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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
Rough on the Cashier.

Mir. Manygirls Il have discovered that my cashier has robbed me of $20,OOO.
 Friend-Have.you notified the police?
 MT. Manygirls - Not yet. I'll give him one more chance to propose to my eldest daughter. If he doesn't do it then I shall have him locked up.-Texas SiftiDps
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
Capital and Labor.

"Yes, sir" said pompous New York manufacturer, "I consider myself a benefactor of the human race. I feed two hundred people in my factory"
 You do ?" replied bystander. Goodness! And all the time was un- der the impression that they fed you" Alex Sweet, in Texas Siftings.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME.

Tom (withsemotion)-Jim, wuz born in this house. My grandfather killed my grandmother in it, and my twin brother left it to end his days in Sing Sing, and I return from my term on the island to find the old place occu- pied by heather laundryman. (Gurg- ling) Do you wonder at my show of feelin'? (After pause) Let's go in an rob him,-Life,
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
A CASE OF INTUITION.

Mother-Mabel, stop pounding your little brother! What do you mean?
 Mabel-Well, told him we'd better play we was only engaged, but he wanted to play we was married.- Leslie's Weekly.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
Lessons on Shootinr.

Young Freshlie-Yaas, think of go- ing onto a ranch for awhile, but I sup pose, before I start, I ought to learn something about shooting, oughtn't I?
 Cowboy-That's so Spend few weeks learning not to shoot off your mouth; then you'll be all right.--Good News.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
She Is Stiu Learning.

She went through several classic schools And gained her tutors appreciation; She's married now, and knows the woe Of hiring girls who quickly go; Whereat she murmurs with a smile: Tn this I'm getting all the while, A course in hire education"
 Indianapolis Journal
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
It Would Be n Give-Awav.

Dags-I see that they have at last de- ciphered the Hittite hieroglyphics, sup posed to be four thousand years old.
 Wags-Really? hope there are none of my jokes among them.-N. Y. World.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21

is better to sell at home and in their own country and to their own people than to be obliged to. send all their surplus to foreign countries where competition is already too great and where the poverty of the people is such as to make them small consumers.
 They also know that to break up our present industrial condition will re- suit in throwing more than a million non-producing wage-workers out of work, reducing their capacity to pro- duce and consume, and eventually driving many of them to the farm, where they in turn will be active competitors in the production of farm crops.
 We of the United States consume ninety per cent of all our agricultural products; the ten per cent. which we annually export more than supplies the whole foreign demand. If we double this export we will reduce the price very greatly. It would require but a slight decrease of the consumption in our own country to increase this pro- portion of exports to twenty-five or even thirty per cent. of our total prod uct. Should this come to pass the farmers will find that the railways will make more money (they will be sure of their freight, anyway; the middle man will get his commission all the same; the steamship companies will get their carriage; the European will get our corn and other products at half the present price, while our farm CTS, enjoying the blessing of free trade in the United States, will be holding the empty bag with nothing to show for the returns.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21

sB-We have had the financial crisis, we have had to borrow, we are in just as bad plight as ever, the outlook for a new bond subscription if more bonds are offered is anything but hopeful, and this state of things may be pro- longed indefinitely. We are paying at the rate of seventy-five million dollars year addition to the public debt for the privilege of democratic rule.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
He Bid Too High.

"A penny for your thoughts" said he; She sweetly smiled, as maidens do; They are not worth that much" said she, For was thinking, sir of you"
 IN, Y, Press
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
He Knew Boys.

The boy had applied for job.
 ''We don't like lazy boys around here," said the boss; ''are you fond of work?"
 'No, sir," responded the boy, looking the boss straight in the face.
 ''Oh, you're not, ain't you? We'll, we want boy that is."
 ''They ain't any," said the boy dog gedly.
 ''Oh, yes, there are: we have had a half dozen of that kind here this morn- ing to take the place we have"
 ''How do you know they are?" asked the boy.
 "They told me so."
 ''So could I if was like them; but I'Ia different; I ain't a liar" and the boy said it with such an air of convince ing energy that he got the place.-De- troit Free Press.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21

GY-A democratic banner for 1896 should have painted upon it's ample folds dead sheep and black queen poking her head above sugar hogs head. It would be historically sug- gestive of the sbeep-killing, flag-pull- ing, sugar-trust party,-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21

before the shrine with up-stretched arms and clasped hands in the attitude of application, The background was all there to his hand without stirring out of doors and l, of course, had to sit or kneel as the praying wife. With out exception it was the most trying, tiring attitude l had ever assumed. My knees and back lost all sensation, and the uplifted arms simply seemed to go dead after half an hour. Why didn't l rest? you will ask. Be- cause l daren't till he gave me leave. The crosses of our fortunes had turned him into regular savage, and he was at his worst while painting this pie ture. For hours he kept me kneeling there day after day. Once I grew faint, but luckily just then he said: You can rest so he didn't know it. Another time when my hands and arms were all pins and needles, I pleaded for a pause. He refused 1t. went on. Then I couldn't help saying little. He swore at me. I steadied myself At last, without any warning or will of mine, my arms dropped on my lap, and fell forward, my chin on the altar. With big oath he rose furious
 "'Youve ruined my work, you devil!' he cried, just at most critical point, when I was finishing your left hand. Up again instantly or I'll be the death of you and he roughly placed me in the old attitude.
 Ten minutes later the same thing happened. Icouldn't help it. Again he rose, and this time he struck me violently across the back and shoulders with his mahl stick, which was no thicker than his finger. This was the first time he'd ever struck me-badly as he'd behaved, and it was the last. I never loved him after that. No, kind heaven never gave me the chance, for after the blow did faint, and when I recovered was lying where fell. He had not even lifted me from the ground. No, but he had stretched himself at full length upon the stone bench, and was sound asleep.
 Escape was my first thought--re- venge the secondhand as I stood up, the second overwhelmed the first. Noiselessly I crept to where lay, amidst many studio properties, the brigand's poignard. Often had dreamt of this, and had seen it glitter in my hand, but in the dreams opportunity was want ing, Now, both were realities. would use them mercilessly. Night was com ing on. Icould escape under its cover. Whither to fly, or how to live after wards, gave these things no thought as I stood with the weapon raised above his naked throat. Did I lack courage? No, sincerely mo- What, then, made me suddenly pause and listen? Footsteps? Yes, faint and distant on the road, running near our abode, Alone, they would not have deterred me, but above them rose upon the still ness a chant-a chant from some re- ligious procession, pilgrims probably, passing towards the city to do homage at the shrine of the Holy Bambino in
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
In Utah,

''I want pair of boots for my wife"
 Bootmaker-Yes,s sir. What number, please?
 Mormon Elder-Seventeen.
 Bootmaker-Seventee Great Brig ham Young, sir! We haven't boots of that size.
 Mormon Elder (sternly)-rm not speaking of the number of the boot, sir, but of the number of my wife, Vogue.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
der-Savanteen
Made It Useful.

"Hello, Timmins" said the invent or's friend. Have you done anything with your flying machine yet?"
 "Yes"
 Anything practical?"
 'Eminently practical. Part of it I used for kindling, and by putting rock CTS on the rest I made it into first class cradle for the twins. Washing ton Star.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-06-21
An ExnlanatloI

All FNpIdldIIOHs " Why do you sleep instead of work?" asked tho tramp, he seemed so healthy. He answered with pleasant smirS: Because allers dreams I'm wealthy"
 -Harper's Bazar.
, 1894-09-22

out any intermission is proved by our finding
indentically the same description of timber
at all heights up to 1000 fit. in Grinnel
Land. There may be some hope of Nansen's
audacious and magnificent project being
safely accomplished; but, even. if sthe Fran
is lost, | have such confidence in The bold
ness and resource Of the loader that l believe
he aud mis- companions will return to civili-
cation. After referring briefly to the Jack
son IIarmsworth expedition, and TO the loss
Of the Ragnvall jail, which took the young
American journalist, Mr.. Wellman. to North
Spjtzbergen, CoIonc} Fei!den SAID that al.
though he believed he ultimate safety Of the
Wellman expedition WAS assured, he offered
a humbl2 opinion that inexperienced men
should not be encouraged by the great think
ing public to ssh into Polar and Arctic
enterprises. Colonel Feilden also spoke
shortly q. the mugnitirenE work Of Peary
and his Norwegian friend, Astrup, in North
Greenland. | am afraid, he added, you will
not think that | am very sanguiuc about our
reaching the North Pole with our present
resources. | am not but still | think that
the most feasible route 70, making a high
northern latitude is by folio wing in Parry's
footsteps. The superlalive advantage Of
North Spitzbergen is that every year for sew
eral months it is as approachable as the
shores of temperate regions, and a secure base
can always be secured. So great is the fas-
c%ination of Polar enterprise that successive
generations of men viii attempt it until
at last they will succeed.
, 1894-09-22
CURRENT POLAR EXPLORATION.
|(Times.l7th Aua.l

Colonel H. w. Feilden read an interesting
paper on Current Polar Exploration. At
the present time. he said, there were fonr
important expeditions exploring the Polar
regions In the front rank stood Nansen.
I know of nothing in the history of Arctic
adventure that SURPRISES the holiness and
audacity of Nansen's conception. The risk
he has calmly and voluntarily undertaken is
tremendous. In what particular part Of the
Polar area the Fran may now be is a matter
of hypothesis. After Nansen gos beset in
the Polar pack, his vessel must be entirely
under the influence of the ice-drift. Neither
steam nor wind can help her in any appre-
cable manner. We have every reason to
believe that there is . steady circulation of
water around the Pole, independent of the
surface movements of the ice caused by
winds. The most hopeful Indication of there
being a tolerably rapid movement across the
Polar area lies in the fact that the coast. line
of Grinnel Land, from Cape Union to The
northwest, as far as it was explored by Sir
George Nares's expedition in 1875 and 1876,
is strewn with drift timber, and the same
occurs on the north shore of Greenland, from
Repulse Bay to Cape Britannia. 1 paid par
ticular attention to thi drift 0 ID Auring
nv stay in Grinnel Land in 1876. and
found that it was all coniferous. Though
sadly battered by contact with the ice-hoes,
it often appeared comparatively fresh, pieces
of bark adhered. to it, and the abraded roots
showed that the trees had been washed out
whilst growing from the river banks. Now
there cannot he a doubt that this wood came
from the Lena. Yenesei, OF from some of tie
great rivers of Siberia. That this drift is
constanta and must have lasted for ages with
, 1894-09-22

i am indebted to a friendly correspondent
for the following printed invitation to an
entertainment, which was sent, addressed
Capt. And Commander Of the Royal Male
Boat Riding at Anchor in the Boy of Scarbro
TObago. OF "a.
ASTRONOMY.
Trinidad And Tobago, Wonders Of Wonders,
Notioe-A Lecture is proposed to be de-
livered on the evening of the 25th June,
present month "a, at the Scotch Kirk granted
under condition by the Rector of st. Andrews
and St. Georges and under his patronage.
Lecture will be by Mr.. B. A. Blake, as did
some years past on certain necessary lines.
He will then also appear as "AntOnN's returns
to visit Cleopatra, the Queen, when you are
to see him on the Stage as you see 'Dandy
JIM from South Caroline. Turning round
and VIII wheel about every time when he
wheel about will do just so. He will wheel
about and turn about, and jump Jim Crow,
you will hear matters Dramatically and Songs.
You will hear music in the interim
DonatiOns-Tickcts will be sold thus--ist
Glass Seats. 2I6 each-2nd Glass Do. 2E Bird
Glass Do. II. All other classes of the poor,
Sd. each. Children I'D. and Sd. to rank. The
Teacher, Mr.. Williams, Gentlemen Steward
indoor to receive all and monies in the
Lecture entrance to hand same on the Stage
to the Chairman the Hon'ble G.. H. Nc.
Eaohrane Messrs. G.. Agard and j. Painting
Committee will at there Establishment sell
Tickets-R. A. Blake, 18th June, 1894.
If we cannot equal Tobago in the matter
of Astronomical entertainments, yet it must
be allowed that We can give some very good
ones, as for instance a Church literary enter
tainment which was given this week, in a
village on the East Bank. The programme
consisted of ninety items, including songs,
speeches, readings, recitations, choruses and
80 on; and when the Parson who was to pre-
side insisted that the programme was far too
long and could not possibly be got through
in one night, he had the greatest difficulty in
getting the numbers cut dow to 80. One Of
the ''recitations" was the Goth chapter Of
Revelation, and it was rendered additionally
dramatic by the %reciter declaring that the
angel laid hold on the Dragon, that old
serpent which is the devil. The organisers
of the entertainment were not pleased with
the wholesale curtailment t. of their programme.
and declared hat the parson had discouraged
their hearts.-Argosy.
, 1894-09-22
spectator, dug. 25th.)

The D6batS of Thursday is responsible for
an interesting piece of news. It announces
as certain that King Humbert has decided to
establish a Viceroyalty in Sicily, and to give
the post to his son, the Prince of Naples. 1t
is also stated that the news is favourably
receiyed in Italy. Possibly it may have a
certain effect on the problem of Sioilian dis
affection, but we are not very hopeful. The
dominant factor Of tue situation in Sicily is
economic, not political. Sicily is seething
with discomfort not because she wants poll
tical consideration, but because her people
want food for their bellies and clothes for
their backs. Still, the presence Of a Royal
establishment may do something in Sicily,
just as it would have done something in Ire
land. 1t may act as q sort of search light,
and force the Italians to see what is going on
in what is well-nigh the most historic spot
on the face of the globe.
? Mr.. A. Acland, the Vice President of the
Council of Education, made his annual state
ment on Tuesday, and gave a satisfactory 40
count of the working of the Free Education
Act. He asked for $500, 900, a large in
crease On the Estimate of last year. The in
crease was partly due to the increase in aver
age attendance, which he attributed to the
working of the Free Education Act, and he
dwelt particularly on the increase in the
attendance at evening and continuation
schools which he expected to be doubled dur
ing the current year. AS that really touch
es the weak point of our primary education,
namely, that it is SO soon completely forgot
ten after the school life ends, we regard this
large increase in the attendance of those who
have left school as specially satisfactory.
With relation to the ordinary day-schools,
Mr.. Aoland said that in 1890 the increase in
average attendance was $4,000 in 1891,
81. 900; in 1929, 239, 900 whereas the
Department had only counted on an increase
OF l26,OO0 for that year. The whole state
ment was made in a very conciliatory tone,
and we must say that the charge made
against Mr., Acland of unfairness towards
, 1894-09-22
(FrOm the DAILY TeteqrapA.)

AS sparrOws have accustomed themselves to
telegraph wires and cattle to express trains,
so, in the course of a few years, London dogs
will probably have mastered some of the
fundamental mysteries of the Tower Bridge.
At present they make the mistake Of treat.
ing it rs they would any other structure,
and when they want to cross the river they
use it as freely as they would London, South.
wark, Blackfriars, or Westminster Bridge. A
dog that has the reputation for knowing his
way about came sadly to griel early last eve
ming other canine pets will do we'll to learn
a lesson from his startling mishap. In hur-
~ to get over the water he disregarded sig
nails, regulations, and police with q truly
cOckney independence. When well on his
journey he felt the roadway rising beneath
nina sensation quite inexcusable at so early
an hour; so, like many another in a similar
predicament, he began to r%un-uphill too. In
vain was he entrcated to retrace his steps he
must get home, and that without DELAY.
Steadily rose the bascules, sleeper grew the
incline, until at length the unhappy creature
found further ascent impossible. The next
moment the hillside had become mountainous
aud he could no longer keep his foothold. He
turned and gazed down the abyss. and then,
with a whine, rolled over and over until he
reached the bottom, much shaken and con
siderably bruised. When the roadway had
been restored to the horizontal it was more
than the owner Of The dog could accomplish
to get him across.
, 1894-09-22

the voluntary schools and Of a very despotio
administrative temper have not been proved.
We believe, indeed, that in general Mr.. Ac-
lands energy has stimulated the voluntary
schools to e~xertions of a most beneficial and
wholesome kind.
In the discussion on Irish education on
Tuesday night, an amusing suggestion Was
made Ly Mr.. Knox, that what Ireland wanted
was an innocent history Of Ireland, that
is. Que which could be read BY Catholics and
Professionals alike, without giving offence. 1t
seems hat even in regard to other countries,
IAN innocent history" for Irish children can
not be found; even histories of Greece and
ROM being prohibited in irish schools, on
account of the many reflections on contro-
versial topics to which they gave rise. Still
more difficult is it to know what 10 do with
the Catholic emblemS IN schools where there
are also ProUestauto TO be educated, and this
constitutes the difficulty Of admitting The
schools of the Chris ian Brothers, otherwise
very excellent schools, to the privilege of
Government grants, the Education Depart
ment Directing to the public exhibition of
dogmatic symbols, as, for instance, the cruel
fix, to which the altra-P Professionalism of Pro
testant Ireland has the greatest objection. Mr..
Balfour seems to think that the difficulty Is
almost insuperable; but Mr.. Morley Is incIin-
ed to hope that he can never get over it, in
relation at least to Catholic emblems, though
be despairs at present of an %'innocent" his
tory of Ireland. What Ireland needs, in edu-
cation as in politics. is more disposition to
enter into the minds OF opponents, and less
disposition to belabour their bodies.
Mr.. Herbert Gladstone, as First Commits
sioner Of Works. informed the House on Mon
day night, that "no series of historical per-
sonages could be complete without the in
c%lusion OF Cromwell i" and though he had no
sun at his disposal for drfraying the cost OF
aStatue this year, Sir William Harcourt, as
Chancellor of the Exchequer, had promise
to make the necessary provision in the esti-
mates for next year. This is d promised
which should be received with universal APP
probation. Whatever Cromwell was, he was
a great historical figure, and though not per-
haps on the whole a great Parliamentary
figure, yet, like tho skull at the Egyptian
feasts. he was a s%alutary mement0 mort to all
P~arIiaments. We trust a worthy sta
tue will be erected to him, not within the
walls of Parliament, but just outside them,
where the members as they flock i'll may see
him, and shiver at the thought Of "prating,'
as too many Of them do pirate. Underneath
it might be written those historical words,
"Come, come, we have had enough of this.
/ will put an end to your prating. 1t is not
fit that you should sit here any longer.
, 1894-09-22

the voluntary schools and Of a very despotic
administrative temper have not been proved.
We believe, indeed, that in general Mr.. Ac-
lands energy has stimulated the voluntary
schools to exertions Of a most beneficial and
wholesome kind.
, 1894-09-22

con, yer wuship, it VAS my legs that gave
way" explained James ., elct, an elderly
labourer who was charged with being drunk
and disorderly in the Borough. Il was all
right, yer know he added, taking Mr.. Fen
wick into his confidence at Southwark Police
court, Il wasn't wot yer would clI drunk,
yer know. l was only modify cody" The
learned magistrate, who has met with many
stages of inebriation, stayed not to inquire the
precise symptoms of a new phase of the com
plant; possibly he had heard of it before.
"Now, Mr.. Pleeceman," continued the prison
CT in his most persuasive manner, II was all
having failed it became necessary to inform
Mr.. Fenwick what were the actual evidences
of his attack of ''nodly cody" which he did
as folloNR: 'I'm a bit shaky on my feet.
Why, sir. l could hardly get INTO the pleece
carriage this morning. It's right. Now, let me
go and III join the pledge. It's a very very
little drop O drink that takes effect on me o.
Mr.. Fenwick: Why take that little drop then?
Prisoner: Well, yer wuship, p'r'apS yer don't
know what it is to meet one or two. I went
for a ride on a tram, and when l got off it was
right in front of the Lion. Mr.. Fenwick here
inclined his head as if he did not catch The
name, whereupon the prisoner added: ooh,
the Lions a pub, oir.' Mr.. Fenwick: You
will be fined IS. or three days. Prisoner {:
Three bob Thank yer, sir. Others who
suffer from mod y-codly" will hencetorth
know that 1t begins with a pedal instability,
md q DIS with fine or Imprisonment ibid,
Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-07-06

ers found vent this time in a regular STAN
pede for their homes. The girls were cry
ing and sobbing and Internationally &C.
cepted help from the young men. And
all, though it was midwinter, forgot COM
pletely their lost wraps, caps, hoods and
mittens.
All thought for certain that Waldo's
team must have gone over the ledge, but
only few of the strongest young men had
breath to express their grief or pity. Their
surprise and joy were about equal, after
they had recovered their breath sufficient
ly to see, count and remember names, to
find in the crowd of settlers coming out
to meet them every individual of the first
load.
Waldo and Eddy suffered the most from
the adventure. Eddy had rheumatic fe-
YER Waldo constituted himself doctor and
nurse in general to him, and they talked
over many time the fearful incidents of
the ride.
The two places where the oxen fell were
made the common hunting grounds Of
both settlements, and many panther
wolf and fox were killed there before the
winter was through.-Emilie Egan in Ro-
nance.