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Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

n scientist Iriis nn Experience Tie HAD
fntohiuk the Kline rails.
When lecturing at the Royal insti-
tuition recently Professor Lodge put
forward a hypothesis concerning tho
relations between vision aud cleo
trlcity. In connection with this
theory DR.. Obach communicates to
Nature an interesting account Of
an observation OF his on his own eyes.
One evening, he tells MS, after watch
ing the famous Rhine falls near
Schauffhausen for a considerable
time in the full glare Of the sun,
which produced q dazzling whiteness
of spray, Dr. Obach eltintense pains
IN his head. which did not diminish
much even after he had retired to
bed in a perfectly dark room. He
%thereupOn resOrted to a remedy
which had given relief to pains in
the eyes on previous occasions, sim
ply placing the thumb and ~forefnger
over the closed eyelids and impart-
ing gentle Vibrations to the eyeballs.
After two or three vibrations he
was compelled to stop, as the remedy
was not only painful, but produced
tho sensation Of a BLUSH white light
of dazzling brightness-lilze an cleo
trio arC-being brought almost into
contact with tho eyes. After the
lapse Of a few minutes tho luminous
phenomena subsidized, and be again
commenced tho vibrations of the
eyeb2lls, which now could be done
longer than before ere it became I'M
bearable. This operation was re-
peated eight or ten times, till finally
the vibrations were almost painless
and no longer produced any lumi-
mostly.
The explanation of this phenomo.
non appears to DR.. Obach to be this.
The intense brightness of the light
reflected from the spray had not only
reduced tho resistance of the inter
cepting medium to q minimum, but
at the same time overtaxed the elGs
tic tissues whose duties it would have
been to shake the material back into
its normal condition after the cessa.
ton Of the light. The energy thus
lost by the tissues was then sup,
pressed from without by the vibrat,
ing fingers. For what reason the re,
turn of the ~intercepting substance to
its original insulating condition
should also be attended by the ensa,
ton of light is difficult to conjecture,
unless it be directly due to the physi.
illogical effect produced on breaking
the circuit. Similar effects, DR..
Qbach says, can be observed in a less
pronounced form on vibrating the
eyeballs after an ordinary -overstrain
of the ewes.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

When a sugar refinery wharf needs
a new floor, the old one is not thrown
away OF sold to a junk dealer, bui
carted into the refinery and boiled.
The planks are saturated with sugar,
molesses and a variety of other things
not usually deemed edible. Tho re-
fnery process, however, separates
the absorbed sugar from the impure
ties, and tho refiners make a very
handsome saving by boiling up the
old floor. Nobody need be shocked
at this economy, as sugar refining il
all that the name implios.-New York
Sun
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12
CALIFORNIA; Daughters.

The woman's congress in California,
in connection with the Midwinter fair,
was a revelation to Californians them
selves of the power and talent Of the
women Of that great state. There was
no conception of the amount of resident
ability, oratorical, literary, scientific
and other, until the papers and ad-
dresses upon = widely diversified class
Of topics were submitted to the critical
Judgment of crowds of eastern rs we'll
as WESTERN auditors competent to form
an opinion. An immense stimulus will
undoubtedly be given to the activity Of
women in every direction.
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ANoNo 30 flNesr Paosn.


ushin'a 0iovinr Description of enc Cam.
paniio Of Ciotto ~ Florence.
This passage from Ruskin is one Of
the two instances cited by Rev.
Charles Kingsley. himself a writer of
much power and beauty, as the finest
examples known 10 him Of modern
prose. It is tho ending of The
Lamp Of Beauty" in The Seven
Lamps Of Architecture Thus il
reads:
Il remember well how, when a
hoy, used to despisc the Campanile
Giotto at Florence and think it mean
" smooth and finished. But I have
since lived beside it many a day and
looked out upon it from my windows
by sunlight and moonlight, and /
shall not soon forget how profound
and gloomy appeared to me the saw
ageness Of the northern Gothic.
when / afterward stood for the first
time beneath the front Of Salisbury.
The contrast is indeed strange, il
It could be quickly felt, between the
rising of those gray walls out Of their
quiet, swarded space, like dark and
barren rocks out Of a green lake.
with their rude, moldering, rough
grained shafts and triple lights, with
out tracery Or other ornament than
the martins nests ia the height Of
them, and that bright, smooth, sunny
surface oi glowing jasper, those spi-
raj shafts and fairy ~traceries, so
white, SO faint, so crystalline that
their slight shapes are hardly traced
IN darkness on the pallor of the east
ern sky, that serene height Of noun
tain alabaster, colored like a morning
cloud and chased like a seashell.
And II this be, as / believe it. the
model and mirror of perfect architec-
ture, is there not something to be
learned by looking back to the early
life Of him who raised it7 / said that
the power Of the human mind had It's
growth in the wilderness. Much
o must the love and the concep-
ton Of that beauty, whose every line
and hue we have seen to be, at the
best, a faded image of Gods daily
work and an arrested ray of some
star of creation, be given chiefly in
the places which he has gladdened
by planting there the fir tree and the
pine. Not within the walls of Flor
ence, but among the faraway fields
of her lilies, was the child trained
who was to raise that headstone Of
beauty above the towers of watch
and war.
Remember all that he became,
count the sacred thoughts with which
he filed the heart of Italy, ask those
who followed him what they learned
at his feet, and when you have num-
bered his labors and received their
testimony, if it seems to you that Goa
has verify poured out upon his serv-
ant no common nor restrained por.
ton of his spirit and that he was in
deed a king among the children Of
men, remember also that the legend
upon his crown was that of David's.
1 took thee from the sheepcote and
from following the sheep"
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12
Early Greek wnterunrE..

The early Greeks depended upon
natural springs and cisterns hewn in
tho rock, but tho insuficiency of the
supply led to daring engineering
works. AS early as 625 b. c. a tun-
mel 1920 feet long, s brood and 8 feet
high was cut through a hill which
stood between Samos and a coveted
supply Of water. Fifty or sixty years
later extensive works of a similar
nature were constructed 10 bring wa
ter to Athens from the hills of Hy-
m%ettus, Pentelicus and Parnes. Two
conduits from Hymettus passed I'M
der the head Of the uissus and were
cut in the rock for most Of the dis.
lance. This conduit and one from
Pentelicus met in a large reservoir
just outside Athens, aud from this
the water was distributed through
out the city by underground channels.
Some of the ancient aqueducts con-
tinue to supply Athens at the present
me.-Detroit Tribune.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

A neat little woman went tripping
up to the register at tho Louisville hotel
tho other night. inscribed Up. M. Rru-
ner, Dayton, " in a clear, bold hand and
left orders to DO aroused In time for the
early morning train for Frankfort Miss
Bruner is n Of the few real female
drummers on the road. Her work is not
Of the female book agent kind, but she
is regularly employed like any drum
mer and draws n salary that is much
h%andsomer than many Of her male COM
p%etitors can boast of. There are Of
course many female agents flying about
the country, but the genuine female
drummer is a rarity, at least in these
parts, so tho hotel men say. There are
only two who stop at the hotel. Ono Of
these made 50, 600 last year from salary
and commission on all goods sold over
a certain amount. Miss Bruner supports
a mother in Ohio and is we'll able to do
it, for she is said to be q hustler of no
mean ability. Louisville Courier Jour
nal.
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Easily Satisfied.

Eight-year-old Fred was the young
est member of a large family, and,
unlike many boys of that age, was
accustomed to regard himself as a
person of little Importance.
At the table he ate what was given
him with a thankful heart and a Wig
orous appetite. He was not consult
ed as to his personal likes or dislikes
as far as food was concerned.
Naturally enough, therefore, his
ideas were much confused when, on
the occasion of his first dining out at
the home of one Of his schoolboy
friends, he was asked whether he
would like his slice of beef rare or
well done.
"Why-I-think, -" stammered Fred
bashfully, and then with his usual
bright smile he said:
1T doesn't make any difference,
Mrs. Brown. Any old thing will do
nicely for mew-Youth's Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

The Peculiar Pause ~ An the Chrdro
Quitting Old Home.

Quitting the Old Uuulfs
They were talking about tho deser.
ton Of farIss by the younger gener.
atoms for the alluring charms Of
the cities how young mon and WON.
Ell left the home nest IN the country
as soon as they felt any confidence
In themselves and flockcd to the
paved streets and brick walls Of ur.
ban life in the hope that work would
not be so hard and money would
come easier. "Our family furnishes
a case in point said a young Ger.
man. We're all in the city now
except tho old folks, who stick to the
farm, and are doingpretty well. Our
reasons for abandoning the farm,
however, were not those usually
given. and l doubt if a parallel case
al be found" Then he told his
story:
With two brothers and three sis
tiers he lived on n farm 100 miles
tom Chicago, and they all alded n
phlegmatic old fatheri in operating the
place. Il was a fine piece Of land, and
tic family was happy and prosper
GUS. Butdark disaster came one day
in the shape of a cabbage crop. The
Chicago market showed a strong de-
mand for sauerkraut, and the farmer
decided to go in for a profitable crop.
With the two boys he planted SOW
eral acres in cabbage, with excellent
results. The crop was cut up and
packed, and there were $50 barrels Of
the finest s%auerkraut made.
Communicating with a friend IN
the grocery business on the North
Side, the farmer received an order
for 10 barrels. A few days later the
grocer announced that the best he
could offer was IS cents q barrel, the
top market price. The old man
couldn't stand such a drop as that,
80 he had the shipment returned,
paying freight charges both ways.
Purchasing 40 fine pigs, he began fat
tening them on his high grade sauer-
kraut. All went well for a few days,
but the porkers soon tired of the
diet and began to run from it. The
pile grew high, and a few of the
strongest pigs jumped the fence and
ran away, while others sickened and
grew weak from starvation.
1t vas a puzzler for the old man,
but he was determined to derive some
benefit, and the boys logged the stuff
up TO the orchard near the house,
where it was spread about as q fer.
tilizer. By this time the entire fam.
lily grew turbulent at the mere men.
ton of sauerkraut, and when the sun
poured its hot rays on the picked
cabbage the girls rebelled. The farm.
er was %obdurate, and the three girls
packed their effects and came to the
city. The kraut became so powerful
that even the old man could not
stand it, and the boys were instruct
cd TO cart it down to a distant field
and spread it. The boys had been on
the verge of mutiny several times,
and this settled it. They all lit OUT
for Chicago and have been here ever
since. The girls are in service, and
once in a great while they all meet
with the lonely and disappointed old
Teuton on the farm. When it was
all over, the Chicago sauerkraut mar.
ket went booming again Chicago
Tribune.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12
The Best Inheritance.

The lands and houses, stocks and
mortgages which in the hour of death
a parent bequeaths to his children are
liable Dol to be scattered or wasted,
but the inheritance of a sound reli-
gious education, good bodily health,
noble aspirations and pure, stimulat-
ing parental memories is of imper-
ishable nature and Of priceless value.
A thorough moral and intellectual
training, with a personal example of
fidelity to Christ, is a bequest of
which any dying father may be
proud, and it is one which through
out the fercest storms of life is likely
10 yield the riche-t fruit-Selected-
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

Miss Comstock, who is president Of
the Comstock Banking company in
Green City and cashicr Of the Comst1ck
Castle bank IN Green Castle, No, a.
probably ono OF tho Youngest bank on
GERS In the country. She entered the
bank at Green City in March, 1889 as
assistant cashier and b~ookkcoper, which
position sho filed in all its various du-
ties. In September. 1852, the owners
Of hat bank organized one in Green
Castle, when they made Miss Comstock
president Of the old bank and cashier Of
the now one. AS tho president and di-
roctors Of tho latter bank live at some
distance from IL, Miss Comstock has tho
real work Of the bank 20 do, and despite
the heavy responsibility she is interested
and successful In her work We are 40
customed now 70 hear Of good work boz
ing done by young mon, but as Miss
Comstock is just 81 years old her sue
cess has been remarkable. ~ omen's
Progress
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

The San Antonio (Tex.) Daily Elk
press'of recent date contained a letter
from Elizabeth A. Edwards, an Okla.
homa lady, demonstrating against the
views expressed by Bishop Johnston Of
Texas in an address before the gradual
ing class Of st. Mary's Hall, San An
tonic. Mrs. Edwards shows that the
bishop fails to realize the position occu-
pied by women today and the trend Of
thought in favor Of the equality of the
sexes. She also makes an excellent plea
for woman suffrage in behalf Of the
home, in which she says;
Men do not vote for measures that
meet the approval Of wife or mother.
They vote to suit themselves, and they
themselves IRE the product, not of the
home, but all the environments that
lie outside the home. Shall woman not
desire the b; lot then, that the influence
of her pure, moral nature may make it.
self felt in shaping the conditions that
control the destinics of her chifaScng
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

Frances E. Willard attributes her
gain in health and weight to the fact
that they made her cat five meals a day
in England, and hearty meals at that.
There is a growing belief that the food
cure" properly administered is more
emcacious than medicine in rebuilding
shattered constitutions and toning up
weak nerves. 1t was advocated in this
country a few years ago by a celebrated
Philadelphia specialist in dis
eases. Miss Willard weighs 142 pounds
now, though sho was almost a skele-
tom two years ago. She is back ON her
bicycle, but not in bloomor costume.
II am too sedate for that, " sho o y
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A bearded owl From Care uorn.

Captain Taylor of the Reaper has
q large stuffed owl in his cabin
which was caught off Cape Horn.
The owl could not stand the change
Of climate, and it weakened and died
in the equatorial regions. The ships
carpenter stuffed it in an artistic
manner, and now the bird adorns the
Reaper's after cabin.
This owl differs from the rest Of
its kind in having hair on its face
instead of feathers. The hair very
much resembles whiskers and gives
the bird a patriarchal look. The
crew tell many stories of the owls
sagacityand OF the tricks they taught
it. One night it escaped from its
cage in the carpenter shop, climbing
through the window into the cap
tain's room, and perched on the foot
of his bed. When al was quiet on
the ship and Captain Taylor was
sound in slumber, the owl began an
unearthly s~creeching. 1t may be
imagined that it created a commo.
ton. The bird had never exhibited
its voice before, and the watch at.
tributed the yells to some nautical
demon who unbidden had come
aboard the ship. Captain Taylor is
not at all superstitious, but never
the,ess he lost no time in striking a
light, and with his revolver in hand
he started to investigate. OF course
he very soon found that the bearded
fowl was responsible for the rumpus.
Portland Oregonian.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

Suffrage should be limited, but not by
SEX. One who will sell his vote should
be disfranchised, because he values rs
nothing the most priceless possession Of
a free man. Ignorance should DO a bar
between a man or woman and the right
to vote. There are many things which
might restrict b%ene1cially the right Of
voting, but sex is not one of them until
sex units a person for holding and gain
ing property, for being subject to the
laws and for sustaining q part Of the
municipal and state expenses. It never
has done that. Massachusetts Plough
man.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

Miss Carrie NJ. Watson is librarian
of the state university at Lawrence,
Kan. She read a paper at tho late an
nual meeting of the Kansas Academy
of Language and Literature, in which
she named and discussed the books is
sued by Kansas and formerly Of Kan
sas" authors during the last year. Her
brief, pointed and gracefully apprecia-
tive analysis made a literary treat out
Of a seemingly dry subject, "The Bibli-
ography of Kansas.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

Borax curd soap is worry convenient
in tho household. 1t is made as fol-
lows; Dissolve 3 ounces of borax in 2
quarts of warm water; add to this
2 pounds of best yellow soap sliced
hnei stir altogether in a warm place
until all is melted, stirring occasion.
ally. When it is cool, it viii form a
jelly. One tablespoonful viii mako
a strong lather in a gallon of water.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

The young women members Of "a fash
ionable bicycle club Of Cincinnati have
added archery to the pleasures of a run
on the wheel. They ride to a target
meet, spend a couple Of hours at the
graceful sport and whirl home again on
the steel circles Already the skill with
the arrow has stood at least one of them
in good stead, who, bothered by a Vi
cious dog as she rode along, promptly
dismounted, fitted an arrow aud sent it
whizzing against the bolligcrent dog.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

The vertebrR of a snake are fitted
together with a sort Of ball and socket
articulation, which, however, Is capa-
bic of motion only from side TO side.
A snake moves by p%ropelling himself
on the points Of the scales which. to
him, answer the purpose Of ribs. A
snake does not climb q tree on bush
by coiling around II, but by holding
on with the points Of It's scales. A
snake ON a pane oi plate glass IS al
most helpless Exchange.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

IL was only about a quarter past
~, and she really ought TO have
opened the door when he rang.
See here, amt You gong to lem.
me inq' he shouted.
"No, ! amt" she answered. "If
You have not got sense enough to
come home when you ought to, you
a sleep in the barn"
"All right. I'm going right back
down town and get fuller than a
billed owl. The time has come for
me to assert my American manhood
by turning this lockout into a strike,
and. by gee, Tn going to do it," And
away lao went before she could rccov.
e. Indianapolis Journal.
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Good Sense In Tl,ls.

Cooperation in a new form is that
carried on by a club of young women
who work in a shoe factory in one Of
the New England manufacturing cen
tiers. The club members pool their
earnings over and above what is needed
to support them with strict economy
and invest in real estate. Already their
holdings are quite large and proving
profitahl@
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

A quiet woman, dressed unassuming.
" In brown, was eating her dinner in q
popular tenroom. She was q regular pa
iron and was waited upon generally by
the same girl. Today ! noticed that sho
called tho pretty little Swedish waitress
10 her and asked her If she intended
taking q vacation. The girl said she did
-noxt week. "Hero " something to
help pay your car fare. " said the quiet
woman ia brown aud slipped n bill into
the hand Of the waitress ] wish you
could have seen the joy unutterablo
that flooded that girls face when she
found she held q 80 bill. She could not
believe her senses Her eyes filed with
tears, and her hand shook. why !
never had 30 much money given ms be-
forel Do you suppose she meant it?''
And when somebody assured her that IL
was no mistake tho child disappeared,
fairly dancing with glee. Now, that is
the sort Of thing I would enjoy II /
were q rich woman, wouldn't you? Do
ing unexpected mercies and showing
benefits in surprises that should take
away ones breath. There are plenty Of
secondhand clothes and soup ticket
charities Now let rs have the truer
charity that comes as the lightning does
out of the cloud when no man listeth=
Chicago Post.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

Lace insertion set in the middle of
the silk curtain is one Of tho new things
in vestibule curtains and is really very
charming. The habit Of tying the silk
so as to form q double fan and that of
plating it in the center arc both bad
and give a fantastic look to the door,
yet n solid curtain often leaves the
hallway dark. This four or five inch
strip Of handsome, heavy laco admits
additional light and adds to tho beauty
as well.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

Cotton has been cultivated since
time out Of memory. One Of the
presents received by Jacob, Joseph's
father, from the royal hand Of Pha.
raoh was a cotton rope,
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-12

Enthusiastically sorry I'm so
late. dear Been detained on business
with Teddy Newcombe all the even
ing
Wife-Yes, darlingl Mr.. New.
combe has been waiting here for you
since Popular Magazine.
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The dagger which Assassin Santo
used on President Carnot had a Ct
inch blade and bears the usual Span.
ish inscriptions on one side Toledo, 4"
and on the other "Rocuerdo."
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WHY some Ven wished to prolong Life.

Why Some Men Wished to PrOlOng Life.
1t is curious to notethe inadequacy
of the objects for which men would
seem to wish to prolong their days.
Collingwood, as his epitaph informs
us, "a pious, just and exemplary
man" would have liked to have had
another blow at the French. Lord
Peterborough, Pope's contemporary,
desired to live in order ito give that
rascal Bishop Burnett the lie in half
his HISTORIAN aspiration OF which
he proved the sincerity by carrying
with him tho volumes, carefully
marked, when already believed to be
dying he went to Lisbon. And Bent
ley, making up his mind to reach the
age of so and no further, observed
that ut was an age long enough to
read everything worth reading. ~
London Standard.
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Nothing Is o. pleasant TO Use az q
cure for rough and sunburned skin than
plain slices Of cucumber. The way 10
use IL IL TO cut of a slice and rub the
skin well with it, drying after yard
with q soft towel
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h.nsas Aoono,.y.

There Is a man in Atchison with his
leg off and another man with
his left leg off. When the men want
new shoes, they buy a pair together,
as both wear the same size. -Atch
son Globe