Mohave County miner., 1890-02-22
SUPERFICIAL SURVEY.

Ths Oil City Blizzard says. sAll shoss
VINO pass through tho door Of Glcosss Will
hnd In labeled PUSH
George Mollsnkof, Of Pendietou. Ore,
found on his ranch the bones Of q mastodor
that must have been fourteen f,st hish.
DR. Moody the other day made . Isrrt
congregation stand up while tha plst1 wsx
passed, 20 that every one could Get his hsad
In his pocket
Tsvsrhs may Be traced 70 thu thirteentk
century. According To Speiulan, in the
reign OF King Edward III, only three tsy
ems were allowed In London. Tavern,
were licensed In England In lisa
An Indian Squaw picked up $40 worth ol
gold nuggets Ia the Franklin county hills ir
Maine and sold IL in Portland. Several
bands OF prospectors will set out Ia the
spring for the site Of the reported finds.
The simplest way 10 furniglts q room
to heat an iron shovel very hot, aud thea
pour vinegar upon it. drop by crop. The
steam rising from this II cisinfectant.
Doors or windows should be opened that
1t may escape.
When cooking eggs BY breaiing Into hot
water, never allow tho water 10 boil-it
wastes them and destroys sheir shape
Lave the water boiling hot and set the pan
on the back Of the stove until the eggs are
soft or hard, - liked.
There Is an admirable arrangement for
quickly and safely emptying the house 10
uso In the fremont Theatre, Boston BY
simply touching . button In any one of
eight handy places In the theatre, seventeen
exits open, sctusted by electricity.
The Sultan Abdul Hsmid lives in q con.
stant fear OF his life - the car OF Russia
does. When he goes 70 the mosque, which
he must by the law Of Mshou,et do eyery
Friday, body-guard OF io,0O men, well
paid and therefore loyal, surround him.
A pctrified tree was found recently In .
coal mine at Osnsbruck, Germany. The
trunk 10 almost four feet through, and the
roots cover surface Of about fifteen feet
square. The tree has been set up in . spec
iai room in the Berlin School Of Mines.
In Suwannee county. Fla, recently, Q
minister Of certain denomination was con.
verted through the preaching ,,f minister
OF different denomination, and all the mem
bers Of the converted minister's church
changed their faith and followed their old
shepherd
A periodical for the bethrothed IL now
published Ia Vienna. II Is published twica
. month. Every announcement OF Q be-
trothai or marriage Is inserted gratuitous
ly, provided the happy couple will buy their
troussesu Of the tradesmen advertising in
the paper.
Artificial gems at the Paris exposition ara
said TO have surpassed anything ever before
shown, some of the specimens puyzing even
dealers and experts The artificial pearls
were especially successful, no means being
found TO distinguish the genuine from the
artificial, except the use Of file.
The news comes that the heir to the
throne Of Roumanis has fallen In love with
Que q Natalie Of Servia. He ID determined
10 marry her, much TO the annoyance of
his family. He may lose his chance Of ths
crown II he gives way TO his present In
fatuation. Look out for . romance n
Roumania
There IL spring near Stonington, Conn,
the water Of which has q peculiar result en-
those who drink It, The water flows from
q crack In high rock and the veins Of Q
man drinking from II begin To swell and he
looks and feels a. though he were about 10
burst for about ten minutes. Then the ef-
feet gradually disappears
The black-hcad bug has appeared by the
millions In the turpentine forests Of south
east Georgia and is doing alarming damage.
Great tracts Of pine woods already show
blight and are dying. The bug starts In q
pine where it is boxed and works under the
bark, then around the trunk. Its boring
prevents the sap from going up into the
tree and eventually the tree dies.
Rainless districts arc said To be the
southern extremes Of California and New
Mexico; there 10 one In tho centre OF the
Mexican Republican elongated strip ex-
tending along tho western coast Of South
America, from Peru TO Chill; large sur.
face OF this kind Is found in Central Asia,
In and around the great desert Of Cobb:
large surface OF northern Africa, covering
parts Of Egypt and Arabia.
A freak In the way of handwriting has
Just come under notice In England. A lit
tie girl of four years writes with her left
hand, and writes her words backward, a.
they are reflected in mirror from ordinary
writing Her friends have te, read them by
means Of looking-g glass. The child was
taught writing with sister, but would do
things her own way, with the result that
she writes fiuentiy In this fantastic man
ner.
The London Truth tells the story
that one Of her majesty's war ships that
lately came upon derelict lfsccn with lum-
Der in the British Channel, finding IL i'm
possible 70 take her in tow, opened hre
upon the craft TO sink her, lest other ves-
sells be wrecked by her, and kept up the
bonn mbardment till nightfall, when the dere-
liet was Just as much afioat as ever. Next
day the dangerous craft was driven ashore.
when it was discovered that not . single
shell had touched her.
The German emperor recently issued IN
order suppressing In the postal service the
use OF all the familiar French words which
have become somewhat international The
car has just now apparently replied TO this
in circular Of his postal administration,
which declares that all letters, kilograms
and packages sent abrosd must be sd-,
dressed In French; and the Russian au-
will not be responsible for the
Of any mail matter that II not
In that language.
In Au Sable. Mich, last spring, horse
that was sick was taken TO an infirmary
barn for treatment He was cured and has
not been near the infirmary 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 infrmary
walked in and laid down on the hoor. he
was examined given dose OF medicine
and soon cured Of his trouble.
The smallest, simplest and best protected
postotice In the world ID In the Strait Of