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ly an object of interest, and it is
amusing to hear in different countries
the various remarks people, knowing
it's history, pass upon it as they see it
at the railway station or standing upon
the stage.
Many people have been anxious to
buy it, but it is not for sale. Only
the other day an American millionaire
expressed a great desire to take it
back with him to the States.
Said he: 81 guess ought to have
the chair it amt much to look at but
it's got mighty interesting history.
They don't grow chairs like that in the
States, and should have what no 9TH
er man could either buy or steal. I
guess if 1 stuck that in my hall at home
nv friends would just glue themselves
to it. What, you won't cell it?-well,
let's have another squat in it; it amt
every day egets an opportunity OF
saustting in a chair as Car and Q
whole bilin' of Kings have been lifted
upon" And he squatted.
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seem to the short-sighted fishermen
to be dependent upon their persistence
in their use of the inhuman wheels.
Four years ago the writer protested
to the general Government only to
learn that the protection of the river
fisheries of the United States, being
dependent upon the ordinarily defec-
tive laws of the several States, moth
ing could be done even by Mr.. Mar
shall MacD Donald, Fish Commissioner
of the United States.
1t was and is, however, the opinion
of the Fish Commission that the use of
fish wheels in the taking Of salmon
ought to he prohibited, as they not
only main hundreds of fish unfit for
food, but being operated on the upper
reaches of the river near the spawning
grounds, they capture thousands of
fish who have escaped the nets lower
down.
The destruction of one such female
fish means the loss of hundreds OF
eggs. When it is seen that the Gov
ernment is able to afford but two sta
tions on the west coast for the main
tenance of the salmon, the one on the
McCloud in California the other on
the Little Clackamas, an Oregon trl-
butary of the Willamette, and that
the average number of eggs taken ut
the Oregon station is only about five
million per annum, decadence Of the
upper Columbia fisheries would seem
to be painfully near.
As q matter of fact it has begun.
Four years ago splendid fishing ex-
listed everywhere along the upper por-
tions of the river. Now it is becom-
ing rare. The fish are thoroughly
frightened and even that most patient
q anglers, my Chinese friend, Wing,
finds the still water sport of the tam
est In order to understand just how
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esty did me the honor Of inviting ma
to his vila-locally termed schloss-i
at Marienwhal, Ludwigsburg. His Maj
esty is somewhat above the medium
height, broad of chest and strong OF
arm. He, like all German officers, is
exceedingly fond of gymnastics, and
knows exactly how to use his strength !
He, therefore, approached the subject
more as an expert than as novice,
and his knowledge of the principle
upon which my experiments are per-
formed was greater, I think, than any
of my previous experimenters. But
His Majesty did not for moment al
low his knowledge to infringe upon
the conditions under which the various
tests can alone be effectively demon
strated. 1t was all the more interest,"
ing to me to do my experiments With
one who b I'd such an inside knowledge
of the question, especially as I was al
together successful in everything I at
tempted.
What l think most interested His
Majesty was the chair test, in which I
lifted four members of the court seated
on a chair, whilst his hands were
placed between my hands and the
sides of the chair.
I knew he was looking forward to
this test, for the first words he adj
dressed to me after the presentation
we're: Have you brought the fa-
nous chair?" I had brought the 'sfa-
nous chair" and I pointed it ont to
him, who examined it with considera-
BILE interest.
1t is an ordinary looking caair,
strongly built and painted black, and
has been made famous from the fact
upon it I have lifted one Emperor,
several Kings, Princes and other ia
nous folk. In fact, more royalty, In
telligence, and more wealth have sat
upon that chair than upon any one
single chair in the world. 1t has been
with me through all my travels, and,
all my public and private tests have
been performed with it. It is not an
object of admiration, but it is certain
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of the river, but this adds to the zest
of the sport. A sixty-six- pound
salmon is no small game, either. At
Kinneys, near Astoria, in Oregon,
they frequently catch them this size.
Such fish, of course, never leave the
lower waters of the river. They are
safe from fish wheels and such snares
and there is something regal in their
abnegation as they lie on the wharves
at Astoria, in season, before they are
taken away to be canned. There is no
more splendid spot on the river either
than this same Astoria, rich as it is
with recollections of the great estate,
the foundations of whose fortunes
were laid there, and the scene of Wash
ington Irving's picturesque account
thereof
They are cosmopolitans of the worst
class to be found there during the fish
ing times, but they have energy
enough to set seines and not to resort
to the wheel of torture. They realize
that, like Othello, their occupation
will soon be gone if the fish do not
spawn in season, and they would be
among the very first to advocate the
surest salvation for our salmon---the
calling together of an intestate COM
mission with powers to act in framing
an effective law against the use of
wheels, providing for uniform season
in all the States, regulating the catch
or eannery for few years and the
providing for increased propagating
facilities both at the McCloud and
! Clackamas stations
The United States Commission did
some good work in July, 1887, on the
grounds above Astoria, but there is
room for more.
As the commission has itself said,
"protective culture is easier than arti-
fetal culture" 1t is cheaper to save
our salmon fisheries from destruction
than to be obliged to restore them.
Such restoration would require years
of toll and millions of money.
In the meantime the cost of salmon
as an article for food would far ex-
ceed any ordinary means as Scotland
could not begin to supply herself.
The sportsman would be robbed OF
his rights and sport which no less
an authority than Earl Dufferin said
to the writer he considered only a
little less thrilling than hunting the
tiger when the tiger is also hunting
you, would be gone from our day and
generation, and, perhaps, forever.
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with the object of lifting me; to him
it at first, / think, seemed an easy task,
and he did not put forth all his
strength; but finding remained
standing on the floor he commenced to
lift in earnest.
But in spite of His Majesty's efforts
/ did not so up. That he was consid-
erably astonished was evidenced by
the look on his face, and he piled me
with questions as to how ] had ar
ranged to 80 completely defeat his en-
deavors to lift me. ] explained to him
the principle of the angle wherein the
secret If the power of resistance lies,
and he at once commenced operations
with the ladies of the royal party to
zee how far they had mastered the &C.
cret of that angle. His first effort was
with the Princess of Wales, who, with
charming readiness, had placed her
self before His Highness to be lifted.
Quite easily Her Royal Highness, who
had not yet mastered the secret OF the
angle, went up, much to her and the
Czar's amusement
Then followed the Czarina. who
went up with the same ease as had the
Princess of Wales. But the task OF
lifting the Crown Princess OF Denmark
who is, e may be permitted to use
the word. of almost masculine build
! was, His Majesty discovered, some
what more difficult; but in the end the
Czar's strength and the Grown Prin-
cesss lack of experience told, and she,
too, was lifted.
In oil the other experiments-those
with the billiard cues and the one OF,
while grasping my shoulders, endeav-
oring to push me against the wall
that he tried with me | experienced the
same gentleness and strict observance
of the conditions as in the lifting test.
His Majesty assured the company
(which assurance was not necessary for
me. for felt it, that in each test he
had put forth his full strength. But
it was the strength of man who had
approached the subject scientifically,
and not the indiscriminate employ.
ment of brute force.
The last King whose strength OF
muscle ] had the opportunity OF test
ing was the King of Wurtemberg, and
that only few weeks ago. His Maj
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TAME my celestial friend found it, he
ssshoaId be seen like the prehistoric
''bump on a log' at Rooster Rock,
where some superb ffty-pounders
have been speared; with half dozen
"sprats" as he calls them, beside him.
Then one should watch the splendid
formed Indians from Umatilla and
nearby as they stand at ''the cells" on
their swaying platforms, ready to
spear a swift-scudding chinook, or
lower down stream, with ever-ready
balanced dip-net, watching the foam
for "a racer" The Indian has the
sport as it ought to be-the Cinnamon
as it soon will become. Following the
river down to the cascades, one can
see the cause of what our celestial
friend feels in effect. 1t is wonderful to
us as we view the efulgent splendor of
the scene, that men are not shamed
by 80 close communion with the Wis
ible forms of nature into less brutal
and unsportsmanlike method of kill
ing Gods creatures. But there in their
worst form and fashion stand the fish
wheels. Number forty" the very
worst on the river, is clean and harm
less enough externally, but no more
sickening sight to sportsman could
exist than is discovered within. Just
about Bonneville and vicinity the fish
wheels simply swarm and the writer
could but call to mind the cordial
hatred of them expressed one day in
the terrible blizzard of '8S by the
heroic Conductor Lyons of the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company, on
whose train was trying to travel on
to San Francisco by this route. A man
who runs a fish wheel and train
wrecker were about alike in Lyons's
opinion, and as Lyons's ideas are en-.
titled to the weight of those of a man
who saved some forty lives at the peril
of his own that winter they are cor
daily shared by brave men every
where.
That the fish wheel is not necessity
for those who follow Simon Peters
profession for living is shown all
along the lower reaches of the river.
Both the stake and draw seines are
used successfully, while the sports
man with landing net, in addition to
his gnff and rod and line, can enjoy the
grandest possible pastime with less to
annoy and more to enjoy than in any
other American waters. Of course, q
sturgeon may be now and then en-
countered, even in the upper stretches
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;~hirler AROUND; ahd tkbew py the cry
u. NJ. -

%hifleT around; and kBew by the cry
he,saEe that he had it,"
"Idiot! fool" ret3rned the encaged
being before her, as he gave her arm
such fearful wrench that it dislocated
the elbow. "Out of my sight! out Of my
house this instant! You have ruined me
with your cursed carelessness! Not an
other night shall you sleep under Us
roof"
Once again he raised his arm-this
time to strike. But fortunately, with a
moan Of pain at the injury she had al
ready sustained, she had darted back,
and so the blow descended on empty air.
Without another look at the man be-
fore her the poor young girl crept from
his presence, and dragging herself back
to her room, fastened herself in, while
she sought to prepare for her departure.
With her arm hanging motionless by
her side, and nearly wild with pain, she
opened her trunks and thrusting her
valuables inside as well as she could,
with ore hand, she locked them, and
dropped the key into her pocket
Fearing, she scarcely knew what, she
put the package of papers her aunt
laQ given uGT, WILL uCi puiso o'So,
in her pocket, that she might be certain
of their safety. Then hastily putting
comb, brushes, and night apparel in q
hand-sachel. she paused to rest.
Advancing to her window, she found
that heavy rain was still falling, and
that darkness was sven then over the
earth.
Throwing her waterproof over her
shoulders, with its hood drawn over her
hat, she opened her door and glided
through the hall, down the stairs, and
out of the front entrance, fortunately
without being seen by any of the family.
As she had passed the sick mans room,
she knew by the sound Of many excited
voices within that they had gone to his
assistance, and she judged he must have
injured his hip by his passionate frenzy.
While she lpitied the man, she feared
him, and never breathed freely until out
side the door.
Then with a hurried step she passed
down the ramble.
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lates her experience of these royal
personages:
The first court I hal the honor OF
visiting was the Danish Court, last
summer, during the celebration of the
King and Queen of Denmark's golden
wedding. Among those who tested
my experiments were their Majesties
the Emperor of Russia and the King
of Denmark and their Royal Highnesses
the Crown Prince of Denmark, the
Duke of Cumberland, Prince George
of Greece and Prince Waldemar of
Denmark.
OF the Czar's enormous strength I
had heard a great deal. / had been
told OF his ability to bend together
with one hand the points OF horse
shoe and of his accomplishing feats
which even Sandow might envy, and
it was naturally matter of great IN
terest to me that His Majesty should
try his strength upon me. The: Gear,
who prides himselfupon his physical
powers, too, was, he assured me,
anxious to see, whether his strength
could be as readily nulli6ed as that
of others who had taken part in my
experiments.
To say was not little anxious when
Iplaced myself before the Gear, for him
to essay the task of lifting me, would
not be true; was just bit nervous,
for there flashed across my memory
the long record of the wonderful
things he had accomplished, and OF
his alleged lack of gentleness when his
purpose was thwarted. But there was
in reality no sort of cause for anxiety.
His Majesty took me by the elbows,
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THE MODERATE DRINKER.

How many men who once fiattered them
selves that they could let it alone when they
had a mind have filled drunkard'e grave?
What man becomes drunkard Intentionally
No man takes the glass in his hand. saying,
II have good character, loving wife and
fond children, but il take TINS glass II Is tne
first step TO break my wite's heart, my, chill
dren will walk the streets half clad and peg
ging for bread, my health and reputation
will be lost.
Drunkenness and its host Of evils come
slowly but surely. Warn man who drinks
D little of the danger, and he will say. DO
YOU think l will ever 30 far forget myself as
to lose all self-respect?'
The lowest drnnkard sunk to its deepest
lepravity. reasoned similarly with himself;
The low and red-faced. drunken, brutal
sot. who breaks his wife's heart and starves
bis children. once repeated the same words
Then be guarded against this besetting evl
of our times touch not the first glass enter
not the drinking saloon, ''that strips man,
hood Of its glory and old ase Of Its crown. "
C T. y, Herald. ~
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the pleasures of landing a blueback,
even ifhe doesn't know that their
scientific names, the oncorbynchus
chonchia and the salmo gairduert, are
nearly as large as themselves.
But few of US seem to realize that
the salmon is in the same danger that
overlook the buffalo, and that, unless
their senseless slaughter be retarded,
they will become extinct. Unlike the
buffalo, the salmon has no means of
protection afforded him by nature, and
he can be murdered by machinery, a
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nun cxu.rs ko7EEEEss.

New York hospital surgeons have found a
disease that has become alarmingly preva-
lent among bartenders. It is the rotting
nway of their fingers, caused by their coming
In contact with the beer they draw for Gus
lomers during the day. If there is any sore
On the bartender's hand be has to be especl-
plly careful in handling beer, for the sore
viii rapidly spread. It is the acid and rosin
which Is used In making the beer that causes
this disease It rots leather as well, ana
min of shoes worn behind the bar will soon
be entirely destroyed. 1t ought to bea ques-
lion jor beer drinkers how this drink must
affect their stomachs. Many bartenders who
sell hundreds Of glasses OF beer q day will
mot drink the stun themselves. This may
help to fortiiy some ones good resolutions
for the new year 1S94.-Boston Cultivator.
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IF.
BY ARBIE C. M'KEEvER.

II we're al artist would paint
- A face so fair, face so true,
With hidden something like saint
And that face should picture you.
II were an artist would know
Just where the strongest light should touch
To,bring out all the wonderful glow
-, In the, one face love so much.
~ i were an artist would give
4 Il hungry soul a crust to eat,
In the long years that may live
In which, my love, we may not meet.
II were an artist ] would place
Always above my mantel-tree
Thine own sweet face; but 1t cannot be-
Only my dreams may picture thee.
! WILLIAMSBURG, Ohio.
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Ever ny half-breed Indian guide,
Pierre Lott, with whom have thus
fished, "where rolls the Oregon and
gives no sound" would protest against
such a possibility did he understand
it's proximity. We who have noted
the experience of Norway must, how
ever, so understand and it is the part
of common prudence to act in the de-
fense of ourselves and OF posterity, as
we'll as of our right royal king game
fish and his Oregon friends.
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KING'OF GAME FISH.
THE NOBLE SALMON OF THE
COLUMBIA RIVER.
He Is Going the Way Of the Buffalo
Caught by the Thousands In In
human Wheels-May Very
Soon Be Extinct.

TAR out beyond Nebraska's
H. mighty plains-where but late
was wont to roam the king OF
G American beasts-l1es the Co.
lumbia's scenic land, known still to
fame as the home of the monarch of
our inland waters, the splendidly
royal salmon.
Every American sportsman knows,
says the Washington Star, something
of the keen delights of spearing Chi
nook or steelhead, to say nothing Of
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TEMPERANCE.
THEIR WORST ENEMY.

"Gather up all the money that the worS.
;nc riasses have spent for rum during the
last M thirty years, and I will build for every
msn ras, ' n house. and lay out for him garden.
nnd " secnre him q policy OF life insurance SO
ana i5st sSsefp the present home may be well main
toinad after he is dead. The most persistent
the most overpowerng enemy OF the work or (.
inc classes is intoxicating liquor. -Ne"
York Observer.
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Ar,roHoL AND ATHLETES.

Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson, in an a6-
dress lately published. mentions that he once
interrogated noted tight-rope expert as &c
his art. The acrobat stated that all goon
trainers and skilled performers agree tnat
abstinence from alcoholic beverages IS aoso-
lmtely necessary. His advice to athletes Is
$50 long as YOU are in course Of preparation
touch not the hurttul thing; 1t will be sure
TO undermine all the qualities on which you
depend for success it will injure your pre-,
cision, your decision, your presence OF
mind, and your endurance"
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structures that remained standing was
the tower of the Saint Mary Magdslen
church A bird doubtless carried al
seed to the summit of this, and there
soon appeared tree that buried its
roots so deeply that 1t had f. be
pulled up in order to save the lower
from falling in. ...
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A LOVERS EVENING PRAYER.
BY CHARLES O. BAHN,

O, Godl I love her. keep her safe,
Although it be Thine all-wtse will
That may never see her more
Yet keep her safe pray Thee still.
=
o. shield her from all evil wiles
And keep her pure in heart within;
For me she may not keep her love,
But keep her from all harm and sin.
Let angels walk with her through day,
Nor leave her with the suns last gleams;
Let angels watch around her bed
And give her peace and angel dreams.
HUTCHINSON, Kan.
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THE CZAR'SzM MUSCLE.
RUsSIA'S RULER SAID TO BE A
VERY STRONG MAN.
Miss Bentley Relates Her Experiences
Among Europe's Crowned Heads
How She Baffied the Gar
A Muscular German King.

II TISS PHYLLIS BENTLEY,
y II says the Strand Magazine,
vi is well known to the public
by her clever exhibition of
experiments in lifting and balancing.
These experiments she has had the
honor Of performing before many of
the crowned heads of Europe, and in
the following interesting article re-
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The population of what is Ercwn
technically as the city" e Lo-don,
reaches 30l, 1884 by day, but drops TO
1886 at night. The populat.-,l OF
"Greatsr" London is $3.50, S9S. ~
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Deer have been unusually plentiful
in Maine this year.
Mohave County miner., 1894-06-09
Aohcve County Mining agency.

The undersigned Is prepared to act a.
agent and broker for the sale and pur.
chase OF mining properties in Mohave
county. Will look after the interests Of
non.residents or obtain information for
them.
VIII also give reliable information and
reports on all mining properties to those
desirons Of investing in this county.
Oifce, Kingman Samplng Works,
Kingn,an, Arizona.
WM. II. LAKE.
Mohave County miner., 1894-06-09
Notice or Exccutrix.

Ia the matter cf the estate Of w.u,no,ou
starksy. deceased,
Nosioe Is hereby given by the under.
signed executrix Of the estate Of yelling.
ton starkey, deceased, 10 the creditors OF
ana all persons having claims against the
sa'd deoe"sed, TO exhibit them with the
necessary vouchers within four months nj.
tor toe hrst publication Of this notios
10 the said erecutnx, at her residsnoe
IN kineman, the same being the place TO,
the transaction of the business Of sa;d
estate, in Mohsve county.
ESTER SrARxEr,
Exeeosrix OF the estate Of Wei Iinuton star
key, deceased.
Dated t Kngm IN. this 18th day OF
May, 1894. as.4
Mohave County miner., 1894-06-09
SURVEYING.
Secret Societiee.

X oFP.-GADDIs LODGE. NO. IL; MEETS
hA' every Tuesday evening Ia the Court.
house at 500 O'Clock. Visiting brothers, in
good standing. cordially invited.
:, o. ID. CLAcK, Q. c.
II. r. EWING, X. OF r. aud s.
T o. q. T.-KINGMAN LODGE, NO. %
- meets every Thursday evening in NJ T.
cordially invited.
P. A. BEEBK. G. T. (.
T Q. o. F.--KINGMAN LODGE, no. T.
=. Meets every Wednesday niget ia the
Courthouse at 720 O'Clock Visiting brothers
invitee. in. coHrNoIJR. N. a.
l.. o. CowAH, Sec.
Mohave County miner., 1894-06-09
Adl,sinistrstsr's = Netiee.

In the matter Of the estate Of Harry
Colsen, deceased;
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
administrator of the estate Of Harry Col.
sen, deceased. 20 the creditors Of. and all
persons having claims against the said do.
ceased, 70 exhibit them with the necessary
vouchers within four months after the first
publi'asion "f this notice. to the said ad.
ministrator. at his Office in kingman,
the same being the place for the trans.
action Of the business Of said estate, in
Moaave county. l.. o. CowAs.
Administrator.
Da'ed at kingman, this 10th day Of
May, 1894. 1A