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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

9 me Curious Marriage Customs That etli
Exist Among the PeasantHy.

9 me Curious Marriage Cuatofns That etni
Exist Among the Peasantry.
Some quaint customs still survive
among .he peasantry Of south Wales
,; least In the remote villages. One Of
the oddest is the bidding" When a
Young man and are engaged, a
circular 10 printed-known as a bid
ding lstter~-and distributed at market
and outside the chapels on Sunday, 20
that all may know Of the event. The
form is always the same and runs az fol-
lows:
As we intend 20 enter tho matrimonial state,
we are encouraged by our friends 70 make a
bidding on the occasion At the young mans Ia
theirs house there follow the address and date
Of the ontcrtainmonO, when and where the IA
vor Of your good and agreeable company is
most humbly solicited, and Whatever donation
you may be pleased TO bcstow on us Will be
thankfully received, warmly ACKNOWLEDGED
and cheerfully repaid whenever called for on
a similar occasion BY your obedient servants,
JoHN EVANS.
JANE DAVIS.
All being ready on the day, a party
goes to fetch the bride to the bidding.
She hides and has to be sought for in all
directions, but being at last found Is
escorted in triumph. Her procession is
met by that Of the bridegroom, and they
all repair TO the church, where the wed.
ding ceremony takes place, after which
all return to the groom's house to make
merry and to count the gifts. These are
generally in money and vary from a
shilling up to half a sovereign.
Each item is carefuSly entered in a
book by tho bidding clerk, " together
with the donors name, so that II may
be repaid when he or she marries. AS
all the money will probably not be
called in for many yeRrs-soine not at
oil, II the givers remain single-the
young couple receive a tolerable start in
life. Oddly enough, the bridegroom lie
expected to provide tho kitchen clock
and table, the glass cupboard and the
kitchen dresser, also the bedstead. Each
of the young people is supposed to bring
half a dozen chairs, the brides especial
contribution being the bedding, the
~crockery ware, the parlor table and a
chest Of drawers. Things are done me-
~thodically in that part Of the World
London Tit-Bits.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

A little book is to be published here on
First Editions Of American Authors"
From this one may fairly assume that
the popularity of transatlantic writers
in England is now considerable. Not
very many years ago Longfellow, Poe,
Emerson, Hawthorne, Lowell, Mark
Twain, Artemus Ward and Josh Billings
were almost all the American authors in
whom the British public took any inter
est. How different is the situation nowl
American books swarm in our literary
markets, and their authors, like 50 many
Englishmen and women. have a reputa-
ton on both sides Of the Atlantic. Every
day the rapprochement between the two
great l~iteratures and the two great read
ing publics grows closer and closer
London Figaro.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
How Tie Explained IL.

The affable young man was doing the
polite to the very swagger young wom-
an at a reception, and she was t~olerat-
ing him because no swagger young man
was in sight.
May ! escort you to the dining
roOmy" he asked.
She hesitated and drew back,
I'm sorry, " she began.
Thanks, " he interrupted and disap-
peared.
That made her think a minute, and
later in the evening she cornered him.
why did you say thanks to me
awhile agoT" she asked, quite reserved,
but curious.
Ibid / say that?' he said, with a far
away try to call it back again look in
his honest eyes.
Yes, you did"
II didn't know | said It, really"
well, You did, " she persisted, land
/ want to know why"
II presume, " he responded, lit WAS
a case Of unconscious gratefulness. -
And he got away with some degree OF
pTecipitsncy.-Detro Free Press.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
A rl.h with a Rubber Correct.

Forest and Stream speaks of a curious
find in the Cape Ann fish market at
Gloucester, Mass. 1t was nothing less
than a mackerel with a rubber band
around the body. The band had been
put on the fish when quite small and
staid there in spite of the rapid growth
of the wearer. The fsh's body under the
band did not grow, which caused a de-
preston in the full grown body of about
3 inches in depth. The depression was
covered with a healthy skin in no way
unlike that on the rest Of the body. The
fish measured in length IA inches, di-
ameter of body each side of the depres-
sion, IA inches; diameter of depres.
sion, 8 inches. The fish was undoubted-
ly in a healthy condition, and the band
was sound and could be stretched like
any other band.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
A steamship on Lake Ti.Icaoa.

A triumph in engineering is reported
from the mountains of Peru. where a
twin screw steamer Of $40 tons, 40 feet
long and 30 feet wide has been success
fully launched on Lake Titicaca, the
highest navigable waters in the world,
more than 1900 feet above the sea.
This steamer, which belongs to the Pc
ruvian government and is to be used for
freight and passenger traffic, was built
on the Clyde, then taken apart in more
than 1000 pieces aad shipped to Mollen-
do by sea. 1t was then carried to Puma
by railway and transported over the
mountains on the backs Of llamas and
mules and put together by a Nh. John
Wilson, q Scotch engineer, with great
skill and success. Chicago Record.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
A NEW GAS
A Kansas Reporter Visits Doniphan LAX
and Backs Up a Good Story.

A Kansas Reporter Visits Donlphan Lake
and Backs Up a Good Story.
The confidence Of The Globe in the
veracity Of Clark Drummond, Tip Young
and L. II. Chamberlain having been bad
ly shaken by their statement that you
could punch a hole in the ice at Doni-
phan lake and light tho natural gas
which escaped through 1t, a reporter Wis
tied the lake last week for the purpose Of
an investigation and was convinced Of
the truthfulness of their statement.
Upon arriving there a bonfire was
found, which Frank Bremen had start
ed by piling some brush over a white
spot in the ice, p%uncturing the ice and
touching a match to the fume. The en-
tire lake was covered with spots, and
they wero opened, ana the gas burned
out of them until it became work instead
Of play. The illumination was kept up
until after dark, when the effect was
better. 1t takes about a minute to burn
the gas out of a spot as big around as a
washtub. The smaller the hole in the
ice, the longer it takes the gas TO escape.
The fame shoots up fully a foot and
AeSAo NAeNNAJ AAo bho NbAAAAB Ohb Va q
pipe with the burner removed. The gas
has no smell-at least the investigating
committee detected none.
II is claimed that IL is a vegetable ga'
that is always found in newly formed
lakes and is caused by the decomposi
ton Of vegetable matter. It escapes
without attracting attention as a usua.
thing, but is imprisoned when tho watel
freezes. The gas at Doniphan lake wal
discovered by a boy who fell aud brok'
the ice. He had a box of parlor matches
in one of his pockets. They became ig
nited and Int the gas. The boys Trousers
were considerably disfgured. -Atohisor
GlOba-
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

The postmaster who finds his office
getting short Of stamps makes ont an
order on a printed blank and sends it to
the postofico department at Washing
ton. Here the postmaster's accounts are
examined, and if his credit is good the
order is approved, charged to his Ro-
count and forwarded to the government
agent at the factory where postage
stamps are made. The government
agent has the stamps counted, carefully
packed and sent by registered mail to
the postmaster, who sends a receipt for
them to Washington Kate Fields
Washington.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
She Thinks 1t Was Due to Supernatural In
nnenne. but b Doctor SnYs Not.

She thinks 1t Was Due to Supernatural In
nuence, but the Doctor Says Not.
Miss Mary Hatch, a young woman Of
excellent family, who lives with her
mother at 1919 Hickory street, is rejoic-
ing in her recent relief from a tumor
which had made her miserable for seven
years. She attributes her cure to the
virtues of g relic Of Nine. Barat, o
French religieuse of the Order of the
Sacred Heart. Miss Hatch had taken
medical treatment without benefit and
had finally come to despair of cure by
other than surgical means.
Some one advised her to apply to the
Sisters of the Sacred Heart for q relic
that might, with faith and prayer, help
to sustain her through such an opera
ton. She did 30 and was told that her
cure by supernatural means was not i'm
possible. She received from the mother
superior a relic Of Nine. Barat and a
form Of prayer and was directed to sew
the relic into her dress and repeat the
prayer at frequent intervals for a term
of nine days.
On tho sixth day of the novena Miss
Hatch was relieved of the tumor without
other than natural assistance and since
then has been rapidly recovering
strength. She was seen by representa-
tive of The Post Dispatch and talked en-
Enthusiastically of her cure, ascribing it en-
tirely to the virtues of faith and prayer
and the relic. Her mother and the Sis
tiers of the Sacred Heart hold the same
opinion as to tho cause of tho cure.
DR.. Robert j. O'Reilly, who gave Miss
Hatch some attention at different times,
said: Il believe 1 saw Miss Hatch four
times and prescribed for her. But 1 had
not seen her since June up to the time Of
her delivery of the tumor. 1 considered
the tumor a simple fleshy growth that
might pass off of itself if let alone, and !
did not at any time consider the young
woman's condition critical. l hesitated,
however, to make a thorough examina-
tion for reasons that medical men will
appreciate. You may put me down as
saying that 1 do not think there was any
thing supernatural about, this cure."-
st. Louis Post-D Dispatch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
CrowdInr the Hard TImeu.

Mrs. David Rosenberger, the wife Of q
farmer near Kittanning, Pa, has just
given birth to FIVE babies, three boys and
two girls, all Of whom are alive and well.
Il thought" says the surprised father,
that we were coming TO a time Of as.
tonishing pluralities when they began TO
count up the vote for Grow a few weeks
ago. But, oh, myl I didn't look for any.
thing like this-hard times and five ba-
bies at onceP'-New York Tribune.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
Opals Tor Bird Ballast.

E. E. Van Dyke informs us that he has
killed a number Of blue grouse from time
to time in the region Of Crandle creek
and that in tbe crop of the birds he has
found opals. It is thought by Mr.. Van
Dyke that the birds pick up these opals
in the Bad Lands in the vicinity of Red
Lodge and use the precious stones for
ballast. The opals found in the crop OF
the mountain grouse are Of fine charac.
ter and Of v%ariogated colors~Red Lodge
IN. d. New Idea.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
Thev R-emembered him,

A circumstance happened in conneo
ton with the failure in business Of a
well known inhabitant Of Yorkshire
which caused much amusement. The
bankrupt was asked the momentous
question, "What are you prepared to
Offer2" and in reply stated that he had
no assets whatever.
"What lie there now, Joe?' asked a
jolly looking creditor.
Nothing, " replied the bankrupt.
"Well, you can sing. Come, sing us
a song"
Joe fumbled with his hat and said he
hardly liked.to sing.
Come, strike up" exclaimed the
creditor; LETS have something for our
brass" Thus urged, Joe cleared his
throat and began the ballad And
You'll Remember Me-" As the plain
tive melody fell on the ears of the cred
itors some of them began to feel indig-
nant, but the humor of the situation at
length burst upon them, and the final
line was greeted with roars of laughter.
London Judy.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

The German name for tram car ia
"pferd Observation-Disclosures" II
looks formidable, but 80 would the Eng
lish equivalent II written In ono word
In tho German Style horseToadrail-
waycarrsge."
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

All Of J.. n. Barrie's stories are said
10 have grown out Of his everyday life,
and In the young men who are pictured
walking knee deep in the heather OF
Thrums and vicinity one can find the
boyhood and the present life Of the brill
heut young 6cotchman.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
NJ IN
The Spirit OF Destruction Makes Itself Felt
Even In the Scrap Pile.

The Spirit OF Destruction Makes ITSELF Felt
Even In the Scrap Pile.
Anybody desiring an exciting occupa-
ton could not do better than to obtain a
job at one of the numerous metal refn-
cries in Birmingham. In addition to the
usual risks in such business the work
men daily encounter the danger Of being
blown up by bombs. A good deal Of
scrap metal bought for the melting pots
comes from the continent, where, it
seems, carelessness has almost reached
the rank Of a virtue. 1t is a common
thing to find loaded military bombs
among the refuse. The workmen must
always be Oh the lookout for them.
For the second time within q week one
firm has providentially escaped being
blown sky high. First it was an old gum
powder shell, probably found on some
battlefield. Then variety wal given to
the entertainment by the arrival Of a
more scientific and up to date bomb
which came in a cargo of scrap iron, and
the workman just missed shoveling it
into the furnace. 1t only weighed two
pounds, but it would have done damage
altogether disproportionate to its size,
for on being tenderly dissected in the
firms laboratory the little stranger was
found to conGain a quarter Of a pint of
nitroglycerin London Letter.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
Couldn't Soc the Point.

II can't SEQ no fun in these newspaper
jokes about plumbers bills, said a
wealthy plumber tot friend at the club.
Neither do Your customers zee any
fun In tho bills, " replied a friend who
had recently paid q bill.- 49, 49,
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

she was a wealthy soprano, ana az the
concert sang, "Oh, For the Wings Of a
Doysl' yet an hour lator at supper she
took the wings, legs md most Of tho
breast Of a turkey and then passed her
plate for more stuhing."
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

Employer to new Office boy)-If any
one calls, James, be sure and remember
that ! am not in. CHalf an hour later.)
Didn't you hear me call, you young ras-
call
James-Yos, air, but l fought yer
wasn't in.-London Punch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17

Tho descriptions given by Strabo Of
the Osier houses Of the Gauls aud Brit
PA might DO applied to human habita,
lions In central Africa today.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
A Shade Toe YisldlsE.

Binks-Why 20 glOOmyi
Jinks-My wife ut me have the last
lFord In an argument this morning.
What Of THAR"
Fhal shows that she IL going to do
@'7S~ hnynoV. New York
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-17
He STOOD u LIkE A MAN.

He went down 20 the dentists TO have a tooth
pulled out,
And no stood Il like a man.
The dentist went TO punching.
To gouging and 20 huuching,
While the forceps kept ~a-crunohing.
And he stood II like a man.
He had a SPELL Of sickness that kept him IN the
house,
And he stood Il like a man.
He felt all sorts OF t~urnlngs ,
or his insidea, Likewise hurninEs
OF his brain and painful churninga
And he stood IL like a man. q
He got up In the middle Of the midnight with
his twins,
Ard he stood Il like a man.
There was absence Of ~calOric,
And his words weren't metaphorio
As he gave them paregoric, q
And he stood II like a man.
He went to do some shopping with bis wife one
busy day,
And he stood Il like n man.
lie went 10 forty places,
Sampled silks and furs and iaces.
Till he laid down In the traces,
Aud no stood 81 like a man.
Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
ItemS from Winslow.

Tom Hesser has leased the NJ. fSheehy House, and will open a first class lodging. He has sent east for furniture and carpets, pending the arrival of which the entire house inside will be renovated and bur- nished up, and as MT. Hesser has taken charge of this part of the work, no mercy will be shown the house.
 MT, Pascoe, adjuster for the I'm. perial Fire Insurance, was here ono day this week, cancelling all poll eies in his Company. He had just come from Prescott, where he had taken out of the city three insu- rance companies. Mr. Pasco3 says under and by reason of adverse leg islation, no company can make it. self secure in Arlzona.
 w. H. Burbage received the sad intelligence of the death of his in- fant son. by the dread disease dip theria one day this week. His fam ily are in Canada, at the home of his wife's mother. The little one was the youngest of three children and had just passed his second birthday.
 Business ;n and about Winslow is astonishingly dull-in fact, at stand still. Every one is complain ing, although the railroad employees had three pay days during August, but very little of this money reach ed the trade channels of Winslow.
 John H. Bowman, of Holbrook, passed through Winslow the other day on his way to Los Angeles.
 We understand that Conductor l.. B. Miller, now at Arrowhead Springs, near San Bernal dino, is greatly improved in health, and will return ere long to hls duties.
 The beautiful brick cottage of W. A. Parr, in Hicks addition, is nearly completed, and is an orna- ment to the city, and to the public spirited gentleman who is building it.
 Winslow and vicinity was visited this afternoon by a severe rain storm-a veritable down-pour- lasting about one hour, after which the sun came out and shone agaln, as If nothing had occurred out ot the ordinary.
 W. R. Campbell paid Winslow a flying trip to-day, coming from the east on No. 3 and taking No. 4 back again. A stay in town of one hour.
 Winslow, Aug. 25, 1894.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
Deafness Cannot he Cured

By local applications as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an infamed con- dition of the mucous lining of the Eus- tachian Tube. When this tube gets in famed you have rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is en- tirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal hearing will be destroyed for ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in- famed condition of the mucous surface. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
 F. J. CHENEY X CO.,,
 Toledo, Ohio. ET Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06

The first trip of the mail service
 between thIs place and Holbrook,
 which went into effect last Satur-
 day, met with an unfortunate acci-
 dent before it reached Concho. About seven miles from St. Johns
 there IS an arroyo which drains Q
 large scope of country, about the
 head of which there must have been a heavy rain fall. When the boy,
 who was driving the conveyance carrying the mail, reached the point where the arroyo crosses the road, the water was over tho banks of the wash. Don Pa;rlcio Peralta, who was on hls way iron. Concho to St. Johns, told the driver he could not cross, but he replied, that "he must cross-he had tho mails and could not wait" He drove in with the result that the ambulance, when it got into the stream was rolled over and over for about two miles down tho arroyo, losing the mail bags, crushing the top of the ambulance, breaking the tongue, and doing considerable other dam- age. Had the wagon not broken loose from the horses, they would have been drowned, and the boy would have drowned, If MT. Peralta had not gone to his assistance.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

August 24. 1894.-The Board of Equal ization met at 10 o'clock a. m. Present, Win. Morgan and Leandro Ortega; ab- sent, La Prade.
 Pedro Montana appeared before the Board and took oath that he had paid tax in Graham county on all the sheep he owns for the year 1894, hence the raise of 1900 sheep was cancelled by or der of the Board
 Teoflo Duran took oath that he does own more than 1900 sheep, hence the raise of 1900 sheep was. ordered can celled.
 Jose Angel Chaves took oath that he has not had in his possession or owned more than 1900 sheep since February, 1894; the raise of 500 head was ordered cancelled.
 A F Banta appeared and stated that lot 10 blk Holbrook could not be sold for more than $50; the raise of $75 was ordered cancelled.
 Elam Cheney's improvements were raised $200. He convinced the Board the raise was improper and it was can celled.
 L J Brown having been assessed four mares at $10 each, which were raised $1O each; it wss shown that said mares were not worth more than $10 each, the raise was cancelled.
 Lorenzo Brown was assessed lot blk 23 Nutrioso at $10, was raised $15. It appearing that one-third of said lot is owned by charitable institution, the assessment on said lot was reduced to $15.
 l. J Brown appeared in behalf of the people of Nutrioso, asking that the value of the land in that place be reduced on the assessmentroll, for the present year, on account of the drouth, the Board re- duced It to s per acre
 Benj Schuster appeared and stated tue firm of A & B Schuster gave in their assessment on mdse in Holbrook at $6250O), were raised 5000, and upon his statement that they did not have $S250 worth of goods at that place, re- ductinn of $500 was made.
 Allen Frost appeared in behalf of the following residents of Snowflake whose taxes had been raised, and the Board or dered the following changes to be made :: Block 19, Rodgers Bros, reduced to $i6 j; J N Smith raise of $20 on horse cancell ed; P c Lundquist raise of $21 on per sonal property and $2OO on real estate cancelled; raise of H Frost cancelled 1; 4 Frost reduced $20 on one lot.
 The Board took recess for dinner and on resuming, F T La Prade was present.
 It appearing from letter from c H Fancher. agent, that the 4 Williamson lots at Winslow, on the south side of the railroad. were assessed at fair valua- ton, the raise which was put on said lots, $4320, is cancelled.
 John c Wahl's assessment and raise on horses was reduced to sixty head at $15 per head
 B H Wilhelm, Jr., was raised 100 head of sheep, which was cancelled.
 Knowles & Crosby homestead at the Meadows was reduced to $200 and value of improvements cancelled. It appearing that w G Black was as
The St. Johns herald., 1894-09-06
The Land of Promise

Is the mighty Vest the land that ''tickled with a hoe laughs at harvest;'' the Fl Dorado of the miner; the goal of the agricultural emigrant. While it teens with all the elements of wealth and prosperity, some of the fairest and most fruitful portions of it bear a harvest Of malaria reaped in its fulness by those unprotected by a medicinal safeguard. No one seeking or dwell ling in 8 malarial locality is safe from the scourge without Hostetters Stomach Bttcrs. Emigrants, bearthis in mind. Commercial tray elers sojourning in malarious regions should carry a bottle of the Bitters in the traditional gripsack. Against the effects of exposure, men tai or bodily overwork, damp and unwholesome food or water, it is an infallible defense, Con- stipation, rheumatism, biliousness, dyspepsia, nervousness and loss of strength are all rene died by this genial restorative.