Mohave County miner., 1890-01-11

American President, and Is still able 70 run
railroad and manage bank
In Japan divorces come cheaply and
quickly The time consumed in untying
the knot is four hours and the cost required
for the performances Is only sa
Frank Boehm, Bethlehem, Pa. restau-
ran. keeper, weighing sas pounds, walked
TO Hellertown, four miles distant In an
hour and quarter. on Q wager.
At a @. "A. II. affair In Steabenville re-
Gently ss,0O OF confederate money. which
was taken from the trunk of Jefferson Davis
after his capture. was on exhibition.
A thrifty Ohio girl sold . batch Of old
love letters to thc rsgman last week. Shs
realized thirty csslits, which, she declares,
ID good deal more tnan they were worth.
The most fertile land in Europe u adistrict
OF Russia lying between the Carpathians
ant tho Urals. Corn has been grown Tor
seventy years without the application Of
manure.
Barbed wire should not be despised after
ail. The barbed wire fences in England
are making fox hunting 90 dangerous that
..my lord and ladies' are forced to give mp
the sport
A Jackson county, Missouri, man IL suing
for divorce from the woman he woddod
thirty eight years ago. Ho says his wife
made him do the washing and the general
housework-
In the field OF war invention meets inven.
ton. A new French invention 10 smoke
bomb, intended to be fred into the ranks Of
the enemy who uses smokelesa powder, and
obscure his Wow.
China and Japan are pre-srainentiy the
seawsed eating nations Of the world.
Among no other people are the marine alge
or seaweeds 20 extensively ddvoured and
relished - food substances.
In the stock yards At Ksnsas City mule
and horse engaged in kicking match,
and the mule was ontkicked. The attend
ants had to turn the hose on the combat
ants In order 10 separate them.
School girls are positive critics and they
are equal To any subject For instance-"I
think Shakespeare had better have kept
himself to blank verse When no writes
poetry he gets himself all mixed up"
Stanley has much 70 b. thankful for.
The other day someone mentioned Bcu-
langer In his presence. when he exclaimed,
"nh / never heard Of him before" !"
center Of .'the Dark Continent"
Twelve years after the death Of the last
Pope Plus, his nephew. has brought suit
against his successor for the recovery Of 4
large sum OF money on deposit in London
bank In the name of Plus, alleging that II
was the latter's private property.
A ST. Louis brewery has erected thu
largest brick chimney west Of Boston. Il
is 235 feet in height almost twice - high
al the water tower--and covers i,6si square
feet at the base. The walls as tho base are
4 feet thick. tspering gradually 70 Is inches
ct the top.
An Englishman has bought the contents
OF the royal castle of Nuremberg, contain
ing the most complete collection OF instru
ments OF torture extant. costing ~, 900 In
all There il library Of 3,00O volumes
giving the history Of crime and torture for
many centuries.
The refusal Of street car company =
receive coppers from passengers brought
out the fact not generally known that one,
two, three and Ave cent pieces are Legal
tenders up To twenty -hve cents, while ten.
twenty, twenty-five and hfty-cent silver
coins are legal tenders up to SO
Born and raised In q Chinese tea.drink
| ing establishment Chinau,an in Phila-
deiphia says the only way 10 mako tea Il Il
pour the boiling water on tho leaves, stir.
ring them briskly at tho same time. Il
should be served after allowing merely
time TO settle. The whole operation takes
only minute.
Mark Twain has spent about 5000 IN
perfecting the Page type setting machine
and he Is the principal owner Of the com
pany that will manufacture them. The
machine is sixteen feet long, nine feet high
| ia the middle and, it il claimed, viii set
Justify and distribute 5000 ems Of type
daily.
In vienns pratical philsnthFophy takei
the shape OF cheap eating houses for pool
people. There are ten cooking kitchens
throughout the city that feed an average oi
| l,OOo people each and every day. The Az
eraee cost OF q dinner is 8 cents, and Of Z
supper 4 cents, both meals comprising about
the varieties the common eating houses fur
nish.
In the past twelve years something Ike
| 100 ont of those who have been candidates
for the post Of oficer In the English mer
camille service have been found unable X
distinguish colors. No fewer than 200 mis-
took drab for green; over 100 confoundet
l pink with green. and over 80 thought rec
was green. Two persons could not recog
p!ss wbls~-to them u was gFssn q plaE