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Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
The saney ,ragpIe.

The sauciest creature alive is the mag. pic of Australia. He is also handsome fellow, and us he flies in undulating waves he gleams beautifully in the sun light. Glossy black and pure white are his colors. His beak is sharp aud can be very cruel, although he belongs not to the carniyora.
 l once owned a magpie of this ilk. l lost him with the deepest regret. Our friendship was of the most pleasant character. It is true that he often put me to some inconvenience. He robbed me. but not as man steals He stole for fun. My cat hated him with fervor. He haunted her dreams. It was his habit when puss was asleep to seize her by the tail, give it vicious tweak and then fly to the back of the chair, laugh ing heartily, She never caught him, and in time her tail became to her tail of woe.
 As have said; he and 1 became fast friends. He visited me every morning. perched himself on the fOotrail of my bed and sang his merry song. Then he NeA4V NoiAAO anu bet iutu btA Wlln me. It was my custom to smooth his feath- CTS, place him on his back beside me and pull the sheet over him up to his chin. so to speak. He would then close his eyes, and he and would take q nan. have known him to sleep in this position for two hours. This seems incredible, but am not dealing in fiction. Since lost him ;t has been my hope that be fell in with those who understood his char acter. Wherever he is, I wish him well, for could have spared better friend. -Donahoe's Magazine.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
Wninnr In sinnr.

10 g European eye the good looks. if they anywhere exist, of both men and women in Siam are irremedially de- stroyed by the universal use of the betel, which blackens and corrodes tho teeth and causes them to protrude, which rem ders the spittoon an indispensable arti- cle of furniture and is responsible fot the great splashes of red saliva that may be seen everywhere adorning the ground as they have been ejected from the mouths of passersby.
 Like their fellows in Anam, the Si- amese women enjoy great freedom and influence. Being of most mercantile and managing temperament, they be- come the self constituted stewardesses, treasurers and hucksters of the home or shop or store. They may be seen by the hundred going to market, each seated alone in her own canoe, with her wares spread out before her.
 The last king kept bodyguard of amazons, with red coats and trousers and small carbinss, but the present sovereign has converted them into species of interior palace police. The character is docile, indolent, light hearted, gay. --Fortnightly Review
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
Signals at Sea.

The international code of signals was prepared and first published in April, 1857, in accordance with the views and recommendations of a committee ap- pointed by the board of trade. The code is described as consisting of IS flags namely, one burgee, four pennants and i3 square flags, and in addition an "an- swering pennant," which Is displayed when the message is completed and un- derstood. The IS flags represent the consonants' of the alphabet, and it is by combination of two, three or four of these flags hung perpendicularly to each other that arbitrary signs are made which represent words and sentences of the same signifcation in all languages. Each signal has throughout the code but one signifcation. A signal is always made in 'one hoist" in one place.
 The nature of the signals is indicated by the number of flags hoisted, whether two, three or four together. Signals of two flags relate to danger or distress; signals of three flags to general subjects of inquiry or communication, including latitude, longitude and time signals, and signals with four flags relate to names. Single flags are not used in code signals, with the exception of 'yesH and mo" and answering pennants. The flags to be hoisted at one time never exceed four. It is an interesting mathematical fact that, with IS yarfously colored' flags, and never using more than four at time, no fewer than 7s,642 distinct signals can be given. Pearsons Weekly.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
Color and Nervons ni.ensos.

''rhe profession, says specialist in nervous diseases, 'has been interested in a mode of treatment recently tried in Italy for nervous disorders, in particular those allied with insanity. It is called the color treatment and is merely the confnins of patients in rooms where the walls are eolored certain tint, tlre light coming through glass of the same hue Red, bluo and violet are colors that have exercised Q very percoptible and beneficial effect On disordered minds. es- pecially violet. A raving patient sud denly put Into violet room became per fectly quiet at the end of an hour or two. The red rooms are said to have an excel lent effect apon rnelancholia, brighten ing up the patients and making them al. most cheerful"
 Which at once opens vista of fur nishing possibilities that may be part of the future housekeeper's curriculum. New York Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
WHERE "FAKse COMES FROM.
1t Was a Theatrical Term, Which Fonnd
 (hnmDiou I'm Mir lsr,xells


 1t Was Theatrical Term, Which Fonnd a
 Champion In Mir. H6wells.
 There is one word which the larger vocabulary of the public has lately taken from tho smaller vocabulary of the play house and which some strolling player of the past apparently borrowed from some other vagabond familiar with thieves slang. This word is fake. It has always conveyed the suggestion of all attempt to deceive.
 'Are you going to get up new scenery for the new playT might be asked, and the answer would be, No, we shall fake it." meaning thereby that old scenery would be retouched and readiusted so as to have the appearance of new. From the stage the word passed to the news papers, and fake is a story invented, not founded on fact-"made out of whole cloth as the stump speakers say.
 MT. Howells, always bold in using new words, accepts fake as good enough for him and printsit in The Quality of Mercy" without the stignid, of italics or quotation inarhs. Just as in the same story he has adopted the colloquial cleo tries for electric hghts--i e., ''He turned of the electrics." And hereafter tho rest of us may use either fake or electrics with a clear conscience. either hiding ourselves behind Mir. Howells. who can always give good account of himself when attacked, or else coming out into the open and asserting our own right to adopt either word because it is useful.
 ''ls it called for? Ia it accordaut with the analysis of the language? Ia 1t of. fered or backed by good authorityr Theso are the considerations by which general consent Is won or repelled, 50 Professor Whitney tells us, "and general consent decides every case without appeal" It happens that Don Quixote preceded Pro lessor Whitney in this exposition of the law, for when he was instructing Sancho Panza, then about to be appointed gov. ernor of m island, he used Latinised form of a certain word which had be. come vulgar, explaining that If some do not understand these terms it matters little, for custom will bring them into use in the course of time so that they will be readily understood. That is the way a language is enriched. Custom and the public are all powerful there. l" Sometimes the needful word which is thought 10 be too common for use is Latinized, as Don Quixote preferred, but more oftenit iseunobled without change. being simply lifted out from among itc | former low companions. s.-Scribner's
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
4 fresh Word on Iced Drinks.

"At this season it will be in place, . writes physician in a paper on house hold chemistry, ito say something as to the wholesomeness of the extremely cold water, tea, lemonade, etc., which are SO extensively used in this country. Itmust De Acknowledged that medical men are not in possession of facts sufficient to form Q positive conclusion, and many adopt the opinions which agree with their desires It cannot be denied that one may become toper in nonintoxi. cants as well as in intoxicants and that it is easy to create by habit strong de. sire for frequent drafts of very cold wa ter.
 With some persons the perspirative function is so active the effect is less serious, but in ths majority of eases these abundant cold drafts disturb the stomach, and 1t would certainly be bet ter if one could learn to be satisfied witt water at temperature of 60 degrees F. father than 70 degrees and to limit somewhat the amount taken. There Is some indication that the medical profes- sion is losing it's confidence in the merits of efferyescing (carbonated) beverages such ss soda water"
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
E ARIzOHA SILVER BELT.
Saturday. November 2S. 1883.
arand oreta Uader pImeallIes.


 The flushing down of applause during the progress of Wagnerian opera ap- peared rather to disconcert Mir. Lassalle, who, on making his first appearance this season in "The Flying Dutchman" at Covent Garden last week, was received absolutely without hand. Between the acts, however, he was accorded as much applause as he could have desired. Tho performance of "The Flying Dutchman" must have been considered strange one by any members of the Wagner party who may have been present Some of tho artists, in accordance with Italian pre-. cedent, sang to the footlighta instead of to each other, the band. conducted by the Italian Mir. Mancinelh. went at it with vigor, the drummer particularly making a night of it, while the hitches In the stage arrangement were often very Imaginable.
 To see several men walking Ia tho trough of the sea pulling along the gi- gantic phantom ship of the Dutchman, calling to each other "Get onl" hnd ".Whoag" as the vessel from time to time struck on a rock, was amusing enough. Mild ,wagers wero laid that the Flying Dutchmsn would never get to land at all, and indeed Mir. Mancineli llrid down his baton and stopped his band while the ship was being unanswered. It was not the fault of Mir, aassalle, for he clearly could not be expected to walk the waves. In the last act, too, the ship absolutely refused to smash up, and it was left still swimming the ocean when the curtain iinally fell. London Figaro.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
A Visit to Waterloo.


 M. Jules Claretie. the administrator of the Comedie Franchise, paid visit shortly before his arrival in London to the battlefield of Waterloo. It was IS years ago that the battle was fought, yet M. Claretie was still able to glean some thing in the locality from actual eye witnesses of that mighty historic event. In the little wineshop called the Belle Alliance" where Wellington and Bluch- CT, according to an Inscription, met and saluted after their victory, he found two old women engaged in alarming stock ings. They appeared to take very little notice of the strangers, but on being questioned the elder of the two declared that she was over 90 years of age. 1T was f2 years old" she said, "at the time of the battle. ! was living with my parents at Plancepoit
 "We took refuge all of us on the Fri. day in the woods with the cattle. Itwas on Sunday they fought It was just after my first communion and on the day of St. Donnat, saintinwhose honor there is q pilgrimage in the neighbor- hood. When all was over, we went out and saw dead bodies everywhere. At night after the battle there was a storm. The bodies became swollen through the rain, and there were fears of a pestilence They were buried in heaps, with dry branches between each l;lyer, and then the branches wcro set fro to or quick lime was poured in the trenches. .o-Lon- don News,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
Why the Guests Abs.ained.

Bishop Utterton's mother was re. markable woman and inherited much of the vivacity of her father. When she and her husband were at Gibraltar dur ing the peninsular war, the latter was known to be particular about his shay ing water, From his friend, the Spanish governor of Algecirss, he received the sympathetic present of some dozens of rainwater in bottles, which the butler, thinking it to be wine, duly took charge of.
 Some timo afterward the colonel gave a dinner party, but at the last moment was called of by official duty, and a brother officer was asked to talse his place at the table, In due course the hook was handed round, but it was ob- served that the guests were singularly abstemious in regard to it. The explana- tiun was discovered when they had de. parted. The well stored and savory shaving water had been supplied for hock!-Notes and Queries.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
To Sue tl,e Rainmakers.

James Butler, Lyon county farmer. has had papers prepared for very pe- culiar suit. Some weeks since a great cloudburst in his neighborhood caused the destruction of Buffers wheat crop. A few days later A. B. Montgomery, a rainmaker, being at Goodland, claimed to have caused the cloudburst, which came without warning from the baron. eter
 Now Butler proposes to make Mont, gDmery's rain company pay the damage. The same storm caused washout on the Santa Fe line, and terrible wreck followed, in which an engineer was killed. The wife of the dead engineer will also bring suit against Montgomery for S10, 900 damages. .-Kansas Cor. Phil adelphia Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
An English View of America.

The announcement that an influential syndicate has been formed in Brixton 10 send an expeditionary force of pickpock- cts to the Worlds fair is a little belated. Gratifying to national pride 1t will be no doubt as showing that English spirit of enterprise still springs fresh and wig orous in the Brixtonian breast. But from the point of view of commercial speculation it is to be feared that the syndicate has been nascompletely whipped by American firms as have all previous exhibitions by the White City. Consid. ering that the ashes of Christopher Co lumbus were all but stolen on the very opening day, and that the czar of Rus sia's jewels and the queen of Italys lace have disappeared outright, we gravelv doubt whether English competition will have much chance. Obviously native talent has every advantage of local knowledge, and though we could see the adventurers cross the Atlantic without sigh We should advise them in their own interest to confne their operations to the narrower sphere of Brixton.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
4 Novel Plea For niyoros.

The causes of conjugal infelicity arc like the stars in number, but seldom have they been so curious in character as those enumerated by witness in the divorce court on Saturday.
 Witness considered he was the injured party, as the petitioner was continually objecting to the shape of his feet. Laughter
 He further said that when he had his hair cut it was never done to please the petitioner. Laughter
 She also used to say his upper lip did not suit her.
 She was continually blaming him for leaving out his h's in speaking.
 He was not so well up in theological subjects as his wife.
 And there was sometimes divergence of opinion when they wers talking about tho sermon they had heard.
 One is not surprised after this to hear that one of the allegations against the respondent is that he had struck tho petitioner with The Methodist Magazine! Westminster Gazette.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
An old Fashioned Sleigh.

The sleigh which the Canadians pra sented to the Duehessof York as a we'd ding present is a large, old fashioned, three seated affair, which was more fash ionable 20 years ago than now. But it is the pattern that she expressed a wish for. It is made of second growth ash, oyerlaid with curved panels of mahog- any. It has high single steel runners, painted scarlet, and has dark blue body striped with red. 1t is trimmed with dark blue cloth and has solid silver mounts.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
rAe AFTER TIME.
There oometh time for laughter

There cometh time for laughter And joy for tho days and years, But ever there corneth after
 A time and place for tears. Weary Of revel and riot,
 Sick of he worldly strife, Cometh the reaco-the quiot- That quickens tho founts of life And the spirit Is eisenchanted With Joys that are bitter sweet, And the soul which for rest had painted Falls down Gt the Masters feet. The world and its ways seem lonely, And love at the best seems loss What help Is there theu but only To cling to tho crimson cross7 To cling to tho cross that hlOssoms With blood for the errlnt shod; On the tenderest Of tender bosoms To pillow the weary head. To feel tho love that is glowing From tho heart that is quick to beat With even tho harsh nails going In the beautiful scared white feel o bird, by the storm winds driven Where never sweet bird sings, From the wild and angry heaven Fly homeward with weary wings, And 70 that arc worn and weary, Who faint by the way and fall, Fly fast from the darkness dreary To the Rock that was cleft for all
 Atlanta COnstitutiuu.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
lsaby Cheney,s Narrow Encnpe.

Babies will eat whatever they see. That's how Baby Cheney of Randolph, Me-, came near dying. The nice dish of green beans which Mrs. Cheney had set out for the kittens and which baby sam pied had been nosed over by a dog which had been just previously poisoned So baby came near dying, and Mrs. Cheney says to her neighbor, Did you everf'' And no one ever did hear of just such case. New York Recorder.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
A noxoI.parrot For sa,e..

A novel parrot, possessing, according to the advertisement, powers of miIn- icry and vocabulary of 50 words, is for sale in London, but no gentlemen heed apply. The precocious fowl is destined to pass into the keeping of woman or never to change itsowner. Why? Well, James Payn suggests that the bird may have hung in drawing room where for long time it has listened to the after dinner talk of the ladies, who now fear a betrayal of their ecrets.-London Let for
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
Origin Of tho Red Can of Libert+,

Tho red cap of liberty had very pro saic origin. Instead of being the "Phyr- gian bonnet" it is just the galley slaves headgear, The Swiss of the Chateau roux regiment sent to the galleys for their share in the Nancy riots were re- leased and came into Paris with the red caps still on their heads. They arc tho victims of despotism, said the people, forgetting the circumstances of the riot, and so the red cap became the fayorite with the extreme party.--Washington Star.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
4 Proud Ex-Nrlns,rel.

l saw Andy Leayitt. the ex-minstrel, the other day. The old man is chatty as ever. He loves to think and talk about his patriotic ancestry.
 My great-grandfsthor, said he, twas one of the men who fought the redcoats al the battle of Bunker Hill. Further than that can't trace him, but he made Q good beginning, and 1 am proud to know that my blood flowed in the veins of one of the soldiers at Bunker Hill. ."- Boston Globe.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
Married oyer Sixty Years.

John Ewing and wife of Warwick, Chester county, have been welded 65, yearsi William W. Rhoads and wife of Pottstown were married Nov. 90 1899, nearly 0l years ago, and David Wells and wife of North Coventry, Chester county, were married March 30 1880, over G3 years since.--Cor. Philadelphia Ledger
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25

In Austria servants and people of meni- Gl rank of every kind are accustomed to kiss the hand of their employers, some what oriental fashion to which 1t takes uono time to get accustomed
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
$1,00o REWARD.
Proclamation by iile Governor.

 TERRITORY or ARIZONA, EXECUTIVE DEpARrMEsr 70 all to whom these presents shall come Greeting WHEREAS, Information from authentic sourcea has been received by me that Prank W ouTy citizen of Tueson Pima County, murdered at Aryaaa fin the sa3 County, on the 18th of September fss3 by some person or persons unknown
 Now thergfore, T. Charles Nj Bfilse Acting Governor Of Arizona by yirtne of the poser and authority in me vested do hereby offer reward of One Thousand Dol ais for the arrest and conviction of tho person or per sons who committed fie aforesaid murder In witness whereof have hcreunto sot my hand and causod tic Great Seal of the Territory to be afsed ngN Done at Ph@nix, the capital, this twenty to(ltt., araA iay ofsepternber, A D 1898 - CHAs M BRUCE
 Acting Governor, Attest
 B. DEvEREUX,
 Aasistsat Secretary of Arfzoua
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
short

The Bud--Why does Mr. spatts wear such short trousers?
 Brother-Because they fit him. Iaslsed him for small loan, and he said he was So short his corns made his head aehe-- Truth.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25
A Long Time Between sorans.

It is 223 years since a blow was last struck in the house of commons, and the offender was then sent by the speaker to tho Tower of London Boston Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25

Ladies may Do interested to learn that 100000 pins are used up daily in the United States alone, mos of which come from Redditeh, England.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25

The Jerusalem artichoke has no con. nection whatever with the holy city of the Jews. It is species of sanhower.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-11-25

D' IFIlF F1NIWNi
 Assistant Secretary of Ari1oua.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-07-01
To Promote Naval Militia.

WASHINGTON, June 20.-The navy de-
partment is doing everything within
its power to stimulate the development
of the naval militia. and especially i:
the states along the lake border. At
present it is lending its aid toward the
organization of the naval militia in
Michigan, and is now sending to the
local authorities in that state books
and pamphlets containing instructions
and suggestions for the organization of
the force. When organization is
effected the question of supplies will
o,.;sa
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-07-01

saw there-all pink and white, and
with those violet eyes over which the
long golden lashes dropped, and that
soft bright golden hair that lay in little
rings and ripples round her white fore
head, and hung wavy mass down to
the slender waist which the blue ribbon
girded. Conn was pleased, no doubt,
with the sight she saw in the mirror
how could she help.being? She tripped
downstairs, and out of the door. Jack
whistled when he saw her.
"What! oil your tineries on at this
time of day? What do you think Moth
er Sarah will say to that?"
The pretty pink flush deepened in
the girls cheeks, and she answered
him almost as though she had done
something wrong:
I'll be so careful. Jack. won't
spoil it. by and by you'll be gone, and
wanted to look nice when saw the
new pistol"
This seemed extremely natural to
Jack. The pistol was TO him matter
of such moment that no amount OF
demonstration in its honor would have
seemed too great. Viewed in this light,
it really appeared quite meritorious
act that Conn should have put on the
white dress. and he looked her over
with that Dir of half patronizing sp-
prevail with which boys are apt to ro-
gard the good looks of their sisters and
their cousins.
Then he exhibited the pistol. 1t had
AS boys knife, or gun, or boat Al
ways has-distinguishing and in
dividual merits of its own. No other
pistol, though it were run in the same
mold, could quite compare with 1t, md
it was by some sort OF wonderful
chance that he had become its pos
SCISSOR. Conn wondered and admired
with him to his hearts content Then
came breakfast, and then the marching
of the Brighton Blues. This was
company of boys in blue uniform
handsome, healthy, wide-awake boys,
from fourteen to seventeen years old
every one of them the pride OF mothers,
and sisters and cousins. They were to
march into Boston, and parade the
streets, and dine ut restaurant, Ind
see the fireworks in the evening, and
don't know what other wonderful
things
Jacl, was in the highest spirits. He
was sure he and his pistol were neces-
sary part of the day; and he sincerely
pitied Conn. because she was girl, and
must stay ut home.
Bang. whang. whang goes the drum, tootls-te-
toOtlc the fife:
Oh. the day In the city sQuare-there Is no such
pleasure In lifc!"
he quoted; and then he called back to
her from the gate:
"It's too bad, Conn. that there's no
fun for you, but keep your courage up,
and I'll bring you something"
And SO they marched away in the