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Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
Her PartE

She twirled upon her tip-toes light,
Tossed back her tangled tresses brig ht
And cried: "rm truly tired OF play;
III have tea-party today"
She set the table meath a tree,
With tempting tarts. and toast and tea,
Ten tiny cups upon the tray,
Ten plates and spoons in trim array,
Ten twinklng tapers thin and tall
And then the feast was ready all.
The thrushes trilied and twittered sweet
The turf was tender meath her feet;
Her tidy cap with lace was trimmed.
Now here am ard here's the treat"
She cried, But who Is there to cati"
am very thirsty for my tea;
think I'll be thu company"
And slipping now and tasting then,
She ate ami dra..k for all the tent
Wide Awake.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
FLY-EATlno PLANTS.
Some strsnss Thisss Thst Are ssss In the Gov.
erpneat eaFaen&


Did you ever see plants that live on
dies and mosquitoes? Hearing Of
them. / took stroll through the Bo-
tanical Gardens at Washington and
inquired OF the superintendent about
the truth OF the story.
on, yes. we have some such
things" he said, ''aud here Is one
now" He pointed to pot containing
what seemed to be moss. But 10 this
green mass could be seen tiny SHELLS,
like baby clamshells, only they were
thin and green aud only half open.
Along the edges we're green hairs like
eyelashes.
You see fly goes In here" he ex-
planned, as he opened the two halves.
''and when he gets in the leaves close.
Then the ny can't get out Then he
dies and his substance Is absorbed by
the bad little flower. II grows only
In South Carolina
Here Is what / call the beer sa-
loon,' be continued. "You see this IL
shaped like pitcher, hangs from a
long stem and has a curved lid. In
side is fluid, that intoxicates all In
sects that drink it. They are then alb
sorbed by the plant This other one,
like round. hollow tulip stem, is OF
the same nature.
Then. here Is big green pitcher
plant Well, frogs climb In this to
drink from the fluid at the bottom.
But they can't get out, for when they
try TO a couple of sharp horns in the
lid overhead stab them In the back"
Could any one dream that an inno-
cent fragrant flower could be so heart
lesss 1t butchers its victim after lur-
ing 1t into an intoxicating den. and
then feeds on the mangled remains.
This on the board is what we call
stagmoss. You see it grows on the
side OF the house from a clump OF
brown leaves like a deer's head.
From II branch out four large green
prongs of leaves exactly like horns.
OF all curious plants this is shout the
oldest These green leaves are
spotted with white and you can always
trace face on the outlines, and / call
1t the caricature plant"
There are hundreds OF other beaLti-
ful and interesting plants in the gar
dens, so II any OF the Eight O'Clock
ers come TO Washington during the
winter they must be sure TO visit the
Botanical Gardens.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
Use AND AsvsE or eavos.
Dsssiy Poisoa BsnsIss IN . nssaisss wy By
IeyallGs

Issallks.
How dangerous thing IL n little
knowledge has frequently been
proved. says tho New York Times. In
these days, particularly when every
other person one meets has a notion
or theory to advance upon the ethics
OF life, mental and physical, discre-
tion IL imperative. You have a sore
throat. perhaps. and say so TO friend
you encounter In street car 'rOh."
she cries. whipping open her bag.
you want chlorate OF potash
lozenge. ] am never without them.
Whenever feel dryness In my
throat however slight, | pop one 10
my mouth and the dryness yanishes ]
don't wait till the really sore stage Is
reached" She had much better do so,
for the probabilities are that she con-
snmes forty useless lozenges to the
one tina. proves a remedial agent
and the thirty-nine are not only USE
less, but harmful. The same pro-
pertles which act successfully upon
the inaamed tissues of the throat act,
when they are not SO absofbel. un-
kindly upon the normal tissues Of the
stomach.
Quinine, too. that most beneficial OF
remedies In many cases. is much
abused in as many more cases. The
climatic conditions OF this region do
not demand its incessant consumption.
Yet in innumerable households tha
box of quinine pellets. from one grain
for the children up TO i've and even
ten for the seasoned head OF the fam
lily, seems TO be an essential. Quinine
is counted among the ten dangerous
drugs, and the statistics OF the hospi-
tails show it 10 be the most prolific
cause Of deafness. And on the other
hand this noble compound is accredit-
ed with having increased the average
length OF life two and half years.
Another drug used in the hands oil
women especially is aeonite. Many
mothers will tell calmly OF keeping a
supply on hand with which to dose the
children indiscriminately on the APP
pearSnce OF any abnormal condition.
Fortunately, most OF the aconite thus
recklessly used is in the little sugar
pills OF the homeopsth, doubtless
given thus iudieiously because OF the
habit; but there are mothers who
boldly administer the mother tincture.
Yet aconite is deadly poison. used
By ply siclans with the most scrupulous
care and nicely, and supplemented
generally with its antidote or compile
menL
Simpler drugs are proportionately
powerful II persisted in. So mild a
distillation as the essence OF pepper
mint Is injurious to the digestive
organs taken too often. AL medicine,
indeed. that Is not necessary works o
degree OF evil.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
ATcHIs0N GLoBuLEs.

No one really understands us but the
man who writes our obituary notice.
II you want mans candid opinion
of you, make him angry and you'll ge
IL.
The survival of the fittest is SO often
the survival OF a coward with long
legs.
1t sometimes happens that the man
who knows himself does not know
much.
The biggest fool on earth Is OF the
opinion that the world would be better
of If all the fools we're dead.
There are SO many people in tho
world who laugh all the way home aud
stop as soon as they reach the door.
The trouble with people is, that the
men want the women 70 do as the men
say, and the women want TO do as men
do.
There Is one thing woman can do
that man can't: She can smile her
sweetest and talk her brightest with a
pin sticking her.
il man will tell his wife once a
day how much he thinks OF her. II
will not make much difference what
he gives her to eat
The more words of endearment al
the beginning OF woman's letters the
more dollars you will find In the re-
quest In the postscript
There is a great deal Of heaven in
being in hell with those you like. and
great deal Of hell in being in heayep
With those you dislike.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
The Editors Pie.

II is not a violation OF the bylaws
and constitution 10 say that the pump.
kin pie that Mrs John Robinson
fetched to us was whale. A big, sweet
pumpkin pie on Christmas Day is like
meeting an old Pennsylvania away
out in California after you haven't
seen man In two years that knows
there ia such place. A fat pumpkin
pie is a holiday treat any day. and q
good oie is deserving Of all the credit
that can be given it And the women
who pumpkin pies make grow where
none grew before are beneiactors to
the race. --Brockwayyille (Pa.) Rec.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
BUTTONS ON OUR COATS.
A Detailed ExpIsaaiIsa Of How and Why The
Came 10 Be There.


Came 10 Be There.
For many years the two buttons
have figured at the waist line OF the
back OF the mans skirt or frock coat.
Now. why are they there? asks the
Lewiston. Me-, Journal For orna.
ment and effect? ENot so originally.
for these two buttons were, at their
beginning. for service and not for
decoration.
II you put their inception back into
the time when the big. square art en-
broidered and gorgeously lined coats
were worn two centuries ago, and
when the gallants Of the time wore
wont TO 60 forth on dress parade. with
the sword at the side and ready TO re-
sent any iuformaiity oi etiquetts, you
will find that in order TO reach the
side arm more readily the skirts OF
the coat were turned back in reyors-
shaped way and buttoned or looped
upon the tao buttons at the back,
placed as these are at the present day.
In this way they secured an immu-
nifty from drapery when the command
cane. Draw and defend thyself." and
at the sam3 time exploited segment
OF the rich inside of the skirt OF the
coat in a very effective way. The tin
sel the side arm, the court etiquette,
the duello and the gorgeous lowered
texture OF the coat have gone before.
but those two buttons remain on the
tail. coats OF to-day, a suggestion Of
that period OF laces, brocades and
romance.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
Sharks Are of

The stomach OF a shark has for
many years been supposed to be capa-
ole Of digesting anything he could
swallow, no matter what the substance
thereof, but he must now take back
seat. The juice OF one jolly pine
apple will dissolve ten pounds OF tough
beef, and dyspe ptics and pineapples
will now be boon companions.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
Tha Use o, Tearn

The use OF tears IL not generally ap-
preeiated, even by those who shed
them most freely. II is assumed that
tears are shed only occasionally as an
expression OF grief, though tears OF
JOY are not wholly unknown. This,
however, Is a mistake. for the dis
charge Of tears is continuous and the
flow OF moisture from the lachrymal
glands serves n very beautiful pro.
vision Of nature, An immense quanti-
ty OF fac dust is always floating in the
air, aud though this Is impalpable TO
the vision. il would soon obscure the
sight II allowed 20 remain In the eyes.
The continuous flow Of moisture from
the laehrymal glands is sufficien. TO
keep the eyeballs clear frolu this ac-
cumulstion OF dust but when any grit,
insect or smoke gets into the eyes it
so affects the nerves as TO casgse an ex-
ira flow OF tears 10 clear 1t away.
Tears are thus involuntary and may
be caused by any puxsent vapor such
as arise from acids or the odoF OF
onions. The chief element in the COM
position Of q tear is water, but with
water is associated minute proportions
Of salt, soda, phospate OF lime, pnos-
pate OF soda and mucus. aud when
seen under the microscope tear after
evaporation looks like very small
fish bone, owing 10 the salines form
ing themselves into heightened cross
iinaR
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
A Jaransae Eull.

The custom OF the japanese In not
permitting a father 10 see his child
until it is three months old was found
ed on the idea that the youngster
wouldn't know his dad at an earlier
age. Having never seen him how
should he know him at three months
10 a question the Japs entirely over
lnoked
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
Better Not sieh.

A chemical analysis OF the food
cooked by our grand-mothers, which
men sigh for once in awhile, would
show 1t S5 per cent. more dangerous
to the stomach than food prepared in
the modern kitchen. As a matter OF
fact. American women knew nothing
OF cookery up to twenty five years ago.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14

4 70 yfoleatig. WIN snch trembling
agitation does he close il again. the
instant after, that the whole thing
falls Gathering 10 the ground and Pau.
turns and rushes through the room
What has he seen TO overcome hiH
\ SOP
/ A woman, tall and supple as {
Greek. stern-eyed xs Clytemnestrs
and twenty times as fair. with black
hair and marble arms, eyes OF fringed
! violet, bosom OF ivory-how often had
no dotted On them! How often had be
( felt his heart swell with pity. with
admiration. with unspeakable love. az
the soft voice tremulously remon.
strated with him.
1--WE must be patient Paul =
/ And now this saint OF his life, this
virgin flower Of woman. this one who
was 10 be the salt and salve TO his sad,
wounded. outraged, and rebellious
heart-ihere she stands. her right
hand under the pillow OF the uneou-
scious sleeper. her left arm 70 strike
him down II he awakel
| Paul passed stealthiiy into the gar
/ den again. He went with bounds
asross the parierre. fiercely trampling
I the flowers and borders, cursing
r,ean vhile, in his heart with bitter
sGge ard execration. the angel, for
zsoth. ~ho sas thief and murderess.
Thsp be laughed wild, trembling
laugh, such as only grief that borders
on frenzy finds utterance.
That night. as he sat Till dawn un-
der the moaning poplars and over and
over again repeated to his mind the
/ hideous incident that he half believed
10 be q dream, love turned 10 hate.
as fuel to ashes, as flower 10 the
blood-red poison.
''It was for love OF me-" he mur.
INJURED, ''for love of me, ah! that il
the blow that cuts the deepest, for
why? That love Of hers 10 loathsomt
I 10 me"
That was forty years ago." said
Miss Perry, ''and it seems only yes
1 terdHy.h
/ She looked from the gay area OF the
casino at Sarragansett out over the
blue, dimpling sea. where a yacht was
/ just coming to anchor
/ The wrinkled old general. who
! directed the taste OF the wealthy New
York spinster in the fitting OF her
large art gallery, wiped tear from
his glass eye. 1t was telling gesture.
/ though the tear was not tear o
sensibility.
''But how did you find out that Il
was hep" he inquired softly.
Hand me that fan and will tel
I you. / had come downstairs, hearing
u noise and thinking OF burglars,
was brave in those days, and seized 9
( heavy pair OF scissors, which ] carried
dagger.wise. l went TO my uncle'i
room. felt under his pillow, and wa
relieved TO find his bag OF diamonds
sale. Then there was a momentary
fash OF light, the elalter OF lantern
I dropped In darkness, and the sound o
receding footsteps. ] never saw Pau
again to this day. The lantern was
I identified as his ! felt relieved at his
flight at the moment But. general,
| you and are old paople. and for my
part / can love only once, and yor
must not speak to me again as y0u
have done .to-day."-Epo ch.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
m, I.oprs,t s:raIeh, pailrosa Track

The New Argentine Pacific railroad
from Buenos Ayres to the foot OF the
Andes has on it what is probably the
longest tangent in the world. This is
$40 kilometres cell miles) without a
curve. In this distance there is not a
single bridge and no opening larger
than an ordinary culverL no cut great
er than one metre In depth. and no
I'll Of a height exceeding one metre.
Tbsge 10 Alnos. 40 entire absence Of
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
Chemistry Of Ii, FuturA

It's the belief of scientists, and among
them Mr.. Edison, that the future will
witness the direct production OF food
from soil, water and air. In fact,
even at the present day some sub
stances, such as madder, are produced
by q direct chemical process
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
Tit for Tat

Il am ashamed of you, my dear"
said Chipace severely. The idea OF
a strong. healthy woman like you
being afraid OF a mouse!"
Il should have better nerves love-"
said Mrs. Chipaee. 'ff had accus-
toned myself 10 bucking tigers. as you
have done,n
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
PATIENTS,

caveats md Trade Marks Obtainsa
M tnd All other business In the Y. s. Psttn'
Onlce attended TO for MODERATE fEi1.
!, 0nr ONCE 10 opposite the U. 3. Patens
1inoe, and wo can obtain Patents II lsss
rne rne than those remote from wAshlho
Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We 80;
flse az to patentability free OF chsrge; ga y,
We make NO CHANGE UNLESS WBop-
TAIN a PATENT.
4, We refer here 70 the Postmaster ~
sopt. OF Money Order Div, and 10 otnciAN
oi the |, >. Patent Ohice. For circoef
toVlcts terms and references 10 actnal ~
Nts - your own State or County, wrise W
q. a SNOW a. CO..
opposlse Patent ofI.os, washinetoa. po
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
Hsta Colorsi Home.

Ebenezer Snowball-I tell yer. sab.
de cullud race am Disseminated
against eben in nashnul affairsl
Cumso--Oh, no!
"Yes. sab! Am not do place whsr
de president lIEes, even. called the
white house?'--Mgnssy's Weekly.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
Crushing Down seatimsns

Barbed wire fences are destroying
all romance In the country. There is
no "rn Sitting on the stlle. Mary" +"
nonsense about them. though full ol
suggestive points 10 other respects
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14

wood on the plain across which the
western end OF the road Is located.
This has led to the extensive use oi
metallic ties. which will be employed
on nearly the entire rosd.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14

GIVE me a call and yos viii coma
again. None but The best work.
men employed.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
VIM. AITKEN,
CARPENTER, BUILDER
AND
GENERAL JOBBER.

JOBBENG of all kinds promptly
attended TO.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14

ORDERS from the country or
along the line Of the A. a. p. R.
II. solicited and will be prompt
" attended TO.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14

WAGON WORK a specially and
work guaranteed.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14

FURNITURE neatly repaired or
upholstered.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14

AGENT for the following Wind
Mills which will be put mp to 81.
der. viz:
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14

WATER TROUGEfs Of any de-
scription made to order.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14
ECLIPSE, CALIFORNIA, ECONOMY,
AND TURBINE.

Shop on Beale Street west Of King.
mar Hotel, KIx0MAs. ARIZONA.
Mohave County miner., 1891-02-14

terd2ys news.
He has reached his uncle's door.
There he produces dark lantern from
under his cloak. Drawing up the
slide for moment he flashes the cone
of light over the hall and up the stair
case. II lights up for moment
oaken wainscoting, crowded hat-rack,
the antlers overhead, and the statue OF
Cupid. pallid as a ghost. and then falls
on the staircase. As 1t does so he
snaps down the slide. and ali is dark
ness again.
Yes. all is darkness and quiet There
is no one 10 witness his crime.
What would she say and think II che
saw him covering and crouching al
his uncle's door? The thought Of her
rises like phantom in his mindi she
Is all in white. yet calm, resolute and
beautiful-an angel in contrast with
the tDferno OF his own troubled
thoughts--and yet II deepens his reso-
lutlou. He is the martyr seeing the
martyrs crown. soldier with the re-
ward OF his valor before his eyes. In
her purity. her strength, her peace, II
seems to him he would find an escape
even from the torture and shame ol
his guilty mind. He would bsthe
himself in her presence as in a flood
OF cleansing water, second baptism.
/
Her smile. her trustfulness, the music
OF her voice would be a heaven in
which he might bask and rest and for
get his fraud--yes, even his blood
outlines.
He turns the handle OF the door
quietly. gradually, and enters a
delicate scent, as from the folds oI
silken garments, strikes lis senses.
But he does not hear single rustic
from his uncle's bed. The Old mar
sleeps soundly indeed.
| Then he draws up the slids Of biz
! lantern.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-12-27
a LIFE OF SOLITUDE.

sIissourianS Unable to Soivo thr sIystery
oil n l!crInit's Scciusion.
Agrnuinc hermit, with Il lifc's secret,
only part of which he would reveal, "a
the curiosity hat il creating n scnsa-
ton Il few miles west of the town of
Alexandria, Mo. lie hes for something
over thirty-ivc years lived . life of soli-
tudc, his habitation being IL mammoth
rock from which enough has been
cEisclcd to form quito IL good-sizcd
room. For some rcason known to him
sell nc refuses to rcvcal his name. II
IS known, however, through admis-
sions made by himself, that Just be-
fGrc the breaking out of the late wa
the father Of this unknown
was n wealthy planter, living some
where Ill the state of Virginia. the OK
act location not being known. Tic
son was somewhat disposed to BE- ro-
mantle and seemed adverse to remain
inH the Patcrnul roof, and ut the
breaking out of tho war left the homo
OF his boyhocd and built his house in
The rock near the Alexandria. That is
the story told by the hermit himself.
9u' thcrc Is TN air Of mystery surround
ing him which leaves room for doubt
ing the entire truthiulncSss OF tho
same. The reason is that no one Is ui-
lowed to enter the hillside house with
out first showing beyond doubt that
The visitor Is only on curiosity bound.
The place is wcll-stocl;cd with all tho
latest periodicals and uD the most Tor
ular works Of the day. The matter il
very mysterious and NJ one is able 10
account for the life Of solitude which
surrounds the unl:nnwu Il
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-12-27
IN a FIELD OF Elnmr.
Mustang Saves the Life of . sstties
During a Forest Err.

~ Mustang Saves the Life OF . ssttier
During n Forest Fire..
An exciting raco for life is reported
from tho mountains back Of Santa
Monica, says "a Los Angeles corrcsponG.
cnt. whcro IL brush fire got unicr vay
and had been burning ferceiy for u
couple OF days. n young settler namcd
Wilson, who had built himself q cabin
In the mountains. wns uslccp whom tho
flames reached his house, and was not
awakened until the fro utmost roasted
him.
When he reached the door nc thought
his last day had come, for tho flames
and dense smoke shot up on nll sides for
several hundred feet, nud he could sec
no outlet.
lie had n tough little mustang. Iio
placed q we blanket ovcr the animals
head and body, and the bronco dashed
into the flames, and for Il quarter of q
mile Wilson, more dead than alive, c.-
peG;cd his horse to drop dead every
step. Bat ;re mGstanS kept mis- pace,
and dashed into tho clear space ahead
Of tIc cracking flames Wilson thon~ht
he WAS safe, and attempted To slow the
mustang mp, but the ho-s. understood
the situation better than his MASTER,
and, i'll spite of Wilson's efforts, dashed
on.
1t was we'll that he dill, for In n few
minutes the fire bounded across Tia.
cleared spot and was close Oh the heels
of the horse. Wilson was terribly
burned about the lead and face. IlIo
mustang was also badly burned.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-12-27
THE CRAZY BALL.

-
1t VIII Drive n Kitten Mai uud Charm
Iirhy.
Street pcddlcrs have n new catch
penny device on their trucks that is
quite an amusing thing for old Us we'll
us young folks, says the New York
Herald. They call it the Cray bali"
and IL is well named. For ten cents
yon can buy onc Of these things, and
see the laws of gravity d led. 1t
looks like IN ordinary wooden ball,
Gbou the size of n tennis ball, bat Won
cant roll it in Il straight line to save
You. OF course. the secret OF the things
queer actions lies i'll the fact that it ia
loadc on one side. THIS makes every
ilovcm u of the ball ~cc.cnt-ic. 1t
will roll up hill of its accord. and
It wi | rcfu5c to roll down hill. If VOL
try 70 roll it from ,you it. will pcr'lrns
start ouI all right andticn turn aryuLI
and roll back, and :nayba IL will 90 OF
hidcwiSc and describe n wobJiy circle
around yon. All its movements aro
jerry and spaSnodic. Give IT, to n kit
ten to play with, and the cllnnccs nrc
that the kitten will 20 mnd, while tn,
baby will cry with vcXltion over It's &C.
ccntricitics. a grown person who ia
not up in spherical geometry will a.
sure You that IL IL wonderful. Iti, not.
II is only some sharp fellows way OF
gathering in the dimes. Nc~ycrthclcr,,
ere long the city will be Hooded with
these Cray balls"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1891-12-27
sudden Death.

Mike Monaghan, an old resident Of
Eliu, was found dead in Jrl in his
cabin bIcii uT tho rosil.ncr OF Mr.. T..
J. Harris this mp9IrnI at about 10
o'clock hy Constable rripIctt. Mon
u.han had been working for john
IIibbctg. making Iircs aud talking care
Of his $ doom for Some tine. Ycstorl Is
afternoon hc was around ~. usuul aud
about four o'clurk lett lIib5ct's place
after getting III coal and kindlinga.
aud seemed to b. in good hunlth for
a man OF his age.
When Mr.. ltibhcts awoto this
morning hc found that Monaghan bad
not boon thO'r aud becoming alarmed
hc sent Juo Guigrpro To his cabin la
500 ub nut hin. Giuseppe wHs Unable
to arouse Mouahan whom hc saw.
through Il winlu%, lying on hiu brd.
lIc cnmo back AMI reported ~ Mr..
llibLCls. who immediately notified
Constable rriplrtt who went " tho
house aud on breaking in the door
found that Monaghan waG dead. Cor.
uncr rall,ott was uniilial and took
riiurgc al the rrmIiuE m hold
IN inquest ~ | o'c ok this afternoon.