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Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
AN lMPRlsoNEp MoNARoA.
The chinese Son of Heaven and His
 Strange Existence.

Ahe NhanCse son or lcANch anu HIS
 Strange Existence.
 In Picking is the residence of mon arch who is still the son of Heaven to three hundred ahd fifty millions of hu- man beings, whom a bare score of liv- ing foreigners have ever seen, ard who at the end of the nineteenth century leads on existence beftting the yelled prophet of Khorassan, He is vice regent of Heaven, himsplfall but god and lives prisoners life. To the in 1ermost palace no man is admitted and he imperial person and harem are sur uuded by vast body of ounuchs esti- mated at from eight to ten thousand When tEc emperor gees out nobody is allowed in the streets, which are very likely paved for the occasion, while the houses are barricaded or closed with mats.
 The ceremonial functions of his life are manifold and expressing, and his education in the native classics is not geglected. Kuahg lieu, the present nperor, takes deep interest in every hing English, and receives daily les Jns in our language from two Chinese tudents, who, unlike the ministers, lrc allowed to sit in his presence; but .ith the sad routine of his official life. rigidly prescribed by an adnmantine el.quette, and the temptations Of the harlm it is unlikely that an emperor of China can develop force cf character or learn lessons of statecraft, should a strong sovereign einancipate himself from the petrihed traditions of the pal ace, the phantom of imperial power would. it is sald. collapse.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
A QUEER CALENDAR.
According to the Iceman Thursday Came
 on Iriday,

on Friday,
 It was one of those country towns where every man is as good as his pcighbor, and no one feels obliged to exert himself overmHch merely bccause aat1dy else expects it of him. On he geaing before certain holiday .h man who supplied the 'cottagers w.th ice came round with it, but as he nude no arnounccnento of hisintcution Co remc;n at home the next morning, few persons ayailed themselves of his stock
 Consequently, says the Youths Com panion, the supply in several rcfrigera- tors ran short, and those who had taken no thonght for the morrow were ighly indignant with the dealer for his dcfcction, One lady met him in the street a day or two after, and ac- costed him somewhat severely.
 You know, MT. Stone, we really must have ice every day"
 "Sartin,n sand he, bcnevolently, Course ye shall.'
 But how are we to get it unless you come round2'
 "Wel, ye can't; but I come round reg'lar enough unless somethin' splits" But you don't Mir. Stone. One day last week you didn't come at all. :"
 He paused to consider wiping his heated brow with a checked sleeve.
 Law, yesr he said, indulgently, at length. Yes, did too. Last Friday come Thursday night"
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
A REMARKABLE DOG.
The Courageous Animal Tunnels Through
 Nine Feet of arth.


 Nine Feet of arth
 The following peculiar incident is told by Baltimore man as occurring to his fox terrier: "One day, while the cellar door was open, the dog descended in search of rats, at about nine o'clock At half-past nine the dog was searched for and thought lost. No further mo- tice was taken in the matter until the next morning at eleven o'clock, when i was attracted by a dog yelling After careful search in the cellar, which re- vealed only pile of sand by the wall, l notice1 the dogs rose protrnding through an inch board at the top win dow of the cellar looking into the back yard. I went immediately upstairs and removed five bricks from the pavement and pulled the. dog out. After care ful inspection discovered he had dug under the foundation of the house in the sand, which had caved in on him. Finding no other means of escape he dug up to the surface, distance of six feet, and on arriving at the brick surface, which had been recently paved, dug toward the window. a distance of three feet, and had nearly eaten through the board in his efforts to free himself He was nearly exhausted when found, having been twcuty-sjx hours under ground One eye was en- tirely closed from sand, the other near lv SC
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15

mer, as he lighted fresh cigar T was out in southern California, near the edge of the desert, stopping with farmer who had four acres in potatoes and four in popcorn 4 hot wind swept in from the desert in the carly part of August and 1t was so hot that every potato ill that patch was roasted in it's jacket l am a ruined ,nan, said the farmer I hope not said | It's a long lane that hasn't Tut in it. and it must be an i'll wind, indeed. that docsn [ blow somebody's barn over You're right, said the farmer. l guess m set the Dominique hen on turkey eggs.
 He started for the chicken house, but iu minute came running back all ex- cited Come out here, he yelled, and look at my field of corn. Just come and look at it. 1 went out, and, if you1l believe me, every ear of corn in lhat field had popped, It looked like cotton field for all the world The farmer got to work, shovelcd the corn uF and aartcd in sixteen double wagon loads Co to,gn and sold it. That's what cali powerful spell of hot weather"
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
THE POLAR BEAR,
Aa AhI1.ai That Is Not Usually Easily
 Frightened

An AnIEsai That ia Not Usually Easily
 Frightened
 Tho polar bear is not social uni- nal; the two cubs generally keep to- gothtl for some time after they lave left the mother, but in later life, as a rule, each travels by itself About the subject of the polar bears courage and ferocity, the author o' Polar Bear Shooting says there is great di- vergence of opinion, attributable to the different circumstances in which it has been met,
 It happened several times during the German expedition to the east coast of Greenland, in lSG9-7O, that tine crew were attacked by bears, and one of the men, Borgen by name, was once dragged a considerable distance
 He had been out in the evening to read the thermometer which was placed on land, and while on his way back to the vessel was suddenly at tackled by bear Having no time to aim, he tried to frighten it with the bulrs-eye lantern which he carried, but without taking the slightest no- tice of this. the bear threw him down, bit him in the head, and then started to drag him away.
 His cries were heard and his friends hastened Co his assistance. On hearing the shots, which were fired with the intention of frightening it, the bear retired few paces, but returned and, seizing the man again, dragged him with him at gallop over the uneven ice, At last it ran away for good. Borgen was badly wounded but thanks to his thick fur cap, his head escaped being crushed.
 In other cases the polar bear has been known to be easily frightened.
 One e Dr. Kane's followers, who was awakened by the growing of a bear which had put its head in at the tent door, resorted to the eXpedient of thrusting a box of lighted sulphur matches under it's nose. The bear magnanimously forbore to avenge the insult and took itself of.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
THg eAME oE poMINogs.
Two Monks Invented 1t to BeguiIe Away thn Erearlness nf NIonnsLIe Leisnre.

Two Monks Invented 1t to BeguiIe Away
 the rreariness of Monnstie Leisure.
 The inventors of the game of dom inoes were two monks at Monte Cass- ino. One day the inmates of the con vent were on the loolxout for method of bcguiling their leisure moments without transgressing the rule of si- lcrce tp which they weee subject, Two
 If their number hit upon the device of playing with square stones covered with dots, which they showed to each other and combined in certain order agreed upon. The winner eommun- icGtcd the result to his partner by pro- nounciug in a low voice the lines of the vcspers, which cohmehced as follows; "DiXt Dominus domino meo,"
 The new game soon sprang into favor, and was admitted to the rank of lawful recreations. Itbecame popular outside the monastery walls, but the people, with their scanty knowledge of Latin, simpliied the monastic formula, only retaining the word domino, by whieh the game was afterward en- titled
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
Went It tIIndrolded.

Camilla Urso, the violinist, always closes her eyes when playing. This she explains: People in the audience used to distract my attention. A lady might come in late wearing high bon net with holding feathers. That bon net immediately had an individuality above all others; it fascinated me. A young couple whispering behind their hands, others impatient and moving in their seats, futtering programme they all distract me. At first it was difficult to perform without seeing the conductor and orchestra, but persever- anee was needed, as in everything else worth doing well"
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
Time in Canada.

They are always slow to accept changes, for either better or worse, in Che easy-going country across the line, and in the conservative northrast--in New Brunswick and Nova Scoiia-and even in contiguous rarts of Maine the visitor ispuzzIed by two sets of time. By one, standard or railroad time, he regulates hts arrival or departure oy train or boat. By the other, haf an hour out of the way, local time is rep resented and this regulates the di,rn- ing of theaters, schools, factories and stores, and the ringing of most of the bells. All over the rest of North America the convenient standard tune has been in use for years, but it will be some time before Canada joins the pro cessiou
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
A Curious Chemical Exper,mept.

When Isaac Hopper, the Quaker philanthropist, met q hoy with n dirty face or hands, he would stop him and inquire if he had ever studied chem istry. The boy, with wondering stare, would of course answer in the negative, Wen then, I will teach thee how to perform curious chemical experiment." Hopper would say: Go home, take a piece of soap, pat it In water and rub it brislsly on thy hands and face. Thou hast no idea what a beautiful froth it will make, and how much winter thy skin will be. That's q chemical experiment. and advise thee to try it without further delay"
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
4 nridce naa Feet Iilr1t.

The highest bridge of any lsindin the world is the Loe river viaduct, on the Antofagasta railway, in Bolivia, south America. The place where this highest railway structure has been erected is over the Melo rapids in the Upper Andes, and between the two sides of a canyon, which is situated 10000 feet above the level of the Pacific Count mR from the surface of the stream to the level of the rails, this celebrated bridge is exactly 636JI feet in height
 The length of the principal span is 80 feet. and the distance between abut- mcuts total length of bridge) is s02 feet The largest column is 3l4 feet 9 inches long, and the batter of the pier, what is known to bridge builders us ',one in three" The guage of the road is feet 6 inches and trains cross the bridge at speed of 30 miles an hour.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
NApoLseN,s FATHER.
His Death q mostnl Hlcw to the tsona-
 paYtc Fortunes.

partc Fortunes
 It was at her residence at Montpel- Her that in the spring of l7s5 Charles de Buonaparte died. This was appar- ently a final and mortal blow to the Buonaparte fortunes, for with him went all the family expectations The circumstances, writes Prof Sloane in Century, were fit close to the lifo thus ended. Feeling his health some what restored, and despairing of fur ther progress in the settlement of the Odonc succession by legal methods, he had determined on still another jour nev of solicitation to Versailles. With Joseph as a companion he started; but Q serious relapse occurred at sea, and ashore the painful disease continued to make such raSpgcs that the father and son set out for Montpelier to consult the famous specialists of the medical faculty at that place. It was in the hoSpitable mansion of his childhood's friend, now married to wealthy army contractor, that the wayworn, dis heartened and unsuccessful father breathed his last, Having learned to hate the Jesuits, he had come to abhor all religion, and died an inhdel, repel- ling with his last exertions the kindly services of Fesch, who was now a hocllcd priest and had hastened to his bedside to offer the last consolatiops of the church to dying man, Failure as he had been, he had nevertheless been SO far the support of his family in their hopes of advancemeut Sycophant as he had become, they recognized his uutiring energy in their behalf, and sincerely mourned for him. He had left them penniless and in debt, but he had died in their service,
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
4 WISE DOCTOR.
He stood Nof on tb order Of His Gclng,
 Hut ,.C Got.

He stood NUt on th Order or Ills G@ing,
 Hut ,:c Got.
 An English doctor, attached to the court of & rajah made himself almost indispensable tohis highueas ile had, fortunately, also made a friend of his prime minister On one occasion his highnes, being Slightly indisposed, had taken, by the doctors advice, g eiJlit2 powder, with which he cX- pressed himself delighted. Its ten dcucy Co boil and hzz ready to blow your nose oiT, 2, seemed to him to scat ter cyalness and he seemed 50 much better after taking it that the doctor felt himself justified in joining in a hunting party Presently horscman from the paiece in the confidential employment of the grand yizior gal lcped up to him. Ny master bids me tell yoa. he said that his highness has broken open your medicine chest and tukcu, first, all the white powders and then all the blue 'Gracious goodness" cried the doctor, there were twenty-three of each of thcmr' Ny master adds, continued the mes seuger dropping his voice, that you had better make for the frontier with out one moments delay" The doctor put spurs to his horse and never drew rein till he was 'out of the jurisdiction of the court
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
Ton. ef s.lrer Aronnd thc Altnr

The erection of the magnificent canopy over thc high altar of Our Lady in the shrine Of Guadalupe in the City of Mexico has been completed. The pillars .a support it are each of g soli block of polished scotch granite, weighing seven tons. The diameter of each pillar is thrae feet and the height twenty feet The altar will be ready for aclicatioqf on December I2 Guadalupe 6ay), and will be the most elaborate and costly one in America. Tho additions to the church cdiacc wifi not be compl1t-l for nearly two years at the prcea rate of progress. When finished the Shrine of the Lady ol tiaadalupa will oe one of Inc notuble tathgAc church cditiccs of the world. The solid silver altar railing weighs tweuty-siX tons, and many millions of dollars are in other ways represented iu the palatial place of worship
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
PEPPER BROKE UP THE DANCE.
It Made Them sneszc So Hard Inst They
 Fled the Hall.

When the dance of the St. Augustine society was nicely under way a mild "kcr-chewn was heard from the center of the room, says the Hartford Cour- ant
 T am afraid you are taking cold, dear, l will shut"
 "Ah kcr-choo, Ah-ker-choo!' came in high soprano tones.
 '-I will shut the win"
 "Ker-choo Oh, l neyer-chew, ker- choo!" was the only answer, and with tears streaming from her eyes she started to say it wasn't the cold that made her sneeze, when her male escort startled her with loud bass:
 "Ker-cheeuw, Ker-choo, ], ah, oh-'
 This was very quickly followed by three "kercheeouws" in higher key Then there burst forth a storm of kcr- cheow chorus from all over the room. Some one had scattered cayeu pepper On the floor, ard as the dancers wMred it made them sheeze This quickly broke up the dance, the dancers fleeing from the hall
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
A Yrtr s,,ltr Lake.

fhourh the Salt lake carries lower proportion of dissolved solids of all sorts than does the Dead sea, the lake contains more than double the propor- tion of salt The chief solid constitu. ent of dead sea water is not sodium chloride Common saltl, but magnesium chloride. Strictly spealying, the water of our lake is much "brinier'' than that of the dead sea, common salt being the chief solid dissolved in the lake. Never theless, the Dead sea is much more highly saturated with solids.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
How Clans Travel.

The clam is commonly taken for an example of all that is unprogressive, but he is by no means stationary creature, Every man bred at the sea side knows how a clam left upon the sand will utterly disappear by sinking himself below the surface; but the clam also has a forward movement, and will travel thirty feet in the course of a week. The large muscle of the clam, which helps to make him in digestible, is his single leg, and by the aid of this he makes hie progress
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
TWO TOUGH TALES.
A Couple Of Drrrmmers Who Had Struck
 Extremes.

A Couple of DrlImmers Who Had Struck
 Extremes.
 A Chicago drummer and a New York drummer met in hotel one night and talked ten minutes of trade, ten minutes of choruses, ten minutes of politics, and concluded with 6 couple of Munchausen yarns that if properly paid for would be entitled to the biggest share of the cake, says the New York Mail and Express.
 %I am just back from three months trip to Norway" said the New York man, and had great time. tell you, but we struck some cold weather few days after got to North Trondhjen. We ran across an old dame named Lid, who lad settled at the very spot where King Canute used to drink his eight aagons Of ale for breakfest Very cold Jhere The steam from the teakettle would fall like snow in front of the fireplace. Out in the open air, when ever man spoke, his breath ccnGealed so rapidly that his words actually fell on the ground It was impossible to play a wind instrument, I tried to toot French horn and couldn't sound E flat to save my life The notes seemed to get stuck, A little dog we had went to sleep in front of the fire one night and the side furthest away from the blaze was frozen stiff"
 "Pdars that must have struck the other extreme" 7" said the Chicago drum
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
Ntnl s.ntistlna.

Only 908 persons in 1mO, 900 die from senility, while i,9Oo suecumb to gout, 1s,4O0 to measles, 270OO to app rXy, 1000 to erysibclas, 7,5O0 to cot np- ton, 4s,0OO to scarlet fever, 25.w0 to whooping cough, 3o,0OO to typhoid and typhus and 1000 to rheumatism. The averages vary according to l,a'a ;y, but these are deemed pretty accurate as regards the population of the globe asa whole
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15
Al nntanIcnI n,lnltr.

The ''grapple" plant, a botanical od- dity which grows only along the edges of the Kalahart desert, has the general resemblance of an immense startsh. Each ray or arm of this vegetable euri- osity is provided with natural grab hooks" and if a sheep gets too near it Is likely 70 be caught by the wool and held till it dies
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15

IT aggragates us more to hear our enemies praised than to hear our friends maligned. Madeline Orvis, in Judge.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15

THERE IS a fall in the tide of twelve to fifteen feet at Grand Manon.
 Ar both Lubec and Passport the tide loaats a better record, which is twenty ret
Arizona silver belt., 1894-12-15

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-12
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scented itself on Tuesday and was promptly
accepted. just after court adjourned for
the noon recess, Mr.. Smile was summoned
to the witness room, where Giulio Bianchi
and Mrs. Mary Savetti, both of Barre, de-
sired his services as justice of the peace in
uniting them in marriage. With Justices
III, A. Huse, f. p. Carleton and ID. Il. Pow
ers for witnesses, and to the accompani-
ment of Gorton's minstrel band outside,
the children Of Italy were made one by Mr..
Smile in just forty-five seconds, and the
genial clerk smiled capacously as he pock-
eted the legal fee.
E. NJ. IRISH has purchased the Exchange
Hotel, including the livery and everything
connected Herewith, for $4,000 Posses
sion was given last Saturday. Albert s. Spar
row has rented the house until after the
legislative session, and will run it in con-
nection with the Montpelier House, with
Henry e. Fifield as manager. The new
combination is an admirable one, and will
meet with the cordial approvalof the travel
ing public. Mr.. Sparrow's long career as a
hotel manager in Montpelier has demon
strated his peculiar abilities in this line of
business, and has given him a wide
acquaintance with travelling men from all
over New England. The knowledge that
he is running the Exchange will guarantee
for it continuation of the success it has
enjoyed during the past four years. In Mr..
Fifeld, Mr.. Sparrow has secured comre-
tent, courteous and energetic manager,
who will carefully look after the affairs OF
the house even to the most minute details.
A successful career for the Exchange un-
der the new order of things is confidently
predicted
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-09-12

and Sumner Kimball are building a cottage
at Berlin 60 Herbert Rice, former en-
gneer on the Central Vermont railroad, IL
visiting his father, j. p. Rice. 80 Harry
Moseey returned on Wednesday from Farm
ham, =. O., where he has been fulfilling an
engagement with the baseball nine Of that
place. - K. L. Soper and daughter
Florence were in town on Sunday. -
q. N. Whitmarsh was confined TO his house
last week by sickness. 80 Kate Gilbert
sang at st, Mary's church on Sunday.
- w. S. Prior OF Worcester, Mass, a
graduate Of Norwich University, visited in
town last week.
Plainfield.
Eugene Cree has purchased Hans Fred
erickson's residence, and will take possess
sion the last of this month.
There is quite building boom In this vii
lage. Some eight houses and a few other
buildings are being erected.
One week ago Saturday game of ball
here between Barre and Plainfield teams
resulted in score OF to 10 in favor of
Plainfeld
John Ryan, a democrat, was elected rep
resentative, and on Wednesday he gave a
banquet at the hotel. About one hundred
twenty-five were present and had a most
enjoyable time. John displayed the man
and gentleman in entertainment and
courtesy
.
on the Passion Play" with views, last
Saturday, evening, was largely attended and
much enjoyed by all present He is to give
a lecture, with views, =" Among the Rock
les" here on Saturday evening, September
%, which no doubt will be very fine, as Mr..
Lewis is an easy speaker and has his sub
ject well in hand
Herbert Tinkham, with his wife and
child, arrived at his mothers, Mrs. w. III.
Kinney's, last Wednesday to remain for an
indefinite time. Mr.. Tinkham is in very
poor health, having been thrown from
spine, which has been troubling him badly,
and he cannot do any work. His many
friends are glad to meet him, but very sad
for his afilction.
James II. Hooker has moved to the
house of Mrs Minnie Marsh. - Mrs.
II. H. Dewey was visiting friends in st.
Johnsbury last week. She went with her
son Ralph, who has entered school there
with a purpose of graduating. - Mrs.
| George ID. Kidder went to Washington, ID.
c., last week with her sister and husband,
Mellen Hooker, for a visit of few weeks.
- Rev. l.. f. Fortney preached in the
Universalist church at Shoreham last SUM-
day 80 Henry S., little son of Fred
l.. Laird of Montpelier, is under the care of
Mrs. II. 2 Spencer during this session Of
court. his mothers time being occupied as
ter of II. L. Laird of Orange, is stopping
with Mrs. Spencer while attending the vii.
lage school. - Willie Whitcher, Carl
Foss, Wallace Bartlett and Gertie Farms
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