Mohave County miner., 1889-12-28
SUPERFICIAL SURVEY.

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II Il said that whisky Is worth sa5 gaL
Ion in Alaska
King KAlakaus has designs on literature
He has written play.
An imperial edict forbIds applause in tho
theaters Of ST. Petersburg.
Florida Is making preparations for an.
other sub-tropical exhibition.
According 10 oficial statistics Marselles'
traffic has nearly doubled since 1870.
King, the seronant. In thirty eight
years has made 800 balloon ascensions.
Kate Field says her paper can not tell Q
lie That IL probably why she calls Il
Washingtoa
In Japan there arc thirty-one schools Of
medicine, one Of dentistry and two Of
veterinary surgery.
The three hundrctith anniversary OF tho
Invention Of the microscope IL 70 be cels-
brated In Antwerp in 1890.
Jane petheridgc, of Kingston, JamaicA
has refused thirty seven ofYers OF marriage.
She has $1,000 COO and Ii an orphan.
Patti, the critics say, has not thu yoics
Of long ago. There has been no decadencs,
however. In the price Of admission.
A hog that welged 900 pounds was recent
" butchersd near Laurel, Del Il was
heavier thsu one Of the farmers horses.
Tho rapid decrease in tho numter of kan
gsroos In Australia IL beginning 70 attrsct
the attention Of scientific societies there.
Tho largest incandescent circuit In the
world 10 forty-nvs miles in length. The
company working II is located 1t Ottawa
This country Ii getting slong with ono
ofice holder 70 l57 adults. The civil SER
wants Of Uncle Sam draw about sis5, ,00O, 900
yearly.
A citizen Of Warren, Ohio, claims that
two ghosts met him on the street one
evening. lie recognized both ss friends
,ong dead.
Gladstona has not universally boon sue
cessful "Proverbial Philosophy" Tuppcr
once defeated him In Q contest on . theo-
logical essay
A Wheeling man. who recently moved
from one house TO another. found In clos
OF OF his new residence coat with eH In .
roll In tho inside pocket
There seems TO be good deal Of wildness
up In Maine The game commissioner OF
the state estimates that there are 1900
wild deer In the north woods.
tits said that at least six novels by popular
coming year, based, like "Ben Hur," 90
scenes and incidents OF the Bible.
"True love never did run smoothly
Mrs. Lsngtry is said TO have made up with
her "iormer'' husband. II this be true he
viii probably soon be the boss Of tho box
ofice.
The new oficiai report Of the condition OF
the English becr-brswing industry shows
that Great Britian'n l8.65s brewcries pro
duced 3s,644, 900 barrels Of beer In the last
fiscal year.
A bibulous individual Of York, Pa. went
to sleep while soaking bis feet In hot water.
and when helwas awakened in the morning
BY his wife the fire had gone out and thin
ice had formed In the tub.
Electric lights have boen adopted 70
such an extent in the cities and towns OF
Gautemals that the Importation Of mineral
oils has largely fallen OF. At the capital
the use OF oil has diminished one half.
The Prince OF Wales has largo lot Of
garments. When he visits be makes II .
point never TO be seen In the Same suit
more than twice Tho prince Is moro mo-
notonous In his speech than in his dress
Physically, Speaker Reed il the largest
man in the house. He weighs as much a.
ex ex-President Cleveland and Is taller. He
Ii an accomplished French scholar and
reads every new book published in Paris
The latest rcceEsement figures set down
the population Of Berlin at l, la, $50, and of
Vienna at Lilo, ,76i, . steady advance being
made by both capitals through additions
from small towns throughout the two en-
pires.
A bowling craze has broken out In Troy,
N. Y, and all the young men who enthused
on base ball during the summer arc now
devoting their energies and spare cash to
bowling, which Is an excellent game and
will do them good.
NJ. Alphond tells the Psrisians that they
can now have an exhibition every year on
the Camp de Mars In the permanent build
ing left over from the great exhibition, and
they think strongly Of holding annual
festivals OF industry
An exchange says: Pour one tablespoon
full OF clear solution Of tannin Ia heaped
teaspoonsul Of tannin TO gill of rain
water) into tumbler full OF the suspected
water. II no turbidity occurs within ons
hour the water is decidedly unwholcsoms
The Chinese are fairly overrunning ths
Sandwich Islands. They number one-fifth
Of tho population and nearly monopolize
many branches Of mercantile business,
while there are six Chinese mechanics out
OF every seven Of this class on the islands.
The bastinado Is still in use In Hungary
to make refractory peasants testify about
accomplices or as to their own mlsdeeds. and
the Hungarian press has recently engaged
In campaign against this relic Of barbar-
ism.
William Allingham. the Irish poet al.
ways wanted to be friend Of Carlyle. but
the crusty sage could not well tolerate him.
Once he said: "Allingham, ye're no, bad
fellow. but I'd Just have ye TO know that a
man can never get in word Of sense for
your everlasting ;abbering."
The queen OF Italy recently found .
streak OF ugly and indelible green color on
her favorite lap dog, and on inquiry found
that King Humbert, for whom she had pro-
cured from Paris bottle Of hair dye which
she desired him 10 use on his gray mustache
had sensibly concluded TO have 1t tried on
the dog.
Daniel Dougherty Of New York says
that while boy in Market street drug
store, in Philadelphia, he came near being
srrcated for murder. all for attempting 70