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Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22

mines which were in operation nearly century ago. These mines, according to tradition, were hidden from view by the Spaniards to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Indians One of these mines, called Fl Peru, was acci dentally discovered by a prospector and is now being drained. This mine has a depth of 125 feet and the ore assays 24 per cent lead and $40 ounces silver. The owners are Lieut.. Col. Juan J. Villarreal and Bernardino Zertuche. The other rich mine discovered near here is the Nina del Agua, which, according to the old Spanish records on file here, had produced 100, ,OOO,OOO$ worth of silver up to the time operations were suspended This mine is now filled with water, but a tunnel is being driven into the side of the mountain which will strike the lower levels and let the water out. The ore from this mine assays 700 ounces of sil yer to the ton. It is now owned by an American company, of which Frank B. J ames is manager.
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22

great war. Triangulation by means of the Fske electric range finder now en- ables gunner to plant a missile with great accuracy upon an enemy's fortress or his man-of.war, and other devices, notably of the type of Prof Badt's cleo tro magnetic sentinel, will give warning even in the darkest night or the densest fog of the approach and exact position Of any man. of-war.
 During the past few years the United States Engineering Corps at Fort Wads worth have been engaged Tn accurately plotting the approaches to New York harbor, so that the positions of all buoys and landmarks are accurately known. The elevation of each gun required to drop projectile upon any one of the plotted points would, therefore, in the case of war be no longer matter of ex- pertinent, and doubtless the same is true of other harbors abroad.
 With electromagnetic sentinels judi ciously placed in the approaches to harbor at distance too great for the in- vader to reach the city with shells, al- most the exact position of an invading vessel, the direction of it's course and it's speed would be known during the dark est night as we'll as in the brightest day. M. & S. Press.
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22
The Moral of an Army Seq andaI.

The army scandal developed by the court martial at Fort McPherson, near Atlanta, has an interest deeper than that of its entirely contemptible details, since it shows the effect that garrison life of idleness Tn the neigh Oorhood of cities has on men subjected to it.
 The testimony shows that, having nothing else 10 do, the men wearing the uniforms of officers and gentlemen" be- gan gossiping not only about each other but about the ladies of the garrison in way which would have subjected them to the ducking.stoo had they been old women living in Massachusetts or Vir. ginia 200 years ago. From gossiping they fell to quarrelIng, as a matter of course, and now they have called in the government of the United States to settle the little scandaous squabbles into which they have drawn wives and sweet hearts.
 All of this has moral-a very pl lin one. These soldiers ought to be set to work. In ninety nine cases out of hundred the man who does nothing per sistently will end by being worth noth ing. There are Ievees to be built on the rivers, surveys to be made Tn the Rocky Mountains, feld-work to be done in many departments of scientific investi- gation, and a hundred other things in which they might be employed with credit. Anything which promises to keep them out of mischief would be bet ter than the degradation of garrison life in idleness New York World.
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22
Ii is so 0ith Both Sexes.

"Women," says a writer in London Temple Bar, ''are just emerging from the egg ot suppression. It is a natural fact that, like newly matched chickens, they should chirp little just at first. There are so few of us who have dis tinguished ourselves. Why should we not give ourselves serious and responsi- ble airs? Women are terribly self. conscious. Directly one of them attains to celebrity she feels the eyes of the world upon her, and she at once ceases to be natural"
 There is much truth in this; but is it not also very general fact that there are but few men who attain celebrity or distinction to whom the same criticism will not apply with equal force. It is this which lessens their power, for the artihcial is never so strong or impressive as the natural man or woman. It is the personality, the individuality, of men or women who raise to celebrity which is the secret of their strength. This ignored for the artificial, or the attempt to ape others of still greater celebrity, destroys the very essence of the power to which they may owe their own distinction or celebrity. This is a weakness justly chargeable to men as we'll as to women, and it is a pity that some of the most courageous, worthy and brightest of both sexes fall victims to this human or social malady Star.
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22
Electricity in Wa.

In the way of torpedoes, dirlgible and otherwise, considerable progress has been made, so that the torpedo is now prob- ably the most effective instrument of de- struction that can be employed in offen- sive warefare. Against this weapon no armor plating is effective and other means of defense have been necessarily resorted to. Of these the searchlight is doubtless the one most relied upon. But thls is by no means the only role in which electricity will appear in the next
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22

A novelty in the way of row boats IS being made by a company in New York City, The boats are made of waterproof canvas and rubber, in four distinct air tight compartments. While said to be pen the manufacturers say boat full of water will sustain in safety all who can get in it. They are regularly made in or air cushion seats as desired, with metal row locks and wood base, buckled into an upper air chamber. It is sad nary size can be carried in an average travelling trunk
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22

sensation in the Santa Ritas. Madeira canyon, or better known as the White House canyon, under the brow of old Baldy, has been the scene of many q huddled in it's rocky bosom. White men, Mexicans, and Indians have all taken part in the bloody drama. Wrightson, after whom the big bald mountain was named, was among the early victims of the Apaches. Since then the canyon has become historic for it's battles and blood It is said that no less than 17 people, men, women and children, lie buried in one grave, the result of red devil raid on camp of wood cutters. Since then many good man has there forfeited his life to the spirit of adventure.
 The latest mystery however, is as yet untold Some two years ago couple of prospectors, supposed to be from New Mexico, were known to enter the can yon. They drove a two horse team and were amply provided with mining tools and provisions, and since that time, so far as known, nothing has been heard of them. A year or more ago, some va queros riding after cattle, noticed the wagon standing in the canyon. It con- tained single barrel shot gun, grub box, number of cans and part of a double set of harness. Although no one was noticed in the vicinity, it was be- lieved that the owners were somewhere in the neighboring hills, perhaps work ing on a prospect. Later it was reported that the wagon had been broken up and the iron portions taken away. An axe and wrench had been used in it's destruc ton. Still there was no clew to the men who had driven it in.
 Still later vaqueros found the prospect upon which the men had been working. A couple of tunnels had been driven in the hill and considerable work done. Picks, shovels and drills, an anvil and other tools stood near the mouth of one drift, together with a small amount of provisions. Near the face of the other appeared to be a rock of coverlets, or a mattress, but which the vaqueros did not know as they did not care to go in and investigate. The missing portion of the double harness was lying in the stream below, but there was no sign of a living owner.
 Now, just who these men were, and how and why they disappeared and their property destroyed, is frontier mystery that may never be unravelled. An in- vestigation, however, will shortly be made by parties from this city. The re- suits will be awaited with interest.-Clt- izen.
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22
4 Baby's NarrOw Escape.

Route Agent Fisk of Wells, Fargo X Co.,, who arrived this morning from No gales, reports a very peculiar case as occurring near Crittenden on the N M. & O. road last Saturday morning in which little baby had most narrow escape from a horrible death The train on which Mir. Fisk was trayellng was making good time along the road when all at once little baby appeared on the track close to the engIne The engineer reversed the engine and put on the air brakes but the pilot of his engine struck the little one and she was thrown under the train. AS soon as the train stopped the mortified engineer and fireman jumped from their engine expecting to see the little one crushed to death and her remains scattered along the track, but were most agreeably surprised to see her crawl from under the last car of the train absolutely unhurt. She had evi dently been thrown under the train in the middle of the track and had lain perfectly still until the train passed over her.-Herald.
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22

An exchange says that mistakes are not necessarily fatal. Show me a man who never made a mistake, and I will show you lazy good for nothing who has escaped errors of judgment and con duct by being too indolent to attempt anything. Mistakes are good school, masters; they show us that we know not, in order that we may be better able to know. A mistake is danger signal that warns into new, more careful and more thoughtful ways. And do not limit the utility of mistake merely to the range of studies and business, 1 refer even to awful mistakes in morals, to social sins that are sweet to the taste and bitter in effects. These may teach and purify, if we will but drag ourselves away from them and think them over at distance.
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22
Aqother Grims Prooaq.

During the great railroad strike in 1894 The Express openly charged that the great destruction of railroad property was the work of the companies instead of the strikers.
 Hundreds of freight cars were. de- stroyed by fire and the subsidized press of the whole country was loud in de- nunciation of the acts of lncendiarism, and of course, laid it to the striking en- ployes.
 The truth about the matter IS gradually coming out and our position is being fully sustained.
 At that time it was impossible to pre- sent positive evidence, but to an un biased observer it seems plain that anyone in- tending to do the railroads an injury would have taken some other plan rather than the burning of lot of worthless cars that had been sidetracted for years because they were not fit for further use.
 So far as we were ever able to learn not single car that was in condition to be of service was ever destroyed
 confession has recently been made by William l. Bloom, who was at that time deputy United States marshal, in which he states that he helped to burn a large amount of rolling stock. Bloom was employed in guarding the railroad property at Brighton Park, and, accord ing to his confession, he saw many fires and participated in several of them him. self His plan was to carry bottle filled with oil, pour the contents over old rub bish and then ignite it. At other times he would jerk the "dope" out of the car wheel boxes and set them on fire. Most of the cars Were destroyed on July 6, and Bloom says that he was instrumental in destroying nearly sixty.
 The burning of cars was for more than one purpose.
 It was done to create public opinion against the strikers and lead to the call ing out of troops to prevent any inter ferance with the running of trains; and the railroad companies also expected to make the city pay for the property at the price that it would have been worth had the cars been in order to be of ac- tual service.
 Suits were instituted against the city of Chicago aggregating nearly million dollars, and detectives put on the work by the city have brought out the facts and Blooms confession will be used in the damage cases
 It exonorates fully the people who were falsely accused and fastens the crime on the most dangerous anarchists with which the civilization of the cen turv has to contend-the anarchists of wealth Chicago Express.
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22
Ancient Mines Bisoooered.

A press dispatch from Manclova, Mex leo, says: There is much excitement in mining circles in this section over the recent discovery of two old Spanish
Mohave County miner., 1897-05-22
A M0uqtdfq Myeterg.

There is undoubtedly room for big
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
SOME ANSWERS.

The principal Of one Of our largest pub
lie schools sends Us a few Of the answers
written during the late test examination:
Fourth Year Grade.-A person who has
no brain hasn't anything, and q person
who has brain has everything.
Third Year Grade.-Question. Which Is
the most important animal food for chill
drenP First Answer. The most impor-
tant animal food for children Is pig. SEQ
ond Answer. The most important animal
food for children Is COWS.
Question. What Is breathingp Answer.
Breathing Is DIR and makes you storm.
Question. Name some of the things
which should be more frequently eaten.
Answer. Watermelon,- pigs feet, COW,
dear, May apples, harmony, nuts.
Question. What is blood? Answer.
Blood is the substance which we eat, and
1t runs all about
Question. Which ia the most impor-
tant Of our senses? First Answer. The
most important of our senses is eyesight,
because our minds are our noses and
mouths. Second Answer. Talking Is the
most important Of our senses.
An eighth year grade pupil closed an
enumeration Of products with ''lumber
and other small vegetab les. New Or
leans Times -Democart.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
Shipping Honey.

A beekeeper expresses himself as fol-.
lows in The American Bee Journal: ~
1t was my privilege last year to ship
several tons Of honey. In marketing
this large amount there were only two
complaints made by the purchaser. One
was that in some cases old cans were
used and the other that the grades Of
honey were mixed. It is often very con-
venient to clean old gasoline cans and
use them for extracted honey. The fact
that such cans can be had for almost or
quite nothing is tempting indeed. I be-
lieve. however, that it will always pay
to only use clean, new, bright cans. It
is also just as important to be very care
full not to mix the amber or darker
grades of honey with the water white
grades. Itrequires NO little care to keep
all Of these kinds of honey entirely dis
tinot. By a little attention, however,
this can be done, and unless it is much
Of the first class honey, like that from
white sage, will sell for less than its
real value.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
TILE WELL FOR STOCK.

cheap watering place can be made By
following the illustrated method here
reproduced from Farm, Field and Fire
side:
Three or four feet from the main
drain dig hole deep enough so that
two barrels may be placed one on top Of
the other, the top of the lower one COM
ing about level with the bottom Of the
main tile. This position for the lower
barrel will bring the upper one usually
few inches above the top Of the
ground. Connect the main tile to lower
barrel With few lateral tiles of small
size laid on a slight incline aud passing
through the side Of the barrel. Through
these side tiles the water will run from
TIC c,c:n drain and keep the lower bar
rel nearly full Of water at all times
when there is the least flow in main
drain. Remove the bottom Of top barrel
before putting in position. ~
Better not use salt barrels for the top
one, as stock will destroy it more
or less. Kerosene barrels we'll burned,
out are excellent. A pump may be used
in this we'll or the water easily dipped
with a pail by hand or with short
pole. This arrangement prevents any
refuse matter getting in the main drain,
aud if the we'll is covered none can get
in it. W;
In the illustration the lower barrel is
cut in two, showing the depth of water.
B B shows the barrels; A, main tile; a.
a a, conveying tile. b
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
TOWN TOPICS.

A Pittsburg man says that for three
months he got no regular sleep. He ought
to move to Philadelphia. - Doylestown
Republican.
Since New York officially pulled itself
together Chicago has advanced no preten-
sions Of rivalry, and her oonoeit, striking
in, may be the cause Of the epidemic Of
suicide with which she is just now afdict-
ed.-New York Tribune L.
A Chicago man 10 under arrest charged
with having stolen two story house and
moved 1t mile. In biz hurry IN must
have forgotten'to take up the planks a. he
went along, and thus left olew for TIE
Cleveland Leader. a -,
! II piays % Is clean. Since the New
Workers. hsye begun 70 sweep their streets
aid snpsFvi NJ ssh III cSSn "a q
some 1t Tie fontsr qnSr ttsltt i al I'LL otH they
have e1eoteda saving Of 10000 lives pr
year and pulled down their ANNUAL death
rate from 3, IA Is 1875 psf !, ooo..-Philt-
delphia Record. n
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
SEASONABLE HITS.

Never look gift cherry in the worm.
hole.-New Orleans Picayune.
Somehow in this weather the search for
tho north pole doesn't cccr: SO ridiculous.
New York l'rcss.
a Ccnnectit ut couplo nre going to TIE
arctic regions on their honeymoon. Here =
hoping they'll have ~ ice time.-Phi,a-
delphia North American.
II can tell you something that will cur
die your blood in your veins and freeze your
very marrow" "Good! Let's have 1t
quick !'-Chicago Record.
How pleasant 1t is to sit in the shade of
q spreading tree just outside the bayfield,
and watch the perspiring farmers spread
ing hay.-Somcrville Journal.
If the season for the fellow who rocks it
In joke has begun, what makes tho case
more serious Is there always being others
in the same boat.-Philadelph Times.
Abdul Hamid makes a sorry looking
Aux, but We suppose ne has his own
reasons for defying tho lightning Of the
powers philadelphia North American.
1t may be said in commentator Of tho
that the literature about them conveys q
soothing reminder that it is cold weather
Washington Star.
Never drink when you are heated; never
drink when you are exercising; never
drink when you are thinking; never drink
whom you are thirsty-where's the Office
hoy with that Ice water,-Brooklyn Eagle.
They say that hot wave insures q
number of suicides. but the chances are
that man who kills himself on that ac-
count will later make up his mind that he
was mot so warm, after all.-Richlnond
Timas
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
--BauGh, tho Fat Splinter.

- LeviFBaugh is the hero Of this tale.
Zae is employed in q rendering concern
Tn, tine stockyards and is an all round
=ssaahinte Boxing, wrestling, fencing aud
zzasB .old feat Of strength, of these he is
Eunster. but his fame rests on his sprint
1uag abilities. He measures about Il by
Il fset and carries weight for age. He
a. ps the scales at 245 pounds, and
,aaaturally he is plump, fat old bird.
lE,ut the weight doesn't bother him.
RanRh g favorite distance ia 30 yards,
czand he is said to have made it in l-6
9seomds, though the time is not official.
He has beaten every would be Splinter
who has been indiscreet enough to boast
-vs1f his 'prowess within hearing Of
K3augb's friends. He will race on q
-Hnoment's notice for anything from
-~'.zwei steins' to house and lot. On
sssccount of his weight many Of his op-
.Eaonents have thought themselves up
-:asgainst dead easy game. He makes no
effort at systematic training. but does a
.Isttle work at spasmodio intervals. Yet
,arse is always in condition to make a
good running. Baugh will run any man
xas his weight for money, marbles or
&S,alk, or if the opponent be from Bos-
aon he will make the stake beans.-St
R4Dnis Republic.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
CURTAIN RAlsERs.

Hilda Clarke, At IL understood, Will -.
sumo the priMn donna roles with the
Bostonians. = g.o
Frank Daniels Will be seen next season
in new comic opera, "The Idols Eye, "
by Harry b. Smith and Victor Herbert.
Robert Mantell will present at Philadel.
phia Sept. 6 for the lrst time "A Royal
Warrant" an original romantic play by
W. A. Tremayne. ~
Mr.. Joseph Jefforson's repertory foi
next season will include Grip Van Win.
kle," "Cricket on the Hearth" and LEND
Me Five shilllnQs."
Fred Hallcn Is tn have bis own vaude
Vile company next season. Lew DocS'
statler, Josephine Sabel and Mollie Fuller
are among his star names
Lotta Crabtree Is visiting Nellio Mo
Henry Mt her home at the Highlands Of
Navcsink. Miss McHenry will revive next
season one Of Lolita = successes.
Palmer Cox will appear next season tsk
q monologuist with 1.-THE Brownies, " incl
dentally making charcoal drawings OF the
quaint little people Of his Imagination.
Mrs. George Knight will resume the
stage and begin her season In November
In new comedy which is being written
for her by George Hoey and Will Block.
Julia Arthur will present next season
Robert Buchannn's "A Nine Days
Queen" in addition to Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burpett's "A Lady Of Quality"
Princess Maud Of Wales, whom we now
know as Princess Charles Of Denmark, has
Just written a comedietta which has been
accepted by Sir Henry Irving for the Ly.
ceuln.
In al years, from 1851 to 1890, there
were 1853 theaters burned down, killing no
less than 1000 people. In the list of these
fires London Is first, with 81; Paris next,
with "a; Now York third, with 80.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
Too Many Race Tracks.

No unprejudioed and intelligent OBJ
aerver Of racing in the United States
a.:an deny that there are too many race
ssEacks. that there are too many breeding
asrms and that the number Of horses in
sEraining ought to be reduced extensive
Ny. High class racing between horses Of
aenuine merit on we'll managed courses
xsnlght in time obtain popularity in
usAis country approaching the marvellous
popularity Of racing in Great Britain,
16.1t the United Kingdom is not afflicted
with dozens Of hippodromes and merry
10 sounds, upon which animals Of no
HeM value are put through their PAGES,
chiefly to keep up gambling IN betting
a6ngs and in poolrooma Legislation Of
1he severest sort should be adopted
wherever necessary to suppress all rac-
Ing that ia not clean and honest and to
asbolish the swindles and frauds which
De 90 frequent upon tracks which are
assutzolled by professional gamblers and
(which are maintained almost solely. tor
Aambling purposes. New York Trib-
una
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
.7 Is
4 CABBAGE LOUISE,

~S414SASeANS
uncommon sight with % 70 zee tho air
filled with them in August The com
plete life history Of THU pest u still nm.
known.
The same remedies suggested fot the
melon plant louse can beused for this
insect They congregate On The undsr-
ode, Of the leaves In great number.
where they can be reached p beet a. d !.
vantage ~ : spray direet6d With q the
bent bta1s extehnop. u, J: B. Smith
of New JsstiasIey nj found CIV whsiS OH
Sioap a the rate IL oGnhS J pio01hd 70 eight
salons Of water g very effective. Fine
bbSooo duSt eli lis b VIA u advah-
thgs II the cabbaxe II sptihk1ed WITH
iswhtle IL II wetr No tinie should b.
lost In dying some remedy 10 soon a.
the lice make their hrst appearance.