Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-17

How do you manage to get credit so easily, Jaggers?"
 ''swell up and let them force 1t on me-"
 In England stamps bear the portrait of the sovereign. For seventy-two years Queen victoria's portrait appeared on the stamps.
 A WORD FROM JOSH WISE ''This thing of women being led to the altar is polite figure of speech it's the man who always hangs back" Frank, why aren't you as loving as you were before we were married7"
 Whats the use running after car after you've caught it7" France first issued stamps in 1849. Mary, I'm astonished that the gro- cery boy kissed you. The next time he calls I'll answer the door myself. ''
 "No use, ma lam; you'n be disap- pointed"
 A royal order of James I declared that English mails should travel not less than seven miles an hour in sum mer and five miles an hour in winter.
 The first English postmaster was ap- pointed by Henry VII.
 "What makes you think the jewel Tom gave me is imitation7''
 "Well, dear, Tom used to be mine. -
 Another ship saved by wireless! Wireless will soon make all ships wreckless, and then what use will there be for wireless7"
 "Claribel. could you learn to love ms7''
 .Why, Rockey, old boy, could give lessons in loving you. Congressman Cox of Indiana wants mileage for members abolished After that MT. Cox couldn't get more than one vote if he wanted to run for speaker of the house.
 Any wife will let her husband wear diamond waistcoat on Wednesdays if he will let her wear diamonds the rest of the week. The first postmaster of the United States was Samuel osgood. A man at Hot Springs took Secre- tary Root for prize fighter. That s nothing. Several people once took Bill Squires of Australia for prize fighter.
 The wonder is that such a great and good man as Governor Haskell could get indicted in Oklahoma.
 It might be well to add, "Do your valentine shopping early. Governor Haskell, like other men of note, is native of Ohio, but the Buck eye state is not making a noise like laying claim to him at this particular time.
 Russia and Spain are building war. ships, but neither has started school to make sailors out of the popuh
 Alleged joke: When newspapers are printed on stock made of cornstalks. the subscribers will listen to the corn s talk
 Spain has ordered a S40,000, ,000 navy. Some day she will have a navy nearly as big as Brazil's.
 A ship sails from Brooklyn with 5000 dead Chinese to be buried in the orient. Problem: If there were 5000 dead Chinese in this country, for goodness sake how many live ones are there?
 *s* Papa, why do folks cry at we'd dings?"
 guess most Of them have been through it themselves -
 Under Queene Anne the several pos tai communications of England were consolidated and a general postofice was established in London.
 YES, SHE KNEW ''Do you know what the full extent of your husbands 8 income is?''
 ITO be sure. Am not in charge of the outgo?''
 Literary purists are raging in San Francisco, where a bookseller was fined $500 for having in his possession a copy of the immortal Decameron.
 Tappan, Carpenter & Co, New York, made the first stamps used in this coun- try, the series varying from 1 to 90 cents. The contract later was given to the National Bank Note Co