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Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02

A fragment Of basrelief discovered in
Egypt has shown that the obelisks and
other large monoliths were transported
from the quarry to their sites. The step
is depicted upright on great galley or
vessel, which is being towed by a num-
Der Of small boats alongside. This meth
cd of detaching monolith from the
mother rock is also explained by semi
detached block in one Of the quarries OF
Syene. After having been hewn clear
on three sides deep groove was cut into
the side still attached to the rock, and
the holes we're pierced, into which wood.
en- pegs were driven. The pegs we're
then wetted and the wood in swelling
broke off the monolith from the quarry.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02
HOODS PILLS cure Nausea, Sick Headache
lnAigestion. Biliousness. Sold by all druggists.

More silver and gold arr used in the in.
dustrial arts in the United States than in
any other country. Our annual con-
sumption Of gold for this purpose amounts
to over $4,000, 900, and Of silver to
over $1,000 900 Germany is the merit
greatest consumer Of the precious metals
for manufacturing purposes, and each
year works up about $l2,O00,000 worth
Of gold and about $6 6,OOO,0 worth Of
silver. France uses about 5000, 900
wo-th of gold and 100000 worth Of
silver.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02

The Monarch district is out-putting l5
cars OF ore per day. A strike in the Fair
view mine is thought to be continuation
Of the Silent Friend ore chute. What
promises to be one Of the richest mines
in the district when developed is the
Bay State-Independence lode. 1t is the
only vein so far dicovered in the district
carrying free gold. The vein, a fissure
hve feet wide, has been uncovered in dif-
ferent places along its course for q dis
tance of over $500 feet. The property
has recently been acquired by company
Of eastern gentlemen, among whom are
X. w. L Ball OF the great Ashnelot
wooden mills Of New Hampshire, and
William Grout, Jr., OF the New Home
Manufacturing company of Massachu-
setts. The company will shortly begin
operations upon the property.-Mining
Record.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02

Arizona is coming to the front in So
ciety matters. We scarcely recover from
our astonishment at the startling details
Of the Moqui snake dance when the
Navajo corn dance Is flung before the
bewildered public, and as it gasps for
breath the scent Of the Tucson onion
social fills it's nostrils, while quickly fol.
lowing its mouth is filled with Prescott g
pumpkin pie party, with outside districts
yet TO hear from ECourier.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02

The teaching process Of the Arizona
Copper Company, started in Clifton on
the 22d of last month. has proved a
great success. A few drawback have
been overcome with ease. There were
worked 1850 tons OF concentrates which
produced 20 tons Of copper, only less
than half OF one per cent Of metal re-
naming in the taiiings after being
leschsd. The plant has capacity OF
100 tons daily and will PROBABLY be in
creased. An electric plant is to be put
In TO precipitate the copper. At present
scrap iron is used which is procured in
San Francisco. 1t takes about one
pound Of scrap iron to precipitate one Of
copper.-Arizona Enterprise.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02
A New Placer District.

Within a stones throw OF the town OF
Dolores, South Santa Fe county. there
has been unearthed new placer district
where 125 men are now at work, some
of them clearing up $40 day in nugget
gold. At this point bedrock curls up
to within from three TO ten feet OF the
surface and the top earth 10 stripped of,
revealing the gold IN quantities well CAL
culated TO create furore.
A nugget worth "a was found on Tues,
day, and on Wednesday shiny bit
worth $3.50 was taken out. Mr.. Wilson
showed several nuggets worth probably
% to rs cents each.
There are some thirty Of those tanning
machines known as dry washers and
worked by hand power in the new dis.
trict, and they are doing WE'LL About
one-half of the men engaged there are
natives. Day before yesterday thrifty
fellow crawled out of a hole with two
buckets full OF sand and gravel and he
offered them to Colorado miner who
stood near for $40. The Colorsdoan
laughed at the Mexican, and the Mexi-
can then put these two buckets full Of
stuff through his little tanning machine
and scraped cut full 500 worth Of gold
dust and nuggets Record.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02

Five million dollars in gold coin was
delivered to the New York Sub-Treasury
October 10Th by the Wells Fargo Elk.
press Company. 1t was from the San
Francisco Sub-Treasury, and had been
shipped from there on October 18th.
The gold came in boxes containing s4O,-
900 each, and when il was loaded on a
wagon to be delivered twenty armed
men were on the wagon also. The re-
cent experiences Of the express COM
panies with train robbers led to the ut
most secrecy in getting the shipment out
OF the California Sub-Treasury and on
its way East without the fact becoming
known.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02
G. A. Behm came in yesterday from

G. A. Benin came in yesterday from
his mining camp on the head Of Groom
creek. He says snow commenced fall.
ing in that locality last Friday morning
and was still falling at the time he left,
when q wet and compact covering Of
snow Is inches in depth lay on the
ground. Mr.. Benin and his partner,
Mr.. Hutchins, are working at that point
the Joe mine, which carries 20 inch
vein of free milling gold ore, which runs
from $l5 to 500 per ton. There are
many claims equally as rich in the same
vicinity with plenty Of water near and
wood in abundance. The entire district
is owned by comparatively few men, al
though Benin and partner own olly the
Joe. These mines are just nine miles
from Prescott and the clay" OF the dis
trict is such that they can be reached by
wagon at any point. Prescott Courier.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02
She Could Find Out.

Caller-Are You sure the young ladies
are out?
Bridget-Yes, sir.
"How long before they will return?"
81 niver thought Of that, shure, but
wait bit, and I'll 20 up and ask thin. :"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02
NOTICE.

KISGMAs, April LIST.
Notice is hereby given that the Night.
lawk mine or the owners thereof will not
oe responsible for any debts contracted
~ the contractors or lessees thereon.
tf. GEORGE Bowers.
Mohave County miner., 1893-12-02

The South Carolina road will be sold
at auction April IL, 1894.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
Pasturing wheat.

Professor Georgeson of the Kansas
station for two years experimental with
pasturing wheat to see if this had any
effect upon the yield Of grain. Cattle
were turned on the wheat early in April,
and the plants were eaten down close to
the ground, besides which the soil was
well tramped. It has been said by many
farmers that this pasturing is a good
thing, but Professor Georgeson does not
find it so, for, as compared with unpas-
tured plots those on which cattle ran
showed an average loss of about three
bushels Of grain per acre. Regarding
the theory that pasturing wheat destroys
the Hessian fly, Professor Georgeson says
This is fallacy which should be cor.
rected. The pupa of "faxseed" Of the
fly, which winters in the wheat, is moi
found on the upper portion of the plant
but is securely lodged between the
sheaths Of the base of the young stem:
below the surface of the ground and out
of the reach of animals browsing on the
tops. This any one can readily ascertain
for himself by pulling up a wheat plant
infested with the fly and peelng the
leaves to near the roots, where the little
brown pupa will be found, if present
The only time when pasturing might
possibly be Of some aid in destroying The
fly is either early in the fall, before frost
or late in the spring, after frosts arc
over, when the fly is active laying eggs
and some of these might be eaten witt
the wheat, but cattle are not ON the
wheat so early or SO late in the season
Instead Of benefting fly blown wheat
pasturing will injure it still more, il
that it weakens the Plants and thus rem
aers them less able to Withstand the at
tacks of the fly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
Power Instead of Coal.

Present signs point To human achieve
ments which will turn into insisnifcanc,
even the great things which man has al
ready done. In 1870 DR.. Siemens spokl
of the practicability of transmitting
power instead Of fuel directly from Goa
mines to manufacturing centers where i
is wantod-that is TO say, instead of con
veying thousands of carloads Of Goa
from the mines over hundreds Of mile
the mine owners would simply burn thu
coal at the mines, turn it into steam
which would generate electricity, ant
that could be sent hundreds of miles Il
manufacturers instead of the coal
Mr.. Thwaites, an English electrician
advocates the same plan. ConveyingtE,
coal from the fields to the cities miC
manufacturing plants doubles the COS
it. AT the same time there is the COS
of the furnaces, boilers and engines ant
the space they occupy, as well MS the cos
of the labor required to take care Of them
When all this is considered, if the trans
mission of power electrically is practi
cable atall, it will DO undoubtedly cheap
er as well rs pleasanter.
This transmission of power electrical,
already promises well in case of til
works that utilize the Niagara current
The next step in the progress of indus
trial science will be to transmit it from
coal mines.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
Cause OF lsussisn ra:n,uts.

Stepniak assures us there is ssh fam
Ire in Russia, famine dire and terrible
In the upper Don and upper Okla region
100000 people need relief again this
year. In Kama and the provinces of the
middle and lower Volga 5000 600 are in
restitution. In Bessarabia last year the
people had plenty and helped their fell
low countrymen brayely. This year the
drought ruined their crops, and they
themselves stand in need of the help
they SO generously gave to others last
year. Stepniais of course blanes the Rus
sian government for. this. He says the
taxes annually wrung from the peasants
leave them with not enough food to tide
them over even one season. The govern
ment is unable or unwilling to right
their wrongs. freedom" says Ste p
MAX, lis the remedy"
But a writer in the Edinbxgh Review
tells different story 1t viii be OBJ
served even Stepniak admits chat drought
caused the famine in Bessarabia. The
writer in the Edinburgh Review tells us
what caused the drought. Both the writ
ers agree ON one point-that there is nc
hope of permanent relief soon for the
hapless peasants of Russia. The cause
Of the restitution is not politics, how.
ever, according to The Review writer
1t is simply and solely that for centurie.
Russia has been stripping her hillside
valleys and plains of the trees that pro
tected her rivers and streams-in word
deforestation.
The woods were cut away from tn
headwaters Of the streams. the stroaD
dried up, leaving the lare fielGs TO /.
sand swept III simmer ard snow swe.
in winter and desoliteil. un.l Russia j.
gradually becoming like the desert o.
central Asia. Central Asia. now tL;
home of few wandering savages tor
tured by alternate cold and heat, wa:
once land of magnificent fertility. 81
was Palestine: so was the whole regior
bordering ON the Mediterranean. Defor
estation devastated all.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
A Common supply kitchen

Two experiments have been inaugu.
rated-one ill Philadelphia. the other III
Cleveland-which will be watched with
interest by al the fellow sufferers Of
those who lave been driven by despera-
ton into attempts to solve the house
keeping problem. The plan is to have a
central supply kitchen, in charge of to
best cooks. From this central kitchen
cooked food will be furnished to families
and individuals, to be eaten at home. Ii
the plan succeeds, it will combine all the
best features of both housekeeping and
hotel life. leaving out the unpleasant
ones. Something of this kind must be
done, for the servant girl problem has
become so pressing that a solution mus
be found.
The Cleveland experiment will be made
in block of 10 connected houses. From
each extends covered passageway to {
central building. In this central struc
ture is plant which furnishes light ans
are the common laundry and kitchen
also the storehouse in which the food
fuel, ETC., are kept. A telephone con
meets tho central building with eae.
house By this means food can be or
dered or information obtained. 1t is |;
dream of bliss. this housekeeping h.
wholesale, and those who are engaged il
it are warned that the hopes of human )
rest on their experiment: therefore lei
them take double pains that their schem.
fail not The Philadelphia association j.
somewhat similar. z fore it was full,
organized its promoters had more app
cants from those desiring to be member.
than they could accommodate.
There seems no greater difficulty ii
he way Of successfully running such {
cooperative housekeeping establishment
than there is in conducting Il first class
hotel, and that is done in every city il
the Union. Much will have to be learned
The co-operators will need to curb theii
grumbling propensities and their dispo
sition to boss one another. They viii
have to learn t'fas in every association
if it is to exist at all, each member mus
give up some of his individual prefer
ences. Above all, one must not cxpcc,
other people to be nearer perfect than he
himself is. Reasonableness and good
nature on The part of patrons, bushes:
ability and business methods on the part
of managers. will make a success of CD
operative housekeeping.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
FRIDAY MORNING. MAR. "a, 1898.

That live and lively state of Texas i
taking the lead in hoaling off eurplu,
cotton production. The Texas Acreage
association meets and CON Gers what
will be tho best farm products for agri
culturists to go into at different time;
and in different parts of lie STATE. Alta
late meeting in Austin II committee was
formed OF one member from each con-
gressional district TO draft aii address to
Texas farmers recommending thea TO
raise less cotton, but not more Of that
other indigenous American product
named by General Eutler in one of his
historic sayings. On the contrary, they
were advised to replace the diminished
cotton acreage by varied farm products.
Thus the price of cotton would be main
tanned, while the Texas farmer would be
raising upon his own soil many Of the
high priced crops for which he has been
accustomed to exchange his low priced
cotton. If the whole south would do
this, it would increase her agricultural
wealth preatlv
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
Milk.

There is one pure food reform that is
most imperative now at the approach of
warm weather, and that is in connection
with milk. Every year in the rncom-
monty healthy city of PHILADELPHIA 5000
babies die for want of good milk. Milk
dealers adulterate the milk they sell
and dishonest dairyInen corfessedly care
not jot for the quality of tie milk they
put on the market SO long as they can
get the quantity. 1t is not enough tllst
state should pass laws a-;iinst tie mere
adulteration of milk by foreign sub
stances.
1t is also necessary to provide against
selling skimmills for fresh end against
selling even fresh milk that does not
come up to certain standard of rich
ness under a chemical test. Boards Of
health everywhere should take this mat
ter into immediate consideration. Some
of the states have already excellent mix
laws, among them New York, and her
law could be adapted to suit other local
| tiles
Meantime, if milk dealers and dairy
men could be forced to feed their CIV i
children on the fuii they lis. s.ibute wit
out any compunction CT conscience to
other peoples children. it might be one
way of touching their leathern sensible
tiles.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
Mourning Stationery.

Few things give a more unpleasant
shock to sensitive person than to havt
a card sent to him which has IA blac
border around it half an inch deep or {.
get letter in an envelope with a Ike
border. The first moment until he glances
at the name upon the card or opens tbs
envelope is SO fraught with f,ightful pos
sibilities that it becomes real agony. The
mind flies involuntarily to absent ones
he loves most tenderly. The thought
stabs him like a knife: What il
The effect. while not so startling.
fully as unpleasant when in car or al
church the beholder's eye falls upon a
whole family clad in dead, terrible black
from head to foot. 1t is horror to hui
mainly this awful fashion of wcaring
mourning. 1t makes half the world u
grievous, saddening sight to the other
half. And when. rs is sometimes The
case, the whole matter Of putting q.
mourning apparel is mere piece o.
vanity, it becomes not only a melanchoi,
reminder to the spectator, but down
right sinful hypocrisy. There is woe
enough in every human breast for itse,
without constantly being reminded Q.
others woe. 1t is selfish to obtrude on,
unhappiness upon others.
If the dictates of fashion require tina,
mourning must be worn. at least let L
have none of that wretched mouruin
stationery, those frightful i'll omenef
black cards and envelopes. that shoe.
and unnerve sensitive persons AT least
too, let those who wear the weeds of Voc
carry white handkerchiefs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24

A big black cloud of debt hangs ovef
the spacious Tabernacle in Brooklyn
where Rev. DR.. Talinage speaks every
Sunday to thousands. If 1t be not speed
lily dispelled, this great preacher and
teacher must give up his labors in To-
cality where he can do more good than
in any place else on earth. The story Of
the financial trouble at this church seems
10 be simple one. Itcasts not the slight
est reflection upon the care prudence
or foresight of either DR.. Talmage or his
congregation. Several years ago a large
church was built. The year following
it was found necessary to enlarge it at
almost the expense Of new church
Just as they were getting it paid for it
took fire and burned down. Then an
other large edifce was constructed. But
lightning bolt set fire to it, and this
also was destroyed just rs the debt upon
it was being N'iped out. Then the pres
ent great structure was erected, which
including the enlargement on the first
practically comprises four churches that
this congregation has built within a
few years. During Dr. TGlmage's pas
torate in Brooklyn hispeople have raised
the sum of S1,040,00O for religious pur
poses. This. for congregation of which
the members are almost without excep
ton in poor or moderate circumstances
financially. is a remarkable example
of self sacrifice and liberality. Nor are
they weary in this well doing They say
they are willing to work day and night
to be rid of this financial embarrassment.
twenty-five thousand dollars Ct the deb!
must be paid at once, or tie noble insti-
tuition will lsas out of the possession OF
the congregaylon. The present pecuniary
distress is greater than they or any othel
average church congregation whore the
poor far outnumbsr the rich can carry.
Will they get the needed assistance:
There should be no question about it. It
need not cone us worli Of charity or 81
good will either. but rather from q sense
of obligation. DR.. Tallnage is the
worlds preacher and the worlds bcne-
factor. At the call Of every species of
distress his heart and his hand. his voice
and his pen, have responded as soon as
the cry reached his ears. When Charlie,
ton was stricken by an earthquake be
was leader in the work of relief. When
the Johnstown food catastrophe oc
Cured, his response in deeds and words
was most potent. When the cry of dis
tress came from the starving peasants in
Russia, he went 5000 miles to distribute
bread. For every local charity and every
case of individual distress his right hand
has literally been extended at all times
and his left knew nothing about it.
If this unfortunate financial elrsbar-
rassment of his church had not occurred,
DR.. Talmage would probably never have
troubled himself to correct the prevail
ing opinion that he had been drawing
from $4,000 to $4,000 per year for his
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
sympathy For Prominent Criminals.

The sentence Of Ferdinand de Lesseps
to five years imprisonment as common
felon appears to have caused intense sur
prise in the United States. Few seem to
doubt his guilt, but many condemn the
severity of his sentence. This is unfor.
tunately a trait which is too common
here-sympathy for criminals. In this
country De Lesseps and his coconspira
tors would never have been convicted
let alone IMPRISONED. When the rich
and venerable directors Of the swindline
Glasgow bank were first mulcted of theil
fortunes and then imprisoned for life, {
cry Of horror went up from the United
States.
In this country we dislike to convic
prominent citizens" Our moral fibel
seems to be getting fabby. Our pity fol
criminals is fast becoming maudlin. j
will be good thing for the country
when we cease to honor thieves because
they are rich and stop shaking hands
with rascals because they are smart.
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Turkish government prohibits the
immigration of foIciga Jews into Pales.
tine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
who will
One of the things that will make coun

One of the things that will make coun
try life more agreeable is the electri.
street car. Before many years lines
these cars will be running through ever
thickly settled neighborhood. InsteaG
of having to take his farm horses from
the pillow or wagon Whenever an erraad
to the next village must be done, it wi.
only be necessary for the rural inhab
liant to wait till the electric car comes
along, board it and go to tie postollce or
country store in a jiffy and back again
by the same means of transit The cleo
trio car is cheaper than the horse car
The tracks can be easily laid at the sides,
of the wide roadway. Such lines, too,
would quickly increase the population Of
country neighborhood They might
now be established in many localities
which the steam railway has not yet
penetrated. They corid easily connect
towns which now have no means Of con-
munication except by horse and carriage
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-03-24
Cabbage,

Early cabbage is one of the foremost
crops of the market garden and usually
yields fair profit The winter plants
are set out early as possible in highly en-
riched soil, in rows from 2 to q feet
apart, the plants 16 or IS inches apart in
the rows, and down into the ground to
the heart. Cultivate and hoe frequently
to keep the ground mellow, moist and
free from weeds. Occasional dressings
Of nitrate Of soda, at the rate of $50 to
300 pounds in the aggregate. will seldom
fail to pay exceedingly well.
This is the market gardeners method.
The home gardener is less anxious to get
cabbages for the table in May or June
If he is content to wait until nearly July
for a really superior article, he may
adopt Greiner's method of sowing early
In the spring March or ApriD in open
ground in drills or n feet apart, and
thinning to 10 or 1S inches in the drills,
leaving the best plants. For second
early crop the market gardener can also
SOW seed in April and transplant May
to the permanent patch or thin to the
proper distance apart.
Selection of soil for the crop is also of
utmost importance. Nothing can be bet
ter than rich calcareous or sandy loan.
naturally drained.