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The bee., 1895-07-04

the ticket chopper and the ticket
seller, fall tooth and toenail" or
the victim. Then it is that the
colored porter produces a club
from some secret recess, and man
ages to get in whack; so, you see,
his life is not altogether dreary and
monotonous, after all.
There are some occupations foi
which the negro has a natural born
talent. As BARRIERS, walters, coach.
men and janitors they are quite up
to the mark of the proud Cauca-
sian. In fact, ! am not sure but
that they are superior to the whites
in the avocations ! have men
toned. In a previous letter !
have described the almost incred-
ible arrogance and ignorance OF
the average white janitor in New
York. | elaborated the theory
that he was a surviving relic Of the
prehistoric cave man, with just
sufficient intelligence to build a
fire, and a readily understood
penchant far living in a cellar.
n AS a barber the colored gentle
man is to be commended, and he
is to be found In many of the most
fashionable tonsoual parlors. Al
though the negro delights to i'm
part valuable social, statistical
and meteorology information, he
manages to restrain his ear-breath.
ing conversation better than his
white confere. However, like
the white tonsorial artist, if a Gus
toner has one hair left on his head,
he, the artist, has the courage to
suggest a miraculous hair restorer
of his invention. Like the min
strel man, the colored barber is
not as black as he is painted.
But It is as an aristocratic coach
man, or tootman, that the colored
man appears to the greatest ad-
vantage. The imported English
automatic or jointless iootman,
who has a good turning lathe leg
and an air OF impenetrable gloom,
is very good in his way, but on
points OF personal majesty and in
comprehensive dignity he cannot
hold candle to the darky, The
best specimens are to be seen on
Fifth avenue, and on the boxes of
coaches adorned with armonal
bearings. saw one the other
day in a green frock coat, cordu-
roy trousers. white duck over
CATERS and sharp-toed patent
leather boots, He wore the neat
est Of yellow kid gloves, a natty
beaver hat. and his shoulders were
aoxaxed i.v a 4naQn,(tco,t Aealatf,,
The bee., 1895-07-04
DOLLARS IN SKUNKS,
An A. b. C. Lesson in Finance

The following is a conversation
overheard in one of the cloak
rooms of the House of Reprenta.
tives between Populist Congress,
man-elect from Kansas and New
York representative:
kansas-"Are your people in,
terested in the money question: p
New York,-"Yes, and a great
many of them think there is moi
half enough IN circulation to dc
the business of the country"
Kansas-'I am surprised; that
is exactly what my constituents
think, but had supposed that
you Fasteners were all gold bugs,
and wanted less money instead OF
more"
New York--"Well, there has been
some change of sentiment in that
direction in my village. You see
we've got literary society there
that has been giving entertain
ments for the benefit of the village
library. Some of its exhibitions
didn't prove to be very attractive,
and instead of making any money
got behind, and, casting around
for a way out of its trouble, it was
found that old DR.. Nc of -
College had lecture on finance
that he would deliver for $50. The
price was low, the cause popular,
and as the people were all inter-
ested in the money question, it
was thought to be good idea to
hire the Doctor, make a special ef-
fort to rout out a good audience
and liquidate the society's indebt-
edness. So the doctor was en-
gagged, and on the appointed eve
ming the hall was packed. The
President OF the Society introduced
the speaker who took the floor
and delivered himself of the fol-
lowing:
Ladies and gentlemen: This
subject, finance, is one that I've
given lifetime of study to. I have
written several works that have be-
come text books in the schools and
OF recognized authority, SO ! think
! know something about the sub
ject. am not a rich man or ever
expect to be. For many years l
have been supported by my col
lege ard suppose ] always win be.
And thus, having neither money
The bee., 1895-07-04
PITHy PARAGRAPHS.

An electric road to carry coal is spoken Of be-
tween Youngstown and North Lima, Ohio,
'.. -.
David Insle Is sinking a shaft at Princeton,
Indiana. Itwili 90 400 fee, before the coal Is
reached.
Men In the Brazil Ind.. district are asked to
take cut Of cents per ton because the Pitts
bursh and Ohio strike was unsueeessful.
Ett#s ... -. ##
The eavinR.in Of the surface over somo old
mine workings At Deano and Park place han be-
come 50 frequent that new wagon roads must be
built and score OF houses vacated.
II Is Noticeable from the names OF the persons
implicated in many Of the mining troubles which
occur that they are mainly persons from Italy,
Hungary and other parts OF Southern Europe.
One fails to find an English name among thsm.
-.
The large deposits Of coal found at Corral Hol.
low. near Lvermors. Cal are to be developed.
II Is claimed that Il can be mined At a cost Of
s7 90 per ton. so that Il can be delivered In San
Francisco at from s. 90 to $50 per ton
-.
The Mil Greek Coal Co.. Of Coopers w. Va,
were defendants II damage suit In the last term
Of the farewell County courts growing out OF the
injury to Dan Crouch. a miner. The case was
dismissed.
Another Engineering party left Ashland. Ky.
las, Monday for Morgan County, where thsJ
will make another survey for the proposed road
to the Camel coal fields. but which will be over
different route
-.
The Chicago Times prints the story that 10
1890 there were arg women employed as coal
miners In the United States. This statement is
is based upon the census report, but there were
no females engaged 10 mining. though they were
employed as clerks in the works connected With
the mines.
The bee., 1895-07-04
The Negro in Gotham.
ne IS NUMEROUS AND FILLS
MANY PUBLIC PLACES.
AZ 4 FOStmAn Ne Staads Near the Head
sf the LIst, But a. Dining. Room
Supsriutsndsat lie 10
without q Rival.

While there are not as many ne
groes in New York as there are in
Washington city, they are, never
theless, very numerous, for you
see them everywhere. They, how.
ever, reside principally in two 10,
calities. On the west side, Thomp.
son street is the great negro center,
while on the east side there is an.
other large colored colony up in
Harlem in the vicinity of One
Hundred and Fourth street. 1t is
very difficult for negro family to
rent a fat outside of these two
neighborhoods, although they can
not be as Objectionable as the
lower order Of several other nation
alities ! might refer to.
In the two localities | have men
toned the houses for many blocks
are tenanted exclusively by negroes
of every imaginable hue, from the
almost white strawberry blonde
octoroon to the genuine unadulter-
ated African, with a complexion
suggestive of the inside of box OF
shoe blacking.
II is singular fact that the very
dark Airo-Americans are in a hope
less minority in the large cities.
You never see dozen negroes OF
uniform complexion together, ex-
cept on the negro minstrel stage.
! once called the attention OF that
famous negro minstrel, Lew Dock
stader, to this palpable absurdity
Of attributing all musical ability
and conversational smartness to
coal black negroes. He replied
that the "light-complected" ne
groes wanted too high wages, and
burnt cork was much cheaper.
This reminds me OF an amusing
incident that took place on rail-
road train in Texas, shortly after
the war. | was sitting opposite to
northern drummer and a south
ern planter, who were earnestly
discussing the negro problem,
The planter was very much excited,
He said,
The bee., 1895-07-04

the orator we paid $50 to thus dis
missed the audience and the sub
ject. Well, some OF the people
were disappointed, but I've noticed
ever since that there's great deal
less talk about finance, and more
trapping for skunk going on"
Kansas--"Some folks think they
are cussed smart. IF. M. Todd
in Friendship IN. W Register.
The bee., 1895-07-04
Keep Sharp Lookout for Fresh Items COAL
RADE when Will
ST
SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING.

The sale Of patent fuel at all the shipping ports
in Great Britain is reported to be large.
-
In Egypt mummies. chiefly those Of cats ibises
and other animals held sacred by the ancient in
habitants, were employed as fuel in recent years
Tor running trains between Cairo and Alexandria
..~
Quite sensation has been caused oyer the re-
port that certain coal tested at the Jersey City
water works was given higher value than the
condition warranted.
-.
dispatch from Huntingdon. West Virginia,
says that almost all the mines along the Norfolk
Western R. R. have resumed operations
Many OF the men are new hands.
-
The losses by stealing from cars have become
so great that new car must be nvenvented or
cover for the present gondolas.
~.
John Davis, recently appointed receiver Of the
Mingo Mountain Coal Coke Co. 10 making
rapid headwsy In the settling up OF tks compa-
MES disputed claims about Middssboro.
-.
Officials OF Essex County N. J.. have been in
dicted for paying too much for supplies Of coal
.+s
his said that the Jsllico and Bird Eye Coal Co.
will be ro'organzed and resume operations at an
early date.
The character Of the consolidated Joilico Coal
Co. has been fled at Nashville. Tenn.
The first advance in wages among Alabama
mine operators was made on the 9Th. by tho Pi-
oneer Mining q Mfg Co.. who raised the wages
OF 700 miners 10 per cent. II is understood that
other operators will follow suit soon
The Bessamer mills OF the Homestead plant
for the 80 days ending Wednesday Last broke all
records for steel production making 20. ooo tons.
5000 tons more than In any other similar
period.
The bee., 1895-07-04
MAN, YET NOT A NAN.

A big hulking fellow is brought
before the magistrate tor drunken
ness and disturbing the peace.
"Your businessl" demands the
magistrate.
"My buanessa" Then. after
considering; "My wife is a washer
woman,"-Good Housekeeping.
The bee., 1895-07-04

Job Work neatly executed at this
othee. Estimates iurnishs', s'
applicasica. Send in yss Z. ~
The bee., 1895-07-04
Isl. BERNARD GOAL COMPANIES
Miners d s4pmdC coal AND COKE
RS Of COAL AND COKE.-
Brar1S11 Offices.
i OffiGe, Ear1ir1Gtor1, Ky.

M r. T.
sLeaaMe
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17

handily. The partitions are made of
ordinary lath, latticed together, with
doors to allow entr lnce to either side
apartment or left ajar for laying room
or closed for Matching.
I should prefer single roof or slate to
avoid excessive heat during summer.
Slate cools quickly after the heat of
the sun leavesit. A lining of some good
vermin- proof material adds some to ex-
pense but very greatly to the comfort
and profit of the fowls. The interior
of the house should be raised by filing
at least six inches above the outside
ground with tightly-ftting boards on
outer edge at base of building.
Nests can be distributed over the
house to suit the needs of the fowls,
and convenient climbers adjusted at
back part of center room, as indicated
in the illustration. One of the rooms
can be left off where less room and ex-
pense are required, leaving building
of 10x16, which would be large enough
for a flock of fifty hens or even
more. 81 III
My reason for constructing out of
hemlock is that that material can be
purchased at from $12 to S14 per M,
which would make the cost of construc-
ton at least one-third less than out of
the cheapest pine, and last just as long
and look equally as well.
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17

end. With the other two holes 1 can
favor the leaders as 1 choose. The
driver can see whether his leaders are
doing their share of the work or not
by watching the short eveners. They
are so satisfactory that do not work
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17
A MODEL HENHoUSE.

of wisdom to start slow, or rather on
small scale, acquiring knowledge by
observation, reading and experience.
The other day a fashionable young
lady stopped me on the road and told
me she was about to embark in the
poultry business, and wanted to talk
poultry. This lady, belonging to one
of the oldest and wealthiest families
in our township, was making actual
preparations to take up the chicken
business for profit and occupation, no
doubt fearing she might come to want
some day. But admiring her genuine
Anglo-Saxon grit, l bid her God-speed
told her she had better 60 out to Ma
pie Valley Farm my boarding house,
and talk to a certain lady of my &C
quaintance residing there, and get
chuck full of chicken enthusiasm.
And out she went. l learned later
that eggs, this winter, are to be plen-
tier, if not cheaper, from an overdose
of hen enthusiasm.
This landlady of whom I speak is,
and always has been, an excellent
poultry-raiser 1 am fully persuaded
that women are better adapted to
poultry raising than we men folks are
| have watched this particular woman
at the business, and she has often told
me that | was too awkward for any
thing" about the henhouse, and was
better calculated to build henhouses,
chicken-coops and raise feed for the
hens and chicks, than to care for them.
When woman says a thing she
means it, and took her at her word.
Since that hour | have only watched
the modus operandi as sort of chief
executive of the hen department. |
built henhouse, and have repro
duced it on paper. What is wanted
nowadays is a respectable appearing
house, roomy and not expensive and
at the same time comfortably warm
would start my building with eight
locust posts set ~ feet in ground,
with about 6 inches above surface
On these posts lay edgewise four 2x6
hemlOck joists, spiked and toe-nailed to
posts in rectangular shape, 1Ox24 feet,
with an upright 2x4 studding at each
post, of height to make the building s
feet to square from top of post to
plate. A plate of 2x4 studding should
run around the structure.
The frame, after being squared up,
plumbed and braced, should be
weather boarded with surface hem
lock and well battened on outside.
Door and windows should be placed as
indicated, with one window just oppo-
site the entrance door and either wired
or latticed for protection.
The overhead platforms for catching
droppings from roost should also be
made Of cheap hemloclz, and roosting
bars conveniently adjusted above the
boards so a scraper can be worked
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17

THREE-HoRsE EQUALIZER.
of the tongue, and on pillow by put
ting a clevis in place of the tongue. l
have three holes in the inside end of
the short eveners. The hole next to
the center is equal distance from the
center with the hole in the outside
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17
MODEL t1cNnCUSE.

1t Presents Good Appearance But Does
Not Cost Very Much.
There seems to be, writes George E.
Scott in the Ohio Farmer, great de-
mand for cheap, comfortable, roomy
henhouses, both on farms and suburban
places, and especially among the
daughters of farmers and business
men living out of cities in comfortable
country homes. The cheapness of
building, the small expense of stock
ing up with good flock of hens, and
the rapidity with which an increase is
obtained, are some eff the attractive
features of the business. By close at
tention, properly protecting, feeding
and providing good sanitary condi-
tions, handsome income can be got
out of the business. Without expe-
rience or knowledge no person can ez-
pect to succeed 1t is the better part
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17
VERTICAL VIEW.

four horses to a wagon without them.
l have a different rig for one-gang
pillow.
In the three-horse equalizer, the
short eveners are attached to the long
one by good swingle-tree centers and
clevises.
We need something to equalize our
horses in this country, where we use a
four-horse team so universally-four
horses to the drill e to - feet, to the
harrow (16 to 26 feet, to the binder
e to feet, to the grain tank 600 to
$50 bushels), and to the pillow ga to sc
inches) IS. NJ. Edwards, in Country
Gentleman.
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17
POULTRY FOR MARKET.

Where the Knife Should Enter the Mouth
When Killing a Fowl.
1t is difficult to express in words how
to properly kill fowl by sticking it
in the roof of the mouth (which is re-
quired for dressed poultry, hence the
illustration is intended to show where
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

Are lost every year in risky and
foolish investments. Put your
money in lots in Churchill Addition
and make 2o per cent.
No risk Easy terms.
CLARK CH URCHILL,
Office Commercial Hotel Block.
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17
TWO GOOD EQUALIZERS.

What to Do When Three or Four HORSES
Are Used Together.
send sketches of, think, the best
equalizers for three or four horses.
The three-horse equalizers came with
a sulky-plow that l purchased; the
four-horse contrived myself I use
them on wagon by slipping straddle
Arizona republican., 1895-01-17
Florence and Casa Grande Stage
Hotels

CAN CAN RESTAURANT Open day ano
Fresh fish every Thursday. Fresh oysters al
ways on hand. Best equipped restaurant in
Arizona. A. D. Walsh, Proprietor. Tomb
stone, Arizona.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-24
Yrwo PAGES

Ing them counsel assistance, but. first OF ALL the
charm Of his nature. the Irresistible sunshine OF
a soul which impresses one more and more as
tbeec books are read one OF the noblest In mod
ern times lie had charm II ever man had.
There f. not dull line In his correspondence
This is because he played many parts. because ne
was critic man of the world, playful friend IN
cessant traveller endessly lovable husband ana
father and a thousand other things. But most
~ all II Is his poetic strain that brings spell
within his pages n strain Of imaginative diVina-
ton. strain OF feeling for beauty In all Things
II does not come out in any obvious way, Dut
that was because poetic inspiration for Matthew
Arnold was not an obvious matter. You feel IL III
his letters in their indescrlbable touches Oh
noetic grace Of an imagination Selling upon IN"
thought the impulse, most delicate. most urpahe'
most charming It was in this vein that ne came
IN contact with all the elements OF career tnat
was far more than that of mere literary
man. mere scholar. He sought unremttingV
for the loneliness in life. the finer grain. the
subtler emotion. the higher ideal. and, without
qualification, he found It, One might know TINS
from the texture Of his letters alone. Their SUD-
sance is Of the rarest in epistoary literature ana
their style is unique. for in the smallest matters
as In the greatest Matthew Arnold gave the pest
of himself to his task: as a letter writer MS
motto was "Noblesse Oblige"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-24
DIR. HOLINESS SCHOOLMtTF

One Of the most amusing OF DR. Holiness expert
ences Is quoted in THE Independence sketch OF
his school days. 1t a meeting when he was
already past his prime with an old Andover school,
mate.
The Doctor had given a lecture In n Massachusetts,
city. and the next day his host. leading citizen
took him out for drive about town. The Doctor
esped over door a name that long ago was famll-
lar 10 him. His entertainer made the Introduction:
but the merchant showed more interest in the eli.
gen than In his underszed guest
The Doctor inquired 4 he was not student in
Phillips, Andover In 1925. The merchant replied
that he was there at that time.
o, DO you remember boy there named Holmes
After slight hesitation he answered: Yes: little
fellow, wasn't hep
The Doctor admitted that such was the fact and
added that he was that boy The old schoolmate
looked him over without much appearance OF Inter
est.
80 you didn't take college course? remarked
the Doctor.
mo; I've followed the hardware business; and I've
done very we'll In 1t. Where have YOU kept your
self?
I've been practclns medicine In Boston"
strange nave never heard OF you. have been
In Boston quite often, and know good many doc
tors there
We'll, ! have also been a professor In Harvard
Medical College and my lectures there have occu-
pied most OF my time In late years. 80 that haven't
pidctced much
DR.. Holmes. ply stefan. scientist. hterateul. poet
and wit-was evidently w small account " h.s
WHOM schoolmats.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-24
THE MAN AND HIS TIME.

Eventually Arnold yielded to the persuasion OF
his friends and accepted the pension, but in
his transparent letter the subject we
see his inability TO decide even such a
question as this with reference to himself
alone the person most concerned. He was. in
deed never the person most concerned; there Is
no subject approached in these letters which he
does not seem to be considering for its own sake
purely. Hence his remarkable usefulness as a
school inspector In that capacity he saw at
once what few others Of his time were prepared
to see unaided by him-that common schools
are first of all, a civilizing agent, afterward an
rstructing agent. Hence. furthermore his vital
hold on political thought and his influence
among political men Dizzy las Arnold himself
preferred to call him. after the fashion OF the
day. his gifts. valued them, and even went
so far as to say that Arnold was the only liv
ing Englishman who had become classic in his
own lifetime" Dizzy said this to Arnold himself,
and no doubt 1t was merely his Byzantine way,
but 1t is probable that he meant II. for it il, on
the whole. true 1t is true. because. in political
thinking where Beaconsfed came closest to his
friend there is no quality more of perma-
nence than tina. which the statesman must have
perceived in the author. the quality for putting
high impassioned earnestness into ones
thought.
Arnold had IAN almost painful anxiety about
public matters" and how he believed they should
be dealt with is shown In letter 10 his sister
a political speech Of her husbands. The treat
ment of politics with ones thought" he says. cor
with ones Imagination. or with ones soul. in
place OF the common treatment OF them with ones
Philistinism and with ones passions, IL the only
thing which can reconcile. II seems to me, any
serious person to politics. with their inevitable
one . What makes Burke stand out so
splenddy among politicians is that he treats pol
tiles with his thought and Imagination; there
FORE whether one agrees with him or not. he al
ways interests you. stimulates you and does you
good" The psnegyric which Is here applied to
himself, In politics and IN all other things Much
dspleased him and ne never hesitated To say So
but he said II frankly. was just enough 10
give invariably an intelligent reason for his dis
pleasure; he could not be irritaby censorious.
and whether one agrees with him not. he al
ways interests you. stimulates you and does you
good" You see him. as his life Is unfolded In his
letters feeling intensely and thinking with equal
intensity about many things that closely con-
cerned the welfare of his countrymen He fol-
lowed the course OF English politics with an UNI
swervlng solictude that was lnvig0rating to all
who knew him He took To his heart the schools
which cost him So much trouble. and he did them
members Of his family and to many friends Civ