Arizona republican., 1898-01-09
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HIT AND MISS CHAT.

mlgff not enJOy He any Delloi II nS was in possession of all his senses. It is pitiful to watch the gropings of a blind person usually and you might feel sad when looked on this young man who must always walk in earth ly darkness, were it not for his cheery, tuneless whistle, always in dicative of thoughtful content, but more perhaps in this case expressive of concentration of mind on the safe ty of his movements, as he goes appar- ently fearless about the streets, night or day-for what is day or night to him? He has the same inclinations and to certain extent participates in the sports and pastimes of other boys. I have seen him wandering in the al- Ieys in search of empty bottles or whatever else might suit the fancy of a boy, and one day saw him reach into a waste barrel and bring out can filled with some kind of liquid He lSmelled of it but either not knowing, what it was or finding it disagr cable to his nostrils he pulled the cork and Allowed it to run out, then placed it under his arm and walked off-not forgetting the whistle. I have seen him pass gaily down the street on the back of a horse; have seeA him driv- ing delivery wagon; yes, and I have |seen him play ball., In summer he goes about from house to house sell ing ice cream and fruit which he car ries on little wagon. He feels his way with B. slender wand of wire with which he guides himself quickly and aceIGately, and he goes cross-lots, ftffO0gh unfamiliar ways and over ir- Irrigation &tches readily. Indeed, so many remarkable things does this boy do that have no assurance that he will not pick up this paper and read this with his eyes shut
 
 It is a common form of uncommon happenings to read of cases of sus- pended animation where a supposed corpse was brought to life by a shock |. of s~some kind You read of these things oftener perhaps than they real ly occur, but the true and most re- markable case of this kind is in Mis- souri. Paul Pelkey of Fillmore is still living, and is one hundred and two yeaSilnoa He took sick and d.ed
 9ears ago, was dressed in grave kelothes, and was placed in a coffin in an upstairs room at his home The funeral was ready to start, and the stairs were very narrow and old fashioned, and but two men could handle the coffin They started down the stairway with the coffin, and one of the men slipped, and down went
 i'm, bumpty bump. It broke
 hd the corpse sat up and rubbed
 les and asked for a drink of
 and Paul Pelkey's funeral was
 Off indefinitely and has not since
 announced, and it is said is not
 Ely to be for some time to come.
 A rural Georgia citizen, having been slandered by one of his brethren in the faith, vents his feelings in an open letter to the public, as follows: Too the Publick, About a Sander some man, which his name is well known: I forbair to Denounce the sneekin devile as he Deserves. bsin a Chrystin, an follerin the Golden Rule, though a Free Silver Man in roliticks. But want to say, if He sed Sister Molly Higgins sed that the Preecher sed that sed Heethen Mis- slons mout be dam, he is a Lier in Frayer meetin an endurin' Church, an l kin whip Him with one Hand tyed benin my back-weekday, or Sunday" 
 The demonstration that the stomach
 not H vital organ by its removal unoer a recent surgical operation while the health of the patient sub 1ected to it was improved, is the oc- casion of wide comment. Life was < prolonged in this case, but I am in- Ncnned to think it premature to regard ! Vt as established that man can do without a stomach for any consider able length of time. It remains to seen what complications may vet Rse from it's loss in the present case
 the practice of excision of the
 Rach is demonstrated to be so safe
 become general as surgical op-
 p, it will improve the gayety
 Tiduals, if not of nations. Whaa
 \pt man Thomas Carlyle might
 in literature without his
 The bad temper of many 40n and women finds its seat in thai \organ. We should take a long ste1 Howard the millennium if the disease Sf dyspepsia were overcome But i won't do to be sanguine that it is tt be. 1 am much inclined to the belle that the stomach will be found in tn, end to be an essential, if not, strictl, speaking, a vital organ. Nature which, it Is admitted, makes no mis takes, is rot yet to be charged witt having created superf1uous stomachs
 
 The sleep of human being, if W, are not too busy to attend to the maj ter, always evokes a certain feeIin. Of awe. Go into a room where person is sleeping, and it is dif1cul to resist the sense that enc is in tn presence of the central mystery o existence. People who remember hog co1s#antly they see old Jones aslee' in the club library will smile at this but look quietly and alone at eve @ old Jones, and the sense of myster will soon develop. It is no good t say that sleep is only moving" be csalse it looks like death The pel son who is breathing so loudly as t take away all thought of death cause