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The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
He Knew Enough,

The esteem in which the sailors call
Ing is held in Massachusetts coas,
towns is indicated by true story thai
comes from Gay Head, primitive com
munity on the island of Martha's Vine
yard.
A teacher was wanted at the village
and a sailor, with Indian blood in his
veins, applied to the town committee
for the position. He had to pass an ex
animation by the committee, and
trembled at the ordeal, being sadly un.
learned in book lore.
The chairman began the examina
ton:
"Mr. -, what is the shape of the
earth?"
ut is round, sir" tho candidate an.
swered.
How do you know?'
because l have sailed around II
three times"
THAT will do, sir!"
He received his certificate Ms q
teacher without another question be.
ing asked.-Youth's Companion.
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mortal remains hev bin laid

my mortal remains hev bin laid
away
And there Mrs. Gallup, who had
gradually been working up to it, broke
down and began to sob and thrust the
end OF her red nose into the mouth of
the bottle in her hand. The putting on
OF the hinge was trifling matter, and
Mr.. Gallup had finished and was ready
to tackle the rain barrel when Mrs.
Gallup broke down. He walked away
leaving her in tears. but she followed
after and sat ON the washbench to con.
tinue:
IF / could hev lived a couple OF
weeks longer, could hev put up lot
OF crab-apple preserves and made a jar
OF tomater sass, but the Lord knows
best. Shall you break down at the
funeral, Samuel, or only shed few
tears and heave few signs? 1t won't
make any difference to me, but folks'll
be watchin' you, you know. If you
burst out cryin' you'll git more sym
pathy and they'll say you thought
more of me. Hev you decided on
about how much you'll pay fur my
g rave-stun, Samuel?"
Mr.. Gallup had picked rusty iror
hoop up out of the grass and was busy
driving it over the barrel, and even il
he heard her he did not think best tc
answer.
"There's--there's another thing
wanted to talk about, said Mrs Gallup
as she wiped her eyes and choked back
her sobs. "I've bin dyein' my hair flu,
the last five years. If they don't he,
hair dye up in Heaven l don't know
what I'm goin' to do. An what about
night caps, Samuel? I've worn one fur
the last twenty years, and if they don't
supply 'em to angels l shall have the
esrache Us sure's you're born. You ars
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a Justice of the peace and orter know
about these things and l wish you'd
tell me-"
But Mr.. Gallup didn't. He straight.
ened up and cast a glance at Mrs. Gal.
lup, but he had nothing to say. She
sobbed three sobs and shed fourteen
tears while waiting. and when it was
apparent that he had no opinion to al
vance she said:
Mrs. Bebee says if she was to die
and Bebee was to marry agin she'd
come back as speerit and haunt his
wife, but that's not my way. You kin
git one as soon as you please arter I'm
gone, and l won't never bother her.
s'pose you'll paint the kitchen floor fur
her, and ii she wants the pigpen white.
washed twice year you won't say .
word. There's another thing about
angels, Samuel. When they are tookin'
sick in the night what's done fur 'em
and who does it? And was thinkin'
only this mornin' that never tried te
fly in all my life, and that I'd probably
break my neck unless / was introduced
to some angel who'd show me how to
| flap my wings"
Mr.. Gallup had driven on the hoop
and he now moved over to take the
Sag" out of the woodshed door. Mrs
Gallup squoZe out six tears, took .
hearty snuff Of the camphor, and rose
up to say:
"Mebbe the clock stopped because 1t
was run down, and mebbe the wind
blowed that yaller bowl off the table,
and perhaps the Lord hasn't sent fur
me arter all. Would you be disap.
pointed, Samuel, if / was to live on,
and you couldn't colt around and 90 To
the circus and marry young gal?
'spose you would, but I'm in the Lords
hands. If He calls fur me to flap my
fiappin' wings and soar away I'll hev
to go, but if He decides that kin stay
on till arter I've made my cucumber
pickles and apple-butter it hain't fun
me to rebel 1 guess III go in and
look around and see whether I'm goin'
to die or not"
Mr.. Gallup didn't know when she
went, being busy at the door. He had
probably forgotten that such woman
existed when she called to him, half an
hour later, from the kitchen door:
Samuel, you watch out fur tramp,
and tin-peddlers while run over and
tell Mrs. Robinson that I'm goin' to set
emptins tonight and she kin hcv ali
she wants to-morrcr If they don't sour
ON me!"-Detroit Free Press
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
Foreign Particles in the Eye.

As the summer is the season of travel,
and accidents to the eye are apt to oc-
cur from dust and cinders, a simple
remedy for removing foreign particles
from the eye will be found useful.
Oculists are not always procurable in
small places, SO it is well for the tourist
to provide against accidents. A small
package of 1aXsecd will be found use.
full. If cinders or dust render the eye
painful, place a flaXseed under the lid
of the eye and close it; the mucilage
which exudes from the seed alleviates
the irritation, and the Objectionable
particle is apt to attach itself to tho
gelatinous seed, so that when it is re-
moved the cinder or particles of dust
are also movcd.-Godey's Magazine.
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WOMAN AND HOME.
BADGES OF MATRiMoNY.

Worn by Women Everywhere. Except In
the United States.
Americans are the only women in the
world who do not exhibit some sign OF
matrimony. OF course those who fol-
low in the wake Of European etiquette
would not appear with their daughters
wearing hat without strings, but the
universal American woman buys what
she likes, regardless Of whether it be
matronly or not and, what is worse,
her daughters will select articles OF
dress only suitable to married women.
In no other country is this the case.
Among the Germans tho badge OF Q
married woman consists Of a little cap
or hood of which she is very proud, and
"donning the cap" is the feature OF the
wedding day among the peasants OF
certain localities.
The married women in Little Russia
are always seen, even in the hottest
weather, with thick cloth of a dark
hue twisted abouttheir heads. In New
Guinea young woman lets her hair
hang about her shoulders, but when
she is married this is cut short. In
Wadai the wives color their lips by
tattooing them with iron filings; in
parts Of Africa, the married women
perforate the outer edges of their ears
aud their lips and stick rows Of grass
stalks in them; and among certain
Mongolian tribe Of people, the Manthes.
the women wear suspended from one
ear little basket full of cotton, to
which spindle is attached. Thus in
every country, savage and civilized, but
onr own, there is sign or symbol OF
some kind that distinguishes the matron
from the spiniste~. Louis Republic.
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THE CASE CLOSED.

made in each end, passing the narrow
ribbon through the spool and eyelet-
holes and tying it on the top in sim
gle bow, or securing it at either end in
bow that is sewed fast to the spool
ribbon.
The needles are placed in the flannel,
with eyes and points alternating;
through each row Of eyes is passed q
continuous thread from one of the
spools, and when it is necessary to sew
. needle is found threaded and ready.
The second sketch shows the case
.loscd, with a rubber band holding it.
N. Y. Times.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
NOVEL SEWING CASE.
Tho Clever and Useful Design of an In
gcnious Woman. .,

Tho Clever and Useful Design of an In
gcnious Woman.
That necessity is the motofi I Of In.
vention is the most trite of saySn-s, but
it was the necessity Of an unfortunate
bachelor which prompted q clever
woman not long ago to devise most
ingenious means for his relief and, in
cidentally, for the comfort of a consid-
cradle number Of persons who are not
bachelors. Tho man in question
was painfully endeavoring to thread
needle, and confessed that his
occasional button sewing was a
difficult operation, because of the
effort to thread the needle.
So his friend put her wits to work and
by the next day she had evolved a most
valuable bachelors FRIEND" as she
called It. The scheme is as simple as
It Is ingenious. Its designer has be.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
Goes Well with Dreamed Chicken.

Potato puff is delicious with creamed
chicken. TO one pint Of hot mashed
potato add one teaspoonful Of salt, one
tablespoonful of pepper, half that guam
tity Of celery salt, and hot milk enough
to lnoisten we'll. When partly cool add
the yollis Of two eggs beaten well and
then put in the whites beaten stiff.
Bake ten minutes in q hot oven and it
comes out in a golden brown meringue
that Delmonico might envy. That is
an especially good way to serve old pc,
tatoes that have to be cut no o good
deal in pairing them.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

with layers Of wadding, sprinkled with
sachet powder between, and finish the
edge with the silk cord.
Turn the revers back at one end and
fasten the point to the case.
Turn two inches of the other end
down over the revers and secure at
each end under bow of ribbon; place
bow on the point Of revcrs.
A bunch of violets should be either
painted or embroidered with Asiatic
flo Oh the satin revcrs before putting
the pieces together.
The neakties are to be slipped in ut
the end.-Good Housekeeping.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
A Promising Child.

Mr.. Manhattan Beach-What are you
reading, Mamie?
Mamie (aged eleven)-Only one OF
those French novels.
you should lot read them. 1t is
not proper for you 20 read such books. ;"
But am not reading it for my own
good. / am just looking through 1t to
see if it is proper book to have lying
around where mamma might pick it up
and read it."-Texas Siftings.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

the woodSheu door wouldn't smut, ana
Mt three o'clock in the afternoon Mr..
Gallup came home to tinker things.
He found the kitchen door open and
walked in and looked around for Mrs.
Gallup, but she was not to be seen.
He had gotten hammer and nails from
the woodshed and was about to go out
TO the hen house, when Mrs Gallup
family called him from the downstairs
bedroom. Mr.. Gallup stood irresolute
for a moment, and then went in to
her. She was lying on the bed with q
+ towel around her head and the family
Bible in her hands.
$50 my prayers hev bin answered."
sighed Mrs. Gallup, as she feebly
opened her eyes. Samuel, I prayed
that you might git here in time to kiss
me on the chin and say good.by, and
you are here. hov just three minutes
to live!"
Mr.. Gallup ought to have been very
much startled and upset, but he
wasn't He scratched his head and
made purring sound and took the
camphor bottle off the bureau and
shifted heartily at its contents.
"You'd bin gone about an hour"
said Mrs. Gallup, in stronger voice.
''and was jest sayin'. to myself that
I'd probably live twenty years yet.
when the Lord suddenly called me.
Yes, Samuel, warnin' was sent me
that i must 'prepar' to spread my
golden wings and flap from ART
away. was loolsin' right at the clock
when it stopped with a sort of whirr,
and at the same mint that big yaller
bowl in which make custards fell off
the table and broke all to smash.
That's exactly what happened to Mrs.
jackson and Mrs. Srnallman aforc
they died, and Elder Spconer said it
was the Lords way Of telliR' 'em that
they'd better git ready fur everlastin'
bliss Samuel, don't you want to kiss
my chin and promise me you won't
take second wife till I've bin dead
q year?"
Mr.. Gallup evidently didn't. He
took second sniff at the canphor bot
tie, and then turned and went out into
the kitchen and froua thence to the
woodshed, to find an old bootleg from
which to cut hinge for the henhouse
door. He found what he wanted, and
was ready to go about his work when
Mrs Gallup appeared. She had left
the Bible behind. but the towel was
still tied around her head. and she had
slipped her feet into her shoes without
tying them up.
I'm sorry that shan't be here to
get your supper, Samuel" she SAID, as
she leaned up against the kitchen
door; it'll be the first supper I've
MISSED fur twenty-one years, but
when person is called, she must 60.
You'll hev to make out on cold vittlcs
fur once, aud as I'll be lynn dead in
the house, mebbe your appetite will be
sorter blunted. Who do you think
you'd like to hev sit up with the corpse
tonight, Samuel? l did think I'd like
to hev Mrs. Teachout and Mrs Gregory,
but both of 'em are awful eaters and
great hands to look around through
closets and drawers. Mebbe you'd bet
ter git Mrs. Watkins and Mrs. Tyler.
They won't want much to eat, and
they are SIGH gossips they won't hev
time to look around"
Mr.. Gallup walked down the path
leading to the barn and turned aside
to the henhouse. One of the leather
hinges on the door had worn out, and
he was knocking the pieces off with
his hammer when Mrs. Gallup arrived.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

"That dog is pretty well bred, ainS
hep" asked the man, leaning over the
division fence.
"Wen bred?" echoed the dogs owner.
81 should say he is well bred. Why,
that dog won't eat his meals at all UNI
less he has his collar on" Detroit
Tribune
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
A Painful Possibility.

Wilt you are SO mitch in love
with that little angel, why don't you
propose to her?
Gus (moodily)-I have seen 10th her
father and mother, and can't be sure
that she won't grow to look like one or
the other Of them.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
Not in His Calculation.

Park Commissioner = You are not
making that new bicycle path wide
enough.
Surveyor-Pshaw! It's wide enough
for ten bicycles to ride abreast.
Park Commissioner-It's wide enough
for the bicycles. But it isn't wide
enough for the boomers Y. World.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
An Interrupted Blessing.

Thackeray tells of an Irish woman
begging of him who, when she saw him
put his hand In his pocket, cried outs
"May the blessing of God follow you
all the days of your life," but when he
only pulled out his snuffbox she imme-
diately added: "And never overtako
YOU"
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

Jinlxs-Smithson strikes me as being
sort of religious broker, but I'm
blamed If can tell whether he's bull
or a bear.
Filkins-Why not?
Jinks-Bccause he's long on coun-
tenance and short on works.-Harlem
Life,
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
Suiting tho Action.

jamie" sharply called out his
mother, you've been loafing all day.
Satan Always finds some work for idle
hands to do. Take this basket and
bring in some kindlings. Chicago
Tribune.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

Teacher-So you can't remember the
names of the great lakes. Can't you
keep them in your head?
Johnnie--No, ma'am. If was ia
keep them lakes in my head / might
have water on the brain.-Texas Siftr
inUS
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
A Good Guess,

PapaV
"What is It, johnny"
II read poem in my school reader
which spoke Of dogs Of high degree. y"
"Well?"
Papa, does that mean Skye ter
riers?" = Pittsburgh ChSpnicle Tal~
gram.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
VIOLET NEck1lE CASE.

Something Useful for Gentlemen Of Fas.
tidious Tastes.
Avery dainty gift for a gentleman Is
a necktie case, and the one described
cannot fail to please the most fastidious
taste. The materials required are vio-
let-colored plush and cream-colored
satin, each twelve by twenty-one
inches, and one and half yards Of
two-inch cream color ribbon, and near
ly two yards of silk cord. Cut one end
of both matertls as shown in the illus
tration, sew The two pieces together
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
Explained 1t.

Little Dot-I don't see how cows can
eat grass.
Little Dicl,-I 'spose when they is
young the mother cows keeps saying to
their children: "If you don't cat grass
you shan't have any pie."-Good House
keeping.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

"How long have you been Pullman
porter" said the kindly gentleman.
"Two yeah, sah."
"And still worling?"
"Yaas, indeed"
"Dear me! How improvident you
must have been."-Oalxland Times.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
very Welcome BY Comparison

"Why did you meet that book ped.
dler SO effusively? You never saw him
before, did you?"
mo. thought at first he was bin
collector. Times-Herald.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
Tho Coinage Question.

Wallace-Evcn the women have
tackled this coinage question. My
wife and lot more have formed club
to discuss it.
Ferry-H'm. My wife hasn't got
any further than to demand sixteen
hats to my one.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

Clara-I have been to the seashore,
resting.
Aunty-Huh! What have you been
resting from?
Clara-Why, from sitting around II
home. Of course.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

First Doctor-That was a mean joke
some one played on Fillkins.
Second Doctor-What was that?
First Doctor-Why, some one tele-
graphed him to hurry to Niagara Falls
to remove cataract, and he never
tumbled till he go therein. Y. World.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
Profitable Pupils.

Friend-I should think having such
dull pupils to teach would drive you
wild.
Music Professor-I like dull pupils.
De parents ncffer dink does tear chill
dren hat no music in dem. Dey plane
de biano, und den l cells dem new
vons.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

Young Mrs. Gotham cher first SUD
mer experience)-O, we could not poo
sibly use as much as six quarts of milk
a day. Couldn't you rent me the little
one instead of its mother?-Vogue.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
Can Get Along yyi.hout vater.

A carp taken out Of the water may be
kept alive for over twelve hours by
placing piece OF bread. soaked in
brandy, in it's mouth.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

Ee was handy with his pen.
And twas every now and then
That tho bankers paying tellers he'd
perplex:
But be made his boldest swIpes,
Getting only Ugly stripes,
Whore he'd fondly hoped 20 gather
pretty checks.
Chicago Record
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
A Now AKalndy.

"How did all the people in this town
happen to be afflicted with St. Vitus
1ancc?"
They're not. That's the bicycle
dodge. Detroit Free Press.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

Shells it well, do you think, TO tan
the truth about your friends?
He-Yes-but wait III they're gonAA
Truth.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19
Miss Bluestocking = Books are my
The Only Way.

DEMONSTRATION have you managed
TO keep your COOK such long timer
Flattehouse-We take all our meals
In 1eztauran:.- brooklyn Life.
The Coconino weekly sun. [volume] (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1891-1896, 1895-09-19

I'm 1880 over 100000 5000 worth Of
property was legally exempt from tax.
alton.
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MRS. GALLUp'S TRIBULATIONS
ny NJ. QUAD.

7 THE dinner
table Mrs. Gal
lup h a d rs-
marked that u
hinge was Off
the hen house
door, the rain.
barrel needed a
new hoOn and
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-03-27
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The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-05-07
GlnMInu pn,rin,Io IIlnnh.

The Sons OF ths American Revolution a7
assembled in the historic Historical
bociety's building last evening were of
various Industries, business and vocatiuus
tho professions being rather Tie lurEer
eioment. Inc cRlllngs with their eq ually
varied politics und religions were noticed
by those present.
They knew nothing but Americanism.
patriotism and fraternity. lhey are lib.
eral aud Intelligent gentlemen with Il re-
freshing ahsenee OF snoDDcry. lheir va.
fiety In Yocutions and yiaw5 seemed even
eontributory to tLelr universal soeiubllty,
buch distinctions were out OF sight be-
cause pt their glowing zeal and mutual
appreciation OF our lllustriuus forefathers,
whose sacrifices and lives begot wnat Is
To-day one oil the greatest naIlons-tle
ireest and most progressive people.
We congratulate them on their election,
subject 10 compliance with the require.
ments OF their constitution OF 30 many
good new members as follows. Colonel
gohn Wainwright Howard H. ltoss j. n.
Earswell, james H. Beggs, Jr., ", n,
halston, Horace Z. johnson, ADart s.
johnson, Ldtnund G. Cause Rev George
u HieAnan q hubert a. koop, &C.. l. IL.
bates. ", VI luAburE John Hare. Jr. The
9exl meeting VIII DO helI ON tuesday, May
- when every memtnr WAS requested 10
Bring new candidate md listen TO the
patriotic entertanTuont to De provided by
Hol. John Wainwright Horace Z. Johuson
v ]. TX. Bates, thu committee
Edmund A. SUMNER gave an entertain.
3Dg talk OF lle NatlOhal Soelety a uogult.
pble entertainment of Delegates anu their
Eeylew oi the relle5 Heenes and history OF
Lexington and Concord Gy personal
Visit under well-informel guide.
II vas stated that Cuiet Justice Lore
hsd estimated there were possibly fifteen
hundred male descendants Oi american
heYolulionary Ancestry in our Stats
IL looks as though I he young blood in.
FUSED Ia evening Viii gather mlny of
Shein. air Bates resolution to have d
meeting tuesday e4ch week meaGa Dusi.
mess. Amereaniam aud patriotism wB
cannot have too much OF, a5 Mr.. summer
remarked,
Q. 7. Johnson anl1Ir Marshall ure a
pomInittle OH new members Dir John Il.
Plmms, AbGet T, Bales aud ssFsra. other
old members we're present.
Frank i. CafsWgl WAS secretary an dDr.
W, L. Qulnby president FrO tem