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Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
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George Meikle Kemp's indifference to dress Is auusiugly illustrated by an in- cident which occurred when he was called upon to attend committee meet ing, in order to discuss the restoration of Glasgow cathedral He performed the journey from Edinburgh to Glas- gow on foot and on arriving at his les- tiuation 1t occurred to him that Q fresh shirt front would freshen his toilet to snficieu, degree.
 He bought the article, put it on, and quite satisfied with his immaculate ap- pearauce waited on the committee, and then, business dispatched, called upon relative
 Why, George" cried that plain spoken" person, what have you been doing to your shirt collar? Just look in the glass and see what fright you are"
 Kemp looked in the mirror and then burst into hearty laughter,
 Ut does not matter now" he said. for, fright and all as am, l hae been among the great folks
 He had forgotten 10 remove bis travel stained collar, and there it appeared, rising majestically above the new and sp5tless oHe.-Youth's Companion.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
HappInoss and the RIues.

1 wonder why girl isn't happy unless she can have the blues once in awhile? Once in long time one finds an angelic being whose spirits never pass low water mark, and who lives through day after day in state of the most exasperating checrfulness till one longs to do some thing desperate to break heawful calm,
 But we never love them as we do the dear, harum scarum people who are blue sky and thunder shower half dozen times a day. It is.such a satisfaction to find out that other people are just real faulty, human creatures like ourselves. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
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The shoeblacks are almost in despair. As the fall approached they have been watching and waiting for the dictators of fashion to declare against the russet leather shoes On the contrary, the makers of fashionable footgear say that this fall the yellow shoes will be more popular than ever and that quite likely they will be worn during the winter also, While the inventive genius of some mass i've intellect has prepared a patent yell low polish, for which the shoeblac&s charge ten cents for each application, they do not find anything so profitable as the old black calfskin shoes which had to be polished every day, and some times night and morning. The yellow shoes, notice, are being worn more and
 more every day Brooklyn Eagle.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
,Iumor. of md t,noIer, so,ro.

Every serious crisis has it's amusing side The cholera phase through which we have been passing has developed some ludicrous situations, A woman got in Brooklyn street car one day last week and sat down next to n well dressed man. He smelled SC of carholic acid that she hurriedly exchanged her place for one opposite between a man and woman. One of them, it could not be determined which, was redolent of chloride of lime. the fumes of which are peculiarly sickening to the woman in question. Out of the frying pan into fire, she thought, and before she made a third move she decided to select her neighbor with care.
 A small boy sat in corner, He was safe, she concluded, and, braviug the surprise of the passengers, who could not understand her restlessness, sho once more changed her place A wave of camphor assailed her nostrils as sho seated herself beside the child, but this was endurablo, and she kept still Pretty soon woman opposite leaned over tO Ndt boNr
 "Clarence, she said, .'hayo you got your bag ony
 "Yes'm, he replied, and fumbling at his jacket produced a small flannel bag tied by cord about his neck l. was filled with the camphor that was scontulS the neighborhocd, and the mother satis. fled, told him to replace it. She oyi- dently felt that her sons safety was as- surcd and did not realize that the strong drug thus absorbed by the pores of the skin weakeus the system to a degree that renders it the more liable to infec- ton Camphor chloride of lime and carbohc ucid in one ear full of passen, gers may be taken as pungent com ment on the prevalence of the cholera scare. Her Point of View in New York Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
Glaciers.

Glaciers plunge into the sea in many cold countries and perish by drowning, their dismombered remains floating away as bergs, But their end is by dis solution where the annual mean temperature rises considerably above the freezing point. At some certain level they melt faster than they can flow, and so terminate.
 The level indeed is fluctuating one. lcelaudic glaciers are now steadily ad- vancing. Swiss glaciers, according to M. Forel have undergone during the present century five alternating periods of diminution and growth.
 The meteorological changes occasion ing and emphasized by these oscillations are very slight. Their character, how ever, is unmstakabe, and such as might have been anticipated That is to say, glacial decrease accompanies a warm and dry cycle; glacial increase, one that is damp and cold
 Without one additional degree of cold it is conceivable that consistently aug mented deposit of snow upon the Ger steuhorner and the Schneestock, al though otherwise scarcely perccptble, might enable the Rhoue glacier to over whelm Brieg.
 But this would be an exceedingly small step toward the restoration of a former state of things, when au ice stream close upon 2jO miles in length, starting from the same source, crossed tbe frozen or noueXistent lake of Ge- ueva, and debouched by Culoz upon Lyons, Without severe cold as well as heavy precipitation, ico could not pos sibly have gained So great an ascend aucy, And this was no local phenom euou-it was simultaneously prevalent over widely separated tracts of the earth's surface Edinburgh Review
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
4 Valuable cIncl,.

There is no further need for the noisy little alarm clock, for a Swiss has just invented a clock that talks. It is much pleasanter than the grating br-r-r-1 Of the bell that always rings ten times as loud as necessary, to have a clock that win stand at the head of the bed and re- mark: There are eggs, and nice juicy steak, and cold melon and milk and toast aud fried potatoes and coffee down stairs for you, John Henry, ant this is the day when Archimedes Me, Gomigla promised you the twenty dollars he has been owing you so long. Besides day after tomorrow is Sunday, and you can finish your sleep then" That's the sort of a clock to have in the family Brooklyn Eagle
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
nnt vater for inc pnhlio-

The "hot water fountains" which the municipal council of Paris determined last year to establish are in operation on the Boulevard St. Germain, on the south side of the Seine. The fountain is an elegant circular column provided with button, which, being pressed, after placing a sou in the slot, causes about eight quarts of water to be al. most instantaneously heated by gas to 65 degs. Reaumur, and passed through tap into the recipients pail or can. When this operation is completed an inner weight rises and the gas is auto matically turned off The small house holders and shopkeepers of the neigh. borhood are stated to be availing them. selves eagerly of this privilege, which is eventually to be extended to every quarter of the city and suburbs. Paris Letter
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
FAST oYsreA OPENERS.
workmen In New York City Who TaIo
 Oysters Out of Their Shells.

Oysters Out of Their Shells.
 The crack oyster openers of New York can easily hold their own against the rest of the world as '1ightning opera tors" as they are called.
 Ono of the veterans is Dick Balmer, who has opened 5000 oysters in day of twelve hours, and he can now average 7.5OO in a day of twelve or thirteen hours work.
 Mike Foley, who msy well be termed a lightning operator, and is now in his ffties, has opened as many as 0,50O oysters in one day, and on ordinary days. if he pushes himself, he can easily get away with s 600 oysters. Of course the oysters opened are large and small, just as they come as if they were all siaall aud round the opening could be done much more rapidly.
 John lsahey is good for an average Of 5000 day, and SO is an opener known among the oystermen us Deaf George" hl triad of speed in opening 800 oysters Jobn Lahey probably cannot be beaten.
 To open oysters rapidly of course re. quires great deal of experience in handling them, but there also seems to be lluack about 1t that every oyster man cannot aequire Some mep, for in- stance cmouly open a,000 oysters a day and they will not go much above that after years of work in this line.
 The tweuty-sevcn men employed by Alex Frazer on tke North river will average 5,G10 oysters a day, which is a much higher average than is reached by the majority of the crews around New York Thpse men also can turn out, when required, l50 GOO oysters day in all which is t5,0OO oysters above the average of 5.u00 a man. There are very few oyster scows in the market can equal this average from week to week It must also be considered that on some days work begins at o'clock in the morning and on others at or soclock
 There was an oyster opening match about a year ago between Mike Foley and Jack Gillon. The match was to de- eide which man was the quicker at opening OJO oysters. Gillon won in c minutes, beating his opponent by only seyeh oysters. Foley has opened l,200 oysters at one sitting.
 Dick Balmer has appeared in sixteen oyster opening matches and lost ouly two of tlem. Most of the contests were over tae opgs4iug of 100 oysters A one time Balmcr opened lJ0oystersin min utcs aud 23 seconds which is now tEe best straight knife" record Balmcr has also opeuel eco oysters in u min. utes The two matches in which he was defeated he lost Co John Gillou The first match was best two out of three records iE opening 100 oysters. but owing to a dispute Bahner retired from the contest leaving the match 10 Gllon. Al the second IAatcu Balner was beaten by eight oysters
 Among taa lightning operators on Wil liam Foster COW the most conspicuous undoaJtedlyis Black Frank, as Frank Barrett. wh1 Is as white man as any other white man in this country, is dubbed by his associates Mir Barrett has spent g good many years in the sauth and from his association there in a business way with the darkies he came to bg called Black Frank '-New York News,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
The Engine Refused to Move.

Richard Van Horn, of Jackson, Mich, one of the oldest engineers on the AIichi- gan. Central railroad, died lately, and his body was taken to his former home at Marshall, Mich It was his last wish 10 be buried there, and that his old en. zine, Nine Spot pull the train, A special train was furnished by the com pauy to take a numberof his friends and companions Co the scene of the burial, and was pulled by old Nine Spot. As the word was given to start the train the engine would not move. The en- gineer reversed the lever and threw her back, but she would not budge an inch.
 After examining the machinery for some time the engineer found nothing whatever the matter. Then the old seemingly heartbroken machine steamed away. The acts of Nine Spot caused much comment among railroad men, and the engineer himself is just a little afraid of her, Philadelphia Ledger
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
woman and the Confidence Game.

A promised raffie for a gold watch was to have taken place at R. II. Pettit's store Saturday evening, but 1t never took place. A number of the ticket holders were on hand. but the person who was 10 give the raffie, young woman, failed to show up. After wait ing some time it began to dawn upon the people who came that they had been well duped.
 A number of days ago a good looking young woman, a stranger, who said her name was Miss Clifford, called on Mr. Petit at his store. She showed him a jeweled gold watch and obtained his consent to have the timepiece rallied at his store. Together with another wom- an, supposed 10 be her mother, Miss Clifford went all over the town and sold q large number of tickets at fifty cents each. The last heard of the two women was that they had been seen with valises in hand travelling in the direction of the depot Saturday morning. These women are evidently confidence people,--Sacra- mento Bee.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
rhe ssrrentIne panee or ola Nne

A learned correspondent writes as follows concerning the new dance:
 Numerous young ladies and gentle, men are claiming the honor of invent ing or first introducing it. They forget that it is only development of Pharaoh's fayorite bee dance, still to be met with on the banks of the Nile. It was brought into prominence about thirty-hvo years ago by Donate, the one legged dancer at Coyent Garden thea ter. The dance wants figure and per sonal beauty first, and arms rather than legs afterward The exertiOn of work ing the eighty yards of china silk into graceful folds is abOnt equal 10 tho muscular exercise involved in a per formance with the Indian clubs, and the foot dancing is necessarily confined to a small space, for fear of entanglement, The serpentine dance would probably be chased as Spanish
 My correspondent may be right enough as to the date to which the dance goes back am no Egyptologist. But he is i'll error as Co the date of Donate, the one legged dancer, who must have ap. peared nearer five and twenty years ago than five and thirty. Time goes quickly enough, to be sure. but, speaking iron memory, should have said that Donate was in a Coveut Garden pantomine somewhere we'll town the sixties.-L0n- don Truth.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
Securing n MilIn,r-

Young Walter de Umfraville, son of Gilbert, had left Q widow, Emma pre- sumably in the very blush of her charms. Peter de Vaux had fallen at her feet, but he declined to obtain her in border fashion, and this fact is ths earnest pledge of the ehivalry of his love. If he would not steal her he was bound to buy her, and coin with the de Vaux was always a scarcity. So he of- fered the king five palfreys for her, If she wished it." Snd with what would read as 8 graceful acknowledgment of the borderer's pure chivalry, John abso- lutely drops the commercial from his re- ply and simply orders Robert Fitz Roger the sheriff, ito permit it to be aene e"-Gentleman's Magazine.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
Discarded India Rubber utiii.cd.

Ii is mat.er of common knowledge that india rubber goods even of the highestQua!ily are pcrishable. Although not subject to any great wear aud tear the tine comes when the rubber loses its elasticity and becomes soft and rot ten Hitherto such Uelished rubber has represented a waste material for which uo use could ba found, but by a process recently invented She perished rubber can | made, t is said. once more scry. iyeabla
 By incorporating the waste rubber with certain hydrocarbons and with a proportion Of Trinidad asphalt, by add. ing to tbe mixture certain vegetable oils and submitting thc product 10 heat, thcre is pruluccd a substance to which the aiue of "bAndyta" has been given It eau he made hard and deuso or soft and pIiab}c by modifying certain parts of tho pr0ce s, and it seems to be appi- cable 10 most of aho various purposes for which parerUbDar used St Louis GlOba-Demoarat.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
rae Cutsvav Cont.

The cutaway frugk coat may be worn at any umo during inc day, and is really the most useful 0il around garment in the vocabulary The man in the black cutaway of dull finish cloth is dressed for any emergency that may arise dur nE hours of the day Ttis suitable for tho afternoon tea and for the morning stroll It has been worn with excellent effect with the top hat at the noon we'd diug-indeed its efficacy and becoming ness is so apparent that many of tho more conservative swclls have been de- tered through their fealty to this gar mcnt of semidres5 from piuning ale
 glance to tho more distinguished but trying lines of the long tailed double breasted froCk,- Clothier and Furnisher.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
A Twentieth Child.

Monroe county can boast of wonder ful child It has little girl only six years old who is a musical prodigy. She can play on the piano any piece she ever heard and fancied Her hands are not larger than a child's of four years She is too small to get on the piano stool, yet she plays well and with ease, and just as well when blindfolded She is a daugh- ter of w. II. Thurman, and strange to say she is the twentieth child, without g funeral in the family except that of his wife. He is the inventor of the Thur man car coupler. The little girl is named Vivian, is pretty child and can play almost whole day, always g diff ferent tune.-Grifin (Ga,) News.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
The Tailor Made Shit.

In fitting a cloth suit the modes of fitting peculiar to the tailor are many iu number, but good in result Tho measureInputa are numerous the inst fitting is au ordinary cotton lining; the second one a silk lining the third one the silk and the material the fourth one the almost finished bodice, which usual ly needs then only few mistakes recti- fed. and there is the finished bodice for the head tailor to see in its entirety. No critic is so severe as is the master of the establishment, and a slight wrinkle will cause him to order the taking apart of the bodice and the making it so that it fits like the proyerbial glove. The same care is shown in fitting a skirt, and at the really good tailor's long train cloth skirt, unless it were for evening or house wear, is not even considered Mrs. Mallon in Ladies Home Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
All the Advantages of a Hotel.

A sea water bath in our own homes has long been a commonplace privilege, but now we are approaching day when the ingenuity of man will make possible that trinity of luxuries-the salt water, the sea air and the glorious sunburn after it, all within ones own bathroom, for the new electric light bath browns the complexion of the bather while it in- vigorates his system almost like the real article, which involves a hotel bill of alarming size It is evidently only a matter of time when we may all enjoy a summer vacation on the penny-in-the-
 lot plan without even paying car fare
 New York Sun,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
Encct of Invention on Fishing.

Doubtless the india rubber worm IS only a beginning of the maryels in the fishing line. From artificial flies and artificial worms it is only step to other kinds of artificial bait The time is not far distant when bogus frogs, crickets, dobson, snails, grasshoppers and grubs will form a part of every sporting outfit, with perhaps artificial trout and bass forthe returning fisherman who dislikes to pass down the street dangling a single sunfsh Troy (N. Y) Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
An ornamen, to the Profession.


 The political orator was just warming up tu his subject.
 "Geutlemeu," he said ilnpressively "the great party of freedom-the party that has upheld the dignity of the Ameri can eagle and strengthened it so that it is now able to flap its wings in the face of the British lion or any other animal on the European coutinent--made no mistake when it nominated that able and representative citizen, William Montgomery Blinks, for alderman from this ward. A young man of sterling integrity and progressive ideas, he eH- tered upon the study of law soon after graduating from one of the free schools with which this glorious country is blessed, and upon being admitted to tine bar he at once became an ornament to his professional beg yGur pardon, sir, did you say auythiugT
 "I did replied the tall, angular man in the back of the hall
 May ask you to repeat the remark didn't quite catch it
 "I said you were right"--
 "Cerainly sir. 1 am glad you '-
 He's been an ornament to the profes sion, suppose, but that's all. He never has been any use to it. And, gentlemen, are we looking for ornainsn ants to put on the ticketE -Detroit Free Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
The snnil,s Eyes.

The little black spots on the end of the snaiPs horns are the animals eyes. He can see with them very little, but they serve to distinguish for him light from darkness and enable him to ob- serve objects at distance of an inch or two.-Exchange.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
A Timeln Protest.

Sarah K Bolton, through an article in The Independent, utters a timely pro test against the wedding present nui- sance and extortion. She says-what every sensible person knows and con cedes-that wedding presents have come to be a burden, and to a considerable extent simply 3 matter of pride.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01

The highest type of character is that which is made up of feelings so luni- nous that the man takes more elevated path than he could ever do if he were bound down to rules and precedents.- Hcurv Ward Beerhor,
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
Perfectly Harmless.

Lady-I hear you fought duel with Mir. Meyer yesterday.
 Gent-That is so.
 Lady--But did you not feel afraid when standing before a loaded revolver? Gent-Not in the least when Mir Meyer holds 1t, for he is my insurance agent. -Gewerbeblatt.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
What Did she Mean2

He--Did you see me on the street yes terday?
 She-Yes.
 He--Haye you quit speaking to your friends?
 She-Oh, no.-Detroit Free Press
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01

A portable sundial is not an uncom- mon object in Spanish shops, and it is still in current use in Spain. At Burgos no less than three different kinds are of fered for sale at prices varying from uine to seventeen cents.
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01

The report of the dead letter office for last year showed that the work had only been disposed of by recourse to extra time; and that over 100, 900 letters in ex- cess of the previous year were returned "a writars
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01
A nIlrhir Audience.

The decision made by the Worlds fair authorities 10 provide seats for l2J.OOO people in the colossal Mann facturcs building during the dedicato~y exercises will awaken some more pe0pl to an appreciation of the surprising pro, portions of this enterprise. One hundred and twenty-five thousand. The popula- tion of big city might sit down to- gether in this auditorium. Half dozen Illinois cities might attend, or the puo- pie of 100 respectable villages could be assembled in it. The auditorium will Bo twenty-five times as large as the largest now in the city, and fifty or sixty times that of tRe average Chicago theater Like several other things which are to appear at Jackson park, it will open some peoples eyes to the yastness of the scale on which modern celebrations can be conducted Chicago News
Arizona silver belt., 1893-04-01

When John G. Whitders office in this city was surrounded by a mob fifty years ago nearly every one on the premises felt constrained to depart. The gentle Quaker found himself alone with an office boy who would not desert him. Whittier at last made his way through the surging crowd down Chestnut street to Fifth. His gentle mien and quiet way of receiving threats gained him the mobs respect, and tbo courageous little fellow who clung to his employer through it all was also admired. Thg pair finally took refuge in a friendly house. Whittier never forgot that boy, and for years he wrote him constantly in this city. When death came to tie boy, since grown to manhood, his daugh. ter sent Whittier a letter announcing the fact and received a touching letter of sympathy, Recently a babe was born to her, and he will be christened John Greenleaf Whittier.-Philadelphia Record