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Mohave County miner., 1884-03-02
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Arthur WelIesly Peele has been elected Speaker of the British House of Commons,
Mohave County miner., 1884-03-02

All persons indebted to the late firm of Krider Bros. are requested to settle their accounts at once.
 w. NJ. KRIDER.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-05-14
An Elegant Virginia Home For Sale
In Charlottesville.

In full view of the University IF Vir-
ginia on the one hand, and Monticello on
the other, Four acres Of land, on a beau
tiful hill, commanding a view of many
miles of the Blue Ridge. In the corpora
ton limits of the city, and vely conven-
lent to the Churches, the University the
Academies and the BUSINESS streets.
The Residence, a tasteful Brick build-
ing, twelve rooms; surrounded by care
fully selected shade trees, some very rare,
and number of fine Fruit Trees. There
is.a double Brick Kitchen and Servants
House, two stories, and we'll of water
sixty feet deep, through Sandstone, fur
nishiug great abundance of crystal and
almost ice cod water.
Address the undersigned, who will ac-
company purchaser from this city, aud
show the premises -. Z
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-05-14

Mr.. G. w. Hendry brought to our
Office last Saturday, bunch of alfalfa
that was in bloom and about 30 inches
high. Such stocks, with good stand,
would make 3 to tons to the acre, and
it can be raised here like this sample.
We think everybody ought to have a
field of it.-Bart0w Informant.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-05-14
THE FLORIDA AGRIcULTURIsT
A CHAIN OF LAKES


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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-05-14

1850 bushels to the acre j. w. Well
lington planted small plat of ground in
Bermuda onions last fall. When the
crop ~matured he measured small area
of the ground and estimated the yield
upon that basis. 1t summed up $50
bushels to the acre.-Sdntord Journal.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1884-05-14

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Curious !,roWfh of :, Bow; Ears.

4 colorcd boy from Virginia, fifteen
Years Of age, presented himself yrstcr-
day at the Maryland University hospital
to have IN operation performed for Il
curious formation on his ears. The
Growth is known rs kcloi1, IL kind Of
connective tiSSu" tumOr. covers the ears
almost entirely. giving him the appear
nncr Of having elephants ears: the
one on the right ear measured eight
ncics across and twenty-five inches in
circumference. The one IN the left ear
WAS about six inches across. The weight
of both tumnrs when removed WIS three
pounds six ounces. One has been grow
iny since the boy WAS four years
old. and has been cut of three times;
the other has been forming six
months. They were hard, iibrou> MASSES.
The formations are said to occur more
frculrrty on the ear than elsewhere on
the body. and to be more common among
coIorrd prr>onS than among the whites.
They are not malignant. and cannot he
ranccrous. The cause of such growth Is
not definitely known. The surgeon was
able to save Il good portion of each ear.
They were successfully removed BY eau
terry. and the patient is doing well. lie
came on in the summer for treatment,
but it WAS deemed best to put oil the
operation. His physician is with him.
and his health is good. There are two
similar formations on his breast, but ii is
thought that those will pass away rs he
crows older. The boy has suffered no
pain in consequence Of his drformitics.-
BUHimDyr .iM,riun.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-04-09
WISE WORDS

In order to deserve a good friend you
must first learn to be one.
\ man may talk continually and not
be eloquent, sound and substance arc
not twins.
Charities should be difruscd. Grain
will not grow if piled in a heap; it must
be scattered.
Labor is one Of the great elements OF
society-thc great substantial interest on
which we al! stand.
Strict punctuality is perhaps the cheap
est virtue which con give force to m 9TH
crwise utterly insignificant character.
There is in Il man a higher than love OF
happiness. lie can do without happi-
ness, and instead thereof find blessed
ness.
One Of the best rules in conversation
is never to say Il thing which any of the
company can reasonably wish he had left
unsaid.
The %conqucror is regarded with awe,
the wise man commands III esteem; but
it is the benevolent man who wins our
affection.
1t is impossible to make people under,
stand their ignorance, for it requires
knowledge to perceive it; and, there
fore, he that can perceive it hath it not.
lie seldom lives frugally, who lives by
chance. Hope is always liberal, and they
that trust her promises make little scru.
pic of rcvcling to-day III the promise OF
tomorrow.
If the sense of the ridiculous is on
side of an irrcpressiblc nature, it is very
we'll: but if that is all there is i'll a man
he had better have been IN ape and stood
at the head of his profession at once.
\ right mind and generous affection
has more beauty and charms than al
other symmctrics in the world beside,
and a grain of honesty and native worth
is of more value than all the %advcntitious
ornaments, estates or prcfcrmcnts; for
the sake of which some of the better
sort 50 oft turn knaves.
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A Cure for Drunkenness.

There is a prescription in use in Eng
land for the cure of drunkenness, by
which thousands are said to have been
enabled 10 recover themselves. The
recipe came into notoriety by the efforts
of the commander of a steamship. He
nd fallen into such habitual drunken
ness that his most earnest efforts to re-
claim himself proved unavailing. AT
last he sought the advice of an eminent
physician, which he followed faithfully
for sevcralmonths. and at the end of that
time he had lost all desire for liquor,
although he had been for many years led
captive by IL most dcbasing appetite.
The recipe, which he afterward pub
lishcd, and by which S o many other
drunkards have been assisted to reform,
is as follows: Sulphate of iron, twenty
grains; magnesia, forty grains; pepper
mint, forty-four drachms; spirits of nut
meg, tour drachms. Dose, one table
spoonful twice Il day.
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DO Low Temperatures Produce Colds:

DR.. Felix l.. Oswald says in the P"p"-
Mr Science .Nonthiy:: No man can freeze
himself into Il catarrh. In cold weather
the hospitals of our northern cities some
times receive patients with both feet and
both hands frozen, with frost-bittcn cars
and frost-Sorc eyes. but without Il trace
of catarrhal affection. Duck-huntcr>
may wade all day in Il frozen swamp
without affecting the functions of their
respiratory organs. l~ce-cuttcrs not rarely
come in for an Involuntary piungr-bath,
and are obliged to let their clothes dry on
Their backs; it may result in Il bowel
| complaint. but no catarrh. Prolonged
exposure to a cold storm may in rare cases
induce a true plcural fever, a very o
blcSomc affection, but as different from
a s.cold" as n headache is from Il tooth
achc-thc upper air-passagcs remain
| unaffected. Sudden transition from
heat to cold does not change the re-
suit. In winter the ''pullcrs" of Il
rolling-mill have often to pass ten
| times an hour from the Immediate neigh
borhood Of Il furnace to the chill draught
of the open air: their skin becomes as
rough as an armadilIo's, their hair he
comes grizzly or lead colorcd; but no
catarrh. On my last visit to Mexico |
assembled the peak of Orjzaha from the
south side, and reached the crater bathed.
in rcrspiratlon; and, following the guide
across to the northwest slope, We were
for ten minutes exposed to an ice-storm
that swept the summit in blasts of titful
fury. Two of my companions, a boy OF
sixteen and an old army surgeon, were
not used to Notwithstanding, and
could hardly walk when we got back to
our camp in the foothills, but our lungs
were nonc the worse for the adventure.
DR.. Franklin, who, like Bacon and
Goethe, had the gift of anticipativc III
buttons, seems to have suspected the
mistake of the cold-air fallacy. ~ shall
not attempt to cxplainL,' says he, "why
damp clothes occasion colds, rather
than wet ones. because | doubt the fact;
I believe that neither the one nor the
other contributes to this effect, and that
the causes of colds are totally indepcnd-
emf of wet and even of cold"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-04-09
Animal Life in Japan.

Professor Rein, q German scientist and
traveller, says that Japan has at least fifty
species of mammals, including apes,
bears. dogs, martins, badgers, foxes,
mice and rats, harcs, bears and deer.
The last are exceedingly numerous. In
the winter of 1915 30, 900 deer were
killed on the plains of lIidaka, in south
east Yczo. Cows are used not for their
milk, but for draught and burden. Other
domestic animals are little horses, dwarf
dogs, Stuntcd tailed cats, rabbits, pigs
and various fowls.
There are at least $50 species of birds,
most of which agree with those of Eu
p The tops of houses form resting
and roosting places for sparrows, ravens
and kites, which act as scavcngcrS. There
arc many fine singing birds. PhcasantS
abound, and a hunter can bag a dozen
head in Il few hours in the reed beds and
paddy fields. Swimming birds, of
course. are most numerous. They rise by
the ten thousand at the sound of a pistol
along the bay Of Scndal. Even in the
heart of Toxic wild ducks and geese arc
found in tlocks.
Reptiles and batrachians are not numcr'
Gus. They have three turtles and foul
s~ea-snakcs. The fresh water tortoise so
frequently represented in bronze is the
symbol of long life and happiness: In
the temple tanks, protected blythe priests,
are to be found MANY a Mcthuscleh OF
this horny-backcd race. There are only
eight snakes. The japanese have no re-
spcct for the harmless kind, but they en-
trap the poisonous mamushi, skin it, cook
il, and eat it as Il nerve food. They use
mountain-ncwts, boiled and dried, as a
remedy for consumption and worms.
Among the curious animals is the giant
saiamandcr, which reaches Il length of
$50 ccntimctrrs. 1t is rapidly dying off.
Fish, too, arc exceedingly numerous, and
form a stable article of food. Hundreds
of thousands Of the inhabitants are en-
gagged in fishing and yet there is no dim
mutton in numbers. Cannibali>tlc fish,
like the pickcrcl, arc not found. There
arc now 600 species known and the list is
by no means yet full. Professor Rein
himself collected 1872 species of beetles.
FIeas and m%usquitos are prevalent, but
the fcrocious civilized cimcX lcctulariuS
has not followed trade and the mission
aries into the Islands of the llespcridcS.
The waters abound in crabs, but there
are, as yet, no Holsters. The latest scicn.
titic works cnumcratc 1900 species of
mo.luska. One kind OF shcll was used
by the japanese as a signal horn. In
blowing them riot WAS indicated by one
blast, fire b. two blasts, robbery by three,
trcachcry by four. \. boastcr VAS said to
blow the Triton's horn.
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"StOnewaIl" JacksOn's Climb After
PorsimmOnS.

VI SlullltOHss
\ Pittsburg PENN Chrvnih writer
says: While IN Lexington, Va, last
June. at the unwilling of Valentines
Rccumbcnt statue of General r. i. Lee,
material for sketches of the career Of
Stoncwall Jackson was sought after
among his co-laborcrs prior to and dur
ing The war. An old associate professor
of JackSOn's, who served on his stall in
the earlier part Of the war. and whose in
timacy was almost as strong as that OF
brotherhood, related to me the following
anccdotc Of Jackson. And the story
was corroborated by Lieutenant GcorgeG G..
Junkin, now living at Christiansburg,
Va, and at that time III aid to Jackson
and one of the actors in the amusing
little drama:
In December, 1861, while on the march
back from Dam No. ) on the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal to Winchester, and
while riding at some distance in advance
of his staff in company with the aforc-
mentioned old friend, Jackson cspicd in
Il field alongside the road a pcrsimmon
tree heavily laden with, at that season
of the year, its delicious fruit. Turning
to the rclator of the episode Jackson,
suddenly changing the topic under dis
c%ussion, and with unwOntcd warmth of
manner asked: ''Colonel, are you fond
of pcrsimmons?:' "Well, general, l
can't say 1 nm particularly partial to
them. | occasionally eat Il few when
they are handy" replied the colonel.
"Wcll, colonel" rcjoincd Jackson, with
increasing warmth, 81 I'M ~passionately
fond of them, and feel a great desire for
some of those remarkably fine ones on
that tree over there" By this time the
staff were approaching and the colonel
suggested to the general, who was in the
act Of dismounting, that he send some
of tho young men for a supply of
the fruit, but Jackson persisted
in going himself, saying he felt they
would be enjoyed the more did he pluck
them with his own hands, and hastily
%dismounting he crossed the fence, rcfus-
ing the kindly offer of help from young
Junkin, who had procured a rail from
the fence to put against the tree to assist
in climbing. Striding over to the tree,
he removed his sword-bclt and, with his
long-lcggcd cavalry boots on. clambercd
laboriolsly up its limblcss trunk, while
the staff stood of quietly snickering at
seeing their usually saturnine commander
hugging and climbing the tree likea
schoolboy. But he 0 % graSpcd the
lower limbs and was cnsconsed in Il posi-
ton where he ate to safety. When the
attempt was made to return TO tey1w.tiraa,
however, his legs, hamperel by the rid
ing boots and spurs, became cntanglcd,
and young JWnkin hmi TO come to the
rescue with his rail to aid the general in
his descent. BY this time the snickcr-
ing of the puic. and dcmurc old colonel
and his young comrades had grown to
the proportions of Il loud gllfaw, and
the general himself joined heartily in
the laughter as he comprchcndcd the III.
dicrous prcdicamcnt in which he had
,l,..1 It,,n1f
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1884-04-09
HUMOR OF THE DAY
The Golden ~agc-Coinage

Tic SOlucn aSc-SolldSC.
I'm locked in slumbcr," murmurs
the prison bird in his sleep.
The most appropriate pastry for a free
lunch countcr-Spongc cake.
The grocer who sells twelve ounces fos
a pound depends on his winning weigh
-Ifmyune.
Iowa is said to be out of debt. She
ought to change her name then.-Phlla-
deiphm Call.
If YOU want to put money in a sound
investment buy telegraph stock.-Ph1la-
deipAiu Chronicle.
Artificial cork has been invented, and
we shall soon hear of adultcratcd life
prcscrvcrs.-LoweU Courier.
Russia has been importing agricul-
tural implements from the United States
for the past eight or ten years.
"Hcllo" is a mighty small word, but
the patent on the machine through which
it is said, is worth $25, 900, Oo.-7apeh"
Lance.
There are 1898 Quakcrs in Indiana.
So many broad brimmed hats must be
quite a protection to the soil in dry
weather -Burlington Free Press.
The greatest ole%omargarine fraud yet
perpctrated is the labelling the buckets
with a fcrocious billy goat 20 indicate
genuine butter. -AtanM Constitution. .
When the judge says, 81 sentence you
for life the grammarian and the pris-
oner look upon it quite differently. The
one thinks it a very brief sentence, the
other thinks it couldn't we'll be longer
Boston Times.
The curiosity of q child of five had
been aroused by sccingamagnifying glass
"EIow many times does it magnify"
asked a gentleman, thinking to puzzle
him. "As many times as you look
through it," was the quick reply.
When the farmer with a cry awoke
At five in the morn, and heard the stroke
OF the bell as it gan to ring,
He jumped from bed with agility.
And exclaimed with huge hilarity,
"Oh, this is an early spring"
-NeW York Journal.
The critics are poking fun at a maya
zine article Tor saying man IS our
brother" Of course he is. You wouldn't
call him your sister, would you? If the
article said: "Man is our sister," the
critics would have reason for Kicking
IecE's San.
a Detroit river fisherman says that the
pike of the straits is q very destructive
fish. One that was recently speared had
swallowed another pike and that pike had
swallowed a perch. The trouble Within
whole business is about swallowing the
story.-Picayune.
A LEAP-YEAR VICTIM.
"Now, Charley, my darling, l pray thee
Just give me q moment Of bliss;
I'm going, look kindly upon me,
And give me a dear, parting kiss"
"Don't do it, you'll rumple my collar,
You'll muss up my hair and mustache--
I'll tell my mamma-yes, I'll holler;,
You horrid girl, don't be so rash"
Oil CITY Derrick.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

In the White mountains, wherever tho
timber has been cut it has been allowed
to grow up again. The rainfall in the
NIerrimac valley has been nearly the same
every year since 1926. No forest do
struction is going on t~hercabouts.
tombstone is the magnetic oxide
iron. When this is highly magnetic and
exhibits polarity it is called tombstone,
1t is the richest known ore of iron, and
it is used for the manufacture of iron, as
are other ores of that metal. 1t is found
in almost all mineral regions rich in iron.
More ''natural gas companies are be-
ing formed in Pennsylvania. The pres
sure ut the mouths of the wells is very
great, and the gas can be conveyed in
common mains wherever it is needed fol
light Or for manufacturing. Pittsbure
expects to get rid of its smoke and see
the sun again. Lines are being laid to
Baltimore and some of the lake cities.
Among the animal tibers used in the
manufacture of textile fabrics in cash
mere wool, which is the fine wool-likc
hair of the goat. This goat thrivcs best
upon the IIimmalch mountains at in
altitude of -, 600 feet. The higher the
altitude the finer, softer and thicker the
coat of hair is found to be. Nearly all
of this staple is manufactcd into shawls.
-1mcriruh Field.
Professor \. Nantier has been trying
the effect of various manurcs upon pota-
toes, bccts and maize. Supcrphosphatc
and prccipitatcd phosphate were most
ctlicacious in increasing the yield of pota-
toes. Prccipitated phosphate proved in
every respect more beneficial than the
supcrphosphatc with bccts. The best
crops of maize were raised from land
treated with the of the farmyar |.
A COMMON trouble in country black
smith shops is the going'out of the fire
while the smith is doing work away from
it. This annoyance can be prevented by
keeping at hand Il box containing saw
dust. When the fire seems to be out
throw Il handful of sawdust OF the Goals,
and IL good blaze will quickly follow.
This may seem Il small matter, but there
are many who will find the suggestion Il
useful one.
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SELECT STRINGS.
The bay leaf was formerly supposed to
nro{oot no vnoror from thunder

The bay leaf was formerly supposed to
protect the wcarcr from thunder.
The word noddy was applied to a
fool bccasc he mods when he should
speak.
Ii is estimated that 1000, 600 wild
ducks have been killed In the parish Of
Richland, La, this season.
It is possible that Russia will have to
give up the Christmas tree, for the gov
eminent finds that the destruction of fir
trees is coming to be Il serious matter for
the forests.
4 shower of white sulphurous ashes
has caused great CONSERVATION at Queens
town, South Africa. 1t lasted but a few
minutes, and the sun shone throughout
its duration.
In Elizabctn's time the gentry dincd at
eleven, the common people at noon. In
the fourteenth century ten and eleven
| o'clock in the morning were the fashion
able dining hours, and five in the evening
the supper hour.
There are only five genuine signatures
| of Shakespeare known to be in existence.
One is in the London library, the other
in the British museum, one attached to
his will ut Doctors Common, and two IN
possession Of private collectors.
As late as the time of Edward VI, a
runaway or any one who lived in idlcness
three days was liable to De brought be-
fore two Justices of the peace, marked Y
with q hot iron and made the slave for
two years of any one who would buy.
The year 1900 will not be a leap year,
although it is divisiblc by four without
a remainder. In order to make a calcn'
dar and solar time agree as nearly rs they
can be got for many years to come, the
Grcgorian calendar drops three leap years
out of every four centuries, and these
omissions are upon such leap years as
will not divide by 400 without Il remain
der, although they can be divided evenly
by four. The year 1900 was a leap year,
but 100 and 1900 were not, and 1909
will not be.
Gold and silver were used as money rs
long ago as two thousand years before
Christ, but it was a long time subsequent
to this that the first money was actually
coined. Coins were probably used as
carly as the eighth century B. G. Before
this time the metals were used in the
shape of wedges or bars. No one knows
certainly who was the inventor of coined
money. Phcron, king of Argos, is said
to have issued coined money 800 years
b. c. The ,Eubcans had coins about
the same time. IIcrodotus ascribcs the
invention to the Lydians, bat his author
ity is not conclusive. The oldest coins
%cxtant, and probably the first ever made.
are from Asia Minor. a gold slater of
Milctus, a Greek city of Asia Minor, is
probably some of the first coined money.
The coin is stamped on one side with a
deep indcntion, on the reverse is Il rude
picture Of II lions head. A die was evil
IDENTIFY used, and the lump of metal put
in it, and Il punch struck with a hammer
drove the metal into the die and left the
rude mark of the coin on the diverse Of
| the coin.
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THE WISE BELLS.
On a sunny Sabbath morning,

On a sunny Sabbath morning,
Forthtwo messengers were sped,
That the bells be set a-ringing;
One TO say, in chime and singing,
A fair maiden is to wed;
One to say, with knell and moaning,
A fair maiden lieth dead.
BY mischance the stupid servants
Went not whittier they were babe;
But each where was sent the other.
One said: 'Ring the bells right glad
For a bridal Said the other:
"For the dead ring slow and sad"
So it chancel that at the bridal,
All turnel pale to hear the bell;
While the gladstone wedding Ginning
Mid the dirge discordant fell;
But the angels bearing, whispered,
tIn the chimes and in the knells:
Wisdom, more than man could teach ye,
Did you speak to-day, Oh, bells"
-.Milie C. P,meroy, IN the Continent
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The Champion High Kicker.

Fred 4. Anscll resides ut Little Val
lev, CattaraugrS county, where he was
born in 1866. lie stands six feet in
height, and weighs l43 pounds. He has
been known locally rs Il high kicker since
he was nine years of age, but it was not
until recently that he became known rs
the champion standing high kicker OF
the United States. At il national exhibit
ton of kickcrs from all parts of the coun-
try, held at the city of Boston, on Octo-
Der 81, 1888, at which there were sixty
five contestants present. he won the cham
pionship by defeating them all by | IS
inches, making a record of : feet II IL
inches. He has never been beaten in Il
contest, and expects to Increase his record,
as he is in steady practice. - Oean N.l.)
Democrat.