammas, said the breathiess
clergyman, ~ am sorry to see you ia this
condition. But whistle for my dog He
Is running away" Tanmas regarded tho
speaker with gravity and said; "Whustlei
may drink whisky, but III no whustle
for ony dog on the Lords day."-Phila-
deiphia Record.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

AT une 4. n. n. works Ia West Lynn a
few days ago locomotive was coupled
to a mammoth electric motor, and
power was applied to them in opposite
directions. Neither one gained pafti.
Gle for quite awhile, but finally with the
aid Of sand thrown on the track the 10
comotive came Off victorious. Boston
Record.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
About Talking Cattle.

You know the superstition which
claims that cattle have the gift of speech
at midnight Christmas eve. A Schles-
wig story warns us to take such asser-
tions by faith rather than crave for
knowledge by sight. An unbeheving
farmer once hid himself in his barn and
heard one of his horses say to the other,
'Dit Jaer waet wy noch unser Buer los
eve shall be rid of our master this year,.
The prophecy so frightened theman That
he fell i'll and died, and the soothsaying
horse drew him to his graye.-Harpers
Bazaar.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
The Linen Month.

January is known in Chicago as the
linen month. A newspaper Of that city
states that this is because the housewife
then does most Of her purchases for the
year, and not, as has been alleged, be-
cause the annual washing takes place in
that NOTWITHSTANDING.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

A company has been organized at San
Antonio, Tex, TO utilize the mesquite
bean. The chief object is to prepare the
bean so that a beverage resembling
coffee can be made from its decoction or
infusion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
The sAlpMAN's TALE.

Listen, my masters. ] speak naught but truth.
From dawn TO dawn they drifted on and on,
Not knowing whittier or 10 what dark end.
Now tho north froze them, now the hot south
scOrched
Some called to God and found great tcomfort 10;
Some gnashed their teeth with curses, and sono
laughed
An empty laughter seeing that they lived,
80 sweet was breath between their foolish lips.
Day after day the same relentless sun;
Night after night tho same Implying stars.
AZ intervals fierce lightnings tore the clouds,
Showing vast, hollow spaces, and the sleet
Kissed, and the torrents Of the sky were loosed.
From time TO time hand relaxed its grip,
And some pale wretch slid down into the dark
With stifed moan, and transient horror seized
The rest who waited, knowing what must be-
At every turn strange shapes reached up and
clutched
The whirling wreck, held on awhile, and then
Slipt back again into that blackness whence
they came.
All, haploss folk, 20 be so tost and torn,
So raoked by hunger, fever, fire and wave,
And swept at last into tho namcless void
Frail girls, strong men and mothers with thelf
babesl
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

The temple af the Sun, at Palmyra,
covered a sGgare Of % yards on each
side. II was approached by magnif-
cent avenue over half a mile long, in
closed BY rows Of columns and statues.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

The ordinary folding fan is said TO
have been invented in Japan, in the sew
enth century, by a native artist, who
derived the idea from the way In which
the bat closes its wings.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

Boston has established a cooperative
home for young women students There
are Accommodations for 100, and the prices
of board range from $3.50 10 $3.50 per
week.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

All persons whose occupations are
sedentary should make it a matter Of
duty to counteract the unwholesome
tendency Of their daily employment by
some form Of exercise.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

A pistol ban was recently removed
from the right thigh of a man which had
been there since 1894 The ball, Il Is
said, had gravitated about a foot and a
half through the foshin the last 30 years
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

English gunpowder is composed OF
seventy-five parts Of saltpeter ten Of sui.
phur and fifteen Of carbon. Proportions
are often slightly varied.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

The consul Of the Argentine Republic
at Bangor, Me-, was called upon recent
ly for the first time In 90 years to afix
his seal and signature to a document.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

We love only partially till we knew
thoroughly. Grant that a closer ac-
quaintance reveals weaknessi Il win
also disclose strength.--Bouoo.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15

General William T. Sherman was IA
riIiarly called Uncle Billy" by his
soldiers. and also "Old Tecumseh."
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-15
And were none saveda
My masters. not a soull

Oh, shipman, woeful, wOeful Is thy talel
Our hearts are heavy, and our eyes are dimmed
What ship Is this that suffered such M fate7
What ship, my masters9 Know ye noti-thc
World.
-Thomna Bailey Aldrich I'm Harnor,a
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-13
INvES TMENTS.
4 %
or -
We offer the following desirable in
vestmelits:

vestmeiits:
Maine Central 4 per cent Console
dated Mortgage Bonds, due 1912.
Maine Central 1-2 per cent I'm
prOyement Bonds due 1915.
Knox and Lincoln Railway per
cent Improvement Bonds due 1871,
guaranteed principal and interest by
the Maine Central).
Rumford Falls Railway per cent
First Mortgage Extension Bonds due
1912.
Rockland, Thomaston & Camden
Street Railway per cent first Mo t.
gage Bonds due 1922.
Mousam River Railroad Company
First Mortgage 6 per cent Bonds dne
1912 Connecting Sanford and Spring.
vale with the Portland & Rochester
Railroad, York County, Maine.)
Union Electric Railway Company
First Mortgage per cent Bonds due
1922 (of Saratoga Springs, New York;.
AthOI MasS.) Water Company 5 per
cent First Mortgage Bonds due 1912
works built in 1876, gravity syStem.)
Camden & ROekland Water Com
PAW 4 1-2 per cent Mortgage Bonds
Portland q Ogdensburg Railway
Stock. Dividends guaranteed and paid
quarterly direct to the stockholders b.
the Maine CENTRALLY
Hereford Railway Company Stock.
(Diyid nds guaranteed and paid semi
annually direct to the stakeholder by
the Maine CENTRALLY
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-13

Certainly the majority of bishops
and priests in this part of the country
have thrown all their influence against
the public school, and have frequently
nterfered personally to compel Catholic
parents to remove their children from
the public schools and place them in the
parochial schools, oftentimes employing
as means to that end threats of severe
punishment. Corrigan had had his
own way in this matter until the ap-
pearanee OF Archbishop Satolli. The
Baltimore council had practically en-
dorsed his view, and the Faribault plan
of compromise suggested and practiced
by Archbishop ireland had been uncom-
promisingly condemned.
But while Archbishop Corrigan was
reigning in America and hurting
his thunderbolts against the god
less common school, Archbishop
Ireland journeyed quietly to Rome
and presented his side of the case
to the Pope and the Propaganda. The
outcome of Archbishop Ireland S mission
was the appearance of Archbishop Sat
olli in this country as legate of the Pope,
authorized to finally settle questions in
dispute among the Catholic clergy. Cor
rigan appears to have felt that the COM
ing of the papal legate BODIED no good to
his ultra views, and at their first meet
ing the legate received scant courtesy
from the New York Archbishop. The
this suspicion, and the restoration of DR..
McGlynn, who had bitterly attacked
Corrigans attitude with reference to the
public schools, confirmed it. But that
the church, which Corrigan insisted
upon with so much vehemence when
that authority appeared to be on his side
he seems to be unwilling to yield now
that that authority is against him. On
the contrary the evidence is pretty nearly
conclusive that he has begun deliberate
campaign to undermine the legate's in
fuence and raise such hornets nest
about his head as shall drive him out of
the country. Of course Archbishop Ire
land, whom Corrigan suspects, and no
doubt justly, of having won the Pope and
the Propaganda to more tolerant view
of the public schools, is included in the
| wrath of the New York hierarch. AS
the Pope is infallible and as Satolli is
his authorized spokesman, and is
voicilg the DEGREES of the Pope, it is
difficult to understand how Archbishop
Corrigan expects to overthrow those
DEGREES, unless he proposes to go SO far
as to make war on the doctrine of infalli-
bility.
The Portland daily press., 1893-01-13

The contest anticipated in Kansas has
begun. The Republicans have organ
ICED a House of Representatives and the
Populists have organized one also, and
the two bodies are sitting side by side
legislating. There seems to be no rea-
sonable doubt that the Republican
House is legal body, with its members
legally qualified. But that fact makes
little impression upon the Populists,
who have hearty contempt for laws
and courts of justice. They have the
Governor, and through him in some way
they expect probably to get their House
recognized. So far there has been no
bad blood exhibited, but two bodies
with rival claims cannot long sit side by
side without engendering an ugly quar-.
rel, which may threaten the peace of the
State.