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Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

Recognizing the voice, Slocumb and\
his followers for the first time stop
ped and glanced about them Off 10
their left were thousand men within
pistol shot. AS they wheeled their
horses they saw body Of horsemen
leaping the hedge and already in their
rear. Quickly wheeling again, they
started directly for the house near
which the guard had been stationed.
On they swept, and, on leaping the
fence of lath about the garden patch,
amid shower of bullets, they st:f1r
through the open lots. Another sh
er of bullets fell about them as til
horses leaped the bread brook,
canal, as it was called, and then all
most before the guard had cleared the
fences they had gained the shelter Of
the woods beyond and were safe.
The chagrin of the British Tarleton
was as great as the relief Of Mrs. Slo-
cumb, and when on the following day
the troops moved on, the cordial adieu
of the hostess led the colonel to say:
'The British are not robbers, madam.
We shall pay you for all we have
taken"
II am so rejoiced at what you have
not taken that shall not complain if
do not hear from you again"
And she neither heard nor complains
ed-Everett T. Tomlinson, in Chicago
Record.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

The expected has happened and Kali
ser William has written a play. The
German Emperor was long overdue for
something eccentric, and a survey Of
the field showed that when he finally
broke out it would be in the histrionic
line. There was nothing left. He had
performed in music, made faces and
ether unpleasant pictures, gone to
catch whales land caught TartarsJ,
and done about everything else from
failing to go in when it rained to bluff
ing. the. other powers of. Europe. Now
It was time for him to rise up and shine
again, and naturally he wrote a play.
Aedescfiption Of the piece has been pub
ashed, but it is not material to the cpl
sode beyond establishing the fact that
the dramatic attack is acute. The play
will be praised by the critics and posi-
thy acted, and that will end the matter
as far as the public is concerned. But
William ought to sustain this latest
freak longer than has been his custom
with the others. He ought to inject a
part for himself and go into the acting
line for season. He needs the train
ins In detail. He has been appearing in
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

One Of the boasts made upon the ac-
cession of the present car was that
there would be greater religious free
dom for the subjects Of Russia. Ac-
cording to information lately received,
however, it would appear that, on the
contrary, the established church is go
ing to greater lengths than ever in it's
prosecution Of dissenters. With the
aid Of the government extreme meas
ures are being resorted to to punish
those who refuse to conform to the
regulations of the State church. These
are being carried on by the chief pro-
curator Of the holy synod, who has al
ready made himself notorious by his
work against the dissenters. The lat
ter are said to number from ten to-
twelve million, embracing many sects
and varieties Of belief. The curious
thing about the prosecutions is that
they are being carried out against some
persons who, lowing to the absence of
a formulated creed, try to strengthen
the basis on which their faith Is built
by conforming themselves to the moral
and practical demands Of Christian
ity." That is certainly strange ground
for prosecution, but the procurator
finds it sufficient for the harassing of
these people. 1t will only sow deeper
the seeds Of the whirlwind which Rus
STA is to reap.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13
A movement Is on foot to Sacl1ra n

A movement is on foot to secure par
dons for the notorious Younger broth
ers, who have been in prison for the
last twenty-one years for completely in
the robbery of the Mortified, Mimi,
bank and the murder of two men at
that time. The Younger and James
boys were the leaders of a desperate
gang of bank robbers and murderers
Of that day at whose door many crimes
have been laid, but to whom are at
tributed by admirers many of those
qualities which distinguish better men.
Jesse James went to his bloody ac-
count many years ago. His brother
Frank is living life of comparative
decency among a community where the
James boys were regarded as deities.
The Youngers were captured and have
since been in prison. The warden, who
is said to favor their release, speaks Of
their having given twenty-one years of,
"honest. manly and faithful service to
the State" and st. Paul newspaper
processes to discover that there is
something fundamentally good and
noble in men who preferred capture
and probable death to deserving
wounded brother" 1t is asserted that
during their Incarceration they have
been thoroughly reformed, and that no
good can be had by their further i'm
prisonment. If this is really the case
they might be liberated, but there is
no use in becoming mawkish about the
matter
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

Sir Ashmead Bartlett's information
Queen Victoria will soon abdicate may
be correct. Stories of Victoria's APP
preaching abdication have been set
afoat at least once year ever since
the prince consort's death in 1861, and
the world is at last getting skeptical on
this point. There has been no volun-
tary abdication in the annals of British
royalty. Few English sovereigns die
and none resign.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13
THE LONG, HARD HILL
They were standing in the sunlight

They were standing in the sunlight
OF the summer time Of life;
She was still without husband,
He was waiting for a wife.
And her cheeks were rich and rosy
And her lips were luscious red,
So he pressed her dimpled fingers
AS he looked at her and said,
As they stood there in the heather
Where the road had crossed the rill:
''May we not fare together
Up this long, hard hillY
Now her hand began to tremble
And her eyes were full of tears
AS she trained them on the road that
Wound away among the years;
But she had no voice to answer
Him; she could not understand,
For the future lay before her
Like far-off fairy land.
There was sunlight on the heathc.,
There was music in the rill,
As they went away together
Up the long, hard hill.
Oftentimes the way was sunny,
Other times twas full of lures,
But the love that had come to them =.
Was the true love that endures,
Though the bonny brow is wrinkled,
Though the raven lock be gray,
Yet the road might have been rougher
! Had she gone the other way.
Now the frost is on the heather
And the snow is on the rill,
And they're coasting down the short sid
OF the long, hard hill.
10y Warman, in New York Sun. .,ps
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

An insurance publication in the East
has issued "Fire Tables for 1897"
From this series of figures it isseen that
in 1896 the. losses were $118,OOO, 900, a
decrease Of $24,00O,OOO from the losses
of 1895, 22,00OO0O under those Of 1894,
$4,000 OOOless than 1898, and $34, OOO,-
GOO lower than 1892. Unfortunately
there is no text with the figures show
ing the cause of the encouraging de-
CraaSQ
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13
The editor of the Merkel CTexas) Mail

The editor Of the Merkel (Texas) Mail
rises to remark that "the editor of the
Guide has merely assumed greatness,
with no provocation whatever TO don
such an unbecoming disguise His
puerile attempts at witticisms are ir-
reducible and proportionately irrele-
want, He is about as much Of an ell
tor-and gentleman-as a sheep is a
billy goat" This ought to help to boom
the undertaker's business little.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13
Salary of Senators.

There is common impression In this
country that the salaries of the United
States Senators are larger than those
Of the Representatives. AS a matter
of fact the two classes are paid exact
ly the same-$5,0OO a year each, with
allowance for stationery and mileage:
There was formerly a difference in the
salaries, the Senators being paid per
diem for attendance, the amount being
somewhat greater than that of the
Representatives, but many years ago
this difference was abolished. Cabinet
Ministers receive $4,000 a year each,
and this fact is probably responsible
for the popular blunder many persons
supposing that a Senator is paid as
much as member of the Cabinet.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13
Not Specific Enough.

1NOI OPCO4H
cam 1 the only woman you ever
lovedY
ooh, no." he answered promptly;
"you are the SIXTH"
"The sixthr' she exclaimed, sudden
ly relieving his shoulder of the weight
of her head.
eyes," he said, coldly, "there are five
before you-my mother, an aunt, and
three sisters
And thereafter she endeavored to be
more specific when asking questions
Tit-BitS.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

The Waller CTexas) Free Press says:
'Who wouldn't be an editor? When he
goes to his Office he finds that some
friend has been there and left melons,
fruits and vegetables. And the best
part of it is, there being no graveyard
here, we have prospects of living al
vayS"
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

When you have fixed upon plan,
tven in trivial matters, do not reverse
1t, except for good reason. Decision Of
character will thus in time become
iiabitual-and habit has we'll been de-
scribed as second nature.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

Miss Claire Ferguson, Of Salt Lake
City, has been commissioned deputy
sheriff. Unless Miss Ferguson's news
paper pictures fiatter her, we are ready
to wager that if she ever issues an at
tachment for an unmarried man she
will land him.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

The Phillipsburg Pa.) Record says:
"Our handsome young friend, Jack
Barnes, is spending a few days in
town. Jack is all right and nice boy !;
but those rattlesnake pants are cork
ers.". Well, they might be worse; sup
pose they were trousers.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

If we struggle to overcome fault or
to resist a temptation, and succeed, the
time comes when we lose all desire to
commit the wrong; the self-restraint is
over, and we enter into the true free
dom, where desire and duty are one.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

various star parts in the European
taeaters of peace and war, but has
failed to make good impression chief
~ because the audience has mistaken
his heroics for farce-comedy. The plays
The thing, but William must be in it.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13
A Matter of Etiquette.

clicks is crazy about etiquette. He
saw in the paper the other day that in
the best circles the wife ladies out the
soup and he has consequently given
up soup"
"Why"
"He has no wife."-Tid-Bits.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

Rockefeller one day gives million
dollars to endow a church or college.
The next day with a stroke Of the pen
ic raises the price Of some product Of
Oil for week and gets it back. This
is business" in partnership with re-
iigion.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

A woman in Buffalo wanted to buy
lie entire police force of that city and
have the men shot and cremated. And
they actually locked her up as crazy
woman.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

A New Jersey wife has applied for a
divorce ON the ground of extreme cruel
ty because her husband put live tur-
tie in her bed. That woman doesn't
seem to have found matrimony soft
snaD
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

The Memphis Scimitar says: "Miss
Ittye O. Hayme left this morning for
California" Poor girl! Even marriage
cannot help that name.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

A New York inventor claims to have
discovered a way to prevent eggs from
spelling and says he can keep them
fresh forever. This will be glad It'd
ings to the one-night-stand actors.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13
His WastefuIness.

SapsPith-Do you know, Miss Sally,
l spend gweat deal Of my time in self
contemplation?
Sally Gay-Isn't that more like throw.
ing it away than spending it, Mr.. Sap
smith PUCK. =
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

The Houston Post undoubtedly is
right in saying that "this is time for
sober second thought" But why not
have such thought first occasionally?
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

While Queen Victoria's reign has
been notable in many respects, it has
experienced many things which En-
glishmen would like to forget.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

1t is not sufficient not to intend to do
wrong; we intend to do right, and carry
out our intentions also. Not to think
is In such case crime.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

We wouldn't be a prodigal son for
the little veal there Is in it.
Mesa free press. [volume] (Mesa, Ariz.) 1892-1901, 1897-08-13

Japan comes to the front with a de-
falcatfon of .$750,000. And yet tltey
say that country isn't fully civilized.
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09

are "only paupers whom nobody owns;" if we die learned, others will arise might fer than we; but, if either rich, poor or learned, we die beloved, then are our lives not in vain, and our memories shall live at least as long as those live who loved us. So you money m akers-ls you turn to your vain and dismal task your poor folks with another dreary grind of labor before you; you students piling up knowledge that will surely slip from you, glorify and transmute it all into beauty the Golden Rule.
 600
 Be not among those who rejoice in finding out eviI-doing and weakness in others. There are some who seemingly take more pleasure in discovering worm at the heart of noble tree than in stand ing off to admire it's symmetry. To such, lion is not a. noble beast, but merely the supporter of some disgusting para sites. To such, a clump of woods is not thing of beauty, but merely harbor for wood ticks. To such, great and good characters are inconceivable. Each one hath it's wood tick, it's parasite, it's worm, and they rj ,ice thefedt. To you tender hearted maldens too kind to hurt an an mal to you brawny boys too manly to smite fellow from behind; 10 you moth CTS and fathers, the tutors and guides of boys and glrls,-shut down relentlessly on "gossip p" in the year to come. A shrug of the shoulders, a qnestioning tone, or an unjust surmise, may serve to blast reputation that has been built by years of goodness. Almost my closing "Hhought" this week IS on the horror ol inj lstice, the depth of meanness shown in Idle talk by those whose helrts art tender and noble in every other respect Exchange.
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09

Home is what we make 1t in great many cases. Many of us make onr homes unpleasant by our own unplea,- antness, when we can lst as we'll have it 6llei with the sunshine of happiness and j,y. Too many of us are apt to take to the pleasures of staying down town aud hanging around our street corners when we might be at the freside. In pleasant. Man is social creature, bu of times shows poor taste in his assocla- tiOns The home Is better than the rect corner. The firesde better than counter loa6ng. Sometimes business men make the mistake that 1t is of thls class of men that he gets hls support. But if he will study the question closely he will fnn that it is the man who comes, gets wh ,t he wants and leaves, who contributes t, his earnings The hangers on around our groceries very seldom give it much of their wealth, if they have any, and still sma maller percentage of the business is derived from such sources. Y5t, per. haps, there is an empty place at the fire side of the same party who Is consuming so much of the business mans tune as well as his own with no benefit to either This is especially true of all country towns, and is a habit tbat will continue from time 10 eternity, but nevertheless, not a good one. Just don't get in the habit of it. You will feel better for not doing so. These truths are very adapt able to the young men who are growing up and hope to be as we expect of them the foundation of better and wiser gen eration. Instead of standing on the cor her such people might be more proitably employed at their homes reading some thing that would increase their fund of knowledge. These thoughts are worth jotting down and trying. You can loose nothing by so doing and perhaps may profit by them -Gleaner.
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09
Some RanabIing Thoughts.

There is for most of us poor mortals a large degree of isolation in life. Our in ner experiences we cannot voice to those around us; our battles with wrong with in are beyond human ken; even outward sorrows call for scarcely more than a passing thought of sympathy on the part ot the great rushing worIt, whose time permits It to enter into our feelings about as fully as the scientists enter into the anxieties and fears ot the insect that squirms under his microscope. What fools we mortals be, who add to our iso. lation in the crowded ways of life by sticking out the p)rcuDne q1ills of re- pulsion To have friends to do for us, we must show willingness to do and suffer for them.
 Let us not m ake fugile resolves, regard ing the whole category Of sins and weak nesses, against which life is constant battle. But If we must 'resolve," just tc be like others, then let it be "To be watchful, unrelenting with ourselves; tc crush the lower nature; to feed the high CT; to scatter seeds of kindness, unof- ficiously and gently, day in and day out ' If we die rich, our heirs scramble for the dross we leave behind; if we die poor, we
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
To Andrew FranzOn. Adam StrOh. and Frank \. MuhIbeyer. their heirs. admins dratOr> OraSSignS.


 Ton, and each of you are hereby not fled that the unders igued, co owners )f the mining cllim hereinafter described, have expended three hundred dollars. to- w,t: One hundred doll ITS in each of the years 1891, 1895 and 1896, in labor and money by way of improvements upon said mining claims, in rder to hold said min- ing claim under the provisions and re- quirements Of section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, being the mining property in each of said years, in Orde to hold the same. Said mining prop erty insists of the East Seven Hundred and Fifty feet of that certain mining claim nown a } the HuIda mining claim, and the east Seven Hundred and Fifty feet of that certain mining claim known as the MAyf ,wer claim. All said mining property being situate and located in In dian Secret Mining District, County of Mohave, Territory of Arizona And you are further notified that if, within ninety days after the service of this notice, if per sonally served, or within ninety days after the service of this otice by publication, you fail refuse or neglect to contribute your, and each of your proportion of said expenditures. your entire interest in said claim will be forfeited aud become the un deraigned co-owners under and by virtue of said section 2324.
 HENRY ANDERSON
 HANS BLOCK,
 HARRY CLAUSEN,
 ANNA BECKER
 First insertion January 2d, 1897.
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09

pursuit, notwithstanding the hardships of the life
 The prospector is generally a lover of nature, and he enjoys the wiIds Re- posing upon the bosom of mother earth at his camp fire, he gazes into the starry heavens and takes pleasure in speculat- ing Tn regard to what is in and upon the far-away twinkling and Whirlng worlds He finds music in the voice of the wind in the pines, and has an ear for all the night sounds of nature, the chirp of in sects and the twitter of night-singing birds. Often, too, when the camp fire has burned low, his quick ear detects the i footballs of some prowling wolf, tox or bear, or other wild animal, but, with hls trusty revolver under his pillow he has no fear
 When partIes of prospectors meet and camp together in the mountains there is always a feast of golden legends There are stories of lost leads, of rich leads that no one has been able to find, of fl pat rock filed with veins of gold, and of immense nuggets picked up in various places. Every man has a story, and it is seldom dull one. The old prospector is man of thousand adventures. He has had hs Indian fights, his encounters with wild animals, and his escapes from death oy starvation and thirst; but all is at once forgotten when the word is that there is gold ahead. Then it is "Pack the burros and away!"
 The real old prospector-the man Of the mountains-is man worth knowing, and com mands the respect of mining men in all camps of the northwest. AS the old hunters and trappers were the avant-courers of the westward advance of the industry of agriculture from the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky noun tains, so the prospector was the pioneer of civilization in the industry of mining. He blazed the trail to the mines; miners, ID machinists, merchants and men of cap ital then followed, and soon the wilder ness was conquered.
 The old prospector now sees busy towns. street cars and electric lights m hundred places where Tn times past he camped and grazed his hurro, and finds railroad trains rushing and roaring around mountains and through canyons, where once he painfully toiled in track. less wilds. Where he battled with hos tile savages he now sees peaceful settle ments and dourishing farms, and the laughing voices of children are heard where once the wild Indian raised hls war whoup. The old prospector may have no great store of gold, but he has the sat- isfaction of seeing on all sides the spread ing and firm roofing of the civilization for which he blszed away.
 No monument is likely to be raised to the memory of the old prospector when he crosses the dark river to the camp on the golden shore; but in every north western state will stand to his credit the posts he planted at the front His old camps will stand as monuments to mark his line of march and the scenes of his exploits and struggles in the wild5 DAN DE GUILE in Western Mining World.
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09
Secret Societies.

U< OF P.-WESTERN LODGE, NO. 12; KA. meets every Tuesday evening in the Lake Hall at 500 o'clock. Visiting brothers, ir good standing, cordially invited.
 FRED LEONARD, c. c. A. E. EALY, K. of R. and s. O. G. T.-KINGMAN LODGE, NO. 22 l. meets every Thursday evening in M. E. Church at 800 o'clock. Visiting members cordially invited
 Mss MAGGiE FISHER, c. T. Mss LENA BROBANT, ec. O. O. F.-KINGMAN LODGE, NO. - l. Meets every Wednesday night in the Lake Hall at 500 o'clock. Visiting brothers invited. JAS. ROSBOROUGH, ] G. A. E. EALY, Sec.
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09

NTOHAVE CITY-Semi-weekly Leaves M Needles Monday and Friday.
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09
Stage L1nes.

SIGNAL LtNE-Semi-weekly Leaves Yuc- oca Monday and Friday, returning Tuesday anu Saturday. HOSEA STOUT.
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09
PrOfeS91Ona.

ORCHARD J. HARTMAN, Attorney at Law.
 ~ Special attention to land and mining liti- gation. Collections and Conveyancing. Office in Lake building.
Mohave County miner., 1897-01-09
Want

W4ne ed 10 boru and lease first class mine, either gold ut copper Must ht within reasonable distance of railroad. Best of references furnished. Address
 Box 503, Douglas, Wyo.