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Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
How 70 Eat a Watermelon.

1t is said in Florida that the way 10
Eat an orange is to put your nose in it.
This advice applies TO the watermelon
in the most emphatic manner. There
is nothing fit to eat in the melon but
the heart and that should be TORN out
and eaten bodily. and if the juices
should run down the neck and into the
sleeves so much the better. Sweets TO
the sweet-and nothing could be sweet
er than these juices which embody the
friction of the year and all that is best
in the seasons. The knife is a deadly
weapon. 1t destroys the flavor and
has deadly effect on the fruit. People
who understand their business never
use knife. but go at 1t like pugilists.
and the more barbarous the attack the
finer the feast.--AtLaHta Constitution
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
Cars and Locomotives,


A gentleman OF this city who has
had occasion to investigate the matter
states that freight cars never were so
cheap as at present, says the Pittsburg
Chronicle. In lots Of fifty or more,
thirty-ton cars, strongly built and hav-
ing all the improvements. can be bad
for $3.50 each, and, he continued, If
you want them handsomely painted
aud vanished. with your name in gilt
letters on each side. you can get them
for $500 each. In fact, freight Gag
arc now so cheap that 1t does not re.
ray 10 remodel old light-burden cars,
and last year the Reading Railroad
Company made bonfire Of fifty of its
old pattern cars. Locomotives are
also very cheap. machine of the best
kind, that during the war would have
cost frorn s25, 900 to $50. 900, can now
be built profitable for Sc, 600 to 5000.
When asked as to the cause Of this
chcapness of cars he said il was due
partly to the low cost Of material, but
more largely to the introduction of
Iabor-saying machinery. All the cars
are built TO gauge, and whom a big
order is received everything Is gotten
out by machinery, and about the only
hand work required is the boiling Of
the different parts together
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
A Shrinking Desert.

Already the area OF California's des-
ert lands is shrinking like the waters
of Lake Tulsre, and II will be only a
few years before it will no longer be
seen on the maps Of the state. Every
day people are finding out that desert
does not mean irreclaimable. and that
underneath the gray and drab desola-
ton Of these lands lies the richest fer
tility. All the elements OF productive
ness are latent there. and only need
the revivifying influence OF water to
wake into activity and usefulness.
Eastern capitalists have not been slow
to see this land aud to act accordingly.
The latest evidence of this comes from
Chicago. where. it Is said. gigantic
scheme Is on foot for irrigating S00,-
900 acres Of this desert land ia south.
ern California. This Is to be accom-
plished by impounding the water from
the mountains in immense storage res
ervoirs. whence Ii will be conducted TO
the land by.a system Of pipes, bitches,
and fumes. This is just what has been
done at Riverside, Redlsnds, Los An
geles, Pasadena. Fresno, and score Of
other places, where the results have
been most gratifying and the profits
ample. -s-San Frdncisco Chronicle.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
CENTRAL AFRICAN COOKERY.
n9~sr aad yaiatabts dishes Eaten with
sst Mach Ceremony.

I
As 4 rule only one principal meal Il
eaten In Central Africa, Id the early
part Of the evening. II usually con:
sists OF parrot soup, roasted or stewed
monkeys, alligator. eggs (also well
liked by Europeans), and birds oil
every description. They also have
moambo, or palm chops, and fish. A
great delicacy, 80 considered by
Europeans and natives alike, Ia ele-
phanta feet and trunk. These have
somewhat the taste Of veal. To pre-
pare them the natives dig hole about
live feet deep in the sand and in II
build large fire, After the sand Is
thoroughly heated the fire Is removed.
leaving only the ashes in the hole. The
trunk and feet are placed 10 this hole
and covered with leaves, and after
wards with hot sand. In two hours
they are done.
All carcasses of animals which are to
be cooked are placed on a block Of
wood aud pounded until every bone 10
broken. care beipg taken not TO tear
or bruise the skin. They are then
boiled or roasted on an open wood fire
or In hot sand or ashes, without remov-
ing the hide or feathers. The cooking
Is OF a very inferior grade. the only
spices used being salt aud pepper.
The kitchen utensils consist OF common
earthen or wooden ware. Very little
time IL taken for setting or decorating
the table, knives, forks aud napkins
are dispensed With
Africans have several vegetables
well liked by Europeans. Ngutti-
n'sengo is dish eaten all over Africa
1t consists OF egg plant. small fish
somewhat like our sardines and the
roots OF the cassayA or manioca plant
(called n'gulti), which have knotty
appearance and often weigh as much
as twenty pounds.
As the latter contains poison, the
manioca is soaked In water for three
20 four days to extract the poisonous
substance. II Is then cut and sliced
and small tomatoes are added. Ali Ia
placed in q vessel with water and
seasoned with salt aud pepper and
boiled. Moambo, or, as the Europeans
call 1t, palm chops, is also favorite
dish. The palm nuts are first boiled
in water until the pulpy substance
loosens from the pit, then the shell.
which contains very delicious oil. Is
placed In wooden mortar and crushed
to obtain the oil. Whatever the meal
consists OF, meat, fish, mustels, is put
in vessel, adding the oil and the
pulpy part of the palm nut. also red
pepper and salt. and Is boiled. Roast
or boiled squash Qoenge) is generally
eaten with 1t. Sweet potatoes (m'balla
bengal are more farinaceous aud
sweeter than ours, but do not taste SO
good. They are boiled or roasted.
Bananas (bitaebe) weigh about half
q pound each and are about Is inches
long. When half ripe they are cut in
slices and boiled In water with salt aud
pepper.
Nsensi is a little red bean. which Is
boiled in water without salt or pepper.
sud Is freely eaten. For peanut bread
(chisulu) the peanuts are first roasted
and then crushed. This mass Is then
rolled and put into the skin of a
banana. adding little pressure, form
lag it into body. 1t readily retains
this shape from the pressure Of the
oily substance In the peanut.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
A Story Of Mrs. Cleveland.

At one Of Mrs. Reeds commence
ments | remember an Interesting ad-
dress made by Bishop Pottor to the
graduating class. He forebore the old
time theme Of thkir sphere, their first
duty 10 their own homes, their useful
ness in society. He said: Make the
world somewhat different because of
your presence in IL! Do not pattern
after those around you. Rather stamp
your own individuality upon them"
STUFF aud nonsense" whispered an
old society lady to me. Individuality
forsooth! As soon as they wake up to-
morrow morning they will study the
Wall street calendar and find out what
young member OF the stock exchange
1t will be worth their while to be agree
able to-"
l gave her one Of my saIntliest looks.
i thought her altogether horrible--and
20 she was.
Beside me sat a lady whom / recog-
nized at once as being polite French
woman, to whom I might be civil
without the chance OF a rebuff--and
taking refuge from the blase, old
Mrs. Worldly-wise, | ventured pass
Ing compliment to the beauty of the
girls and their interesting exhibition.
''Ah, madame, " she answered, "the
American girls are charming-and
goodl j have taught them. madame.
They know how to be gracious"
You know the world Is a looking
glass;" i insinuated.
The little bit of fattery warmed
her into confidence and she told me she
bad taught the young wife OF the late
Democratic President.
"When | heard she had arrived In
New York en- route for her wedding,
took her little bunch Of white roses.
Did you not read, madame, that she
carried white roses in her hand when
she left for Washington? Those were
my roses! When gave them to her
| said; Quel bonheur pour vous,
frankie! lie President lie President >"
g 'Ce nest pas lie President she
said. C'est un hommc honneter She
had the great soul to think most of
this. "-Aiphd, IN Home journal.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15

Ing enemy II you dispIeaSe him; a man
Of iEplacable hatred. he neither bends
nor breaks; he never fOTgives or forgets;
his VIII Is OF Iron, very Bismarck Of
hnance patiently hiting for the oppor.
tune hour to STRIKE at his cnomies or
those who have displeased him and then
tn the twinkling OF an eye comes the
death blow.
There 10 now, at this very hour, q half
dozen men in Wall street. almost suffer.
iug for food writes Foster Coates to the
Chicago Times Men rich and powerful
In their day, who were crushed by Jay
Gould. One was broker for the Wall
street wizard. He made a fortune and
ssSled away in his yacht without bidding
Gould good-bye or Offering to aid him
with the money Gould had helped him
to make. for at that hour Gould was
himself sorely pressed, and had asked
his broker TO assist bin. Instead he
sailed away 10 the Mediterranean. Gould
got through his troubles somehow, and u
year elapsed before the broker appeared
on the street. Gculd said nothing. He
waited.
Presently the broker began to specu-
late. Then one day n friend OF Gould's
gave him DIP" lie put Il large por-
tion OF mis- fortune on 1t, and in trice
II was swept away, aud beyond the
wreck was seen the grlnnlng face Of
Gould. He was getting even. The
remainder Of the fortune went the same
way. and in year the broker was pen
DIless. Every enterprise that he en-.
gagged In failed. Gould never lost sight
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15

See the man therel He beats his
wife. Aud this dowdy in green had to
pay for her husband. Her father was
wealthy, but no one would marry her,
20 finally the old gentleman announced
that he would give s100. 900. house on
Fifth avenue. and three mouths trip
to Europe to the man who became her
husband. and the men were tumbllng
over each other, so eager were they for
her smiles. She selected the best look.
ing One--yes. that's he-that fellow In
fRultless evening dress--a perfect Apollo,
Isn't he2-well, that's her husband, and
he's banker now. Lover Nonsensei
Money! This woman In blue Is married,
she says, but no one has ever seen her
husband. This man with big diamond
ring was waiter In Delmonico's once,
when a pretty girl fell In love with him.
They ran away together. lived abroad
for five years In poverty, but now they
s:e reconciled with the old folks and the
ex-waiter is q member Of his father in
laws firm.
Observe that pretty little girl. Her
mother broke her heart because her hus-
band fell In love with the chilfs nurse.
They were married three months after
the poor woman was buried. And see
-
But didn't excused myself and
ran oil, for believe the poor old soul
knew more than any of Census Superin-
tendcnt POrtePs men, and she had hard
" warmed up to the subject when left
her.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
Tho Rubber Eraser.


Attention has. recently been drawn
TO an extract from the proceedings Of
the French Academy Of Sciences for
the year 1852, in which occurs the fol.
lowing passage relating TO the erasivs
properties Of india rubber:
Those who make use Of pencils
from lead mines in drawing architect
ural designs, plans Of Notifications,
etc, resort TO crumbs of bread for rub
bing out the pencil marks. M. Magai.
h@us Tor, as we spell the name,
Magellen), member Of the academy, .
worthy descendant of the great navi-
gator who discovered the straits south
OF Patagonia, which now bear his
name, proposes more effectual and
convenient eraser in the shape Of O
piece Of rubber, which can always be
carried about. Rubbing by this new
method is found to more satisfactorily
remove the marks Of the pencil and all
other spots which appear on the
paper. ."--AmericdH Stationer.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
The Oceans "Under-To,y," :"

Doubtless We have all heard a good
deal about this 'under-tow,n ~ as though
1t were some mysterious force working
from the recesses of a treacherons
ocean to draw unwary bathers 10 their
doom. As q matter Of fact its presence
Is obviously natural, and tho explaua-
ton of 1t more than simple. As each
wave rolls in and breaks upon the
beach, the volume of water which it
carries does not remain there and sink
into the sand; ii flows back again, and,
as the succeeding wave breaks over II,
the receding one forms an under-cur-
rent flowing outward Of strength pro-
portionate to the body of water con-
tanned in each breaker, and, again,
proportionate in great measure to
the depth Of the ditch. Where this
latter is an appreciable depression, It
can be readily seen that the water Of
receding waves will flow into IL with
similar effect OF that of water going
over fall. and that person standing
near is very likely to be drawn over
with it, and thus, II the ditch is deep
enough. carried out of his depth.
This IA all there is to the much-talked.
Of ''under-tow" and the numerous ac-
cidents laid TO its account.-Du6isLd
Osborne, in Scribney's.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
WALL STREET SKETCHES
BEHHY S. IVES AGAIN A "NaPoL EcN
OF FINANCE"
Say Gould Said to BE Patting His House
In Order In Readiness for tho FInai
Call.

Everybody remembers dashing Henry
L. Ives. the last OF The Nspoleons OF
haance, who, IL seemed at one time, was
dangerously near long term Of i'm.
prisonment Well, be is out and around
Wall street these days as bright and
clipper as lark on May morning His
chefubic eountenance beams placIdly,
his eyes snap, aud be carries himself
like racer going to the post. He is as
superbly groomed today as before the
crash His wardrobe must be very ex.
tensiye. for he never commits The social
error OF wearing the same suit Of cloth
Ing twice In one week. He is lavish In
rich neckware and jewelry. Indeed, his
fingers sparkle with rings. He seems to
be at peace with all the world. There 10
no shadow on his path.
He lunches at Delmonico's, and his
Office is crowded with men anxious TO
get q word with him. While hundreds
OF have-beens JOsile elbows with him
every Cay he pays no heed to the past
and Is constantly adding to his already
large fortune, Tor there are not many
people who do not believe that he saved
couple OF millions before the law
claimed him. Everything that be touches
now turns to gold. He Is making money
more rapidly than iinY man in the street,
aud some day you will hear of him again,
for be is consumed with an ambition to
succeed Jay Gould as the big man Of the
street.
BV the way, how many men have
strutted about Wall street for brief day
with the same idea in mind2
There is no answer. for those once
sunk In the mnelstrom of Wall street
speculation have no power OF speech.
Perhaps Mr.. Gould could tell
Speaking OF Gould, Wall street man,
one Of the best informed, too. by the
way told me the other day that Gould's
entire time Is devoted to caring for his
vast fortune, so that when death comes
he win leave IL In such way that mis-
heirs will have no trouble in the courts.
Mr.. Gould does not believe that he will
live long, though be has no reason to
think so, for there is nothing the matter
with him but a torpid liver He has a
hoisor of death, ard is putting his house
In order for the hour when the grim
messenger will arrive. Contrary TO
general belief be is not specializing in
Wall street He keeps a sharp eye on
the market and may 20 into the street
occasionally. but il is only TO protect
himself
Wall street has never had but one jay
Gould, selfish, erasping mao, blind TO
oil else but money making, q good
friend while he can use you, an unreleut-
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
The Discontinued Man.

Truly was he an honest gentleman,
but hard TO live with. and much given
to discomfort and fault-fnding. So il
came TO pass that tradesmen were lit
tie inclined TO sell him wares. The
tailor would have his doubIet turned
back on his hands because of seam.
or, belize, because the cloth of the
cape was not of Flemish dye, and with
his shoon and bosen he never was sat-
isiied. The cook because tho meat
was too much or too little roasted, or
the sauce not TO the masters taste, WAS
sorely troubled, and the groom was
often ronndly held to task ON account
of the hides of the horses. My lady's
stonachers and farthingales caused
him much vexation of spirit, as did hi,
childreD's garters. And when he we1t
to heaven, and st. Peter took from his
own stores halo and bid him wear il,
but, being as oyer-particular In heaven
AS he had been on earth, quotIl my
fine gentleman: "Prithee, Is this the
last fashion hereaboutsp 1t does not
fiji me. See you not 1t falletn down
over my ears? The gold Of the halo
wants refurnishing. 1t looketh.for all
the world like unto brass. fear me
1t is not of the Tower stamp. / deem
some low person hath worn it before
and shabbIed it, and came not here
to wear what is second-handed. And
so he went on complaining sore.
To stop his clatter, which was un-
seeming In heaven, St. Peter said
unto him: at is well, thou man hard
to please. Thou shalt have thy earth
ly frippery." And SO the bonnet he
bad worn when he was alive was
Brought unto him and he was made to
don it, and pitifui sight was he, for
in time his worldly habiIiment became
old and tarnished, and sorry Saint
did he look like. The Stranded Hta-
TlOTiSt.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
tsr sSsa People were passing TO and iro.

toga People were passing to and fro.
The show OF dresses was bswilderlng
and the glitter OF diamonds dazzlihg In
the extreme. 1t was after dinner. The
orchestra was playing the overture from
TanDhauser, and the old lady at my eide
In gorgeous rsiment and loaded down
with jewels was describing the people
hs they passed before tis for my edinca-
ton. How the dear old soul chalieredi I
This woman. she said. ''ls widow OF
20. She tries 10 make people believe she
Is only SO.yet know she has buried two
husbands and lsJooklng for third. She
Is worth million. but temper-bless me.
she's modern Xantippel This poor
little chap married his own mother-in-
law, Factl
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
Scratching Matches on Glass.

At q cigar stand last week, the Tsle-
graph scribe saw man scratch a
match on convenient pane of glass.
and to his surprise II lighted as readily
as though the glass had been sand
paper. To those who have been aceus-
toned to seeing people search for q
rough surface on which to scratch q
match, it would be rather startling.
Not only ordinary matches, but even
the safety matches. usually unlightable
except on the box in which they come.
can be lighted on glass.-Braaspick
(le.) Ie!egLqDh
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
Business Was Bad.

Two peddlers met in front of a nine.
story tenement house In New York.
How is business, Aaron2" Very
good, indeed. And how is it with
your" "A woman just called me from
the top story OF this tenement. l
managed to get up with my pack and
found her with baby in her arms.
When she saw me she said to the in
fanG There he Is now; II you're not
good he'll carry you away In his pack.
She didn't buy anything Business.
Aaron, Is very bad. "--PailGIIe!ph4a
1sas<y.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15

NE KEEPS SHARP EYE on THE MARKET.
Of him, and during the last ten years
whea fortune has again seemed TO be
within his grasp the pursuit has never
been given up. Today the broker is o
wreck. and his wretched family Is IN
actual want.
This is only one case. There are
others, but shall not burden you with
their recital. for you may think am a
nsn with grievance. when as matter
OF fact never saw Gould but once ia
my life. am simply giving you hasty
glimpse Of Wall street life.
There may be better place to study
huDlan nature than The piazza Of q big
MOTEL. but II so have never found 1t.
Only the other day ! was sitting on the
piazza VI Que Of the big loiels in Sara
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
Dangerous Freight.

A new ocean danger is pointed on,
by silk importers. II appears that
dyed sponge silk, known technically iu
the trade AS French silk, is under Ger.
tain conditions exceeding prone ia
combustion, and is well known anon Z
the steamship comPaaies as dangerous
freight.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15
BIC ENOUGH 70 VOTE.
Something About Dsiia Book, the ie-
xear-Otd Girl Who Weighs 4so Pounds

xear-otd Girl Who Weighs 4so Pounds
A veritable mountsIn Of tcllickinst
rolling fiesh Is good-naiurcd. pleasant
faced Della Beck, the largest girl In tbs
world. Della is 10 years Of age and she
tips the beam at exactly 45o pounds.
She is the daughter Of respectable bul
poor parents; her father 10 coal-rnisor
In the Westrnoreland regions, and her
home Is q. Cokeville, that county. near
the Indiana county line. Her parents
are both of ordinary size and none Of
her brothers or sisters show signs OF ex.
ceeding the average limits In points OF
physical development. AT the ago OF 8
years one sister reached the weight of
las pounds. but she died at that period.
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15

A penniless Scotch immigrant acct
dentally stumbled upon a rich brother
10 New York the other day whom hs
lad nos seen for th4rty-seven yeara
Mohave County miner., 1890-11-15

The eNformon Elders, Book
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-17
Postal Cards.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April l6.-
II is probable that the manufacture
Of postal cards ct Shelton, Conn. T,
will be abandoned, owing to eompli-
cations, financial and political, and
other causes which have arisen. VIII
kinson, a Shelton paper msnufac-
turer, states that he will supply no
more cards for Dlggett, the postal
card contractor, and will prepare no
more samples for the postOffice. He
states that Daggett owes him large
amount Of money, and that he VIII
iinson) paid for the cardboard sup
piled TO Daggett from Lawrence,
Mass. Wilkinson claims TO have
expert testimony TO show that the
cards furnished are better than the
samples furnished by the govern
ment. The keeper placed over the
concern on yesterdays attachment
was withdrawn today aud the en-
ployes were notified that they would
be paid tomorrow
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saints.
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Industries. among which are paper making,
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