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Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14
MINIATURE SING SING.
The New York Prison. Modelled in AIabaster, to Be Exhibited
 at Paris.

A model of Sing Sing prison has re- gently been made in alabaster by the iu' mates of that institution. The plans were drawn and the material shaped entirely by inmates, and the suc"rss has so far surpassed their fondcsi sNPe' ia' tions that the model will be rNhIh'led al the Paris exposition. The "U'h was begun last November and is JnS' com pleted. A magazine entitled ih" star of Hope" published within the walls describes this marvel of iHgcrGlii All the property of the state lhcloSrd by the prison wall and all it's buildings will be reproduced on scale of one-SiN- teenth of an inch to the square foot,
 Each and every building will be shown just as it stands. completely fur nished; every wire and pipe under ground will be shown and marked 1T used for steam or water; all the outside doors of the different buildings will be made so that they may be opened at will: also. the gates of the prison VIII be opened from the guardhonses i'is' as they are to-day. The tower al the rlSht Inf the warden's house will be shown m detail, and small cannon will be placed in position to mark the recent improve ment made by the present super'nfehd- ent: also, there will be shown on the same scale 603,O72 square feel 'I prop erty, along with the l6 state buildings including the main cellhouse iha' con tains l.2OO cells, and which is 4s2 feet long. One feature of the work will oe the construction of the main Prison building, the cells, of which there are l20o. standing in q solid mass oi stone work. with a guard wall of It's own height, all roofed over. This guard wal contains the windows. and II will oe so arranged that the outer guard wal can be opened. in order that the i.@l' 'ells may be seen in their completeness All ,; the buildings will be made of ana oaster. This Is arrived at after each sec,ion is first modelled in clay. then m plaster of paris. which serves to make ibc glue molds free, and finally III a'a' baster.--N. Y. Sun.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14
MEMS FEET.
The Left Usually a Little the BtEgcr -Sboes, However. Made
 Alike In Size.

The man buying pair of shoes found the right one perfectly comfortable and easy, the left one rather snug, says the New York Sun.
 Its usually so," said the salesman; "the left foot is commonly little big ger than the right foot"
 Why don't you make the left shoe a little bigger. then?" asked the GUS ,c..
 We'll" said the salesman. the dii- ference is usually not great, and 't might not be enough so that it would be noticed in trying on shoes. Ana then it is not so great but what the difference in feeling of the two shoes disappears very soon. And then, too' in some cases the mans right foot IS the larger, the man being righi-footed in this respect as men are sometimes iei'- handed, the reverse of the common habit in the use of their hands. If shoes were commonly made with the left a little bigger than the right. to fit the majority of cases. they'd be worse than ever when you hit a right-fuoted man. So the shoes are made alike in size, a man gets pair that fit him comfortably to start with, and they adapt themselves quickly to any slight differences in the feet"
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14
WON HoNoRs THOUGH BLIND.
Student In the south Carolina College Who surmoanted Many
 Difficulties.

The honors of the commencement exercises at the south Carolina college this year were carried off by John F.. Swearingen. of Edgefield, $. c.. who has been totally blind since he was seven years old, reports the Buffalo l'--- press. Swearingen stood higher than any man since the college was esiab- lished early in the century, In such branches as mathematics and sstron- omy, where the sense of sight would naturally be regardgd as uf the utmost importance, he has achieved cemarka- ble success. One professor says, for instance. that Swearingen answered with two minutes thought a complex mathematical proposition that has moi been answered by another student in the college. He appears 10 have per feet conception of relative positions and distances, and he experiences no difficulty in drawing geometrical fig ures. IL would be interesting to know how much of his present nceptioa of these things is due to knowledge gained consciously or unconsciously be- lore ne became bllnd. H chlln ol seven years generally has pretty good idea of form, though not so gvoi of dis lance. If he were an unusually bright child. as Swearingen probably was, these ideas would be much advanced, while in either case they would he last ing. Swearingen is ambitions, bnl is undecided whether to become min ister or a lawyer. His teachers believe he would adorn either profession.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14
British Vital statistics.

The British Medical Journal. which should be an excellent authority. re- ports that between 1873 and lSS0 the annual marriage rate in Great Britain fell from TIC to 14.2 per l.O00 of the population. Last year it rose to i6.2' The birth rate has been less fortunate. It reached its maximum in 1876, but since that year there has been a steady decline. last year the births being l9 per cent. below the number in ls16. The marriage rate in the agricultural districts is lower than in the manufac- turing districts, and the decline in the rural population is still further in- creased by the enlarged number of re movals into the towns. Is the mother country going the way of France?
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14
Sheriff's S Sale.
No. G17.l

 w. A. WATTS and II. W. BERRYMAN, co-part- ners, doing business under the firm name and title of The ". A. Watts Company, plaintiff, vs. EDWARD II. FoEDERN, defendant Order directing sale of real estate levied upon to satisfy judgment.
 Under and by virtue Of an order of sale is- sued out of the district court of the second judicial district of Arizona. in and for the county of Ga on the 8th day of December 1929 and to me such sherif duly directed and delivered on judgment rendered iu said district conrt in the above entitled acton on the 9th day of December, 1899, for the sum of three hundred and twenty-two and l7.l0O dol lars (s322 ID, and twenty-nine and 20.l0Odollars (2g 2O) costs and disbursements and all accru- ing costs upon the property, which have duly sezed and levied in the manner and form re- auired by law, and described as follows. to-wit:
 All of the undivided one-third interest of the said defendant, Edward II. Fondern. in and to the Yellow Dog mine recorded and more par. ticularly described at page li3, in book 6, Rec oris of Mines of Gila county; all of the undi. yided one-third interest of defendant in and to the Yankey Jumper mire recorded and de scrlbed in book 6, at page 97. Record of Mines of Gila county; and all of the undivided one half interest of said defendant in and to tbe Kansas City mine, recorded and described in book G. at page l5, Records of Mines of Glla county. All of the above described property is situated in Gila county, Arizona territory
 Public notice is hereby given that I will Ut the court house door of the said county of Gila at the hour of II o'clock a. m.. Saturday. the 9th day of January, 1900, sell al public auc- tion to the highest and best bidder for cash in lawfulmoney of the United States. all the right, title and interest of the above named de fendant in, of and to the above described property, or so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy | such judgment, interest and costs of suit and | all accruing costs
 ". T. ARMSTRONG. Sheriff ! By D. S. HERON. Deputy Sherif.
 | Dated December 8, 1899.
 l First publication December i4 1899 it
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14
Salvation Army.

Few people are aware of the large business ramitications of the Salation Army, says the Albuquerque Citizen. During the year 1898 in the city of London, Gen. Booth expended S750,0C0 in maintaining establishments for the benefit of the poor, and furnished fond and shelter for an average of l5,000 persons daily. In this labor 1882 per sons were employed. Among the in- stitutionS so supported were l22 ''shel- ters" for the homeless, 92 homes for fallen women, 12 refuges for dis charged c0nyictS, two homes for waifs and strayS, 53 factories and work shops, 34 labor bureaus of informa- ton, l3 farm colonies, three homes for servants out of employment, two hos pitalS, two poor mems lawyers" for the benefit of those who have no money to pay for legal advice, and one collection bureau, whose duty it is to collect free of cost money owing to persons WhO applied to the society for the assistance. At the same time the Salvation Army was almost self-sup- porting, and of the S750,00O expended as described for the benefit of the plor, S64l.0l5 was repaid by the people who were assisted.
 In the United States last year the Salvation Army maintained total of l2linstitutionS, including 42 shelters for the unemployed, where 5,O73 per sons took refuge during the year, F rescue homes for fallen women, with 320 inmates, two homes for lost chil- dren accommodating 50, F industrial | depotS employing an average of 3I2 persons daily, eight labor bureaus, two inquiry bureaus, two "poor man $ lawyers" one collection bureau, one day nursery and various other charita, ble institutions of a similar sort. Be, sides these the Salvation Army has conducted n large printing office ana 1 several factories to furnish labor fol ! the unemployed.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14
PROFESSIONAL MEN WORK.
Labor Have m Advantage in Hours of Work.

"People who work with their bands. especially farmers. are apt to ,b,nk that professional men have an easy time of it." said a lawyer of this city, re- ports the New Orleans Times Demo crat. Its an amusing mistake. The farmer stops at sunduwn and the ia- borer works ten hours al the outside, The average professional man works from l2 to n hours day in and day out. all the year around. Often, al n piuch, he will work from l6 to 20 hours for several days in succession, and he will work when he is sick or suffering se- we're physical pain, something the man ual toiler wouldn't dream of. Ofcourse he takes short intervals of rest. like everybody else. The human engine isn't capable of absolutely sustained en- deayor for over an hour at a stretch. Watch a day laborer. who seems to he plodding along like machine, and you'll ind that he really rests more than half the time. He locks at some well-dresSed doctor. lawyer, broker, or man of affairs and says to himself: 70, you doggoncd lazy rascal! lryou only had io work like mel The truth is that the chap he enyieS is putting an amount of concentration and coniin- ued energy into his daily toll that would kill the man who works with his hands alone in less than week. l don't mean this as any reflection ou the labOrer, who is also no doubt tlo- ing his level best. l simply mean that the demands on brain production are a third again as severe as the demands on muscle production. For sheer stay ing qualities there is nothing in the world that equals the nervous high strung, frail-looking modern proies- sional man."
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14

That single effort by which we step short in the down-hill path to perdi- tion is itself a greater exer:ion of vir- tue than hundred acts of justice.
 Those relations which describe the tricks and vices of mankind, by in- c9easing our suspicion in life retard our success.
 That melancholy which is excited by objects of pleasure, or inspired by sounds of harmony, soothe the heart instead of corroding it.
 Had but bestowed half the pains in learning trade that l have in learn ing to be scoundrel I might have been a rich man at this day.
 Conscience is coward, and those faults it has not strength to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
 l showed her that books were sweet, unreproaching companions to the miserable, and that if they did not bring us to enjoy life they would at least teach us to endure it.
 The good are joyful and serene, like travellers that are going toward home; the wicked but by intervals happy, like travellers that are going into exile.
 A thorough knowledge of the world, as it is called, or, more properly speak ing, of human nature on the wrong side.
 Providence is, in another aspect, kinder to the poor than to the rich: for, as it thus makes the life after death more desirable, so it smoothes the passage here.
 Providence has given the wretched two advantages over the happy in this life greater felicity in dying, and in heaven all that superiority of pleas. ure which arises from contrast of en- joyment.
 No man is past the hour of amend. ment; every heart lies open to the shafts of reproof, if the archer could but take the proper ann.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14
coreeou. Cheek Books.

One of the New York banks where most of the fashionable ladies keep their accounts issues most gorgeous check books to its depositors. On the cover is the owners monogram, while the checks are printed in gold from ex' auisitely plates.
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14
uo,d,nx Hands.

Mrs. Yungkupple-You used to th'nk it a great privilege once just to ho'd my Mir. yungkupple-And don't l think inst as much of you as ever3
 If you did. you wouldn't oe ""ay a, averv night holding other hands at 'pe ,Lor tnble. Boston Transcript
Arizona silver belt., 1899-12-14

Behr Bros. M sson & Hamlin. Steinway & Sons. Knabe & Co.
 All standard high grade pianos;
 l have sold hundreds of them in
 Arizona the past 17 years, and
 no one evsr heard of one prov
 ing defective. usehr's Waldorf kinIball d Co. smith d Barnes
 Pianos. First class, medium priced
 and fully warranted. second Grade Pianos
 Such as irresponsible agents and
 dealers sell for $300 and $350, at
 SIP to S195 in my store. wrsbbarn. Mason
 Edwiu and Champion Guitars and
 Mandolins, the best in the world
 Violins and Banioes. Regina Music Boscs. At the same price all over the
 United States. Music. strings,
 Trimming and Fohos of Latest Mu-
 SIC. Duet folios for guitar and
 mandolin.
 Don't buy cheap trash from irresponsible travelling men or teachers who sell on commission on large margins. They have not dollar in capital nor a foot of land to back their warranty. After doing the public, like the nomad of the desert,they quietly fold their tents and steal away in the darkness. instruments exchanged and rented, terms easy. gW~Tuning done by only first class artisans HEDFwiLL's WISIC STORE. 224-532 w. Washington St. l PHOENIX. .............A ARIZONA
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-19
SENATOR QUAY's TRIAL.

PHILADELPHIA, April 18.-The de-
Tense had its inning to-day in the trial
or Senator Quay, and made most Of the
opportunity. Expert Accountant Gold
smith, the commemorative witness was
under scorching fire Of cross-examina-
l"n all day. and the result Of it justifes
the opinion that the network of evidence
wrought by the prosecution from the
BOOKS Of the broken bank, tending to
snow senator Quay's guilty PARTICIPATION
Do The unlawful use Of the banks money
was very much shaken by the admissions
the witness was compelled to make un-
der the skillful questioning of Attorney
J.. s. Shields. admittedly the best cross
examiner pracucing at the Philadelphia
bar Nearly all the apparently damaging
entries attached to Senator Quay's name
or account as testified to yesterday were
explained away or greatly modified by the
witness.
Judge Biddle's ruling Of yesterday had
the erect OF confirming testimony tending
to show the existence of a conspiracy be-
tween Quay, Haywood and Hopkins
as charged in the Indictment to the two
years ending November H. 1898. Lawyer
Shields got from the witness the state
ment that if Hopkins had credited Quay's
account with amounts that belonged there
the books would show that at the begin
ming or the alleged conspiracy, November
y, 1896 the Senator owed the bank only
bZ5b instead OF over $4,000 as is alleged.
Toward the close Of the days proceed
ings Mr.. Shields asked Goldsmith some
questions which indicated that the de-
Tense is about to attempt to prove it's
contention that Senator Quay was the
victim OF Cashier Hopkins, who, they as
cert, used the name and account Of the
Senator without the latter-s knowledge to
cover his own juggling with the bank 5
funds.
Hopkins, they say, appears to have used
fictitious names for loans, presumably TO
Hazon, as well as the name Of Senator
Quay. He had the reputation of being a
heavy Spectator in the stock market, and
the inference is that the defense will at
tempt TO prove that Senator Quay had no
knowledge whatever of the alleged loans
on his account.
While Senator Quay was listening in
tently TO the cross-eXamination Of the
expert a telegram was thrust into his
hand containing the information of the
break in his ranks at Harrisburg. The
Senator carefully adjusted his glasses and
read the dispatch. Then a half frown
came over his features and his face
turned from the witness to the court
room window, out Of which he gazed in a
commemorative manner for several minutes
He made no comment to any Of those
seated near him on the news the telegram
conveyed to him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-19
SAN RAFAEL'S MARRIAGE
BUREAU IN A .FUR0R

SAN RAFAEL, April 1S.-The little
bronze cupid on County Clerk Graham s
desk tumbled off its perch and lost its
head completely to-day, speaking in a
strictly literal sense, as the result of a
long-expected passage at arms between
Justice George Rodden and City Recorder
Edwin Gardner For many moons these
dignified wearers of the ermine have been
at daggers' points over the right of
Gardner to officiate at marriage ceremo-
MES The quarrel eliminated to-day in
a personal encounter which, for brief
period, threw the courthouse into an up
roar.
George Trenouth of Mission San Jose
procured a license to marry Miss Mamie
Bolton of the same place. and Gardner
was to off1ciate at the nuptials Rodden
came into the Clerks office in time to ex-
postulate and explain to the intended
groom that the marriage would be illegal;
He snatched the marriage certificate and
in so doing caused wee Cupd's downfall.
Hot words passed between the two.
Gardner rushed upstairs to consult Dis
trict Attorney McIsaac, closely followed
by Rodden. AS Gardner entered the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-19
SONOMA COUNTY.

SANTA ROSA, April 1S.-This promises
to be the best year in the history of So
noma County. The actual acreage in cul-
tivation last season was S61 ,221. This year
it will easily reach the 100000 mark. Con-
servative estimates place the increased
acreage for the present season over that
of last as follows. Hay and grain, 5000;
oats, 75O; barley, $50; corn, 200; olives, 80;
apples, 200; apricots, 10; cherries, Is;
peaches, 250; pears, 50; prunes, 500; wal
nuts, 100 Roughly speaking, it is thought
that taking everything into consideration
the increase in the number of acres
planted this year will exceed that Of last
by about 10 per cent. Most of the new
apples are being set out in the neighbor-
hood of Fort Ross and the northern coast
sections. Considerable talk is heard re-
garding the planting of sugar beets in the
neighborhood of Bloomfield and Valley
Ford, where potatoes have been a great
staple heretofore. The raising of sugar
beets has never been undertaken extern
siVely here, owing to the fact that no
market was available. 1t is believed that
the increased yield per acre over that OF
last year can safely be placed at about 10
per cent, except in primes. The approx
mate acreage of the principal products
raised in this county last year was as fol-
lows: Wheat, 5000; oats, 1850; barley, 300;
corn, $50; hay 1850; olives, 400; apples,
1000; apricots. 200; cherries, $50; peaches,
25O0 pears, 1900; prunes, 500; walnuts, 400;
eg-Q
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-19

San Pedro The Terminal Railroad
traverses it from end to end. 1t has
become a favorite beach resort. affords
surf and quiet water, and is desirable
for bathing or boating.
The Southern Pacific has long wanted
this resort, but as the Terminal Rail
road owned the land on the island, eX-
cept q strip along the bay there was
no opportunity for Huntington to OBJ
tain a foothold
a year ago the Catalina Yacht Club
obtained from the Terminal people by
deed of gift four lots fronting 100 feet
on the ocean, the club agreeing to use
the land for club purposes only. A
clubhouse was erected, which, owing to
the encroachments of the ocean, was
moved. The club later purchased a
strip Of land 100 feet wide. extending
from the lagoon opposite Wilmington
to the railway. This ground was OBJ
tanned under the expressed stipulation
that it was to be used for wharfage for
the clubs boats and must be used by
the club exclusively. 1t has been ru-
mored for some time that the club was
In financial distress. 1t is stated that
this condition contributed to the sue
cess OF the deal so cleverly manipu-
lated.
The entire landed interests Of the
Catalina Yacht Club were yesterday
transferred for $4,000 to N. J. Foster,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-19
LIQUOR FAMINE
ON THE YUKON
nsignments Stopped
at Skaguay.
Special Dispatch to The Cali.

SKAGUAY, April IA, via Seattle,
April 1S,-The action of Deputy United
States Collector of Customs Andrews
in holding all liquors for the interior
here and refusing to forward them by
conveys so long as the Canadian Off
Gals insist on stopping American Off
GERS at the summit has caused an ac-
emulation in the bonded warehouse
until to-day there are nearly one hun
dred tons of liquors of all kinds await
ing the action of the Secretary of the
Interior on Mr.. Andrews letter asking
for instructions. In the meantime
liquor famine is threatened at Atlin,
Log Cabin and Bennett, and smugglers
are making big money by getting past
the American customs officers.
There is a strained feeling toward the
Canadian officials as the result of their
arbitrary assumption of the summit as
the boundary line, and it would not
take much to create an open demon
Stration and resort to arms should
the Canadians attempt further en-
croachment on American territory.
While there was no truth in the report
ed battle between miners and mounted
police on the boundary line in the
Porcupine district, it is said a forward
movement was contemplated by the
been perfected to move the boundary
line far enough toward the coast to en-
brace the rich diggings of the Porcu-
pine River.
The miners there, numbering about
700, had a few determined leaders.
Word was sent to the mounted police
that their attempt to encroach on
American territory would result in
bloodshed AS the Americans are in
the majority the Canadians reconsid-
cred their intention.
A corresponding move from the sum-
nit to Skaguay was planned and it is
the knowledge of these contemplated
movements that has aroused feeling
Of antagonism here against the Cana
dams that will yet result in serious
trouble if the boundary question be not
settled soon. Every American here
feels that he has been neglected and
left unprotected by the Government at
Washington and this has added to the
bitterness of feeling, which was inten-
sified to a dangerous point when the
news came that the Government con-
templated giving the Canadians a port
in Lynn canal.