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Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
FAILURE OF INDIAN MISSIONS.
Native East Indian Declares Christian MIssAnns D Shocr NYnstr nf Mnnnr.

\ Native East Indian Declares Christian
 MIss'uns ShocV Waste of Money.
 Puuishotan Rho rolnnp declares in an article in the Forum that it is q sheer waste Of money to spend it on the missionaries IL does not help the people of india. On the contrary. it only strengthens their own religious faith and creates international prciu- dice The people bitterly complain agains, them for their interference. not only in religion, hut in politics, too What benefit is it to India or America if a few pariahs arc Chrissianizod at m enormous cost2 again affirm that it is waste of money, Send your mis- sionarics to those who have no religion
 for instance, to the interior of Africa and the south Sea islands and 10 the cities of the United States Let the aim of tAc missionary be to aivili2e and educate the savagcs and barbarians. To India send machinery instead of missionaries Millions of people arc kept back for want of education owing to intense poverty. Send good school masters, ugah7nir- "~l dentists and teach your practical arts to our people. This will cost you less than the mis- sioaarics.
 But let us be friends, and, as children of ono God, forget all differences of opinion You have your religion aud you thiul, it the best. fit is the best. keep fl yourselves. Christianity is best suited to the western nations As a re- ligion we do not show srespcct to it., because every religion tends toward the same end, namely, salvation Christ taught beautiful things, and if all His teachings were strictly followed. the whole world would be a paradise.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
A MIxeD-uP FAMILY.
Story of & Man Whose son Is nls Broth-
 nr-lR-Iaw.

Story of Man Whose Son Is nis Broth
 nr-iR-Iaw.
 Here are the raw materials for a headache:
 Dr. King, of Adelaide, a widowcr, married a Miss Norris. shortly after the doctors honeymoon the doct5r's son married sister of the doctors wifo.
 Then brother of the doctors wife married the doctors da0ehter In other words, tlc doctors son became his stepInothcr's brothcr-inlaw and the doctors daughter became her step mothers aisterin-law,
 The doctor, by the riarriage of his son to the sister of the doctors wife became the father-in-luw to his sister iu-law, and the doctors wife, by tho -Gavriage of her sister to her stepson became stepfnother-in.law to her own sister
 I}y the marriage of the brother of She doctors wife to ahe doctors daugh- ter the doctor became father-in-law to his brother-in-law, and the doctors wife became stepmother-in-law to her own brother
 Whatrelations, asks Picaroou in Pail Mall Budget, are the children of the contracting parties to each other?
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
QUE WOMEN.


 Now A Trilby foot silver pin has ap- peared. It is neither beautiful nor tasteful.
 Miss BRYCE, daughter of the Ohio senator, is reported engaged to Henry Outram Bax-Ironsides, second secre- tary of the British embassy.
 TIE steamer Natchez, which runs be- tween New Orleans and VielSsburg, is oficercd by women. The captain is Mrs. Tom feathers.
 Mas GLIDER, wife of the editor of the Century Magazine, never pays calls She entertains great deal and says that she would be killed if she had to make formal calls
 TIE master of an ocean steamer, who has experienced several perils at sea, asserts that during times of disaster women are more self-possessed and more heroic than men.
 MRS. l.. E. CASTLE, of Callender, Ia, has qualified to act as justice of the peace, Her husband runs drug store in her name, and thus her initials were used on the ballots instead of his. As there was no law against her acting es justice, she has been sworn in
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
PERsoNAL polNrs.

RICHARD VAUx, who died in Phila- delphia few days ago, is the only American who ever danced with Queen Victoria.
 Mas. CHRISTIE WASHINGTON (colored) has just died at Somerville. N. J., lcav- ing her son an orphan. She was one hundred and sixteen years old and the orphan son is eighty-nine.
 MRs. NELLIE GRANT SARToRIs eldest daughter has decided talent for the stage, but it is not likely she will em- brace it as career She is a pretCy girl, with very attractive manners.
 JOSHUA II. STovER, of Staunton, Va, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for life for stealing three and halt pounds of bacon worth thirty-seven and half cents Stover is a white man, a carpenter, and a confirmed thief.
 Mas. KATE GANNETr WELLS declares that linen are quite as nagging as women, ard would be more so if they had to wear women's clothes. When men are said to be disagreeable to their wives, 1t is often because the latter are too weak, and do not assert their rights at first"
 TIE late Rev. Dr. Lord, of Buffalo N. V. oflieiated at the funeral of ono of Buffalos notoriously rich and wicked citizens. After noting the de. ceascds percentage and date of birth he closed his tribute by saying: Our dead friend had one noble virtue. He always got up early in the morning"
 JAMES KEMP, who has just died in Boston, is said to have been the first man converted by the Salvation Army in the United States. 4 member of the army picked him out of an ash barrel while he was drunk The next day he joined the army, and soon rose to be a captain. an office which he held until bis death
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
FoR FRueWoRous Foop.
Dr, Folk oswald's Intoresting Contrlbu-
 flnn tn thc Iltrrntnre Of Food.

tion to tho Literature of Food.
 Dr. Felix Oswald contributes to Health Culture an article in which he asserts that what arc called canine teetho are not canine in any sense or significance They correspond, he says, to the eye teeth in man-instead of the eye teeth in man corresponding to them, it will be noted-and are enormously developed in several species of balloons that would unhesitatingly prefer a bunch oi wild grapes to a porter-house steak, Dr. Oswald does not believe that man is carnivorous animal, and he terms the idea that man cannot live on strict vegetable diet the meat delu- sion" He notes again that normal children have an aversion to flesh food in it's uudisgnised state, and ridicules the notion that meat promotes muscle and conduces to longevity.
 The conclusion is drawn from Dr, Os- wald's investigations that total ab- stincnce from flesh food would pro mote the cause of moral as well as physical health,n aud would contribute no little to advance "the blessings of international peace, and if it would certainly do either there would be suf- Gcient warrant for organizing . society or something to popularize tho cause he advocates and persuade people to carry his ideas into general effect. The world will probably go very slow, of course, in giving upits savory steaks, :" "cuts and such things for an exclu- sivo diet of barley bread and dried figs even with ghce and beans thrown in for the snlle of luxury, but the good doctors essay will not be without it's use nevertheless If our farmers in South Carolina will not raise sheep and cattle in order to supply themselves and uswith the beef and mutton products which our souls, so 10 speak, so per sistently crave, there is considerable comfort to be derived from the assur- auGe of so high medical authority that we arc all the better aud brawnier without them.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
Tho i1iugreueo m Days.

A "solar day" is measured by the TO- tation of the earth upon it's axis, and is of different lengths, owing to the clip ticity of the earth's orbit, and other causes. An "astrcnomical daY" com mcnces at noon and is counted from the first to the twenty-four hours. \ civil day. commences at midnight and is counted from the first to the twelfth hour, ana then again from the first hour of the day til the twelfth at night. The
 nautical davN used by ship captains, explorers and some few others is counted as civil day only that the reckoning is begun at noon, as with the "nsirnnoininal daN-
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
SAVED nY A BLACK RoosTeR.
A Mexican Remedy Which Proved Emca-
 cious in n Case of Smallpox.


 At prominent hotel q few days ago was a gentleman hailing from New Mexico. He had been on the frontier since boyhood, and was regaling sever. al friends with choice bits of personal reminiscence, eagerly listened to by his audience. Finally, says the New York Telegram, drawing attention to the pitted condition of his face, which showed the ravages of that dread scourge, smallpox, he said:
 "Ycs, 1 had dose of it in Socorro along about 1881. Everyone gets small pox down there, from force of example. You hardly ever see q Mexican who is not scared, and yet they never go out of their way to avoid it. There is pe- culiar superstition held by Mexieans regarding the disease. With them it is associated with their religious creed. Ii is this: Should one of them die of smallpox, there is no grief manifested by his relatives, as the cause of death is regarded as one of open sesame to the kingdom come, the pilgrim avoiding any tircsome wait in purgatory or other stations on the route. Why, they take their children where it is, so that they will catch it when young, the same as American mothers handle tho chiclsenpoX or measles problem,
 T have a sister who was taken down with the black smallpox when she was but fourteen years old. The Amer. ican doctors dai everything they could but finally decided the ease was hope. less, lt was then that the Mexican nurse, Maria, asked If she could try hei hand. She explained the remedy, and we gave assent What do you suppose she did? She went out and hunted around until she got a black rooster One with white feather wouldn't do IL would spoil the charm This rooster was decapitatcd in the sicsrooIn, ana the warm blood used to bathc my sis ter. Improvement began at once, and 10 this day l don't know whether il was the black rooster which saved my sister or the dropping of the case by ! the doctors
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
4 Good Omen.

Not long ago there YVES Frenchman who had a large family, and who was haunted by the idea that when he died there would be no one to look after his children. While thinking of this, one spring day, he noticed two nests in a hedge close by each other Each con tained half-Gedgcd birds, whose par ents were lying'dead He went away sad, thinking that the young birds must die. What was his surprise, how ever a few days after, to see them quite happy and apparently well fed. Ilc stood apart and watched, and pres cntly he saw the parent birds of other nests come to the young birds and feed them. They Lad adopted the little orphans--a fact which the Frenchman naturally accepted as a good omen with regard to his own little ones.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
Ilegsal, l.retsranIs ,e slasery.

Henry Fisher, the earliest licensed pilot in Delaware, was a man of 5ub- stance when the war for independence broke out. and besides serving as Q major in the continental army he freely gave his wealoh to aid tha cause. When about to part with his savings hc was interrupted by his wife, who said, according to tradition; Henry Fisher will you make beggars of yom children?' and the pilots answer was: Better be beggars than slaves
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
The sbeep Renewed.

Spectators looking at the happy family" of . menagcrie have often won- dered if the oyine member ever laid down inside of the lion. The Glasgow Times answers The owner of men- agcric in Berlin, which included 9 happy family" consisting of a lion, a tiger, wolf and a sheep, was asked one day in confidence how long these animals had lived together. About nine months he replied, except the sheep, which has to be renewed occa- sionaily."
Arizona silver belt., 1895-06-22
Inn I.lsl.a stnrnncll-

An extraordinary discovery was made in the stomach of fish of the ling species at Liverpool wholesale market the other day The fish weighed fifteen pounds and 10 it's stomach were two smooth cobblestones weighing over five pounds which had evidently been used as sinkers for Q deep sea Aehing line.
 The fish, so far as could W Seen, did not appear to have suffered from the Dresencc of such a weight in it's stom-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20
he APOLOGIzED.

1t isn't always safe to swear at a
bicycllst who is responsible for a
collision.
A member of Il well known
athletic club, riding long at an
easy pace, was oyertaken 10y an
other wheel, which didn't turn ont
in time, and a rear end collision
was the result. When the club.
man recovered from the shock he
found himself lying on bis back
with the buggy knee of a pair of
trousers across bis face.
Furious at the stupidity OF the
other rider, be struggled TO get up
shouting:
why the devil do lou tide like
that?
sob, d7.! o., DEAF said a
pIaintive voice. Il dldL't mean to.
T'n all tangled np.'
Oh, Lord, a gill groaned the
young man. And 1 went and
s9Ore at hcr;' and his contrition
increased when he picked himself
up aal saw 2az ng up at him from
around the Rreckage very pretty
face, flushed with modification.
Lifting the owner to her feet, the
young man tired to apologize.
lawfully sorry, | thought ii
was some idiot Of a man that had
run Into me. That Is.er.l don't
mean you're an idiot, you know;
if I'd known that you were /
wouldn't have sworn at you. No,
no, | don't mean that either. Pm a
little ratified, you see, but thought
1t was a man wher | saw your
trousers. That is, | thought your
er. garments were trousers of a
man, you know. II I'd know you
wore bloomers-that is, if I'd.
known those trousers were bloom.
erS-I mean if III known it was a
girl who wore trousers. Ga, darn.
ltali! IapOlogize, and the youth
mounted and sped away so nadIy
that he narrowly escaped wrecking
a street car, leaving the girl redderI
than before.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20
He Got Mixed.

'Unc' Toby" a man for whom
Blrtletps creek has more attIac-
tIons than the hot aud grassy
cotton field, not long ago took a
"day Off in pursuit Of his fayorite
amusement. lie balted his hook,
and long and patleutly SAT- upon
the bank of the stream, vainly
waiting tor a bite. At last, under
the combined influence Of warmth
OF the day and the sluggish move
ment Of the stream, Unc' Toby fell
asleep. Eternal Vigilance is the
price of trout, and while our weary
angler slept, an enormous fish took
the bait ard pulled him into the
water. or course this awakened
the old mar, aud he was overheard
to inquire as lie AOundered abonl
IN the water: ''FJr lie L jrd's sake
Toby, am dlsuigger a a.nshIn or an
dis fl ia a.niggeriuf"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20

had been in progress some hours,
and the Old man had raked in a
tremendous amount of cash.
An excitable young nan about
20 years old was the victim OF the
evening. He had lost every cent
he had 10 the werld-some $500,
which had all found its way into
the old mans pocket.
Then the luck t1rned. He held
four aces. The old man had four
kings. The betting fal so high
that the other players dropped ont
of the game. In less than ten Il in
utes $1,000 was on the table.
When the hands were shown, the
young fellow was jubiIant, but the
tates were agaiDs, him.
The old man drew Out his check.
book, called for a pen and some
lux, aud then dropped dead, The
young mans money paid for his
funeral.--New York Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20
Sheridan's Wit.

Richard Brinsley Sheridan was
never at loss to exhibit his wit
Once while visiting, feeling rather
weary and wishing to rest, he was
asked by a lellow.g guest whom be
did not admire il be did not wish
to accompany her for walk.
Glanclng out Of the window,
Sheridan replied:"It is cry cloudy
We shall be caught in the rain"
The other waited awhile. Shortly
the sun came through the clouds.
"Shall we 60 now?' she asked. SIT
has cleared up"
"Why yes; 50 | See,' said SheEl.
dan. "lt has cleared up enough
for one, but not enough for two.
You CO.,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20
From EngIne-Cab to College.
CHAIR.

DR.. Chauncey ". Depew, Presi-
dent of the New York Central Rail.
road, tells an interesting story of a
visit he recently made to the
fan Gus SibIey Mechanical Depart
OF Cornell University. lie found
at the head of it Professor Morris.
The latter claimed him as an old
acquaintance.
"How's thatf7 said Mr.. Dupew.
81 used to work Tor the New
York Central Railroad was the
professors answer.
"Indeed! In what Department.
ooh, Just in the ranks"
"How did you get here" asked
Depew.
81 was first a fireman on an en-
glne. That was tough JOB, but
It led up to the position OF en-
gineer. when became On eDgl
neer, l made up ny mind to get
an education. | studied at night
and ntted my self for Union College,
running all the time with my loco
motive. 1 procured books and at
tended as far as possible the lee
lures and recitatIons. [ kept uI
with my class and on the day o.
graduation | left my locomotive
washed up, put Ou the gown anc
cap. delivered my thesis, and re
ceived my diploma, put the gowr
and cap in the closet, put on my
working shirt, got on my engine
and made my usual run that day.
Then said Depew, Il knew how
he became Professor Norris .
That spirit will cause a man Ii
rise in any calling. 1t Is ambition
bnt it is ambition wisely directed
seeking to make ones self fitted
for higher work. When this is &C
compIished the opportunity fol
higher wO!k k is sure to come,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20
LOVING TOO LATE.

Not long ago l met young lady
in poverty whom | had previously
known in wealth, and this was, IN
substance, tho story she tod me;
Father diei suddenly in Wash.
ington, aud the professional skill
through which ne had coined
money for US died with hin. am
not weeping because We are poor.
| am broken hearted because none
Of us saw that he was dying. Was
it not pltitul that he shOnld think
it best not to tell any of Us that be
was SICK? And I, his pet el daush
ter, though 1 knew he was taking
opium TO sOOthe hisgreat pam, was
81 absorbed by my lJYers, my
games and my dresses, taat just
hoped it wolld all come right. II
l could only remember that even
once | had pltied his suffering or
felt anxious about his life. | might
bear his loss betteT!' -
The story Is common enough.
Many a father, year after year,
goes in aud out of his home carry.
ing the burden and doing The Labor
of lite, while those whom be ten.
derly loves hold with but careless
handsall of honor and golG he wins
by toll anl pam. Then some DAY
his head and hands can work no
more! And the hearts that have
not learned the great lesson OF
unselGsh love while love was their
sad duty when love las left Them
alone forever. Amelia E. Barr in
October Ladies' Home Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20
THE OLD CHURCH BELL.

How many thronging memories
Thy solemn tones recall;
The davs Of thOughtless innocence
My mind reviews them al.
Within that peceful house of prayer
My infant life was blessed
And cOnsecrated to the trlth
Which Christian lips confessed.
The infant feet have learned to stray,
And they have wandered far;
Yet over all their stormy pain
Shines Betblehem's holy star.
And like the wanderers OF old
Who sought its blessed light,
My heart finds refuge in the truth
Which woke the earth from night.
Efulgent CLEANS proclams the dawn
OF happiness | sought;
The bitter lessons of the past
Thei: miracles haye wrought.
The consecrating hand of grief
las left upon my brow
A c oss that bids me not forget
Elch early CHRISTIAN vow.
Ring on, old bell; thy voice has found
An echo in my heart.
Aud through the coming years of life
Its tones will not depart.
For " hen l hear church bell ring,
If near or far away,
The sound will call to mind the past
And this calm, holy day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20

They tell story in Dalton OF a
recent revival meetin in O2e OF the
rural districts of Whitfield county.
In the middle of the services tie
preacher said;
"Will Brother Smith lead in
prayer9"
Seven men arose and began
praying at once.
This embarrassed the preacher,
and he SAID hurnedly:
ST mean Brother John Smith
At this announcement one sa'
down aud FIVE more got up and
began pray ing. The preacher saw
his mistake, said nothing and let
the eleven prayit out among them
selves.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20

An exchange says that IN its
opinion there Will not be men
enough in heaven to sing bass. Its
gallant editor thinks at least ninety
per cent of the good people up
there will be women. We do not
know if we do not agree with him
Lots of men we NOW will not be
gin to get in and all the women
are angels.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20
EXCITING BEAR HUNT.

a letter from CudriOLleSVllle 10
the Richmond Dispatch says: Last
Saturday Mr.. Wash. Via, 80 years
ofage, Mr.. Oscar Early, Mr.. Willie
james, AID Mr.. Rice Via went out
ON a hunt. These gentlemen live
IN the neighborhood of Black Rock
Springs, a country not thickly set
tied, and which is the home of
'varmintS of every description in
profuslon. They had not been out
long when they started four IN
mense bears. The dogs ran them
all the afternoon, and about uight
ran one of them into his den in a
cliff of rock. Night coming on tho
hunters concluded that they could
DO nothing until morning, 80 one
or two Of the party were detailed
to watch the den while the others
went home, intending TO come back
next morning and try to get Mr..
Bruln out. Daring the night the
other three bears came to the den,
1t evidently being their habitatiOn
also, but were frightened of by the
camp fire. These had gotten
separated from the fourth one dur.
ing the hunt, the dogs following
the one already run to lair. Sun.
day morning the other gentlemen
came back to the den, and with
picks and shovels endeavored to
dig down to his bearship. Ia the
meantime Mr. Rice Via sent his
dog, a valuable hound, into the
Orifce, and IN few minutes heard
a 'sQuawk,' and the dog failed to
return.
This got Mr. Via excited, and
he determined to eOln and rescue
his dog. The entrance to the den
was long, horizontal passage
way about two feet high and prob.
ably two feet wide. Mr.. Via pre-
pared a torch, and fastened it upon
a long pole, which he thrust into
the opening before him, and en-
tered without knife, gun or other
defensive weapon. He had not
gone far when the bear seized the
torch and extinguished it. Several
times this occurred, but finally Mr..
Via located him, and found his
1ue dog in dying condition. He
backed out OF the hole, asked for
bis gun, and while some of tue
other men pushed in the torch
Mr.. Via succeeded In shooting
tn bear in the head, killing him
Instantly. Mr.. Via then cnme out
and bis son went 10 to bring out
the dead bear.
The den was a large aperture,
probably % feet square and 10
feet high, and was approached
from the passageway above de-
scrlbed by an lucllned plane. The
man went through this passage,
entered the den, aud pulled tue
bear TO the passage, and then en-.
deavored to pull him through, but
found he was unable to do so. He
lay down on his breast and grasped
the boar, and the Others eau ght
hold OF his feet and brought both
man and bear to the light. Tue
bear weighed easily 200 pounds,
and was as STAT as butter" The
participants III this hunt are nat
urally very proud of their achieve
ment.
tis stated that one OF the other
bears chased on this OCCASION was
larger than the one killed. 1t is
also said that there Is one ia the
nelghborhood that will weigh 4OC
pounds. This bear den Is new
"Oalvary Rock about two and a
half miles from Black Rock.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20

"SIy, Tom, thls proposing IL a
fearful business, isu's III A fellow
never knows how to 80 at 1t In the
most graceful way. Como. nov,
what did YOU say TO Mrs. Green
walter, when you asked her to De
your wiIci'
Reminiscent Husbaad-"Ob,
Great Scot.l what didn't say 70
herN
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-12-20

Mary" said the sick man to
his wife when the doctor had pro.
nouuced it a case Of small pOx,
"ifany OF my creditors call, tell
them that am at last IN condi'
ton to give them something"