Mohave County miner., 1889-09-14
SUPERFICIAL SURVEY.


SUPERFICIAL SURVEY.
A Londoner adv ertises that he Ia nporous
plaster manufacturer TO her majesty tho
queen.p
"Jimmy" Hope. the bank robbcr, has
3eon discharged from Auburn prison, where
bis yauitlna ambition sent him.
The National Association OF Sleeping Car
Porters win use its organized interest In
opposition 10 tho wearing Of yellow shoes.
The shah spent $4,000 for hotel and
railroad expenses on his latest tour. Europe
Is glad that II costs the shah &C much TO
travel
Berry Wall, In his latest chapter on mems
dress and adornmcnt, lays down the rule
that the bigger tho watch chain the lighter
the man who wears II.
John Goslow, o street.car driver In San
Jose. Cal, has been arrested for fast driv-
Ing, and q new crop OF headlines, based on
whats In oamei" may be- expected from
the Pacific slope
A very old pear tree Is now standing on
the grounds Of w. II. Smith In Richmond,
Me. Its exact age IL not known, but Its
Identity can bo traced back for l50 years
II still bears fruit
II Is claimed that new discovery ia tau
ming will rcyolutionixc the leather business
and mako shoes fve times a. durable as
now. The revolution win be not only In
shoemaking but In lasting.
A girl caught tho small -pox on Pacific
Mail steamer and her father has sued the
company for $4,000 II Is not enough that
tho patient is pitted. Something more sub
stsntiai than sympathy is wanted.
A bird, snow white, and standing seven
feet high, Is reported 70 have been shot at
Dundee, Ind IL weighs less than four
pounds. For want Of the proper name, the
people call II the phantom heron"
A feminine summer boarier, who las.
week killed rattlesnake In Passaic county,
N. j.. win wear the tanned skin Of her
victim rs girdle, She gave the snake a
belt" and Il politely reciprocatos.
There is growing exportatatIon OF
American hogs To Mexico, but the duty
charged on Mexican pigs entering this
country has compelled the shutting down OF
lead mines In that country. This In not re.
ciprociiy.
"Grace" was title assumed BY Henry
Nv. OF England in 1890 Excellent Grace
was assumed by Henry VI, about 1425.
This continued ths title by which the king
was addressed till 1905, the tima of James
l.. when it was succeeded by the title
Majesty"
A peculiar industry has sprung up near
Albany since 1ssa, that OF supplying crushed
stone for asphalt and mscadamised roads.
Tho quarry from which the stone is taken
Is operated night and day. One thousand
tons OF rock day are crushed and no Gers
are used In transporting the fragments Of
rock 70 all parts OF the country.
Dwcliers in Florida who are fortunate
enough 70 possess pet sand. hill cranes have
discovered that they are alert night watch
ers. No tramp or thief can approach ths
premises without hearing a clear bus,ie not
OF alarm The cackiing Of goose saved
Rome and the cry OF sand hlll crane per
forms the same service FOR the Florida hen
roost and smokc-honse.
DIR. WAGE, the principal Of Kings college
said In the course OF recent speech tha, al
though the study OF dead languages nigh,
be very valuable sin developing intellectual
faculties and sympathies, he could not see
why the same degree Of mental intelligence
could not be promoted by the study ni
modern languages, and particularly by the
study Of English classics"
There was one thing at Hatfield with
which the shah was much struck, says The
Manchester Guardian, the magnificent
chapel in which service Ii daily said whilt
the family arc In residence. The shat
wished to know II all the English nobilit,
had prayer-houses, and was much anazet
To learn that the son OF the prime ministe,
was the parish priest In Hatfield.
Cleveland under the name OF tho CIeve
land Eyangelizatlon society, which ha.
bought wagon, with the intention of hay
Ing the vehicle driven through the street,
OF Cleveland On Sundays and Of hayinJ
| addresses made from IL on religious topics
The clergyman who will make sddresse,
| from the wagon win especially aim To in
dace their hearers TO 60 to church
Tho holidays Of the Paris board schoo
children are holidays indeed. The mnnici
pal council ailois q considerable sum o.
money 70 the school authorities for sencIn,
tho most deserving pupils on holiday tours
In former years the tours have been u
Rouen, Hsrve, Mont ST. Michel, etc. ThI,
year, in order 10 enable more children 4
share In the treat, the tours will be con
fined 10 Versailles, Fontaineblcau, an,
other cnyirons Of Paris.
A couple Of good natnred Frenchmen goi
into quarrel and challenged each other I,
fight The morning Of the duel they AM
their seconds tranped through the wood
to the fatal spot, when one OF the dneiists
the challenging party, tripped and fell
His second helped him 10 his feet II hop.
you are not hurtf' said the other dueiist
I'm not much hurt: I only bumped no,
nose on tho ground" Does it bleed =
| "Yes, q iittle.n Heaven be praised
Blood flows, and my honor Is yindicated
Give ne your hand, old boyi"
Pigeon flying is growing to DO an absorb
ing amusement in England, PARTICULAR!
among the Birmingham lsoorers. Tn
spread OF the sport has developed quite
new branch Of railway traff1c. II Is th
1 pfaCticc VI HicTs 70 bcnu bhelf plfub u
baskets, addressed to the station maste
at particular station, with the reques
that he release them, mark on a label tn
time that they were released, and returl
the basket This request Is regularly gran,
ed. The officials rather like the work. Il
cloudy weather porters have been known b
feed birds for three days before settlnl
them free.
Visitors TO the Paris exposition seem JUS
now intent on illustrating the sUperfuous
ness Of the very appliances Of civilization
which the world show Is designed to de
velop. Thus Herr Loewy OF the Vienn
Extrablatt, showed II was quite possible TO
an Austrian TO see the exposition withou
ayailing himself Of the railways IL he onl.
possessed a gig and knew how to irive !,