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Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
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Twas chatting with a Montague street real estate man in his office Q few days ago. when a woman entered who attracted the attention of both of us. She was middle aged very plain in face and fig ure and wore a black dress which was patched and ripped in many places. Her entire appearance denoted poverty and misery and indicated that she had great struggle to keep the wolf from en- tering at her door. Instinctively feeling that the woman was a beggar, we were about to offer her some money. when she hstonished us littlo by saying she had some private business with the real estate man.
 They went into his inner office and were engaged for about fifteen minutes in earnest conversation. After she had gone and my friend had ceased to gaze in open molthed amazeinent at her van isbing figure, ho enlightened mo as to her object in the following manner: "Well, I'll Do darned! That woman wanted to buy a $10000 piece of property have for sale, and she had $2.0O0 in heTpocket to pay down to bind the bargain. Q Lord, think if had offered her ten cents and told her to clear out" Brooklyn Eaele
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
Horse. sent by Express.

Sending horses by express seems a rather novel and expensive method of transporting such bulky live stock, yet Mir. A. P. Russ. of Chicago and Wash ington, who owns valuable pair of nsgs, as well as a gold mine in Mary land. has tried this method and ap- proves of it. His horses were in this city, and he desired to send them quick ly and safely to Chicago. Freight transit was too slow, so he made arrangements with an expIess company whereby they furnished two padded stalls in one of their cars and a groom to attend the animals en route.
 "They arrived safe and sound in Chi eago," he said, almost as quickly as could get there myself. and the whole bill was only Sl46."
 This is a scheme for Washingtonians who want to save hack fare at the Chi cago Worlds fair. Washington Post.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
Saturday, May 27, 1893.
rlse,lnr a President.

Representative Springer characterizes the present electoral college system as "a miserable fraud" Headvocates its abo- htion and recommends a change in tho law by which the president and vice president shall hereafter be elected by popular vote. A system which gives all the electoral vote of the great state of New York to one party by 100 to 200 votes, he says, is a great fraud on the electors of the country. He says that the proposition he submitted on this sub ject has been misapprehended.
 "My proposition, The added, lis that tho popular vote contemplated be confined to each state The states will have the same number of electoral votes that they now have in the election of president and vice president, There will be no persons running as candidates for electors, but the electoral vote of each state will be aPportioned among the several candi. dates according to the number of popular votes each receives in that state, the odd votes going to the candidates having the largest fractions. This win prevent the vicious practice of gerrymandering and give exact weight to the popular vote which each candidate receives in the state. It will nationalize the presiden- tial election and render contests for the succession next to impossible. Political ly it would give effect to the popular will, limited only by the just representa- tiOn to which each state is entitled in the electoral college, and would not spread large majorihes in one locality beyond the limits of the state. Besides it would make vote buying intellectual and therefore imperative, Washington Letter.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
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The Times-Democrat has never placed much faith in the story recently current that Texas was to be divided up into four or five states in order to give the Democrats full control of the United States senate.
 The story has been told very generally in the north since the election The peo- pie of Texas have finally heard of it and express surprise and disgust. The prop osition is absurd, the Lone Star press declares, and ''fndsno favor among Tex ans They intend to hold Texas together until it's population is so large that New York will not begin to compare with it in congress" We have not heard of a single paper or person in Texas that was in favor of the proposed division. New Orleans Times-Democrat
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
ANoIgNr eaYpTIAN AsTRoNoMY.
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Without Instruments Ancient Astrono-
 mers Kept Track of the Heavens.
 We find in the table at tho Ramesseum distinct references to the bull, the lion and the scorpion. and 1t is also clearly indicated that at that time the Sirius rose heliacally at the beginning of the rise of the Nile
 This word heliacally requires little explanation The ancients. who had no telescopes and had to use their horizon as the only scientific instrument which they possessed. were very careful in de- ternining the various conditions in which a star could rise For instance, fl a star were rising at the same time that the sun was rising it was said to rise coslnically, hut unless certain very obyi- oEs precautions were taken the rising star would not be seen in consequence of the presence of daylight
 Ii is quite clear that if we observe a star rising in the dawn it will get more and more difficult to observe the nearer the tineot sunrise is approached There fore what the 9ncients did was to deter mine q time hefore sunriAe in tho early dawn at which the star could be very obvously and clearly seen to rise Tho term heliacally rising was coined to represent star rising yisibly in the dawn therefore before the sun Gener ally throughout Egypt the sun was sup- posed to i've something like 10 degs be- low the horizon when star was stated to rise heliacally
 We find then that more than 5,000 years ago the Egyptians were perfectly familiar with these facts. aud the differ ence between a cosmical and heiacal rising was perfectly clear to them But the table at Thobes tells us. moreover, that the sun's.Journey in relation to some of the zodiacid c0nstcllations was per fectly familiar 5.0G0 years ago
 These then are some of tbe more general statements which may be made with regard to the most important points SO far discussed by those who have dealt with Egyptian astronomy. and it may be added that all this information has come t0 us ln my1hOlogic guise
 The various apparent movements of tiiV 1t"'StlA 'Nt'it~ WHICH dft pfOluGeu by the rotation aud revolution Of the earth and the effects of procession were familiar to the Egyptians however ig- nurant they niay have been Of the causes. They carefully studied what they saw and attempted e Put their knowledge together n ihe most convenient fashion aSso, ,mtng lt wllb thrif strange iui- aglnmss and with tlieir systeu Q! gor ship -Nluctecuth Century
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
1l,rr pr.nk ln Inrh Iinu.

At one time the officers under Lord Howe refused to drink bis health at Their mcSs fer though q splendid adini. r7,l he vns uo, popHlar in the navy ou account ol certain sayEess and want 0l taet with those about him The chaplain who was T protege of his lorl- Rhip was mortified Hi this aud deter mined that they should drink 10 Lord Howe When cailod upon for ttist one day be said Wei gentlemen. can think of nothing better ali this mo- meal than 10 ask you To dIlnk the lirst two words af the third psalm. for scr,piural toast for once may be taken frum one of my cloth The toast was accordingly drunk
 On referring 10 the Bible it was found that the first two words of the third psalm were Lord How After the glorious Ist Of June the above was the fayorlte toast throughout the navy, and the chaplain trimnphed more widely than he anticipated London Tit Dits
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
Two Young wanherers.

Two small Brooklyn girls, longing fol a sight of the gay, Christmas decl5ed shops of Fulton street. concluded one afternoon to take the matter into their own hands They had no money and dared not apply for any, as they well knew their scheme was Q revolutionary one. But, said Flossie. the elder, "we will walk and follow the car track right down to the stores.
 "Yes, replied the small Janet, ''and l will put my trust in you. Flossie ' Whereupon Flossie echoed solemnly. "And I will put my trust in God"
 Providence evidently saw through this specious faith, for it permitted them to be oyerhauled and brought home in dis grace when within few blocks of the promised land.--New York Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
i.eardrt, Women.

Bearded women have existed at all pe1pds of the worlds history Even HerVo,as the Father of History. gives us an account of one Pel3anes. 'wbo lived above Halcarnassus, a pi1eslre of Minerva. whose chin regular ly buldod vith large beard whenever any great public calamity impended Bartrl ,iarctji woman ol Copenhagen. had beard reaching to her waist Charles XII of Sweden had q female gren- adler in his army who possessed the beard as well as the courage of u man Mar Earet duchess of Austria and goyeuess oi thr Netherlands had large wiry. stiff heard oT which she was very proud CT late years Albert, duke of Bavaria reparu having had q young lady gov erueSs m bis household who was "the prnud pos4HSor ol very large black beard Philadelphia Prrss.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
A Nsvsboy,s Cry.

"Eyening papersl Full accounts O the death O the jay Gould! Full account O the death O the jay Gouldr the listener heard newsboy shout repeatedly on the street the other night. Evidently the characterization was not meant as an in- suit. It was simply ignorance. This is rather remarkable, but Gould does not seem so great a man nor even so noto- rious one, now that he is dead, as he did while he was living. Even the stock market reports say that there is ''soIne- thing like a feeling of reliefg- Almost any one of us would have swapped for tunes with Gould. but none of us proba- bly, would have changed personalities with him. He was the villain in our na- tional melodrama In his merely per sonal relations he was said to have been a very kind and even ikable man, but the merely personal part of his ifo was so small a portion that to the imagina- ton of most Of us he had no private life at all. 1t is hardly worth taking into account now,-Boston Transcript
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
A iiit ni Antinnn ,rnro.

We are all laughing at home over my latest prize, says woman who is an ardent collector of antiques Tt is a workable millennium plate, considerably over 100 years old which ] secured in a recent securing of the old places in the Connecticut valley lt is of delft of null berry hue, with the eye of God staring from the upper rim Beneath on the bowl is shown the lamb lying down, and the lion ou his hind feet with sort of baby's nightgown on him being led by small child The expression of the lions face is the irresistibly funny part That king of beasts minces along with the smirk Of dancing master adapted to lions scale of mouth We have indeed advanced in ceramic art since thatRrtist's conception of the millennium "-New York Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
,n.tnhnn. nnh mul. rnn,eh llnr.

Science knows of the maatudon only as "au extinct fossil proboSeidian fachy derm, closely allied to the elephant Of modern fauna" Who knows however but that these 'supposed-to- be-exuuct creatures may be us plentiful in the land of the midnight sun as mule foot ed hogs seem to be in Arkansas. Mis souri and the Indian Territory: Three weeks ago would have been much more surprised had met real live mulefoat. ed hog than would have been Co luyu mot a whole herd of the aforesaid fossil proboscidian paehyderms Since that time everything has changed The hun dreds of letters sent in by kindly dis. posed friends are convincing proof thal mule footed hogs are more plentiful in the south than office seekers in Washing ton, St Louis Republic
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
Novel suIt for Damages.

A case that has been attracting con. siderable attention has been on trial dur ing this week in the civil court here. It is suit of Adam Robb, a afarmer, against Carnegie Bros. & Co. Robb owns sew eral hundred acres of land in the vicinity of Larimer. The Carnegies purchased adjacent land two years ago and on it erected a plant of coke ovens. The smoke from these ovens, Mir. Robb alleges, in- jared his crops and trees, and he asks for heavy damages
 The case was tried here two years ago, and verdict for about $i, 900 was given the plaintiff It was taken to the su- prene court, and the decision of Judge Doty, of this court. was reversed Now Judge Longnecker, of Cambria, is con- ducting the case. Dozens of witnesses have been heard.-Greensburg Record.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
Death Valley

The geological formation of Death valley luyo county Cal is parallelod by but one other spot on the globe--the Dead sea region of the Holy Land The valley is about eight miles broad and thirty-Gye in length. and is said by geolo.- gists to be striking illustration of the condition of the whole world in it's early epochs It lies far below the level of the Pacific, in some places as much as rG0 feet, and has the appearance of being under the ban of some terrible curse ThunderstormB pound around it's Dor ders. but no cloud ever intercepts the rays of the scorching sun that continual ly beat down upon Death valley sands until they are hotter than those of burn ing Sahara" For week in and week out the thermometer stands above 100 degs night and day, often touching the i25 mark in the afternoon Moisture of all kinds is unknown Dead animals dry up and mummify in the sand. St, Louis Republic
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
Ana nc went Auna snhlr.

How do you sound tue < in the word 'gerrymauderf inquired the ln,u who had climbed three flights of stairs to sec the answer-to-queries editor
 'Eiard, answered the e,itur, as iu get.
 There goes every cent won on New York" rejoined the caller. turning away with heavy sigh
 And moment later the melancholy plick black of his weary feet was heard on the stairway growing Fainter and fainter as he went down and out to face a cold and unfriendly world again Chicago Tribune
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
An rnternrlsinr nnrrlnr.

America is said to be the home of en, terprise, but an English burglar has gone 6 little ahead of anything that ever orig mated in the Yankee mind. He conceived the idea of increasing hisreceipts by fur nishing to a newspaper "beats" on his exploits. After each burglary he sent a full account to the paper and collected pay for the articles in the usual way. The fact that he was finally detected and is now in jail doesnct detract from his distinction as man of resources. = Rochester Democrat and cllronicle
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
rhlrtesna on lhe New onarter.

On one side of the new quarter dollar are nine separate representations of the number 13 There are thirteen stars, thirteen letters in the scroll held in the eagles beak, thirteen marginal feathers in each wing, thirteen tail feathers, thir. teen parallel lines in the shield, thirteen horizontal bars, thirteen arrowheads in one foot, thirteen leaves on the branch in the other foot and thirteen letters in the words quarter dollar "-n'aaha World Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
An l.ra ot unmarrled Women.

susan 3 Anthony is of the opinion that we are on the verge Of an era of un- married women Our civilization, she slys Is changing Daughters cannot be supported at home and there is nothing there tu busy them The women used to spin and weave, make carpets and soap, but now all that is done for them in the factories Young men do not make enough money 10 support their wivee and there is such craze for dissipation among them that the women would rather go into a store for almost nothing than to marry. New York Sun.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
Hunting with "A wb,p.

The following tall story comes from Middletown. Conn While n resident of that town was driving along a conn try road at the edge of wood his dog flushed couple of partridges The birds burst ont of the brush with a whir flying side by side, and as they were passing over the hunters head be made vicious cut with his whip at them, and according to the legend the whip hit one of the birds and broke it's neck. Philadelphia Ledger
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
Dan Eyed Scientists.

Mrs. Hayman- Who are those gentle. men runnin into our barn 10 get out Q th rain?
 Daughter-They are q party of scien lists who are staying at the hotel They've been out on some expedition or other
 Mrs. Hayman--l don't see where their eyes was las night. Anyone might a known from tn new moon it was goin to rain It was tipped up so it couldn't hold water if it tried. New York Weekly
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
4 PerpetnaI saered Fire.

In the peninsula of Abeheron former ly belonging to Persia, but now part of Russia, there is perpetual or rather what the natives call an eternal sacred fire, which is known to have been burn ing continually for more than :, ,000 years. It rises from an irregular orihce of about tweye feet in depth and l90 feet square Tho flames, which are constant, rise to a height of from six to eight feet, unac- companied by smoke or disagreeable smell, waving back and forth with the wind like field Of golden grain. -Phila- delphia Press
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
nIore Ln.tico nnd L... L.n,u.

There is getting to be too much fool. ishness about the courts anyway. Smart lawyers are continually taking advan- tage of the law to shield open violators of the law, and judges permitit. A lot of sensible men, who don't know man. damus from a nebular hypothesis. should be elected judges, with instruc- lions to laugh at the shystering practi- tioners when they tried to shield well known criminals" A little more justice and little less law is needed in the criminal courts of the country. Kansas City Star.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
NHnninh A Gnnd cn,r.

A young couple were giving up city life and going to live on a farm, and one of the most absorbing questions in the future farmers mind was the buying of his stock He was talking cows to his wife one evening and all the idea she had to offer was. Please, George, do get one COW any way that gives good buttermilk, because if is the loyeliest thing in the world for the complexion Exchange
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27

As is known, the old cathedral in Berlin is being pulled down and new one erected on the site. Tho emperor has allowed paperweights 10 be made of the marble pavement and the steps of the altar where the late Emperor Will ham's coffin stood Each weight bears stamped upon it the words in which the emperor gave his permission us guar antee of its genuineHess. They are to be sold for charitable purposes. London Neyyg
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
papa,s noy uas Cro,yn IJp.

An advertisement appears in d western paper which reads thus 'If George William Brown, who deserted his poor wife and babe twenty-five years ago, will return, the afofsaid babe will knock tho stufiug tof hiQ Charles Ann NnN.s nlld Nl1ltri.Al.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27

Mrs. Jane Halloway, 8 colored wom, an, 10S years old, called on the work house board in Cincinnati the other day and secured the release of her seventy dye.year-old son Samuel who was doing time for wife beating
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
New sintncn srslnm-

It is reported that the -Hous. ton company has secured from Pea body inventor patent on storage bat tery system which will solve the electric problem iii practical way. Itis claimed that a car can be charged in the morning with sufficient electricity to run all day Boston Traveller.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27

A funeral on bicycles lately took place in an English town. The deceased was captain of bicyle club and just before his death requested that his body should be eonyeyed to the oenetery on bieyeles
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27

Of traditions of buried treasure at taching to the sites of Roman camps and deserted cities there arc plenty still to be met with.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27

Greek women wore the chiton. sleeveless garment, and over 1t Q shawl formed of a square piece of wooden NyQds
Arizona silver belt., 1893-05-27
4 Hfisup,lerstaadipr.

Young Lady-Is warm water and oat meal good for the complexion2
 Doctor-Oh, no. It should boil twenty minutes. New York Weekly.
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