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Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09

Witwatersrandt region has been stead fly maintained for i've years. The pro duction of 1900 was 494, ,s6g ounces, at about Sl7.50 m ounce; the production of 1891 was 729,23s ounces; of 1899, 1,2t0, ,S0S ounces, of 1893, ATS, ,a75 ounces, and the estimated production for 1894 is 2,200, 900 ounces. The complete fig ures have been received up to the close of November, and every month shows m enormous increase over the core. spending month of 1893, with an ad. vance during the present year from 1l9,214 ounces in January to l7S, ,309 ounces in November. The value of this product was about s9G, ,000'O00 in 1893, and will he about s3s, ,000, GOO in 1894, Other portions of America are expected to show slight gains, but they produced in the aggregate only about s3,009, coo worth
 Australia, which shows production in 1893 of ss6, ,5ss60o, Is credited with an increase of ss 1000, ,0oo in 1s9s
 The Russian empire was credited in the last mint report with the same pro duction in 1893 as in 1899, which was s24, S06, 200. Official figures since re. ceived show an increase in 1903 of about S1 ,5O0, 900, and it is thought that this will rise to e2,0OO,0Oo for the pres- ent year,
 These gains alone will swell the worlds production by e36,00oO 900, and would make an aggregate of more than slsi 900 900, if no losses were in- dicated in other countries. It is ex- pected that such a loss may occur in China, where the product In 1898 was Ss, ,42G 900, on account of the war with Japan. Even a large loss there would leave the worlds production above Sl75, 0OO, 900, and would exceed the most sanguine estimates made by Director Preston in his last report on the pro duetion of the precious metals.
 Mir Preston is endeavoring to keep his estimates within conservative bounds, for he does not wish to make larger claim than the facts will finally warrant; but it would seem that his estimate for this year of sl70,- coo, 900 was certain to be largely ex- ceeded
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
PEOPLE on ALL CLASSES.


 GEORGE PARRorT, of Lynn, Mass, said to be the oldest shoemaker in the country, is ninety-two years old. He has always stuck to his last,
 PROF. HApLEf, of Yale, is charged with being Malthusian, because he comments the man who works hard, invests wisely and does not marry till he knows he can support family.
 JonN MARTIN, United States senator from Kansas, whose term expires in March, will retire from office poor man. A suit has been begun to fore close the mortgage on his house in Topeka,
 D. V. TALENT, mail carrier between Authorization and Columbus, N. C., walks twenty-seven miles each day, carrying the mail bag on his shoulders. His compensation is six hundred dol- lars year.
 JOHN A. LOGAN, JB., has offered to give tract of one hundred acres west of Youngstown, O., to the Junior Order of United American Mechanics as site for the orders national home for wid- ows and orphans,
 WADE HAMPTON carries the mail over the star route from Madison to Mall lory, Ga. Bob Toombs does odd jobs around the town for living. Daniel Webster and Stonewall Jackson till the soil or MorgaR county farms.
 JAMES CHANDLER, of Lyon county, Ky, is seventy-nine years old and has forty-seven grandchildren and thirty eight at.grnndchildren. He lives near the farm on which his grandfather settled one hundred and nine years ago, and has bever been away from home more than ten days at time.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
ABSURD STAGE DEATHS.
Nature outragcously Violated Instead O
 Being shown . Mirror.

NUturc OutragCously Violated Instead Of
 Being shown Mirror.
 French dramatic critic, with some show of medical knowledge, represents that nearly all actors and actresses outrageously violate nature in their limitations of death, says the Baltimore Gazette He cites, in corroboration of his charge, the customary theatrical death of Camille, in the younger Du- mas favoritc emotional play of that title. According to the author, his heroine is affected with pulmonary con sumption, and an incidental attack of hUE,orrhage of the lungs cxtinguishes her life. There is absolutely nothing dramatic to be made out of this mode of dying, if fidelity to fact be obeyed. The gushing of a stream of blood from the mouth would be realistic, but the imitation of such phenomenon is never made by actors. male or female, nor would any discreet manager tol- crate such a piece of stage business. Again, the overwhelming suffocation which produces the rapid death in Camille's case is never accompanied by convulsions, such as her dying repre- sentatives on the stage almost always assume. In natural death from this cause the sufferer simply eollapses from failure of the vital powers.
 Theatrical poisoning scenes are also usually untrue to nature. It is popu- larly believed that when fatal dose of laudanum or morphine is swallowed the victim immediately sinks into a deathlille sleep, as is commonly seen on the stage, whereas the first effect of this poison taken in like quantity is in- variably to excite and enliyen Nor is the mode of dying after the hackneyed cardiac stage stab in conformity with the laws of nature. The actor simply falls at full length, or in heap, where as the everyday member of society gives a spring when the heart is struck before entering eternity by this un- happy gate. Even the modern Othello has not inherited enough of Shakes peare's wonderful fidelity to truth to die naturally after stab through the heart
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
BIRD AND BEAST.

TIE eye of the vulure is so con. structed that it is a high power tele- scope, enabling the bird to see objects at an almost incredible distance.
 TIE offensive weapon of the ostrich is his leg, He can kick as hard as a mule, and it is a remarkable fact that his kick is forward, never backward
 TIE chameleon's eyes are situated in bony sockets projecting from the head. By this contrivancc the animal can see in any direction without the slightest motion save of the eye.
 TIE elephant is commonly supposed to be slow, clumsy animal, but, when excited or frightened, can attain a speed of twenty miles an hour, and can keep it up for half day.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
LITTLE CONNECTIONS.

RUSSIAN railroads have women's smoking cars
 THE Newfoundland council has ap- proved bill to give the government guarantee to bank notes.
 TnE Boston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gives weekly lectures to coachmen on the proper way 10 treat dumb animals.
 TIERS are one thousand girls em. ployed in the British postal department, and there was only one per cent of them married last year.
 DR. IDA E. RICHARDSON, of Philadel. phia, is one of the most successful womun physicians of the country, her incorae being estimated at BIO, 900 a year
 H. B. PLANT, the well-znown Florida railroad nagnate, made the hearts of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart glad at Tampa recently by liberal gifts of money.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
ORIGIN OF NAMES.

GREENL AND was so called because in summer it's hills were covered with a beautiful green moss.
 kURDEsTAS wns so called because the ruling tribe in !ts plains and mountains was that of the Kurds
 BRITTANY was so called from the fBct that for many centuries it was claimed by tho kings of Britain.
 NORMANDY was thus named because 1t was conquered and inhabited by the Norscman or Normans
 ITALY was so called from the name of ltalus, an early king who governed most of the peninsula.
 BELGIUM took it's name from the Bel gae, a warliic tribe which inhabited 1t before the time of Christ
 NOVA SCOTIA or New Scotland was named by Sir William Alexander, who received the grant in 1891.
 MADAGASCAR was so named by the early explorers from the Malagasy or Malnys who inhabitated it.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
DETECTING A WEAK EYE.
A simple Experiment. by Which Anyone
 May Discover the Defect.

simple Experiment. by Which Anyone
 May Discover the Defect
 Yes, said the doctor, to a writer for the Jewellers Review, the makers of optical instruments are turning out some wonderful appliances nowadays for discovering imperfcctions of vision, but III tell you of a plan for testing the respective strength of your eyes that is as simple as it is trustworthy All you need is a stereoscope and photograph That arraHgement in which the picture holder slides up and down n fiat frame, trombone fashion is the best sort of stereoscope for the purpose, although any will do, and the photograph that will give the best results is q cabinet size view of some locality with people in it. The modus operandi is issimplicity itself. Put the photograph in the holder and focus it just enough so that you can sec the faces clearly. Then close the left eye and look at the picture in- tcntly with your right eye while you count thirty slowly. Now close the right eye and look at the picture with your left eye for the same length of time. Then open both eyes and look at the picture without changing the focus. Something queer will happen The figures on the one side of the pie ture will seem to move across the view aud group themselves with those on the other side. and-this is the point of the cxpcrimcnt--the figures will always move away from the weak eye, More over, they move with a very precise re lation of speed to the weakness of vision. If the left eye, for example, is quite weak, the figures will move very quickly across the plane of sight to the right side, while if there is but slight defect the movement will be gradual. and so on. queer thing about this experiment. is that, simple as it seems, 1t will bring out defects of vision that have never been suspected, and an other queer thing is that it will dem. onstratc the cases in which both eyes arc of equal power to be surprisingly exceptional. have tried it in a score of mixed gatherings, and never yet without having the experimenter ob- serve some movement of the figures. There was one oll lady, remember, up at Port Jefferson last summer, who persisted in saying that she saw pre-. cisely with both eyes as she did with one eye, and well she might, for when l examined her eyes more closely found she was stone blind on the left side and didn't know it. Y
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
THE SCuLPToRS.

A STATUE of Claude Bernard, the great physiologist, avho, while he lived was the chief attraction to Paris for medical students all over the world, was recently unveiled at Lyons, near which city he was born.
 JAMES PAXTON VOORHEES,, son of Senator Voorhees,. of Indiana, has just completed bust of Richard Malcolm Johnson, of Kentucky, once vice president of tle United States, which will be placed in a niche of the senate chamber,
 A COMMITTEE has been formed in Am sterdam for the erection of monument Co Thomas a'Kempis, at ZwolleA where he died, at the age of ninety-one, ou July 1, li7l The committee invites au international competition for sketches of the proposed monument.
 HERR HELMER, Vieunese sculptor, is employing color in the decoration of tombs One of his monuments repre-, sentz young girl offering gifts to those left behind She stands in renais- Eance gateway, with angels floating about her, and landscape with field of lilies in bloom in the background
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
A Patent LawYnr.

A lawyer who makes speciality of patent business, no matter just where his office is located was called to the further west in case involving Q mortgage on farm. The preliminary hearing was before an old-fashioned justice of the peace, who had no high regard for the ways of men from the city. At some point in the case, the magistrate put in few remarks and the visiting lawyer collided with him. The discussion grew warm and at last the magistrate, forgetting his dignity and his position, became personal
 Who are you, anyway" he blurted out.
 Well" replied the lawyer, I'm an attorney
 "P'raps you are, but never heard one talk like you do. What kind of a one are you?"
 I'm patent attorney"
 The magistrate rubbed his chin for thought
 Well, all I've got to say is, he said, slowly, that when the patent expires, I don't believe you can ever get it re- newed again. Free Press.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
MORE GOLD THAN EVER.
An Increase in Production in Almost
 Every Gold Region.

The worlds gold product for the last year will surpass any year in it's his tory. The production of last year ex- ceeded that of all previous years, and was reported by the mint bureau at S155, ,522, ,o0o
 The production for 1894 seems likely not to be less than si75, ,0Oo, ,OO0, or a gain of nearly S2O,O0O,0OQ over the fg- ures of 1893. The principal gains havo been in the United States, the Witwa-' tersrandt region of South Africa, in Australia and Russia.
 It was evident last summer, says a Washington authority, that mining ac- tivity in Colorado and other western states would carry the product of this country for tho year from sS5 ,955 ,0O0 in 1903 to S42,O0O,0OO. It now looks as though the total would reach s45 ,000i
 Director Preston has checked and pruned the estimates from the great mining states, but even with large re- auctions they indicate an increase of sf,750, 900 in Colorado, s2,OO0,oOO ih Cal ifornia, s1,OO0,00 in Montana, and sS00,009 in Idaho. Large gains are also r rported in Oregon and Washington, for which exact figures have not been obtained.
 The increase ip the production of tho
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
A TAME CROWS BOOTY.
He Would Steal Any thing That Was Bright
 and shining.

and shining.
 He boldly pillaged the neighbors round A woman who lived near onca caught him pecking at pot cheese she had made, and put him to flight He returned, and stole a downy little chicken, one of brood that belonged to her. He flew home with it, and laid 1t upon the ground, but alive and un- harmed. There were plenty of young chickens running about at home, but Jim never touched one of these.
 Anything bright and shining pleased his fancy very much He had no scruples about taking what did not be- long to him. Like a miser he had a hiding place for his treasures, and he was very careful not to go to it when he was watched. One day it was dis covered in the barn quite by accident. Among other articles that he had se- creted were found nalls, screws, beads, bits of broken glass, and, best of all, a pair of earrings-and this strange col lection was the grand result of months of patient thieveryl
 It was very difficult to keep a lead pencil in his vicinity. When he stole one, he would hold it in his claw, and peck at il until the cedar wood was split in twain, after which he would remove the lead. If some one endeav- ored to take the pencil from him, he would dodge about, making deSDer-t te but ineifectual efforts to swallow his booty whole. Malcolm Frazer, in St. Nicholas
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
rAE QUESTION WAS ANSWERED.
sbs waAisd Her Escort to Guess Her Age
 and the Conductor spoke


 and the Conductor spoke.
 taud talking In pnhlic places, such as restaurants and public conveyarces, is moro of u European than an Ameri- can custom, but occasionally you meet Americans, or persons born in this country of foreign parents, who have that European habit strongly Gevel- Oped. Sometimes this habit occasions embarrassment to those who indugle In it.
 A woman dressed gaudily and in a way that did not comport with her years-for she was in the neighborhood of two score, while her attire would have been more appropriate for girl of scyenteen-entered a Broadway car at Herald square few days ago.
 It was evident from her attire that she had an object in eoncealing her age. Her escort was about thirty-five years old. Their actions denoted that she was either his sweetheart, or try ing to be.
 The woman talked very loudly; her escort answered quietly. Everybody in the ear could hear every word she said. When the car reached Forty first street she announced:
 My birthday will be tomorrow
 "1ndeed' replied the escort, "I am glad you have imparted the informa- tion. It will give me the op-"
 Now, see if you are good guesser. Guess how many" she interrupted.
 "Oh, | wouldn't like to try"
 Go on. Guess how many
 Forty cried the conductor The passengers struggled to suppress laughter. The woman's escort smiled, but the wot1ian looked angry,
 Let's get out!" she said softly-the only thing she had not said loudly N. Y. Herald
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
She Wanted Half.

'one of the funniest cascs ever found, says a jolly book agent, "was when l was canvasSing for an encyclo- pedia which was composed of two vol umes. 1t was over in the Penobseot valley. ] called at house where there was very straight and prim young lady, who mouthed her words with . precision that reminded me of Dickens lady who practieed on 'prunes and prism. l made known my business and extolled the encyclopedia in all the terms known tO the profession. She listened quietly, and when I had hn- ished, PuclSered up her mouth and said:
 ' will take one volume, sir
 "Thc idea of one volume of an en- cyclOPedia being wanted without the rest of the work was so novel 1t almost hoOred me.
 Which volume9 asked.
 The second one, sir.
 But, madam, have you already got the first volume?'
 :" Nc, sir she replied stifiy. I will take the second volume.
 ''l had no more to say."-Lewiston Journal
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
FROM TIE SEA.

THE first mention of the Gulf stream is in the journal of Alaminos, the pilot of Ponce de Leon, in 1513.
 ONE kind of sea-bladder has no mouth, but absorbs all it's nourishment thrcugh the pores of its body.
 IT is estimated that the water of the whole ocean contains in solution over LOGO, 900 tons of pure silver.
 IF the surface of the earth were per. fectly level the waters of the ocean would cover it to depth of 600 feet.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
Elephant Nurses
Panther Leather.

Panther leather is very pretty nov city, and is made into purses, card cases, portfolios, picture frames and all the other useful and ornamental arti- cles for which leather is used. It is as soft as kid to the touch and delicate and pleasing in color A spray of mis- tletoe wrought in silver or gold in the corner of apurse or card-case is used in honor of the season
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
wen Said.

An excellent as we'll as witty re- proof, which might be applicable tc some politicians even in these enlight ened days, is accredited to the cele. brated Richard Brinley Sheridan When his son, Thomas Sheridan, was candidate for the representation of a Cornish borough, he told his father that if he secured the office he had q mind to place label on his forehead with the words "To Let" printed on it, and side with the party that made the best offer, Very well, Tom," replied his father, dryly, "but if you do that, don't forget to add the word 'Unfur. rishcd " Yorth's Comranion
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
The I,s csn

It was r atlg pointed out 5y Sir John llult in his annual address to the county council that in lS50 there were l6,0il pauper and hnaecile asy- lums January 1 of the present year, However. these figures had been in creased to la.05s, or an averar re Increase of 100 per annuln. The rate of increase last year was strilsingly in excess of any previous year, and stood at not less than s07, the blazing summer months being considered responsible for this big Jump in the figures Tn spite of what the poets have said, it looks us if the sun had n more malign rffeet on human wits than the moon.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
Tae Uniyerssi Plant.

The tobacco plant his become thoroughly naturalizcd in every part of the world, and in many parts of Asia and Africa has become so completely domcstieated that several writers nave eontended that t is aboriginal in one
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
sLEEPLEss NIGHTS.
Scientific Explanation of the Absence O
 Nature's Reatorer.

Scientific Explanation of the Absence of
 Natures Rcstorer.
 Formerly sleep was believed to be de. pendent on state of comparative bloodlessness of the brain, and by the condition of the circulation of the blood through that organ the character and duration of sleep was held to be modified. The view, says the National Review, is still regarded as correct by physiologists of the present day, but since physiological chemistry has thrown more light on the processes of repair and waste it has been shown that, in addition to the part played by the blood circulating through the brain, inducing wake fulness or sleep according to the increase or decrease in the rapidity of the circulation and the variation in the size of the blood vessels, the actual chemical condition of the brain cells also serves to determine the existence of sleep and wakefulness.
 As the formation of clinkers in a furnace reduces the ferceness of the flames and interferes with the activity of combustion, so the accumulation of fatigue products within the brain cells, formed during the waking hours, tends to induce inconsistencies by reducing the acti~ity of chemical action and in- terchange between the blood, the ve- hiclc of nourishment, and the brain cell needing replenishment.
 Elephant Nurses.
 The women of Siam intrust their children to the care of elephant nurses, and it is said the trust is never be- trayed. The elephant, not being sus- ceptible to the charms of the saunter- ing policemen nor the social claims of his friends and relations, is consequent ly able to devote it's entire attention to it's charge. The babies play about the huge feet of the elephants, who are very careful never to hurt the little creatures. And if danger threatens the sagacious animal curls the child gently up in its trunk and swings it up out of harms way upon its own back.
Arizona silver belt., 1895-03-09
MOST NOTED GaSTNlTOR IN TIE WORLD

Has his mathods now in book form, and for sale fully Illustrating his most approved methods of Altering Colts, Spaying Cattle and Dogs, especially bidgliug Horses, etc Also showing hig ropes snd instruments, and tell ing the blst after treatment of castrsted stock cry hErorta itto all stock owners and castraturs, Enr nrices ard particulars of book write isoa Gt Charleston, Coles Co.,, III.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1895-11-21
Modern ArlnOr.

The experiments with bullet proof
conts and material which have been
conducted here aud abroad, have called
attention to the fact that mail protec-
ton did not entirely pass away with
the shelving of the shield and cuirass.
Many English officers still wear par
tial armor when serving on foreign
stations.
Tho commonest and most usual typo
Of these projections consists OF fine
but beautifully tempered single chains.
inclosed in soft leather, which run
along the shoulders, down the outer
side of the arms, aud over certain
parts of the body. These can either
be sewn into particular tunic, or they
can be adjusted separately and put on
like harness. Hundreds upon hun
drcds of these sets are sold. The most
valuable OF all chains in connection
with accouterments are those which
guard the head; and in cases where
the regulation cap or helmet is not
sufficiently protected in this way,
specially made chains are sewn inside
the same and covered by the lining.
Only those who have been in actual
conflict know how valuable all the
chains mentioned are in minimizing
the effects of sword cut. AS regards
protection both from sword and bull
let the general belief nowadays seems
to be in thoroughly tanned leather
and great quantities are made for ofii-
GERS, the favorite pattern said to be
the invention of the late Sir Richard
Burton-being that which forms not
too prominent ridge down the centre
Of the chest. Many stories are told
by officers OF bullets which have been
averted in some degree by these
leather tunics, some OF which are lined
| with woven steel wire. or course,
none of these things are supposed to
be an absolute protection, but only q
sort of palliative.
A London gunsmith, who sells o
great many chain body protectors,
which fit almost like an ordinary vest,
and are very expensive, sells large
number Of them to army men, and he
not long ago sent gross, as many as
he could get made in the time, to
Japan, where they were quickly sold.
| He has mado for individual officers
who have themselves drawn the de-
sign, variety of different patterns OF
armor. Fine flexible chains and
leather have entered into nearly all OF
| them. Boston Post.