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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-06

Scarcely less clearly did the action Of
John Davy. the composer Of the famous
song. The Bay Of Biscay.- Indicate IN
childhood what vas TO be expected Of
him In the future. Tie lived In the
days when genius was not fosiered. and
bis love Of music found no ordinary
means Of gratifying Itself. But q mu-
steal instrument the boy must have.
and though he vas but six years Of age
he constructed one Il vas merely q
collection Of horseshoea. The boy OBJ
tnlned twenty or thirty horseshoe1. and
from these selected such a. uUed form
q complete scale. and having uuspeil 4
al them In an upper room. Eraflncf
himself By initiating upon them TIA
chimes Of the nelghboring church.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-06

An American writer and PLAYWRIGHT
who has recently secured a foothold In
London Is Elwyn A, Barron. Mt bar
ron has formed a partnership with VIII
son Barrett Cor play vriting and ia en-
gagged with him IN the construction Of a
drama Tor Mr. Barrett next season, Tie
has retired. temporarily at any rate.
from newspaper work. Two plays OF
Mr. Barron's authorship have been
submitted TO English and American
managers. His irst important work 10
be staged was the dramatiration Of
"Romola." which Julia Marlowe and
Robert Taber played last winter.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-11-06

Fanny Davenport considers that
every gesture. every glanoe and every
information pade by an actor on the
stage should have been carefully pre-
pared IN advance. II takes me about
six weeka." declares MIS- Davenport,
ito prepare AID Thoroughly reheArse a
new role. but IN that time Hllndy very
hard. not only my own par. but the
whols play, RehearlnE h net sctA en-
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09
Easlly PreUented.

Very few people are wholly at ease during a violent thunderstorm. Light
 hing generally strikes somewhere, and no one feels absolutely safe from it. There is a simple way of insuring ones sell against danger, however. If you put on pair of rubbers when the lightning be- gins to flash and fhe thunder to roar, and stand on the f)Jr so that you touch nothing else, you will be as safe as if you were sealed in glass cage. Rub Der is non-conductor oi electricity and if the lightning has to go through piece of rubber to get at you it will leave you alone and take something else In oth CT words, when you have on a pair of rubbers and are not in contact with any. thing, you are perfectly insulated. This is not theory merely. It is tact proved by lnnumerable experiences. A pair oi rubbers has saved many life in thun derstorm. But they must he sound and whole. Do not don an old pair with a crack Tn the toe, because electricity will get out of very small hole when it is and pair of defective rubbers will do you no good
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09
6hs Miners s kife.

The following extract from an article published in the Grass Valley papers, certainly contains as much truth to the square inch as anything else hat ever was written: The miners life is not one of purely fascination. He has his dark hours, his lonely cell beneath the earth, pounding without melody or song on q cola steel drill, living in the atmosphere of powder, no hot meal for his lunch and a tallow candle to weary his eyes and deaden his senses of taste and smell Ont of his hard earnings he paws house rent, he buys clothing and shoes for his wife and children. His monthly earn ings pass into your dry goods store; they support the meat m trket and the haher- d4sher. In fact his money goes into every avenue of com nerce; even the farmer finds better field for his pro duce end fruit in mining community than anywhere else
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09

The greatest financial genius of the
 Rothschild family, though there have
 been many of great talent, was Nathan
 Mayer, of the second generation, who
 established the house of N M Roths. child & Co , in 1798, in London. He flew to the stars and groveled in the
 mud for money. He welcomed all trans, actions, big or little, wherewith to turn the bankers penny. He was the most daring speculator of his time on the Stock Exchange, and the most success, ful. He had carrierpigeons and fast. sailing boats to bring him the earliest news from the war centers of Europe, and so help him to manipulate stocks
 He followed Wellington's army to Wa terloo in person, and had relays of the swiftest horses, and 8 fast yacht lying in | he harbor at Ostend. So he arrived at he London Stock Exchange, after the battle, 12 hours ahead of any public an nouncement of the victory, and made 3 .000,000e by one of the most Ire men, dous series of specuIations in history. In 1910, when the Duke of Wellington, then commanding in Spain, drew on the English Government for 5000 OOOe, and the English Treasury was short, Nathan bought the drafts at big discount and at once sent the money The stories about this remarkable man are almost endless, and show how strangely he was alike equal to the most tremendous schemes and the pettlest tricks of avarice e-Exchange.
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09

feasible from any point in Alaska to he
 Yukon, it is by the Valdes route from Prince William Sound. On September II, the mail steamer Dora landed at Orca party ot fifteen prospectors from San Diego, Cal, and vicinity. The party was headed by ex Sheriff O'Neil of San Luis Obispo county. They had twenty tons of provisions, and expect to spend two years Investigating the Copper River They were determined to attempt the ascent of Copper River from it's mouth despite the advice of men cognizant of tho difficulties, and expected to build boats.
 How they were going to build boats when there was not stick of timber within ten miles of the place where they desired to be landed is 8 question hard to solve Captain Humphrey realized the plight they would be in and when he saw that they could not be restrained from their plan gave them an old seine OOdb OuoC VIII tuc party. They were advised to winter at Fidalgo and then pass over the glacier to the Copper River above the rapids and the canyon.
 John K. Toole and John Gilley have been on Prince William Sound in the interest of the millionaire mine operator, Marcus Daly. They came down on the City of Topeka. They have nothing to say about the result of their investigation. There is, however, considerable stir over the copper discoveries made by M O Gadhough at Tetetiuk and Latouche Island, Prince William Sound. Glad hough located his claim in July. One assay showed 26$ gold to the ton, 96 cents silver and 2S 70$ copper.
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09

The Calumet -Hecla mines are credited with dividends paid of over 5O.OOO, ,0O0$ The celebrated Comstock paid 77,608,- 8OO$, but aside from this no other com. panv in the United States has reached the fifty million mark The largest div idend payers in the United States be. sides these are the Ontario. 13 445, ,000$, and Granite Mountain, 12 l20 O00$ No others have reached over 10 900, ,000$ in America Even the Australian and South African mines have not paid as large dividends as either of the two first named properties.
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09
4 Ghiqese RIaqdiBe.

The present rush to the KIondike golC
 fields revives interest in the "diggings'
 in the SheltugA valley, whose reputed
 wealth caused many adventurers to
 plunge into the little known reglons o
 ManchurIa. A German Russian paper
 the Tageblstt, Riga, relates how these
 gold fields were discovered, and why
 the world suddenly failed to hear any
 more about them The Russian gov-
 ernment, we are told, did not like the
 establishment of "republic" which at
 tracted Russian diggers. We take the
 following from our contemporary's ac-
 count.
 ''In 1883 Russian prospector dis.
 covered gold in the Sheltuga valley, in
 Northern Manchuria. He told an en
 gineer named Lebedkin of his discovery,
 and the latter started with party of
 workmen to exploit the rich mines. He
 was, however, an incorporate man, and died of alcoholism. The men, left to themselves, began to work the mines on their own account. The news of the wealth of Sheltuga soon was told in the countries watered by the Amur and in Transbaikalia, and thousands of men started for the new El Dorado. Among them were adventurers from all parts of the world, Americans, Germans. French men, Englishmen-altogether some 12,- 900 men gathered there in 1895, among them about 500 Chinese. Drunkenness, immortality, robbery and murder reigned supreme. At last the diggers got tired of anarchy and elected an energetic, honest, but very strict man as thelr head, forming little republic for the purpose. The gold bearing country was divided into five districts; for each the newly elected dictator appointed chiet. His laws were extremely draconic. Theft was punished by 500 blows with a cat O nine tails studded with nails, hence the culprit always died under the lash Men caught importing lewd women re- ceived 400 blows with cane. Two hun dred blows were administered for dis turbing the camp at night and 100 blows for dr nkenness.
 Thirty men were hanged at the die tator's orders on the first day of his term, and for two weeks the cat-o'nine- tails never rested. After that the camp was as orderly ao Sunday school pie nic. All those who felt that commu- nity where order is maintained did not | suit them left for pastures new, and there was every hope that the little republic would prosper. But the Russian gov. srnment did not like it. The Russian ran away from the govern nent mines, and the government did not receive it's usual amount of precious metals. Russia, therefore, induced tue Chinese government to break up the re- public, which had been established without the knowledge and consent of hN mandarins. A force of 2000 horse nen Nnd 1000 infantry, with two guns, vas sent to Sheltuga valley. The dig ,ers would not leave, battle took place md the adventurers were killed almost o a man Only 27 escaped. Five hun Ired Chinese were left to garrison the
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09
Where tt is CoIdest.

There is yet no positive record of the lowest range of the thermometer in the Upper Yukon region, but it is safe to assert, says the Philadelphia Ledger, that this range extends yearly to the 50 or SO degree line, with a not improbable occasional descent to a somewhat lower. This would be approximately low level temperature of the true Arctic regions, and IS by no means the lowest that has yet been recorded Thus, Kane, in his Arctic service, has been 75 degrees, and the officers of the British polar expedi. ton in 1876 recorded an almost equiva- lent temperature of 72 degrees. On the other hand, the lowest registry of Peary's thermometer was only 53 degrees. Com- D red with regions lying further south, the winter climate ot the Klondke does not differ in severity very materially from that of many parts of the more thickly inhabited portions of British America. ss Manitoba or Alberta, or even from Dakota or northern and cen. tral Minnesota, where almost annually the mercury freezes in its tube.
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09
place, and the Sheltuga gold is now dug only by the almond-eyed subjects of the Son of Heaven "-Literary Digest.
Rush 10 G6pper Rioer.


 A Seattle, Washington dispatch of re-
 cent date says: The steamer Walcott,
 formerly in the revenue cutter service,
 arrived in this port this evening bringing
 news of copper discoveries on Prince
 William Sound and the rush to Copper
 River The discoveries in the Klondike
 have put damper on prospecting Tn the Cooks Inlet country, but George R.
 Beade, operating on SIX Mile Creek, re- ports that his company has struck placer
 mines which yield 1OO$ profit 8 month to each man.
 Dr. H. B Allen, surgeon of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, which owns the Walcott, states that the rush to the Yukon next year will be by the way of Valdes Inlet, Prince William Sound, as the country, after the first stages are passed, is level and allows people to strike the Yukon not far below Dawson In regard to a railroad to the interior of Alaska Dr Allen says:
 ''lf railroad is feasible from any point Tn Alaska to the Yukon it is by the Valdes route from Prince William Sound" The doctor refused to make any statement as to his helief whether the Cudabys and other capitalists are thinking seriously of building the rail. road from Valdes
 It is certain however, that no survey has been made. When asked if it would be any easy mater to run a railroad around the base of the dead glacier, be- tween Valdes and level country, he re. piled that he did not feel like being quoted on the subject.
 The Walcott lett Prince William Sound September 15 in charge of Captain J Humphrey, superintendent of the Pa cific Steam Whaling Company's can neres. She had no passengers except Louis L Williams, United States Mar shal of Alaska, who has been on Prince William Sound investigating the copper discoveries, The Walcott stopped two days at Hunters Bay, where the compa- ny has canneries, and then came along south, stopping in Sitka and Juneau.
 At Juneau Hans Bent of the Seattle land offi:e was taken aboard. Alter pleasant voyage the Walcott reached Seattle this evening at 6 o'clock ana tied at the Ocean dock. The salmon season being closed the Walcott will pro ceed to San Francisco in couple of days.
 Prince William Sound IS practically in the form of square of Copper River J at the northeast corner. The VaIdes Inlet is near the northwestern corner leading to route running in a direction, striking the Copper River about 100 miles north of ts mouth, thereby avoiding the rapids, canyons and glaciers that have prevented he successful passage up the river From Valdes the passage is over dead glacier which is readily traversed most ,f the year.
 Dr. Allen says that if railroad IS
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09

Last month man In the east swal- lowed piece of tobacco which he was chewing. There is nothing very strange about that; but the man soon went stone blind. His physicians attribute it en. tirely to that piece of swallowed tobacco. This case is authenic -Bugler
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09

G. O Paarce, representing the Rio Colorado Gold Extraction Co.,, with 6 paid up capital of 1000 COOS, is in Yuma making arrangements to erect a i've sta mp mill on twelve mining claims in the Chocolate mountains about eighty miles mp the Colorado river The mill will he shipped mp the river on the steamer Mchave as soon as it returns from the sulphur mines in Lower Cali. fornis, and used developing the claims on which the Colorado company holds bond from Taylor D Mcleod and others of this city. MT. Pearce, who is an expert on mines has made thorough examination of the property and is very enthusiastic in the belief that they have one of the greatest gold producers in the country If the development of the mines meet with fhe expectations of Mir PearcA the mill will be at once in- creased to 100 stamps-Sentinel
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that neither the Lookout mine nor the owner thereof, will be responsible for any debts con- tracted by the lessees of said mine.
 j. s. WITHERs. Kingman, March 4, 1897.-tf.
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09
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Notice.

Notice. Notice is hereby given that neither the Ora Plata or Mariposa mines, nor the owner thereof, will be responsible for any debts contracted by the lessees thereon in working said mines.
 J W. GERRITT. KIngman. March 8, 1897.
Mohave County miner., 1897-10-09

For Tuformdtiop Concernining mines or mining in Mohave county, call on or address O. D. M. GADDIs,
 Mining Broker,
 Kingman, Arizona.
The record-union., 1897-06-28
THIS CITY CONGRATULATE
She Should Take Pride in Such a
Moral Force.

1The following item was published in the
"Record-Union'' Sunday morning and err
roneously credited to the San Francisco
Voice" 1t should have been credited to
the San Francisco Pacific" the organ of
the Congregational Churches of the coast)
Sacramento and the State of Cali
fornia are to be congratulated on hav-
ing one daily paper which is clean, and
which parents can safely allow to be
brought to their breakfast tables. We
have read the Record Union" for the
past six months and during that time,
reeked with filth dragged out of the
sewers and dripped with bloody horrors
and unspeakable sensationalism, the
Record Union" has given the news With
out debauching its readers or pandering
to depraved tastes. In it's editorial depart
ment the Record Union is especially
to be commended for it's outspoken con-
demnation of dishonesty, immortality
and that which debauches and degrades.
We congratulate Sacramento on having
every day an illustration of the fact that
that it is possible for daily newspaper
to be bright, newsy and enterprlSlng
without becoming a muck rake or
purveyor of all that is vile and unclean.
Such a paper in San Francisco would be
a greater power for good than a score
OF her ablest pulpits, and would appeal
to and receive the support of the best
elements in this city and this part OF
the State.
The record-union., 1897-06-28
BURNT CORK ELKS.
The Greatest Show on Earth to
Come Off This Evening.

Those who are fortunate enough to
find room to stand in the Metropolitan
Theater tonight will witness an enter
tainment that they will not forget for
many a day.
The event will be the long-talked-of
minstrel performance by members of
the local lodge of Elks, who have been
training and rehearsing for 1t for To-
these many moons. Judging from the
programme, nearly every member of
the lodge has been assigned part in
the entertainment, and the janitor will
have a wagonload Of singed corks to
dispose of tomorrow morning.
The features of the show have been
so often exploited, and the personnel
of most of the chief performers no.
tied in the papers, that it is unnecess-
ary to go over that ground again.
All the downstairs seats are taken,
but some good ones up stairs can be
secured to-day at Purnell's store on
street by those who apply early.
The record-union., 1897-06-28
LIQUORS, WINE, BEER. ETC.
In the Matter of the Election of
Trustees of Reclamation District
No. 551.

THE PETITION FOR THE FORMA-
ton of said district having heretofore
been approved by this board and the land
owners of said district having heretofore
adopted and recorded their bylaws.
Now, therefore, on application of l.. D.
Greene, a land owner in said district.
1t is ordered, that an election be held
for the purpose of electing three trustees
for said district, on the 18th day of July
1897, commencing at 10 O'Clock a. M, and
closing at 4 o'clock p. m. of said day;
that notice thereof be published in the
Sacramento Daily Record Union" a
newspaper of general circulation in said
county. for one month, and that the Coun-
ty Clerk sign said notice.
And it is further ordered that said
election he held at Courtland, county of
Sacramento, State of California, in the
building known as ''Houston's Hail." and
that j. r. Olsen be and he is hereby ap-
pointed Inspector, and Dwight Hollister
and John Crofton be and they are hereby
appointed judges of said election.
Dated June s, 1897.
Attest: VIM. B. HAMILTON
[Seall County Clerk of the County of
Sacramento and ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of the County of
Sacramento.
The record-union., 1897-06-28
DIED.

PALMER-In this city, June 9th, William
Palmer, a native of Germany, aged 81
years. 3 months and days.
Funeral notice hereafter.
ROTT-In Franklin, Sacramento County,
Cal, June 9th, B. H. Rott, husband of
Eliza Rott Gather of rms. Amelia Kloss
of Franklin, A. II. Rott of Oakland, c.
Fl. Rott of this city and E. H. Rott of
Dixon), a native of Germany, aged IS
years, 10 months and days.
Friends and acquaintances are respect
fully invited to attend the funeral to-
morrow (Tuesday), at 1:30 p. m. from
George H Clark's funeral parlors, 10l7
and 1919 Fourth street: thence to the
German Lutheran Church, corner Twelfth
and K streets, where services will be
held, commencing at p m
The record-union., 1897-06-28
EvERYBODY's COLUMN.

Under this heading the Record Union
will publish short letters from corre-
spondents on topics of interest to the
general public. The matter in these COM
munications will be understood to repre-
sent only the views of the writers. All
communications must be accompa anied by
the name Of the writer, not for publica-
tion unless so desired, but as a guarantee
of good faith.-EdS.
The record-union., 1897-06-28
Strange. But True.

DIR. Craig & Co., cure catarrh rheu-
mati3m, kidney troubles and diseases
of the nervous system without the use
of poisonous drugs. Advice free. Of
fee, Singleton bldg, 9Th and K
The record-union., 1897-06-28

here. She says she has searched for
him for four long years.
The City Directory gives the address
Of Charles H. Prackel, butcher, as 1923
Front street, this city.
The record-union., 1897-06-28
IMPoRTANT
FARMERS And FRUIT GROWERS.

WAKELEE'S SQUIRREL AND
Gopher Exterminator-the original. Oldest
and best prepared poison-the most effect
I've and economical squirrel poison known
Price reduced to 80 cents can For sale bv
g. G. g., Agents,
Grangers' Building. Tenth and x streeta
The record-union., 1897-06-28

w. H Sherburn will sell at auction.
IN front Of the Courthouse at 10 a. m.
to-day, lot 22xS0 feet on n street. be-
tween Ninth and Tenth, with small
brick dwelling. The property belongs
to the estate of Ellen A King, deceased.
The record-union., 1897-06-28
Auction Sales

Bell & Co., auctioneers, will sell at 33:3,1
M street, at 10 a. m, to-day. the en-
tire stock of groceries, counters. show
cases, scales, refrigerator, bar mirror.
horse, harness and wagon, oil tanks
ETC.
The record-union., 1897-06-28
Perfected, Not Experimenting,

Careful management, all improved
machinery and best quality of meats
has given us the reputation on our
pressed and canned beef. Mohr &
Yoerk Packing Company.
The record-union., 1897-06-28
Here Are Bargains For You.

Five square pianos at five dollars per
month, four at three dollars per month,
in good order and warranted. Pommers s
Music Store, corner Ninth and ].
The record-union., 1897-06-28
Wants Her Brother.

Miss Mary Prackel of Happy VAL
ley, Shasta County, writes to the
Record Union" to ascertain if her
brother, c. H. Prackel. butcher, lives
The record-union., 1897-06-28

Chicken pie, &c; ice-cream and cake,
10c. Eagle Confectionery, S26 K.
The record-union., 1897-06-28

The Hub shows the largest and best
selected stock of childrens shoes in the
city. S1S to S22 J.
The record-union., 1897-06-28

Shirt waist sets, handsomely enam-
eled, at Steinman's, 612 j street =
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A Comfortable Ride.

Enjoy one by having your buggy or
carriage equipped with rubber tires at
A. Meister & Sons, 910-914 Ninth st. =
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Fourth of July Ice Cream.

Order your ice-cream early for the
Fourth. Barton makes the best. Phone
229.
The record-union., 1897-06-28

Try McMorry's 5Uc uncoiored japan
tea; E. 3. tea, 60c; G. P. tea, 75c; P. F.
Japan tea, 40c; 531 NJ street.
The record-union., 1897-06-28

Fancy trimmed mems muslin under
shirts, summer weight. 75c and 81
Haub, opposite postoffice.
The record-union., 1897-06-28

Save money by buying your tea and
coffee of ]. McMorry, 531 M.
The record-union., 1897-06-28

New combination oak book cases and
writing desks. Comstock's, 9th and K. y
The record-union., 1897-06-28

Mems leather belts red, green, and
tan. 25e. SOC and 15c. Haub, oppo-
site postoffice.
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Genuine homemade pies and cakes.
Pacific Grove Bakery, S23 J.
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The value Of ton of pure gold is
S6O2, 799 u.
The record-union., 1897-06-28

DR.. Tyrrell has removed to the Breu-
ner Building, rooms II, Is and 10.
The record-union., 1897-06-28

DR.. Weldon, S06 j street, extracts
teeth without pain; local anaesthetic.
The record-union., 1897-06-28

Buy the Gem blue flame and white
flame oil cook stove. Miller Bros, 1116
y.