Arizona republican., 1898-08-06
THIS BUSY WORLD.

A tifcial harbor in the world.
 Among the Chinese a coffin is con- sidered - neat and appropriate present fer an aged person, especially if 1n bad health.
 The greatest height ever reached fn balloon was 6,160 feet. Two of the three aeronauts who made this ascent were suffOcated.
 The grape cure, which is popular ir southern Europe, was advocated en- enthusiastically by medical writers as early as the tenth century.
 Sarasate, the famous violinist, is a l Spaniard. He claims that his won derful command of his instrument is due to the fact that he has averaged in practice six hours day ever since he was 12 years of age.
 So accurate is the range finder on American ships that in a recent test with two shots the projectiles fell within thirty yards of each other at a distance of twelve miles. Both would have hit the hull of a ship far ther than the unaided eye could reach.
 The Tailor and Cutter severely criti- cizes the money classes of Leeds. The citizens of Leeds dress SO cheaply that men in London with only one-eighth of their income, nay. the very clerk earning his e2 week." will spend more upon clothes.
 1 Soldiers of the British army are re- polcing over an order recently issued by Lord Woolseley to abolish the use of heavy headgear on field days and ir hot weather. The full headdress will hereafter be- worn only during reviews and when the men are on guard. At Henley they are thinking of de-
 barring all foreign entries for the races. Though Ten Eyck's entry has i been refused. Dr. McDowe1l of Chicago i is again competitor for the diamond souls, and some German rowers have sent in their names.
 Apia, in Samoa, has been holding a cricket match for the benefit of the church that has lasted three months. tators. but any one who chooses can bat on paying shilling, and when he is bowled out can go in again on pay ing once more.
 Thirty-three years ago J. A. Sellers of South Carolina enlisted from Ches- terfield in company D, under M C. Butler. A few days ago J. A. Sellers Jr., his son, enlisted from the same place in company D, under the same man, Butler. who is now General But Ter of the United States army: The prince of Wales has taken a great fancy to pretty villa at Cannes belonging to Comte St. Priest, and ar engagements will probably be made so that his royal highness may become the owner. The malsonnette is of very modest dimensions. but charm ingly situated and commanding lovely views. English dock yard officials are crcwing because the three cruisers Of the Talbot type built in government yards have cost from e1200O to e15- 0G0 less than the estimates of e2SS,- DOC each. Six other vessels of the same class built in private yards, how ever, cost e252,700 on the average.
 A mans fame reaches his birthplace
 without any unnecessary delay. The old house in Niles, Mich, wherein General Shafter was born, is now be- | ing sold by the shingle and the splin-
 ter to souvenir hunters. According to the shingle quotations, the general
 ranks, in Michigan, with Wellington Napoleon, Grant and Alger as a mil itary genius.
 Rumor in New York says that young
 Dewey, whose earnings average $20 a
 month, was offered ten times that much if he would sign his name to ar
 ticles written by another person and
 which were designed for the pages of
 local daily. Needless to say the son
 of a father like Dewey was not beguil-
 ed into dishonesty by the trick of an
 indiscriminating editor.
 In speaking of incongruities in no-
 menclature, the New York Times in- stances a puffing, blowing, crunching
 steam roller that tolls up and down the
 streets of Rochester, bearing on its
 boiler iron breast the single word
 ''Tennyson. An equally curious mis-
 homer is painted on the side of big dredging scow which scoops up mud ir
 Gotham's harbor, "The Monroe Doe
 trine."