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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-06
oalifornia's Militia Disgraced.

Sacramento, Cal, July 5--All the men,
bers Of the local militia who participate
in yesterdays farce have been deprived
of their arms and uniforms by Gen Shec-
han. The Stockton companies havo been
ordered home in disgrace.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-06
NIoKEL PLATE MEN OUT.
All the Train and Engine Hands at
Fort Wayne Quit.

Fort Wayne. Ind. July 5.-The firemen,
engineers, conductors, brakemen and
switchmen on the Nickel Plate went out
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
How No Wore 1sia Shoes.

"I'Il bet any ono in tho party" Colo
mel Jack Gambill said to q group Of ac-
quaintances ono day, THAT I did some
thing when a growing boy out in old
Tennessee that has never been done by
any ono before or since"
"What was that, colonel?'
81 wore out my first pair Of shoes
without both feet being shod at tho
same time"
Explain"
"rYou see, It was this way. Shoes
were a novelty to mo. Tho shoemaker
was slow, and I was impatient, as all
boys are, for a new thing. He finished
one of the shoes on a Saturday and told
me 1 would have to wait another week
for its fellow. I couldn't stand that, so
l took tho one shoe and wore it to such
en- extent that when / want for the 9TH
er l had to leave tho first one for re-
pairs. 1t went ON this way week after
week, and somehow I never could bring
that pair Of shoes together on my feet.
The family was too poor to think of buy
ing me an additional pair. Odd thing,
wasn't it. to have one foot in leather
and padding the hoof with the otheri
Boys'n do queer things sometimes a.
San Francisco Call.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
Enrllsh Homc. nn1 american.

On entering on Englishman's house
the first thing one notices is how woll
his house is adapted to him. On enter
ing On Americans house the first thing
notices is how we'll no adapts him
self to his house. In England tho estab-
lishment is carried ON with primo Wow
to the comfort of the man. In America
the establishment is carried on with a
prime view to the comfort Of tho wom-
an. Men are moro selfish than women;
consequently the English homo is, as a
rule, more comfortable than the Ameri-
can homo.
An Englishman is continually going
home; an American is continually going
to business. One is forever planning
and scheming to get home, and to stay
home, and to enjoy the privileges of
home, whilo the other is moro apt to
devote his energies to make his business
a place to go to and in which to spend
himself. These minor details of domes-
tic life put their impress upon larger
matters Of business and politics. Price
Collier in Forum.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
A sMooIn ENsLLsAMAN-


a Specimen of The etamps who sin Into
American Society 90 rs Dotrinicnt.
A young Englishman, "of good fam
Of coursc-all Englishman Gro-
has been detected in stealing right and
left from prominent few York families
who had received him on terms Of in.
timncy. Tho funny part Of tho business
IS that the young Englishmon was q self
confessed thief in his own country, had
received letters Of Introduction to New
York people and been shipped over horo
IN order that he might make q living
His name is withheld ont Of considera-
ton for tho families with whom ne has
associated hero and whom he has rob-
bed. Having boon exposed, no has re-
tired with q choice collection Of scarf
pins, silvorware and a substantial vyad
Ct grcsnbacks, which will keep him un-
I'll ho fnds another opportunity to re-
plenish his stock
This pathetic tale leads mo to make a
few remarks az to how these foreign
scamps obtain a foothold in our best
society. " Suppose tho scene is the opera
Mira A notices a stranger in hrs b. 3
box
"who is that v e thoro with Mira
b. p she asks.
"Oh, that's a young Englishman. I
met him at the club last night. l think
his names Cremorne Seems a jolly fell
low"
Hes nice looking. You may bring
him 10 my box If you choose"
So Cremorne, tho scamp, Is duly
passed ON from one family to another,
no one knowing a thing about him, CT
caring, for that matter, so long as he is
~presentable and q novelty. He may have
got his first introductions through acct
dent, mistake or a chance acquaintance
on shipboard 1t matters not He is
500 in the swim, and being an iron pot
is very apt to get the best Of the earth
enware families who have taken him
mp. In this recent incident the people
who potted the pilferer arc to DO con-
graduated that he didn't get away with
n daughter or two rs well as with their
money and bric-a-brac .-Chollie Kniclr-
erbocker in New York Recorder
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
The Natural Death.

The natural death is no utopian
dream. Both longevity and outhanasia
arc within the reach of mankind. Not
a few have already secured both, while
many more may find them. 1 have seen
the man. He was old. He had neither
pain, anger nor sorrow. Finally his in
tellect began to lose its power. His am
bition changed to a desire for repose.
His ideas Of space, time and duty lin
gered for a moment, then passed away.
Step by step his powers waned. Hap
PLY, painlessly, cArelessly the moments
few. The merry sounds Of youth at play
and the hum Of the busy world only
rocked him gently to sleep. On and on
he passed until his intellect ceased and
consciousness was 70 more. This Is the
true ~euthanasia Il suggests no terror;
II inficts no pain; it brings no agony.
DIR. ]. Hobart Egbert in Dietio and
Hygienic Gazette
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10

IN lncdont fhnt Causrd fhc General 60 To
Dsnr ahelmea WIN ClGara.

IN Incidcnt fltnt Causrd tho General 60 To
Over Fhoimcd with Cigars.
"i5y father" said Colonel Grant,
tried TO smoke whilo at Wcat Point
but only because It was against the reg
ulations and then ho didn't succeed
very we'll at Il. He really got the habit
from smoking light cigars and cigarettes
during tho Moxican war, but it wasn't
n nxed habit. When no left tho army
and lived in the country, he smoked a
pipo-nOt necessarily. ] don't. think
that he was very fond Of tobacco thon,
and really there was always q popular
misconception Of tho amount Of his
smoking. But no went ON as o light
smoker, a casual smoker, until tho day
of the fall Of Fort Donclson. Then tho
gunboats having been worsted some
what, and Admiral Foote having been
wounded, he sent ashore for my father
to como md sec him. Father went
aboard, and the admiral, as is custom
airy, had his cigars pa0sed. My father
took n aud was smoking it when he
went ashore. There he was met by Q
staff officer, who told HIM that there
was a %sortie, and tho right wing had
been struck and smashed in Then my
father started for tho scene Of opera
tons He let his cigar 60 out naturally,
but held it between his fingers He rode
hither and yon, giving orders and direc-
tions, still with the cigar stump in his
hand.
'"The result Of his exertions was that
Fort Donelson fell after he sent his mes
sage Of unconditional surrender, and
i propose to move Immediately upon
your works With the message was
sent all over the country the nows that
Grant was smoking throughout the bat
tic when he only had carried this stump
from Foote'S flagship. But the cigars
began to como in from all over tho I'm
ion. He had II, 900 cigars ON hand in 4
very short time. He gave away ell no
could, but he wa 50 surrounded with
cigars that he got to smoking them reg
ularly, but he never smoked rs much rs
he seemed to smoke. Ha would light a
cigar after breakfast and Let it 10 out,
and then light it again, and then again
let it so out and light it, so that the
n cigar would last until lunchtime. "
From an Interview With Colonel
Frederick d. Grant About His Father
in McClure's Magazine.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
SHAVED Her HUSBAND.
Row n Baltimore Lady Raised Money to
Assist In Improving Church Property.


Row n Baltimore Lady Raised Money to
Assist In Improving Church Property.
The ladies of Memorial Protestant
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter
are industriously working to improve
the church property. Some time ago
they got together, and after discussing
ways and means each pledged herself to
raise a certain sum of money within two
months The time having expired, q
meeting wGs held Tuesday night to re-
late experiences and to learn tho result
of the various undertakings Each lady
returned her card with a larger sum
than she pledged herself for.
The methods used to raise the money
were almost as varied as the numbers
of the cards One lady made and sold
soup, the profit from which supplied
her with money to redeem her pledge
Another sold cakes, another candy, and
another made and sold dresses One lady
adopted n novel plan to raise the prom
Used money. She has not only strong
nerves and a steady hand, but a husband
who has great faith in her, for ho has
allowed her to shave him and paid
her the price which he usually paid his
barber. The report docs not say any
thing about the condition Of his face
after the two months had passed. By
the united efforts Of the ladies' O large
sum was realized, which viii DO used
to ~renovats the church. -BaltimOro Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
A Desenreo olrY.


NaINNte OF ANANin| HlfN.'i NNu ANN no iAu-
man i.oins Lives ~ re-
Aparty OF archaeological just roturnod
horo from the northeast corner of North
Dakota tell a thrilling story Of tho
abandoned city Of West Lynne. The city
Is dosolnte and going TO decay. No
traffic goes on in its streets or business
in its storea No homes arc in it's dwcll-
inga The streets arc graded, have side
walks, and trees and s~hrubbery flourish
in the yards surrounding the residences,
but all is silence and loneliness
Tho town Is opposite Emerson, Just
ncross the Manitoba line from St. Vim
cent There, on two sides Of the Red
river and within an area Of four square
miles, are four towns-Emorson, West
Lynne, Winston and Pombina.
The history Of tho place IL ono Of the
romances Of town building in tho boom
period, when Winnipeg was tho motrop-
oils Of the north. Some sohomors, with
more fertility than scruplos, plated and
exploited a city ON the river at n point
where they claimed the Great Northern
was to cross Eastern capitalists were
becoming interested, and money was
plenty. There was no sham about tho
actual construction Of that town, but o
substantial reality.
A man named Murray Of Chicago was
tho agent He sold lots at auction for
So 600 each. While he would be sell
ing, a telegram would come notifying
him Of the salo Of a certain plot, and it
would be withdrawn. Then he sold adj
joining lots at advanced prices. That
was the broker feature Meantime build
ing was progressing.
No board shanties, wood walls nor
canvas shells, but handsome structures
Of brick or lumber, thoroughly finished
I'm approved style, were erected, and to-
day tho town is a handsome but useless
monument to the credulity of some and
tho hardihood Of others.
II has buildings which cost from S5,-
600 to $40, 600, and the bridge, which
cost $500, 600, and is capable Of holding
a population of 20, 600, and yet no hu-
man being lives in it-Philadelphia
Timoa
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
NAaRIAae nEIwEEN woMsN.
a Trial Tn a london Court Reveals n Plot
Worthy 81 tho Dime Novel.

a Trial In a London oourt Reveals a Plot
Worthy 81 tho Dime Novel.
The legal world of London Is much
exercised over tho complications likely
30 ensuo from revelations made in a trial
which has been had before Mr.. Justice
Gritty Il appears that I'm q marriage
contracted in 1866, which up TO tho
present time was thought 20 ho velid,
both parties were women.
In tho year mentioned Mrs. Rachel
Elizabeth Culloner, o widow, was bar
assod by creditors who wanted to attach
the income she derived from tho will Of
her husband This income by tho viii,
sho would lose II Fho married again.
She had living with her n son and dangh-
ter, together with Miss Sophia Now
land, q cousin Of Hrs Cullener's late
husband.
The whole family wos suffering for
want Of food, WHOM it was suggested by
tho daughter that hor mother marry
again, after which her children would
collect the income anl support her. IL
was difficult TO find a husband who
could be trusted So Mra Culloner, in
mans clothes, under thoname of James
Stanley, was married in due form 10
Miss Sophia Newland, who at the mar
riag5 ceremony took the narne Of Mrs
Cullcncr.
Both signed their borrowed names in
the register Of the parish, and Mrs. New
land lived with Mrs. Cullener until 1881
Both have testified on tho trial to tho
facts here narrated Mr.. Justice Gritty
refused to believe the witnesses and dis
missed tho casa, holding that q woman
who has, by her own admission, been
for years STEPPED in fraud" has no right
to complain if tho courts decline to be-
lievo her when she comes forward in
her ovn interest to impeach a solemn
entry in a marriage register, the accura-
cy Of n recital in q deed to which she
was herself a party and the plain in
tent and meaning Of the course of con.
duct which she has pursued. London
Cor. New York Commercial Advertiser.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
Boston Fad.

One Of the luxuries Of a very recent
birth is the physician for tho hair. In
Boston he is n of the most popular of
the medical fraternity in town, and q
woman can hardly be in the fashionable
set without falling into tho hands of
this really charming man. If she goes
to the most fashionable hairdresser and
shampooer in town, it will not be even
her second visit which will make her
acquainted with what tho scalp special
ist can do for her hirsute adornment,
and if she meets the fashionable doctor
first her vsiit to the hairdresser and
shampooer is only deferred. 1t makes
no difference whether she begins with
tho doctor or the shampooer-she is sure
to see the other ut once.-Boston Jour
nal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
C U r TREE.
Planted by the hoy, It Furnished the Bua-ds
TO Make the Bsan's Coffin.

Planted by the hoy, It Furnished the Bua-ds
20 Make the MANS Colin.
Fifty years ago Roger Drury Of Web
ster county, KY, then 10 years old,
planted the stone Of a cherry that no
had eaten on the farm Of his father. It
took root and in n few years became a
prolific tree ard was known by the fam
lily as Rogers plant. From year to
year the lad collected and sold the prod
uct, invariably boarding the money re-
coivcd, even after he had attained man
hood, was married and had children of
his own, who aided in tho management
Of the farm ~bequeathod by his father.
Last summer, in his sixtieth year,
Roger Drury's health declined and be-
anne seriously impaired, and at the
same time the cherry tree manifested
unmistakable evidences Of decay, when
tho old man had it cut down and sawed
into boards, from which he had his cof-
fin constructed, for utilization when tho
final summons camo. Three weeks ago
he was compelled to resort to his bed,
when he sent for an undertaken and
gave final directions for tho coffin's
trimmings, expiring shortly aftervard.
Tho funeral expenses were betrayed from
the fund saved by the sale of the cher
ries of the tree planted in his boyhood
time. Henderson (Ky.) Correspondent
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
Nov Mind wnrm.

Among tho other interesting addresses
which We're made at the meeting Of the
Academy Of Natural Sciences the other
evening was one by Professor Edward
D. Cope On a peculiar species Of blind
worm. a new variety discovered in the
south. 1t is a curious s~ubterranoaD little
thing with almost invisible eyes, and it
is found in the nests Of ants and ter
mites, on which it feeds. The scientific
name for the family is chirotidae, and
Professor Cope has named the new vari-
city Euchirotes biporus, as two pores near
the tail distinguish it from other spe-
cies, as does also the fact that it has an
terror but no posterior legs.
Professor Cope also talked about the
lungs Of snakes of different species,
some having two lungs, some only one,
and others, especially the venomOus
kinds, showing scarcely any signs of
lungs at all -Philadelphia Press
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
white Hosiery and Glory.

I'VE will win this year sure, " said
Cappun Arson, with tho frmness born
of confidence Eve viii return to white
hosiery.
In the old days, when the Chicago
baseball club used to float q pennant
every season, Mr.. Anson's players were
colloquially known as the White Stock
ings." For years the glimpse of nine
pairs of stout legs incased in white
struck terror to the souls Of opposing
teams Tho white sock was the egis Of
victory upon the field
This is why C~apitaine Bobe Arson
determined to revert to white hose. His
logic is unmistakable. He and his team
once wore white hose; result, victory.
Then they wore another color Of hose;
result, defeat Now IS stocky calves are
in white again. Who can doubt the con-
sequences?-Chicago Record.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10


A countryman who boarded the fire
boat New Yorker at her berth at tho
Battery tho other day was interested to
observe tho completeness of her equip
ment for fighting fire along the river
front. Her powerful pumps and ingen-
ious arrangements for directing the
streams upon burning buildings or into
the holds Of vessels filed him with adj
miration. Then he asked the engineer to
show him the workings Of the search
light. He took it for granted hat there
was ono and was amazed to learn that
there was 10 electrical plant at all on
tho boat. This would appear to DO a Gu
rious defciencyi in n boat otherwise por-
fectly appointed, ard it is difficult to
see how so obvious a need could have
been overlooked in the building Of tho
Now Yorker. The c~ountryman's discov-
cry has led to a discussion Of the need
Of a searchlight and may lead to its in
PRODUCTION on the boat II is admitted
that such light would be Of tho great
est valuo to the New Yorker in finding
its way at night about among tho
crowded and tangled slips. It would,
moreover, make it possible to direct a
powerful light upon the fronts Of waro-
houses, to the very great assistance Of tho
firemen. Electric lights ON tho boat
would also DO supplied in place of tho
old fashioned oil lamps that are COW in
use.-New York Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10

A swallow few down and plucked a
small piece Of wool from tho back Of q
sheep. Tho sheep was very indignant
and denounced the swallow in scathing
terms.
why do you make such a fuss?'
asked the swallow. you never say
anything when the shepherd takes all
tho wool you have ON your back.
THAT'S a different thing entirely, "
replied the sheep. 'If you knew how to
take any wool without hurting me rs
the shepherd docs, / would not object
SO much"
This fable is merely intended to ex-
plain why millions can be stolen with
IMMUNITY, while the theft Of a pair Of
boots or a loaf of bread is punished
with such severity. Texas Siftings.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
Janel.ng Plano Strings.

Another care occurred in a house
where I was once stopping in Nova
Scotia a piano with a bad note was
faxed By simply opening an inside shut
ter Of q bay window at tho opposite side
Of o parlor from the piano The latch Of
ono shutter was lightly resting against
tho edge OF another and caused tho jan
gle when ono particular note wa struck.
Tho lady player had previously declared
that che would send for a tuner tho next
day and laughed at my attempt 10 fix il
by hunting about tho room while Rho
pounded. However, Gho did not conceal
her surprise when the trouble was re-
moved and admitted that there was
something about this sound business
that she did not quito understand
In regard 10 locating these jangles,
however, Twill say that IL Is not always
20 easy. IL rcquires some practice baforo
tho car becomes capable Of locating with
ary degree Of success the direction Of
sounds Of this kind This wa my OK
porienco with tho first piano jangle,
that Of tho cracked globe, which was
quito dilicnit. That Of the window
shutter was easier as wei % many 9TH
crB which 1 have located ainca A cor
rect musical car "a also an important
calumet in flo Gaze "A. "A. Kuuds0l in
Popular Science Monthly.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
EMBARRASSED eY TAIIR RlcAEs.
why somo Men with a Pot OF Money Ar
Not So Happy as Others.

Why Como Men with n Pot OF Money Are
Not So Happy as Others.
feel genuine sorrow for a uan who
has o pot Of money in bank drawing no
interest 1t spoils his digestion, ruf1es
his temper and keeps him awake nights
While the man who hasn't anything
and doesn't expect to have anything is
sound asleep, the man with lido money
Is tossing on his couch Of anxiety.
There arc no ,pting investments
being offered the nlan who may need
his cash within six months and cannot
therefore salt it down in real estate.
The banks Of New York arc not paying
interest The savings banks are, bat
they have q good many safeguards
against a man getting his money out in
q pinch The regular banks are suffer-
ing from an extraordinary glut of money.
cy,
INTEREST,"" exclaimed an official Of
ono of these concerns to q customer
with q $50, 900 balance. "Why it is n
favor to take care of your money for
you. We'd rather not have it so far as
any advantage to as goes We have 80
much on hand that We can't do any
thing with it. We arc just loaded up
with funds at present and nobody look
ing for money. Legitimate investment
seems at n standstill hereabouts. The
rest Of the banks arc in the same fix"
So tho customer cano away, gloomily
figuring up the difference between him
self aud the man with nothing but a
clear conscience Now York Herald.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10

From Paris tho death is announced of
the last Observation-Disclosures. do Tersud-
of Jean Bart, who lives in history as a
famous French c%orsair, his portrait be-
ing still a common n on village inn
sign posts. Bart was quite a romantic
character and earned the national graf
itude by accepting commission to fight
against tho Dutch, though he had no
connection with the French navy. Cap
tured by the English, he made a daring
escape from Plymouth, which so en-
HANGED his reputation THAT Louis XIV
gave him a position in the navy and en-
powered him to wear tho fower-de-luce
in his coat Of arms. Nine. de Tersud,
whose maidon name was Melanie Bart,
vas 70 years Of ago,-London Glnbe
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10
FOund a Fortune Through > c~lairvoyant.

Melton Chace Of Auburn, NE, who is
reported to have fallen heir to a fortune
Of 50, 900, 600, is in this city and con-
firms the story Of his good fortune A
few months az aclairvoyant told Chace
that there was a large estate awaiting
him and advised him 20 find his half
brother He found tho missing relative
William 4. Phelps-in this city, and
on investigation learned that two uncles
had died ia San Francisco some time
ago, without leaving wills, and their
property, which is said to be worth
about So, 600, 900, has since been in the
oere Of tho state. -Bc-ton Globe
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-07-10

Rear Admiral joseph 8 Skerrett Of
the Asiatic squadron, who came to ms
rank ON the 10th ult., has for his
middle name salathiel His parents, inn
pressed with Eugene Sues story Of '"The
Wandering jew, gave their baby the
Jews name Tho admiral was Ohio
born, and great friond Of the Hayeses
His assignments 20 duty during the civil
war, owing TO suspicion Of the loyalty
Of some Of his family, were not snch as
TO secure him as great chances for fight.
ing service rs others Of his rank en-
joyod He IL a great seaman, a great
reader, a great family man, a member
Of the brotherhood of ST. Andrew and
a deYout Christian He is 81 years old