Holbrook argus., April 22, 1905, Image 2

About Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913

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Uncle Josh Bo yew th' feller what answers queshtlons?
Clerk Yes. What would you like to know?
Uncle Josh Heow much do yew git a week?
Comparatively few Imported sar
dines are sold in this country now
adays, yet not one consumer In a thou
sand knows the difference between
the imitation and the genuine, so near
ly does the fish sold for a sardine re
semble the real sardine In appearance
and taste. Nine-tenths of the "sar
dines" come from Maine. In Eastpait
alone there are over two dozen places
where the mock sardine is prepared
and boxed. The New York Sun gives
an account of the industry.
The business was begun long ago by
a couple of sharp and far-seeing New
Yorkers, who began to pack small her
hing in lit'tle wooden kegs and place
them on the market under the name
of "Russian herring." The venture
was most successful, but the men got
the idea there was more money still
In modeling the herring after the
French sardine.
A similar experiment had been tried
not long before, but It had turned out
to be a failure. It had been easy to
pack the Maine herring in olive oil and
to encase it in boxes which Imitated
the French production, but the taste
of the herring remained unmistakable,
and the scheme failed. The New York
ers, however, after a few trials, hit
on a mixture or blend of spices and
oils for a packing sauce, which made a
"sardine" of a herring and caused to
spring up a gigantic Industry. "Sar
dines" are made not only from com
mon herring, but from young sea trout.
The way the fish are handled at the
factory is a sight worth going to Maine
to see. When they have been piled In
heaps on long tables the cleaning be
gins, The rapidity of the work is
wonderful. A 7-year-old girl can be
head and clean seventy -five herrings
every minute for ten minutes without
a miss or a halt.
New York is the great wholesale
center for these Yankee "sardines."
One Maine factory alone and there
are others doing as large a trade has
made and sold as many as two million
boxes of- "sardines" In a year.
Bpeaks 400 Languages.
Alfredo Trombetti of Bologna enjoy
an International reputation as the
world's greatest linguist. He speaks
400 different languages and dialects
and Is still adding to his knowledge of
strange tongues. Ever since he was
14 years of age he has been master
ing the various languages of the world,
and he Intends shortly to come to
America to complete his knowledge of
th dialects of the Indians of the
Rockies.
WANTED.
SIZE OF SHOES NOT MARKED.
Dealers Use Cipher System for Num
bering Women' Shoes.
What number does she wear? It
should be a surprise to a few men, at
least to know that she no longer wears
shoes of numbered sizes. The old 1, 2,
3 way of numbering women's shoes
has seen its day; now sizes are no
longer designated by numbers, at least
not in the places where she buys
shoos that cost as if they were made
of gold and a precious stone or two.
i There are marks and numbers that tell
the story of length and breadth to the
I clerk, but they mean nothing to the
customer. Who would guess that
K17:;0S means 4 D? Only the
shoe clerk, and he tells no one.
Therein Is the purpose of the ab
sence of numbers on women's shoes.
"I always wear a 3B," she would say,
and the clerk would see a No. 4,D
foot resting In the little fitting stand.
Without comment he would bring
shoes to fit snugly and not with too
great discomfort.
"That's very pretty. I think I'll take
these," and he would begin to hope a
sale had been made. "Now, if he
could only get them Into a box with
out "I want to lok at them again. Just
a moment, please. Why, you said these
were 3s and now they are 5s! Why, I
never in all my days wore anything
bigger than 3s. No, indeed. I shan't
be imposed upon, I assure you. I care
to seo no other shoes; I shall go some
where where I can be given proper
treatment." And a sale lost because
the clerk could not hide the true lacts
about the proper size of shoes for her
to wear.
So a few years ago the manufac
turers and the merchants resorted to
cipher in designating shoes, and a
"number" nowadays reads like a foot
ball signal. Some women have even
penetrated the cipher and, consequent
ly, some shops request that nothing be
said about numbers the salesman
will measure the foot and bring a shoe
to correspond. That Is, he'll bring the
first too large, In order to let the fair
buyer have the satisfaction of asking
for something smaller.
Meanwhile the men's shoes still
have sizes marked In plain numbers
and In plain sight. Kansas City Star.
Encouraging.
An Irishman fell Into a river, and
It happened that while he was scream
ing for help his dearest friend, a Jour
nalist, crossed the bridge and beheld
bis struggles. "Be calml Be resolute!"
shouted the Journalist. "I'm. too late
for the evening edition, but I'll give
you a lively paragraph In the morning!"
SOMEWHAT
The Butcher Vat kind of steak do
Mrs. Hashcrly No; boarding house.
Be Ilciuly for Ihe Opportunity.
Teoplo are apt to think that, thougt
their actual lives are poor and solf
centered and such as they are half
ashamed of, if some great crisis
arose they would bo nble to gather up
their halting will and raise themselves
to its height. Yes, no doubt Only
life's sternest calls never come In any
such fashion. Things don't arrange
themselves for us to gather up our fee
ble will and settle with our souls that
wo will bo heroes. They come hardly
and sharply, testing not what we have
resolved to be, but simply what we
are. We have a sort of feeling that It
Is the opportunity that makes the man.
Not so. The opportunity only shows
him for what he Is, and the spirit of
prompt duty, of quick, instinctive loy
alty to right under whatever tempta
tion may ever come, may be cultivated
and grow to the very capacity for he
roism even in life's lowliest place and
poorest work.
A Russian "Volunteer."
It Is often said thnt Russians nro
soldiers "born;" occasionally, however,
one is made to order. An English vis
itor in Moscow was in one of the si do
streets recently when his attention
was attracted by the scuffling of feet,
the swish of a whip, and the sound of
loud words.
Looking across the way, he saw a
stocky fellow in a blouse, flat on the
ground and stoutly resisting the efforts
of two soldiers to set him on his feet
and mnke him go along.
The Englishman turned to a man in
official uniform at his side, who also
was watching the struggle, but with
out excitement or Interest
"What's the trouble?" asked the
Englishman.
The official shrugged his "shoulders.
There's no trouble,". he replied. "It's
only a peasant turning volunteer.
An Old Cure for Scurvy.
Scurvy used to be regularly treated
when it was possible by burying the
patients up to their necks In fresh
earth, a practice officially recommend
ed In the British navy less than a cen
tury ago. Twenty of the crew of the
frigate Blonde were so treated on the
shore of Donna Maria Bay, Santo Do
mingo. Holes were dug in the softest
oil on the beach. Into each of these
a man was put and buried to his chin,
while a detachment of their shipmates
was told off to keep the flies from
their faces. They were kept In this
position for two hours, and the treat
ment was so effective that four days
later all the sufferers were able to re
join the frigate.
Failed to Borrow.
Dinguss Old fellow, it's the same old
story. I'm in need of a little financial
succor.
Shadbolt You'll have to hunt further.
I am not the little financial sucker I used
to be. Chicago Tribune.
An attendant in a Parisian tea store
has Invented a little machine that will
pack and tie up parcels at the rate of
forty a minute.
DIFFERENT.
you vand. ma'am borterhouse?
His Apostolic Majesty.
The title of "apostolic majesty" Is
borne by tho Emperor of Austria as
King of Hungary.
Hungary was ruled by dukes from
Its conquest by the Magyars to tho
year 1000, the regal title being as
sumed first by Vnik, whose education
had been Intrusted by his father, Gey
za, who had married a Christian prin
cess, to Adalbert bishop of Prague.
On succeeding his father Vaik em
braced and established Christianity,
applied for and received from Pope
Sylvester II. the title of "apostolic
king," was crowned as Stephen I. and
afterward known as St. Stephen.
The title was renewed by Clement
XII. in 1758 and, though abolished in
1848, was reasfumed as "apostolic
majesty" in 1S51 and restricted In
18C8 to the Austrian emperor in his
character as king of Hungary. The
privilege of being preceded by a cross
bearer was granted with the original
title. London Standard.
Out on a Limb,
"Italy, I see, is going to present the
United States with a statue of Cae
sar." "What's that?"
"Why, I asked a dozen men this
morning who Caesar was and not a
one but answered me evasively."
"Answered you evasively?'
"Yes; didn't seem to know, yon
know." .
"Well, well, well; such Ignorance! I
can hardly believe It possible!'
"By the way, who was Caesar?"
"Why he was er no that was
Nero. He was er he oh! go to
thunder." Houston Post
He Was Cool.
"Now and then I hear an old sot
dier bragging how cool he was in his
first fight," said the one-armed man,
"and I always have a dim suspicion
that his case was like my own.
"I had determined to be cool at
every cost and so far as I could tell
I fired away forty rounds, killed at
least ten of the enemy, and had every
reason to believe myself a hero. I
had begun to brag a little after the
thing was all over, when the captain
of my company showed me that I had
loaded my musket ton times and not
fired once and in a fatherly way ob
served to me:
" 'Abe, I can forgive you this once
for hiding under the baggage wagon,
but If you play the trick again I shall
have to take official notice of It!' "
How Chicago Is Spelled.
In sorting over the letters for Chi
cago a man In the general Chicago '
office has kept an account of the num
ber of different ways the word Chicago
Is spelled. Recently the record showed
197 different ways. Some ripe scholar
in Finland sent a letter to his brother
and spelled the name of the Garden
City, Zizzazo. Still another foreigner,
possibly with a sinister motive, spelled
the word Jagjago. Hipaho, JaJIJo,
Scbeechacho, Hizagc, and Chachicho.
are also prime favorites.