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knew the creature and its name, and some
Of them related strange stories concerning

knew the creature and its name, and some
Of them related strange stories concerning
its habits.
The drawings used In illustrating this ar
ticle were taken from life. In his general
appearance the fkanda is like miniature
bear. 1t is from this fact that the name
"arctocebus' has been conferred upon him.
Every movement is exactly like that of
bear; the ears, nose and tail are also like
those Of q bear. The eyes are large ex-
tremely convex and protruding; they are
round, like the eyes of lemur and are
well adapted to the owners nocturnal hab-
its; they are not clear or pronounced in
color, but have bazy smoky look. The
teeth are small and white, and the crea-
ture is not averse to using them in a very
spiteful way. The CANNES are comical; the
incisors look like those of human being,
except in size.
Peculiar Hands and Feet.
The most singular physical features are
the hands and feet, which are shown in
the drawings. The hand is a perfect hu-
man hand III every respect except the
want of an index finger. At the end of the
metacarpal bone, where the first finger
joins the hand. it looks exactly as If the
finger had been amputated In a most skill
ful manner, leaving no scar or mark The
thumb is quite perfect and normal in size.
The great toe projects from the side of
the foot; but the angle between 1t and
the others is very much wider than it Is in
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captor behind the bars will hold him until
the hunters come to slay him. They say
that there is less danger Of the leopard
getting away from the ikanda than there
Is OF his breaking out Of the strongest trap
escape. the tighter he is held. So the ma
tive hunter approaches without fear, and
kills him.
cannot vouch for the truth of this state
rent; but while 1t is singular, 1t NAV be
founded In fact. One thing that makes me
Inclined to give 1t credit Is that it came to
me from several different sources. In the
several accounts the details varied. but
the substance of the story was always the
same. IN my own experience I can say
with certainty that have never seen anv
eMmai which possessed such q powerful
grasp In proportion to its Size 1 have ire
Quentiy tried to take a small stick awav
from him and could not do so by pulling
et II. TO be sure, I never dared exert ali
my strength lest I should injure the AMI
maj; but the natives have often declared
knat could pull the creature apart before
could break his grasp. r. L. GARNER.
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the foot of a monkey. In fact, the thumb
IL almost at a right angle to the sides of
the foot. The other four toes are in line
like those Of 6. human foot, but the first of
them, which corresponds to the second toe
In n man, Is armed with a long, sharp
black claw, as may be seen In the picture
The other tees have perfect nails like those
Of the human foot. The instep is higher
than that of monkeys or apes in general
A remarkable trait Of this animal is the
immense grasping power of the foot The
hand possesses great prehensile power, but
u is not to be compared with that of the
foot. Ikanda, the native name, Is also ap-
t1ied to a niiser. and means 1.-The grasper."
The body is covered with a dense growth
81 soft hair. almost like fur. 1t IL dark
brown in color, but somewhat lighter on
ths under side Of the body. The nose Is
Quite bare and very black.
have never seen one Of these animals
N the adult state, but apparently they
grow to be fourteen or fifteen inches In
length. The specimen had was only eight
fr nine inches long. The body 10 relatively
1eavy, and the limbs are short
The ikanda Is nocturnal In habit Dur
Hg the day he rarely stirs, unless dis
lorbed: but the natives say that he Sleeps
Xfth his eyes OPEN" by which they mean
" convey the idea that he y Watohful and
3SSt ! am inclined to doubt thia for he
S14 not dee at the approach Of harm. Il
&e has occasion to move about Curing the
~ hi motion II very olpW and doIibeR.
IT.; Ct night. however, 10 noV0s NTH q
3ooeo more speed
Some of TAsa1 AAhatA
h0o aleepinr they ~rnnsA - ~ A~rA -
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SLIPS In SPEECH.
Rad Breaks Are Often the Cause o1
Quiet HumOr.


Quiet Humor.
From the New York Dispatch
In the hurry OF speech and tho anxiety q
be polite one IL very often liable to slips Of
the tongue which may put an entirely 6if.
ferent construction upon the sentence than
was intended. For example, upon arriving
at your entertainers house. you say: Il be4
q thousand pardons for coming late" and
are mot by your hostess with the words,
My dear sir. no pardons are needed; you
can never come too late"
Take another instance. At an evening
party in Cork q lady said to her partner
''can you tell me who that excsedinsly
plain man lie sitting opposite to usT' THAT
u my brother" ''Oh, beg your pardon"
she replied, much confused. Il did not
notice the resemblance"
That was certainly putting ones foot In
1t. and yet. perhaps. was not so awkward
as the following: After a certain concert Q
well-known German cantatrtce asked Q
gentleman to whom she had been introduce
chGrminsly. madam. But why do you ss.
lect such q horrtd piece OF muster ''SiA
that was written by my late husbandF'
"Ah. yes. Of course. I did not mean But
with your" "Ach himmel. that is my pres.
ent husbandr'
A lady said something the other day At Q
friends dinner that found a mark the
strangers present, and in response to q re-
mark made about q certain lady Of q cers
tain age the fair guest in question ex-
claimed: why. good gracious! she is al
old as the hills!' and could not imagine
In the least what had caused the general
CONSERVATION. She did q little later. howr
ever. when 1t was explained to her that
two maiden sisters at the table, whose
names she did not catch In the Introduce
ton. were called Hill and were extremely
sensitive on the subject OF age.
Here. my dear husband" said a loving
vile. II have brought you a little silver
pig for luck. It's charm, you know, dear.
to bring happiness to a house."
"Ah. how kind of you. darling! But why
should need little pig to bring me luck
when I have you still?"
An awkward compliment recently rather
disturbed the harmony of wedding break
fast given by a substantial farmer blessed
with five daughters. the eldest being the
bride. A neighboring young farmer, who
" as honored with an invitation, thinking,
no doubt, he ought to say something smart
and complimentary upon the event. adj
dressing the bridegroom, said: We'll, you
have got the pick OF the batch" The
countenances of the four unmarried ones
may be imagined.
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clination." will always disinherit the I'M
fortunates who have fiourished too gener-
ously. The family means the family
property, and it is not to be cut up. With
each marriage 1t is to be increased; and
the having of children means simply the
carrying on of the family fortune in safe
and not too numerous hands.
This principle, which is at the bottom Of
all French life, is responsible not only for
the present depopulation of France. but for
nearly all the peculiar phenomena of the
hundred years the "bourgeoisie'' or middle
class has done its best to adopt the social
principle Of the aristocracy, whose place 1t
conquered in the great revolution. until
family and arrange alliances Ring,
happy Easter wedding bells! The parents
are satisfied, and the children know no
better.
In the Hands of the Parents.
French law does everything it can to
place marriage in the hands of parents and
out Of the hands of the contracting young
people. The written consent Of parents is
essential to marriage in France until the
man is twenty-five. Without such docu-
ments no mayor will consider an applica-
ton. More than this, until the young man
has reached his thirtieth year, and until
the girl Is twenty-five. they must commence
law suit against any one of their four
parents who continues to object. This law
suit. which has the name of respectful
summons" consists of three formal acts Of
summons, made at intervals of a month;
each act must be witnessed by two notaries
served. returned, indorsed and registered;
each one is capable of serving as a basis
Of interrogatories and disputes of fact
whose end may be in trial by jury or the
endless windings Of pleadings and adjourn
ments; and II the parents of either party,
or even one of them, choose to further
complicate the matter by lodging service
adroitly, there appears to be no remedy ex-
cept an appeal to the president of the re-
public.
This is not the only case in which tn :,
president has power to interfere in mar
riages all over France. The lowest age at
which marriage may be contracted with
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Catching Whales in a Net.
From Pearson's Weekly.

From Persons Weekly.
In New Zealand the old-fashioned meth
DDS in use in most other whale fisheries
have been abandoned in favor Of nets,
which are now used for the capture Of
these leviathans Of the sea. The nets are
made Of two-inch MANILA rope, and are SO
constructed that galvanized iron rings take
the place of the knots in the ordinary nets.
The mesh is q six-foot one. and the ropes
forming it are spliced into the rings. The
nets are made In six sections. each ten
fathoms square, with two ten-gallon bar
rels as floats to each section.
When setting the net the sections are
Joined together with line Just strong
enough to bear the ordinary strain to
which they are liable to be subjected, so
hat when whale gets meshed he tears
away the section In which he il fast. While
he is trying to get rid Of the net the whale
boats, which are always waiting. dart
alongside and he IL harpooned.
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In the Denti.t,. oh.,.

1som d. Boston TtanDeripA
Fuddy-''of al the dentists ever had At
WORK On my teeth. there's none HE 10
wen - Dr. Forosps."
ta1ksr."
tuodyEThats Just It. The agoniee pa-
9ento su8er from the DOCTORS 3aWD oeiaea
them 70 quite forget any pain there nay -
n their own 1aWHs
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QUEER LITTLE BEAST
Discovered by Professor Garner in
the Wilds of Africa.
It's CURIOUS 4AMPUqA4ED FINGER"
A Hunting Story Which Was
Told to the Author.
A N E W 8 P E G I E s
It's CURIOUS aAMPUTAFED FINGER"
A N E W sPE G Re s

N THE FORESTS
of Central Africa
there live m a n y
strange creatures,
some Of them as yet
unknown to science.
One Of the most sin
gular of these be-
longs to the Simian
family, but Is very
low down in the
scale. I have a spec
linen. which I kept
in captivity for a
number Of months,
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T Is THE TIME FOR
marriages. The fash
ion remains, despite
the loosening Of re-
hgious 9 e n t 1 ment.
Easter marriages are
supposed to be the
luckiest, the most
appropriate and the
most c o n v e nient.
Everyone knows that
in France young peo-
pie do not marry for
love; but the absence
Of love need not Dre-
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She Was Wrong.

From the Yonken Statesman.
Yeast-''Your landlady says you're BE-
hind with your board
Crimsonbeak-'sWsll. she's dead vronR.
I'm ahead. owe her $46''
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is very young yet, but
there is no denying
its vigor. AS a terri
tory Utah was a
powerful factor in
western affairs, but
statehood developed
mind and muscle to
such an extent that
any unprejudiced OBJ
server must admit
that Of all the many
active trans-Missouri
candidates for capt.
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From Hafpef@0 BakaA-
"How did you sver stop willoushbyas IN
fssnal gas about that new baby Of AiDfs
Introduced him 10 Jubway."
How did that stop itr'
"Jubway'0 just had one himself.N
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Facts, Probabilities and Possibilities
in Utah.
PLENTY OF MINES, FARMS AND CATTLE
The Mormon Question No Longer
:. Prominent.
POLITICAL CONDITIONS

Staf Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
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Young People There Do Not We'd
for Love-
IT Is PURELY A BUSINESS AFFAIR
BY Law Parents Largely Control
Matrimonial Matches.
ORDEAL OF CERTIFICATES

Special Correp ndence of The Evening Star.
PARIS. March 25. 1895.
The Arizona sentinel., 1896-06-13
ARIZONA.

Arizona stands at the threshold of an era of wonderful social and industrial de- velopment There can't be doubt about the fact The dawn for which she has waited so long is breaking at last. There is every promise of day of great pros perity and permanent upbuilding just be- fore her. The impulse of new and ener- gizing hope is visible everywhere among her people, while the cumulative effect of many things, which made but small inn pression as they transpired singly, is now commanding for her full share of atten- tion and interest abroad among home seekers and capitalists.
 4 lively competition has sprung up for the possession of things which have hereto fore gone a-begging for ownership. There is scramble for franchises. Nothing more surely indicates a great industrial awaken ing than this. The rates of interest are falling to moderate figures. Nothing more surely indicates confidence and competition among the money lenders than this. Arizona has reached that climacticer period which every western state has ex. perienced sometime in it's history when, after long and weary struggle and doubt with each side of the balance first up and then down, the clouds of despondency have suddenly rolled away, and sunhurst of energizing hope has thrilled the droop ing spirits of the people to greater anC braver endeavor than before.
 For the last twelve years the subsistence of the great Tombstone boom and the com pletion of two transcontinental lines 0 railroad across her territory-Arizona ha rather dropped out of public attention but in that time she has been quietly ac cumulating a fund of substantial wealtl and a force of moral character whicl qualify her now to rise up and take he destiny in her own hands.
 The population of Arizona is Mexican This is a mistake of great importance iron the moral point.of view. There is but on considerable center of Mexican population in the territory, the city of Tucson, an even there it is not by any means at pres ent the predominating element. It thin it is certain that Arizona has not to-da nearly so large Mexican population a Colorado and not above one-tenth as muc as New Mexico. -"Fitz- Mac," in Denve News.
The Arizona sentinel., 1896-06-13
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 ..Of the.- GOLDEN CROSS MINING COMPANY.

Know all men by these presents: That we. the undersigned have this day volun- tarilv associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and we hereby certify:
 F1RsT-That the names of the incorpora- tors of said corporation are George G. Mullins, Thomas s. Fuller E. c. Fuller, C. l.. Hedges and w. V. Hedges; and the name of said corporation is and shall be the Golden Cross Mining Company; and that the place where its principal business is to be transacted, in the Territory of Arizona, shall be Yuma, in the County of Yuma, Territory of Arizona, and in California in the city of Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles, State of California.
 SECoND.---That the general nature of the business proposed to be transactedis mining and milling for gold and other precious metals, buying and selling and dealing ill mines, buying and selling and dealing in ores and precious metals of every kind, and milling and reducing ores and precious metals so as to extract the gold and other precious metals therefrom, and, further, to do general mining and milling business in ores and precious metals of all kinds.
 THIRD.---That the amount of the capita stock of this corporation shall be ten mil hon ($1O, ,O0O, 0O0O0) dollars divided into on' hundred thousand u00,0O0) shares of tht par value of one hundred ($100.00) dollar each, and same be paid in at the times anC on the conditions required by tn Board o Directors.
 FOURTH. That the time of the commence ment of this corporation shall be the day o which the Articles of Incorporation ar filed for record in the office of the Count Recorder of Yuma County, Territory ( Arizona, and the termination thereof sha be at the explration of twenty five (25 years from the date of commencement.
 FIFTH.-- That the officers and persons b whom the affairs of this corporation are t be conducted are to be five (5) Directors and the times at which they are to be elec ed shall be on the third Tuesday in Marc of each and every year, including the cul rent year of 1896.
 SIxrH.---That the highest amount of in debtedness or liabilities to which the col poration is at any time to subject itself sha not exceed two hundred and fifty thousan dollars.
 SEvENTH.---That the private property the incorporators and stockholders is to exempt from all the debts of the corpori ton.
 In witness wherof, we have hereunto S our hands and seals on this the fourth da of March 1S96
The Arizona sentinel., 1896-06-13
Resources
 of Yuma County.
YUMA COUNTY.

Awhite man first set foot on what is aow Yuma County in I'll. It Is the southwest division of the Territory, and one of the four original counties of the Ter Hitcry. Many great reclamation projects are However on foot, and in few years ex- pect to see Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fcrnia catches of Arizona is that of the aicturesque town of Yuma, which IS snugly situated in the embrace of gentle rolling hills. upon whose crests and sides the modern homes of our superior civilization are crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway to Arizona, the new empire of the West, upon whose undereloped riches the eyes of the country are at present turned, and as such, she is bound to grow and prosper with rapidity that at present can hardly be re- alized. But coupled with her geographi' cal position we find that she is the center ofa country whose agricultural posslblll' ties are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by a soil the fertility of which exceeds that of the delta of the Nile, and wanting only water to become paradise oi bloom. Billions of gallons of that precious fluid have annually gone to waste al Yuma's very doors, but already reaction is taking place and many enterprises art on foot to supply the iife-giving waters O. the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth.
The Arizona sentinel., 1896-06-13

acres now proftless, can be made productive by the construction of irrigatng ditches and there is no investment which assures larger or more permanent returns"
 The foregoing statements are not exaggerated; in fact they fall short of doing justice to this won derful land. PineappeS, dates, almonds and wal nuts will do we'll Strawberries, raspberries, black berries currants gooseberries and all varieties of small fruits can be successfully cultivated. Indeed Yuma County is not only the natural home of the citrus and semi-tropical fruits, as almost every fruit, nut, plant, grain, grass vegetable which eau be produced in either tropic or temperate zone will thrive In it's rich and fertile soils.
The Arizona sentinel., 1896-06-13
State of California, ! ss

State of California, } ss
 County ofLos Angeles. ]
 Before me, George Pomeroy, Notary Public in and for the County of Los Angeles State of California, on this day personally appeared George G. Mullins C. L. Hedges, and w. V. Hedges, known to me to be the persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and they each re spectively acknowledged to me that they ex ecuted the same for the purposes and con sideration therein expressed.
 Given under my hand and seal of office this the 5th day of March, A. D., 1896.
 tSeal) GEORGE POMEROY, Notary Public in and for the County o1
 Los Angeles, State of California.
The Arizona sentinel., 1896-06-13
DESERT LAND, FINAL PROOF...
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, Tucson, Arizona, April, 13, 1896.

ONAASV oAAGhS LAND OrElCEy
 Tucson, Arizona, April, l3, 1896. Notice is hereby given that Nettie Blaisdsll, assigned of James Kyle Of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona has filed notice of intention to make proof on her desert-land claim No. I776, for the W. of NV. and W. of S.w. l, Sec. s4, Tp. S., R ss |. w., c. s. R. M., before the Clerk of the District Court at Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona. on Sasur- day, the g day of May. 1896.
 She names the following witnesses to prove the complete irrigation and reclamation of said land: Charles c. Stowe, Casslus NJ Smith, Frank L Ewing and Charles E. Maynard, all of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona.
 EUGENE J. TRIPPKL, Register.
The Arizona sentinel., 1896-06-13

State of California, 60 County Of San Diego.
 On this 9th day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety six, before me, Will H. Holcomb, County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Superior Court in and for said County, personally appeared Thomas s. Fuller and E. c. Fuller, known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to and who executed the annexed instrument, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein ex- pressed.
 In witness wherof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in the County of San Diego the day and year in this certificate first above written.
 CSeal.) WILL H. HoLcoMB. County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of saic
 Superior Court.
 By CLYDE W. MITCHELL, Deputy.
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ORDINANCE NO. 57.
fin Ordinance Regulating the LOca
 tiOn of Houses of HI. Fame.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Common Council of the village of Yuma, Arizona Territory.

be It ordlaned by the MayOr ana common Council of the village of Yuma, Arizona Territory.
 SECTION l.
 No houses of i'll fame shall be allowed on Jones street nor on the west side of Main street; nor on the east side Of Main street, in said village of Yuma. except in block seven of said village as laid down in Whites Official Survey of said village. Nor shall any prostitute lease, or rent any house on said streets for the purpose of carrying on house of ill-fame. Any vio- lation of this section shall be punished by fine not less that $50 fifty dollars) nor more than $lC0 lone hundred dollars), or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION II. No house of ill-fame shall be allowed on l the corner of any street in said village. Nor shall any prostitute lease, or rent any such house on said street corner for the purpose of carrying on house of prostitu- tion. Any violation of this section shall be punishable as provided for in section of this Ordinance. SECTION III,
 No person shall rent, or lease any house to any person, on said Jones street, or any corner of any street in said village of Yuma or on the East or West side of Main street as set forth in section One hereof. to be used as house of prostitution. Any violation of this secteon shall be punished as provided for in section 1, hereof.
 SECTION ".
 All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby re- pealed.
 SECTION V.
 This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after it's passage and publication in the SENTINEL, a newspaper published in said village of Yuma, for three successive weeks from and after its passage.
 Passed this lst day of June, 1896. 1 R. J. DUNCAN.
 Mayor Village of Yuma. Attest:
 J. H. CARPENTER,
 Village Recorder.