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Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Fertile Alaska,

The nature Of the whole land in Alaska can be roughly divided into three conditions: Snow and ice fields bury the coast range and choke up every hollow; to the immediate north tine valleys are rocky and barren. but the vast in terior beyond is richly clothed in lHxuri. ant vegetation. Scientific authorities theoretically mapped out giant ice fields as spreading over the entire land from the Fairweather and Mount St. Elias ranges north almost to the valley of the Yukon,
 Colossal heights mantled in never melting suuws tower thousands of feet in the air, but within the shadow of these mighty upiands, in the sheltered bellows beneath, lie immense valleys carpeted in richest grasses and gracefully tinted with wild flowers. Here in the summer q genial cline is found, where strawberries and other wild fruits ripen in luSurianco, where there are 46 months of summer and 7i$ Of winter In Jnue and July the sun is lost below the horizon only for few hours. and tine temperature. though chilly at night Gas an average ol Gl de:5a ia the day tin5 5 l Glaye i'll Century
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Beauty Among sayages.

Among the Babines. who dwell to the north of the Columbia river. large un- der lip is regarded as a type of beauty. A small incision is made in the lip dur h'g infancy and fragrant of bone in- SC ted This is replaced from time to time by larger and larger fragments, eaci operation being attended with se- we're ,ain, and at length pieces of wood measu ing not less than three inches in arc inserlnd, causing the lip to protrude to frighttal extent. A similar custom exists among he Paraguay Indians, and the labnets woin by the Botocudos are inserted in slit made in the lower lip.
 A Botocudo has been noticed to take knife and cut piece of meat on it and tumble the meat into his mouth. Among the Hydahs Queen Charlotte islands) f is considered mari: of the lowest breed ing to be without this labial ornament of the lower lip. When young woman and an ol6 ore quarrel tho elderly dame will reproach the younger with her youth, inexperience and general igno- rance, pointing, were further proof necessary, 10 the inferior size of her lir. This lip of beauty is not, however, pc. culiar to these aborigines, hut is com mon among some of the African tribes The Berrys, for instance. who inhabit Sanbriat, q tributary of the Nle. insert in the lower lip piece of crystal an inch in length. The Bougo women in a similar way extend the lower lip hori- zontally till it projects far beyond the upper. The mutilation of both lips is observed among the women of Kadje, in Segseg, between Lake Tsad and the Beuwe.- Brooklyn Eagle
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
A waning Boom.
Mining Age.

With signs of collapse of the San Juan boom, it is well to stop and think how reckless a thing it was for pros pectors, and especially men who know nothing about mining, to allow them selves to be stampeded after such a fashion. But in the mad rush after gold, thinking is the thing eA which time is too valuable to be spsnt
 Cass Hite, theunfortunate miner who IS now incarcerated at Provo, knows that country thoroughly, as he has prospected all over 1t. He declares that while there is gold on the San Juan and Colorado rivers it Is fne. Nopoor man can work the claims, but capital can develop the riches and be made to pay we'll
 This is exactly what the local papers of Utah have been claiming for years Capital may now be attracted to the fields of Southern Utah. But what will prove of more immediate Asrett lies in the fact that the Henry Mountain re- sien will be thoroughly prcspected. It would not be at all surprising if the bullion product Of the territory for 1893 should be materially increased by the output of mines to be opened in the Henry mountains
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
The Manufaotnre of Wire.

The manufacture of wire as now car. ried out may be briefly and concisely stated, and consists in attenuating or re- duction in section thin rods of the metal under manipulation by drawing them cold through holes i'll draw plate, usu- ally made of hard steel, The wire draw ers bench is furnished with horizontal cylinder, driven by steam or other power, on which the wire is wound after leav- ing the draw plate The holes in the draw plate are arranged in decreasing Gianeters. and fine wire may require some twenty or thirty drawings ere it is reduced to the size desired
 Much friction is generated in the pro. cess, notwithstanding the use of lubri- cants, and "annealing" is necessary to counteract the brittleness produced in the wire Where great accuracy is re- quisite the wire is drawn through rubies or other hard stones in the draw plate The speed of the drawing cylinder is in creased as the diameter of the wire di- minishes.
 Much confusion has existed in regard to the gauges of wires. no fewer than fifty-tiye different gauges being men tioued bya recent writer, ef which forty five were Tor measuring and determining the size of wire as made and sold within the United Kingdom. The Whitwortb gauge, introduced in l857 by Sir Joseph Whitworth, and the Birmingham wire gauge (B, w. G.) have been extensively employed In 1884 an imperial standard wire gauge became law, and eonsti- tutes the legal gauge of this country. It ranges from half an inch to one-thou- sandth of an inch in diameter. Cham. bers' Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Gl,n,orr.. naion.

When Gilmore was in Minneapolis during be exposition in 1888 the music of his band was transferred to a phono- graph. anu he afterward heard 1T.
 That is wonderful, grandr exclaimed tiiluore It's all there but my little stick and the tap tap Of the alto horns aeel.
 The little stick" was his baton. II was made of whitewood, and he always carried it when ut the head of his band.
 'l have dozen or more batons, said the popular leader one day, "but none of them compares with this little stick. can tap on the edge of my music stand with this, and it will not spoil it. My other batous would be ruined, SC 1 keep .heln locked up
 During his continental tour he was presented with maguificientIy decorated batons in every country. Some of them were diamond tipped, and all were gold trimmed. New York Advertiser.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
< Jenlnns EInnhnnl

An amusing instance of elephautine pride is told by Baker. The elephant which usually led the state procession Of a raJah being sick, the magnificent trap pings were placed on one which had up to this time occupied only subordinate place. The animal, delighted with its tinery, showed its glee by so many little squeaks and kicks of pleasure that gen eral attention was attracted to if.
 Not long after another state proces. sion was formed. and the previous wearer of tue gold cloths being re stored to health. took his accustomed place and trappings, when tho now de- graded beast, imagining perhaps that he was being defrauJed of his promo ton was with great difficulty restrained from attacking the leader of the parade.
 Pearson's Weekly
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
when Mn.le wa. ln n1 nennte.

The objection of the noncoufornist conscience to musical instruments did not stay at organs, but was extended to tiddles and harps. The drum was al most the sole instrument which was not Babylonish and auti-Christian and could be heard with no uncomfortable scru- ples. Neither did that curious con. science object simply to the use of the harp and the fiddle upon the village green after the common eyensong upon Sunday afternoons, but objected to them even upon the week days To be a harper or fiddler was ipso facto to be Q sinner Any money earned by playing 8 harp or viol was the wages of in iquity, '-London Saturday Review.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Fear nefnrn inc Eirht.

Testimony differs us to the feeling oi the soldier on going into fight. aud the many experiences related by Grand Army men to their always willing lis teuers show that in their war histories there was no uniformity Of either feaI CT daring The major of New Hamp shire regiment said: ''l always felt ti1nid when the shot began to reach Us. but as soon as we got into action was carried away by excitement am not nsualiy profaue man and ! have no recollection of p,lkiny roughly n mJ. troops, vel | good many of them have assured me that al through fight would swear like well, like trooper
 Another man, colonel. said: 'Its allnonsense to say that man doesn't feel afraid in the beginning of fight and all through it. Of course he does. He has reason Sherman said of General Sum her that he was the only man who grew bolder as he grew older, but the only man 1 ever saw who really seemed to want to fight, and to enjoy it after he was in it, was Custer New York Sun
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Mhnt One Man saw In one pa,

''l saw three very curious things yesterday; remarkable they were. Coming in on suburban train l sat down behind women as black as ink She was full blooded negro. and her hair was as straight as yours or mine and as soft as velvet don't think there is another such case in the world.
 Walking up Broadway later on 1 saw an electric wire catch fire and burn in twain, the pieces falling to the ground There were no cross wires nor any wire nor anything within ten feet of it when it caught. Hs rested awhile
 Say! Ahem! When 1 was eating supper last night found worm-a hlack, shaggy worm an inch Iong-in a fresh egg. You see have my eggs served to me iu the shell and eat them with spoon from the shell As 1 dug down into the yolk of one brought ne ai afashionabe restaurant saw something, black in tle center, and pulling i; ou, discovered what 1 have told yoa The egg was soua,l as dollar The way l figure il out is that an old hen swa.. lowed worm just before the egg began to form and the worm got tangled up il the machinery and got stuck. Well, 1 must be going Good day "-St. Louis Republic.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Sp.aling rneli.g

Almost any one who speaks English might be put down sueeessivoly i'll half q dozen places where English is sup posed to be the mother tongue and hear as many dialects spoken, not one of which he would understand until it was interpreted. An old Lancashire worthy and 8 London lady were one day oceu- pants of railway carriage The train had been waiting long at certain sta tion, and there was nc appearance of ii starting, when the worthy remarked;
 They're gly, tanglesome lot here,
 Il beg your pardon. said the ads
 Am sayiu thc!'re a gcy daidlin lot tere.
 ''I really beg your pardon, sir
 I'm obseryin they are vera dreich lot here the nieht."
 Really must again beg your par don. don't comprehend you.
 Il was just irwin 10 say that the train was late
 Indeed, sir, il is-- very late, agreed the lady, and then collapsed. Tit-Bits
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Forsler's Poor WI.

Mir. Forster, if taken at his own Ydlr.. ation, would be quite the biggest person at any dinner table.
 He used his wit like fail, and then looked ruund IS much as 10 say, See, now, how ihe air is choked with tue chaif of other mems talk" dc net think Crabb Robinson liked Forster, though they often met--perhaps be- cause they often met. They had both slightly disparaging anecdotes to tell to each other.
 As poor instance of Forsters wit, remember on one occasion Crabb Robin son told the story of his butler whisper ing to him at the dinner table that the soup ha l run short, whereupon Forster, to the astonishinent of his g,iests and to the dismay of his serving man, roared out the plagiarism, "Then let there be more mullagataway soup at the same time looking round as if he had said a very good thing indeed, Mrs. Crosse iu Temple Bar,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
4 Bright Scotch Lad.

Some year or two ago l was staylns near Grief, and visited the village school, where saw lad boring over Homer. The schoolmaster told me that in the course of the last shooting season be carried the game bags for a party over the moors. This he did with other odd jobs to enable him to continue his education.
 In the party were nobleman (whose name was given me, but which have now forgotten) and an Oxford tutor. In the course of luncheon one day there was dispute between these as to the exact wording of some phrase from Greek drama and the author Seeing some intelligence in the lads face, they were led to ask him if he knew any thing about the matter, when the lad was able to tell them they were both wrong, quoting the phrase alright and giving the name of the author.-Cor. Pail Mall Gazette.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Sweet sin,plicIty,

A party of guests from a well known EeR Hampshire hotel deserted the piaz- gas and wandered down into the mead ows to view the splendors of mountain sunset.
 In the party were Miss B., fasci- mating girl of sweet and twenty, her mother and Professor k, an old so- journer and authority on all points of interest in the vicinity.
 'l should love to climb Mount Tecum. sch. Have you ever tried it, professor" inquired Miss B..
 "Yes," replied the oracle of West c.; tits a tough tramp--over five miles to the summit"
 "Oh, mamma, exclaimed Miss B. enthusiastically, Mount Tecumseh is over five miles highr-Kate Fields Washington
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Plant for a metropolltan Newspaper.

''l am member of syndicate that is going to start new morning newspaper in New York, remarked Stuffiey. We have all our plans completed, and it's bound to be a success"
 Who's your editort inquired Ass. borough.
 "We haven't any editor and don't. want any, but we've got an architect who says he can put up nineteen-story building" was the reply We've hid den three reporters in sewer, inter viewed five men who died ten years ago and hired Hoboken dog catcher to write eablegrams from Berlin. It will be a success from the start. New York Herald.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
CharIey's Part in the Service.

Sally Carter and Molly Gates were talking about grand wedding that was to come oil in few weeks. Sally's cousin was to be the bride. ''l am go- ing to have new white dress and a beautiful pink sash, said Sally, "and. my brother Charley is going to be one of the rhshers. Mouths Companion.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Libraries. Museums and Mothods.

Modern museum methods applied to libraries will result in a vast extension of their general usefulness and ayaila, bility for the purposes of instruction, and in the modern tnpseums the exhibi- ion e books has become almost as inl- portant as the display of the conven- tional museum specimens, Philadelphia Ledger.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
EDNA SILVER BELT.
lay. sanuary 2s, 1898.
IS to 300 electric lamps scursd by the Tucson Efec. Company.

'ddy, of Troy, N. Ya it is all the ink with which the ,tes government prints its
 Mir. Eddy's father in- A, but he never told any
 did it until just before he ho let his son into the
 an uRtimely accident inventor to his fathers be- is son about the ink, the printer would have been in ,r Mir. Eddy's invention is l of ink that will print on
 surface of the fiber of tnment note paper Is made.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28

Young ladies of Germany nave su- perstition that if they bury drop of their blood under a rosebush it will ever after insure the experimenter a pair of rosy cheeks
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28

Defoe was tifty-eight when he began his ''Robinsct Crnsoe.r His literary career began at twenty. and his best political works were written before the sl,rusoe.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
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pneumonia has been slammed p's-'au Animal Industry, of Secretary f the bureau The United { tho large syiRg been been able The time and the excess of -e out
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Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28

srous oi ,s ..------. 4ty it does / It has DO fuend It does not Jr later betray Armies and re not maintained by gold In ,i panic and calamity, shipwreck disaster, it becomes the agent and minister of ruin. No nation ever fought great war by the aId of gold OR the contrary. in the crisis of the greatest psril. it becomes an enemy more poteht than the foe in the field; but when the battle is won and peace has been se- cured, gold reappears and claims the fruits of victory.
 'Ia our civil war it is doubtful if the s-' N-- York and London did not injury than the powder ,ls. It was the most blic credit
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Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
Soft Beds for Invaiids.

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Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28
wisdom,a Proof.

gs-Wilson is very smart man. N-What makes you think ''unws as much as his 
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Arizona silver belt., 1893-01-28

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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-09

New Orleans. La. i seen,l,c,s <;t,-, I, i.
as ii may seom ,,o,s Z !. s,'ss
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never 70 leave its gloomy portals. He ~
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nSspfss ea,iest Hnq 70 tnat end yesterday
money under false pretenses before judge
1A3htiiAs ". me firaf reccider'B court, and
,',,s. ~ .' ne re rorwatded ~
sentenced by one OF the criminal judges
toaay "a orsier ma re may be Able 70
s,.SsvthpAny ne patcn q conF1ota who vii
py sheriti lAlock This unfortunate creil-
ture ~ AlIreq Slnrinif, sThoEe hair has
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Winlcrs. re Y y German and az pr,sent
Z prisoner n the Parish prison. His sad
hnu cNrntiui story can beat be told IN hia
& oH,n 4. .wo :, .;..,,.
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Was lo2ilng forward TO the grave in
sleaa q the Nails Of the prison, but am
2 stronS, ronust man, After sud eSpe-
rieNoe laYes reen forced 70 realizss rsSs:s;t
tuerc = no place Tor ms n tho. world
save tne penllert.2 n, ind there want
70, 70 60 ins stety ~ NIX 9he dates back
mhul years Nhcp tOlicd Ter woman
on eafansl Was unable unfortunately
BEN nothng more than \ bard working
HE ana she LETT me. With determine
ton % degrade her IN life and drag her
Gown from the socia! pinacle That 1
n ..t,,s eng tnose OF her children by COM,
hitting the crime OF fosgery.
I'm ISIS ! forged the name OF H.. G.
Minor TO draft Tor q little more than
SlVv ana was arrested. was convicted
ana Was sentenced to iive years In the
penitenttdf'y. BY good behavior OBJ
s51iied q paLnen. Upon gaining my free
dom. ! worked for Colonel james. the les
sc sc OF Inc penitentiary; He was good and
KIND 70 me. but | did not care about
hanslng anont the prison any longer and
went 70 work for Captain Mossop on the
man boat Giaon, worked for him for
nIteen months. some one told was
an eN-conVlet and he discharged me. /
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-09
sPoRrINe NoTEs.
nennings Trnris g.aces.

Bennings. December s.--six and half
furlonga -Aurelian won. Little Matt sec
ond, Curacoa third. Time 1919
Seven fnrlongg-F'lnv or Pay won Sonora
second, Tom Kart third Time. :03
One and one-sixtcenth miles Restraint
won, Panway second. Sui Ross third, Time,
1;d2
One and q half niles on iiat-Lith-
bert won. Geronimo second, Aspen Leaf
third. Time, 2.62
-Four and 4 half fnrongs- ARTILLERY won.
Fudge second. Van Z9ndt third. Time,
0sa7
SIX and half furlones- -rartarian won.
Shelly second. Tuttie Mask third. Time,
81
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-09

Mr.. g. II. Echols Of Bryan came in with
the cxcprsionists. He said 10 Post re-
porter that Bryan contributed more people
10 the excursion than any other town on
the road. III speaking OF his thriving city,
he said. - he town of Bryan Is the best
town on the Houston and Texas Central
railway II ships and receives more
reiisht and gives more business 70 the
Dallas and Houston. II Is perfect shame
that the road does not build q flrst-ciass
depot Mt that point The DEPOT now in use
comfortable while awaiting a train 1t Is
no more than justice 70 Bryan that the
Houston and Texas Central railway build
a new depot. and that speedily"
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y. \. %. 3. ID. $500 Der day.

YATES $500, $3.50. $500 per day.
4 v,,a Change of Manasemenr
sssesSodeled and newly FURNISHED. Billiard
,;Iot and bar in connection unequaledi
As,ss kiber & Guerlnger, Prcprietors.
= r lckntan. l.. L. Booth. Richmnnh;
= Cleveland. Richmond; J. W Camp
In Lynchburgs q. w. Sims. Houston;
Il Iockett. r1untsville; j. .. Malone,
.s9ss. Thos, MCGEE, Riuhmond; H. Bra
M sugar Land: q. l.. Flcklan, Eagle
k;sIsl M. Necdham. w. Sloan, j II. Sloan
ss4svl,; ]. A Palmer, Southern Pacific
Es1rsy. Mrs NJ. Skier, Arkansas: j. w.
IssnaAck Texarkana; J. W. Bowers and
"A MIS- o. l.. Day, Miss Edwards. Miss
'a,7n Glddings; ID. H. Blackburn. Brcn-
E,ss N, II. Harnan, Miss Hartman, Miss
{slaiha, Bryan; j. Conn, Miss Cohn, Miss
F6z j. " Bishop. s.. z. Taylor -. +.
1 Ikaz, Calvert; c. G, Persons, Bryan;
|W Brown, GIddings; A. b. Pormid, Car
m. NJ. D. Lanning, Mexia; X. S, For
'E, Hrenham; j, II. Wallace, Brenham;
ne siandlfer.. Elgin; J. II. Lawrence
Eat Nyse, Jno.. w Doremus, Bryan;
~. Houston; u. Freidertans, Austin;
~ Jones, Calvert; r. w. Duetlerdorf,
ldils; Jno. Booth, Clappell Hill; Il.
uanon, Austin: j. S. SCARBOROUGH and
FL Giidings; ]. NJ. Brown. Bryan; Il.
/ GARDNER, Nj. Crawford. Brenham; l..
kE Plrdigast. Aiexia; /. l. Adams S.
/. Adauls Il. adams, G. Adams, Bryan.
La Virgins, Mrs. Ware. Workman. TX.
" Townsend. Syracuse, N. ~; a. n.
FaAfd, W. N. Hudson 4. b. Rodney,
" York; Mrs, NJ. Miller. New York: i.
Carter, A. @. Buoibeck, Lexington, y.
Cummings, Houston and Texas Gem
.5: Dan mccarthy, Houston and Texas
.1iral Chas. Daniels. New York: q.
sBrrett San Antonio; 4. II. Bouiton,
|ss Lake. W. NJ Freeman, Dallas;
& Perry. Miss Hietman, Brenham; ID.
FNk Fort Worth; r. b. Huston, Whar-
b. !. D. Jordan, llgin, Geo. Allen, Tex. ;
B Willyard. Texas; G.. =. Dickson,
21ngton. A. Campbell. Tom Petty,
Esalstesd: H. A. johnson, Galveston;
Snss, New York 7. i. Baellia, Miss
Gardner, Texas: G. r. Shiphens, Coz
[.s5a; Q. i. Baellia, Trinity: T. O. Kerr
b. wife, Muldoon; ". Bush, Texas, o. |
II f4l1well, Giddings; j. $. Harrison,
EtsphiE; G. w. Kidd, Beaumont; g, II.
|sstawich. Amarillo: A. NJ. Belvin, w.
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So; 4 n. Barkcti, KANSAS; 4. r. Ca
Esedsle; j II. Chappee, ]. r. Routh, |
ffRAlein: ]. u, Miller and son. NaNa-
tA Q. a. Beard, Bryan. A. g. Stue, y.
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6srsa Jno ~ Johnson, Giddings; G. n. |
~ n. Wooten. Bryan; $. y. Porter. |
e-Faei y, n. Fielder, w. D. Crockett, |
.zlTtl Hill: j. S. Scarborough, Giddings; |
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Esass Fort Worth; n VI oBoth, Rich |
1T Worth,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-09

s,,,,n res r1esrauce Of The grip calls %
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.shst 5s f1e Leader. Mexla. Ie%4A i5e
WIS slck L. ten da5s 49, ,'q hs,n
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efap.f ,l..s. u dnrS. Tbs second at{acks
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aa1ickly and elfeclnaliy eisf ln,a ~ ne
trial; IS And ~ cent bottles ~
drngElsts.