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Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
RELICS oF ANTIQUITY.

SOME of the little bronze images of Chinese dcities are supposed to have an antiquity of two thousand years before Christ.
 MANY Persian drinking cups have been found in the ruins of Persepolis. They are shaped almost exactly like opr saueers,
 X PAIR of shears with blades ten inches long is among the spoils of Pom pcii The instrument belonged to B tunic-maler.
 A PORTRAIT of a man scratched on bone, apparently the shoulderblade of sheep, was found in 1857, in q Swiss lake dwelling.
 THE swords of the ancient MeNicans were composed of bits of flint or ob- Sidian, set in Q stick about the length of an ordinary saber.
 SEVERAL aaerifcial knives have been recovered frcm thc Mexican pyramids They are pieces of flint, fashioned into the shape of Q butchcr-llnife.
 "PEIAM's BOTTLE, found at Troy is of pure gold, shaped almost exactly like the show bottles seen n druggists windows, and weighs one pound
 AMULETs are now worn by royal noble familcs in India that are be- lieved to have been handed down from father to son for nearly two thou sand years
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
WOMEN NovELIsTs.

Mas AMELIA E. BARR has gone to England to live for the entire winter to gather material for new novels
 REBEccA HARDING DAVIS new novel is called "Dr. Warricls Daughter, ' and will first De published as serial in weekly parts.
 EDNA LYALL IS engaged upon a long novel which deals with the career of a girl upon the English stage. The en- tire winter will be given over to the writing of the book.
 Mss FLORENCE MAREYAT, the novel, ist, and daughter of the famous Capt. Marryat, is to deliver series of lee lures in this country on The Mistakes of Marriage, "Thc New Woman and "Can the Dead Rcturn2'
 THAT frail little atom of humanity, Beatrice Ilarradcn, ia said to bc regain ing her health very slowly in san Diego, Cal She is able to write not more than ten minutes a day, because of her arm trouble, which extends to the hand in a form of suffering similar 70 writers paralysis, Her passion for the violoncello is said to be responsible for the present disabled condition of her right arm
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

TS June of this year l6.0Oo,OO0 chii- arcn were found to be enrolled in the schools of the United States.
 TIE church at TaoPan, \. F., where the unfortunate Maj Andre was tried, convicted and sentenced, recently ob- served it's two huRdrcdth anniversary.
 IN Braddock, Pa., crusade has been started against profanity on the public streets, the movement having been originated by the county superintend- cnt of schools.
 MIssEs HUDSON and Lamson, of wealthy Cleveland (Ol families, the former the daughter of judge, have joined the Salvation Army, and are living in the army barracks in that city
 TIE National Bible society of Scot land has foreign agencies in Africa, Austria, Bclgium, Brazil, China, Dutch Guiana, France, Germany, Holland, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Turkey; it employed during the year 1898 over 100 colPor- Leurs, who circulated Sig, ,9l9 Scriptures
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
TOBACCO

IRoN tobacco pipes are popular l., Central Asia.
 1uE tobacco plant is from three to six feet nigh
 VIRGINIA tobacco is one of the strong est varieties.
 SALT is added to all wet snuffs to pre- vent molding.
 X HAND of tobacco is commonly about four ounces.
 BRAZILIAN tobaceos often contain ten per cent of nicotia
 TuE first European tobacco was grown in Portugal in 1920
 TIE tobacco plant is a member of the nightshade family.
 ABOUT 22O, 900 900 cigars are annually exported from Havana
 OCuLIsrs say that oiie form of blind ness is caused by smoking,
 THE tobacco leaf Is said to require about twelve weeks to cure.
 THE genus nieotiana contains about fifty species, mostly American.
 fnE best kinds of snuff are made only from the high-grade leaves.
 THE first chemical analysis of tobacco was made by Vauqueline in 1909
 IF is said that tobacco seed will re- tain it's vitality eight or ten years. TIE best grades of Cuban tobacco have less than two per cent. of nicotia. SCoTcH snuff is said to obtain its pc euliar color from the addition of ochre, Globe
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23

day lately she was seen in the street with B parcel in one hand, an umbrella In the other, and an Irish terrier hold ing the trail of her dress in his teeth. He never let the dress touch the ground
 o. CARPENTER, of Pawtuckct, R. l., has recently patented rubber doll which is just like any otherrubber doll except that the nose is made of much thinner rubber than the rest of it. Con sequently, when the doll is squeezed in the hand, its nose beedines enlarged in way that is calculated to surprise the observer.
 WOMEN often suffer in health from getting wet while doing washing. To prevent this J. T. Sargent, of Glove land, O., has invented a so-called pro tcctor," to be fastened to the upper end of the washboaed It is so adjusted with springs as to yield when leaned against. Thus It does not interfere with the movements of the person who washes
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23

huge paper bundle ID the other, and was weirdly draped with the tattcred ribbons and strings of what was once, evidently, very long and handsome white dustcr The rimless crown of a black derby hat was jammcd down over its ears. Sitting there on the hard turf, it gazed ut the brakeuian solcmnly for whole half minute, and the brake man gazed, too, at the dazed phenom- enon, md neither spoke. Finally the phenomenon lazily rolled on its right sidc, studied the ground drcamily, and inquired in m indifferent tone;
 'Wh--wh-- whars in (hic)-that train Foin', m freu'?'
 'Goin'2' echoed the puzzled brake man; why, it's goin' to New York.
 Thcreupon the stranger studied the ground again, evidently absorbed in Gomc mental computation; but pres cntly he sat up, smiled hazily and added in tone of convictions
 "Wcll-m' fren'-lct her-go--theul Lcttergo! I've--g-gone thlc) fur nufi,'
 The consolidated brakeman kindly helped the wrecked aerolite to get on its feet, then he brushed and patched 1t up, and two hours later put it aboard a west-bound accommodation train that doesn't travel 50 fast
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
COLLEGE NOTES.

WORK on the great Methodist uni versity at Washington will begin next spring 4 donation of S2jO, 600 has been made recently with which to construct the first building.
 TIE enrolment of the university oi Chicago is now 1,1O0, and it is expected that it will reach l GOO before the close of the college year. This will be twice as many as were enrolled last year.
 DR J. ]. RoBtSsoN, LL.D., who has resigned from the Yale law school with which he has been connected for twenty years, will become dean of Q new school of philosophy of the Catho- lie university of America at Washing ton.
 ASDoyER theological seminary is seeking for successor to the late Dr. Pease as professor of homilctics, and the place has been informally offered to Rev Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall, pas tor of the First Presbyterian church of Brooklyn
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
OUR CLOTHES.

FBIEzE was originally called fald- ing.
 SILK broeades were first used in the dress of men,
 SHOES with heels were first made in Paris in 1897,
 TIE Jews made shoes of rushes, linen and wood.
 CHAUCER mentions the apron, calling 1t the "barme cloth
 HATS were first made in England by Flemings about l5lO
 AN almoner was the purse carried by ladies in their belts.
 RUFFLEs for the wrists were original iy called hand-ruffs.
 IS Chaucer's time a womans gown was called her cote.
 ENGLIsu leather gloves were sold all over Europe in l247.
 SHOES were not made rights and lefts' earlier than 1i72.
 A woMAS's night dress was at one time called a night rail.
 BUCRRAM was at first any sort oi cloth stiffened with gum,
 ROMAN gentlemen wore a gold or ivory crescent in their shoes.
 THE glove is first mcntioneda as com. mon article of dress in l0lG.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
NEWS COATS.

DREss coats are being cut largely from worsted and business suits from Scotch and other imported woolens. The collars of all the coats make dis play of ample material
 TIE coats arc a little shorter, and the frocks are much more naring in the skirt, while the sacks appear to have experienced no change, excepting in losing an inch or so from their length.
 TIE new cutaways, made with orc or three buttons 10 fasten, besides being Q trife shorter, arc rounded at the tail instead of being pointed, and thus more nearly approach the line of beauty.
 A VERY popular topcoat is the Tn verness, a long, comfortable garment with an ample cape, This is worn with full dress and at operas and en- tertaiEmcnts, public and private, where evening costume is seen.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
MADE WITH LEMONS.

LEMON ICE.-Dissolve a large table spoonful of gelantine in half pint of water, pour over it a quart of boiling water, add the strained juice of six lemons, a eupful and half of sugar and freeze.
 LEMON JELLY.--Into a pint of cold water break small stick of cinnamon, add half box ot gelatine, and allow it to soak for an hour, Then add a cupful of sugar the juice of two lem onS and pint of boiling water. Strain into the molds and cool.
 LEMON Ter CREAM.--lnto nine ouhces of sugar mix the grated rind of three lemons, the juice from two lemons and from one orange, stand in cool place for an hour. Scald quart of cream in farina boiler, add the favored sugar, mixing intimately and set away to cool. Then freeze.
 LEMON CUsTARD PIE.-Mix intimate. ly tablespoonful of flour with a cup. ful of sugar; squeeze on to this the juice of lemon, the peel of which has been grated separately, Beat the yollss of three eggs to froth, stir in cupful of new milk then ada the other in gredicnts, and bake in deep pie plate lined with paste in the usual manner.
 LEMON CREAM Beat together the juice and grated rind of large lemon, a cupful of sugar, one or cream, and half cupful of cold water, Then add the wcll-bcaton whites of three eggs; heat half cupful cf milk, thiClsen it with two tablcspoonfuls of cCrnstarch, made smooth, and add that also. Then turn the mixture into il mold and set it on the ice 10 cool. It is served plain or with whipped cream. Good House kaapipcr
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23

only one ever heard Of, has arrived in Bedford, England, from South Africa
 TfE net earnings of the Edison Flee. tTic Illuminating company of New York for the past eight months were S454, Z 557.s7.
 ArL known chemical clements are contained in sea water, though they are not always detected by chemical analysis.
 SOME of the colored paper supplied for Kindergarten work has been proved by analysis to contain a small amount of arsenic.
 A THIN parchment called "glassinc' has just come into use as protection to the covers of books. it is glossy and transparent and very durable.
 TuE seat of color in the different races of men Is the inner skin, which is network containing the termini of the blood vessels The thinner this inner skin the whitcr the person.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
MANY FIGUREs.


 TuE government secret service gives notice of dangerous counterfeit g. sil- yer certificate, series 1891.
 THE southern corn crop will be near ly 5oo,01O,oo0 bushels, according to the United States agricultural depart ment, au increase of 45 GO 090 bushels
 TIE state gas inspector of Indiana in his annual report to the legislature says that the natural gas supply is like " to be entirely exhausted in less than four years He estimates that since the first gas well wSs sunk S2j,0OQ, ,ooO worth of gas has been wasted
 RUSSIA has produced this year, ac- cording to the estimate of the minister If agriculture. 273. 3.og0c00 bushels of wheat, as compared v,ith 3lG,o0O. GOO last year. Her rye crop is %, 2,0g0 GOO bushels agains; 75e eogQ 600 So year ago. The barley yield is l7G, ,oo7, 900 and that of oats G72 ,0Oo090 There is no fam inc in the czar's empire this year,
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
A succe,srtl Boycott.

In the days of the first empire, tho Paris students formed cabal against the dramatist Lemercicr One first night the disturbance was reported to Napoleon, who gave orders for sec ond representation. The students still hissed The emperor got excited: Play it again, he said, and Twill go and see it. This time all seemed well. In the third act it struck his majesty to look out of his box, and the quiet was explained. Every head iii the audience was covered with an immense night cap drawn over the ears, and each head was nodding. Napoleon burst out laughing. The piece was not played again.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
Pat and the nIcvcIe

Pat Devlin had not been in this country very long, but he had already acquired prosperous business as contracting mason. He was young and unmarried man, and although lie made considerable money, he was con servative about spending it. While at work he had watched the bicyclists go spinning past, and he envicd them.
 Be the powers, Callahan, they bate the worruld' he cried enthusiastically one day. An there'd be wan wo Id oirishman straddlin' newattic toire this ayenin', shure, if he had the money to sphate.
 Why don't yez rent wanP" inquired Callahan.
 "Can yez be afther rentin' thim7"
 "Shurer
 'oi'll have wan ov 'em out this aven- in or me nsme's not Deylinp cried Pat
 True to his VOW, Pat strode into Q. bicycle store early that evening, and sought the head clerk.
 "How do yea rent yer boicycles2' he inquired,
 Fifty cents the arst hour, and
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
YOUNG PHILOSOPHERS.


 4 CONCRETE ABsTRACTIoS-T An abstract noun is the name of something you can think of but not touch. Can you give me an example, Tommy" Tommy-"A A red-hot poker 7 Travellers Record.
 WIrn REsERyATIbN.-M Mamma (tO Johnny, who had been given q pear with pills artfully concealed in it)--"Wen, dear, have you finished your pear?" Johnny mamma, all but the seeds. Druggists Circular.
 CoRRoBoRAr1vE SATISFACTION. Moth er--"I gave you ten cents to be good yesterday, and to-day you are just try ing to show how bad you can be- Will lie-"Yes, but am just trying to show you to-day that you got the worth of your money yesterday .'-sunshine.
 JUVENILE SKEPTIcIsM. = Minister = And how do you get on at Sunday school Bllie?" Billie--"P Pretty well. I've just learned about the whale swal- lowing Jonah.-' Minister = That's good" Billie-"Yes, sir; and next Sunday I'm going to begin to believe it. Pittsburgh Bulletin.
 APrILED IRoNY.-Georgie-'A Auntie, what does irony mean?" Auntie-'It means Co say one thing and mean the opposite. like calling rainy day fine day" Gcorgie -"I think understand you. auntie. Wouldn't this be irony: Auntie, 1 don't want Q nice big piece of cake? Youths Companion
 REASONING BY ANALOGY. "A caller had mentioned that n nelghbor had been obliged to shoot lis deg because it had grown old and cross, After he had gone little Edith, who had been quiet since the dog was spoken of, surprised her mother by asking: Mamma, when do you think papa will shoot Aunt Sarah ?"-Tit-Rits
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
THE WORK OF GENIUS.

zEBRAs may be seen in London, drawing carriages. Three of these an- finals gre employed for this purpose iu Che British metropolis,
 ONE of the latest innovations in mod ern convenicnccs is thc Economical Shoe-Repairing company. trim-look- ing two-whceled wagon, bearing this sign, calls for shoes that need repair ing, and returns them at the specified time.
 IS the shop of a St. Petersburg matchmaker hunan-faced clock is on view the only ono of its kind. The hands arc pivoted on its nose, and any message that may be spoken into its ears are repeated by h phonograph through its mouth.
 A LADY iu South Rensington has found a new rss fo- dcgs Ore muddy
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
The woodsman,s Collateral.

Presque Isle merchant recently carried ont d satisfactory transaction on the principle that bear in the bush is worth barrel of hour in the hand, although in theory it is con
 trary to the maxims of Poor Richard and all the other philosophers. A long, ianls fellow from the backwoois
 whose garb bespoke the healthy and. rugged poverty of pioneer life, camc into Barlers store and wanted to get barrel of flour on credit Being asked what security he could give for the bill. he admitted that he had no real estate, neither hoof nor head of stock, and no personal collateral Of any description, except wife and q large brood of children, but he added that he had just :, on the track of a bear, and. if Barker was willing to take the bear as security he would shoulder his gun the next Monday morning ana camp right on his track until he got him. IL was trade which the bear squared mp with his skin two weeks later, and Presque Isle honesty and sagacity were both rindicated. Lewiston (Me.) Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
Indignant indians.

The Wenatchec Indians of Washing ton arc protesting against an act of vandalism and sacrilege committed by the Great Northern Railroad company. The worllmen of the company lately blasted out some big rocks near the Indian settlements, which were covered with hieroglyphics The rocks were the sacred records of the Weuatchee tribe, and the inscriptions told of theu chiefs and battles and the whole his tory of the people. The Indians are naturally intensely indignant but it is a frequent occurrence for relic hunters and tourists in the northwest 10 rob the graves of Indians of all sorts of articles, and even to disinter and rob bodies of ornaments, and no redress Is obtainablp
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
Hero.

The young man with one ear, a slash in one cheek, a swelled eye and a torn scalp came hobbling wcarily along on crutehcs, and attempted to pass the crowd of jolly yonng men wearing chrysanthcmuns; but he was suddenly surrounded and stopped
 What d'you fellows waut2"
 Zip. rah, rah!"
 What is this, e Chinese elocution classP7
 Boys, he's dandy! Rahl Rah, Z-Y-Zl Varsity. Rah-9'
 "Tlah' From Newburg?"
 "Aw. come now. partner, what game was it in? What was the scorer"
 "O-o-hl These hurts2 It was 8 game of seyen-up with a big Dutch nan. called him a liar
 And the boys struck up a college song and danced away. - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
ROUND corron BALES.

An Experiment Proves Them to Be su
 rcr.or Co tho CubIcRl Form.
 The shipment of cotton. compressed by new method made from Wnco Tex. arrived in Boston recently. IL was, say the Boaton Journal of Com nercc, the largest single carload of balcd cotton that has ever come into Boston, and consisted of ll2 bales. They weighed 53,0o0 p9unda, and it .s stated that fifteen bales more could have teen squeezed into the car. The average capacity of boS-cur Is 5000 pouads go thut this load of cotton oycrrun the standarl by 5000 pounds and is estimated to hc % per cent. mere than is put in thc same space when the bales are packed in the old faehionod way.
 The increased capacity is prodncec by what is termed The llessonnettc compress a new method of baling re gently patented. By this method .he balcs are made round They are about j feet inches in length and feet in diamgtSIt with an average weight of about 800 p1uads and are intended to take the place of ttc old-time box bales, By this method the cotton is taken from the condenser and is rolled into a cylindrical bale compressed as it is rolled up The air ia thgs forced out of the thin layer or mat, as it comes out of the condenser, and is kept out by being rolled between two ponderoas rollers of sereral tons each.
 The inventor claims many advan- tages in cost and protection of the fiber, and cotton men think this system of round baling will, in great meas urc, rcvolutionizc the exporting buSi- ness. While screnty-sive or eighty of the old box bales will completely fill q car, it is claimed that ll5 or more of ,he round can be stuffed into car
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
WITH THE ELECTRICIANS.

TIE directors of the Newport (R. I.) Electric Railway company have de- cided to reduce the fare to four cents.
 A PLAN is on foot to connect Lake Erie and Lake Ontario by an electric road by way of ToRawanda, Lewiston and Youngstown.
 TnE National Electric light associa- ton will hold its eighteenth annual convention in Cleveland, O., February 10, 20 and 2l, in Army and Navy hall in that city.
 IT is said that when the electric road betweep Middletown and Goshen, N r., is put in operation the Adams Ex- press company will establish express service between those points, using the road as a meanG of transit
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
A fiuM-.i AEROLiTE.
It Was Travelling by Rail and Conciudea
 to Take slower Train.

to Take a slower Train.
 A brakem" of the Consolidated rail road was ia. about the pretty vil- lage station of the road at Mantle, a few days ago, waiting for his own train to come to take him aboard. While he was there passenger express came flying past with rush and roar. It came, says local exchange, and was gone in an instant in whi.lwind of dust and cinders. Bat even as it was crashing past the little building out of the confused, comct-lihe tail Cf steam and smoke and dust, the brakeman be- held big round, white ball suddenly quit one of the 9estibulcd platforms of the flying ears and betabe itself into the air, like splinter of . shattered meteorite
 IL was a singular-loolSing projectile, revolving like turbine water wheel all a-Gutter' with light drapcry, and seemingly stuck full of tla~ing legs and fcclers like hitherto unheard of and unclassided terrestrial devil-hsh. IL described parhbola and the aston ished railroad man had just time to dodge when it flew past him and went upon the ground, Inan instant it wasu ogaln, went bounding along the earth rod CT more, struck again, tied itself in . knot, uncoiled, steaightened itself cn it's back and then was still Ino- rncnt Presently l. sat mp and gazed ipistily at the brakeman, It was D mon, & commercial trayeier,
 It had the remains of D gripsaok in 7r" hand the rinno@up wreck of 3
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
Crnde PeonIe.

West VirgInia's mountaineers have been as little disturbed in their fast nesses as any body of Concessions in the United States. Many of them watched with indifference from their perches the progress Of the civil war, and some of them are still neglectful of politics. A beliefin their right to make and drink and sell untaXed whisky is part of their creed as to personal liber- ty, and they are singularly trustful of the stranger once they know he is not 9 revenue officer.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-02-23
ABOUT ANIMALS.


 TJIE hedgehog, bzdger, squirrel and some kinds of fnicc lay up regular store of provisions for the winter. It is said they eat only during mild weather, and in extreme cold remain torpid.
 ANIMALS that live in cold countries have q warm mating of wool or fine fur underneath their hairy coats, 10 that they are almost perfectly protect ed from the cold This wool usually falls off in summer.
 TIrC whisllers of D cat are supposed by some naturalists 10 be provided with nerves down to the tip. while others believe that the base of the hair is better fitted out with nerves than most other parts of the skin