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Mohave County miner., 1885-06-07
MINERS COLUMN.
INTERESTING CLIPPINGS rKoA
yARIoUa MINING JOURNALS.

Tombstoss miners are now psid - psr
day. a
E!sctrie amsiaatn 10 mss being sssd In
r~du7sior Of orsa.
The ooppsr products Of the Unissd statsa
ssts 20 ,ss cent. 10 ,:s in isS4 than in 1883.
Iidw.Ii raili Of lvanp.i, IL about ssaEtiac
~ on ors frota ths I'D Alps iiias.
Abo7t 10000 in gold dust and gold bars
were .hipped fr,,n :saasss ooanty ia i'ss%
Three fourtas OF ali the standard nlvsr
dollars cJinsd are in cirsaiaties.
The Butss tMontana) mill and sSslssrs
are working ere a. the rate u i.eO to,s
every twsu,y -foar koars.
The tosai disbursements oil the Ontario
nine, Utah, list year were $34i3-sl$, of
wh.sh $97s.e0 vas psD; oui l.. dividends.
The yIIgiria Chroni,ls claims tha, tie
ssrkl, snipisvnis of bullion from the Csin:
stock Glnss svs-ng, over 81 900.
Miners at austin. ssr.d,. have bees soti-
ksd that sf.sr tLs I0sh pro1- slsir wages
vii be cut dsvn " 70 S0Ysr day.
A comparatively sxhsustibis snpp:y Of
the bsss qa.ii,y Vi Esnstits iron ore has
Sssa discovered an Cln.t',rns parish, La.
Ps.s co,psr is ons n ,hs soitss: Of ths
,ustals aud is sasily rolled int, gistss for
/ use.
The electric light has now bssn In see 81
q synsidsrsbis number III mines m EuroSs
long enough 10 ds.nonss fate its value.
IL is nss eoaasdsd that ths na.iarity of
/ sa,nsf.i bs .nB2 iodss ~rs t,raed .,tnsf BY
sablina,ioa OF inaitrasi,n-
! ths ts.s vsil II L,d.ngton. nIshia.n, de-
ysL,psJ W it y.fwo feet Of rosk salt as .
dsp,n of 22i5 .sst. # .#H
The Ainsss' Uuio, At Wood River has
given uy it, rssis.nnoe 10 the rsidstiou in
wages aid tue trsnbsrs are goinz 10 work
fol, g sjpsr day.
| fnsrs il salt isks in Hid.,ieo saunty,
Tsxts, which IN ons mis- in lsnAth, Ave
mile. in circumfsvsncs aad frDm thrss 10
foar feet dssp. IL bed consists VI crystals
sf pure salt.
w. A. AsFarisns and 8. A. Bsrrsst oi
the Cambrix mine Of Mssed mining dig
triet have leased ths old lvanpsh Cons'li.
a.tsd min st ivxnpah and will starr Il ~
on Cambria ore at 0nss.
| Aboat forty Chinsmeu arc working the
Slaesrs ~ Spring Valley. Nsvnda. Water
10 saarss and the .Chissss baircw ssdsr.
sYound and get the rich gravel from ths
bedrock wi.hoss distarbiIR the ssrf.ss
They have honsyeombsd large ares In thai
gay and wash the gravel extracted In
rosksfs.
! Assording 10 the Tlorsass Entsrpriss
(Arizons). the Ma.nssh Aisiag Conpsn,
sas given aotios 10 all smpisysa that thsy
siii bsrs.fssr pay oniy 81 per day 70 lasn.
srs. This looks Ike ''nammeth shssk.
{; must BE- IN Eastern sonpxny.
Skilled mixers srs ssid 70 b leaving th<
wosd River sovn,ry siLss the rs6sssisa 81
wages to % 90 psr day. They say. svss Il
shsy cannot get better wages In oshsI
aaess. the aesonmodaiions will b. bite,
md the surroundings preferable.
| Tssts have proved that one pound ..
,ovdsr In snaIl blasts will Iotssa sbosi
'osr and half tons Of rock snd IN largs
,lssts shout tvo and thrss-fourfhs tons. II
day Of tsn hoafs ons uan can bore with
bi. enc inch in diameter from 30 70 io(
nehss deep in gr mite. or fron 100 70 toc
ashss in limestone.
The shasta Coar1sr says that The tow
| q ssil Il asa Sssna Ter 6sw AttSs. 0sl
Mohave County miner., 1885-06-07
News Of the Week.
GENERAL NEWS or INTEREST
IN CONDENSED FORM

GENERAL NEWS or INTEREST
IN CONDENSED FORM
Minister Phslrs il being ~sll On
,srtaioed in Losdos.
The Chinese sv.castion ci Toa
luin continues.
Ten thousand iron workers in The
dshoaipy valley are out On = strike.
The Dolphin made fii.e.n sad ess-
,alf knots 30 hour ON her third trisi.
The communisis are dststsins cd
70 carry q red hzg u Hugo's funeral.
Cseeras has been defeated 1t Hu
.pesyo BY lglssias' forces.
Lssssr. the Russian agent. has left
London for the Afghan frontier.
Eight thoussod pounds Of powder
Exploded ut Marysville. Gal.
Tha demand for California fruit 10
. ncrsasiog 1t Chicago.
The cholera ia spidsnis in va
snsis. Span.
The Hssslan Ay is doing much
iansss 10 wheat 10 Kansss.
ferdinand Ward has just p,en in.
lictsd ut New York.
A tsx Of so cents on alien inni
grants and tourists viii he imposed
Brown R-isisant won the rses for
bs Grand Pfizs at psr,s recently.
Eleven psrsoos iost their lives b,
hs water spout rear IndisDola, Neb
Six ineen1isry fires occurred =.
van Jose last Saturday night. Tbs
LAY or ordered ort patrol.
Jsuass Jackson fought w,th Q
osnnsain lion in Wyoming, Snail.
sil'ing IL with bis pocket knife.
Mrs. DR.. Pinlbam Of Sacrsnents
sas accidentally shot aud killed on
IN east bound train at Rocklifl.
Will Barton was killed In quarrel
aver q game of cards at Bridgeport
Mono county. Csl.
The majority Of ths English p~op!'
..sm 10 bs satisfied with Gla,l,stone''
sttlsnsBt OF the Afghan trouble.
| I, - not thought that Lord hoae
| ,er,' = mission to Bcri,a Was etitirrl,
sti.factory.
Earl Stepesr bas iailsd to rsmsys
sir CharI-s Dilss's ,ppc~itlcn y tb'
,,nswal Of the f,.sh Grimes At.
| Frank ksnling was shot By X r
fsssrd. near Spokane \ fslis. for visit
ne the lattsr's wife.
| A ishing boat was upset in th'
joiumbia river and oas mai
irowp ped.
/ Risbsrd Hands. clerk 10 Ssv
FORK drug store. wss brutaiiy 'mur
,-rsd on Saturday night.
The trunks VI Mrs. Snssn Beck.
,ostidsnes operator, hsve been ,'siss'
II New York.
| Csptain S.rsngs.s force hsd .. hsb
9TH Big Bears band - tss North
sest TsrrItory on Thursday.
| A FIRE DESTROYED the bnsiosss par
II Asdford. Wis, causing . loss o
100000. .r
Mrs. Marv Simpson OF Sacrament
sss susd ]. r. Brown Of Bedford
indiana, sor $4,000 for bre.sh .
romise.
| George Axtsli fatally shot thIe
a@a and ssriously wounded tw
.th~rs AZ 9 sslooa at Deposit, Ne
York. Saturday.
Il T, At Lsavsnworth. Kansas. SstuE
lay, Robert Brosdbns is'ally she
Il. @. Jobson and committed suicide
Bsldwin's Freds zane in sscOn
10 the s.sst rsss for the Brewer
esp st Laionia.
J. L. Nssds, tbs Copiah eoun'
bniidozsr. hss been requested 10 CIV
sp his recent sppointmsnt.
TAe Cabinet has decided tbs
there 10 no warrant for ths eontin'
sscs Of the Now Orlssns Fair.
New regulations bsvs b.sp issns
for tho .Iportstiop Of spirits u Cs'
sda or Mexico
Dasisl T. Marphy, senior nsmbt
) II the Aru Of Marphy. Grant Il Cc
|, died in New York Wednesday.
1 Mneh damage was done by II
. burst,ng Of . reservoir nssr Lonl
mont. Col. 49,. h..
D The Derby vas won by Lord Has
> in1n' bav coli Melton.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-07-09
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Poets in the olden times used to
spend a whole week on a single line. 1t
would be good thing for the public if
the modern versifiers had kept up the
hOnored euStOm.-N-.Y. Post
What this great throbbing publicis
yearning for is a scientists who will dis
cover woman willing to acknowledge
that any other woman dress does not
hang like rag.-BOStOn Post
Judge - How old are you.
MADAME" Witness-''I have no per-
sonal knowledge of my age, and hear
say testimony, | understand. is not ac-
cepted in this court. .'-BOStOn Beacon.
"A man in Luzerne County has had
Il portion of his brain removed Should
he recover, his friends fear he will be-
come a dude; but the fact that he has.
some brain left should dispel that APP
prehension.-Nor Herdid-
Pa. who was Shvlock?" Pater-
familias with L look of surprise and
hOrror)-''Great goodness. boy; you at
tend church and Sunday-school every
week and don know who ShylOck was?
Go and read your Bible, ir-''-Ranl-
bier.
doctor, Fm worried about my
husband! Do YOU think him seriously
ill?' TO the best of my judgment.
madam, he is suffering from gaStritiS. "
Il knew it. l told him his trouble was
from fooling with that gas meter yes
terday - IonkerS Gazette.
If YOU have been moving and can
not find the blackng brush. don't spend
your time in looking in this corner and
that but 90 directly to the box where
YOU keep your white neckties and YOU
will find it. If you can't find your white
necktie, look in the blacking case.
These rules always hold.-BoStO11 Post.
An Irishman tried to shoot a spar
row with an old Queen Anne mnsket.
He fired. The bird, with a chirp or
two, flew away unconcerned i'll the fore
ground, and Pat was swiftly and noise
lessly laid on his spine in the back
ground Picking himself UP, and
shaking his fist at. the bird. he ex-
claimed: 'tBe jabers, You wouldn't a
chirped if you d been at this end of the
gun-" -"-Chicago Tribune.
"A gentleman visiting in town was
much pleased with the appearance of
lady to whom he was introduced and
asked several questions in regard to her.
Upon being told that she kept shoot
ing gallery he was much surprised and
shocked After he had given vent to
his astonishment in several interlec-
tons his informant told him that she
only meant that she was school
teacher and taught "she young idea
how to shoot "-LSt0rence (JSass.l
ABaeriedD.
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A CRANK.

Not Always Safe to Conclude a Man Is
One Because He Wears His Hair Long.
There was a long haired man in the
smoking car and some of the younger
passengers were making sport of him.
They called him a crank
Tut, tut, boys" said an elderly
passenger; don't call a man a crank
simply because he has long hair. Let
me tell you story. l owned a farm
many years ago down East One day
/ noticed a lorg-haired man walking
around my place in very queer way.
| asked him wha, lie was doing and he
said he was just looking around little
But he was thers again the next day
and the next. Finally insisted on his
telling me what he wanted. and he
said: We'll, farmer, there's buried
treasure under your farm, and I've been
trying to locate the best place to Q for
it. I've found the place, and now I'll
make bargain with you. You do the
digging and we'll divide the treasure
equally between u.s. l agreed and
went to digging where he told me to-
L spent all the money | had on earth
putting that hole down, notwithstand-
ing that the neighbors laughed at me
and called the man a long-haired
crank"
''Iou were bigger fool than l took
you for, laughed one of the younger
passengers.
There YOU go again" said the old
man. You youngsters judge by ap-
pearances and think you know it all.
You
But you never found any buried
treasure, did you?"
''Yes, l did; hundreds of thousands of
dollars WORTH
What kind?"
Coal. The long-haired man was a
geologist. Chicago Herald.
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fifteen minutes pass. and when the
PRAYER is ended the hydrophobic victim
gently takes his wife's hand. draws her
to him, kisses her, and says: Good
bye." At once the agonizing struggle
recommences. and the scenes already
described are repeated from every three
to five minutes. And thus the night
and the greater part of the next day
wore away.
At three clock in the afternoon the
legs of the man seem as though para
lived. He ceases to struggle. We are
obliged to tie his hands from him. for
he is inclined to bite them. His mouth
opens and shuts firmly. as though he
were swapping. He is now entirely un-
conscious. Little by little there issues
from his mouth white froth like clean
soap-suds. The face begins to turn up
ward. The respiration is seen to de-
crease. Life is ebbing away. A watch
is opened and the beating of the heart
is timed. The swapping of the mouth
grows less violent; and at five o'clock
John Toelle is in full possession of
death.
/ carefully noticed the cries and
screaming of the man in all his death
struggles, and failed to discover the
least in them that was like the barking
or the noise OF any animal.-W Il.
AiderSOn. IN Kansas CITY Times.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are $4,000 English-speaking
Episcopal clergymen in the world.
Mr. Moody has associated with him
in his e@angelistic labOrs Mr.. ID. b.
Towner, late choriSter of Union Chapel,
Covington. Ky. The engagement is for
ave years.
President McCoSh. of Princeton,
said recently that the age of nine or ten
was the time for learning languages.
Then the child can acquire more in this
department than man of twenty-five.
-Ex-President Mark Hopkins. of
Williams College, although over eighty
two years old. preserves his mental fac
ulties unimpaired. He recognizes with
ease the faces of men who were his pu-
pills half century ago.-TrOg Times.
Hampton Institute, Virginia, had
enrolled this year 5+S negroes and 127
Indians The Butler" primary day
school, taught by the institute teachers
and graduates, had 500 little cOlOred chill
dren. More than one thousand pupils
have been instructed on the institute
grounds. Chicago Times.
Mrs. A. L. Stewart has signed an
agreement to pay $4,000 annually to
the support of the institutions recently
transferred by her to the corporation of
Garden CITY. L. l., and has executed a
penal bond in the sum of $500. 900 to Sc
cure its payment in perpetuity.-N. Y.
San.
The question whether women can
sit as delegates in religious conven-
ton was decided adversely, by the South
ern Baptists. who met recently in Au-
gusta, Ga. Two women representatives
were accredited from Arkansas, but
their admission was opposed so strongly
that they voluntarily withdrew.-Chi-
cago Herald.
DE CandOlle, the distinguished Par
isian scholar. has spoken a good word
for the children of the clergy. He shows
that the hereditary effect of religion on
intellect for the last 200 years has been
good. And he gives a long list of cler-
gymen's sons and daughters who have
risen to eminence.
The Hungarian Episcopacy is one
of the richest in the world but the con-
dition of the lower clergy in the king
dom is most miserable. The Magyar
Minister of Worship. Treport. has ad-
dressed circular to the Archbishops
and Bishops calling their attention to
this contrast. The Prince Primate and
three Bishops have answered saying
they are considering how to improve the
lot of Their poorer brethren--M. Y.
Tribune.
The University of Strasbmg,
founded in 1867, was reorganized in
1871 and is thus in certain sense a
monument of the new political cOndi-
tiOns. Since the reorganization over
$500. 600 has been expended for new
buildings, etc. and there is an annual
appropriation of nearly $3.50, 900 for its
support. Its new edifices are series
of magnificent palaces, and its library
contains 100000 volumes. No other in
stitution in Europe has so rich provis-
ion for higher education. 1t now has
sevcnty-three ordinary and nineteen ex-
traOrdinary professors. Last year there
were S5S students.
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Freaks of insanity.

A lunatic at the Morris Plains IN.
J. Asylum was m1te for FIVE years.
Even the physicians thought he had
lost the power of speech. One day he
caught two of his fingers in washing
machine and they were horribly
mangled. To the astonishment of
everybody who heard him he exclaimed:
by the great and jumping Moses. a
devil IS better than an inventor" That
was three pears ago. and he has not
spoken since Another patient. a boy
in the same institution, is a lightning
calculator. and the most intricate prob
lems are solved by him in fractions of a
minute. The boy believed that his head
is filed with little blocks with figures
upon them, and that they instantly fall
into different positions and work out the
problems. He thinks his brain. in fact,
is q multiplication table. His insanity
seems pardonable, for only few sane
men compete with him as a mathema-
tican. Every day he soaks his head in
water to prevent the blocks from rat
Ting. and occasionally he begs for oil
to put into his ears so that the imagin-
ary squares will slip upon ea:h other
more easily.-M y. Times.
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General Bragg.

Here is funny story shout General
Bragg, which General Grant tells in his
eharacteristicany simple way:
Il have heard story in the old army
very characteristic of Bragg. On one
occasion, when stationed Mt a post of
several companies, be was himself COM
manding one of the companies. and al
the same time acting post quartermaster
and cOmmissary. He was a First
Lieutenant at the time, but his Captain
was detached on other duty. As COM
mander OF the company he made a
requisition upon the quartermaster
(himself) for something he wanted. As
quartermaster he declined to fill the
requisitiOn, and indorsed on the back of
it his reason for so doing. As company
commander he responded to this, urging
that his requisition called for nothing
but what he was entitled to, and that It
was the duty of the quartermaster to fill
il. The quartermaster still persisted
that he was right. In this condition of
affairs Bragg referred the whole matter
to the commanding officer. The latter,
when he saw the nature of the matter
referred, exclaimed: MY God, MIR.
Bragg, you have quarreled with every
offleer IN the army. and now you ara
querreling with yourself Longstreet
was an entirely different man. ."-GrqRfa
Memoirs. .4-.c
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a PARTICULAR WOMAN.

An Appetite that was Stronger than He,
Conscience.
What curious people one meets on the
trains. The gush of a down East
woman in buffet car on the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad, the other day, was ludi-
crouS.
'Waitah," she chirped, what haav
you foah lunch?'
almost anything, ma am"
"Coffay?"
'.Yes, ma am"
"Let me have coffay."
Bread and butter, ma amp"
''Let me have-ah-hot mullins"
mo hot mullins"
''No hot mullins? How provokeeng.
Let me have bread and say, waitah.
let me have-ah oysters, and-ah-
chicken salad, and-ah-sOme boned
turkey, and, ah-"
She got them. She smacked her lips,
but not for pleasure. She was mad.
"Waitah," she snarled viciOuSlv, as
the startled porter answered her ring
''waitah! What do you mean by giving
me such beastly cofay? 1t is nothing
but grounds - nothing but grounds.
And the oysters! Say, waitah. where
did you get them oysters? Them amt
no fresh oysters. They are canned.
The porter shrugged his shoulders.
III change them," said the porter,
meeklv.
He changed them, and she thanked
him with grimace.
Five minutes after the train had left
Harrisburg the porter rushed through
the car in white sweat.
She's gone" he gasped.
"Who?''
''The old woman with the heavy ap-
petite" he groaned.
What of it?''
'.Nothing-only." he seemed to swear
with an inward swear word-"only she
left at Harrisburg without paying for
her lunch"
The woman from down East was
sharper than she looked. Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
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MEXICO.
women's Rights in the Neighborfng Re.
public.


public.
If Il Mexican lady is widowed AMI
has no means, a family council is held,
her male relatives or those of her de.
ceased husband charge themselves with
the education of her sons and provision
is made for her and her daughters.
Even if the widow and young ladies'
should be accomplished they are not
expected to work for their bread, and
the aid rendered them is calmly ac-
cepted as an hereditary right. On the
contrary, if a widowed mother is wealthy
she can not be independent. Custom
exacts that the care of her property and
the education of her sons shall be dele
gated to- male relatives, and, unless she
Is really an old woman with adult chill
dren, she must either reside with her
kindred or keep some staid, matroDly
person in her household by way of pro-
lection against criticism or scandal
Mexican gentlemen are so thoroughly
fmbued with this idea of womanly help
lessness that they do not seem to regard
the charge of a bereaved family as an
unnatural or unjust burden. but accept
all the duties it involves as really
sacred obligations. One strong proof
of the chivalric nature of Mexican gen
tBemen is that the estates of widows and
orphans are almost invariably honestly
administered.
Mstrimony is serious affair here be-
cause, owing to the knightly courtesy
of the men and the helplessneSs of the
women. a man in order to obtain the
hand of his lady-loFe. virtually con-
tracts to befriend all her female kindred
Nevertheless-badhrage apart-it is q
beautiful custom.-COr. Detroit Free
Press.
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An Extraordinary Scene.

An extraordinary scene was witnessed
at the Limerick Qreland) Railway ter
minus the other evening. AS several
trains were about taking their departure
for Dublin. Ennis and other destinations,
and the platform was crowded with
passengers and their friends, farmer
was driving a number of cows past the
station. when one of the animals broke
away, and got into the terminus.
Startled by the Kissing of the engine
and the ringing of bells, the cow be-
came furious, and ran around the sta
ton, scattering the affrighted passen-
gers. knocking down several, and more
or less injuring not a few. For nearly
an hour the maddened animal could not
be dislodged from the platform, and
the utmost confusion prevailed. Ulti-
mately side gate was opened, and the
cow rushed wildly out, overturning two
vehicles in her career, and making a
desperate drive with her horns at car
ter. who had a very narrow escape.
Rushing up Carey's Road. a short dis
tance from the railway station. the ami
NAL came against the door of a house
and smashed the woodwork A num-
Der of men arrived on the scene and Sc
cured the animal. now well-nigh eX-
hausted, before she could do further
Observation-Disclosures Times.
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DOWN TO THE SEA.

1 know not what its course may be
Down from the mountain to the sea:
The spring know, alone and still,
Where bubbles forth little rill.
The clear brown streamlet well know,
And how its hurrying waters flow.
AT first the grasses turn to make
a softer runnel for its sake;
The careless buttercup looks down
And sends petal to the town,
As. whispering to the happy day.
The brook sets forth upon its way.
Farther, bright pebbles line its bed
And CLEAN and glance beneath its tread.
IT rushes through the alder shade
Nor loiters for the open glade.
Down swift cascades it flies and sings
Shakes the white spray in airy wings;
Then, plunging, with a deepened roar.
Through the cleft rock its waters pour.
The solid basin far below
i followed wide beneath its how.
Here for space it stops, TO gain
New volume for the open plain.
At length, full-swelling, broad and free,
IT sets serenely toward the sea.
beside the green, dark pool | wait
Stayed by thy warning hand, o FatcI
'"ay not follow, though hear
he sirens song within my ear;
Nor NAV. for me, the motion stay
That rolls the river on its way.
] only know its path must be
M. Fr.V Al.
The brook that lightly sped away
Lies wettering Ocean-wide to-day.
The child, whose days were bound with mint
Is tossed and torn on life's cold brine.
ID. II. Il. GOOdGIe, in ". Y. Independent.