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Mohave County miner., 1889-10-12

VI. fHumm0ue.
Rober. Steen, Defendant.
The Territory of Arizona sends 0resting 20
Robert Steen;
You are hereby summoned and required
to appear In An action brought against you
by the above named Plaintiff In The Justi loss
Court Of Kingman Rreeinot, County Of Mo-
have, Territory of Arizona, and snswer tho
complaint hled with this Court At King
man, in said County, within i've days, (ex.
elusive Of the day of service of the service
upon you of this summons, II served in
this Precinct, and within the county. but
il served ont Of the precinct AID within the
county, then within fifteen days. In all
other osses twenty days.
And you are hereby notified that II you
fail to appear and answer the complaint as
above required, the Plaintiff will take tudg.
ment by default against you.
Given under my hand at said Precinct,
this 18th day Of September, A. D. 1859.
G. NJ. FUNSTON,
4S-4 Justice of the Peace of said Precinot.
Mohave County miner., 1889-10-12
Notice of Forfeiture
Mineral Park, Waiispai Mining Dist, !
Mohavs Co., Arizons Territory.
SouIcmbeY IA. 1889.

To HEExAn BucKssAuM:
Y0u arc hereby notified that and my
Vrsntors have sxpsndsd three hundred and
sixty dollars In labor and improvements
npon the Fairfield mining clsiin, wallspai
TERRITORY being the asssssmsnf Of labor
required during the years 1889, 1887 and
1858, in order TO hold said premises under
the provisions Of Section 232l Revised
Statutes OF tbs United States, and, II
within ninety days after this notice by
publication you fail or refuse TO oontrlbuts
your proportion Of such sxpsnditure ~ 90
owner your interest in said claim shall be-
come the property Of the subscriber undsr
said section 282s.
46-18 Moans W. HuxID.
Mohave County miner., 1889-10-12
Dentistry

DR., J. NJ. Marshall will be in Kingman
Saturday, October 18th, 1889, and will
remain until the 10th instant. All in need
Of dental work, will please dye ne call,
q satisfaction is garsntsed, and my
work is first class. J. n. MARSHALL.
Mohave County miner., 1889-10-12
NeefaUG

Meeting IT Militia.
There Will be meeting 81 the militia
at the armory this evening. for muster
and election Of officers. By order Of Adj.
Gen. Per. J. Il. PERKY.
Mohave County miner., 1889-10-12
Notice..

Parties knowing themselves indebted
to the undersigned will please call and
settle. j. X. HALsEi.
Mohave County miner., 1889-10-12
BORN

CAMPBELIr--At Mineral Park, on
October 5th 1889, to the with ef J. d.
Caap6su, > ~,
Mohave County miner., 1889-10-12
Letter List.

Letters remaining uncslled for In the
post Office at Kingman, Arizona, Oct.
LIST, 1889. II not called fof u "
days they will be sent 70 the Dead Letter
Office, Washington, d. c.
Bowers, Geo f Bouron, AP
Burt, John Claypool, Wm
Henderson, Org AS Harrison, q d
Kesting, Martin Leach, Frank G
Merry, Mrs Mary Pesse, Miss MARY
Sandoyal, J b sherman, d M
w. O. DoDaE, Postmaster.
Mohave County miner., 1889-10-12
SUMMONS.

In ths Justices Court, Kingrnan Precinct
Mohavs County, arizona Territory.
William Richards, Plaintiff,
Mohave County miner., 1889-10-12
lFFleIaI pApfR Of THE COUNTY.

Ths Mmrx vill mot BE- rssponsibls tor the
...s,.;crs snd views Of its correspondents
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
Rather Embarrassing.

MANY amusing incidents are met
with by a clergyman in the perform
ance of rites matrimonial" said
reverend gentleman to a st. Louis
Globe writer. at was not long since l
was called to officIate at wedding
which was impromptu. The invited
groomsman failed to appear, and a
neighbor was asked to assist, as the
couple, both having been married.
were anxious to get out OF town and
avoid a charivari The emergency
groomsman was verdant, and grew so
embarrassed that he completely upset
the nerves of the bridesmaid. She had
two tasks on her mind-one, to ar
range her hustle, the other, to fasten
bouquet to the groomsman's lapel. She
got these mixed in her mind, and
pinned the bouquet first on her hustle
and then tore it impatiently off and
pinned it to his coat-tail. They upset
half the furniture, and tripped the bride
while adiourning to the parlor. A
lunch had been provided on a tray
close at hand, and when | asked for
the ring the assistant promptly handed
me a biscuit Seeing his mistake, for
want Oh DeIleT place, lie dWhWdIoly
put the muffin in the groom's pocket,
took the ring from his mouth, and
handed it to the bride, at the same
time pouring a glass of wine from the
bottle at hand into a dusty piece of
lovely Sevres china. Perspiration stood
out in great beads on his forehead,
and, as soon as the ceremony was per-
formed, he looked at the envelope in
his hand containing my fee, broke the
seal, saw the money, and, l guess,
thinking either that he had earned it
or that it was intended for him, put it
in his pocket, handed me the empty
envelope, and fed. The couple missed
the train by the delay, and when the
noise of dozens of inharmonious instru-
ments broke the happy couples slum-
bers that night, 1 believe the groom
could almost have shot the grOomsman.
A little leaven OF embarrassment lite
loose in bridal party leaveneth the
whole crowd.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
THE DEVOTION OF A SPANIEL.
Almost Human Agony of Dog Over His
Masters Death.

The Due d'Enghien had a spaniel
which passionatelY lamented over his
death, and we wonder if Napoleon suf-
fered any qualms of remorse when he
read of it tiercely bemoaning its mast
er's untimely fate in the moat of Vim
cennes. At the first halt the Dnc
d'Enghien's ,abductors made their pri-
soner requested them to send back to
Ettenheim for his ''dog and his
Clothes He did well to ask for his
dog, for at Strasburg Napoleon had
ordered that his friends and servants
were to leave him. His dog, however,
since it lacked 1.-the divine power to
speak words" was not included in the
order. In the brief days of life which
remained to him, this speeches. friend
was his only,companion, went with him
prisoner to Paris, and entered Vim
cennes at his heels. On his arrival
there he was depressed, and his dog
sided up to him, and Lamartine says:
The spaniel which he had kept by his
side the whole route rested his head
on his masters knee" The dog be-
guiled him out of dark thoughts of his
doleful prospects, his spirits rose, and
he left the window, out of which he
had been disconsolately staring, and
called his dog to share his supper with
him. The faithful creature was on
guard beside him when one midnight
he was aroused from his sleep to APP
pear before his judge. The Duke,
sure of his innocence. went to the
mockery of trial with sanguine hopes
of speedy release. He did not know
that during his trial his grave was be-
ing dug. After leaving the judgement
hall the prisoner, still unsuspiciOus of
the haste to fulfill the sentence from
which he expected pardon, was talk
ing to Lieut.. Noiret, a soldier who had
known his grandfather, the Prince of
Condo. A historian says she played
with his dog" while chatting gayly to
the soldier. The poor beast had been
ill at ease, for some subtle instinct
warned it that there was danger afoOt.
Its dullest spirits were raised by its
masters assurance; but it was short
lived contentment, for the Duke and
his dumb friend were soon parted by
death. The prisoner was ordered to
follow the commander down dark
some stairway, which led into the
moat. The Duke hesitated, but the
dog followed without question at his
masters heels. The Duke, when he
reached the trench, realized the truth.
He cut a lock of his hair, gave it and
a ring to Noiret to send to his betroth-
ed, Princess Charlotte de Rohan. AS
O'Clock struck the soldiers fired, and
Napoleon's young victim fell. The
spaniel. in the dim light-for it was
gloomy March morning, and the moat
was lit by a solitary larntern-had not
seen its masters face, and was unaware
of his evil fate till 1t saw him dead.
In vain it fawned upon him who, but
few minutes previously, had stroked
and commanded his pleased favorite.
1t was with difficulty that the poor
animal could be torn from the spot
and given to one of the Princes SER
wants; who took him to the Princess
Charlotte.-AH The Year Round.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
George w. Childs.

Every week, or oftener, during the
wedding season, says the Philadelphia
Times, the announcement is found
tackled on the end of a marriage no
tice: "Among the wedding presents
was a beautiful silver service from
George w. Childs;'' or, perhaps. it
may read: 1.-The many presents include
a clock and mantel ornaments from
Mr.. Childs." Few besides himself and
the bookkeepers in large jewelry en-
poriums know just how many wedding
presents Mr.. Childs makes in the
course of year, but it certainly runs
into the hundreds and involves an
outlay running far into the thousands.
1t is by no means confined to Philadel-
phia, but takes in brides all over the
country. Almost every one with the
slightest claim to acquaintance sends
Mr.. Childs a wedding invitation,
though, of course, he has to draw the
line in sending presents. The number
of clocks he has given away in ten or
twenty years must be enormous. A
lady who has been married a dozen
years or more gave a tea last winter
and incidentally late bride admired
her parIor clock. yes" she said, "a
present from Mr.. Childs when [ was
married. .'Why, he gave me a clock,
too" said the bride of week, and
with that there was a chorus of "and
l." "and l." until it transpired that
ten Childs' bridal clocks were rep
resented in that little social gathering.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
Mr.. John Smith,
Omaha,
Neb.

There is no need of adding county.
The United States mail service is
obliged to deliver a letter if the post
office and state are given; the postal
clerks are familiar enough with all
offices along their routes to forward
letters with dispatch.
Letter-writing is a familiar exercise in
the schoOlroom. Business letters are
not common. They should be.
One very interesting method of
teaching business letter-writing is to
let pupils write on blackboard, slate,
or paper, an order, or letter ofinquiry,
to tbs firms advertising goods by mail
In the newspapers or magazines most
familiar to the school, ~ which are at
that time in the school room. Then let
each pupil freely criticise and correct
his own letter before receiving instruc-
ton from other.
To see ones own faults first, and to
correct them unaided, is the surest and
swiftest road to Improvement. In all
business letters the one single pre-
dominating idea should be clear
ness, in composition. penmanship, and
above all in SigRGtetre.-J0urnat Of
Education.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
NEED A TEACHER BE PROXY.

At the forty-fourth annual meeting
of the Rhode Island Institute of In
struction II. S. Tarbell, Supt. ofSchools
of Providence, gave very able and sug-
gestive replies to the above question:
MANY people," he said, 'think
teachers the dullest and most prosy
class in the community, outside of
their profession. The sentiment,
generally accepted, that no one should
teach too long, would seem to favor
the general idea that the work of the
teacher does tend to exhaust vitality
and make his life dull and monoto-
nous. 1t is true that there is a
perpetual drain of nervous force in the
teachers work. Intellectual life is un-
questionablv quickened during the
first year of teaching. But how is it
during the third and fourth years?
Routine work in the schoolroom often
destroys intellectual activity, and
pedantry and narrowness follow. The
necessary routine of class work tends
to destroy the power for comprehen-
siye thinking. Teachers need con-
tinuous vigorous thought in order to
grow, mentally. The tendency TO lean
upon textbooks prevents original in
vestigatiOns on the part of the teacher.
Too exclusive devotion TO one line of
business is fatal to a comprehensive
culture. The fields of the teacher
are limited. Being teachers does not
make them scholars unless they make
earnest effort to overcome the retro
gressive tendencies of the profession
and work outside of the immediate de-
mands of the daily routine. A good
teacher should often change his
methods without at all changing the
principles. We all need the tonic, the
stimulus of conversation outside the
schoolroom. All teachers need good
social life. The teacher in the school
talks in formal manner. The teacher
should be sprghtly in speech. viva
cious, nd original in styly. The men,
tai powers can be kept alert only by
grasping some subject with alacrity
and pursuing it thoroughly to the ut
most limit of investigation. We need
to make more effort to be true men and
true women than to be good teachers.
The abrasion of routine work tends to
make the mind of the teacher heavy
and dull. He summed up the causes
of prosiness as ill-health, wearied
nerves, monotonous, uninteresting
labors, unvarying mental processes in
routine, minute and circumspect, and
the constant dealing with younger
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
Clues for Many Purposes.

Soak half pound of glue over night
in a quart of good milk, and boil it The
next day; it will dissolve moisture
much better than glue dissolved in
water.
An adhesive mucilage for labels,
suitable for bottles or glass. may be
prepared by soaking glue in strong
vinegar; then heat to boiling and add
flour. This is very adhensive, and does
not decompose when kept in wide
mouthed bottles.
The following preparation is very
useful for cumming large sheets of
paper, which may be kept on hand
ready for use; when wetted they will
stick well on glass: Starch, two
drachms; white sugar, one ounce: gum
arabic, two drachms; to be boiled with
sufficient quantity of water.-Jeve5-
lers' RecielU.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
SPENT 100000 I'M ONE YEAR.
Edith de BetIevilIe cuts "A wide Swath with
Emperor Williams Money.

"Some time in 1886 Prince William
saw me at the races near Berlin and
asked who | was,'' said Edith de Belle
vile to New York World writer.
Shortly afterward an officer of his
staff treated a young friend of mine in
what | thought was a very dishonor-
able way, and | wrote to Prince Will
lam asking him if he would use his
influence in the matter. [ received an
answer granting me an audience. But
why 90 onp | do not believe that any
woman would refuse diamonds and
costly dresses, horses and carriages,
magnificent house on the principal
street of a European capital, every
luxury in the world, and such a posi-
ton as | afterward attained. | had
everything. The best known men in
the country came to my drawing-room.
My brougham was the most costly and
conspicuous in the drive. | had all
the money l could spend. I spent
$1,O00,000 in one year, and beside this
contracted debts to very large
amount.
81 was the talk of the town. Berlin
is small place compared with New
York, and all my extravaganza demon
STATIONS were noticed and discussed.
But | knew it could not last. I was
always sure of that. People began to
talk about Prince William. They
spoke of the fact that he was a mar
ried man. They pitied his wife, and
they said what was. perhaps, true,
that he could not afford to conduct
such an establishment as he had given
me and indulge my extravaganza ex-
penditures. The feeling against me
grew apace. Angry looks greeted me
when | went out driving. There were
many who would have liked to kill me,
and they cursed me as l passed. At
last one morning representatives from
the municipal authorities came and
told me | would have to leave Berlin.
Il acquiesced, because l could do
nothing else. I sent a message to the
prince, but / received no answer. /
do not believe now that he ever receiv-
ed it. Even then | did not take things
very seriously. / thought matters
would blow over after a time, so /
gathered my jewels together, took
some dresses, and putting what money
l had at hand in my pocketbook, /
went down to little country place two
or three hours from Berlin, and wait
ed. wrote Prince William from here
again. Again no answer came to my
letter. After few weeks | returned
to Berlin. | went to my house. lean
not describe my surprise when reach
ed there. The house had been dis
mantled; all my beautiful things were
gone. The furniture, pictures, bric-a-
brac, everything had been carried of
and sold. so | was told, and the money
applied to the liquidation of debts
which had been incurred in establish
ing me in Berlin. But not only was
the furniture, pictures, and statuary
gone, but everything of personal
character. Ali my letters had disap-
peared. Two or three packages of
letters from De Belleville, and another
from Prince William were among
them. The completeness of the wreck
simply stunned me, but l could not do
anything, and l accepted the inevita-
BILE. Then they said, as had married
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
,ither the LIQUOR or vapor. to the ire.

either the liquor or vapor, to the hre.
The Western Rural, in giving advice
about saving seed. says: Zone of the
strange things in the ways of men is
that, while they know that good crop
without good seed is impossible, many
are careless about saving it or taking
care of it after it is gathered. Com
plants against the seedmen, sometimes
Justified and sometimes not-are fire.
quent, but very few make complaints
against themselves when their crops
fail because the seed they planted is
poor"
Clothing wool is of the fine, short
fiber, prepared by carding rather than
by combing. This wool is taken from
the merino sheep. Combing wool
comes from the large long-wooied
sheep, such as the Cotswolds, Lincolns.
and Leicesters. The carpet woods are
taken mostly from the sheep of the
Mexican class found in New Mexico,
Arizona, and Texas. The mutton
sheep are the Southdowns, Oxfords,
Shropshires, and Hampshires, all OF
which produce middle grade of wool.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
A Man of High Principle.

Housekeeper CATER dining tramp):
"Why don't you go to work?" Tramp:
81 am not able to do hard work,
madame. As boy ! was obliged to
go to Sunday school in all sorts of
weather, and it made me so very deli
cate, madame" ''Oh, well. it seems
to me you might get something indoors
out offices, for instance.
Why don't you seek position as jani-
tor of an Officer" Madame, | am q
man of high principle, and 1 hold,
madame, that the office should seek
the man, not the man the office.
Thanks for this banquet. If you see
an office hunting for me tell it I've
gone up the road. " = Philadelphia
Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
Bodies Buried at Sea.

"Why are the bodies of passen gers
who die on ocean steamships at sea
thrown overheard instead of being
brought to port?" was asked of Navy
officer.
at depends upon circumstances
whether it is advisable to bury a per-
son at sea who dies on shipboard." was
the reply. IF the vessel is within a
day or two of the end of the voyage,
there is no good reason for not brin O.
ing the body into port, although a
superstition prevails among sailors
that if dead body is kept on board it
means the inevitable destruction of
the vessel. Aud it is often the case
that when body is shipped on board
a vessel to cross the ocean the fact is
kept from the knowledge of the sail
ors."
1T is commended by some that the
burial of body at sea is not attended
with the solemn ceremony thatit ought
to be?"
"A burial at sea casts gloom over
the whole ship, and it is natural for
the officers of vessel to avoid osten-
tation and display. All mariners are
firm in their conviction that when a
person dies at sea, unless within few
hours run to port, the body should be
given up to the deep. AS a rule, YES
sells are not provided with any place
where body may be kept, nor do the
medicine chests contain any drugs or
chemicals by which it can be embalm-
ed. Some of the lines, believe the
White star and French Transatlantic,
carry metallic collins in which the
bodies of those dying at sea, when the
urgent request of their friends is made,
may be placed until the vessel reaches
port. But there is no law, as some
have asserted, which makes it compul-
sorry to bury body at sea.
LAS for the burial service. the body
is usually sewed up in canvas and
heavy pieces of iron. and either CRATE
bars or shot, are fastened to it to
cause it to sink. Then the body is
taken to the gangway and the officers
and crew are assembled by the captain.
who reads che Episcopal burial SER
vice, as prepared for such occasions,
the ship being stopped meanwhile.
The service being completed, the plank
upon which the body rests is tipped up
and the body slides into the ocean and
sinks, being carried down by the
heavy weights Then the vessel is
put on her course and goes ahead.
Surely there is nothing inhuman OF
unbecoming in this. n-NeW York Iri.
, b2L2le
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03
Dear SIR:

The formal Dear Sir" or 'tDear
Sirs," is still almost universally used.
1t is an unnatural expression, which is
never meant. 1t is always in the way,
q waste of effort, and | welcome the
gradual omission which is likely to fol-
low the custom of few large business
houses.
The two addresses are very i'm
portant if the letters are to be copied
lin the transfer press) particularly for
future reference. These are essential
il any dispute arises over the business
of the letter. The addresses are valua-
BILE if the letter be misSent, as happens
every day.
Next to the address and Dear Sir"
il you so write, should be added in the
plainest and fes0eSt words possible, Just
Uhat you a0Gnt to say of business. 1t
is always wise, and often of vital i'm
portance, to refer to the date of the
letter to which you reply.
Omit, ''sit down to take my pen in
hand" ;omit remarks about the weather.
health, or any other personalities; omit
everything except the business in hand.
Many a tired clerk has been obliged to
klhHOC bhlouSn NhOb AOhd OAC, bWOJ vi
three long pages of trivial PERSONAL
ties to find, pinched into crowded
corner, the real business of the letter.
So, 200, when the purpose of the let
ter has been clearly stated, sign your
name plainly and stop. These two
items are very important. By far the
greater majority of people will write
clearly in the body of the letter, but
sign their names fndistinctly and often
illegibly. As many don't know how
to stop, but keep on adding personali-
ties, or possibly excuses, for imagined
Cor rea) errors.
The meaningless Yours truly" be-
fore your name, is the most convenient
ending, though | believe, like Dear
Sir" the letter would be better and
more truthful without it.
Address the envelope very distinctly,
so the name of the person or company
shall occupy exactly the center of the
envelope. The post-office should be on
the next line below, and the state still
lower,-both extending to the right for
clearness; thus:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03

minds Some of the remedies men
toned we're personal watch-care over
health and mental inclinations, variety
and interest in school work, cultivat-
ing the sensibilities and the magma
ton, and taking generous part in the
social, literary and religious life of our
fellow men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-03

an American, belonged to America,
and was no longer German citizen,
and on this pretense they warned me
again out of Berlin. | wrote for the
last time to Prince William, but again
receiving no answer, l left the German
capital, and have not been there
since y