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Marble Hill press., 1895-11-28

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ISOLATION Of knowing that when he
fa!ks about retiring from politics
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Marble Hill press., 1895-11-28

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Marble Hill press., 1895-11-28

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Marble Hill press., 1895-11-28
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Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
DEATH BY TERRIFIC NOISE
Heroic seIf-Destruction Chosen by stokers
 of Steamers.

Heroic Self-DestruCtion Chosen by Stokers
 of Steamers.
 Readers of Capt. Griffin's article on battleships in war in China, and his descriptions of the terrors of the boiler room, where mems heads bled from the shock of noise, will like to hear from an Englishman that when a man comes to grief and has to disappear for req sons of any sort he often chooses the living death of a stoler on a steam boat, says the New York Press.
 "I was once taken over the engine rooms of big boat while we were go- ing through the straits of Gibraltar" he says, "and, having endured an almost tropical sun for some weeks, I felt well disposed to see the furnaces. l tried them for about ten seconds and came out feeling more dead than alive. The chief engineer told me afterward that the men employed to attend to the fires were the very dregs of humanity, but represented many social conditions. He said that in his 30 years experience he had found members of learned profes- sions side by side with men who had served time.
 'Thc main object of such corners was to exist away from the sight of the rest of humanity, and for this purpose they became inured to the horrible atmos- phere and surroundings of the furnace room. It was pretty bad down there just now, he confessed; but imagine the Red sea in August, and then think what they must cndure.' Sailors who have spent years in the tropics cannot long stand stoking, so great is the heat, yet there are men in the 'yitals' of great liners that never left temperate climes men who used to go to cool places in summer-until their faults or misfor- tunes drove them to the boilers Fancy what the work is when accompanied by concussions of shot that crack the flesh open!"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
A BRIocHE
How to Knit the Soft Foot Cushions That
 Were Once Poyuiar.

How to Knit the Soft Foot cushions That
 Were once PoYuiar.
 There seems to be a renewed interest m briochts, the soft foot cushions that rerc once popular. urge that they aIe to enjoy revival, like many other .E.rieS, and think that readers may ag glad Of a rule for knitting them
 ajch has the merit Sf being an oft tried one. The foundation for the foot stool is a lcather-covercd disk of mill
 ard about nine inches in diameter; ID this the knitted stripe is sewed, and
 Ifsd with bair,and pulled down to mako a deep depression by taking some
 ..ahes through the board bottom
 fb carpet thrcad and sailors ..dlc. A large furniture button or .gri cord and tSssel tied in a bow is
 wrd over the gathering. The brioche, su,ah originally won it's name from its .gacmblance in the shape to the French JkG of that name, is knitted of double Isphyr wool in stripes, 16 of them being narrow and 16 wide, the latter narrow ing to a point at the center of the cushion. Cast on 70 stitches in black wool and knit seven vows Of the narrow stripe; then with an old gold color knit Two stitches and turn, knitting back to Inc end of the row; continue to knit suck and forth with the old gold, talk .Ug each time two more stitches of the black until within two stitches of the -oP. Then knit down and commence again with black, making another mar -g" stripe, knitting in the two black ..aa"s at the top in their turn. When -a. last stripe is finished it should be sa.,cd or knitted to the first stripe. These directions are contributed by a KUittcr who has had an experience of over siTty-five years, and they ought to be reliable. But I should advise anyone who thinks them complicated to cut pattern of the wide or gored stripe, mali- ing the top like q melon piece and, in knitting narrow, by taking up two stitches together till the shape corre- spends with the pattern. IT the brioche is to be stuffed with down it must be made with an iuteriining of ticking or sfout uRbleaOhed muslin, else the fill ingwill continually be escaping in fluffy partiCles-HarpeF's Bazar.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14

points are specially noteworthy-name- ly, the condition of health of the per son attacked and the previous habitat of the assailant.
 In no case probably is it possible to define exactly the influence exercised by each of these contributing factors. This much we know, however, that no matter how trivial or how great the eff feet of the conveyed poison, it is much enhanced by all conditions of weak ness or blood impurity existing in the sufferer A mere midge or gnat bite in one person will prove almost us serious in its effect as a septic wound In an other. There are in the system all the material for n confagration, and a spark might light it up as well as a fire brand. The habits of insects afford clsw to the seeming vagary of their oc- caSional and accidental virulcuce. The sting of the mandibles, which perhaps are buried an hour previous in some putrid sore, excreta or offal, cannot penetrate living tissue without leav- ing in it something of the same putrid character. It is safer, therefore, for a medical practitioner to oregard each and every injury of this kind, however slight, as possible source of illness, and at once to contrive its relief by poulticing antiseptic congresses or like means.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
ENGLISH MILITIA.
Land Artillery Which Might Well Il
 Imifnfed Mnrn-

Land Artillery Which Might Well Be
 Initiated Here.
 Numerically, England has militia force which is far ahead of that of America, though it is to be remembered that the United States has a volunteer reserve of able-bodied men who could be called out in case of an emergency This reserve consists of 100000 or S. 100000, and it has been shown that it can fight. Rather.
 There are, however says Leslie's Weekly, many points about the British volunteer militia which it seems to me might be incorporated in our own serv- ice. They have, for instance, what is called a land artillery, which has reached the enormous number of 46,- GOO men, and which is as thoroughly trained in rife exercises, marching drilling and the handling of big guns as the regulars of our own army. The ar tillery regiments are composed tO a large extent of men in the laboring classes, oficered by "gentlemen of leisure" who go into the militia from motives of patriotism.
 Once week, in the summer months, the artillery go to the nearest forts for target practice. Every year big de- tachments from each battalion go to Shoeburyness and shoot for prizes with IS or 24-pounder guns at ranges varying from 1000 to 5000 yards. The artillery full-tfress uniform is a very handsome one--black with red facings, silver ornaments and white cross-belts. The men are armed with a short carbine and a sword bayonet.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14

An accident detained the train out 1T the woods The Chicago man, says the Chronicle of that.eity, had time to stay and he roamed about in the leaves. In doing so his attention was attracted to a man md a horse. The horse was harnessed to one end of long rope. The animal was led out the length of the rope. The man walked back to tree, The other end of the rope was tied around his waist. He climbed the tree until he reached the topmost branch. Then he united the end of the rope from his waist and made it secure on a limb. Then he descended, took off his coat, spat upon his hands, laid hold of an ax handle in the usual way and began chopping at the tree, After he had made quite a gash he chucked to the horse at the far end of the rope. The man resumed chopping, and, succeeding every half dozen chops, he started up the horse. At each start of the horse the sop of the tree, and the trunk as well, inclined by degrees to the horse. By the time the man had cut half into the tree, with the horse still pulling on the rope, the tree broke where the cutting had been made and fell. The man had saved himself half the usual labor. The Chicago man grunted. Well, I'll be darned," he said. Now, if a city man had under taken to fell tree he would have chopped all the way through. The hayseed can give us points on a good many things"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
HAS SAVED MANY LIVES.
Wonderful Record in Death Cheating
 Made by Sea Captain,

Wonderful Record in Death Cheating
 Made by Sea Captain,
 Which boy has saved the greatest number of human lives from drow ming? was asked of Tit-Bits by a correspon- dent, and this was the answer:
 Capt. Hans DoXrud, commander of the Red Star steamship Switzerland trading between Philadelphia and Ant- werp, is believed to hold the worlds record in this respect, as, white quite young, he saved the lives of S3 persons, rescued fromnine sinking ships. Among the boys who lately received rewards from the Royal Humane society for say ing life was W. E. Irving, aged 13 years, who, at great risk, saved the life of little fellow at Aldermoor, near Gov entry, on April II. This is the secopd life saved by Irving, who was the re- cIpient of a silver medal in December last. Another boy, Alfred Goodw in, i3, saved boy of Il in the Acton waters, near Wormwood Scrubbs; and Fred B. Cooper, little fellow of II years of age, who has only the use of one hand, suc- ceeded, on February 2S last, in rescuing another boy who had fallen through the ice in the recreation ground which runs by the side of the Trent. A few years ago the Royal Humane society awarded silver medal to Frank Lines, eight years of age, who saved the life of boy ten years of age who fell through the ice in the Broadwater, Brocket park, Hatfield.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
Guides Ahead of the RattIer to Warn It
 of Danger.

The rattlesnake has a pilot. The purpose of this pilot has never been satisfactorily explained, but it undoubt- edly serves to protect him in some way. It is well known, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch, that the rattlesnalSe is slug gish reptile, slow of movement and short-sighted.
 He can strike only to the distance of his own length, and is not of the con strictor species, fighting with his fangs. He is not, therefore, dangerous, and can be easily whipped by blaclisnake, or any of the constructor family Even adog can get the mastery over a rattle snake without much danger of being injured.
 The pilot appears like rattlcsnake, except that he has no rattle, and is somewhat darker in color. He is also of much quicker movement, and when other reptiles or animals appear that possibly might prove dangerous to the rattler, the pilot, which is not so near sighted, conducts the latter away to a place of safety
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
Wonderful saeac,ty of a Dog.

The wonderful sagacity sometimes displayed by the dog in it's efforts to save its master is well illustrated by the following true tale of late occurrence. \ nine-months-old puppy of the shep- herd variety, owned by Farmer Nathan iel Pcardon, of Melindys Prairie, Wis, was sent to bring home drove of sit good-sized hogs that had escaped from their pen, little thinking the dog could accomplish this difficult task. Imagine the farmers surprise on seeing the puppy bring each hog home, one after the other, in quick succession, leading it by the ear, each trip stopping for his masters approval Each time the hog refused to advance or seemed inclined to loiter the puppy pulled his ear all the harder, thus compelling him to move on.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
THE ELEPHANT KNOWS.
He Displays Remarkable Intelligence in
 His Native WiIds.


 His Native WiIds.
 Much interest has been taken lately in performing elephants. It is certain ly interesting to see such huge, clumsy animals ride bicycles or play seesaw with apparent enjoyment In the wild state elephants display remarkable in- telligence. Sir Samuel Baker, whose delightful books on Ceylon should be read by every boy who likes tales of ad- venture, says that in spite of the great weight of the elephant and the fact that they live in countries where human life and the lives of domestic animals are frequently lost in marshes, no ele- plant was ever found stuck in the mud Even the youngest know enough to avoid such places. In view of the many stories told in his books of the sagacity of these animals, the following from an old paper does not seem improbable
 A train ofartillery going toSeringapa- tam had to cross the shingly bed of river. A man who was sitting on gun carriage fell; in another second the wheel would have passed over his body. An elephant walking by the side of the carriage, saw the danger, and in- without any order from his keeper, lifted the wheel from the ground, leaving the fallen man unin- jured.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
Saturday, December IA, 1895.
puNaEnr PARAoRApHa

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 Mans Idea,--She--"T There's wom- sfn in Vermont who hasn't looked in mirror for thirty years" He-'Is she blindY"-Detroit Free Press.
 --Swabian Simplicity. Inspector Cooking into station waiting-room)- Any more for ulm, Bieberach2 The train's just gone S-Deutsche Warte,
 Did you ever rough it in the west?" "Oh, yes" Tn the mountains or on the plainsT' Well, really, you kaow, l was In a boarding house! !"--Chioago Record.
 --Nephew-"Whatarey you going to do with your money when you die?' u~cle-'"TAke it with me" Nephew q always thought you had money to burn."-.Waterbury.
 Straight Goods.--Mr. Crimsonbeak -''Hers, waiteri found some feathers iu this frankturter!s Waiter-"Yes, sir; guess 1t was made out of bird dog, SIT. ir."-Yonkers Statesman.
 -Mra- Aybee-''Men are such funny things! When Aybee asked me to be his he was the most disconsOlate man imaginable" Mrs Ceede-"I can we'll believe that t---Boston Transcript.
 Not Crumbs of Comfort.-Jones-- Have you heard that Smith is trying Lo get a separation from his wife," I}vowu-''No; on what .grounds?" Joues--"Cruelty; he says that she eats crackers in bed. Baltimore American.
 Miss Passee tagged 4Ol-"I wish to sec hat" French Milliner-"For yourself, miss?" Miss Passee-''Yes." French Milliner-"Nlarie, run down. stairs and get me ze hat for ze ladies be- tween IS and 25 years. ."-Tit-Bits.
 -Tailor-"When you delivered Mir. Ssowboy's suit did you call attention to the fact that it was there when prom fscd" Boy--"Yes, sir" Tailor What did he say?" Boy-"He said he ielt he could never repay you for what you had done for him, ,"--N. Y. Sun.
 m bet" remarked Mir. Jason to luis wife as they sat in the family circle aj .ae play, 'Tll bet from the looks of ,t that the dress that there woman in lha box is wearing is one of them ele- sa.l dresses one-half of we seed ad- vsr.sd yisterday in the papers. "-Bos- ion Home Journal.
 Lasting Regrets.-"I never bet on a horse race but once," said the good deacon, and I have regretted it ever since" Surely the sin has been for given ere now," said the minister. "Oh, ] don't doubt that. But the fact is I only won S2, when I might just as well nave made it a thousand, since I was in for it.'--Indianapolis Journal H
 What have you got?" inquired the traveller in the linen duster, sitting down on one of the stools, Gold roast aeet," replied the man behind the rail- u0v lunch counter, "cold chicken, co.d--'. "I don't eat meat" broke in aha traveller; I'm vegetarian" Try gua of his ham sandwiches" suggested y" commercial traveller sitting on the next stool-Chicago Tribune.
 All the More Reasonable had met with serious losses in business, and 0dded to that his wife, whom he adored, was Enutched away by death. He could .cither eat nor sleep, and his friends nsHro alarmed about his condition. One a. them said to him: "You ought to nnsult a doctor" Whats the use? -t'" has lost all charms for me and I want to die, anyhow" "YOu wast to uc? All the more reason fos ealIing doctor. ."--Texas Siftsngs.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
USES FOR CoCoANuT.
Florida Has Several Promising Planta'
 tions of This Tropical Fruit.

Florida Has Several Promising Planta-
 tions of This Tropical Fruit.
 Quite number of tropical nuts have recently been introduced into cultiva- tion in this country, Already on the east coast of Florida are growing two hundred and ffty-thousand cocoanut trees, forty-two thousand being in one plantation It is believed that the first trees of this kind in that state sprouted from the nuts bi fought from Central America and the West Indies by the gulf stream. At Key West and about some of the old forts cocoanuts were planted at an early day, as certain ancient trees now standing bear wit ness. In 1877 O bark freighted with Cocoauuts was caught in a storm off the coast of Florida and beached near Lake Worth. Several thousand of the nuts were saved and planted the satisfactory growth of the seedlings giving an impetus to cultivation.
 The word cocoanut is derived from the Portugese "coco, meaning monkey, because the base resembles a monkeys face. The tree was known to the peo- pie of Ceylon as early as 16O B. C., the milk being used by them for making cement The cocoanut is one of the most useful of plants-root, trunk, leaf, sap and nut are made to yield tribute to man. The fiber of the husll furnishes excellent yarn, and is preferred to horsehair for stutting beds, cushions, chairs and saddles. It is stronger and more elastic than hemp, The Poly nesians twist small cords of this fiber, which serve in the construction of houses and canoes where Europeans would employ nails. The green nuts are grated for medicinal use, Grated cocoanut forms an ingredient of the East Indian condiment curry. In the Maldive islands labor is usually paid for in cocoanutS.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
aI.ncnmntirea Have tn ne rrnInOd.

It may not be generally known that locomotives intended for express trains require as much training, in their way, for fast running as do race horses. When an engine intended for express purposes is taken out of the shops to be placed on the line, instead of putting it to the work it is intended for at once, it is run for two or three weeks on some one of the local branches, in order to train it, SO to speak, for fast running. By this means all the various bearings and delicate machinery connected with the running gear become settled to their work; for, should anything about the new machine not work harmoniously, there is ample time to adjust the de- feet. Usually the new engine proves troublesome on account of its propen- sity to make fast time, and at almost every station the train is found to be a little ahead of schedule time and must wait for from ten seconds to a minute. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
STARS OF WASHINGTON FIR,
In Spite of the Fact That They Are
 Called oregon Pine.

In Spite of the Fact That They Are
 Called oregon Pine.
 Puget sound timber goes everywhere, even into the masts of the fleet yachts made by both America and England to race for the Americas cup. But the point of most interest to the people of this region is that the great spars of noble Douglas fir shipped from this re- zion. as soon as they pass beyond the state line, have fastened upon them the name of Oregon pine." The spars from which the masts of the Defender and the Valkyrie have been made were cut in Sol Simpsons logging camp at Kamilchie, Wash, and aftcrward shipped from Port Blakeley.
 Washington annually sends out at least 100 vessels, timber laden, in every direction, oil the way from Corea to Australia and the Hawaiian islands, and even to the Kimberly diamond mines and the Johannesburg gold Inines, in Africa It is stated that the flag of the emperor of Japan flies from a stick of Puget sound timber, and it is known positively that the flagstaff on Windsor castle, from which waves the union jack in the daily view of Queen Victoria, is Douglas fir from Puget sound--H Yankee contribution to the furniture of the monarch of the British isles. It is also true that the largest flagstaff in Maine, the Pine Tree state, is at Lewiston, and it came from g,, q l. n piece of timber, as one comes to think who lives in Washington, It is all the Douglas fir, yet it is known abroad as Oregon pine. -- Seattle Post-Intelli- genccr.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
INSECTS AND conrAaIoN.
Tho Damage That Can Bo Done Even by
 Chats Sting.

Aho DahASe Ihat ban Bo Done Even by
 Chats Sting.
 IL is generally understood that the stings of some insects are essentially poisonous in a greater or less degree, and must therefore be early and care fully treated. Pain alone in such cases will suffice for danger signal, and few when thus warned would care to neglect the puueture made by hornet, X wasp, or even a bee. The fact that other insects, like some species of fly, are capable of equal or even greater mischief, says the London Lancet, is not so commonly known as it ought to be The recent death of a'woman at Kings. ton from septic erysipelas thus caused may be quoted in illustration. In ac- counting for sucb occurrences two
Arizona silver belt., 1895-12-14
HOW HE FILLED A TREE.
Scorned to Labor with His Hands When
 Brain Work Would Count.

The man in the country has not the push of the man in the city, but he knows more about necessity as a labor saving machine than the city man. Ar ordinary Chicagoan fell into this line of thought the other day as he was re turning to the city on railroad train
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-24

The St. Cloud Normal school has
grown to be one of the best in the
State. They want more seating
capacity. We get the following item
from the J0n7eal-Press Of the 18th inst:
''President Carhart of the Normal
school, Monday morning, gave notice
to the students that they should in
form their friends that the school is
overcrowded and that no more students
could be received at this time. There
are more students than there are seats
in the assembly hall. This is some
thing unusual in the history of a Nor
NAL school in this State, but will be a
great: card with the Young Mems
Choice IN securing Legislation looking
to the wing which iss:so badly needed
by the institution. IS 2s B: Ss$@ss si'@'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-01-24
BY ORDER, W. M.
Geo, Presley. pharmacist at the n

Geo. Presley, pharmacist at the cor
ner drug store, has completed arrange
ments for putting in a full and COM
plete drug stock at Milaca. Mr.. Pres
lev has secured the store room form
erly occupied by A. Townsend. He is
good chemist, and the people of
Milaca need have no fears as to his
ability in compromising medicines.
The new store will be opened about the
first of February.