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Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-27
QUEER OBSERVATIONS.

OBSERVING barbcrs declare that men with heavy boards are most apt to be bald
 EAGLES always drive away their young as soon as the latter are able to ly we'll
 Ar lIeazig, Hungary, on October ii, 1S9ir four perfect rainbows were seon- three smaller ones inside the main or primary bow.
 J. w. JoNEs, of Robertson, Ky, has found pearl on which is the perfect outline of Q man's hand. Seen through a microscope even tho veins appear, It is valued by experts ut St50
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-27
oRIaIN oE rIoNET soALPINa.
Started in Wheeling, W Va. a nunrtsr of
 Century Ago.

Started in Wheeling, W Va, Q nunrtsr os
 Century Ago.
 Campbell Hubbard, nail traveller, of Wheeling, recently said to a Globe Democrat man; Il have iuat been reading the decision of JudPe Nash, at Dallas, in the ticket broker case under fc now Texas law, intended to do away with the scalpers' business. It strikes rae as being ap oxceediugly clear and Q forcelul exposition uf the subject matter involved in the Trayler prosecution, 1t is closely in line with decisions in favor of the scalpers in Minnesota, Illinois and Pennsylvania. The grayamen of these decisions is that an unused railway ticket, or an unused portion of ticket, Is legitimate prop erty, ond any law which iutorferes with its disposition by sale is contrary to public policy, if not in direct conflict with tho constitution of the United States. This decision of Judge Nash will help tho scalpers, not only down in Texas, bu, all over the country. The cStent Co which the ticket brokers help the weak roads against the strong ones is but little realized and without their aid many of the lines would go under IL is their method of cutting rates secretly to stimulate business, and the brokers arc really regular agents of these companies. By the bye, perhaps you don't know thot the sca,per business originated in my town Wheeling It was about twenty-five years ago. We had a couple of bright young fellows therc-Uptou w. Dorsey and another chap named Frank They took notion to speculate on Q small scale in tickets of the Baltimore & Ohio, and the first scalping transaction thut ever occurred in the history of raiirolding took place there in Wheel ing. The Baltimore S Ohio company made big fight upon it, and the case went Co the supreme court of the United States. The result was that the supreme court handed down its famous decision Co tho effect that when man buys ticket for so many miles of transportation he is entitled to travel those miles, regardless of tho limit e2tcs stamped upon the ticket by the coDpEny's agents. From that time on tG2 sea,pors business lourished, and spread with amazing rapidity all over e country It is now as safe and as legitimate a line of business as banking or insurance or manufacturing and is, moreover, Q mighty help to the travel ing public"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-27
TOBACCO IN HAVANA.
Smoking Is Done ia Ali Places and at
 All Times.

Smoking Is Done ia Ali Places and at
 All Times
 ] have never seen 8 Havana man smoking in church, writes a corrCspon- dent of the Washington Star. It's about the only place where he does not amohc He smokes iu the street cars, he smokes at the public Gining-table, Lc smokes everywhere The presence of women is not considered at all When coffee is brought on the table, the Sganiard or Cuban lights his cigar or cigarette and begins Co send up clouds of smoke. No never even thinks of saying to tho ladies: By your lcave," for thc custom of the country is to smoke everywhere On the railway trains there is no smoking compart- mcnt, for 9 man is privileged, and, in fact, expected, to smoke everywhere. If he i5 not smoking, his ncighbor will offer him Q cigarette. The driver of your coach will smoke and very likely offer you a cheroot At the opera tho man VIII walk and smoke between the acts in the spaces behind the boxes and balconies, You will see finely dressed, seemingly wcn-bred men, with ladies in full evening toilet, entering the theatcr and smoking as they go. You never sec a pipe in Cuba. It is the country Of the cigar and tho cigarette. One of the odd sights to stranger is that afforded by the negro women, who smoke big long and black cigars in the street. It was here that the smoking habit, which hos spread around the world, had its start, and tho Cubans are still more devoted to their cigars than my other people. The cigar industry and the tobacco trade give employment ton large portion of the population of Havana, In every quarter one will run across small establishments where from two to ten men are employed making cigars, and some children mud women engaged in stripping Jaeco.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-27
NoT peegNeRArINa.
m.nsIaa la No Danger Of Becoming

Mankind in No Danger of Becoming
 Race Of Dwhrfs.
 1t appears from the results of scicr- fife measprements recently made in Trance that the average stature of man IS neither Increasing nor decreas- ing. The skeletons of the men who
 saJifed FiQnce at Q period when Eu- .ope ,gas tsS home of lions, elephants, rhinoe sscs, hyenas and reindeer are of very nearly the same size as those of she French people of tosicy.
 Yet. ssss .ouths Companion, the surround.Egs amAd which these early men lived were relnarkably different from those enjoyed by their sue cessors Their best abodcs were caves End to hold possession of thcm they had to wage warfare upon such fierce beasts as the saber-toothed tiger and the cave bear.
 Without our modern weapons it would seem that they should have pos sessed superior bodily powers, but sbere is no evidence that they did They had human cunning, however, which always prevails over brute strength.
 Later came che ancestors of the Gauls and Franks, and they seem to have slightly exceeded the cave men in stature, and also to have been a trile taller than tnciripodern descendants.
 One interesting fact shown by tho measurement is that there has been a pereeptible sin in the stature of women as.spmParcd with Chat of men since the days Of the tiger fighters in -Trante.
 ows shat there is no danger that
 alind kill bd;omc a race of dwarfs,
 no ilocIhotd of their developing
 sgiants
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-27
THE POWDER PLAY.
4 Plcturesqae Game oE She uorsemon of
 Morocco,

4 Picturesque Game oT She uorsemcu of
 Morocco,
 A dozen or SO horses are drawn up in- to line at one end of the plain, the rid CTS, by means of bit and stirrup, work ing their animals into fer rncut of excitement Then. at a given signal the long-barrclc1 guns are waved in the air, and the troop sets forward at little more than q walk, which increases as they proceed, way- ing their guns and saluting the while, until it becomes a furious gallop
 Suddenly, says Blacl,woods Nigga zine, She weapons arc brought to tho shoulder, held with both hands, the eI- bows raised to the level of their shoulders, and the next moment the little troop of horscmen is lost to sight, enyclopcd in the clouds of white smola which the 1int-loek guns and inferior native powder produce, only to issue again in their showy trappings, refining in their horses with all the strength of their iron wrists, until thc poor beasts, often with bleeding mouths, are brought to q standstill
 The lab-el-barond, as the natives ea!l it, admits of but little variation when performed in numbers; but this is not always the case, and at times one man aloGc will go through the maneuver, introducing some new system of his own lying back in the saddle and firing behind him, for instance, or under his horse's belly
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-27
FOUL AIR AS A GERM GARDEN.
Good Sanitation a Prime Necessity as
 pcfrnae Arninsa |, ncnac Grrns

Good Sanitation a Prime Necessity as a
 Dcfcnse Against DscRso Germs,
 The development of the germs so ia tal to humanity when taken into the system isan effort of nature to destroy and really cat up efiete matter. The grub and muggot, disgusting as they arc, are true scavcngers, and if sufll- cient time be allowed them they will reduce to lnnocuous dust the most pois- onous Of animal and vegetable matter We regard the creatures with abhor- renee because of their occupation; but they are laboring, albeit unconscious ly in the interest of higher forms of life. When diseaso-gencrating matter has passed through the digestive canal
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-27
sHE WAS 4r nJNEsT BAKER.
How Margaret, of New Orleans, Earned a
 Monument.


 How Margaret, of New Orleans, Earned
 Monument.
 "The agitation of the clleap bread question reminds me of Margaret, of New Orleans. whose honesty as a baker caused monument to be erected to her memory said a resi- dent of New Orleans, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer My city adopted the plan in vogue in Europe, and passed an ordinance regulating the weight of loavcs of bread, and providing for the appointment of bread inspector. In spite of all the efforts of that official the bread still continued to weigh lipht. and it seemed as thongh there was combination among the bakers to defeat the purpose of the ordi nance. One morning load of bread was sent to the inspector, m < every loaf was full weight. It came from modest bake shop kept by Q woman named Margaret What her other name was none ever knew, but the word passed through the city that there was one honest baker, and soon she conll not supply the demand for her bread. When prosperity smiled on her she gave thousands Of loaves to the poor who could not buy, and none did more for the suffering and needy ones of the city.
 She was known everyv 1e by her deeds of charity, and whe ae died monument was erected to her memory"
Arizona silver belt., 1895-04-27
wohap . nlsIsnltioD.

he cool, calm 'csignation of women
 illustrated uring tho recent sec
 earthquaisc Aiah shocked the City
 s4rsSso. X rcSpondent of tho
 2n Herald, Wiiting from that city,
 the story of how women accept
 inevitable: Some Mexican lady .iends were ct chu'ch, praying for the rest of us. up in tho forthcrn part of tho city, when, as thcyrclate to nc, they felt faint, and all st once heard the roof crack and SEW mortar falling all around them, while shc great chandc- Hers swung back asd forth as in 0 steamer in storm. Iael,ed them why they did not getup aH6 run, but they replied simply: We isst shut our eyes, commended our souls to our Maker, and went on with our prayers for the city full of pe9plca"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
Call for a Caucus.

Washington, Dec. 26.-Ssnator Cor man has issued a call for a caucus of the democratic members of the sen- ate to be held tomorrow for the pur- pose of acting upon the report of the committee charged with the duty of fill- ing the vacancies on the committees and making the minority assignments
 The policy of the democrats will be to not impede the reorganization of the senate. The republicans have acquiesc- ed in an understanding that such re- organization shall not be operative un- til January 1, as all employees have been paid for the present month and confusion would result from an imme- diate transfer. The resolution deter mining the committees will probably be laid before the senate on Monday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
REPUBLTCANS IN CONFERENCE. The Proposed Bond Bill Was the Matter
 Considered.

Washington, Dec. 26-A conference of republican representative who disap- prove of the bond bill prepared by the ways and means committee was held tonight. The majority of those present were western men, but there was also fair sprinkling of eastern republicans. Many gentlemen representing free sil- yer views were in attendance, but the meeting also included a number of sound money republicans and the sub- ject of silver was not brought up. The forty republicans represented twenty five states. They elected MT. Broderick of Kansas chairman.
 The purpose of the conference was to determine a plan of action with regard to the rule which will be reported to- morrow. It has been announced by the committee on ways and means that this measure will be passed tomorrow presumably with no longer debate than was given to the tariff bill to-day. This hasty action was manifestly popular with the conference The speeches made by the members showed a uniform sen timent in opposition to the retirement OI I1G STeenDaCkS.@ IIley lllulCdIGu d belief that the bill in question permits this, and that the amendment providing against any retirement of the green backs which MT. Hopkins of Illinois will try to secure in the ways and means committee tomorrow before the house meets will not successfully prevent it. 1.-The speeches further showed that it was not advisable for the United States to issue bonds in time of. peace and that under no circumstances should the greenback,s be retired at least in, the manner proposed.
 Finally it was decided that the rules committee be requested to bring in a resolution providing for the bond bill It was thought two days was the short est time in which this could be done. The committee appointed to confer with the committee on rules consisted of Messrs, Broderiek of Kansas, as chair man; Baker of New Hampshire, Bowers of California, Pickler of South Dakota, Mines of Michigan, Burton of Missouri and Cannon of Illinois.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27

what was known as the horlHontal plll, providing a reduction of duties, MT, Crisp said the republicans were now in favor of a horizontal increase. "The bill says that sixty per cent. of Me Kinleyism is all right" continued MT. Crisp; what is the other forty per cent. 2" The bill, he said, was the in- Venton of the indolent and the mechan- ism of botch workman. Uaughter0 Mir Crisp said the bill was evidence of Nthe intention of the republicans to keep alive the agitation of the tariff ques- ton. Upon that question the democrats would go before the country and he was confident the people would decide, as they had always decided, in favor of themselves and tariff for revenue only.
 Arguments in favor of the bill were made by the following republicans: Messrs. Payne of New York, Dalzell and Apnold of Pennsylvania, Hopkins of H. ,,hois, Grosvenor of Ohio, Johnson of Indiana, Knox of Massachusetts, and Deliver of Iowa. -.
 They insisted that more revenue was the key of the situation and denied that the bill was in any sense a, general tariff measure. They said it did not represent republican ideas on that sub- ject at all; was intended only as a tenn porary revenue me asure to meet pres sing eXigency; and its passage was ad- vocated on the high ground of patrotic duty in the hour of the republics peril
 Arguments against the bill were made by Messrs. Wheeler of Alabama, Mo- Millin of Tennessee, Cookery of Mis- souri, H. Turner of Georgia, democrats, and Bell of Colorado, populist, They maintained that the remedy proposed, an increase of revenue, was not what was needed; that there was money enough in the treasury to meet all claims for two or three years to come, even if the present rate of deficit were maintained. It was maintained that it was a general revision.
 At the conclusion of the debate the bill was read a third time and on the question of it's passage the yeas and nays were called, resulting in yeas 205, nays ST.
 The vote was on strictly party lines.
 
 against the bill. MT. Newlands, silver, of Nevada, voted aye
 At $40 o'clock the house adjourned.
 Toronto Dec 26--,The World (govern- ment paper) says: The United States iingoes are in retreat, but any day may see a panic followed by great social disturbances and then an Irresponsible rabble of adventures take the road to invade Canada They have done it before. There is. SD good authority says, a million of men without work, desperate as to the future and with nothing to lose, who could easily be got to join in such an invasion. There are also host of generals and "colo- nehs' of more or less war experience and we'll versed in the vocabulary of brag, to take the command. We say in all seriousness, that we are liable to such invasion any day. It is, there sfore, the duty of our government to take some measure of defence and to quietly but vigorously see what shape We are in for resisting such attack.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING co.

lege; Bertha Bartchman of Smiths col lege; Francis IT, Stoddard of New York universtty;Fr P. Goodrich of Will Hams; Henry Wood of Baltimore Md; Thomas IT. Baker of Baltimore, Md; A. N, Elliott of Baltimore, Md; Oscar L. Triggs of University of Chicago; Carla Wenchebach of Wellesley; r. J. Holzwarth of Syracuse university; r. W. Haas of Johns Hopkins.
 An interesting program is prepared for to-day and an opportunity will be given to hear addresses by men promi- nent in the educational world. The local committee acting for the Modern Language club of Yale consists of; AL bert s, Cook, F. H. Chase, R. N. Cor win, Gustav Gruener and Jules Lu- quiens. The sessions are open to the public.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
ATTACKED THE PRESIDENT.
Rev. MT. Evans Takes Exceptions to the
 Message of the Executive.

Message of the Executive.
 Hagerstown, Md, Dec. 26.-Rev. Henry Evans Cotton, rector of St. John's Episcopal church. in his sermon yester- day morning made a violent attack upon MT. Cleveland, for whom he had voted twice for the presidency though the pastor is republican.
 Hour by hour,'' he said, ''the presi, dents utterance stands publicly im- peached by the honest common sense of the people. Bitter disappointment has come to many who felt that with his great gifts he might have lifted the nation to higher, surer planes of action; but he has been dragged from his place as a statesman down to the level of the political leeches that sur round him. By one breath of his mouth he threw millions of the peoples money in the maelstrom of financial ruin; in another breath he piteously invokes his congress to avert the crash he has cali- ed down upon our heads and millions Of lives are disturbed by she horrible possibilities or cruel war"
 The pastors worfi9 created Q great stir in the congregation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
BIG RAJIROID DEAL.
The Baltimore and Ohio Road Likely to Become a Part of the Southern Hallway


 System.
 Washington. Dec. 26--The Evening Star announces that a consolidation of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad with the Southern Railway is very probable, and that negotiations to that end are now in progress. The Star suggests that the recent resignation of President Mayer and other movements in the di- rectory indicate that negotiations are pending which may result in the absorp- tion of the Baltimore and Ohio by the Southern Railway. The Star says; The impression prevails among we'll inform ed railroad men, and especially those who are familiar with the present man. agement of the Baltimore and Ohio, that Drexel, Morgan x Co, shall obtain the influential voice in the direction of the Baltimore and Ohio that now seems probable, the necessary link between the Southern Railway and that system will be constructed without delay, and through line established from New York to New Orleans to carry every va riety of traffic, the Baltimore and Ohio
  adelphia and the Reading and Jersey Central from that city to New York, as under existing arrangements with the Baltimore and Ohio.
 The Baltiomre and Ohio road prac- tically has a terminus in Georgetown at the junction of Water street and tht canal, from which a. branch road runs to a point a few hundred yards this side of Linden station, on the Metro politan branch. The Southern road, in order to get direct connection. would merely have to build a line twelve miles long from Fairfax station, on it's main stem, to a point opposite Georgetown, and the present lack of bridge facilities across the river could be temporarily met by a ferry.
 Such a consolidation would be grea> blow to the Pennsylvania Railroad con- pany and 3, splendid thing for ihe trav- cling public.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
His Prediction Verified.

Berlin, Dec. 26,-A terrific snowstorm prevailed in Berlin to-day. The streets were rendered impossible because of necessarily greatly impeded, and In many cases wholly suspended. Fried rich Strasse at 10 o'clock this morning was strawn with fallen men and horses and passengers in cars drawn by horses alighted and assisted the drivers to lead their animals to enable them to keep on their feet Several persons were injured by falling. The storm was pre- dicted by Prof. Rudolph Falb, the cele- brated German meteorologist.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
StrCck by d Blizzard.

Indianapolis, Dec. 26.-A blizzard struck this city early this morning and continued with increased violence until at noon the streets were almost impassab ble, and the telephone and cleo tric light wires were in a, tangled mass. Not telephone is in working order in in the city, and at least fifty poles are broken off or toppled over. One horse was killed and several persons were knocked senseless by coming in con- tact with live wires Large gangs of men are trying to get the wires off the streets, but the storm is increasing in force and bids fair to leave the city without an electric light.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
sufEocated in a Fire.

Scranton, Pa, Dec. 26.-Fire to-day destroyed the residence of Edward Lynn in South Scranton, and his nine- year-oId daughter Belinda was suffo- cated. Just before the fire started Lynn quarrelled with. his wife and drove her and another daughter from the house. Belinda was asleep up- stairs. Soon afterward the dwelling was found to be on fire. Lynn was arrested on the charge of arson.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
Immediate Action Wanted.

New York, Dec. 26.-The members of the Produce exchange held a meeting to-day and passed resolutions request ing congress irrespective of any politi- cal differences that may exist between individual members to take immediate action for the relief of the treasury in accordance with MT Cleveland's recent message.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
Miner Are in Power.

Madisonville, Ky, Dec. 26-A riot ragged to-day at the mining town of Barneslvey, sixty miles from here. Dis siatisfied miners and whiskey were the cause The local officers were over powered and the cooperative store was footed. Several persons were hurt. The miners are now in power. Sheriff Thompson left Madisonville for the place with fifteen armed deputies.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
Message From MT. Gladstone.

London, Dec 26,-Mr. Gladstone sent a Christmas message to the Rev. Jo- seph Parker of the City Temple, yes- terday, as follows: q humbly pray that Christians may grow more and more in that unity which the Lord gave us life to promote and which all earn est prayer tends to forward
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
Heavy Snow storm Raging.

St. Louis, Dec. 26.-iSpecials from cen- tral Indiana and Illinois says that @ very heavy snowstorm is in progress along the Wabash river valley and the snow is already six inches deep. The Wabash has risen fifteen feet within the last five days and is still rising.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
Heavy Mail Matter.

Queenstown, Dec. 26.-The White Star liner Brittanic, which sailed hence this afternoon for New York, had aboard the largest amount of mail matter-I- 75O sacks-ever carried by any steamer of the line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27
No Trouble Anticipated.

Philadelphia, Dec. 26.-The cars on the Girard avenue division wsre run regularly to-day and nc further trou- bIe is anticipated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-12-27

The banquet of the outgoing board of ccuneilmen will beheld at HeubIein's this evening.