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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29
Wanted a Good Foot.

Models are an important part OF a
sculptor g need. doubt whether in this
particular we differ from our Greek
predecessors, for we read of choice pres
ents; such as peaoocks, given by Phidias
to his models, showing how much he
valued them. presumably because 1t was
as difficult then as now to get good ones.
To be a model is a business of itself,
and when we remember the number Of
art schools there are, even in London
alone. and the many artists who are en-
tirely dependent upon them. 1t may be
realized what a largo body they must be.
The men are mostly Italians. chiefly,
| am told, from the neighborhood Of
Naples. The women are. as a rule, Eng
lish and have often sat from babies. To
find a we'll formed foot is almost an i'm
possibility among the best Of them, ow-
ing to the long cramping in boots, but a
friend once told mo that he had q cast
of the loot Of an Indian woman that
was as beautiful as the foot Of a Greek
statue.
Our English models lack often the
suppleness of figure that distinguishes
more southern races, such as the Italian,
which is partly accounted for by the
heavy, cumbersome clothes cur climate
necessitates. But such as they are we
have to make the best Of them, and Q
really good one ia eagerly soughs after.
Good Words.
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The early traditions concerning the
city of Damascus are curious and inter-
esting, even though untrustwOrthy and
contradictory. By some Of the ancient
writers it was maintained that the city
stands on or near the site of the garden
of Eden, and just outside there is a
beautiful meadow Of red earth from
which, il is said, God took the material
from which he created Adam. This
field is called Ager Bamascenus. and
near its center there formerly stood a
pillar wiich was said 70 mark the pre-
else sp t where our frst parent was Gre
ated. A few miles out there is an emf
hence called the Mountain of Abel, sup
posed by some to be the place where the
first two brothers offered their sacri-
fees, also the spot whore the first muir
der was committed. The most interest.
ing spot pointed out, however, is about
three leagues from the city, where an
old ruin is shown which all the orient
believe to be the tomb of Cain. The
traditions respecting this famous spot
are known to antedHte the Christian era
by several hundred years. Up to the
time Ct Vespasian the interior Of the
tomb is said to have been lighted and
warmed by one Of the ever burning
lanips so commonly used by the an
clients. st. Louis Republic.
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c IN
The Careers Before Them Arc Not In All
Cases Very Desirable.

The Careers Before Them Are not In An
Cases Very D~esirable.
There are lads row employed as pages
in the house and senate who have I'M
doubtedly embarked on careers which
will reyclve about the huge marble build
ins on Capitol hill. Some Il Of them
may live TO step into the shoes Of Cap
tain Blssett, for instance, the nged and
dIguihed assistant d~oorEeeper of the SEN
ate. who began his services in the upper
chamber over 90 years ago and is APP
parently good for several years more.
Some Of them may become plain, ordi-
nary, everyday doorkeepers Of the house
or senate.
There is n man watching a senate
door these days who has occupied that
ono position for IA years. For years be-
fore he began this work he was similar
ly employed in the house of representa-.
ives. The pay of a d%oorkeeper is no;
very large, and the distinction which at
taches to the place is absolutely nil. The
work Is not arduous, however, and the
man who fulflls it does not have to use
either his hands or his brains to any ex-
tent-a fact which seems to have had
weight with some Of the doorkeepers.
If the parents Of the lads who are now
running about the capitol at the becb
and nod Of senators and Representative +.
were TO be guided by the experience d
persons who have held these positions
they might display less anxiety to con.
denim their offspring to an undesirable
future. Cor. New York Times.
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A - kNl.nr oN nocra


10 Saved Eis Masters Little Dsucttet
From the AIT chs OF n Savage Car
The boy Jack is y Of n dozen hunters
which Mr. james d. Din keeps ia li
stable at his home on Harrison street.
Orange. His fad IS breeding hunters.
TIE other morning Nr. Dill was stand.
ing iust inside the stable door talking
TO his groom and had Jacks bride in
his hand.
Suddenly be heard a scream and roc
oguisod the voice "a that Of his little
daughter. Jack, the bay hunter, heard
Il, too. and he must have recognized It,
for quicker than It takes to tell and be.
fore Mr.. Dill realized what had happen
ell, Jack Lad jerked the bride from Mr..
Dills hand, backed out Of the stable and
was running across the stable yard. Mr..
Dill followed, aud what he saw was cal
culated to make him follow pretty rap.
idly. His little daughter was being at
tackled by a dog-a big, ugly. yellow cur
that did not belong around the place.
She had seen her father return from his
ride and bad started from the house 10
the stable 10 meet hun, az vas her Gus
tom. the strange dog had sprung
her. It's teeth were tearing her dress,
and she was vainly struggling to release
herself.
What Mr.. Dill Jaw Jack. tho bay
hunter. saw. too, and he must have had
the same appreciation # the little gir's
danger that the father had. Running
until he reached the little girl and the
dog. he reared up on his hind legs and
then brought his fore feet down with
crushing force on the vicious cur. The
dog released its hold on the girls cloth
ing and fell, but Jack had not finished
mis- work. Turning just as tho dog WIS
about to rise again. he let ay his hind
legs and gave the cur a kick that landed
it in a heap against a stone fence full 10
feet away. Then jacks work was dong.
and he waited for Mr.. Dill to come mp.
Mr.. Dill found that his little daughter
was not injured, thorgh badly frighten-
ed. Then he went over aud took a 10,
at the dog. IL was dead. Then he went
ove TO his bay hunter, Jack, gave hi 90
an aifectionate slap or two and placed
his little daughter on Jacks back. The
hunter seemed 10 appreciate the compli-
ment and neighed with delight as he
started for the stable, where Mr.. Dill
told the groom to give him the best in
the house and plenty Of it."-New York
World.
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My advice to those who contemp late
having a plaster cast taken of tneir
heads and faces is don't. Two friends
of mine, amateur sculptors, persuaded
me to let them take q cast of my face,
so as to reproduce and iinmortaliz9 my
features. / had no idea what the proc
ess was, and though / objected to it on
general grounds did not imagine that
any torture was connected with IT..
Judge of my horror, then, when !
found that my nostrils had to be stuffed
with cotton wool and that a nasty. sticky
substance was pressed tightly all oven
my face so as to secure an impression
of my features. Nothing 30 utterly ur.
comfortable could be imagined, and toe
desire to scratch portions of tho face
specially irritating was almost irresist
ible. But the greatest agony was to
come. The young men had forgotten
in their hurry some precautions which
1t Is usual to take in order to make it
easy to break the cast in the center and
take il OH In two pieces.
Hence 1t failed TO respord to their
efforts TO make it split, anil l had to
wait until they could break it off in
sections. The heat in the interval was
oppressive in the extreme, and as they
pulled off large pieces Of flesh and
enough hair to make a small wig my
sulferings can easily be imagined. If
l ever obtain fame, which l do not an
ticipate, my features will have to be
immortalized in some way other than
by means Of q bust. st. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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Result. A.. liable 10 % a' Al

Results Az Liable Co Ua u rans. Al
fhnulh somctiliaH ta
An agent from The cil a .rg to
sell the grocer Hntwf WlnoIfg cioe''.
There Was a small storage 81 cove
nected with it, and 1t was ia. na {
the bottery should be kept in operation
by means Of a small windmill placed
on the roof Of the house. The agent had
about persuaded the grocer to buy,
when tho man with the ginger beard,
who had boon Watching the transaction
with the deep interest that comes 30
natural TO n man with plenty Of spare
time on his bands, Clipped in.
"Sofnetimes II pays to monkey with
nature and let her have the job Of doin
all your work while you air loaiin
around the county courthouse 10 miles
away, and sometimes IL don't, said he.
81 knowed a Teller out in Kansas at
had one OF them windmill c%ontraptions
that was he ruin Of him."
There neve was one Of these clocks
sold in Kansas at all" said the agent.
with some wrath.
This here wasn't a clock, " said the
man with the ginger beard, land / defy
any man in the crowd to prove | said
anything about clocks. / jist said a
windmill contraptioD. This here was a
pump. You see. this here fellow was a
eort Of market gardener, and as it isdry
in Kansas, as fur as the weather is CON
cerned, he lowed to rig up a pump ar
rangement that would water his garden.
So he fixed no a wind pump, but that
wasn't enough. He next went TO worB
and makes a kind of swivel arrange
ment that wosld keep the hose movin
back and forth and up and around till
the whole patch was sprinkled. Did
all the work itself, you see. That left
him free to go down to the grocery and
talk all he wanted tor all he dast to
at least. Well, he goes away one morn
in happy as a clam and comes back al
night to find his garden all ruin. Now,
what d'you suppose had did itP"
Hogs got inf" ventured the ClOrk
agent.
"HawgsT You make me sickl Itnwgs
nothinl One Of them playful bgeezes
that Kansas sometimes gifts uP had
come along and had worked that there
windmill pump 30 dern fast that the
water was made bilin hot by the fric.
ton, and his whole patch Of truck had
been scalded to DEATH"
THAT was pretty tough" said the
agent.
"Oh, l don't know" answered the
man with the ginger beard. IA soon
as he got broke he went into politics. aud
now he is gett'n a good livin at toe ex-
pense of the state. Eff it hadn't "a been
for that accident he might be still hay
in to work for a Twin. indianapolis
Journal.
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Piotnre..

The one thing that is unforgivable in
picture hanging is to string them along
the walls in a line. Their Loneliness ls
pitiable. Next to that crime is the ono
Of arranging exactly symmetrical
groups, suggestive os nothing 30 much
as a lesson in geometry. Group pic
lures, group them gracefully, but don't,
when n has succeeded in making a
graceful bunch on one side OF the fire.
place, reproduce it exactly on the other
side.
According to one who speaks With
the emphasis Of authority, delicately
framed water colors are the only proper
things for the drawing room, magnif-
cent oils for the library and hall, and
etchings and engravings for the dining
room. Meantime those who do as they
please will continue to hang their etch
ings, water colors and oils exactly where
they will gain most pleasure from them,
taking care only not to place side by
ode ridicul0usly inharmonious things.
The smaller the picture, or the more
full Of detail, the nearer the level Of
the eye it should hang. Sometimes two
parallel wires are brought straight up
to separate hooks on the picture mold
ing, but generally the old fashioned au-
gle of wire is made. Gold and silver
wires are generally used, but it is said
that small eel and iron chains are T.
be used this winter for hanging dGrk
framed ~engravings and etchings. Some
of the daintier pictures, instead of be.
ing hung from the holdings, have wires
stretched tightly across the back and
are caught invisibly on small screws.--
New York Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-29

The extra two characters Chung
hsi" containing the name which is to
DO given to that already greatly benamed
parsonage, the empress dowager Of
China. in honor Of II. l. Ms sixtietb
birthday anniversary next year, accord
ing 10 a Picking letter, have been ordered
by edict to be presented TO the imperial
lady in the middle Of the eighth moon Of
next Chinese year September, 1900.
As it is, her majesty has already z
names Of II characters which ministers
at court have to labor through whenever
mentioning her majesty, but with next
September one has 10 go painfully
through the long list Of Tze-hsi-T uan-yu-
K'sug j. Chao- yu-C huang-ch'eng-Shou
kuns Ching hsien -Ch'ung-hsi Huang
T'ai-hou, or dowager empress, before q
bystander could detect that her majesty
u meant NORTH China Herald.
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III TaIlor's Friend.

A New York tailor struck up an ac-
quaintance with a local politician, and
they became constant companions. The
politician may be called Jones, and his
nickname is Bud, which lands for Ben
jamin. AS Bud the tailor met him, and
as Bud be has always known him. One
evening the tailor and his friend were
in an up town cafe, chatting and drink
ing, while another man kept a sharp
eye on them. Finally the two friends
parted. end then the third man hastily
approached the tailor. well, " no SAIL,
did you get anything ont of HIM?
The tailor did not see the point. Did
you not say anything to him about maxi
ing a payment said the other. What
are you talking abouti'' answered the
tailor. That's my friend, Bud Jones. ,
THAT may be, but he's Benjamin Jones
who owes you S240. I've been trying to
find him for three weeks to collect it. A"
THE dickensl" said the tailor, Il
didn't know that. Guess you'd better
not try to collect that bill just yet. -
New York Tribune.
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On 1his Particular Occasion ~ Failed 60
DO It's Work.
The crowd had gathered about n barso
and buggy In the middle of the street.
The horse had baked.
Tie n string around his ear. said
ono Of the b~ystanders. 1t gives him
something cleo to think Of. never kne. =
It to fall
A string was produced and wound
tightly round one of the animals ears.
1t had no effect.
"Blindfold him." suggested another.
A bandage was tied over his eyes and
an effort made TO start him.
Same result.
Back him."
HE won't back" said the oxasper-
atcd owner. Il tried that"
Try him with an ear Of corn."
The ear q corn failed to move the
obstinate horse.
I'll see If l can't persuade him Some
other way, said the exasperated owner
of the animal.
He took a whip and belabored the
beast with It till somebody threatened
to have him arrested.
Then he kicked him awhile.
All in vain.
Finally a benevolent looking old gen.
tleman forced his way through the
crowd and said;
II have seen a great many balky
horses started by building a fire under
them. Can you get some straw or shay.
ingsf'
A boy was cent to a ~neighboring fur
niture store for some excelsior. &c
came back presently with a huge arm
ful. It vas placed on the ground VI
der the horse and a lighted matcn
touched TO it.
AS tho first feeble fame rose from q
and the smoke began to curl about his
legs the horse unbent a little. He turned
his head, took q calm survey Of the sit
u%ation, and when the combustible stuff
burst into big blaze he moved forward
about six feet, in full possession Of bis
faculties and without any unnecessary
haste. and stopped again.
And the elegant buggy was da mayed
e25 worth by the flames before 1t oc-
CURED to anybody to scatter the blazing
stuff.
And then an old colored man in a fad
ed suit of secondhand clothes and a hal
with half the brim gone went out and
spoke kindly to the high spirited AMI.
NAL, rubbed his nose, patted him on the
neck, climbed into the damaged buggy
and said, Cit along, sonny"
And the horse moved off at a brisi
trot, with head high in tho air.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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LOST IN ALASKAN wlLps.
In Explorers Disregard Of His Comps
ions Advice Coats Him His Lie.

An Explorers Disregard Of His Compnn-
ions Advice Costs him His Life.
Death from either starvation or expo
sureiu the biting winter weather of south
western Alaska or perhaps suicide as the
only means Of avoiding the horrible fate
In store for himself-such Is the fate of
M. Gross, a Canadian surveyor.
Gross, with four companions, left Foru
Wrangle on the Goth of January, the
party intending TO hunt, fish and perhaps
do some prospecting. When they got 10
Portage bay they made permanent camp.
Il was early morning. and Gross told hLl
companions that he intended to dive a
little into the interior and would be back
before night.
He vas cautioned against going ont
alone, as il was known that be was not
familiar with the surrounding country,
and it was ( AIRED that he might get lost
In the woods. He disregarded the adj
vice of his companions, however. and I
9 o'clock the came evening The oth,r
members Of the party heard a shot in the
brush some few miles distant. They
hailed and by other signs tried ~ guide
Gross back to camp. but were not sue.
cessful. The whole Of the next lay was
spent in the search, which had t. be dnal-
ly given up.
Gross is said to have been from Vic.
toria. He was last year a member oil
the Canadian survey party serC up 70
Alaska to officially determine the terri.
tOry's boundary ~line,-Seattle press.
Times.
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Sir walter raici~b Planted Thorn Ne-r
cosA, Jat The People feared IA,ni.
Sir Walter Raleigh was an unp-in.
ciplcd advcnturcr and failed rs az "a
mir i~slratcf and coltl ztr. Int be O. q
a most commend ie testo for planting
and gardening, and ia th,ao liatJhe.
Of effOit hio influence remains potent.
Three hundred years have passed tincs
no lived in Ireland, In the county Of
Cork, on tho vast estate which had been
bestowed upon him, but the yellow wall
flowers which no brought to Ireland
from tho Azores still flourish and bloom
In the very spot where he planted them.
Near by, at Youghal, near Cork, on
the shores Of the Blackwater estuary,
stands the Aiiane cherry which he
planted. Some cedars which ho Brought
TO Cork are still growing at a place
called Tivoli. -Four yew trees, whose
branches have grown and intorlaced
into a sort Of summer house, arc point.
ed out as having sheltered Raleigh when
be first smoked tobacco in his garden at
Youghal.
Raleigh tried to make tobacco grow
In Great Britain, but tho climate was
not found suitable to 1t. He succeeded,
however, by introducing the habit Of
smoking it, in making it grow In plenty
In other places.
More important TO the world than the
spot where Raleigh sat and smoked bis
iodian weed is another spot IN his gar
den at Myrtle Grove, in this anne
you. nal. This spot is still bounded by
the Town wall of the thirteenth century.
Il was here that Raleigh FIRST planted a
! curious tuber brought from America,
which throve vastly better than his to-
bacco plants did.
This tuber Raleigh insisted was GOOD
10 eat, though common report for a Ions
time pronounced it poisonous. Some
roots from his vines BIO gaNs to otne'
land owners in Munster. They cult
waited them and spread them abroad
from year to year.
This plant was the Irish potato. Be-
fore many generations it became the
staple food of the Irish people-almost
the only food OF a great many Of theil..
1t was the Irish potato" ws'vf
came back to America and became the
] groundwork, 80 to speak, OF the Amer
lean farmers and wOrkingman's daily
breakfast and dinner. Sir Walters
curious experiment in acclimatization
became an economic step of the very
6rst consequence, and the spot at You
ghal which was its scene deserves mark
Ing with a monument much more than
10 the places where the blood Of men
has been shed in battle. - Youths Com
panion.
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nIstorIe nrnsa Knoeker.

Trihes light as air have interest some
times, and apparently nothing is too
trfing to feed American curiosity. A
new brass knob has just been placed mp
on Mr.. Gladstone's front door IN Down
ing street. IL replaced one which had
done tho state much service and had
been grasped by the hands Of u century
OF priiue ministers, from Pitt upward.
Hearing OF this treasure trove. an en-
terprising and sympathetic antiquary
purchased the discarded knocker for 3
shillings, and It Is now upon its way TO
New York. accompanied by half a mile
OF attractive personal legend, for exhibit
ton IN the United States. -Huntly eng
and EAnrtas.
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A brides saiutntion 90 Her Husband Elect
aud Ills Euauunso.


aud Ills Eesnunso.
a Chinese paper q sgribes some anus
ing marriage customs. In a small
mountain village between Kaga aud
Etchu the bride cunes to tho Bride
groom's gate and bawls cut TO him,
"Hello, brothcrl I've come"
To which the other replies, Glad
you've come"
The bride then appeals 10 him,
You'll never forsake me2"
And the bridegroom her,
Gwen carr our living together"
With these assurances the bride comes
Into the house, followed by a long pro
cession Of well wishers, old and young.
Cheap, muddy sake Is distributed to
them, and they commence dancing and
are not content until the floor gives way,
whom they clap their hands, crying,
How auspiciousl'' and take their
leave.
At Kuiita, in Echizen, the betrothal
takes place VIXEN the parties are 3 or o..
The boy 8 parents and a deputation,
numbering from FIVE 10 fifteen, proceed
TO the girls family, who, anticipating
their coming, spread mats before the
houses and await them. After the usual
sa~lutation the deputntion present az @
betrothal present pieces Of hand woven
cloth for cushions and at the same time
praises the girls family, who return
the compliment with interest. Here
the ceremony ends, and the deputation
take their departure.
When the boy is 10 or thereabouts,
be goes TO stay with his betrothed's
family and works like a mental at the
house for a year, after which he is sent
home in fine apparel. Soon after the
girl comes to her lovers house, accom-
panied with rustic music and songs
The noise and hustle are as great as on
the festival day Of the tutel2ry god.
When the girl comes to che house,
cushions made OF the cloth g.-on by her
parents are piled n upon another for
her to sit upon. On these cushions the
thrice repeated exchange of ne triple
vino cups, the most important cere-
mony at a wedding, takes place.
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Donald Murry, a newspaper man Of
Sydney, has invented and patented a de-
vice by means Of which an operator in
New York, with a keyboard before him
like that Of an ordinary typewriter. can
not only produce typewriter copy in
New Orleans, but, it is claimed, can OPP
crate a typesetting machine here and
deliver his matter thus in lead ready for
the forms. Not only that, but tho same
operator, by using q number Of telegraph
lines. can set up the same copy simulta.
neously ia a dozen different places. Ia
Ills operation any ordinary currents arc
used, such as are capable of being relay
ed and are subject to all conditions Of
ordinary telegraphy. The work can be
done with the same speed as an ordinary
typewriter is operated aud dispenses with
all clockwork mechanism, synchronous-
ly moving type wheels and other cum
brous devices. 1t is said TO be capable
of manipulating some 20 different char
acters.-Press and Printer.