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Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
A NEGRO PLAYS SHOOK.
Nlddiepoint Residents Lay the Ghost whio
 Has Disturbed Them.

Mlddiepotnt Rcsfdcnts Lay the Ghost Which
 Has Disturbed Them.
 It turns out that the spook that has been making life burden for the citi- gems of Middlepoint, O., and the Pitts. burg, Fort Wayne aud Chicago railroad men is human being, and colored person at that. The citizens of that place were determined to solve the mystery, and a reward of $50 was offered to any one who would spend night Ut the water station and capture the ghostly specter Failing to fad any one who would undertake the k, they appoint ed a committee to investigate.
 Thursday night the committee, which was composed of three men, two shot guns, one revolver and brace of bull dogs, started for the water station and secreted themselves in the pumphouse. They watched in silence until about ii o'clock, when a man was seen making his way across field to the station. He ensconsod himself behind the water tank and prepared for his work by placing a sheet over his head and Q football that had been painted white in his left hand. He had not long to wait for victim. A young man was returning from spell ing match with his best girl, and when they were within 50 feet of the station the spook noiselossly made it's way to the railroad and stationed itself between the rails. The sight of the specter was too much for the young man $ nerves, and he made break across the field, leaving the young lady to look out for herself. At this point the committee swooped down upon the spook and captured it after chase of half mile The sheet was removed, and the spook was recog- | nized as George Bartley, eolored man. The committee started back to town with their prisoner, two of them carrying the arsenal and the third leading the cap- tured spool. Before reaching town Bart 1 ley succeeded in breaking away from his captors and started for the woods. Sey- eral shots were fired after him. It is not known whether they took effect, as after reaching the woods he gave his pursuers the slip The committee returned to town and reported their capture Some of the citizens are in doubt about the capture, but the story is generally be- heyed, as the committee have in their possession sheet and awhite football as | evidence. Lima Special.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
A MODEL WIFE.
She Had Good Deal to Try Her, but She
 Wouldn't Get Angry.

She Hsd Good Deal to Try Her, but she
 Wouldn't Get Angry.
 The best natured woman in the world fesides in the city of Austin. She has been married number of years to . man named Peterby, who is one of tho most disagree0ble, quarrelsome men outside of the. Texas legislature And yet Mir. and Mrs Peterby have never had quarrel, for the reason that 1t is impossible to mako her angry. He has scowled at her and occasionally waited Q chair at her, inst to see if she wouldn't get angry but he suffered disappoint- ment in each and every instance. Peter by had been bragging to his friends about what good natured wife he has, and Gilhooly offered to bet $50 that if Peterby were to go home. raise fuss and pull the tablecloth full of dishes of the table she would show signs of tenn per. He had tried that with his wife once, but ho never repeated the experi- ment
 Peterby said he didn't want to rob friend of his money, but he knew he could win. At last ho made the bet The friend was to watch the proceedings through window. Peterby came home apparently fighting drunk. She saw him coming, went out to the gate, opened it, kissed him and assisted his tottering steps into the house. He sat down hard in the middle of the floor and howled out:
 ''Confound your ugly picture, what did you pull that chair from under me forf''
 'I hope you did not hurt yourself?" she replied, smiling kindly. ''I was to blame for it I am so awkward. But I'll try and not do it again if you will forgive me this time" And she helped him to his feet, although she had noth- ing to do with his falling He then sat on the sofa, and sliding off on the floor abused her hko pickpocket for lifting up the other end of the sofa She said she was sorry and finally led him to the supper table. He threw plate at her, but she dodged it and asked him if he would take tea or coffee, Then the brute seized the tablecloth, sat down on the floor and pulled the dishes and every thing over him in one grand crash. Some women might have lost their tenn per, but not so with Mrs. Peterby. She did not blubber like child; she did not even sulk or pout With q pleasant smile, she said:
 "Well, George, this Is a new idea We have been married 10 years and never eaten our supper on the floor. Won't 1t be funl Just like those picnics we used to go to before we were mar ried, and then the angelic woman de- hberately sat down on the floor along side of the wretch, arranged the dishes and fixed him up nice supper This broke him up. He owned up he was only fooling her and offered to give her $50 to get herself a new dress with. She took the money and bought him a new suit of clothes and box of cigars with it Heaven will have to berepaired and whitewashed before it is fit for that kind of woman. .-Tammany Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
SPOON GUESSING CONTEST.
The Latest Thing In Social Pastimes Bear
 Heavily Upon the Hotels

The Latest Thing In social Pastimes Bears
 Heavily Upon the Hotels.
 4 guest at the Stillman arose from the dinner table. As he walked away ono of tic walters called the manager, and the manager approached the stran- ger, saying, I am sorry, sir, but you will have to return that spoon you have in your vest pocket y
 Tho gentleman was very indignant and replied: You arc making great fuss about a little thing. This spoon isn't valuable anyhow. Here it is.
 The hotel keeper remarked that the spoon is solid silver, and that it is of some consequence whether guests pocket them after their meals, The stranger explained that he pocketed the article, mot because 1 wanted to steal it, as- sure you, he said Perhaps you haven't heard anything about the latest new game called the spoon guessing con test. Souvenir spoons have had their day, and the latest fad is to collect spoons from the big hotels ill different parts of the country. Unless hostess is able to entertain her guests with the new game, she might as well be out of the world 7"
 The man then explained that thern are number of families in the city who have magnificent collections of hotel spoons; that the new game was sort of progressive guessing contest Aspoon is held up in tho air, and all the par ticipants in the contest arc supposed to guess the name of the hotel engraved uponit The person guessing 1t is award ed a prize, ard those who fail to get the right name of the hotel take step back ward.
 The manager of the hotel thought the game a very interesting one to the par ticipants, but not quite as entertaining to the hotel keepers who are obliged to furnish the spoons for the contest It was an eye opener for him, however, for during tho last month or so quite num- Der of spoons have disappeared mysteri- ously from the dining room table, and be had been unable up to that time to account for it-Cleveland World.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
An Adrsrti.inr smindls.

A lady in this city recently answered one of the advertisements which prom ised $50 to $75 week, the work to be done at home. She learned that the money was to be made by the sale of Q certain polishing stuff, and she was to advertise for agents, to whom she would furnish the goods. She actually expend- ed $50 for the first installment of stock and outfit, and some more money in ad- vertising for agents. One woman came, engaged herself as agent, took away a quantity of the stuff and never came back. The rest the Troy lady has on her hands, and it is absolutely worthless, - Troy (N. Y.) Times.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
reed orLoye.

Do not keep the alah1ster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your fricuds arc dead Fill their lives with sweetness Speak approving, cheer ing words while taeir ears can hear tllom and while their hearts can be thrilled and made happier by them. The kind things you mean to say when they arc gone soy before they go The flow CTS you mean t1 send for their cofins send Co brighten aud sweoten their homes before they leave them. If my friends have alabaster boxes laid away full of fragrant perfumes Of sympathy and affection which they intend to break over my dead body, ] would rather they would bring them out in my weary and troubled hours and open them, that may be refreshed and cheercd by them while l need them Iwould rather have a plain coiain without flower, Q funeral without a eulogy, than a life without the sweetness of love and sympathy. Let us learn to auCiut our friends before hand for thoir burial Post mortem kindness does not cheer the burdened spirit Flowers on the colin cast no fragrance backward over the weary way. George " Childs.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
Reheaded.

A huge advertising bill on canvas 16 feet high has been posted up all over France, in which President Carnot and 8 lady, apparently intended for Mime. Carnot, are represented as slipping with evident gusto new Algerian brandy. They are seated at table, and the table cloth bears NJ. Carnot's initials. The government has ordered piece of col ored canvas to be pasted over the two heads, the rest of the advertisement be- ing loSt untouched London Tit-Bits.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
rlmotlly prer,s Rare Reeord.

A rare record is boastcd by Mr. Tim cthy Dyer of Vinal Haven, Me, who is 90 years of age Until he was IS years old Inc never wore a shoe. He has never ridden on a car, and but once on steam boat He has never entered tavern, never duarroled with any one and a barber has never shaved him. And yet his life has not been destitute of excite ment for only last summer the old fel- low pulled ill unaided halibut weigh ing three times as much as he does. - Lewiston Journal.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
Lncu.ts Gettlnc nendr ror 1,uslness.

The New York Sun printed an article a short time ago setting forth various predictions that the IT year locusts would appear this spring in great num- bers in the Hudson river valley, western Connecticut and northern New Jersey. Recent digging in the neighborhood of NyaclS, it is said, reveals the presence of thousands of the larvae of this insect get ting ready for their transformation, which generally takes place in this lati- tude carly in June The insects are now found at an average depth of four feet.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
Momen 1n Public omce..

In Sweden more women than men are found in the telegraph offices, and single women are admitted to all departments of the postofiice service except that of letter carriers. Women have the same s,ial irs and equal positions in the tele- graph and postoffices in Norway and Denmark as men, and in Denmark may become station masters" on the rail way, while they also figure as shorthand writers in the parliament. We find them also in public offices on the most liberal terms that have been madein Fin land and 1celand.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
shy of Leper wlng,s Money.

Three SEQ bills and seven $1o bills of Uncle Sam's good money are causing City Treasurer McCreary more anxiety than all the millions that roll into his strong boxes in the course of year This S130 was the property of the unfor- tunate Japanese leper, John Charles Wing, who died in the Municipal hos pital last January. The money was the savings Of years as cook. After his death it was subjected to high pressure steam disinfection, and as the Jap technically owed the city about $500 for care in the hospital it was turned into the city treasury Mir. McCreary is bit dubious about the bills despite the disinfection, and he doesn't know whether to deposit the bills in bank for general circulation, lock them up in the vaults or send them to Washington to be destroyed and re- placed by new ones. s.---Philadelphia Rec ord
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
Coughed Up a Bullet.

A. IL Sutherland of Saugus recently coughed up bullet frorn his lungs which had been lodged there since Oct II, 1868, when he was shot in the nsch by one of Mosby's guerrillas in the bat. tic of Culpeper Courthouse. For years he has suffered, but did not know the cause of frequent hemorrhages whicy troubled him. Boston Transcript.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
An rarlr ClosInr Arrnment.

An extraordinary scene was recently witnessed in County road, Liverpool. Handbills had been extensively cireulat- ed in the district asking for 5, 900 rotten eggs to throw at shops found open after o'clock on Thursdays, and on the fol lowing Thursday great crowd gathered at draper's shop in County road end pelted it with eggs Liverpool Mer- cury.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
Women to vaeeInate Women.

Health Commissioner Emory of Brook lyli has appointed Drs. Susan R. Pray, Agnes Spaftis and Anna II. Brown tenn poraly vaccinators for the girls high school and the grammar schools These appointments were made in eonsequencs of the objections of some of the pupils to examinations lsy male vaeciuators.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
New Treatment For Consumption.

The only matter of wide popular in- terest in the recent medical congress at Rome was a paper yesterday by Dr. Me nella, the Italian delegate, offering a new treatment for consumption. He af- firned that he had cured 39 cases of genuine pulmonary tuberculosis by con stant inhalation of the essence of mint and tho external use of creosote and the essence of mint in an alcoholic solution.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
Wife selling In Eneland.

Wives are cheap today At Croydon on Sunday laboring. man disposed of his spouse for pot of 'fodrpenny" and gave Q receipt in duo form. The para- graph reporting the transaction says 'the husband and wife took all alfec- tionate farewell of each other. 1t must have been touching sight. Westmiu. ster Gazette.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
lserlona I.oss.

Mrs. Knowes--Poor Mrs. Youngwifel That fortune she's just come into will take all the sunshine out of her life.
 Mrs Guesse---H 'mi don't see why you should commiserate her.
 Mrs Knowes--The poor thing won't have any need of going shopping for bar gains any moro. Chicago Record
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
Rraln Hesforers.

Milk and cheese have been placed in the list of brain restorers by members of the Paris Academy of Medicine. Experi- nents have shown that absolutely pure caseinc contaiEs 753 parts out of LOCO of organic phosphorus. The welsh rabbit may now be eaten late at night with q clear conscience. --Kate Fields Wash ington.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
If yyoul,l Not Re Fa,r,

Men cannot consistently deride women for wasting so much cloth in making their sleeves, so longas they themselves are wearing the long tailed coats tbat are in fashion now. --Somerville Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02

The greatest natural cold known is es- timated at l05 degrees below zero The highest natural temperature is inEgyps fI7 degrees
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02

Solid bronze statues were cast in tho ourth century before Christ by Grefk
 Ter named Lysippu2
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02
no.s of olden rlm ..

In tho very long ago hose were not stockings as now worn, but made long, and were often drawn up even to the waist, and, oddly enough, had pockets in their sides. We read, moreover, that in the time of the Tudors and Stuarts they were of great variety, both of ma terial and color, and for such as could command the luxury were richly trim med and costly; they were often called neither stocks. "--H Harper's Bazar.
Arizona silver belt., 1894-06-02

The Ancient Order of Foresters in England now admits women into is ranks, and there arc already IT courts of fe- .-esters
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15

this work until the other canals now be-
ing worked on have been completed. The
drains already there may be cleaned out
TO some advantage, but the water is pre-
cipitated from one land to another with
out any permanent good.
THE OFFER TO THE CITY.
1.-THE drainage committee was willing
10 undertake the drainage of the Mus
grove creek watershed after the storm.
and said so to the city. It was intimated
TO the city that it would simply be asked
to reimburse the county for the skilled
labor required to do the work necessary
10 be done on that drainage within the
city limits. But no proposition looking
20 a conference even on this matter has
yet been met with favor by the city.
This is an Important work, so far as the
city is concerned and should not be too
long neglected.
u think the commissioners will realize
the necessity of continuing the drainage
work until it is finished, at least that part
Of il which is most necessary to the
health of the county. l have no doubt
that a majority of the board will look
at the matter in this light, and win refuse
to allow any unnecessaryIinterru
until these the two important canals have
been finiShid -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
SPEAKER CHARLES F. CRISP.
A Washington Journal Points Out
Some Changes in Politics.

In view Of the position occupied by
Speaker Crisp at the present time some
of the allegations made during the speak
ership fight of two years ago sound rather
strange. 1t will be readily recalled that
the opponents of Judge Crisp's candidacy
urged IN the most vigorous manner that
the Georgian was not sound on the tariff
question. BY the declarations of these
gentlemen the present speaker of the
House OF Representatives was pictured as
an individual who would betray the party
into the hands of the high tariffites should
he be chosen to preside over the deliber-
atoms of the House. The gentleman
from Georgia, they declared, would prove
but second edition of the late Samuel
J. Randall and block all tariff reform leg
islation.
After a very exciting contest on these
lines, after every effort had been made to
enlist all of the tariff reform democrates
IN the ranks of the anti-Crisp candidates,
the Georgian was elected to the high and
honorable position he has filled with such
ability. But the fight on Speaker Crisp
didn't cease there. The New York Re-
form Club undertook the contract of pre-
venting his reelection, and with this end
In view the speaker was invited to the
annual dinner of that organization aud
that the country might be made to under
stand that the reform club didn't approve
o. Speaker Crisp, but Notwithstanding
this extraordinary effort the speaker was
accorded a reelection.
But perhaps the most extraordinary
feature Of this was on the Georgian is
the present situation. With the various
clashing interests at war on the tariff
question there is one central figure in the
light. Upon his shoulders falls the brunt
OF the battle. He is out in the open and
exposed to fire from both the front and
the rear. Some Of the shots fired from
the last-named direction are from weapons
In the hands of democrats who didn't
think Crisp good tariff reformer when
he was candidate for speaker. The
head and front of the fight for tariff re-
form is Hon. Charles Frederick Crisp, of
Georgia, and if the Wilson bill finally
passes the House it will be largely due to
the vigor and courage displayed by the
speaker of that body.
This but goes to show that the predic-
lions and declarations of the politicians
cannot always be relied upon. There is
abundance of evidence to show that some
body misrepresented things in the mem
orable speakership canvass Of 1891.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-15
LOST his SENSE OF SOUND.
He Can Both Hear and Speak, But
Cannot Identify Words and Noises.

he Gan Both Hear and Speak, But
Cannot Identify Words and Noises.
From the indianapolis Journal.
During the last week two of the most
prominent physicians of this city were
called into consultation on case which
appears to be'entirely new to the profess
sion, and for the peculiarities of which
they are unable to find any satisfactory
reason. The victim of the strange attic
tion is boy, about 6 years of age, whose
parents reside south of the city Nearly
one year ago he suddenly lost his speech
and hearing, and, after being treated by
the local physicians, it was decided that
he would be permanently deaf and dumb
though no functional trouble could be
detected and the organs of speech were
apparently perfect. After two or three
weeks his speech and hearing returned.
as suddenly as they had been lost.
Two weeks ago he again became deaf
and dumb, and his father brought him
here for consultation. In the examine
ton no abnormal condition of the organs
was discovered, and every test known to
to the profession was made, but not the
slightest defect could be discovered But
nothing could induce him to speak. and
no noise, however sudden and unexpeyted
attracted his attention. A pistol fired at
the back of his head failed to even startle
him, and he appeared unconscious of
everything going on around him unless it
fell under his sight. When his attention
was apparently engrossed by the pictures
in the room one of the physicians sud
deenly jumped to his side and called his
name, but he gave no evidence of hearing,
and when objects were poin ted out and
questions asked he made on response.
After trying every known test and
making thorough examination for
organic trouble without finding anythinc
abnormal the physicians arrived at the
conclusion that it was a case of complete
suspension of the faculties of the mind.
so far as sound and speech are concerned
They believe that the patient can both
hear and speak, but that sound fails to
mske any impression upon his mind; that
a pistol shot, voice or any other sound
is conveyed to his mind the same as i'm
other persons, but that the mind has
temporarily lost the power to dis
tinguish between sounds, and therefore
no impression is made upon it. Loss Of
voice, they say, is but an incident to the
loss of power of identity Of sound. In ali
other respects the child is perfectly well
NO treatment was attempted, but the
physicians think it possible that speech
and hearing may return as suddenly as
one year ago they were lost.