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Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
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In q London Drug.Store.

There Is wide difference between
the London drug-stores and ours.
There Is no such craze for patent
medicines there as here, and there is
nothing like the American inclination
for every man to be his own doctor.
An English druggist sells face powder
cologne, soap. tooth-brushes, patent
pills, and the like; but his main bust
ness is putting up prescriptions. He
has no clientele Of men who drop in for
a little aromatic spirits of ammonia
after a night of dissipation, or for acid
phosphate after too much smoking, or
for tincture of iron and so many grains
Of cuinine, or a glass of Calisaya for a
tonic, or teaspoonful OF bicarbonate
of soda to Offset too hearty meal. All
that which so enriches our druggists IL
unknown In England. The Americans
In London last summer found this out
to their cost. One OF them told me
that he had this queer experience. He
asked druggist for draught Of iron
and quininG.
oh, we can't give you that with
out a prescription, you know, the man
replied.
The American persisted, but the
druggist was firm.
Well, can you give me an ounce OF
tincture of iron2"
Yes, sir"
And two two-grain quinine pillss"
"Yes. sir"
"Will you lend me tumbler with
little water in it?"
Yes, SIR"
Having all these things the Ameri.
can dropped dozen drops Of iron in
the water and took that and the pellets
down with a gulp. The druggist
looked on with keen interest, and then
said. very gravely:
DO you know, / call that very neat.
1t is very neat indeed. ."-Julia'a Ralph.
IN HarPer's Weekly.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
Sir Walter Scott.

Mr.. Sala. in his entertaining Echoes
Of Week" refers to paragraph about
the literary gains of Sir Walter Scott,
which appeared in Truth recently.
writes Labouchere, and he states that
when the news Of Sir Walters ruin
was made public Mr.. Morritt. of
Rokehy. remarked that IF everybody
who had been made happy by reading
the 'Waverley Novels would subscribe
sixpence the author would become
richer than Rothschild" This is not a
perfectly correct version of the obser-
vation to which Mr.. Sala refers, and it
was made by the celebrated earl of
Dudley, and not by Mr.. Morritt, who,
being not only most intimate friend
OF Scott but also 4 generous and a
sensible man, offered privately to
place a large sum at Sir Walters dis
posali while Lord Dudley, who was
one OF the richest men Of his time, and
who had neither wife, family nor near
relations, contented himself with ex-
pressing his sympathy in a hollow
compliment Mr.. Sala's account of
Sir Walters pecuniary affairs is cor
rect rs far as 1t goes, but he ought to
have added that Lockbart gave every
shilling Of the large sum which he
received for writing his father-in-law's
biography toward the extinction of
Sir Walter Scotts debts When, by
the way, is Sir Walters entire diary TO
be published? Surely it has now been
kept quite long enOuph,
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
Ways Of Great Men.

was sitting in the senate gallery,
SAYS Washington Post writer, won
dering why so learned speaker as
Senator Teller should say air" for
are; why so eloquent a gentleman
as Senator Daniel should say cam" for
calm" and why Senator Moody
should say 'extryOrdinary;" wonder
ing, too, why pretty nearly every sem
ator when he has nothing TO say says
it in his most oratorical manner.
and why most Of them begin their long
speeches with the assertion that they
do not intend to make speeches. and
end them by saying that they have
taken more Of the senate's time than
they intended to. WAS sitting there
thinking Of these things when / spied
my old friend, Uncle Jabez Larrabee,
of Illinois, In the gallery across from
me. Always interested in his obser-
yations, went over and sat down be-
side him.
I've been thinking" said be what
'tarnal nonsense it is for us TO teach our
children how to write accordin' TO rule.
Now. out in our village they teach what
they call the Spenceriatt system, an they
make every child sit ist SO at his desk
an hold his pen just so. pointin'
over his right shoulder. and his
his arm restin' just in such a position
on the desk. swum | don't see no
use in that tall, fer no man ever got
to be great, seems to me, till he un-
learned all them rules an went to
writin' accordin' to his own idea OF
how il should be done"
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
He Was No Suicide.

Say. mister, give me some money
TO buy some supper with. / haven't
had a bite to eat to-day. Can't you
help ME alongP"
1t was q street beggar accosting a
sorrowtul looking young man on one
of the principal thoroughfares of the
city. says the Kansas City Globe. The
young man stopped. There's a
nickle, q" said he. 'it's the last have,
but take it. / shall soon be where
they dou't need money. am tired of
this life; 80 take it. and good luck to
you"
Are you so much in need &c that,
partner3n asked the beggar.
Yes, have been looking for work
for two weeks. but it's no use, and my
moneys all gone" For while the
beggar hesitated; then he pulled out
81. Here" said he, take this.
You're worse of than | am"
Me-" answered the young man,
firmly. at won't do me any good
good-by," and he walked rapidly down
the street.
A policeman overheard the remark,
and he followed and overlook the
stranger.
Look here" said he, "are you the
fellow that's about to commit suicide?"
A hearty laugh interrupted further
questioning.
That's all right, officer" said the
would-be suicide. II am just trying
little game on these street beggars,
and that's the third one tonight who
offered me MONEY!
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
Ne had The DROP ON HIM.
Way the coioasl sabraittsd s.uistiy to On
Insalt


There are times" said Col. Metcalf
the other day, when n man will stand
any treatment. however outrageous.
A man who has seen what Ii means to
stand up before revolver acquires A
gxat respect for the weapon when II Ia
IN another mans hands and he has the
drop On you. There was nothing Id
the old days In tho seventies which de-
manded repatriation so quickly and 40
definitely al an insult. For man to
accept an insult without demanding or
taking redress was to bring upon him
self the scOrn Of the entire e0inmunlty.
And yet accepted the worst kind bf
an insult once and even to this day |
blush when ! think OF the eircum.
stances.
i was In Hugo at the time and was
playing billiards when a drunken man
came In and began a disturbance. lie
was a well-known desperate and no
one was anxious TO get into trouble
with him. lie became 80 obnoxious
without being checked that finally he
picked up one Of the billiard balls aud
sent II flying through window. He was
just reaching for another when ! re-
Yersed my cue and, placing the butt
Of II ia the pit Of his stomach, pushed
him back against the wall. The next
moment was looking down the barrel
OF Colts revolver. The sensation Ia
such case is simply oyerpowering.
was perfectly helpless, for had no re-
yolyer myself. and If / had been wear
Ing one be could have killed me before
my hand could reach II. / thought he
was going to shoot me then and there,
bat he chose not 10 do this from some
drunken whim.
I'm going to slap your face, Met
calf. he said. so that you can tell the
people about It. Turn your cheek
around here
Il looked way down the barrel Of
that sixsshooter 70 far that II seemed
10 me that / could see q bullet In its
chamber | set my teeth against the
insult. knew that I was deadly pale.
"Turn it., be said. One, two
aud | turned my cheek. did not feel
the blow, but the fame which scorehed
il afterward was like a furnace fire.
Now he said, with a drunken
laugh, give me the other one.' Again
be counted--'one, two'-and / pre-
sented my other cheek for a second
slap.
''lf ever wanted to kill a man 1t
was that fellow. but had no show at
all. ! remember the sickening feeling
which ran over NE at the thought that
be might insist upon breaking my nose.
Revolver or no revolver. / do not be-
lieve ] could have stood that. But |
took the insults, not from him, but
from a six-shooter. A man can't argue
against a revolver. But for months
and months / longed to meet that man
on even terms. / never saw him
again. IN y. Tribune.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
THAT walk Through tho wheat.

Together we walked in the evening time.
above us the sky spread golden clear
AQd be bent bis head and locked IN my eyes
As " he held ms Of al most dear
u . was sweet In the evening ilmeI
And our pathway went through neIds Of
sar0~ that path and rough tho way.
But be vas near, and the birds sang true,
Ana the stars came cut VI the twilight gray,
~ y was sweet In sAse evening tinael
Softly be SPOKE of tho days long mast.
sOftly.of blessed days 70 be;
Close 60 bis arm. and e!oses,I pressed
1hf cosn-neld path was sien 70 me-
u twas sweet In the evening tiLzei
Ersyer the Light grew, and grayer stili.
the rocks Fitted hcme through the purple
shade
The pightiIgales sang where the thorns s.oos
As ! walked with him in sbo woodland
on Was sweet in the evening tinei
And the latest CLEANS Of daylight died;
NY hand ~ bis enfOlded lay;
cd
For narrower, narrower wound the way,
y. II was sweet In the evening timei
He looked in the depth Of my eyes. and said;
SORROW and E'adness viii come for US,
But together wen walk through the nelds of
closs as We walked through the fields of
Good Words
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
IS TIE SUN GROWING coLn1
We Cannot Prove That IL Ts, Sotwith.
standing Great Changes In Climate.

We want 10 know whether the sun IA
showing any symptoms Of decay; saws
the Story Of the Heavens. Are the
days as warm and rs bright as fhey
were ten years ago, 100 years ago9
We can lind no evidence Of aAy change
since the beginning Of authentic
records. II the suns heat had per.
ceptibly changed within the last 1900
years we should expect to lind cores
pouding changes In the distribution
Of plants and animals. but no such
changes have been detected.
There Is no reason TO think that the
climate Of ancient Greece or of ancient
Rome was appreeiably different from
the climates Of the Greece and the
Rome that we know al this day. The
vine and olive grow now where they
grew 1000 years ago. We must not,
however, lay too much stress on this
argument, for the effects OF slight
changes in the suns heat NAV have
been neutralized by corresponding
adaptation 10 the pliable organisms OF
cultivated plants.
All we can certainly conclude Is that
no marked change has taken place in
the heat of the sun during historical
time. But when we come TO look back
into vastly earlier ages we find the most
copious evidence that the earth has
undergone great changes In climate.
Geological records can, on this
question, hardly be misinterpreted.
Yet II is curious 10 note that these
changes are hardly such as could arise
from the gradual exhaustion OF the
suns radiation. No doubt in very
early times we have evidence that the
earth's climate must have been much
warmer than at present. We had the
great carboniferous epoch, when the
temperature must almost have been
topical 10 arctic latitudes. Yet it is
Sardly possible 10 cite this as evidence
that the sun was then much more
powerful. for we are Immediately re-
minded Of the glacial epoch when our
temperate zones were incased in sheets
OF solid ice as Northern greenland is at
present. If we suppose the sun to
have been hotter than 1t is at present
to account for the vegetation which
produces coal, then we ought to as
sumo the sun TO be colder than II is
now TO account for the glacial epoch.
1t is not reasonable TO attribute such
phenomena to such oscillations in the
radiation from the sun. The glacial
epochs prove that we cannot appeal to
geology 10 aid Of the doctrine that
secular cooling of the sun is now in
progress.
The geological variations of climate
may have been caused by changes in
the earth itself, by changes in the
position Of its axis, by changes in its
actual orbit; but, however they have
been caused, they hardly tell us. much
with regard to the previous history OF
the sun. The heat OF the sun has lasted
for countless ages. yet we cannot
credit the sun with the power of
actually creating heat. We must ap-
ply even to the majestic mass of the sun
the same laws which we have found by
our experiments on the earth. We
must ask: Whence comes the heat
sufficient to supply this tremendous
OUTGOING?
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11

heavy lance at the same Instant. aud
It had passed through Lucarlo'a arm.
making a ghastly hole. But when
tney aent 10 the fallen giant. ne was
quite dead. The boys heavy knife
had done It's fatal work 10 the head a
the savage.
Aecording<o the compact. the Ute,
were already galloping away. II was
many months before they made an-
other foray into that portion OF New
Mexico.
Incario recovered from his wound,
and distinguished himself as a captain
In several subsequent Indian wars. He
bade fair 20 become one OF the noted
men Of New Mexico; but In January,
1890. he was among the victims Of that
bloody night at San Miguel, whom tho
lurking Apaches surprised aud massa-
cred the flower Of New Mexican SOL
diery--''the Brave Thirty Of Cebol.
leta. "--CAas. n. Lrmmis In YoHth's
Companion.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
After-Dinner Speeches.

IAN after-dinner speech" says Dan.
lei Dougherty. should always be brief.
1t should never exceed ten minutes in
length. 1t should begin with some
light pleasantly and end with senti-
ment. The instant that You have
uttered all the thoughts you had in
mind sit down. Don't hesitate and fish
around for more ideas or reproduce
the old ones. II you do you will spoil
your ease Of manner. and manner
means a great deal in an after-dinner
speech. fyou say nothing pleasantly
everybody Mt table will consider that
you have said it we'll People at table
do not look for profound thought or
solemn propositions. And above and
beyond all thiugs they object to being
Wearied.n
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
A Curious Little Boat.

In the shop window of Emil Wine
gartener, at Turin, Italy, there has
been exhibited. one of the most won
derful little boats in the world. 1t
was made by a ieweler In the employ
Of Mr.. Winegartener in 1888, and is
formed of single pearl, fashioned in-
to all the swells and concavities Of a
real tug-boat. The sail is of beaten
gold studded with diamonds. The
binnacle-light at the prov is a ruby of
wonderful brilliancy. An emerald
serves for rudder, aud the stand up
on which it is mounted is of pure ivory.
The weight of the boat and stand IL
less than half ali ounce. II is valued
1T 5000.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
A Peculiar Request.

One Of the early settlers of Oscoda
county, Michigan, made peculiar re.
quest when he died few years ago.
For some time before his death his
stock was being stolen. either by men
or bears, and the old mans mind was
affected by his loss. lie asked that he
be buried standing. on the east side Of
a tree which grew on a hill overlook.
ing his farm. From this position he
hoped to detect the thieves.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11
An Advertising Dodge.

A Vienna baker is advertising his
business by putting a gold ducat in one
loaf out Of every thousand that be
bakes. The people in the poor suburb
where his shop is situated fairly fight
10 buy the loaves.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-11

Miss Abigail Dodge ("Gail Hamil-
tour teaches a Sunday-school class
that meets every Sunday at Secretary
Blaine's residence.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-18
Boston Produce:Market

BOST0N.July II. ls90.-Ths following are The
days quotations of Provisions. &c.:
Pork Long cuts 13 O0@13 20 short GUS Is 90
pork tongues IL 20; mess 10 90; prime mess at
ID 90; extra prime IL 90.
Hams 10@lo1sc; small at 11911hc pressed
hams 11@11Ac.
Lard-Choice e1A@es4 y fb in ties and tubs
lob pals in cs &c.
Hogs-Choice city dressed hogs at 5N (d6 q n /;
country do at &c.
Butter-Western exrta crmy at 17617kc fancy
higher; hrsts and extra hrsts 1905; extra imta-
ton crm 11@l2c; others 6@10c; factory choice
LOG &C; New York ana Vermont extra crm 16@
TIC; extra firsts 14915c; New York and vt dairy
choice 13@l5c. The above quotations are re-
ceivers' prices for strictly wholesale lots.
Cheese-Northern choice at 7@71ac; Western
choice at &c; lower grades as to quality. Jobbing
prices n G higher.
Eggs-Eastern extras at 1s@l9c; fancy nearby
stock higher: frsts l8@20c; extra Vermont ana
FL 16@17c :Wesrern choice 15@16c; Michigan
choice 16c. .Iobbing price 1c higher
Poultry-Choice fresh Killed Northern and Eas-
tern spring chickens at 25@30c; Western iced
Northern fowls. choice fresh killed Ice: Western
iced fowls choice at 12@l21sci live chickens Is
II8c fowls 12c.
Beans-Choice small N York hand-picked pea
Beans al 1902 10 y bush; choice New York
marrow hnd-pickd 00GO 90 :small Vermont hand
Jobbing prices l0c higher.
Hay-Choice prtmel hay SIC .o0@s17 90; fair
to good at $13 OO@S1b 90 eastern fine S13G514;
poor to ordinary S106$13: East swale at $40;
Rye straw choice, $50 00G22 90; Dat straw So
40 90.
Potatoes-We quote new Southern, extra Nor
folk Rose and Hebrons at % y Dbl fair to good
at 3 90,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-18
THE PRESS.

May be obtained at the Periodical Depots of N
" FesSenden Horse Railroad Station; Marquis
20 Exchange St.; Chisholm Bros, Union De-
Congress ST.; Jewett, 5O4 Congress ST. Peter
son, Exchange St. Goold, corner Congress and
Ghestnut SITS; Chisholm, 100 Congress st. A. G..
Todd Co, Commercial, corner Park Morrill,, 243
Beardsworth, 81 India ST.; Da Silva, 22l Spring
81. Brown, Cor. India and Commercial SITS. /:
hopkins, near Union Station; Lee, SO Middle st. !;
Perry, 43 Middle St; MCGOWAN & Young,
AIS Congress ST., and of CHS aolm Bros agents
on all trains running out of he city.
=. Auburn, Ha k IL & Reynolds.
Bath, j. o. Shaw
Biddeford, f. M. Durham.
| A. L. Jefferson.
bo5ton, Mass, American House
brunswick, B. l.. Dennlson.
Cumberland Mills II. G, Starr.
Damariscotta, e. w. Dunbar.
Deering, @. NJ. Record.
Freeport, w. A. Mitchell.
4 Fryeburg, j. @. Gerry.
I Fairfield, e. III. Evans.
Pennington, III. @. White & Co.
{ Gardiner, Palmer Co.
Gorham, Jas. II. Irish & Co.
Lewiston, Chandler q Estes.
Long Island T. nj. Glendenning
Mechanic Falls, Merrill 8 Dennlng.
Norway, S. L. Crockett, A. o. Noyes.
Old Orchard Geo. K. Fogg,
Peaks Handkerchief Bros.
Richmond, G. A. Beale.
Rockand, o.s. Andrews, R. Fl. Burnham & A.
j. Huston.
ssa acc ": B; Boothby.
Sac9, u. b, kendrick q Co., VIM. Stackpole.
So. Paris, A. M. Gerry.
Skowhegan-Bxby & Buck.
Thomaston, K. Walsh.
Vinalhaven, A. b. Vinal.
Waldoboro, g. Bliss.
Waterville, c. I'll. Hayes
Woodfords, II. A. Leighton.
Yarmouth, w. +. Bennett.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-18
Moral CoWardice of Women.
New York World

Take seat at popular dress counter
in any one of the large dry goods stores
of New York, and if in the space of one
hour you do not see and hear ten SUBJ
limated prevaricators it will be because
trade is slack, the season is over or the
weather out of joint OF every twenty
shoppers who stop at the counter to ex-
anime the dress patterns fully fifteen
will retire with little falsehood on her
lips. Either she will "come in again."
''send her dressmaker to buy il" "come
right back" when she picks out a wrap
or looks over another line of cloths. or
"think about it and send you postal"
Not one woman in thousand has the
bravery to say, II don't like it," or at
Is too expensive" They don't seem to
understand that it is nothing to the
salesman whether she takes it or not,
that he is paid to show the goods, and
that as a patron of the store she is en-
titled to command his services. So great
Is the moral cowardice Of the semi-edu-
Gated class that they will take dress
pattern, have it sent home G. o. D., only
10 be returned by the delivery clerk
marked mot at home" or mot wanted. .
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-07-18
Domestic Markets.

Oy AOlCSIdpus
NEW YORK July IT, I890-The Flour market
receipts 9106 packages; exports 1854 bbls and
1922 sacks quiet; sales 17.750 bbls.
mills extra at 4oa4 IS; city mills patents Is
90 25; winter wheat. low grades at 2 45G3 or;
fair to fancy at 1894 80; patents at 1908 Is;
80; do patents 4 25@5 30; do rye mixtures
3 55G4 15; superdne at 2 1902 So; fine S09
SSas co. good to choice DO 1898 IT, e Rye
Flour quiet and steady; superfne at 8 0O93 SO.
Wheai-receipts 81 800 bush exports 1o7,7so
bush: sales los, 900 bush; hrmer and moderately
active, chiefly for export; No Q Red at 941a@
Of b; No Red at SIC; No Northern at 98M G;
No hard at toe CO. Rye firm and quiel; State at
SSs s2Sorts bus saes ia1
strong with good demand and "a C up; No at ~
@i414c elev 15@44zsc afloat; steamer My ed
400 bush sales ies 900 bush; fairly active 1SeSi
up and scarce; No 3 at SIC; do White at 39c :No.2
wits ao Mixed Do WsssfH s az a. % as
38@44c: White State at 3S@44c; No Q Chicago
at see Ceffee-Rio dull and steady flair cargoes
at 20c sugar-raw Is quiet and steady; refined
easier and moderately active; Q 5ss@5ifc; Extra
IS 9-1695 l1-16; White Extra,C 6M G; yellow at
standard:A 3-I6c; Confectioners A Sc; cut loaf
and crushed 6zsc; powdered at 11-16c; granu-
lated at 6Ac; Cubes 6ssc. Petroleum steady
settled Reef quiet; Beef hams irmer; Tierced
Beet quiet and steady; cut meats more active;
nuluuitS weak. AHr0 quiet ana STEADY; western
steam at o71s; city at 70; refined for CONT
nent quiet o5@6 66; AT 5. BuIter-extra
steady others easy; State dairy at 7@l6c ;Elgln
at 171a. Cheese weak and dull; State at 61a(d
sac; fancy White 77s@8c. 800
Freiefsts to Liverpool steady grain ID. lSs
CHICAGO. July IL, 1890-Th Flour market is
firm. Wheat lower; No Spring s6G861sc; NO 2
Red at 87@87Mc. Corn higher; No Q at 37A0
38c Oats steady; No at 31A G3INc. Rye
No ats4819. Barley nominal. Mess Pork quiet
at IL 50@1l 621s. Lard steady so. Dry sailed
meats-shoulders a. 1906 40; short clear sides
8 45@5 55.
bush; corn 900 bush; oats las 600 bush ;ssrye
5000 bush; barley, 5000 bush.
Shipments-Flour, 5000 bbls; wheat 5000
bush: corn, 4S6 900 bush ;oats. lit 900 bus: rye
1000 bush. barley 1000 bush.
ST LOUIS, July II 189O.-The Flour market is
quiet. unchanged; Xxx 2 1912 25; family at 40
az 90; choice at 1902 80; fancy at 8 6Oa3 10:
extra fancy 20l4 35 patents 6504 80 Wheat
lower; No 2 at 87c. Corn higher; No 2 at 1874 G.
Oats higher; No 2 at 33c. Rye-No at soc.
Provisions, Pork quiet at IL 90. Lard-prime
steam at 30; butchers 60. Dry sailed meats
shoulders at 80; longs at 8 Is; ribs so ;short
clear at s 40; Bacon active and firm-shoulders
8 70; longs and ribs at 8 80 short clear at 6 80
corni67 900 bus, oats 81 900 push; barley 10000
bush, rye 5000 bush.
Shipments-Flou 1900 bbls, wheat $4,000
bush, corn 000O0i bush oats 10000 bus,lbarley
5000 bush, rye 5000 bush.
DETROIT, July n 1890.-Wheat-N White
al soc: No Req 88c. Corn-No 2 at 1894 c. Oats
No 2 at "a; No 2 White 3Sc.
@ReceptS-Flour 0000 bbls, wheat 15, 200 bush I;
corn 800 bush; oats 850sbush.