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Mohave County miner., 1895-11-23

o. D. M. Gaddis sud vie made ( rhort trip to Chloride this week.
Mohave County miner., 1895-11-23

The Blakely i've st amp mill at Cerba'
 Is pounding away on good grade gold Tore.
Mohave County miner., 1895-11-23

Eooal and Presonal. Nice red mountain apples cheap a, GADDIs & PERR.'s. The new school house is looming up. W. G. Bi.k-ly made bueiness trir 10 Prescott Tbnrsday,
 For tickets to ths Thanksgiving bal go to H. II Watkins
 BoRS-To the wife of Ass Harris, ou Saturday, Nov. l8. a girl. F.. G MeD-rmiih, oi ths White Hills company, is in Kingmsn D,n't forget the turkey shoot on the afternoon of the 26 h and 27 h. | 0. ID. NJ. Gaddis sud wiie made ( rhort trip to Chloride this week.
 Miss Mary Gross. of Mineral Park, i. In Kingtnsn vis,iina her sisrers.
 New line of crocksry and glassware jast received. GADDIs X PERRY.
 Ed linus and daughter were up from the Sandy the fore part of the week.
 W. G Carleton, Tom Cn,drsser and Scotty Miller are in from Wni,e HiiIs. Capt Slocu n, a relative of H,n Eos. ter 5. Dennis. is visiting in Kingnan. | T l. Ayres was ia town the first o the week seeing to the sampling of ore H P. Ewing and Wm. Heimrod wess in from the Tuckahoe several dsye thi, week. /
 Miss May linus. daughter of Ed Imus of the Sandy, made thIs office plesssn, call Thursday
 For underwear yon can't do better than buy of GApDis & PERRY. Mrs Chss. Gross, ~bo has been vS iting Kingmsn The past t~o weeks. rs turned to her home near the Pa k Wed nesday.
 George Roster i- ,gain in Kingmsn He has been in Taliiornis several months for the benefit of his health and is much i'm proved. .< A fine shower ot ram fell all over ihs county last Thursday night. The high W allspais are nos covered with heavy blanket of snow.
 have received fine lot of children's goods and the clerks have rigged up ( beautiful display in the show cases.
 We carry the largest and bss, sssort ment oi clothing in town. GADDIs & PERRY KinRman merchants are shipping iEa. mense quantities of goods into the min. ing camps north of Kingmsn More chloriders are now st work in The hills than ever before in the history of Mohsvs county. The W. H T.prsrt Mercantile Com. pany this week received carload each o' coal and hay They now represen, the Crescent coal company of Gallup and will hereafter keep on hand the beet of lump coal which will he sold only for cash.
 Mir Phelan of Williams has pnrcb based the interest of W. F. Froet in the King. man meat market and will take charge 'be first of the month. Mir Phelan is a pleasant and sfr.ble gentleman and will take we'll with the people of King. man. ,/
 John Withers ss received thirty iuf. keys which will be put up to hs shot st one or two days previons to Thsnks9iv- ing. The distance will bs from fifty yards al the head 10 two hundred yards at the body of the bird Everybody can have a chance at the birds and every. thing will be guarsnte ,d satisfactory.
 Nice Navsj, blankets ct Gsddis <
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
Wonderful Giants OF Old.

There are hardly any truthful records
of the giants of the past, though literature
Is full of wondrous tales about them. A
French academician, M. Henrion, once
estimated the height of Adam to be 1873
feet and that Of Eve 1ls, proportions that
must have appeared most formidable to
the serpent and made the proposition for
apples seem somewhat trivial thing.
The same authority brings Abraham down
to % feet anil makes Moses only l3. CO.
liaths recorded height is, however only 9
feet inches which Is within the bounds
of possibility.
Pliny speaks of seeing giantess 10 feet
2 inches in height and skeleton 20 feet
long. There are weird stories Of the En-
peror Macmillan, who was reputed to be
feet high and to have eaten 40 pounds OF
meat day.
Nearly every race has contributed to gi-
antism, but the English has furnished far
the larger proportion, partly perhaps be-
cause the English have always been fond
of seeing giants and paying for the priv
ilege, thereby drawing the merit or phys
ical bigness, which has always been modest,
out of its undeserved obscurity. Next to
the English the Irish have supplied the
largest number, but the Irish giant Is rare
ly grown nowadays, since that stock has
been drawn upon so heavily by America.
Germany and the United States have sup
piled each eight or nine men who have
won publicity and fame by their exuber
ant physique. 1t seems to be the central
and western states that supply the Amer
lean giants, and our war records show that
in these regions, together with Maine and
Vermont, the average stature Is the high
est. There have been French and Italian,
negro and Arab giants, but the number is
few, and it Is evident that the temperate
zones and the large races supply the most
cases of giantis,n.-Dr. e.. l.. Dana in
Scribners
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
A Wonderful Sensitive Plant.

An incident related by the author OF
"The Pearl of India, +" in his description OF
the flora of Ceylon, Is almost uncanny, al
though we are assured that 1t Is true. II
is about the mimosa, or sensitive plant,
and makes one almost wonder whether
the plant has intelligence.
The doctor, one of the characters Of the
book, while sitting with the family on the
broad piazza which formed the front OF
the bungalow of a coffee plantation, recog
nized thrifty sensitive plant, and 1t was
made the subject OF remark He called
his young daughter Of IL years from the
house.
"Lena," said he, "go and kiss the mi.
mosa"
The child did so, laughing gleefully, and
came away. The plant gave no token OF
shrinking from contact with the pretty
child.
Now" said the host, twill you touch
the plants'
Rising to do so, we approached 1t with
one hand extended, and before 1t had come
fairly In contact the nearest spray and
leaves wilted visibly.
1.-THE plant knows the child" said the
doctor, "but you are stranger"
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
Tibetan Monasteries.

OF all the wonders of the Tibetan re-
ligion none is SO striking as the abundance
of monasteries. These great assemblages
of religious houses are full of monks, or
lamass and the marvels associated with
them are truly surprising. Their number
is amazing. They literally swarm In the
inhabited portions of Tibet, and ira
veler journeying through the country
passes monastery after monastery in end
less succession.
Sonumerous are they that Mr.. Rockhill,
the indcfatigable American explorer of
Tibet, tells us that while the population
of eastern Tibet Is but small one-fifth of
1t consists of lamas. He also says that in
his journey from Jyekundo in Tibet to
Ta-chien lu, on the frontier of China, q
distance Of 900 miles, he passed 80 large
monasteries, five of which contained from
1000 to 1000 lamas. Many monasteries
in other parts are equally large.
The great monastery Of Kumbum, near
the Lake Koko-Nor, contains 4, 900 monks
Chiamdo, which is one of the chief towns
in eastern Tibet and contains Il, 900 In d.
habitants seems to be half composed of q
gigantic monastery, and Captain Bower,
in his recent journey through Tibet pass
ed the large town of Riuchi which seemed
to him to be all monastery. The wealth
of some of these monastcries Is astonish-
ing ALL the Year Round.
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
A Blind Persons Senses.

Throughout my whole life, my blindness
has had this remarkable feature in 1t:
always have before my eyes a brilliant
light, SO that the whole air around me
seems, as 1t were, incandescent. appear
to be walking in light. In this light can
call up at will all sorts Of beautiful colors,
which I sec mingled with the radiance
and forming part of 1t. Thus, my blind
ness has always been for me In q certain
way brightness.
AS 1 grew older there came to me other
abnormal peculiarities, which have been
mercifully sent as compensations. can
always tell when others are looking at me,
and I can generally tell whether they are
looking at me In kindness or the reverse
My sense of hearing Is extremely sensitive,
and through 1t can read character In the
tones of the voices of men and women
around me-
can also discern character accurately In
the touch OF the hand. I have certain in
stincts for which I have no exact name,
which sometimes make me foresee future
events. My senses of touch and smell are
excessively delicate.
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
Breathing Carbonic Acid.

It Is well known that very much lar
ger proportion of carbonic acid than usu-
ally exists in the atmosphere can be in
hailed with impunity, but only recently
have we been aware of the large quantity
that can be breathed without actual dan
ger. Ordinary fresh air contains but
parts in 10000, yet the carbonic acid has
to reach per cent, or. 100 times the usual
quantity, before any difference Is noticed
in the respiration. AS the percentage rises
the person breathing 1t begins to pant,
but with air containing as much as 10
per cent only headache Is produced, al
though the painting Is violent. The actual
danger point Is not reached until the car
bonic acid rises to Is per cent.
Foul air in a room where a number of
persons are present Is not dangerous on
account of the carbonic acid 1t contains,
but owing to a poisonous organic SUBJ
stance given of with the breath. Car
bonic acid Is not a direct poison, but when
the danger point Is reached the air can
take none from the blood in the lungs, so
that the fires of the human engine are ex-
tinguished by their own smoke, as 1t were.
1t Is really wonderful what the human
engine will endure, for a candle goes out
when the oxygen in the air sinks to Is. 5
instead Of the usual 2l per cent, and the
carbonic acid rises to 2.5.-Chambers'
Journal
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
40 MUCH WORK
For Healthy Exlstence.-That's
Why the Kidneys 80 often Fail.

Nature has provided certain amount
of work for every organ of the human
body; overtax them and disease eventu-
ally follows There Is not one por-
ton Of our organism that Is so overworked
rs the kidneys; on them Is placed the i'm
portant function of filtering the blood of
the impurities which naturally form in the
regular action of life and digestion. The
kidneys are consequently termed the sew
erage of the system; clog up this sewer,
and the blood becomes tainted with poison
Gus uric acid, which brings on disease
in many forms. The back Is the first to
show this stoppage. From there comes
The warning note; 1t should be needed,
and the kidneys receive prompt attention.
Doan's Kidney Pills will right the action
OF the kidneys quickly relieve the back Of
pains and aches, and cure all troubles OF
Kidneys and bladder Read the following
Mr. VIM. Nelson Is a well known busi
,ess man of Kalamazoo. he resides at S22
Portage Street, and his business is that of
, grain buyer. He says:
For five years have suffered from an
inability to urinate, which resulted from
what was said to be a stoppage of the blad
der. During these years have taken min
cral and electric baths and used other means
in expectancy of getting better, but they
all proved unavailing. Some months ago l
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, which |
had heard highly recommended, and can
now say that the fiattering reports were
not greater than they deserved. / got
better right along, and am free from any
trouble now. | feel better than l have
lone for three years past. If Doans Kid
ncy Pills were well known all over they
would do an immense amount of good
Sold by all dealers price, so cents.
Nailed by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
y. Y. sole agents for the U. S. Remem-
Ger the name, Doan's, and take no other
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
An Artists Joke.

"a feat attributed to many eminent art
lists OF painting on plain surface fly or
bee SO illusively true to nature that the in
nocent observer would attempt to brush IL
away Is not so difficult as Is generally sup
posed, remarked a painter of still life.
1.-The art lies In making the insect stand
out from the background. Not long ago
patron brought me half dozen saucers
and q card, upon which was pinned a
house centiped, or thousand legs" re-
questing me to copy 1t exactly upon each
of the saucers, so that the base of the cup
would cover 1t. did so without express
ing any curiosity.
"Afterward he told me that he had CIV
en- little tea party, and without the
knowledge Of his wife had substituted the
painted saucers for the plain ones. His
amusement consisted In observing the hor-
rifed expression on the faces of the guests
wien they raised their cups and the quick
ness withwhich they put them down again
to keep the monster imprisoned. 1t was
only when the hostess noticed that none of
the guests drank their tea that the decep-
tion was discovered "-Northwest Maga-
zine.
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
90 HORSES WEEP2
A Well Authenticated Case Which Would
Seem to Prove That They DO.

Seem To Prove That They do.
Do horses weepS Is a question discussed
by The Admiralty and Horse Guards Ga
zette. 1t tells us that there Is we'll au-
thenticated case Of horses weeping dur
ing the Crimean war. On the advance TO
the heights of Alma battery of artillery
became exposed to the fire of concealed
Russian battery and In the course Of few
minutes 1t was nearly destroyed, men and
horses killed and wounded, guns dis
mounted and limbers broken.
A solitary horse, which had apparently
escaped unhurt, was observed standing
with fixed gaze upon an object close beside
him. This turned out to be his late mas
ter quite dead.
The poor ANIMAL when q trooper was
dispatched to recover him. was found with
copious tears flowing from his eyes, and it
was only by main force that he could be
dragged away from the spot, and his un-
earthly cries to get back to his master were
heartrending.
Apropos of the intense love that cavalry
horses have for music, correspondent of
The Gazette writes that when the Sixth
Dragons recently changed their quarters
a mare belonging to one of the troopers
was taken so i'll as to be unable to proceed
on the journey the following morning.
Two days later another detachment Of the
same regiment, accompanied by the band
arrived. The sick mare was In a loose
box, but hearing the martial strains kick
ed a hole through the side of her box, and
making her way through the shop Of a
tradesman took her place in the troop be-
fore she was secured and brought back to
the stable. But the excitement had prov
ed too great and the subsequent exhaus-
ton proved fatal.
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
rITs AND NERVOUS DISEASES.

When Henry NJ. Hall, NJ D., late surgeon y.
5. A., Department of Tennessee, returned from
me war he found child afflicted with epilepsy.
Leading physicians were consulted, without
apparent benefit. Noted specialists could give
but little If any relief To rescue his child from
fate worse than death became the object of
experiment, until at last success crowned his
efforts. In 1889 old age and infrmities in
duced him to impart the knowledge of how To
manufacture IL, under the agreement that a
bottle should be sent free of all charges to any
one applying for it, who was afflicted with epf-
lepsy. Since then over 20,0O0 free bottles have
been sent to the afflicted. Experience has
proved that it cures Insomnia, St Vitus Dance,
and all forms of Nervous AffiictiOn. II YOU
want to try this wonderful remedy free OF all
charge. write, stating your disease as plainly as
possible give your age and post office. Address
The Hall Chemical Co., West Philadelphia, Pa
The true northerner., 1895-10-18

1t Is curious that the Russians had their
first newspaper much about the same time
as we had ours. 1t dates from the days OF
Alexis, the father of Peter the Great, q
considerable part of whose reign was con.
temporary with the protectorate, when the
first Diurnal appeared. To any one nc.
quainted with Russia 1t Is curious TO see
what things do escape the notice of the
censor sometimes.
The present writer has occasionally seen
in the reading rooms of hotels some of the
most Russophobist articles of The Times.
The black stamp of the censor had never
reached them. After all, Russia does not
stand alone in this respect. We remember
the confiscation of a number of Die Neue
Freie Prcsse in Austria in 1888 for an ar.
ticle on Maria Theresa, whose career we
should have thought had now become very
old history Academy
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
ssNJAMIN's WIT.


SSu<tnAu8 Hhe@0os - coys
Judah p. Benjamin Of Louisiana, q
member Of Davis cabinet and an able law
ycr. was fond Of his jokes. Once he hap
pened to arrive In town the day after q
political meeting. A large number OF
those who attended 1t were guests at the
same hotel where he happened to stop.
After examining the register he turned to
the clerk and said:
The boys had pretty jolly time last
night, didn't theys"
"Yes. they did, answered the clerk,
shut how did you happen to known"
why" replied Benjamin, pointing to
the book before him, II can always tell
how tho boys are acting when they are
away from home by examining their sigma
lures. II they put down lot Of HERO
glyphics on the hotel registers instead Of
the letters which spell their names, then I
know that they are having q very pleasant
visit indeed.
"Do you know" he added after pause,
that political meetings are often followed
by paralysis of the right handi"
"And Of the brain aiso?" replied the
other.
"No, don't think so, answered Ben
jamin, because the brain has to be pretty
we'll paralyzed before man Is fool enough
to go into politics, at least for a living"
On another occasion In the trial Of a
case Benjamin was pressing a witness
pretty hard. The man was unwilling to
make certain admissions and hemmed.
hawed and hesitated and tried In every
way possible to evade the questions. Aft
er this had been going on for some time
the judge said:
"Are you i'll? Why don't you speak pps
What Is the matter with your throat?"
"Oh, the witness Is all right, your hon
or" exclaimed Benjamin. "Its Is not he
at all who is making those queer noises,
but 1t Is simply the truth, which Is feebly
struggling for utterance. Detroit Free
Press
The true northerner., 1895-10-18
TURNS WOOD TO STONE.
Peculiar EGsct the Comstock Lode 'Cresp-
Ing Clay" Hes Upon Timber.

Ing Clay" Has Upon Timber.
In half dozen mining Offices In San
Francisco there arc small slabs Of hard
black " BOD by 10 inches that always puz-
sle Strangers. especially workers In wood
from the east These four inch slabs were
once IL by u inch timbers Of Nevada pine,
and their present condition Is due to the
fact that for a few years they were subject
cd to the tremendous pressure exerted by
millions and millions of tons of earth.
The fbcrs of this wood are so closely
crowded together that when polished the
slabs look more like stone than wood.
All the history of the Comstock lode,
says the San Francisco Chronicle speak
ing recently Of this wood governed and
regulated as IL always has been by men In
San Francisco, Is peculiar, but OF all the
stories In the mines on this lode there is
none more peculiar than the creeping
clay" and the compressed timbers. From
1874 until 1877 the Big Bonanza was
worked down to q 800 foot level, but at
LOO feet the managers stopped and con-
cluded to drift to the east. This brought
them to position where large proportion
Of side of a mountain was pressing up
on the quartz bed There was a body Of
ore shaped like watermelon and In size
equal to about four Palace hotels. 1t
was this ore that made the fortunes OF
so many men. There was wall running
down at an angle Of about As degrees and
this wall marked the limits OF the loose
earth which contained this watermelon of
ore, and this same loose earth was contin-
ually moving
Immediately surrounding the lump Of
ore was clay, and this clay so moved and
crept In the natural process OF natures ac-
tion that by the miners 1t was called
Creeping clay" and watched continually.
So Irresistible was It's force that nothing
could stand against 1t. From the l, 100
foot level the drift was set In toward this
body Of ore. There was a gallery where the
car ran along for the taking out of the
ore, and from this gallery ran the smaller
drifts. Above, below and on the sides OF
these smaller drifts there were heavy tim
bers of Nevada pine. There was between
the timbers space of about on the aver
age feet in height and In width. These
were square sets, and 1t was these timbers
that, by the action Of the loose earth
around them, were SO compressed that
pieces of them look more like stone than
wood
The true northerner., 1895-10-18

"a doctor Is q blamed nuisance, but a
man has to have one occasionally I sup
pose" grumbled Mr.. Psulker. Its my
liver that's out of order, isn't 1t, doctors"
mo, SIR" promptly replied the physi-
clan. "Your liver is In perfect condition,
runs full time and never takes holiday.
1t Is the only part Of you that isn't out of
order. 1t isn't your liver that needs doc
toring. It's the rest Of you, sir. You Sc
crete more bile than you can consume.
That's all that ails you. Good day. sirl'
Chicago Tribune
The true northerner., 1895-10-18

Miranda, said the new woman to her
junior companion, II am afraid you are
forgetting yourself"
"WhyY' was the startled inquiry.
"You did not remove your bonnet when
you rode up In the elevator with that
young man. n."-Harrisburg Telegram.
The true northerner., 1895-10-18

She pulls rose from her rose tree.
Kissing its soul 20 him
Far over years. far over dreams
And tides OF chances dim.
He plucks from his heart poem
A flower sweet messenger.
Far over years, far over dreams,
Flutters its soul 10 her.
These are the world old lovers.
Clasped In one twilights CLEAN.
Yet he n but dream 20 her.
And she a poets dream
$ VI 3. Piatt.
The true northerner., 1895-10-18

The Reformed Jewish congregations In
the United States number 2i7. They own
179 churches and use 38 halls. Their
membership Is set down at 72, 899
The true northerner., 1895-10-18

The average annual amount of dew In
Engla ,d Is equal to five inches of rain.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-20
An ObIigIng Irish railroad.

At Westport says Blackwoods Maya
zine, on asking why the train did not
start, seeing that 1t was a quarter Of an
hour after the time named for its doing
so, the answer | received was: "The en-
gne's gone cold"-doubtless during a
warm conversation between the driver
and some of his friends-and lady who
was in the same compartment with me
and overheard the remark told me that
on a previous day a station master had
said to the driver of a locomotive as he
steemed in and drew up at the platform
where's your train?" The man had come
without 1t. l suppose these casualties
cause inconvenience sometimes, but they
contribute diversion to irresponsible
travel. Moreover, one sometimes reaps
advantage from a free-and-easy system
of locomotion
When going from Galway to Recess by
the new light railway, l wanted at Ough-
terard to look at the river, but 1 feared
that l should not be able to do so in the
time allowed for our halt. Sure We'll
wait for you" said a porter, and they
did. In Ireland people like waiting. What
they object to is being hurried. They dis
Ike tedious haste"