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Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

no difficulty whatever ln laying the cable. The cable was laid and land ed the day following"
 "So you are of the opinion that the British policy of force in China IS the best?"
 "Yes; it is the only policy the Chi nese Government can be made to re- sppct. The British, since they sack ed and footed Peking, the Chinese capital, and the Imperial summer palace, have always been treated With respect, and, as the Americans are united with the English in the treaty parts, they are treated as British subjects, and as one and the same Dation."
 Col. Gay speaks in glowing terms of the present British Minister to China, Sir Harry Parkes, formerly Minister to Japan. Sir Harry Parkes was captured and tortured by the Chinese during the Anglo-Chlnese war, and of course, has no particular love fer them. Heis held in great fear and respect by the Chinese Los Angeles Republican.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
EEow a Pig Suddenly Became
 Pork

In a book published by Phil Rob inson he gives the following graphic description of how a pig suddenly became pork at a pig killing estab- lishment Tn Chicago: A lively pie bald porker was one of number grunting and quarreling in a pen, and I was asked to keep my eye on him. What happened to that porker was this: He was suddenly seized by d hind leg and jerked up to a small crane. This swung him safely to the fatal door through winch a pig never returns. On the other side stood man. That two-handed en- zine at the door stands ready to smite once, and smite DO more, and the dead pig is shot through trough and through another doorway, and then there was a splash. He had fallen head first into vat of boiling water. Some unseen machln- cry passes him along swiftly to the other end of the terrific bath and there a water wheel picked him up and flung him onto sloping counter. Here another machine sieZed him and with one revolution scraped him as bald as nut. And down the counter he vent; losing his head as ne slid past a man with hatchet, and then, presto ! he was up again by the heels, In enc dreadful hand ful man emptied hun, and, while another squlrted him with fresh wa ter, the pig registered his own weight as he passed the teIler's hox, shot down the steel bar from which he hung and whisked around the corner into the icehouse. One long cut with a knife made two 'sides of pork" of that piebald pig. Two hacks of hatchet brought away his back bone. And there, ln thirty five sec onds from his last grunt-dirty, hot headed, nolsy-the pig was hanging up in two pieces, clean, tranquil, iced The very rapjdlty of the whole process robbed It of its horrors. Here one IT oment was an opiniona- tive piebald pig making prodigious fuss about having his hind leSS = blen hold of, and lo !!before he had Aade up his mind to squeal he was hang Ing up in anicehouse split in two. He had resented the first trifing liberty that was taken with him, and in thirty five seconds he was ready for the cook.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
Some Ccz3sgaiOn Sense.

The Legislature of Ohio has come to the conclusion that man may ''have an opinion" and yet not know too much to be juror. The law oi Ohio now says: If juror has form ed CT expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused, tue Court shall thereupon proceed to examine such juror on oath as to the grounds of such opinion, and if the Court IS satisfied that such juror will render an impartial verdict on the evidence, may admit him as compet- ent to serve"
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
TIE WHITE LILY.
A Traveller Talks of a Power erfssl Secret Chinese Society.

The "White Lily Company" or as it is known n Californ1a, the 'Six Companies" Is without exception the most numerous and powerful secret organization in the world. 1t Is es timated that It's membership exceeds 100000 and that It dominates and controls at least ten times that num- Der of people. Col. J. Drew Gay, 6 correspondeut of the London Tele graph, now spending a few days in Los Angeles, who has recently spent more than a year in China, Siam, Borneo and ether lands occupied by the Chinese, has acquired large fund of interesting information con corning the Chinese secret societies.
 The White Lily Society," as it is called" said Col. Gay, exercises om- nipotent power wherever the Chinese can be found. Its agents are every where where its slaves are at work and there is no escape whatever from its vengeance when offended. Nc Chinaman can disobey its commands and live, for its officers are cOntin ually passing from place to place levying taxes and punishing viola tons of its rules"
 "What is the character of the White Lily Soclety, and what is re quired to constitute a member"
 Your Six Companies Jas you cal them in California, are but branches of the White Lily. It is a secre league into which the European O American has never entered. It de fes all laws except its own, and l disposes of life and property wltl the same despotic severity that tn European himself may exercise l There IS one limit, and ore only, a which the White Lily is restrained It has never been known to take tn
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
AFizOma Territory Beware.

We see by our Arizona exchanges there IS a clique in that territory en- deayoring to talk the people into patronizing a venture entitled An Illustrated History of Arizona" Is it the same crowd that a few years ago disgusted many of our own peo- pie throughout various counties in California by talking them into pay ing fancy prices for pictorial work Tn what proved to be sloyenly and worthless histories? Our Arizona neighbors should beware of all such illustrated histories. ."-Vldette Oak land, Cal.)
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
A Tale TOId by Many Wits.

An Arab came to the river side With donkey bearing an Obelisk; But he would not try to ford the tide For he had too good an
 Boston Globe. So he oamped all night by the river side, And remained till the tide had cessed tC swell; For he knew should the donkey from life subside,
 He would never find his
 Salem Sunbeam. In the morning he sought to ford the tide; When the donkey stopped at the water tC quaff, The rider fell of, let the Obelisk slide, Thus affording a newspaper T
 Rome Sentinel. But in the eve when the tide was low And the sun had set on the vegeta tion, He stirred up the mule and made it go, Nor WIS he stopped by an
 -Pistsbarg Commercial Gazette. Soon they reached their journeys end, The mule was frisky under the lash, And while the girls looked brightly on The mule and master cut a--
 Philadelphia Evening News. And a very good impression made. Thus filling their hearts with bliss. For girls have often donkeys admired, But this is said in .
 Chicago Specimen. And in all the journey the donkey made lie did not seem to be weariei; But the girls were nevertheless afraid lie was not the mule of the.
 Newark Daily Advertiser. But he was cold, this wise old mule, Though wise was ho as SOlon; For though his load was kindling wood, He did not put the:
 Life. So he set forth to find wife, And thought that he would bag her, But butcher put an end to his life With cold and piercing I
 Commercial Advertiser. When the master saw that his friend waf 6ead,
 And had finished hls earthly race, In his arms he took the old mules head For lingering, last
 -Boston Post.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

the Central depot for sale, A doctor came right over and I sold him the body for just enough to pay the charges, entered the fact on my re port and wont home. Next morning I heard the body was that of rela tive of old Vanderbilt himself. And I had gone and sold it to 8 medical college! Well, I went straight to the old mans office to get my discharge. I knew my time had come. But, would you believe ii, wasn't bounced. Tbe old man took it very cool"
 What did he say?"
 He said he had got the body back all right, and had inquired into the circumstances. Then, he raised my wages hundred dollars a year"
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
An Australian country paper thus

An Australian country paper thus chronicles a local death: Without any order the King of Terrors makes his ap, reaches in tle world. During the past month hls cold, sad javelin has been hurled at the hoary head, and the eye of many a fcnd child was still moist with the bitter tear, when the sad news was flashed into our midst that this most caprcious, most dreaded power had placed his icy hand on MT. Jones's daughter Jane, only in the thirteenth year of Ter age"
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

A MORMON ENGAGZMzNT.-'My y dear," said a Mormon wife to her husband, T should think that you would ba ashamed of yourself, tiirt ing with that Miss B. as you did in church today"
 Flirting with her?" he replied in astonishment; "why we have been engaged for more than three -ssi1iJC7nnThs. It's-ellll ever own.
 "Oh. I beg your pardon" said his wife indlfFerently. If you are en- gagged to her, I suppose 1t IS al right. When does the happy event occur?"- ?"-Philadelphia Call.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
A EsisgTaced Veteran.

A Trenton (N. J.) dispatch of April 7th to the St. Louis Globe Democrat, says: "A very aged man, clothed in rags, and with long, flowing SHOW white beard and hair, was brought to the police station this morning as 6 vagrant. He proved to be remark able character. He carried a bun dle of papers which state that he was born in 1791, fought with Napo leon at Waterloo, AusterlItz and Leipsic, aud took an active part IT the Polish war wal of 1881. He was sentenced to Siberia, but escaped and came to this country with Carl Shurz in 1851. Although 70 years of age, he fought in the war of the Rebellion, and since then has led nomadic life, travelling from one place to another, and relying on members of the Grand Army for sup port. He Is known as Count Tow aski. His appearance gives hlm a striking resemblance to the make up of Rip Van Wrinkle, and the resem- blauce is strengthened by the old soldiers strong foreign accent, He rather invited a sentence of thirty days Tn jail which Justice Caine lm- posed.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

has made some calculation on how long it would take to fill the Sahara with water from the Mediterranean Sea. He finds that it would require 4,0OO years for the water from the
 M Mediterranean to fill the Valley of the Jordan, winch is 1000 feet below the former, the water to flow through a passage 100 feet wide by 20 feet deep, with velocity of four miles an hour. With channel 100 times this it is possible, he says to limit the period of filing to 40 years. At the same rate it would take 10000 years to fill up the Caspian Sea to the sea level, and thousands of years to fill up the Sahara.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

Professor H. B. Norton of the State Normal School at San Jose said in zecent address: Those who criticise tae character ofsecret orders as anti fraternity, know not what they say. If such would learn what wele the real proceedings at the lodge meetings, if they knew how often the widow and the orphan were given solace and support by these secret orders, they would probably be silenced for all time. The system of fraternal aid has spread in many directions and each of the various orders is conferring an undoubted benefit upon society. Means are supplied in case of the death of the husband and father, and Iii addition to this, the object Of the organiza- tions includes the cultivation of fras ternal love and education and noble thought"
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
.A Conductors Story.
Chicago Herald.

q have been running train for thirty years" said 8 gray haired con- ductor on the Wabash. 'I started in on the New York Central, have been on the Lake Sh ore, Pennsyl vania and three C's, and here 1 am on the Wabash"
 Did you know old Yanderbilt?"
 Did I know him? We'll He used to keep pretty closo watch of every thing, I tell you, and there wasn't much going cn along the road that he didn't know about. One time l got myself into a box. At Albany they brought 8 corpse onto my train, and nobody had bought ticket for it, according to rules. At first I re- fused to carry it, bat the station agent said 1t belonged to some of the railroad folks, and the charges would be paid to me ia New York. When we got to New York nobody called for the corpse, 1 was in hurry to go home, but I waited around for my fare, as 1 knew. I'd be held responsi ble for 1t. Nobody came and no body knew anything about it. This vexed me a good deal, and so l made up my nind something had to be done. So 1 sent word over to thC medical college there was stiff al
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

In the Louse of representatives last week Kelly Of Pennsylvania re ferred to arrogant England, the persecutor of silver and silver na- tions.,, This is a fair specimen of congressional clap trap. It is true silver is not a full legal tender in Great Britain, but $93,00000O of 1t is in circulation there, while in British India, where silver is the metallic currency, the circulation of that com is S1,O27,OO Taking the British Empire as whole, we find that with one-sixth of the total population Of the globe. 1t circ dates far more than one-third of all the silver coin iii ex- istence. So much for naughty Albion as a "persecutor of silver. .'-Ar- row.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

The nomination of Blaine would ensure to the Republican party every Pacific Coast electoral vote. Never before, i'll the history of that party, has there been such an unanimitY of sentiment among our people in favor of candidate for the Presidency. California stands where she did in 1880 -'.frst, last and all the time" for Jim Blaine-San Jose Times.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

4 few iMndred dollars may make a mine, but the probabilities are so strongly against it that we should advise our readers to be pretty sure abont the outcome before commenc- ing upon so small a capital. Money is used up very rapidly in mining ten, fifteen. twenty thousand are n the ground before a party has time to realize 1t, and often much more money is spent upon a really good property before 1t is put upon pay ing basis. For successful miuing abundant capital is absolutely neces- sary, notwithstanding the few cases where fortunes have keen made from little or nothing.-Rocky Mountain Mining Review,
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
A Valentine
Boston Post.

A Valentine! An, can it be That some one has addressed to me These lines so sweet and tender? Name or initial is not set Upon the page, and yet-and yet I think 1 know the sender. What though the writing be disguised, And many little trick devised To aid the fond deception; St. Valentine provides the key That spells the little mystery The moment of rocep ton. We may be right, we may be wrong; For lack of confirmation strong We give the reign to fancy, And let her wander at her will, And her bright destiny fulfill
 In fields or necromancy. And Valentines would lose their charm If they at oace could doubt disarm Ere yet tue seal was broken; And 50 the deeper the disguise, The more delightful the surprise, And sweeter is tke token.
 Josephine Pollard.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

You made quite long stay" re- marked lady to her escort at the Opera house in a somewhat frigid tone, when he came back from de- c1dedly protracted absence. "Ah, yes, met my old friend Tom down stairs,'' was the reply. Didn't you meet Jerry there too?" inquired she lady demurely. Just then the orchestra struck up and drowned out the answer.-Toledo Amerl- can.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
Pork and Painting.

Aspiring artist. must say it Is very inconsiderate of your father. (Sarcastically.) I suppose if I were a pork-packer like himself he would not object to our marriage.
 Dutiful daughter: Very likely not. He says he prefers good pork to bad pictures.-Llfe.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

Some heartless wretci caught two cats, tied them by the tails, and flung them into the cellar of a Con- necticut chuz ch. They kept pretty quiet until about the middle of the sermon, when they began to com plain. and the pastor sternly remark ed. "Will the choir please wat until their services are required?" And the choIr denied denied making any noise, and 1nally, after long search, the sexton fonnd and removed the cats.-BostOn Post.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
Forfeiture Notice.
Tn Iamas FnIton or assinns:

To James tpitOn or aSSl9nS:
 You are hereby notified that 1 have ex- pended cue hundred dollars m labor and im0rovsm9uts upon the Chloride" mining claim. Cottonwood Mining District, Monave county, Arizona. the said amount to cover assessment for the year 1883, in order to hold said premises under the provisions of Section 2524. Revised Statutes of the Unit el States: and if. within ninety days after the expiration of this notice by publicat ion you fail or refuse to contribute your pro- portion of said expenditure as cO-ownef, vour interest III said claim will become the property of the subscriber, under said Sec tion 232l.
 w. G. WOODRUFF. Mineral Park, April 1}th 1881.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

The pioneer paper has been print ed in the Occur d'Alene mines. This is the paper. The Nugget IS the or igiHaii and only first paper, The gen uine and only pioneer. has not been an easy task to issue this H3m Der. A stovepipe makes a pretty good roller-mold, cigar boxes furnish excellent regIels, nonpareil leaders are a passable substitute for adver Using dashes, the top of stove an swers pretty well for an imposing stone, and the bottom of dripping pan is a capital distributing disc. But the deed is performed. The pa per is printed, and We have no apol- ogies to make for its shortcomings, except that 1t is the first paper. Take 1t as you find 1t, kind friends, and if you see blunders or imper- fections '"don't mention it."- Cocer d'Alene Nugget.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
NO. 26.

with the following result: Blaine, 28S; Foster, IS; Gen. Sherman, 15; Senator Sherman, IA; Logan, g; Lincoln, '; Arthur, l; remainder scattering. If such straws gre of any account, these figures make mighty poor showing for the Ohio men pit ted against the galvanlc battery from Maine-San Jose Times.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04
A Blind Spot in YOur Eye.

There IS a spot in your eye that IS not sensitive to light, part of the eye with which you do not see. The following directions for finding 1t are going the rounds of the papers and may be new to most of our boys and girls: Shut your left eye, and with your right one look steadily at the cross below, holding the paper ten or twelve inches from the eye.
 X 6 Now move the paper slowly towards the eye, which must be kept on the cross. At a certain distance the other figure-the letter O-will sud denly disappear, but if you bring the letter nearer 1t will come again into view. You may not succeed Tn the experiment the first trial, but with a little patience you can hardly fail; and the suddenness with which the black spot vanishes and reappears Is very striking.-EX.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

About one thousand murders were committed i'll the United States in 1883, and only about one hundred murderers were legally hanged, while more than one hundred were lynch ed.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

A correspondent asks: How can a biting d1g be distinguished from a peaceful one if met on the high way?" If lie bites chunks out of your legs he Is pieceful.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

'Nothipg hut leaves" as Adam re- marked, when admiring his wife's polonaise.-Gouverneur Herald.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

Gen. Chas. H. Grosvenor of Ohio has returned to the Government $3,975 received by hun as pension arrears, but he feels pretty lone some.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

The town of Fostoria, Ohio, ex- Governor Charley Fosters home, was boiled for Presidential preferences,
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

Apache county is to have an anti Mormon society.
Mohave County miner., 1884-05-04

FILLING THE SAHARA.-A cores nondent of the Scientific American
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-09
Where and How We Remember.

II. now, we take models of our
brains. and on the first mark out the
location of the various areas connected
with the various sensOry organs Us de-
termined by the anatomical connection
of the white nerve-threads; on the Sec
ond mark out the location of the var
ious areas which PSYCHOLOGISTS have
shown TO govern various sensory or
gans; on the third mark out the various
areas whose disease produces disturb
ance OF action in the various sensory
organs, and loss of memory of per-
ceptions by those organs; and on the
fourth mark out the various areas
which wither after disease OF the var
ious sensory organs-we shall find that
upon all four brains the areas belong
ing to any one organ coincide. We
may therefore conclude that each class
of sensations and each class OF mem
ories has its own definite area of the
gray matter on the surface of the brain.
MeRinries III objects seen are located
in the pD>terior part in the occipital
region. Memories of sounds heard
are located in the lower lateral part in
the temporal region. Memories of mo-
tions in the limbs, ami of touch in those
limbs, are located side by side in the
central lateral region. Memories OF
speech are located il the frontal region.
1t is therefore mistake to speak OF
memory as a single faculty of the
mind. 1t is really an assemblage OF
distinct memories which we possess.
each kind OF memory being as different
from the others both in its nature and
in its location as are the different or
gans of sense through which the origi-
nal perception came.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-09
Nugget Jewelry.

The rage just now is Il rough, crusty
gold, eighteen carats fine, studded
with minute jewels, which stand out
like the plums in 4 Christmas pudding.
The chain and ball seems to be the
leading style in the novelties sent out
by Durand, the famous New York
fashioner. The chain is very fine and
the ball perfectly round, and about the
size of an English sugar plum. These
are attached TO ladies' fob chains, an
elegant new trile. and the ends of
bracelets. and are also worn as ear
rings. The balls arc studded with
tiny rubies. or with turquoise and
diamonds. and many of the chains have
fine jewels worked into them. The
barbaric but stylish hoop earring has
returned in the shape of scmi-circle
of nugget gold. and is now in high
favor. A new engagement ring is Il
lovers knot of dead rough gold. A
popular style of pin is a gold horse
ahae on one end Qf a wrought-gold nail
good luck. The Langtry bracelet is
composed of several strands of fine
gold chain. each one ending in a hall
pendant gemmcd or enamelled. The
new styles are elegant, and not O,ttre;
flower and insect iewelry is entirely
GdSSe
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-10-09
What She Wanted Around Her.

1t was a cool night III Au9ust-onc of
those nights when the dews OF heaven
kiss the end of girls nose and make
it as chilly as u loaded ice cream freez-
er. Such a night as holds 4 girl 5
hands in its own until it gets so cold
that the frost bites her finger nails.
For an hour Celeste had sat on the
front steps with Algernon, and listened
to him talk politics and philosophy.
Finally she remarked:
1T is getting too cold here; L must
have something around me. "
Certainly" he said, jumping up,
II forgot that. Permit me TO bring
you shawl" and he came back with
q light wrap. "How is that?" he
asked, putting it about her shoulders.
II don't think it is enough. she
answered, shivering.
LET me get another" and he
brought a heavier one.
'.I'm afraid l shall have chill, }"
she said.
lis that any better?'' he asked,
bringing out still heavier wrap.
mo, no. You don't seem 10 be able
to get enough around me" and she
shivered over closer to him.
There's nothing else here" he
groaned, land think lhad better call
your mother.
She was rs we'll as ever when he saw
her the next day. and now he wonders
why the girl told friend of his some
men couldn't see through mill stone
when there was a hole in it she could
put the entire mill in.-.herchdm TiaU-
eier.