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The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
Qualifications Needed for Consulship.

Anybody at all familiar wita the du- ties of an American consul, anybody who knows what is expected of him by the department of state and what he is called upon to do by the public, will agree that he should neither be the product nor the victim of capr;cious po- litica' partisanship. He should be np- pointed upon his merits after careful examination and retained upon the same basis. There should be a career for the consul. There should be reward of merit and he should suffer for in- competency. Primarily the consul should be gentleman, meaning there by an honorable and educated man, fla miliar with the amenities and graces of good society. The next and absolutely necessary requirement should be an intelligent knowledge of the language of the post to which he is assigned. He need not be professor of German or French or Spanish or Italian, but he should be able to speak and write intel ligently the language of the country to which he is commissioned.-Scribner's
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
THE EVERYDAY POET,

l ain't very much of poet: can't soar so awfully high; I'm kind O low-geared and know 1t, And hev to keep out O the sky And so while my star-gazin' brother Kin tickle the gods with his pen, l josh along somehow or other
 And jes' keep a-writin' fer men. l know at he g blissfully dwellin'
 With gods and emperian springs, While I'm down here simply a-tellin' O plain human bein's and things. Tit while he's up yender inditin'
 His loftier songs, hev found ! do what call my best writin'
 With both of my feet on the ground. 1 never hev tackled sonnet:
 couldn't write one ef tried, And put all the folderols on 1t
 Without gittin' somepin' inside. Fer l understand ef you fix 1t
 To sell to a big magazine, You ve got to so fuzzle and mix 1t
 At no one kin tell what you mean. My mind ain't forever a-strayin'
 Through sorrowful caverns O fog; I've got a good place and I'm stayin' Right there like a bump on a log. l know I'm too cheerful to strike it," ain't got no study" ner "den;" l live with my folks and I like 1t.
 And jes' keep a-writin' fer men. Nixon Waterman. in l.. A. w. Bulletin.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
RAISING LARGE TREES,
A Simple Practice Successfully Used |
 Philadelphia.

A simple fraCtiCo Successfully Used |
 Philadelphia.
 In the vicinity of Philadelphia they have fashion of lifting large trees where the grade has been raised that does not seem to be in practice else where. Two ropes are attached to the top of the tree so that each can he drawn in different directions. A trench is dug around the base of the tree, the circle being as wide as may seem judi cious. When dug to the depth desired the earth is forked away from the ball on one side, and block set under the roots as sort of fulcrum. The rope on that side is drawn over the block, and the result is the lifting up of the mass of roots on the opposite side. A little earth is then placed under these ele- vated roots, and the opposite rope drawn to that side. This lifts the roots over the block and more earth is placed there. The tree by the aid of the op- posite ropes is then drawn backward and forward, more earth being placed at each turn. In very short time the tree may be elevated as many feet as may be desired, standing on the summit of firm mound of earth. Trees 25 to 50 feet high, with trunks 12 to IS inches in thickness, have been lifted in this way with very little check to future growth. --Meehan's Monthly.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
ETIQUETTE AT THE BANKS.
Boston People Make tho Life of thu
 Teller an Easy One.

It would seem that most of the mem- bers of the large business concerns of our proud city understand to degree the term "bank etiquette" as though they had basked in its element life time and had been taught from child hood to understand its legitimate mean Ing. They arrange their deposits with method the most satisfactory imagin- able to the bank clerk, a delight to be- hold. This regularity, while it dis tinctly shows the training of a thor ough business man, is attended with little or no effort on their part, but it means to the bank clerks the saving of an infinite amount of hard, trying labor This method consists of placing all the bills, clean or ragged, of the larger denominations together on the top of whatever size package they chose to make, keeping the one and two dol lar bills strictly to the bottom. Thus the clerk can, with little difficulty. make rapid headway through his arduous These deposits are meat to the eyes of the tellers on ordinary days, but more especially so on heavy days. when they have all they can do to finish up by six o'clock.
 It is interesting to note the marvellous rapidity with which an expert goes through the bills, counting, sorting. straightening and proving, all at the same time. You observe that oftentimes he abruptly throws out certain bill across the desk, far apart from the rest, with "There!" most strongly em- phasized, and immediately spurs up to resume his usual place, not the least disconcerted. The uninitiated is struck mute by the sudden exclamation. starts nervously and stares blankly at the man whom he supposes to have been bitten by an invisible scorpion or reptile. Closer scrutiny proves this particular bill to be a counterfeit. though it has taken the outsider fully l5 minutes to distinguish between it and the genu- inc bill, much to the disgust of the cx- pert, who, at single glance, detected it, going as he was at the rate of mile a minute, and discarded it as quickly ns though it burned him.-Boston Tran script.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
A Fatal Admission.

The earnest-looking man in the hotel office laid down his paper. He had been reading of lynching, and there was a fine glow of indignation on his face- Human lifc," said he to the man next to him, "is held at too cheap rate too cheap a rate, sir"
 "Right you are, my friend-right you arc," said the other man, in tones of eager acquiescence. Here you can go and put $5,OO0, $1O,O0O or s2O,0OO on your life in our company at rates SO cheap that I almost blush to mention them to you. Allow me-" he continued, digging into his pockets, and bringing out a handful of circulars, ito offer you a few leaflets which will elucidate-"
 But the earnest man was fleeing at that very moment.-Cincinnati En- quirer.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
HUMOROUS.

Indignant Butcher-"That dog of yours has been getting into my saus- ages" Pointer-"Well, he seems to know his place. Statesman.
 -"Papa, why do they cali language the mother tongue"" Because tho father so seldom gets chance to use it."-Chicago Record.
 An Effective Disguise.-"They say Bassy's girl did not recognize him when he called the other night" "No. He wore his bicycle face."-Detroit Free Press.
 Nearing the Goal.-"Your husband seems to be making money" "Yes; he says that by next summer he will be rich enough for somebody in the family to have hay fever."-Chicagc Record.
 -Gentleman-"My lad, can you di- rect me to the Bank of England?" Shoe- black with whitening scorn)-'Ga on; do yer fink I should be doing this if was a bank firector?"-World's Comic.
 Mir. Point Breeze-"Young Home. wood is always relating anecdotes, and they are invariably poor ones." Mir. Frankstown--"Yes; Homewood has a good many poor relations. Pitts burgh Chronicle.
 --"In reply to your inquiry ns to ho,niny words there are in Natures Cereal Story" wrote the country editor to his correspondent, i've confess, with $ rye face, that we are fairly corn-ered." N. Y. Tribune.
 --Wiggles--"Well, did you make him take his words back as you said yon we're going to do?" Waggles-"Yes, he took them back, but he used them over again more emphatically than he did before."-Somerville Journal.
 Powerful Competition. Young man." said her father. T think you are straightforward, energetic person, and I should not object to you in the slightest as son-in-law. However, my daughters wishes in such a matter must be consulted" Do you not think that she will eventually return my de- votion?" "very likely. BEt you must give her time. She has just bought a rev bicycle, you know."-Washington Cfor
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
LARGEST AND SMALLEST BOOKS
4 Buddhist Codex and German Lexicoo
 of Conversation.

of Conversation.
 Prof. Max Muller, of Oxford, in re- cent lecture, has called attention to tho largest book in the world, the wonder ful "Kutho Daw." It consists of 729 parts in the shape of white marble plates, covered with inscriptions, each plate built over with temple of brick. It is found near the old priest city of Mandalay, in Burma, and this temple city, of more than 700 pagolas, virtual ly makes up this monster book, the re- ligous codex of the Buddhists. In ac- cordance with the three parts of which it is composed, generally called in fig urative sense baskets" (pitaka), the whole is often termed "the three bas- kets" (tripataka), and constitutes li7 brary larger than the Bible end Koran together. As the Jews figured out that the Old Testament contained 59,493 words and 2,72S, 100 letters, so the Buddhist priests have computed that the "Tripitaka" contains 275,25o stanzaa and s,s0S,000 syllables. This monster book is written in Pali. Rather strange to say, it is not an ancient production, but its preparation was prompted by the Buddhistic piety of this century. 1t was erected in 1857 by the command of M;ndomin, the second of the last kings of Burma. As the influence of the tropical climate has already marred the inscriptions. British official, Mfr. Ferrars, proposes to have these 729 plates carefully photographed, and asked that the government, or some friend of science able to do so, mako provisions for this. Prof. Muller urges that this be done in order to preserva at least the pictures of this unique tenn fle city book.
 A noteworthy contrast is furnished hy a recent German literary journal describing what is probably the small- est book in the world. This is a "Kon- versa.ionslexicon." published in Berlin. and prepared by Daniel Sanders. The volume occupies the space of only six cubic centimeters (.366 cubic inch), al- though it is claimed to contain IFS, ,000 words.-Literary Digest.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

---Archbishop Machray, of Ruperts Lard, and primate of the Anglicanl church in Cannda, is said to be the tall- est bishop in the world.
 --Frenchmen living in London have petitioned the minister of public in- struction to establish there French government lycee, and it is believed thas the petition will be granted.
 By the burning down of the exhibs- ton buildings at Montpelier. Francey the town lost part of its archives, in cluding the bull of Pope Urban V. creat- ing the university, and the originaE plans of the cathedral.
 Capt. Blanche Cox, of the salvation Army, has started a new movement cavalry brigade and bicycle corps composed of Salvation Army sisters, one. mnn being taken along to do the rough work. The party has started from Baita- more for tour through the south.
 Prof. c. P. Wilcox, of the chair of modern languages in the University of Georgia, who has just died in his 74th year, was regarded as one of the most scholarly men in Georgia. He was . graduate of Yale, had travelled exten- sively in Europe and spoke several lau- guages.
 -Ayerst Hostel, at Cambridge, Q building which will accommodate 20 students and which is surrounded by an acre and half of ground, has been bought by the duke of Norfolk for the use of Roman Catholic theological stu dents who may wish to study at the university.
 In an article in the Zukunft on tls0 relation between religion and crime. Prof. Lombroso says: The religions which serve as a check to crime are those whose controlling force is a pas sion for morality and those that aro quite new; the ethical influence of the rest is not greater than that of athe- ism"
 Among those who will lecture at tho Peabody institute of Baltimore during the coming winter are Charles Dudley Warner, Dr. Schauffler, Dr. Selah Mer- Till, Profs. Young, of Princeton; Hale. of Kenwood observatory in the Chicago university; Keeler, of the Allegheny ob- servatory; Michaelson, of the Chicago university; Trowbridge, of Harvard university, and Profs. Rowland and Ames, of the Johns Hopkins university E. II. Blashfield, Ripley Hitchcock, and Prof. Ware, of Columbia university, will lecture on art.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
Files on ShipbOard.

Among the things that furnish occu- patton for the eyes and minds of trans- Atlantic voyagers are the house flies which accompany the great steamships from one side of the ocean to the other. In fine, sunshiny weather the flies buzz cheerfully about sheltered places on the decks, and when the wind blows high they take refuge in the cabins and ss- looms. The flies often remain with the ship while in port and return with her on her next trip, thus crossing the ocean several times in succession, and perhaps spending the entire season at sea.-N. Y. Sun.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22

his willy face with a tender, thoughtful light in her limpid eyes.
 Il am dying to know about this thing they call love-" she said. "We are st, ignorant in convent. We know only the name. There was book called 'Trilby,' we hid under our beds, that they say would have taught us great deal. But Sister Angele found it, and they said she burnt it with fire that flashed from her eyes. Mir. Dexter, will you tell me what love is?"
 Presently; want to hear you tall, now."
 Daisy flushed rosy red. and Dexter hooked the scissors over his thumbs. It was entrancing to see this beautiful bud unfolding before his very eyes.
 She told him about the convent; how they said their prayers and asked Heaven to protect them; how the dear sisters ignore such world-minded things as gladden. the heart of women; but her own soul was filled with yearning for domestic tenderness, and she longed to be like real, everyday people and learn everything and help to do her part in the world, she was very fond of chil- dren; she clasped her hands in her ear nestness and tears filled the blue depths of her eyes.
 And Dexter, like an ancient war horse, hearing the sound of the trumpet, warmed up to the occasion.
 Ha oava fha raiv tp n VI thu p, { that surged in his mind. Was not such a chapter needed to soften his steel-cut story?
 He narrowed his mind and raked his brain for tender, fanciful language to paint Dan Cupid. He got "Romeo and Juliet" and ranted as much as he could without peeping in the book.
 "How beautiful!" cried Daisy.
 He got Tennyson and read until his voice grew hoarse, and Daisy still mur- mured: "Beautiful-oh, how beauti. full"
 She wanted to hear more about love.
 Dexter made bold resolve. He knew little song that his sister had taught him ages ago-onc only-and he had worked himself up to so wild and reck- less pitch that he went to the piano and thumped out some sort of accom- paniment to:
 'I love thee, I love thee!
 swear by the stars above thee"' and sang six verses of it with a chorus each time.
 Daisy sat in q trance and murmured
 "Beautiful-oh, but you do make such beautiful music!"
 Suddenly he looked at his watch and found that hours had been consumed in this pathos. He sprang up to go.
 "Oh, thank you!" cried Daisy. "Iwill think over all the beautiful words you have said. l could never have dreamed it all."
 "You dear little dimpled darling" thought Dexter. and ne could scarcely refrain from saying it aloud.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
4 MURoERsR'S LAST MEAL.
The Condemned Ia Allowed to Order Spe
 clal Dishes.

cIal Dishes.
 It is pretty generally accepted be- lief that q condemned murderer eays a hearty breakfast just before he sits down in the death chair. Officials of the state prison at Sing Sing say that while it has been so claimed by those who were with the doomed persons in their last hours, the fact is that it is sell dom a man awaiting death asks for any particular food for his last meal and that, as Q rule, the meal is but spuringly eaten.
 Condemned murderers are accorded many privileges which are denied to those convicted of other crimes. But burglars, highwaymen, incendidries and defaulters consider the end of tho n,ur- derer and never envy the short com forts granted the latter.
 Murderers, on their arrival at q state prison, arc placed in what are kbcwn as the "condemned cells" These are strong iron cages. The occupants are not required to perform any labor. They are allowed tc exercise in narrow corridor for one hour daily and must pass the remainder of the time in their cells. They are put on special ratirns for the time of sentence and can order what they want.
 Their meals are prepared in the los pita!, and the bill includes fruit In abundance, roast beef, ham and eggs, mutton stew, lamb, eggs in all styles, fish, pudding, good coffee and tea. Af!er nn appeal has been decided and sentence reimposed the doomed persons are fed from the warden's table.-N. I. World.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
I I.

Once at his desk, he tore down from her stilts his wooden heroine. while the fever was hot within him. while the fire burned.
 "But what the dickens did she mean by so mulch blushing?" he continually asked himself. And she was afraid afraid I'd never notice her. Poor little thing!"
 He smiled until his mouth ached. He never wrote with such enthusiasm before. He even let in a verse of the song he had sung.
 'Shc says I sang it beautifully" he murnured. and hummed softly the re- frain, "l love thee"
 Day after day Dexter found sweet Daisy with the thimble and ruffle. stitching away, and equally ready to talk or to listen-the incarnation of youth and womanliDess. She always greeted him with that smiling, rosy blush.
 But what the deuce does she blush ahout?" he asked himself over and over, and was always on the watch and striving to sol"e the mystery.
 MT. Dexter she once told him, "I don't believe forget word you ever tell me. Oh, am going to astonish you some day--see if don't"-and she spread her pretty hands over her burn ing face.
 Dexter stepped about" as lively as n young boy. He took Daisy driving, and his friend, meeting him, sly look passed between them.
 But letter came for Daisy: she was called home-all the way to Texas. and she showed openly that it grieved her to the core.
 Just when am doing so well," she pouted, "and so happy and content"
 Dexter really blushed himself-the first time in Is years.
 "rhere is something I will have to hurry up, MT. Dexter; I have made up my mind to ask you to--I mean want you to tell me-show me-exactly how they act when they are truly in love. have a secret reason-I--"
 When Dexter's tanned countenance showed color, Daisy's famed scarlet.
 "Oh, have l said what should not? am sure don't know. Please excuse my ignorance"
 But Dexter, declaring there was noth- ing to excuse, cantered off like q young colt into the fields of romance, and ut- tered all manner of sweet and foolish sentiments. ... ....
 "Ah!" she sighed, you are so good! I believe I am really learning. What a help you are 10 me! Sister Hetty said I might talk to you exactly like-as if you were my gr-"
 "Lover," Dexter interposed; really I am not far off; Daisy, you have taken me by storm"
 She looked at him with dreamy eyes, and said, almost whispering:
 q have secret to confess to you, Mr. Dexter"
 Dexter was so frightened that he lit- erally trembled.
 q can't muster courage yet; but you shall know tomorrow. It is-about- about yourself" and she ran out of the room.
 "Well, I'll be shot!" he ejaculated. He grew hot and cold; he seized a pen, but couldn't frame word. What se- cret was this lovely, unsophisticated darling going to tell to him, with her
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
A Dilemma.

Bildus-Now that you have achieved fame and fortune by years of labor, Mir. Bondley, why don't you marry and take some comfort in your declining years?
 Bondley-Well, to tell the truth, I don't like old women.
 Bildus--Why not marry a young woman, then?
 Bondley-Ah-but they don't like ol< men.-lIay City Chat.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
In washing anything made of

In washing anything made of chamois skins use warm water with q little ammonia in it. Wash by rubbing between the fingers, but do not wiring the channels. Press it between the palms of the hands and take out the water and lang before the fire or in the hot sun to dry quickly, rubbing anl pulling the article into proper shape every few mos ments to prevent the skin drying hard and sti6.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
Fully Occupied.

"Well, Charlie," said his aunt, as she met him on his return from the sum- mer hotel, what did you do with your self all summer?"
 "Oh, was losin' my hat about half the time," said Charlie.
 "Indeed! And what did you do the other half?" 'S,-
 "Oh, spent that lookin' for my hat. 1" -Harper's Round Table.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
Indian Troops in the soudan.

The cost of sending Indian troops to the Soudan will be about $750,OO0. Up to the present time 3,725 Indian troopa have arrived at Suakim, with s21 horses. 1es mules and provisions for three months. It is understood that no mora troops will be sent from India to Su- akim until the middle of September.- Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
A Curious Loan.

A man in London is making lot o4 money by lending out a s1,0oo Bank of England note for swell weddings. to be exhibited as the gift of the bride's father. A man is sent along to watch the note. and can be made very useful in exhibiting the presents.-S Fran cisco Chronicle.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
He Had Forgotten.

"Deacon, there certainly was water in that milk you sold us this morning."
 "Muster been from that big yaller COW that fell inter tn creek. Forgot all about that."-Detroit Free Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-13

unknown except to & few interested ones, is the establishment in Chicago of the first of a series of buildings which shall make up the Woman's National Temperance hospital am not free to tell you the location until the deed for the ground has been olinched, but the ground is practically secured, and the necessary $50. 1000 for the building is being raised in and out of Chicago, for it is to be. of course, national hospital.
 "There is such hospital on the North Side, which is but fortetaste of what we hope to accomplish in our series of structures. There is only one other of the kind in the world, and that is in London. The new hospital in Chicago. as was the old, is to be strictly nonsec- tarian as to schools. Among the women particularly interested are Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson, chief of staff at the present hospital; Mrs. M. M. Hobbs and Mrs. Calista Bigelow. "-Chicago Trib- me-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-13
JACK RABBIT CANDIDATE.
Senator WiIcockson Claims the Title Earn
 ed by Vandivert.

Senator Wiicockson Claims the Title Earn
 ed by Vandivert.
 State Senator K. E. Wilcockson of Oakley, Logan county, Kan, command ed jack rabbit hunt out in his county recently, in which many farmers of two counties took part. The hunters formed circle of several miles in circumfer- snce, the men being 2b feet apart, and at the discharge of pistol marched to- ward a common center.
 When they came together, shoulder tc shoulder, the inclosure formed by their bodies embraced about five acres, in which. after the slaughter by clubs. were strewn the bodies of 5.126 jack rabbits, 13 coyotes and 1 lynx. This excels i'll numbers the catch of the chase led by Sam Vandivert of Edwards coun- ty, the jack rabbit region s candidate for United States senator last winter, when less than 4, 900 were killed.
 MT. Wiloockson therefore claims the right to run for United States senator as the jack rabbit candidate. Chicago Times Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-13

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