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Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22
A New Answer.

There Is an old conundrum TO the
following effect: "Why is a dogs tail
like an old manP" because it Is In
firm" Mrs Barnum, however, one
day offered different explanation:
"Oh, anybody can see that In q mo
ment A dogs tail is like an old man
because ii Is on its last legs" 1t was
the same lady who once innocently re.
marked that her hens we're 50 old that
they could not lay fresh eggs.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

The sultan Of Turkey hiss sent three
hairs from ths beard Of the prophet by
special messenger as present 70 'ne oown
OF Aieppo Wherever the nessshsei ~
pcared durins. bis journey he was recs. s''
In state, and The governor Of Aleppo came
To meet him before tho gates Of the town.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22
HAoKgrr. AsK.ysas, Avg. %, 1881

DIR. a I. SHhLLENBEHdEk,
Rochester, Pa Dear Sir I'll wish
you TO send me bottle Of your Antidote
FOR Malaria, which see advertised In the
Methodist Advocate, Chattanooga, Tenn,
and which cannot get here. Fifteen year,
ago my mother had third day chills, and
after trying the doctors and other medi.
cines without relief. friend recommended
your Antidote; she tried IL, and one dose
effected a permanent cure.
Truly yours, J. 8. EDwAkDs,
Pastor M. r. Church.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

Amish weddings, 10 a certain extent,
rival Polish christening parties. Among
the pranks Of one Of them a few days ago in
Berks county was the throwing OF the
groom over the fence. the placing Of his
best man In o bake-oven, and some like
famIliarities with the bride
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

Tta Frequenta. accommodated.
Mr. II. G. Mooney, Of Astoria, H., writes u,
that Aliens Lung Balsam, which he has solt
for fifteen years, sells better than any othe,
Cough Remedy, and gives general satisfaction
ofessiDn here
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22
Thn Ponnlar Faxoritc.

We have an extensive retail sale OF yout Al
lens Lung Balssm, snd we recommend II sbov,
oil other preparations for obstinate - veil d
for simple forms of Cougbs, Colds and Cot
sumption. Two eases have come nsdef Gu
notice recent, where the Lung Balssm seies
with promptn,'ss after . number 0f Other rem.
edies had failed 10 do ary good. fPATTEksos
n O6LE. Druggists, Sullivan. III
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

The heaviest man in FranKlin county,
Pennsylvania, was George Potter, Of
Wayresboro, who has just died Of the
"grip" His weight was 427 pounds, and
the CONN made for him was enormous. Its
measurements are: Length. 74J< inches;
width. 33% inches. and depth 27< inches.
He kaves an invalid wife and six children.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

Any man or woman who IL aflicted with
nervous or general debility, kidney COM
plaint, vital weakness or any other chronic
or lingering complaint should send IN DR.
J. z. Dye, Eufalo. N. r., for copy OF
Health Helper, free
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

Geo II. Stahl, manufacturer Of the Ex-
eelsior Incubator, Quincy, Ill, sends US o
batch Of letters received from parties who
have tried his, device. Nearly all the writ
ers are euthu,iastic In their praise, stating
that from 30 10 100 per cent OF eggs hatched
out nice, lively chicks. One writer, from
Pennsylvania, makes cath that he got i0l
chicks from 100 eggs
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

Don,t,--If 4, dealer offers you bottle OF
Salvation on without wrapper or lspsis'
or In q mutiiated conGitiofy don,t toucn u
don't buy II q. any price, there 10 seme.nine ~
wronr-it may be dangerous or woftnless
counterfsit Insist upon getting perfect,
unbroken, genuine package.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22
Hou,a THAI

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward foi
any case Of Cataryh that can not be cured b
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.t. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known =: J,
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable In all business transactions
and financially able 70 carry out any obliga
tions made by their firm.
Wess& Trusr, wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio
Walding, Kinnnn a Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio
Z II. Van Hoesen, Cashier Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system Price, &c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

There Ia man In New York who m axes
comfortable living BY going with whisk
broom and bag. gathering up oats that
horses scatter about their noon-eatlng
places In the fireeiA
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

Why not save your clothes, by using the
best, purest most economical soap, Dob
bins Electric. Made ever since 1s4. Try
II once you will use II always. Your grocer
keeps 1t or win get IT. Look for the name,
Dobbins
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

When Baby Wa dct, vs gave her c'ssor'a,
When she was Child. she cried for Castoris,
when she became Mis-, she cirng to cassoria,
When shs hsd Children, he gave them Cassosta
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

Those people who have wondered whert
A. Blizzard originally came from are in.
formed that he has just been the editor OF
the Geneva, Ala, Record, and has just re-
tired
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

Large fortunes sometimes grow from
queer beginnings. A Gardner MAJ paper
is responsible for the story that one Of the
weaIthiest firms in the state began business
on $500 which sister Of the partners got
in . breach Of promise suit for damages
against wealthy man.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

ave have met the enemy afid they are
ours.p said Commodore Perry. thus telling
the story OF ti.s bsttlc OF Lake Eric. And
II q also fact that DIR. Bull's Cough syrup
is no sooner mbed than tho cold II conquered
and the cough disappears
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

The woman who first circumnsvigated
the eiobs was member OF Bougnsin.
viils's famous expedition around the woria
In l7sG-So, which occupied Just two years
and four monthA.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

An English scisut,fc man claims TO have
discovered substance - nearly hks .koi.
that even aid will not tarnlsn sna
which can bs manufactured very cnespsy
He Is going 10 put II on the markell
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

During terrific storm recently the
lighthouse keeper at Tillamook Rock, on
the Pacific coast, says the spray was
thrown clear over the lamp chimney, $50
feet above sea level while q piece Of
basalt, sixty-two pounds weight, was
lodged on the roof Of his house, ITO feet
from the sea
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

When eggs are scarce, corDstarch Is q
good substitute One tablespoon OF the
starch Ia equal TO one egg
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

In Prussia the price Of medicines IL reg
ulated by the atate and new price list Is
issued annually.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

asBrown'a Bronchial Troches' are ex.
ceiIent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore
Throat. They are exceedingly effective" /"
-Christfaa World, London, Eng.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

A woman in steuben county, N. T.,
claims TO have read the Bible through hf.
teen times.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

II afflicted with Sore Eyes, me Df IN a
Thompson's Eye Wstsr. DrusSs~ -
&c. -
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

The average cost Of fully equipped life
boat, with transporting carriage, life belts,
etc, in England, Is 80. 700.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22
E1presses his GratitucIe.

Albert A. Lawrence, Of Kirkman, la, In ei.
pressing his gratitude 70 the proprieiors Of A.
lens Lung Baisan, writes: II firmly believe ny
wife would have died Of Consumption II not f.r
the timely use Of your Lung Balsan." Buy tbe
81 90 bottle for Lung Diseases.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

This 10 10 certify that one bottle Of Aliens
Lung Bslssrn cured Mn. Robt johnson oi
bad Tough. which had settled on her lunEs.-
RosT. JOHNSON, Cin,dnnau, O)
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

The word rivals" once meant neighoor'
who lived on the banxs Of river.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

No s,rangcr shoulc leave the CITY witnou'
a box OF ssTansills Punch" be. Cigars.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22
o.,~.ks a0r ItaeIr

Belin has lss common schools, with S'oil
class rooms and l70,coo scholars.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22
SIs. . Great i.hiss.

To cleanse the stomach. liver, and system
generally, use DIR. Pierce's Pellets Is tenta.
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22
coNouERfNo SPACE.

San Francisco to Chicago in the
Remarkable Short Time of 80
Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22

In Au Sable, Mich, last spring, morse
that was sick was taken TO an infirmary
barn for treatment He was cured and has
not been near the infrmary since until .
few days ago, when be was again taken
sick. Some remedies were applied, but did
not bring immediate relief. The horse,
getting loose, made his way TO the inhrmary
walked in and laid down on the floor. He
was examined given dose OF medicine
and soon cured Of his troubie
Tho smallest, simplest and best protected
pos.ofice In the world 10 Ia the Strait Of
Magellan and has been there for many
years. It consists of small keg or cask,
and Is chained to the rocks Of the extreme
cape. In the straights opposite Terra del
Fueyo. Each passing ship sends boat TO
take the letters out and put others In The
postoifice Is self acting and unproyided with
a postmaster and is, therefore, under the
protection Of all the nayies Of the world.
There are number Of interesting things
about Rogersdlle, Tenn. 1t is one hun
dred years Old, has the Oldest masonic
lodge In the state, and the house which
sheltered General jackson fos months. 1t
also has the grave Of Davy Crockettsl par
ents, and the only spring in the United
States which ebbs and fows every two
hours. Tho oldest woman In the state lives
in the town, and near II is tine Oldest church
in the state. The first newspaper publish
ed in the state was issued at Rogersyilie.
A singular inscription has been found BY
NJ Lambakis In excavating around the
Haziois Andreas in Athens. II Is frag'
meut OF q decree dating from pre-. Euciidean
times. In which a certain Kallicrates Ia
charged with tho construction on the aero
polls OF kind Of railing around some sanc'-
uary or inclosure TO prevent any lugitave
slave, garment suealer or pickpockes nopo.
dytes) taking refuge therein. the duty o.
watching over this inclosnre IL intrustso v
three guardians, chosen oy t9sa IRON va
tribe tola!ng ~ IrytaIae
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25
How Various Nations Sleep.

In the tropics men sleep in ham, mOcks or upon mats of grass. The East Indian unrolls his light, port able charpoy or mattress, which in the morning is again rolled togoth : CT and carried away. The Japanese lie upon mating with a stiff, un- comfortable neck rest. The Chinese use low bedsteads, often elaborate ly carved and supporting only mats or coverlids. A peculiarity of the bed is it's shortness besides that It frequently consists in part of a large down pillow or upper mattress, which spreads over the person, and usually answers the purpose of all the other ordinary bedclothing combined. In England the old four-posted bedstead is still the pride of the nation, but the iron or brass bedstead is fast becoming uni versal. The English beds are the largest beds in the world The an- cient Greeks and Romans had their beds supported on frames, but not flat like ours. The Egyptains had a couch of q peculiar shape, more like an old-fashioned easy chair with hollow back and seat.-Bos- ton Budget.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25
EIr. HUntingtOn'S Prediction.

One Saturday afternoon in the summer of 1881 c. P. Huntington invited representative ofthe Rich mond (Va. State to run down to Old Point with him. In the party were ex-Governor Stanford, now ] United States Senator, and Cias. Crocker,another California million aire.
 These three men owned three fourths of the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Pacific system. On Sun day the party drove over to New port News. "This," said Mir. Hunt ington, lis to be the great seaport of America. The product of the Pacific, of the middle West and of the Southwest will have to come here for reshipment."
 How long do you think it will be before Newport News is large city?"
 "Well, we are going to develop the place gradually but solidly," the great railroad millionaire re- piled. "But 1 can tell you this," he said," by 1890 Newport News will have 12,OOO or 15,OOO inhabitants, including number of highly paid workmen. This whole coast, from Newport News to Old Point, will be a scene of busy life"
 NIT. Huntington then sketched off his plans, which are now being fully carried out. He has spent something like $5,OOO,OOO in his shipyard alone. Newport News and Hampton have now at least 15,000 inhabitants, and will have a population of 5O,O0O in less than two years. The great shipyards, the finest and most extensive in the United States, will employ 5000 men, representing 30,000 popula- tion.-The State, Richmond Va.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25
The Man Who Says "FOOl.

Ishudder when I ponder upon the final judgement of the man who, when he hears that a fellow man has gone astray, shrugs his shoulders and sneers, "Fool!" who, when he hears that another has en- countered a terrible temptation, re- sisted until nature herself gave out, exhausted, and then at the very last has yielded to it and plunged head long into forbidden pleasures, again hissed, Fool !" who, when he hears that another is the victim of some terrible passion, burningunconquer- able stronger than death itself, and before which one day he sinks like 8 beast on the plain, cries out only "fool!"
 pity the heart that never aches and the eyes that never grow wet at the tale of another's downfall or ruin, while I think there is some thing brutal and inhuman about one who can sheer at a long, terrible struggle between the body and the soul. And have more respect for the man who, having sinned, fees and gives up everything, letting all know his dishonor, than have for the man who sins and wears a mask through which the eyes of the world cannot pierce. Yet this same world calls the latter an upright man" and the former "fool." Some of you upright" ones-be careful how you sheer at the "fool."- West Shore.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25
Silver Coinage ia China.

Secretary Blaine has just trans
 mitted to the Treasury Department
 a dispatch from Minister Denby, in
 China, which has very important
 bearing upon the financial situation
 of the world, and particularly upon
 the question of silver. Minister
 Denhy says: "A proclamation has been issued by the Tientsin and Ho- Kien Taotais that the Canton dol lars and parts of dollars made by
 order of the late Viceroy Chang are a legal tender in any part of China. The new coins have full imperial sanction. The proclamation was issued by order of the Viceroy of Chih-Li, who is also superintendent of the northern trade All mer- chants and others are ordered to receive these coins at their standard value" It is hardly possible to overestimate the importance of this step. Minister Denby very truly says that there can scarcely be any doubt that the introduction of this coinage, when 1t becomes generally received, will work financial reyo- lution in China. It must be borne in mind that, although we have been in the habit of thinking and speaking of China as silver stand ard country, there has been no standard of silver considered as coin. Silver has been considered and dealt with as bullion only-a mere article of merchandise. wheth- CT it was Mexican dollars, or trade dollars or what not. Now, however, China proposes to make her own silver coin, and to make 1t legal tender by operation of law. Mer chants and others will be compelled to receive these coins at their face value, and the result will be that silver will be exalted from the rank of a commodity to that of money. That this action will tend to change the financial relations between that country and the outside world, es- pecially the gold monometallist countries, must be apparent. It is not possible to say i'll advance pre- ciseIy what changes will take place, but 1t is easy to see that new sets of relations and combinations must arise which cannot be without their effect upon the impending conflict between gold monometallism and bimetallism.--San Francisco Chron- icle.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25

Ten years ago the now famous Dr. Koch was an obscure country physician. In 1880 he was called to Berlin as a member of the Me- tropolitan Sanitary Commission, and professor in the Royal School of Medicine, and all his wonderful discoveries have followed since. He has been fresh and ruddY student, hardly looking his forty-seven years. But he is now described as haggard, thin, and feeble, his un- resting labors having either broken him down, or, as is feared, his con- stant experiments having infected him with the tuberculous bacillus. -Harper's Bazar.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25

A quaint custom, dating back to Anglo-Saxon time, known as pay ment of wrath silver" was recent ly observed at Knightlow Hill, a tumulus between Rugby and Coven- try England Itconsists of tribute payable by certain parishes in War wickshire to the Duke of Buccleuch. The silver has to be deposited at day break in hollow stone by rep resentatives of fthe parishes, the penalty for default being forfeit ure of white bull with a red nose and ears. The representatives afterwards dined together at tie dukes expense,-Science.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25
Subteranean PygmieS.

4 special of November Both says Stanley and Du Chaillu have rivals. According to a dispatch from In dianapolis, some boys have discov- cred a cave in Crawford county, Ind, and which is inhabited by a race ot humans averaging less than three feet in night and about forty pounds in weight.
 Of course the boys were laughed at when they told their story. Then they returned to the cave, and after convincing themselves that they were not dreaming, came back and excited the curiosity of hundreds of citizens by reiterating their story. A large expedition has been organ ized to visit the cave.
 The underground cave-dwellers appear, according to descriptions by the boys, to be the lowest type of humanity. They run upon all-fours when they tire of the erect position They exhibited extreme fear of the intruders and clamored with agill- ty over heaps of stones in their fran tic flight.
 Not vestige of clothing covered them, and the boys say they noticed no signs of hirsuteness or other physical marks of the lower orders of the animal kingdom. The form it not well developed, and males are little, ifany, superior to the females. Their food can be nothing except fish from the streams which abound in the cave; for long before their place ofabode is reached every yes tige disappears of the animals which haunt the cave or seek refuge there in.
 Whenthe youthful explorers were observed a baby-like chatter arose, which, awakening echoes of the cave, was almost deafening. Efforts will be made to capture some of these remarkable people.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25

Ths nature and general appear ance of cancer, more than of other tumors, suggest a micro-orginal :; and altogether there have been ab- solutely no successful attempts at demonstrating such an idea, the question must be considered as still sub judice. The present state of our knowledge by no means admits the probability of such an origin but the enticing hope of brilliant discovery is sufficient to maintain the interest of investigators and clincians in the subject. Many emi- nent surgeons continue to apply some such substance as solution of chloride of zinc to the exposed tis- sues after the ablation of cancerous growth, to destroy a possible speci- fic micro-organism.-Ph Philadelphia Medical News.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25

The ne-plus-ultra gourmands of this planet seem to be the Amala- que Cafiirs ranging the head water regions of the Orange River They tend sheep and black cattle, but have to take monthly hunting trips to keep up with the demands of their appetite, and after a success ful expedition think nothing of de- vouring twelve pounds of meat per male adult at a single meal, togeth- CT with large panfuls of boiled mar row, curds, and maize porridge. Captain Wissmann saw one of their braves eat up a hind-quarter of a sable antelope in one night, and explains their exploits by the re- mark that in stress of circumstances they are able to fast for week, but adds that they seem to consider 1t unmanly to leave a good haunch unHnished.-Dr. Felix l.. Oswald. in Belford's Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25
Our Currency System.

1 One who will study the course of
 financial events the last two or three years will, we think, become con-
 vinced that what this country needs is currency device which provides
 for local issues capable of great ex- pansion and corresponding con- traction. Why is it that an injec- ton of $63,000,000 of currency has not been felt in the channels of commerce this fall? Why is it ai- though the Government has issued since August 1, 1889, $11S,3S6,OOO of currency, that during all that time we have had strained condi- tion of monetary affairs, with pam ic this year and very nearly panic last year? Is there any explana- tiOn of these occurrences and con- ditions except that We have a sys- tenn of currency Incapable of any fiexibility whatever? There is no redemption for it provided, and hence during the more quiet seasons of the year the surplus gathers at our monetary centers, and the banks holding it { most of which pays in- terest to their depositors) must ne-, cessarily give it employment; so they enter upon the fall season ex- banded to the extreme limit of their reserves, Such a system, from it's very character, requires for efficient service new issues by the Govern ment every fall, and larger issue each succeeding year of activity. Unless thus reinvigorated the sys- tenn must break down, for within it. self it has no restorative or recupe- rative functions. What is wanted, then, in this country is liberty to commerce, under certain restric- tions to security, to shape it's own currency. The place of issue and the amount of issue will fix itself, if the system is permitted to be product of trade and regulated by trade, Manufacturing money at Washington to move the crops in the vicinity of Kansas City or of Spokane Falls, or of Los Angeles or of Vicksburg or of Augusta money that goes east for employ ment in the spring and summer and becomes tied up there in question able enterprises which need just such superheated conditions to vi- talize them-is of little more use to the farmer and his crops than irri- gation ditches that dry up every summer. New York Financial Chronicle.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25

Sir Joseph Lister announced in London on Thursday of last week that Dr. Koch has made two fur ther discoveries of the utmost im- portance that he has found simple chemical substances inoculation with which is absolutely effective both in curing and preventing two of the "most terrible of contagious diseases" and ..that the discoveries will be made public as soon as cer- tain experiments shall be completed. New York World.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25

Prof. F. w. Putnum, the we'll known permanent secretary o f the American Association, recently made an interesting discovery which furnishes fresh evidence in support of the theory that man in America was contemporaneous with the mammoth. In a commun- ication to the Boston Society of Natural History, Professor Putnum describes a shell found by him in the State of Delaware, Upon a portion of this shell is scatched the rude outline of what without doubt represents a mammoth. The shell was found under peat, and near by were hnman bones, charcoal, bones of animals, and stone implements. Philadelphia American.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-12-25

M. Plante's new process of en- graving on glass and crystal by cleo tricity is found capable of produc- ing results of marvellous delicacy. The plate to be engraved is covered with a concentrated solution of nitrate of potash and put in con- nection with one of poles of the battery, the design being traced out with a fine platinum point con nected to the other pole.-English Mechanic.