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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

The probability that vehicles driven
by steam would be tho future means Of
transportation on land was very well
foreseen 30 years before tho last century
closed by Oliver Evans Of Philadelphia,
tho inventor Of the high pressure steam
engine. AS early as 1856 he petitioncd
tho legislature Of Pennsylvania for the
exclusive right to use his inventions for
road wagons to be propelled by steam.
The word locomotive had not then come
into use. This privilege was denied, but
the Maryland Legislature granted the
right for Is years. There appeared at
one time GOOD prospects of Evans obtain
ing the necessary financial support to
apply his steam engine to tLepropulsion
Of boats and road wagons, but some
cautious capitalist Of that day deter
mined to have B. II. Latrote, an accom-
plished architect and engineer, report
upon the schemes that Evans was advo-
eating. Latrobe reported strongly
against tho steam engine, saying that
tho inventor was a visionary. This re-
port ruined Evans career and deprived
America Of the benefits Of tho steam en-
gine in transportation for two genera
tions longer.
By a curious irony Of fcte tho son Of
this Same Latrobe performed important
engineering s2Iviccsi in building tho Bal
timore and Ohio, the first railroad in
this country vhCro a steam engine was
used successfully Locomotive Engi-
necring.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

There once lived a benevolent man
at Carbonate, Pa, one Solomon Ar
mold, who was q constant and jealous
believer in the allopathic school Of
medicine, but who, when a prepos-
sessing young doctor Of the homeo-
pathic order located in town, enlist
ed his sympathies with the striving
Esculapius and tried to proselyte his
neighbors to do likewise. But one
sad day SolomOn's wisdom was laid
low on a bed of sickness, and the
regular school physician was en-
ployed, and Solomon got well.
How is this, Nh. Arnoldg" ex-
claimed the new doctor on meeting
his would be ~benefactor in a conva-
descent walk. Il Thought you were
going to send for me when a physi.
clans services were requiredf"
"Lor, man." replied Solomon in a
voice of profound impressiveness,
didn't ye know that l was most
id sick 2'-NewY York Advertiser.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

A lady in this city recently answered
ono Of the advertisements which prom
isod $50 to G75 a week, the work to be
done at home. She learned that the
money was 20 DO made by the sale Of a
certain polishing stuff, and she was to
advertise for agents, TO whom she would
furnish the goods She actually expend-
Cd $50 for the first installment If stock
and outfit, and some more money in adj
Tertising 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 il Is absolutely worthless =
Troy IN. " Times
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08
rne car cAme IN.


- "a ere rt'h,- a,,i'on OF iro old Nua-
oan wno usaat Conn nactf
"rrnts Willy cr course believe IN
them. sad Yves lenrn % @ gTo1p u
o0ngcnial Bohemians crowded n.ound
tho lr.ch conntct ohogt midnight
f'I1eic's q taii now and ho pointed
10 o BE- hi1cl. cot which slcaltlily made
hIyvay ia TIC der AID unbeatable, out
Of tho shadow Of which bis eyes glowed
rod and green THAT cats ahant and o
mascot all in one
Zone stormy night about four years
aqOho camo in here, and hos never been
away sinc0 There used 70 Be an old
musician who visited rs every night
steady for years He used 10 come in
hollow eyed and haggnrd Ho never said
a word, but laid down his money, got
his bracer-Old Tom gin-always the
same, and went Oh his way. The time
the cat came in the night man noticed
that the old musician hadn't appeared. Il
was n stormy night too, just about this
time. The wind howlcd and moaned,
and the lightning flashed IA req ribbons,
while the thunder cracked like the guns
Of battle and reverboratcd In q boom
that made all tho dishes in the house
rattle. It was a bad night, too dismal
by far for people to be out IN. Every.
body was sitting around tho stove talk.
Inc. . Just as tho clock was striking l2,
Mr.. Frazce expressed wonder that the
old man, meaning the musician, hadn't
come In. At hat moment tho big black
cat came In and took his place by the
stove and mover uttered a meow, and hc'i
never been away since, and, moro thar
that he move sleepa II that cat should
+ go 70 sleep, / believe tho house woulC
fall down Once In awhile he gets a lit
tie bit sick. and then everything goeI
wrong.
"But the strange part Of the story /
that the old musician never came back
Two days later he was pulled out of TN,
river dead He must have jumped in th'
same night that cat came. / believe t.
spirit Of that old man is In that cat,
What makes me believe so is that a
Boon as a band passes that door playing
that cat makes for tho river as fast as *
can tear. Hegoes away the moment a. !
music is heard, and he doesn't tar J
when he starts. What no goes TO tt
river for / don't know. Perhaps il W.
music that drove the old man crazy
I've heard some music that would driv.
anybody so. FLORIDA Times Union
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08
Failing Eycs.

81 think tho eye power Of the present
generation Of civilized men must have
dcterioratcd q good deal. " said an Ocu-
list to mo the other day. II am called
upon to examine SO many young persons
nowadays whose eyes show no symp-
toms of disease or strabismus, but are
simply una.lo TO do tho ordinary amount
Of work required Of schoolboys. school
girls, college students Or moderate read
0rs without showing symptoms Of over
work
This weakness seems TO be constitu-
dOnal, and glasses are required which
lessen tho muscular strain ON the eyes
only. In spite Of the invention Of the
typewriter, which has relieved tho eye
Of so much work, the state Of things il
almost equally IS prevalent in business
circles as among students New Yorh
Herald
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

Terence stood in the Union station
waiting for the Medford train. The
busy doors were swinging in and out,
and the people were busting to the
long and crowded trains. Suddenly O
nervous man, with a natty grip and
a lily, rushed in. He looked round
in a dazed way, while the lily swayed
with sympathetic emotion, and at
last he sped Terence. He took the
hishman by the arm.
II say, my friend, and he pointed
across the room, lis that clock right
over thereT'
Terence gazed at the wall, and
lodging the lily turned round with
a look of pity on his ruddy face;
"Begorra, an IL amt nowhere else.
SOFT. "-Boston Budget.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08
ONE or JEFFrRsoN,s EXPERIENCES


.nomc. Sweet uomc.e rouchod O chord In
thc Hearts Of tho Pigs.
Joseph Jefferson, speaking of his
early life, when he travelled with HE
father and mother, sale that in enc
western town ia which they played
the only thcater was q Penthouse.
This establishment was q large frame
building. mounted upon piles about
two feet from the ground and stu
ated IN the open prairie just at the
edge Of the town. Tho pigs were
banishcd from their comfortable
quarters and left to browse about on
the common during the day, taking
shelter under their former abode dur
ing the evening.
AFTER undergoing some slight re-
pairs" he said, Yand submitting 70
thorough securing and whitewash-
ing, the building presented quite are
spectacle appearance. The play for
the evening was Clair, the Maid Of
Milan This drama vas written by
John Howard Payne, and his song Of
Home, Sweet Home belonged to
the play. My mother played the
part Of Clair and sang the touching
ballad. Now, it is a pretty well es-
taOlished fact that if an infant is
struggled into the theater it win
break forth into its lamentations just
when the most perfect stiffness is re-
quired.
ION this occasion no youthful hu-
mainly disturbed the peace, but
the animal kingdom in the shape Of
the banished pigs asserted its right
to a public hearing. AS soon as the
song Of Home, Sweet Home COM
menced they began by humping
their backs up against the beams,
keeping anything but good time to
the music, and as my mother plain
lively chanted the theme Home,
Sweet Home realizing their own
cruel exile, the pigs squealed most
dismally. OF course the song was
ruined, and my mother was in tears
at the failure. My father, however
consoled her by saying that, though
the grunting was not quite in har
mony with the music, it was in per
feet sympathy with the sentiment.
New York World.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

When the late Lord Falmouth was
In the middle Of his victorious racing
career 80 that he seemed b. have q
lease of all the great races, Lord Rose
berry excited a good deal Of amuso-
ment among their friends by getting
a hundred letters Of congratulation
autographed in the following words:
MT DEAR FALMouTH-Allow me once again
10 congratulate yon GA the sucfess OF your
horfe - In another classic race. The ~. De-
lew me. etc. RosEnERr.
The blanks for the name Of the
horse and theraee were duly filed in,
and ono Of the forms WAS sent to
Lord Falmouth ut each fresh success
San Francisco ArgOnaut
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08
Shy Of Lopez wlnE's Money.

Three $50 bills and seven $40 bills Of
Unclo Sans good money are causing
City Treasurer EcCreary more anxiety
than all the millions that roll into his
strong boxes in tho course Of a year.
This $3.50 was the property Of the unfor-
tunato japanese leper, John Charles
Wing, who died in the Municipal hos
pital last January. The money was tho
savings Of years as cook After his death
IL was subjected to high pressure steam
disintection, and as the Jap technically
owed the city about $500 for care in the
hospital it was turned into the city
treasury. MI. McCreary is a bit dubious
about tho bills despite the d~isinfection,
and no doesn't know whether to deposit
the bills in bank for general circulation,
lock them up in tho vaults or send them
TO Washington to be destroyed and re-
placed by now onea-Philadelphia Rec
ord
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

A barrister named Bushe was max.
ing a speech for the defense when
an ass began to bray loudly outside
the court. Wait a moment, said
the chief baron. 'One at q time,
Mr.. Bushe, if you please" The bar
rister waited for a chance to retort,
andit came presently. When O'Grady
was charging the jury, the ass again
began to bray. If possiblemor loudly
than befoie ~ beg your pardon, my
lord, - said Bushe. May ! ask you
to repeat your last wordsl There Ia
such an echo in this court did not
quite catch them -
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

Whenever the car leaves his state
behind him and leads once a year a
family life in Denmark, there is
scarcely a morning that he does not
go mushrooming, for what true lover
Of mushrooms cares for the insipid
''buttons" from tin or bottlei So the
burly figure, crowned with a straw
hat and with Osier basket slung On a
stick across his shoulder, may be
seen, by those who get up early
enough, traversing the green mead
ows in quest of the delicious Co
mestible. When a sufficient number
are gathered, the ''mushroomer'
returns TO the castle. and the spoils
are conhded to the chef. who has
them prepared Immediately, $ mush
rooms should be, by one of the
twenty cooks who always accom-
pany Alexander III.-St. Petersburg
Letter.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

Very careful observations have
been made from time to time with a
view to a%scertaining the height Of
shooting stars above the earth at
their appearance and disappearance.
Perhaps the most successful attempt
Of this kind was that made in this
country on the occasion Of the mete-
oric shower ia November. 1867. The
lightninglike rapidity with which
the meteors darted through their
course rendered it impossible to oh
serve them with astronomical pre-.
cision, but the general conclusion ar.
rived at was that they were first seen
at an average height Of IS miles.
There was no positive evidence that
any meteor commenced at a height
much greater than iO0milea Brook
lyn Eagle.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08
non,t Jndro br Anncnrance,.

A enc legged street boggar who. rain
or chine, ST. every day with outstretched
hand on tho steps of a warehouse in a
down town cross street is quite aphilos-
ophor in his way. He says that, 80 far
as his experience goes, little can be
judged regarding tho bonevolence Of men
or women by thor appearance. Some
timts, ho E9ys, he will see q man ap-
preaching who scoms to be the persona
lcation Of charity allied with opulence.
Tho boggar stretches forth his hand with
confidence, but %withdraws it with disap-
pointment. Then there hurries by Ne
phistopholian looking creature, seedy
perhaps, with a cynical smile on his face,
who drops a quarter into tho ~beseechirR
palm. Among women, tho beggar asserts,
the bcst dressed are seldom the most
charitable. There are exceptions to the
rule, Of course, but tho prevalent theory
that a street beggar can 'size mp" a pc
destriGn by his appearance is erroneous.
New York World.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

The curious method Of burying
o fowl that IS either very fresh OF
threatens TO DO tough, which Is often
adopted BY French cooks. may have
a suggestion Ia Il 10 some country
housewives The fowl Il wrapped in
a cloth and put in q fairly deep hole
IN the yard and wen covered with
earth. Il Il usually left al night,
though Il may be buriedin the morn
ing for use at G o'clock dinner. This
poooos vastly improves the flavor
and condition of poultry suspected Of
not being zap TO the standard quality.
New York Times
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08
COnmerce Versus Art.

McKell-Have you written any
new songs lately9
Popular Composer-Yes, several.
McKell--I haven't heard any of
them
Popular Composer-No, l suppose
not. You see I've made enough
money in the past five years writing
popular songs to allow me to indulge
in the luxury of writing classical
songs for the rest of my ife.-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

a huge advertising bill on canvas 10
feet high has been posted up oil over
France, Ia which resident Carnot and
a lady. apparently intended for Nine.
Garnet. arc represented as slipping with
evident gusto a new Algerian brandy,
They are seated at o table. and the table,
cloth bears NJ. CRmot's initials The
government has ordered a piece Of col,
ored canvas 70 be pasted over the TIVE
heads, the rest Of the advertisement be
ing left untouched London Tit-BitS
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

Little Ethel-I had to write a COM
position bout Pocahontas.
Mother-I presume the teacher told
you all about her. didn't shei
LATHE Ethel-Yes'm, and her lfO
was real sad. She saved a mans life,
and be didn't marry her after all, an
she had ~ hunt up some Que else
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08
Prevention Of pIsease.

1t is claimed that every attack of
disease is just so much against the
future health of the patient. 1t is as
though a given amount of endurance
were parceled out to the individual,
and as much as this store is drawn
from justso much less remains. Ger
tain theorists maintain that if the
system could be protected from at
tacks of disease 100 or 200 years would
not be a long life for the average
man They also insist that it is pos
sible for persons so to situate andcare
for themselves that their liability TO
such ills is reduced to a minimum.
For example, we must not drink
water containing impurities. This
may be avoided by dis~tlllation and
proper fltering. Food should be kept
free from contamination and thor
oughly cooked. Fruit should be
washed, and all articles That have
been used or handled by persons af-
hicted with any form of contagious
or infectious disease should be burned
or carefully disinfected. With these
precautions and ordinary prudence
as regards accidents there is no rea
son why people should die of disease
New York Ledger.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

An extraordinary scene vas recently
witnessed In County road. Liverpool
Handbills had been extensively c~irculat-
ed in the district asking for 0, 900 rotten
eggs 70 throw at shops found open after
B o'clock on Thursdays, aud on the fol-
lowing Thuraday q great crowd gathered
az . drapor's shop in County road and
peltod Il with oggA-Lixerpool Mor
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

Mrs. dc Style-There were 90 deb
utantes ia our set last season and
only 10 young men. Isn't it horidI
Professor Extraordinarily the
other young men have emigrated tc
Mexico.
Mercy What ear be the attrac-
ton down theref
The girls are very pretty, their
fashions seldom change, aud they
never wear bonnets. New York
Weekly.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

waiter, said Uncle Allen Sparks
blandly, in the union Of ham and
eggs there should DO some disparity
in the matter Of age. You may take
this back. - Chicago Tribune.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-05-08

Samples by mail or express viii receive prompt
and careful attention. Gold and Silver bullion
z lined. meltfd. asaayed or purchased. sc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-07-06
The Wage Contest.

Senator Teller concludes one o
his telling speeches in the senate
with the following prophetic warn
ing.
''Look at the newspapers of t.
day. In very many sections of The
country yesterday the authorities
were set at defiance. 1t is a con
tast as to whether the laborer shall
receive the wages he has beer
getting or whether he shall ger
down on a lower plane. 1t may bt
that in this contest the laborer fol
the time will maintain himself
but the inevitable everybody mus
foresee. With low wages through
out the world, with low prices
everywhere in the world, there
must be low prices here, and whel
the price of a product is below its
cost there will be a suspension OF
production, and then in time the
laborer will be compelled, much as
we dislike to see it, to come down
to the plane which his less fortu
nate fellows in Europe occupy"
The gold standard which the
jew gold owners of England have
forced upon the world in order that
debts they own would absorb more
property has caused and is causing
the still lower prices which in turn
are causing the strikes, the fore
cloasres, the bankrupts, the rail
roads to be placed in receivers
hands, the multiplying of tramps,
the commonweal armies that are
pitching their camps throughout
the country; and these conditions
will intensity and grow worse as
long as the people are fools enough
to continue voting for the two old
parties which receive their orders
from Wall Street, and Wall street
in turn receives its orders from the
jew gold ring of England. If this
state of affairs is continued it is but
Il question of time-and not long
time-till it eliminates in anarchy
throughout the country which is
always followed by armed insurrec-
ton. If the people blindly con
tinue voting the two old parties
alternately into power these results
are inevitable, and the consequence
will fall upon their own head. The
reform papers throughout the
country are sounding the alarm
and the people cannot claim they
have not been warned of the inn
pending danger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-07-06
Arbitrating Strikes.

Representative Keifer, of Mimi, has
prepared bill or plan out of which bill
will be formulated, for settling differences
between employers and employees. Strikes
occur i'll corporations where large num-
bers of hands are employed by one man.
agement. In order to settle such differ
ences on lines of justice the arbitrator
would have to be pnt in possession of the
books of the concern, and be advised OF
the expense and receipts, and a per cent
age of the gross receipts be set aside for
wages. These requirements will have to
be part of the law or no arbitration can
be made to answer the purpose designed
If each party is allowed to reject or re-
ceive the decision of the board of arbi-
tration at pleasure, there might as we'll be
no arbitration offered. All corporations
receiving valuable franchises from the
government should be compelled to pub
lisll statements of their business quarterly
Until this is done there will be no peace
between them and the employees. There
is no hardship about such requirement.
Those who object to this manner of deal
ing with corporations claim that such a
system is inquisitorial and that it would
be revealing private business to the
public, There is no justice or truth in
such objection. A corporation is not a
private or natural person, but an arti-
fetal person, made by law, which is to
say created by the public, and should be
answerable to, and held under super
vision of the public. The individual
accounts and private business of the men,
bers of the corporation, its stockholders,
would be sacred from public scrutiny.
But the concern known as the corpora
ton should have all its acts, business and
accounts open to the public. The impo-
sition of these giant artificial persons on
the public would then be curbed and their
actions brought under rules of justice.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-07-06
Socialism,,

The fast increasing inconvenience.
resulting from these labor troubles ant
the vast incidental losses which they EN-
tail upon business and industry in gen
eral are convincing thoughtful people
that the ultimate remedy must be nation
alization of most, ifnot all, monopolies.
Cecil Meas.
And this is socialism" that the plu
tocrat hireling press are bowling so about
Do you see much blood, murder, anarchy
and distribution of property" in such
regulrtion of present demoralizrd condi
tions? The Mamelukes of modern civ
ilization are the hireling daily press
which is the supporter of ever abuse thai
tends to undermine popular government
and substitute class control. If the tel
egraph was in the hands of the govern
ment the power for evil ofthe associated
press" would be greatly curtailed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-07-06
THE STRONG POINT about
4 the cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla is
that they are permanent. They start from
the solid foundation Pure Blood
BimetaIiSm.

The leaders of the two old fraud
parties have been in consultation
about a catch word to be used in
the fall ccmpaign and have hit upon
the word "bimetalism." Tariff has
played out. The voters have be-
come disguised with it in the sight
of the sugar trust boodling which
has gone on in congress. Tariff
won't draw any longer as gullible
as the people are, and Il new word
is necessary. "Bimetalism" has
been chosen and both parties are
putting it in their platform. Cleve-
land, John Sherman, Reed, Me
Kinley, Voorhees,, Brice, Lodge ct.
al. are becoming ardent "bimela-
tests" But not one of them says
the word means free coinage of
silver. They hope to cheat the
people again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1894-07-06
"What can a woman do. u-Wri

"What can a woman do. "-Writ-
ten by Mrs. NJ. L. Payne, formerly
on the editorial staff of Detroit Free
Press-The book treats of woman's
position in the business and literary
world. 1t is not strictly speaking
a "womans rights" book but one
which recognizes wOman's ability
to take her place by the side of
man in the learned professions and
business pursuits. The book is
well recommended by all who have
examined it and is having an ex-
tensive sale.
Mr.. Kenneth Brown, student
of Princeton Theological Seminary is
canvassing for the sale of the book
in this neighborhoOd. While on
his summer vacation he is occupy
ing the pulpits of Zion and Rock
churches, during the outing of their
pastor.