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Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
OVER IN vNRoPE.


 WINDSOR castle has been used for a royal residence seven hundred and eighty-four years.
 THE results of the recent expedition Co the polar regions prove that north 4 seventy-fiye degrees the ice over he whole surface averages six thou and feet in thickness.
 TIE highest spot inhabited by hu- man beings on this globe is the buddhist cloister of Hanle, Thibet, where twcuty-one monks live at an altitude of sixteen thousand feet
 IS a ton of Dead sea water there are one hundred and eighty-sevcn pounds 0t salt; Red sea, ninety-three; Medi- terranean, eiRhty-fiye; Atlantic, eighty one; English channel, seventy two; Baltic, eighteen; Black sea, twenty six, and Caspian sea, eleven.
 A MAN in Germany recently bought one thousand cigars and had them in aured against fire Then he smoked them and demanded the amount of his bailey from the insurance company The company refusing to pay it, he brought suit and got verdict.
 ACCORDING to Power, a foreign chem st has devised a sensitive paint which is yellow at ordinary temperatures, but turns bright red on reaching one of two hundred and twenty degrees, It is suggested that this paint may be used adyantageously to indicate heat from friction in machinery.
 ONE part of the wedding ceremony among the Babylonians was very sig lihcant. The priest took thread from the garment of the bride, and am other from the garment of the bride groom, and tied them into a knot, which he gave to the byidc. This is probably the oiigin of the modern say ing about tying the knot in regard to narriaOe. Jewish Messenper.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
lN I7e4.

THERE were no cotton manufactures in New England or anywhere else, for the fiber could not be separated from the seed.
 NEW ENGLAND produced hardly enough grain for the support of it's population and was the poorest section of the country.
 CANDLEsrIcKs were almost as heavy as tables and were sometimes set on rollers to be the more easily moved about the room.
 EVERY house in the cities had its tin gutter, projecting far beyond the roof and sending a torrent of water down into the street.
 AFTER the church service was ended the whole congregation remained in their pews until the minister and his family had passed out.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
STUDYING NATURE.


 IN a month a caterpillar devours six thousand times its own weight in food.
 DARWIN asserted that there is insani- v among animals just as there is among people.
 No WORM or insect is ever found upon the eucalyptus tree or in the earth pen etrated by its roots.
 SOLITARY confinement is calculated, doctors state to produce melancholia, suicidal mania and loss of reason. Nine months of absolutely solitary confne- meut are almost certain to result in the mental ruin of the convict.
 THE reason given why birds do not fall off their perch is because they can not open She foot when the leg is bent. Look at q hen walking and you will see it close it's toes as 1t raises the foot and open it as it touches the ground.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
CHINA AND JAPAN.


 CHINA has an academy of manners that prescribes etiquette for the whole empire
 lS Hong Kong, according to recent statistics, the population averages only 3G6 women to every ] GOO men
 IF the United States had as great . population relaHvelyas Japan it would have a population of 0GoO00 600 people
 Mas MARTHA C. FisuER, of Washing ton, D. C., having use for baby car riage when living in Japan with her husband in the early days, invented what > now known as the jinrilisha. Wheeled vehicles had not been in use. and the little two-wheeled baby car. riage attracted great atteRtion.
 JAPANESE workmen bathe the whole body once 8 day, and some of them twice. Public baths are provided on every street They are fed by Q con stant current of cold and bot water, The hather plunges in remains i'm. mersed some ten minutes, then comes out and receives a warm douche of fresh water
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
INTERESTING BIS.


 Tua fuchsia was named for Fuchs, @ distinguished German savant.
 PLaArs could mol grow # the red and orange rays were eliminated from the spectrum.
 Tnr Russian peasant never touches food or drink without making the sign of the cross.
 TnE Morovians claim to have had an independent church in Bohemia as early as the ninth century.
 A MAN versed in language heard ten different tongues spoken while he walked across the Brooklyn bridge the other day,
 IF applied immediately after attack aqua ammonia, itis claimed, is a specific for bee stings. It should be applied thoroughly, and will reduce or prevent swelling.
 fnE windmill, which is so conspicu- ous in Dutch and Belgian scenery, is likely to be seen in India. It is pro posed 10 drain the unhealthy flats around Bombay by means of windmill pumps on tie system of the low coun tries
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
No Use for a soul

Katherine, aged eight, sat a long time at the side of the fireplace gazing at the dog which was stretched out at the other side. The mother, a hard worked literary woman, was writing at her desk
 Mamma, dogs have no souls?" she asked, with a fling of her long legs.
 ''No, dear'
 "They never work, either"
 Not very often, dear"
 "It would be much better to be 8 dog 1 should think. never have quite made up my mind as to the good of souls, mamma. They seem to make people work much more than is right. You know you are full of soul. - Womankind.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
sAYoNEr POINTS.

A NEW Italian rifle will send bullet through inches of solid oak at dis tance of 4, 900 feet.
 ALUSnSUM drums are proving most successful in the Prussian military bands. Not only are they lighter than the ordinary kind, but they give out . much fuller and richer sound.
 CHATEAUDUN, where the French Inaneuvers have just been held has the distinction of having received as a municipality the cross of the Legion of Honor for its heroic defense against the Germans in 1870
 EXPERIMENTS are being conducted at the armory in Springfield, Mass, in the use of aluminium for the bayonet scab- bards for the new rife. While the metal works we'll in bending and is about fifty per cent. lighter than the steel scabbard, no satisfactory method has been devised for soldering the . pd eres toupthcr
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
PAINTINGS AND ARTISTS.

RcsA BONHEUR is over seventy years If are and not finding her easel suf- lcient Co occupy her time and consume her energy, she has taken up with pho tngraphy as an additional work.
 Mss DHANBAI FARDoNJER BAEAJEE, age, eighteen years, of Bombay, is the drst woman to go from India to Paris for I't study. She has succeeded in hav ng one of her pictures hung in the Paris salon.
 AFTER many repaintings and altera- tions Alma Tadema has finished his mag gnum opus, Q picture of ancient Ron e in festival, which has already beer bought by dealer in Berlin for one hundred thousand marks. It is Id Spring" and contains more thai one hundred figures of eelebrants and spectators, procession in honor of the gods of flowers and fertility, nov ing along toward the temple
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
POINTS FOR SCIENTISTS.

TIE 32,s56 craters which have been discovered on the moon are supposed to have been caused by bombardment of aerolites.
 SEA bathing causes many diseases of the ear. Cotton should be put in the ear when 1t is the intention to sub merge the head
 ALL known chemical clements are represented in sea water. They are not always capable of being detected by chemical analysis.
 TIE theory that the remains of ami malls form the raw material from which petroleum is formed by nature is still held by some prominent scientists.
 THE Medical News says that even sewage water can be converted into pure drinking water by sand filtrations in filter basins at the rate of two mil lion gallons per acre per day.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
PRoaREss OF THE DAY.

UMBRELLAS made of yarnished paper are coming into favor in France.
 DURABLE artificial silk, which is both neat and dressy, is made of waste wool or cotton, by the aid of chemicals.
 APNEUSfATIC horse collar finds favor with many horsemen, and the animals themselves seem to appreciate it, as it adjusts itself to every motion of the neck.
 PAPER indestructible by fire has been invented by N, Meyer, of Paris. A specimen of it was subjected to se- we're test--one hundred and forty-eight hours in potters furnace-and came out with Us glaZn almost perfect
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
AeoUI AIn-...- ,n oITIEs.

PHuEADEfPHIA has LOGO miles of reg. ularly laid out streets, and 300 miles of trcet car lines. It produces every year 100000, 900 of goods
 DURHAM \. C., is one of the greatest tobacco manufacturing points in the south. One firm there makes 500,OO0,. 900 cigarettes every year.
 BUFFALo has city hail that cost Sl,350,0oo. Over 100000 bushels of grain have passed through Buffalo go. ing east in single season.
 THE latest censis report shows that there are more marriages in Brook lyn, in proportion to its population, than in any other city of the union
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
Itnly Mns . llower Fnnd.

There is a government fund in Italy for providing marriage portions for poor young girls. Without a dover it would be almost impossible for girl to be married, and this form of charity is said to be highly appreciated. The an nual sum available for this purpose and distributed every year among the mar riageable young girls is 5000, GOO. To be q recipient it Is necessary for the app plicant to prove her good reputation and character by cloud of witnesses; to show that she has no means availa- ble and that the young man who wishes to marry her has a trade
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
An Ere on the nraIn ohance.

A Virginia judge once visited a plan tation where the darly who met him at the gate asked him which barn he would have his horse put in. Have you two barns?" inquired the judge. "Yes, sah," replied the darky; 'dar's de ole barn, and mas'r has jes' build a new one Where do you usnally put the horses of visitors who come to see your master?" "Well, sah, if dey's Metodis's or Baptis's, we gen'rally puts em in de old barn; but if dey's 'Pis- copal, we puts 'em in de new one. " Well, Sam, you can put my horse in the new barn; I'm Baptist, but my horse is an EpiscopRliau"
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
COURT RECORDS.

TIE New Haven police commission CTS have decreed that patrolman must shave at least once day.
 TRANSPORTATION of criminals was first resorted to by Great Britain in 1890 in the reign of Elizabeth.
 JOHN DENNIS, laborer, was sent to jail for seven days for the theft of 3 farthing from the till of a bar in Lon don.
 UNDER decision of tbe supreme court of errors of Connecticut boys and their trunks cannot be held for board. Yale youngsters gave rise to the de cision
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10

cated, an excellent norseman and fear less hunter, while his elder brother is a fanatical Mussulman, and detests all Europeans and Christians. He is known as the ''One-Eyed Decapitator," from his love for ordering summary executions, and was formerly lShalif of Marrakesh but was deposed and i'm prisoned by his father, owing to his ferocity and insubordiuation.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
MuLsY AepuL.AzIz.
The New sultan of Morocco Is a Progress
 Afva Founu Man


 eive Young Man.
 It is we'll for Morocco and for for eigners who have dealings with that country, that Muley Abdul-Aziz was permitted to ascend the throne made vacant by the recent death of Sultan Mpley Hassan. The remains of the late sultan were buried with great pomp and ceremony on June l3, and immediately after the interment Ab- dul-Aziz was proclaimed sultan at the chief mosque and the imperial umbrel. Ia raised over him. But whether he would stay under the umbrella or be pushed out into the glare of the hot Morocco sun, was for some time an un- settled question. Abdul-Aziz has n brother named Muley Mohammed, with more years to his credit, but much less discretion; and at first Muley Mo hammed kicked vigorously against the accession of his younger brother, who had been chosen for the Lonor and ap- pointed thereto by the sultan as-was, the late Muley Hassan. But Muley Mohammed soon ceased his protesting and submitted to the inevitable, and other preteuders to tho succession nav ing also been disposed of the new sultan is in full enjoyment of l is throne and its perquisites.
 Muley Abdul-Azis, although very young, is very energetic, well edu-
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
Liliputiau Cattle.

The Samoan Islands are the natural habitat of the most diminutive species of variety of the genus bos now known to tho naturalist. The average weight of tue males of these liliputian cattle seldom exceed two hundred pounds, tbe average being not greater than one hundred and fifty pounds. The females usually average abont one hundred pounds larger, are very ''stoclsy built, seldom being taller than merino sheep" These dwarf cattle are nearly all of the same color reddish mouse color marked with white They have very large heads as compared with their bodies and their horns are of ex- ceptional length
Arizona silver belt., 1894-11-10
srATlsTIcAL ITEMs.


 THERE are 10000 more women than men in the District of Columbia.
 OVER 90 per cent. of the business of the United States is done by checks
 THERE arc $50 beasts, l,391 birds and 5GO reptiles in the London geological gardens.
 STATISTICS in France show that dur ing the last few years the population has absolutely decreased.
 THE patents applied for in Washing ton last year numbered 10000. The total number of patents outstanding on January was 545, 900, The receipts of the patent office were 61, 200, 900, and the expenses S160, 900 less.
 THERE is no peace in the house where children rule
 TIE cutter is not to blame for the borrowed coat.
 SCIENCE alone won't always save you from knockout.
 DECORATIONS are not always on evil 9cnec of great dsods
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
DISEASE POWERLESS /!
Pain Relieved, Disease Arrested, Rheuma.
tism, Neuralgia, Deafness, Catarrh, Spi.
nal Diseases, Paralysis. and Other Mala.
dies Radically Cured.

The spacious parlor offices of DR.. Damon,
at COS Twelfth street northwest continue to
be crowded with anxious people. The fame
of the doctors wonderful success has gone
abroad far and near, and the afflicted are
availing themselves of what has proven to be
their only reliable means of cure. Here may
be seen the deaf, the rheumatic, the palsied,
and the blind sitting side by side with dys-
peptic, the sufferer from catarrh, and the un-
fortunate whose life has been sapped by the
lingering torments OF spinal curvature. In
short, there is no variety of disease which
does not find its way to the Offices OF these
gifted magnetic healers. These mer are pos
sessed OF power that belongs to no other
men in the curing of disease. 1t is power
which the doctors have been conscious of
since early life, and, combining with it n
thorough training in the science of medicine
and the treatment of disease, they have been
able to obtain results unequaled by other
practitioners. DR.. Damon cures all forms of
female complaints without the use Of instru-
ments or exposure. In fact, no disease in the
whole category of human ailments is proof
against the Doctors magnetic power.
Take no ones word except that Of a cured
patient. Let no prejudice stand in the way
of reason, but whatever your complaint may
be, it will be to your interest to consult him.
Magnetism is the greatest boon of this age,
and it is fast supplantiDg the old-fashioned
and obsolete methods of our graz diathers 10y
making permanent and lasting cures when
all other systems have utterly failed.
The Washington times., 1894-04-15

one week in two. They were paid at the rate
of so cents per day. which insured them S4S0
for the six days that they worked in every two
weeks That would average about S2S for
each of the women during the three months,
although some of them had the good fortune
to be placed in charge of special work. and
were kept on steadily since the beginning,
and, OF COURSE earned great deal more than
that.
The total sum expended for woman's work
at Bedford street and paid out to these indi-
viduals was S23. 1855. In the mems depart
ment down in the basement the work was
distributed among about 500 men. who worked
from January 20 in shifts varying from about
so on the opening days TO $50 at later stages of
the work. They were kept at work in three
day shifts and at the rate of 81 a day. The
total sum expended for the mems work at
Bedford street was 1904. The number of
payments made was 1915.
The sale from the beginning in mats and
quilts was very large and footed up on the
closing day S3006.05. which paid for the last
three days work done there, while there were
LBS quilts. 405 rugs, so pairs of knitted
stockings, and about 80 yards of knitted
worsted edging manufactured there. The
women commenced to the number OF AZ at the
beginning and steadily increased until it
reached 562, which was the largest crowd that
attended from the beginning.
The expenses OF running this vast establish
ment for the entire three months will not
reach 5000. Manager kilham. his father and
brother, and some other gentlemen and ladies
gave their entire services for the time without
cent of charge and worked with an enthu-
siasm which would have been better expected
were they engaged in a business of profit to
themselves. At the old courthouse, the Office
from which men We're given city work on the
streets. etc., .65f work cards were given
out during the three months. Jobs uncom-
pleted on the streets are now being completed
by the relief committees men at the expense
of the city.
on the night of the closing OF the Bedford
street workshops feeling of gloom pervaded
the establishment. For three months hun
dreds of people earned sufficient there TO en-
able them TO get along until the advent of
better times, and when the time was at hand
for them to seek other employment they felt
like strangers in a strange land. The sur
roundings there had grown so homelike to
most of them. and the work. even though
they were unaccustomed to it. had become so
congenial. that they looked forward TO the
closing OF it with feelings Of personal grief
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
cago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, San

cago, Philadelphia, st. Louis, Boston, San
FRANCISCO, anu Bos
combined issue IS ton) we find that their
considerably more than
half the total daily issue OF the country IL
reaches upward OF 8, 500, 900 copies. To make
forcible comparison, there are more of this
single class OF papers printed every day than
all the books published In cloth bindings in a
year.
However we may regard the newspaper in
general. or the sensational papers in particu
lar, there is one class OF popular literature
that will be set down without dissent rs
not only baneful but in many cases directly a
crime producer. That includes what was
once known as the ''dime novel," the blood
and-thunder detective story and the illustrated
journals OF crime. How great are its propor-
tions and how wide must be its influence
doubt If many are informed. From careful
personal investigation, 1 am convinced that
the literature of criminal or debasng tend
ency reaches, in this country, an average of
more than 100000 copies per week. or up-
ward of &C. .000, 900 copies per year; that is to
say, an average of about five copies to eyery
family in the country.
The old 'dime novel; has largely disap-
peared. but "Red Ranger Dick" and his con-
freres are wi tn us still. These books ara now
produced in five and ten-cent libraries. :" and
issued weekly. The average edition ranges
from $4,000 to $4,000 copies. An especially
popular story will send this issue past the
100000 mark. There are about a dozen OF
these libraries, all told, so that the weekly
product exceeds 300. 900 copies, and probably
reaches 100000. / take the lower figure,
which yields Il total of IL. 200. 600 copies per
year! There are in the United States. accord
ing to the census. some 5000, 900 or 8. .OOO. 900
Sunday school children regularly enrolled
Assuming an average attendance of so Der
cent. it appears that the dime novel has about
three attacks on the rising generations, where
the Sunday school has one Probably the
sums annually expended on the various forms
OF reading matter will provide a more accu-
rate index of public taste than anything else.
We shall lind that the United States pays an
nually for its daily newspapers upward of
$50, 900, 900, and for its wecklies an equal
sum, or total OF 500, 900, 900 for newspapers.
That sum exceeds the present value OF its
annual output OF gold and silver. 1t paws
out some SO 900. 900 for the standard MONTH
lies 1t would be difficult to show that it paws
more than S4000,O00 or $4,000, 600 for all its
books.
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
Didn't Coun1 Them Twice

JohDny-"Maw, what makes you always
count the things when you send them out to
the washerwoman?'
His Mother-"I've always done it, Johnny,
ever since your father and I began house
keeping"
Johnny-"Why don't you count them when
they come back?''
His Mother-"Well, never got into the
habit Of doing that. Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
DEPARTMENT oF STATE. wAsHINGToN-

IMPAIRMENT OF STATE. WASHINGTON
IISealed proposals will be received at the De-
partment of State until u m. of the SEVENTH
DAY OF MAY, 1891, 10 furnish said Department
with STATIONERY and MISCELLANEOUS Ar
1ICLES, including FORAGE, FLAGS, and lC E for
the year ending June So 1885, in accordance with
a schedule of articles which will be supplied to
persons and firms proposing 10 bid The right
To reject any and all bids, or 10 accept any por-
ton Of any bid, or amend the quantity given Of
any article in the schedule, is reserved Each
bidder Will be required to furnish with his
hid bond with two sureties in the sum of
5000 as guarantee of faithful performance
Of the contract which may be awarded him.
It must be distinctly understood, h0lrsUeT, that
BID be dbso Itsig accepted until corresponding
Appropriation shaH hare been made No dpproprid-
tons hare get been made for the purchase Of the
supplies for trhfeh proposals are ADORE dHritsd
All samples submitted should be left at the
Stationery Room of the Depar, ment
apl4,l5,2l, -, mas
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
Removing Indian Tribes.

The proposition to remove the southern
Ute Indians from Colorado to Utah seems to
be settled so far as the House Committee on
Indian Affairs is concerned. By vote of Ito 6
it decided TO report adversely the bill ratify-
ing the agreement for the Indians removal.
The subcommittee having the bill in charge
reported it unfavorably to the full committee,
and several attempts were made to recommit
to the subcommittee. with instructions to fur
ther investigate and report upon the matter,
but without success.