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Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
IT WAS NO CAT.

The Malodorous Experience of Two UDs
 sophisticated Po,icenel.
 Two policemen were tFnIEidg along their beat on Pequot avennc. in the heart of New London, at a late hour the other night says the Boston Her ald, and they were not hunting at ull-- rot sccntug game at any rate when a jhieksct looking cat sauntercd along the idcwalk, clad in gay striped suit fashionable in country walks at this secsen.
 Kitty! Kitty!h called one patrolman, kindly. Come here, kee-eety." and then he tapped the stranger gently with the tip of his night stick,
 But it was not a eat in the least-not a cat of the kind they were used to- and it grossly and basely abused their confidence and so they fairly ham merel the stufing out of the ungrate- flll beast, both men did.
 In fact it seemed as if they could never get their ill of satisfaction out of it, 50 brimful of indignation and resent. ment and other emotions and things were they; and then they bore the fraiI remains of their prey into the police station with more defereuee than ten derness
 But the police captain temporarily excused them from doing further duty in the populOus and cultured walks of the town. and nightly now they patrol a lonesome and sequestercd picket in the far outskirts, and relations are strained between them and the rest of their fellow-citizens
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
POULTRY RAISING.

ONE thing that tends to make low prices from this time on is that a good per cent. of the poultry sent to market lacks tGuch of being in condition, and this. with the quantity, helps to lower prices,
 ALI roOsts should be level or par allcI with each other. Where a series of rocsts is so arranged that the reat roosts ure higher than those in front, the hens will always crowd up into the highest places.
 WHEAT bran should always be scald- ed before feeding as 1t is not relished otherwise. For fattening chicks for market cornmenl that has been scala ed will often induce them to eat more and to fattcn more rapidly,
 WHEN the young poultry are confined in small runs it will be best to change every few days to fresh ground in order to avoid filth. Not only will the chickens enjoy the change, but better health will be naaintained
 As SOON as the hens begin td noult there is always a liability thBt they will begin to pluck feathers from one ahothelF and az soon as one hen learns it, she teaelies # Co another The only sure cure Is to kill the hen and the sooner 1t Is done the better
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
A LIrTLe TOO QUIET.
The Funereal silence That PervRdes the
 Channel Islands.

The Funereal Silence That PeryRdes the
 Channel Islands
 Jersey and Guernsey are gardens, says a recent French visitor to the Channel islands The fields are soneat, so carefully kept that they seem rather like garden plots, The least corner of Garth Is eultivated-the roadsides, every little hollow, and even "an inch of earth on the end of a rock"
 But these Edens are silent the trav- eler goes on to say. Now and then people on the islands smile; but no one ever laughs. Laughter is unbecoming, and to laugh aloud would be scandal 6us.
 The birds sing, but not the people. Even the children are sober-little meh and Women tatHer than children. The trees are yews, expresses and weeping willows.
 When the people go to walk, they take to the cemeteries. Lovers ex- change vows upon tombstones, and houses that are near grayeyards rent more readily and at better price on that account
 We are admirably situated Tn our new House, said d younE Jersey woman to the French writer; we are right op- posite the cemetery, and 1 can see the tombs from the windows of my bed room. In the moonlight the view is lovely"
 AIi6 still the Frenchman has to ad- nit that tl1ers is something very at tractive in this solemnity and stiffness The longer he remained in the islands the less he felt like coming away,
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
IN TAk U. S.

1N the northern portion of Florida, around Baldwin, mosquito masks are worn by outdoor worlkmen.
 4 mir in one of the big Touring mills at Minneapolis contains two buhs area cowhldes. It is two hundred and sixty feet long and weighs over Q ton.
 AN eccentric southern woman dated her will l7S0 instead of 1889, but the court has decided that this does not .In- pair its validity.
 THE statistics of life insurance peo- pie show that in the last twenty-five years the average of mans life has in- creased five per cent, or two whole years, from 4l.9 to 43.g yfars
 DEPOSIT of coruudpm has been found near Morgan Station, Delaware county, Pa, and company of Phila- delphia capitalists seeks to control it. Corundum is worth about two hundred dollars per ton,
 TIE capitol at Washington has cost more tbdn S30,O00, 900. It covers three and ohe-half acres, the dome is 307 feet high and i35 feet in diameter, and is exceeded in size only by St. Peter's in Rome, St, Paul's in London, the In- valides in Paris and St. Isaac's in St. pptersburr
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
Another Moon.

4 city-bred, aforementioned young ster' took his first excursion into the Country with ''fresh-air" party, says the New York Tribune. It happened to be at the time of the full moon. Night after night the little fellow went out after supper and sat upona stone behind the farmhouse, and watched the won drous orb as it rose behind the trees. Then his week expired, and he went back to his tenement district. A year passed, and as it happened the fresh air fund sent the same susceptible boy tO the same farmhouse, Supper was eaten, and he slipped out behind the house snd made straight for the stone ih the back yard But where was the moon? He looked and looked, till finally, not in the east, but in the west, he discovered slim silver crescent. The disappointment was too much for Him, and he returned to the house, weeping. .Oh, 1t isn't the same fel- ler.b he said Tt isn't the same feller we had last year!"
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
saturoay, November lI, .Ss4
hARGAlM, la lnu,,.
Merchants Sometimeg Come Down "
 Jnmp in Their PfIccs.

Merchants Somotimes Come Down VI.
 Jnmp in Their Prices.
 Indian travel ls full of surpri pleasant and otherwise. A gentleman, wishing to purchase soine of the beau tiful Cashmere shawls which are made not far from Delhi, went to one of the largest Establishments in the city The Merchant showed him book in which was written recommendations of his goods by Gen. Grant and his son, es we'll as by many others.
 Among the recommendations was this one in German; 'i have bought shaw's of this man and think ! got them cheap, but do not offer him n third Of wbat he asks"
 The gentleman selected two very beautiful shawls, and asked the price. The merchant after little conSulta- ton with his clerks said:
 ''I have not sold shawl to your party ] sell you very, very cheap, You may have these beautiful shawls for fourteen hundred rupees
 'Absurdl Let us goH said the gen tlentan, having in mind the Germans advice, and he started for the door
 Don't go said the merchant; make me an offer"
 T will give you four hundred rupees for both shawls."
 To his astonishment the merchant replied:
 Take them; will send them to your hoteln
 At Jaipur the same traveller lodged in a hotel conducted by native, but owned by the rajah. He found the following amusing notices posted in various places.
 If visitors are not satisfied with the f9od or cooking they can deduct from the bill what they consider fair.
 Chests are requested not to strike the servants"
 Guests wishing ice are requested to give day s notice and name how much they require
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
nnck Farming.

It is worthy of note that the Chinese very. very long ago matched out their ducks by artificial heat, and the incu' bators that seem so wonderful to us at the poultry shows and country fairs were an old story in the east long be- fore our great-grandfathers were born. It is likely, says Harper's Weekly, that we got the domesticated duck from China, so long ago that we know not when, and the writer's on natural his tory content themselves with telling us that it is derived from the mallard, mixed in some cases with the musk duck and the gadwall, and perhaps the black duclt The domestication of the duck has had an effect the oppo- site of that usually produced by civili- zation on man, for the mallard isstrict- ly homogeneous, Waterton the nat uralist assures us,, indeed, that the wild duck is most faithful husband, and remains paired for life, while the domestic drake is most notoriously po- lygamous.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
TREES, FLOWERS AND PLANTS.

AN orchardist in Pomona, Cal, has in his nursery sixty varieties of olive trees.
 SOME of the great trees iu Humboldt, Cal, are said by scientists to be nearly three thousand years old,
 TIE thistle, shamrock and rose are the emblems of Scotland, Ireland and England probably because of the prev alence of those plants in those countries.
 ABOUT one-third of crop depends upon the soil, one-third upon the seed, one-third upon care and cultivation, but each one of these must be at its best to get full advantage of the oth- CTS. If either falls short more than it's own proportion the crop is likely to fall short
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
somethInr sho could raint.

Mifie. d'Albertin, one of the lesser aintefs of France, was as conceited bout her artistic ability as she was mo- torious for Rer excessive use of cos metics. On one occasion, certain count, who held her iit much disesteem, lost a bet to her And what will madame choose?" he asked, with mock courtesy Something in my art she simpered something can paint. z Very well, madame" he replied, bows ing himself out. A day later madame eceiyed a package from the count,
 hich, upon being opened, revealed a iife-size drawing of her own face in out. line
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
rne Early Man.

Speculations as to the early condi- ton of the first men and women are by no means pleasant ones. There were no words expressive of love or hate, siEpiy coughings, splutterings, hiss ings. We did not stand erect but crouched The legs were without any calf If the Ainu is taken as type, we were covered with short hair which, it is believed, ran into shades of red Foreheads Were low and protruded mouths mere muzzles, and the teeth were like fangs Ears ran to points, and there were no lobes at the base.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
A New N.in,c nf tho nr-

"A railroad train that I was on the other day" said man, "went with q rush and a roar across a little bridge under which at that moment there was a man driving an OK team. X moment later as we rushed on we saw the team out on the road, the oxen jumping and skipping and apparently trying to run away The driver was standing in the cart and swinging his goad around and bringing it down on them with yigor ous whaclos; finally he checked 'en. ! don't pretend toi1uow much about oxen, maybe they're given to running away, but to me it was a new view of tie dull and plodding OK
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
CHINESE coNaUMPTIvEs.
The Mongolians speedily succnmb to the
 Dread DiscaEe.

The honEOitans hpreiilg succnmb 70 the
 Dread Discnee.
 That there is a large Chinese pophlas ton in Boston k well known, and yet it is seldom that onc hears of death in the Chinese quarter The propor- ton oi Chinese residents. says the Eos. ton Transcript is small as compared with tloas bf other natioualities. and thcFe is no way 10 tell Che exact num- Der of deaths among them. as they arg recorded by the city officials under the head of miscellaneous natioEalitics InquiIy reveals the fact that Chln8men in nearly every case die of con.ump- tioH. They are ill as a rule, but short time Tn their native country heir principal diet is rice Wl.ich, from it's healthfulneas, tends to lengthcu fife. When they begin business here all their habits change They work early aud late, seldom lcasihg their shops and as they succeed tiiey begin to eat American food. it is rU.iiarkgd by ll with whom they have dealings that hcy always buy the best the markets afford. 1t Is tneIr 5uS56m 70 work un- til midnight Or after and then enjoy a hearty meal. If they uft well to do they are certain to have chickens and whatever fruit can lis procured. no matter how expensive it may be. If they have just started in the laundry business 1t is quite likely that they will form a company and adjourn to the nearest night lunch wagon" or restaurant.
 Living, as most of them do, in such small rooms, when sickness oycrtalles them they cannot receive proper care and they are carried 10 the hospitals
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
A cn,nmnnllr nf NYlres.

In Ashantee uo man IS ever allowed to see one 6f the kings wives, and should he happen through accident, to get a glimpse of one of the sacred creatures" he is forthwith put to death. The law of that country allows the king to have three thousand three hum dred and thirty-three "helpmeets" and no more These wives all live on two long streets in the city of Coomasie' the Ashantee capital, the quarters occupied by them being locally known by a word signifying heaven"
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
HOBBIES AND aEoMerRY.
How He Happehed to Tall In Love with
 ft-went to Oxford


 Hobbes got his Latin and Greek al Malmesbary from young scholar named Richard Latymer, newly come from the university doubtless meaning )xford) and, as was then common, he acquired by exclusive attention to those languages a facility in them which now seems not only precocious but almost monstrous, says the National Review. Ut is not to be forgotten" says Aubrey, that before he went to the university he had turned Euripidis Medea out of Greek into Latin iambiques, which he presented to his maaser." We need not regret that this performance is not pre- served, for Hobbes, though ready enough in handling both Greek and Latin, does not appear to have been a fine or accurate scholar.
 Ilobbes was not yet fifteen when he went to Oxford. lie did not care much for logic, yet he learned it and thought himself good disputant. There is no reason to think he learned anything else at Oxford save strong dislike of academic institutions and methods, He turned from the official studies Co nmusc himself with geography and voyages. As to mathematics, there was no official recognition of them at all while Hobbes was at the unitersity. So there is nothing improbable in the statement that Ilobbes had never opened copy of Euclid until he was near middle age. The story is best told in Aubrey's own words:
 He was forty years old before he looked on geometry, wnich happened accidentally beirg in n gentlemans library, Epclids Elements lay open and it was the 47th Prob, Lib. l. 50 he r~dds the proposition. By ya-H says Le; 'this is impossible So he reads the demonstration of it which referred him back to another which he also read. et sic deinceps that at last he was demonstratiyely conyinced of that truth. This made him in love with geometry
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17

JiR ANDREW CLARE, general physi- eiau in the largest London hospital, avs that seven out of every ten per sons taken to the building owe their i'll health Co drink.
 DR, Houx, of the Pasteuf institute, claims to have found cure for croup. It consists in the injection of serum from the blood of horse that has been inoculated with the cultivated microbes of croup.
 DR. GoRIANsKY, Russian physician, claims to have found that flfe juice of raw cranberries given freely, pure or diluted with an equal part of water, is ah excellent means ofrelieving thirst and vomiting in Asiatic cholera
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
Misery Shared.

The Parisian Seggar is generally person of wit. One of the fraternity met one evening, ht eight o'clock, gentleman who was on his way to a dinner party.
 Have pity, monsieur, and give me a souNssaid the beggar, flor have had no dinner tosdayp
 %Get out" exclaimed the gentleman. Live had no dinner, eithef!"
 .'Too badf' answered the beggar. Make it two sous, then, and we'll dine togetherl'
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
Electric sunstrol,e.

It is now claimed that there is such a thing as electric sunstroke. The work CTS around electrical furnaces in which etal aluminium is produced suffer rnm them. The intense light causes
 nful compositions, which cannot be Whally prevented by wearing decp-col- red glasses.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
Coftnn from Wood.

An artificial cotton, said to be much cheaper than the natural, is reported from France, It is made. from the wood of the pine, spruce or larch,whiciI is defibrated and then disintegra.ed and bleaehed with hot solution of bi- sulphide of soda and chloride of lime. The resulting pure cellulose is treated with chloride of zinc, castor oil and gelatine, and the paste IS passed through a perforated plate. This gives thread, which is woven into pre- sentable fabric.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
Tl1e sekea ID Trance.

A French statisticiau says that the number of men and women in France is more nearly equal than in any other country of the world, there being only LOOT women to 1000 men In Switzer- land there are 1, ,064 men to ,000 women, and in Greece only 933. In Hong Kong, according to this authority there are 366 women to 1,O00 men.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
SOURCES OF IMMIGRATION.

oNE-rHIRn of qur immigrant dentists come from Germany.
 MosT of our cigarmakers and tobac- conists come from Cuba.
 ENGLAND and Germany furnish half of our American actors.
 THERE are estimated to be one mill ion Germans in the United States.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17

IN sports yachting supersedes every thing else in things ornamental and symbolic leaves and pennants adorn everything. After all this is an amuse- nent that interests few compared with other sports, Yachtsmen and wonen, perhaps, have more money to spend in triaks.s
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17

THE tide at St. John varies all the way from twenty-four feet to thirty feet.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17

ICELAND is pronounced by writer in the current number of the Quarterly Review but burnt out cinder, more akiu to a bit of the moon than anything on this planet
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-17
An Ancient Town.

Kempen, in Germany, will soon cele- brate the six hundredth anniversary of its existence with festival procession representing the history of Germany from the German warriors of Cmsar's time to the soldiers who fought against Napoleon. In the procession will be represented Thomas 2 Kempis, the writer of the Imitation of Christ, !" who was native of the town.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-27
EVEN.

From Baraga County Democrat.
The eldest son of Mr.. Paul Dishnew
died Tuesday. Cause, la grippe.
Mrs. j. p. Rossman has returned
from Carlo, ILL.,, where she had been
on visit.
Leo NJ. Geismar, and William McFar-
land, of Bruce's Crossing, transacted
business here Tuesday.
There was masquerade ball given
at Conry's Hall last evening which was
well attended. All present had first
class time.
Rush Culver, the newly appointed
y. s. land Office receiver at Marquette,
was in town Sunday and Monday.
Rush has host of friends here who
are always glad to see him.
Attorney c. o. Trumbull left We'd
nesday night for lower Michigan,
where he will visit his family. His
partner, +. C. Chamberlain, will look
after tn, Even business during his
absence.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-27
PEQUAMING.

Mr.. E. w. Hebard was a Marquette
visitor the first of the week.
Miss Lille Mclaughlin was guest
of thA Misses Thomas, OF L'Anse, over
Sunday.
A slelghoad of L'Anse ladies visited
Mrs. Il. Donlan last Monday. Mrs. M.
Wallace, Miss Mary Wallace and Miss
Annie Armstrong. of L'Anse, and Matt
Armstrong, of Marinette, were among
the visitors.
A. j. Jones was the guest of w. X.
Haviland, Jr., on the homestead last
week. Al thinks he won't jump any
claims out there this winter.
The ice has made its appearance
around the point" once more, but it
Is not so nice as 1t was before we got
our new skates.
The many friends of Mr.. Moreau are
pleased to zee him on the streets again.
H. has about recovered from his re
cent mishap.
John Viteri, a Finlander, died last
week Of cancer of the stomach. The
funeral was held Friday.
There are plenty of fisherman on the
ice again. N.Y..
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-27

Tim Merleau was offering his home
stead for sale last fall, but the hard
times came on and nobody wanted to
buy, 20 he was Obliged to keep 1t; but
he has been exploring on the place
this winter, and last week be struck q
rich vein of gold. He has some sam
Piles of the quartz which show the gold
to be very rich. The vein Is only about
eight inches wide, but is neaS, the sur
face and may lead to richer deposits.
L'Anse is likely to become gold town
In the near future. The repeal OF the
Sherman silver bill Is beginning to
show the wisdom Of the Democratic
administration, for gold Is being found
in paying quantities In unlocked for
places all over the country, but the Re
publicans will try to take all the credit
to themselves, as they do In everything
that turns out for good. They will
try to steal our president before his
term expires.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-27

The fire fiend appears to be chasing
the SENTINEL in dead earnest. Not
content with the Lavoc made on the
night Of jan llth, it put in bid to cre-
mate the remnants saved from that oc-
casion last Wednesday evening. The
salvage from the former fire had been
removed to the engine house to thaw
oat and sort over, ard on Wednesday
afternoon the chimney Of the engine
house commenced to burn out aud
continued burning until the great heat
set fire 10 the woodwork, and but for
the strict attention of Night Watchman
Gipgras we might have had another
conflagration TO chronicle. Fortunate
ly the damage was not large.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-27

Last Monday morning Frank King,
one of the men engaged in clearing up
the debris of the burnt Sentinel build
ing, was severely injured by falling
chimney. The injured man was at
once removed to his home and the
doctor summoned. He received some
severe bruises but will soon be around
again. This is the second accident
since the fire, Tom Duschaine having
sprained his ankle while at work there
Saturday afternoon.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-27
METHODIST MISSION.

From Baraga County Democrat.
Mrs c. f. Hall is laid up with the
grip this week.
DIR. W. J. Law made us profession
al visit here Friday.
Mrs Louisa King is visiting friends
at the Catholic Mission.
Jerry Spruce is getting out logs in
the vicinity of the Pinery
Miss Dell Hall arrived Friday for a
few days visit with relatives.
Mr. William Owen made business
trip to the Catholic Mission on Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Sam Lightfoot re-
turned from their homestead Wednes-
day.
Frank Pequette made "a trip out to
his homestead last week and returned
on Saturday.
The bay is once more bridged across
with good solid ice and will probably
stay now until spring.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-01-27

The L'Anse Pressed Brick Co. is a
20, and the plant will start early next
into shape SO there will be demand
for building material. We saw a sam
pie of the brick, made in Chicago from
clay taken from the land owned by the
L'Anse company, aud there is not a
finer brick made in the world of the
kind. Chicago brick dealers are selling
similar stock at $500 per thousand,
while common brick are selling at $3.50
to $500 The company owns nine acres
Of this fine clay and it is over fifteen
feet in depth. The company is COM
posed of some of our best business men
and some outside capitalists.