Arizona republican., 1897-12-05
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A remarkable case is made public of the determination and systema tic perseverance of an old COW down in Georgia to accomplish a miracle, with ultimate success. If the whale that swallowed Jonah had been as wise as this COW she would likely not have had to vcmit him up on the sand from whence he tGudged off Ito Ninevah and blabbed her timer secrets to the world. This is the story of the cow: MT Reuben Smith, who runs a beef market on Ridley street, LaGrange, killed a COW last week, and in the cows stomach he found the following g articles: Six shingle nails, three horseshoe nails, dhree barbed wire staples, one brass medal, on which was stamped the picture of Grover Cleveland. These things follow in log ical sequence. First, Ithe stomach gets used to shingle nails, then comes the desire for tougher diet and the stomach has to be fed on barbed wire staples. And then comes the last stage of stomach debauchery and after eating barbed wire staples con- stantly for five or six months the stomach gets so it can even retain a brass picture of Grover Cleveland. But that is the last stage. Few stomachs go that far. MT. Smith did right in killing the COW.
 Dickens's "Pickwick Papers" have 1 delighted millions of readers during i the past half century, but it has ap- parently remained for recent reader 1 to detect two or three amusing bun ders, CT inconsistencies, that have i gone through hundreds of editions For instance, during the rock shoot ing at Dingley Bell, it is recorded that the immortal Fat Boy, Laughed as he retired with the bird" In-ohap ter LIV, when the corpulent youtf stumbled upon the love making be tween his young mistress and the DO eIuic SnOdgrass, and had been bribet to silence with half crowns, ont reads, Che burst into a hoarse laugl for the first and only time in his ex istence." Again when the reader i. introduced ito fussy little Mr. Petel Magnus, he is surveying the world ! through his blue spectacl'es, while af the end of the unfortunate episode O. the middle aged lady in curl paper. he dashed off his green spectacles. These are amusing trif1es, but they serve to show that novelislts car make mistakes just like ordinary people.
 A young mining engineer in Tue son recently sent his sister in Colo rado Springs handsome present. a necklace of artificial flowers, se rare in form and color that their like ness does not probably exist, at leas outside this territory. Accompanying the gift was description of it's com ponent parts, which were put togeth CT by a civilized Navajo Indian though the chemical preparation O. the materials, which are chiefly rat tlesnake fangs, the legs of centipede. and the scales of Gila monsters, wa! the work of the engineer. Subjected to solution of sulphuric acid, tht fangs became an ivory white and wer, used as stamenS, the legs turned to translucent yellow were encircled int petals, while the greenish scale formed sepals and buds. Into the hol low fangs and legs were injected scar let and blue mineral oxides-the tint showing through. The flowers ar, connected by little links of virgin gold. After some natural hesitation the lady has decided to wear it.
 They were talking of Turkish bath at one of the hotels the other night and one oI the members related tn, following as the queerest incident il that connection he had ever wit