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Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
ALnNrnlIn rc..Imlst.

Jeremiah, who is l2 years oll, is al- ready a confirmed pessimist Among the thingshe continually grunbles about are bis lead pencils, which never have points. and to sharpen which he always has to borrow a knife of some schoolm4te.
 Why dou't you have . knife of your own, Jerry one of the boys asked.
 Got no pockets to keep it in. ' said Jerry.
 Then why don't you have pocketT
 If had cue | have a holo in it.
 "Wel, even then you wouldn't be any worse or than you are now"
 "H'u! Yes, shoull. If 1 had poch- eth holc in it neverd have anything to lose through it"
 Jerry sighed deeply and went on whit fling his pencil with the dull blade of the other boys knife --Lt wiston Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Preat, In Champagne.

The returns are enormous when brand of champagne is firmly estab- hshed, but IL is slow and laborious work to build up demand for new wine. Accident more oiten popularizes brand than design. TAe sudden terrific rush for dry wines some b years ago was caused by remark of the Prince of Wales, made casually in the course of an after dinner chat. l. was immediately bounced upon by the manufactur, rs of dry wiaes, the world was informed of 1t and their success was assured. But 1t requires continual effort to maintain the popularity of wine. There must be no Tagging.
 Brands that were in great demand few years ago are now dropping out of sight Only few hundred cases are sold annually. Others have come to the front with remarkable strides. and their sales run up in the thousands As many as 5000 cases of a certain brand have been solI in this country in one year at | net profit to the agent of not less than S+OJ,UOJ. Slcl g. s,atcment Is enough to make q young man gidGy.--New York Tribune
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Detecting smpe.ler.


 A treasury agent. speaking of the watchfulness of Uncle Sam s officials said: "A handsomely dressed man got of ferryboat and seemed to De ungsu- ally nervous. A moment moro and be was struggling in the hands of the C.Ii- eers and desperately clutching at the lapels of his coat. It's no Use, the officers remarked; we know what you have and where it is. Better giyo it up and save trouble Apparently crushed by fhe discovery, the man quietly as sisted in opening seams and produced the diamonds from various portions Of his clothing. Your shoes, please" This rather staggered him, but he submitted with good grace, and one of the heels being unscrewed another lot, though smaller and less valuable than the first was found there. The diamonds were examined and pronounced to bca splen- did article of paste, worth about 9 cents each. This did not satisfy IS, and the man was stripped to the skin. A huge piece of sticking plaster was on his back, which was removed, and uu. der it were concealed scores of genuine diamonds. It is not often that ruse is-so adroitly planned and practiced. ' New York Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Ores, Of short Women.

Women who are short must avoid much trimming on their skirts. be they stout or slender, us they are shorter in proportion from the waist to the feet, writes Emma N Hooper, in an article on Gowns For ths New Year, in The Ladies Hcme JoJrnal. For tho same reason they must omit wearing large plaids and Geslgus, All full portions Of the waist must be mod crate in size. as tue sleeves, bertha. belt and vest The short. wide reycrs now wOrn are becoming. also round waists and short, pointed basques. Jack ct fronts arc in good taste, but ihe um- brella lnck busques give q short figure q cut oI appearance. as do tiny capes, while close fitting jacket adds ap- parently several inches. Materials must bc selected with a view to making the wearer looi taller
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
PORTUGUESE ln NEW YORK CITY
or the fo,ooo In tho Unltod states iho Me
 trannils lina bnt 1e.

Of the fo.ooo In thc United states tho Me
 tropoils Has but 76.
 The ether day John Gubbins. Portu- gucse. was held for trial by Justice Grady at the Yorkyille police court un- der charge of stsbbing a policeman There is nothing strange or peculiar about the arrest of man charged with stabbiug or attemp,ing to stab police man. but the odlity connected with Gubbins is the fact that he Is Porru- Ruese,
 How many Portugucse do you think there arc among ths 2,00Q. .000 inhabitants q New Yorx ci.y: Just 76. There are i6 Of them and F is said ia police circles 10 be fact that Gnbbins i5 tue first Port1- gucsa ever under arrest inthis city. This wonld be a very creditahle showing if there were more than 1G of them Asitis the only wonder is that there are so few lnihe whole Uuucd States tboreare lG. GOO Portuguese Nine thousand eight hun dred and fifiy-uiue of them are returned by the last census as residents of CJli. fJrnm. 3.0jl as residents of Massacha- setts S33 as residents of Rhode Island Gnl 1d as residents of New York city They are a maritime people. most nu- merous in such seaport cities as San Francisco Boston Providence New Or leans and New Bedford. but curioasly enough almost unknown in New York. tine greatest center of commerce in the western hemisphere.
 Emyrants from the lands of Camoens and the Braganzas are famous as sailors and navisators, and their descendants are scattered n many lands. notably in Hawaii. where tie Portuguese popnll- ton is considerable. and the East Indies where the Portuguese colonies are nu- meruus. New York is n cosmopolitan city Men of every race and nationality are to be fonnd here The total imni- grafton to the Cnitel States through Ellis island from Jan. l. 1893. to Dec lj was 233.a9i. and toward this total Por- tngal lcunlrihutedt thcalmost inGnitesinial total og 19 persons The Portuguese are. generally speaking thrifty. hardy. in- dus.rious and matter of fact. They have little of the sentiment of their Spanish neighbors They are law abiding and undemons.rative, and Gubbins appears to be backslider, stimulated perhaps to deeds of uuruly violence by New Jersey whisky or Medford rum. both poor sub stitutes for the fine wines of the Oporto district shipped from Lisbon and famous the world over. New York Sun.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Enrll.l CrImInnl..

Doubtless, to judge from your aver. age daily journal, murders and sui eides, crimes and catastropEes, wars and feuds and frauds. would seem to re- main the staple of the human record. But be it remembered that. for obvious reasons. all our worst aT darkest iscol- hcted there. One might as well judge Of public health by the painful eases described in medical publication as of the vast mass of solid human happi- ness and innocent living joy by the dai- ly catalogue of these really trivial ex. captions to it. As for sins--the most SC. rious of which are only such as are malicious-though the population in crease, they seem steadily tO diminish. We had s7, 66s "habituals" in 1868; now the evil roll is only 52 lj3.
 When the population of England was i9,257, GOO in 1869. there were 2,5SD persons undergoing penal scrvitude; now, with R population of 1880, l19. the number is only 947, In 1878 tho Cn. tire number of prisoners in our jalls was 20,SS3; the entire number at the same date last year was I2.GG3, though the population had increased Ly G,000,
 600 Pauperism is also declining. In 1870, 1.079. 39l persons were in receipt of relief; in 1891, with an addition of more than !, GOO, 900 inhabitants, ttere were only 514. .905. The upshot of these figures without pressing them too much-seems surely to be that the cos mic process in our own little corner oF the universe is not doing so ladly Sir Edwin Arnold in Longman 8 Magazine.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
rae SECRETARY BIRD.
The Cool Manner in Which it Kiiis a snake,
 It's Natural Prey,

lta Naturai ffeys
 As soon as the secretary bird, or snake eater, of South Africa discovers Q enalfe, it advances toward it without hurry and without hesitation, and when within striking distance 1t immediately elevates its crest and the feathers of the neck, and without losing any time de- livers blow with its foot. If the snake has avoided the blow and attempts to strike back, tbe bird interposes wing, thus receiving the deadly fangs harm leSsly upon the long feathers and i'm hediately strikes again
 The fight is then virtually over, for if the secretary gets in a single blow the snakes back is broken, and the bird, fghtninglike, plants its foot firmly on the reptiles neck and head, pressing them into the ground, while it delivers the coup de grace with it's beak, and then deliberately swallows the snake whole, beginning at the tail, and just before the head disappears, giving it an enthusiastic parting rap on the ground,
 But there is nothing refined about the secretary bird 8 appetite, for one writer says he found inside one threo Serpents "as long as his arm, " II lizards inches long, 2l tortoises about inches in diameter, besides a large quantity of grasshoppers and other insects, or in other words, 7lS feet of snake, GS of lizard, 8 ls of tortoise and say yard of miscellaneous triflesl
 The secretary bird is protected by tho cape authorities for the immense public benefit it c0nfers in eating poisonous snakes, and a penalty is attached by law to its destruction. And if it were necessary hundreds of eyewitnessss could be called 10 prove its right to the title of serpentarius. Cautiously enough, too, this bird may be trained, and is trained, to protect poultry yards, not only from snakes. which are too fond of eggs, but from other birds of prey St, James Budget.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Georro Mnrohant snih.

George Marehant said.
 A minute went by, and they saw the heads of both boys reappear, yard or two further out, Grierson was sup porting Me.-alfe with his right arm.
 I've cramp in my right leg and arm, Metealfe said in a hoalse, low voice, I'm afraid can 'tswim a stroke farther myself !"
 All right, try to trend water with your other leg; it will help a little. We'll be all right when we are once out of this current, " Grierson replied quiet ly.
 Yet Grierson knew that his task was not going to prove an easy one. For n few minutes he made little or no head way. Metealfe hung upcn bis arm al- most like dead weight. Douglas was doing his utmost 10 help himself, but it availed very little, for, besides the cramp which had attacked him, ho was exhausted ty his efforts at first to over take and outstrip Grierson.
 Grierson struggled on, his burden impeding every stroke he mado and 4N9atAliiH ib9 t41Nsi' Abc bog lNiN HE own strength cbhing fast. Unless he got out of the current in few minutes more, he feared that all would De lost. But he was making progress and could sec that the distance between tho boat and himself was lessening
 A minute more, and we shall bo in smooth water. he whispered hoarsely to Mctcalfe.
 As he spoke Grierson changed Met cafe from Lis left arm to his right and used the left for swimming. This gave him considerable case ard rest, and his next few strokes were ireer and. more vigorous, And now he felt the current decidedly lessening in force. He sum. moncd up al, his remaining energy in one last effort, and half dozen more strokes brought him free of the current,
 The two Doys were in calm water, and now. too. they were met ly George Iarchant and Frank Newlyn. who re- heved Grierson of his burden and took MetcGlfe between them. In this order they reached the loat. There were many outstretched arms to help them in. and then ;he boat was lowed 10 the shore.
 Dr. Metcalfe, the principal of Den mark House and Douglas father, was not little alarmed at what had hap pened. though be did not show it. Both boys were immediately got to bed, and prompt measures taken to restore warmth and circulation to their chilled and aching bodies. These had the de- sired effect in day or two both Grier- son and Metcalfe were back in class and playground.
 The latter took an early opportunity of seeking Grierson alone.
 have to thank you very much, Grierson, be said. You saved my lifc at the risk of your own. there's 10 doubt about that And the whole thing WAS my fault too. am very sorry. Will you accept my best thanks, md try 10 forget ray part in the matter: I'll never forget yours.
 Why, of course. Grierson replied. and thoro the matter ended. New York Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Anice plet.

q don't know but shall take to eat. ing with chopsticks coon. "saida Spring seld paterfamilias the other day. We've Eot to living on rice ut our house. My little girl goes tocooking school, and her mother says unless she can practice what she is taught the instruction will be of no use to her. They've been hav- ing half q dozen lessons on what to do with rice, and now we have rice at every meal We've rung the changes on rice soup, rice pudding, snowballs. rice cakes. rice fritfht,s. rice gems and apples and rice till wonder I'm not jabbering the lingo of heather Chinese. ."-Spring. 6eld Homestead
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Women elrrl. In lYa.hlprton.

There have been great changes in the government departments in the last 30 years. The first woman regularly em- ployed was put on the rolls of the navy department 35 years ago. She was q young widow, and the officials cOnsid- cred it an awful problem how to dis. pose of her. Finally they hit upon a plan. They treated her as if she was a contagious disease and isolated her in an attic room. She received and re- turned her copying by q messenger. But the disease caught on, so to speak, and today there are l, 900 women in the treasury alone. There Is one woman to every seven men.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Ho nanger nfn snlt Fnnrlne.

The amonnt of salt in the sea waters ofthe globe, if extracted, would be greater in mass than the land so iaras it appears above the surface. The seas cover 53 per cent of the earths surface. estimated at 9,2G000O tGerman) square miles. The percentage of chlornatrium in the sea is the same at all depths. Assuming that the average depth of the sea is ha f tGerman) mile there are then 3.4G0 GOO cubic miles of sea water. A cubic mile of sea water contains on the average about 2J kilograms of salt Tho |, a,40O,O0O cn5ic miles of sea water would therefore con sam 5000 cubic miles of distilled pure aslt From the German
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Prdcr-,.ire nlnnrr rnrtIe..

Progressive dinner parties are finding plenty of admirers in Boston "If tho girl you take in is slow. all you have to do is to take your wine glasses. your bread and your napkin and go to'other fields. Tie worst of it is you can stay but one course when you strike the pret- ty and interesting girl, is the way one who has tried it puts the case.--Boston Record.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Hi. wife.s Name.

An old farmer. intent on making bis will, was asked by q lawyer the nanie of his wife. when he gravely replied: Well, indeed, 1 really don't recollect what it is. We've been married for up. ward of 10 years, and I've always called her my old woman. The lawyer left a blank 10 Le filled mp when his old woman's name was ascertained. New York Mail and Express.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
What Decided Him.

Its use said the poet to the bar. beI, = 1 will have 10 get my hair cut.
 All right Want it pretty shorty"
 Close up. want the job attended to thoroughly.
 Long hair ain [ in style any more. ' yentured tue barber in an effort to be genial.
 "lt isn't the style care for. Jus, a few minutes ago 1 was introduced 10 a man and be said, Which do you play. football or the piano?' Washington Star,
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
ofTwo EyII, cboo., m, L.a.t.

Doctor--H you are to recover, you must spend the next three months in travelling.
 Patient-ButI can't afford it, doctor. Doctor-Very well, stay at home if you must, and I will visit you daily.
 Patient-Never mind, doctor, think Twill travel after all From the Ger man.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05

One of the most interesting colIec- tions of historical papers Tn the country is in the possession of Joseph Hilton of Pittsburg. The collection includes many old, rare autographs and newspapers An "election extra. issued by The Ledger in ls4l, is a prized relic belong ing to Mir Hilton
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Llke the Celestial oIty.

St. Johns vision of the celestial city will almost apply to our great munich paliues in one respect now that fhe electric globe is turning night into day. And the city had no need of the sun. oeither of the moon. to shine in it. - Boston Trsnscript.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Unreasonable.

He (to thc matrimonial agent)-I'vo married thot rich lady you engaged for me, but she won't give me any mon- ey.
 Matrimonial Agent--And what could ycu ask bet.ery Not only have you a 'ich wife, hut also a prudent one. London Tit. 2its
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
SHILOH'S CONS U M PHO W
 CURE.

.f'hs saceess of this Great Cough Cure fE without parallel in the history of medicine. All druggists are authorized to sell is on poss five guarantee. a test that no other cure cax successfully stand. That 1t may becon< Known, the Proprietors, at ga enormous CT. rsnsc, are placing Sample Boss.r Free intt every home in tho United States and canadsa 1T yor have Cough. Sore Throat, or Bron., ehitis, rss #, for 1t win cure yen. If yeus Child hss tAa Group, or Thooping Cough, use t promptly and relief iS sure If yoH dread thst insidious disease Consumption, use is- kxk your Druggist for sHTL0H's CURE, pfscc 10 cts, 50 cts. and s1.0o. If yoax Lungt gre sore or Back iarue, use Shileh's Porous Plaster. Price 15 cts. For sa,ssay an DFeT Flska aatl psAsfts.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
Frnecfell Tnn NIneh.

Woman tin third class carriage)--oh, what a noise! That horrid whistling is enough to drive one mad.
 Guard-l suppose you want us fer your sizpence 10 engage Patti to sing on the engine for ou!-Ayondpost.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-05-05
MOST NOTED GASTRAIaR lR THE WORLD

Has his methods now in book form and for sale. fully Illustrating his most approved methods Of Altering Colts, Spaying Cattle and Dogs, especially Nidgling Horses, etc. Also showing his ropes and instruments snd tell ing the best after treatment of castrated stock Very important to all stock owners and castrators For prices and particulars of book
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-07
NEW KANSAS CHARTERS.

Companies Organized to DO BusIness in
Kansas aud Elsewhere.
The following new charters have been
filed with the secretary Of state
The BurlIngame bank. to increase its
capital from $4,000 to $4,000.
The w. Ii. L. Wallace Post, No. GO. @.
a r., Eldorado. Butler county; chartered
for twenty years.
BoOkkeepers' and Stenographers' Mu-
tual Aid association of Wichita; E. II.
Fritch, Charles f. Remsen, H. S. Miller,
directors
The Manufacturers Investment and
Loan company Of Sedan, Chautauqua
county, has been Incorporated with the
following directors: NJ T. Richardson,
Eli &. Akerman. Francis ". Bricker, ID.
VI. Pile Of Sedan. A 81 Richardson of
Ottawa, M. Ii. Woods of Kansas City,
Mo. and Conway Marshall Of Garnett
The Frdternal Aid association Of Law
renee; capital 500; to run ninety-nine
years. Directors VIII T. Walker, Kan
sAs City, Kas.; Ei Rousell, Lawrence; r.
w. Latin, Beatrice. Neb.; Levi Horner.
Lawrence; J. I. Tindsr, Parsons: J. a.
Regnen, McPherson; /. G. Slime, OF
taWa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-07

sec. Thurbar Ilns been PracticInz with
Fire arms to Pras~ct the President
WASHINGTON, Aug. The two detec-
tives who, since the assassination of the
late President CarnOt Of France. have
accompanied the president on his eve
ming drives along the suburban roads,
are now doing regular police duty.
The president takes his usual
drives, but he now relies upon
Thurber, his private secretary. for
protection. If the president takes along
\ cabinet officer, the two seated carriage
is brought into use and Thurber rides on
the front seat with the colored coach
man.
Thurber is never left behind The de-
tectives were dism ssed as soon as Thur
ber got back from MS vacation. He
practiced with firearms and brought back
with him reports Of fine work. ThurbeT
weighs less than 125 pounds, but says he
has nerve and the president believes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-07
Stephen Lytle Expected to Have
Interesting Ones.
But They Are Not Made
Public Today.
REINHART TO EXPLAIN
The Alleged Irregularities OF
the Management
Before Lytle's Report is Made
Public.

New YORK, Aug. Secretary Carpen-
ter OF the general organization commit
tee of .he Afchison, Topeka s Santa Fe,
said regarding the meeting Of the com
mittee this afternoon:
We expect that stephen Lytle, the
expert accountant who has been at
work examining the books Of the
company for some time. will make
his report, and ! hope that we shall be
able Is make public statement OF the
condition Of AtchisOn affairs today.
Among those expected TO attend the
meeting are President Reinhart of the
company aud homas Barring Of Barring.
MagOun & CO. Of London, who repre-
senis a large amount Of English capital
invested in the Atchison road
II is not expected that Expert Lvtle's
report will be made public this after
noon even if it IL presented to the reor-
lan.z ltiOn committee, as President hein-
hart has requested of the committee that
he may be Afforded an opportunity 10 ex-
plain any Irregularities in the accounts
Of the company that may be contained
III tlf@ expert accountants report.
captain r. Somer Hayes, chairman Of
tho reorganization committee, declines
70 give a copy Of Mr. Reiuhart's letter.
bu Saws the counsel ef the cOmmIttee
hal been requested to prepare a state
mclt to be given to the press today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-07
The Lovely AgrIppIna

The younger Agrippina. the daugh-
ter of the widow of German icus. was
a widow of entirely different species
from her mother. When young girl
she married a Russian gentlemen, who
soon after died under suspicious cir
cumstances She next ca ptured a
rich old patrician, who also died soon
after the union She then fascinated
her uncle. the Emperor Claaidius, and
persuaded him to marry her She IS
believed to have had a hand in his
death, asRlso in that of several per
sons who opposed the accession Of her
son Nero to the imperial throne At
ter innumera BILE crimes she was final
" put to death by command OF her
equally infamous SON
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-07
TAKE LEWELLING OFF.
The PopuIfst Rzferendum Club Want
Another nIau slre Ticket

The PopuIist referendum Club Want
Anoh nIau she Ticket.
The new PopuIist Initiative and Refer
endum club held meeting at the court
house last night, which was addressed
BY James II. Lathrop, w. H. Bennington
ard Cyrus Corning.
The two last Speakers devoted their
time to showing up the state dmInlstra-
tion and charging Governor Lewelling
and other state officers with levying con-
tributions on the joint keepers.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Whereas, It is we'll known that the
police departments Of the cities Of the
first class, under the direct control of
Governor Lewelling, are organized to
protect and encourage saloons, joints
dives and disOrderly houses. and it Is also
believed by the residents of said cities
that such encOurageln is given IN
order that those in authority may levy
tribute upon those in charge Of such
dives for their own personal gain, IN alb
solute disregard of the laws of the state
and public decency and morality, and
again as an evidence of such general be-
lief we cite the letter Of Associate JUS
tice Allen to Lieutenant Governor Dan
iels; therefore be it
Resolved, BY the Populists of Shawnee
county, in mass meeting assem- bled, that
we demand that the Populist state cen
tral committee be called together, and
that said committee take L D. LewelIing
off of said ticker, and that they substitute
in his place some reputable man as the
candidate Of the Peoples party for gov
ernor; be it further
Resolved, That the chairman and sec
retary Of this meeting mail a copy of
this resolution 10 each member Of the
Populist state central committee
CYRUS CCRNISG. Chairman.
w. II. BENNINGTON, Secretary.