Mohave County miner., 1890-03-01
WINGED MrssILEs.


bellamy's book, "Leoking Hacrwatd. !,
has been translated In 0ermsny, under the
| HEIDI
1t cost the state 81 MassAchAsetts 1c9.,
oo.s5 70 be represented 10 New York at
the centennial celebration Of the inauQur-
alion OF George Washington.
| IT Ii estimated that Santa barbara
county. California, contains thirty bee
farms, with 1880 hives. The output OF
honey this year was 40, 900 pounds.
A curious fact about cigarette smoking il
that nearly double as many cigarettes are
smoked during July, August and Septen.
Der as during any other three months of
the year.
n mail bag was recently found In the old
law courts ut Franklin on. the. Main. Ger.
many, containing l75 undcliverud lettcrs.
dating back TO 1885, all Ia q good STATE d
preservatiou.
The earliest known viii has been discoy.
cred by Flinders Petris Ut Kshun. or. a.
the town was known $500 years ago. lila
nun. The document is 20 curiously modern
IN form that 1t might almost be granted pro
bate to-day.
They attach the prefix "Church Of Eng
land" TO all sorts Of societies in Great
Britain, and tho latest 10 Q "Church of
England Society" for the purchase Of
pianos and American organs BY payments
OF shilling . week.
At present bss periodicals appear in per.
lin Thirty-six Of them belong to the polit-
ical daily press, 49i are the organs Of spec
ial, social, educational and Industrial inter.
ests and fourteen are devoted exclusively
to military matters.
A Madison tMich.) widow kills three
birds with one stone by inserting In the
Same issue OF local paper her husbands
obituary notice, q card Of thanks and no
tice that she will auction on her late part
ners personal effects.
An Argentine Republic revenue cutter
has discovered an island Of the coast Of
Patagonia. The only human being on the
island was Spanish sailor, shipwrecked
there In 1850. He had lived for ton years
on raw shell fish and birds eggs.
General Stark 10 TO have Q statue In the
state house yard at Concord. 1t will cost
$4,000 and seven sculptors are competing
for the commission. II is not every sculptor
that has more than he can do. Tha supply
Of art Is greater than the demand.
The Cape OF Good Hope can now bo
reached by telegraph via the west coast Of
Africa, as well as via the Red Sea and
Zanzibar. So the dark continent Is bound
around by the electric wire that il con-
stantly making the world smaller.
India rubber for street paving Is now
talked Of In London. Granite, asphalt,
wood and other materials have been tried
and found wanting Rubber has been laid
down on the approaches 10 Euston railway
station and seems TO be serviceable.
The total population within the police
district OF London Is, In roucd numbers, s.
10000 people. The police force consists OF
about 1000 men. Exclusive OF the officers
specially employed, the number available
for metropolitan service is upward of IL
500.
Prof. David Swing, the famous Chicago
preacher, says that the fate Of the first ser.
mon he tried TO preach would have dis
couraged most men from continuing In tho
ministry. Practice makes perfect. The
S"'hPieN0 PheaAS opSeASA - uaseSS Va
evolution.
The Philadelphia Record tells Of the fol-
lowing bucolic tragedy: Farmer Allen
did not believe that his hired man kept Q
good watch on the stable. and 80 be dis
guised himself, went out and began bang
ing around, and the FIRST thing he knew had
charge Of shot In his leg
II has been stated that Miss Amelia b.
Edwards was the first woman to receive
the title Of LII d. She received it tabout
four years ago. But Maria Mitchell was
made an LIZ d. In 1852 and MrA c. w.
Dali In 1877. In the matter Of doing honor
10 women America takes tlSs lead.
A rusty nail is q priced relic in the mu-
scum Of Houlton, Me-, Academy. 1t is one
Of tho nails used in building the sea wall
at Louisburg, is nearly $50 years old, and
comes from the center of the struggle |
which determined whether France or En-
gland should control North America
The hardness OF hatrpin In the hands |
OF q woman has long been no secret or
mystery. From buttoning boot TO mend |
ing an umbrella 1t is useful In almost any |
emergency, but a New York woman has |
ciapped the climax by utilizing the ever |
present hairpin for stabbing q policeman. |
It's fact well known to pigeo n fanciers |
that the two eggs laid by pigeons almost |
invaribly produce male and female. Some |
curious experiments as to which Of the
eggs produce the male and which the female |
laid is the female and the second the male |
There is Q collection Of postage stamps In |
Germany, the most complete In the world, |
which is valued at more than million |
dollars. This appears wild talk, but 1t Is |
true il reports from abroad can be depend |
ed upon. There are several collections In |
England which are worth $50, 900 In the |
open market
The last Sultan of Turkey was accus-
toned to shut himself up with . negro
slave and his favorite wife In secret room
Of his palace and there gloat over his treas
ures Plunging his arm into heap OF
gold dust ana letting 1t slip through his fin
gers seemed TO give him more satisfaction |
than gazing on his pile Of jewels
II. G. Sanford, OF Five Mile Creek, Was
co County, Oregon. while digging well,
started blast with two-foot fuse. The
explosion took place when he was within
eighteen feet of the surface, and the con-
cussion raised him about six feet and let
him down very suddenly. He was badly
scared when hauled out and as pale as
ghost.
I'm the stomach OF cow which was
butchered at Washington Court House,
Ohio, the following articles were found:
several nails, two and three inches long;
screws, brass nails, carpet tacks and num-
Der OF small stones There was fully Q
quart of these articles 10 the animals stom- |
- Vha cow WAS anDarentlv In good