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Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

win be candidate for the ONCE Of County
Treasurer at the November election, subject to
the endorsement OF the silver Republicans. I
have for thirty-four years past done all my vot-
ing in Mohave County. WIN. II. HARDY.
Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10
FOR RECORDER,

thereby announce myself as an independent
candidate for the ONCE OF county recorder OF
Mohave county. To be voted for at the ensuing
election, November 8, 1898.
A. LRTKvER.
Kingman. August 26, 1898.
Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10

The Phenix Herald is now a six
column paper and one of the best
in the territory.
Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10

The soldier boys are dying at an
alarming rate at Montauk Point,
New York.
Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10

The Prescott Courier is resplend
ent in a new dress. We wish it
every success.
Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10
ANNOUNCE MENTs.
FOR SHERIFF.

hereby announce myself as a candidate
for sheriff. subject to the decision OF the Silver
Republican Convention OF Mohave county.
J. N. CoHkEoUR.
Kingman, Aug. 25, 1898.
Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10
For Sale

A ten room lodging house, furp.
ished In good shape; one piano; also
ten head of mich cows. For par.
ticulars call at or address this Office.
Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10

A London specialist says the most ex
pensive drug is called physostigmine, an
ounce Of which would cost nearly .OCO,.
COOS. II is prepared from the CaIsosf
bean, and is used In diseases OF the eye
Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10

Complete Stock OF D, ups and Druggists Sundries
Patent Medicines Cigars aud Tobacco ...
Confectionery and
Mohave County miner., 1898-09-10

J. LOGAN.
Judge of the Probate Court.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

first dawned upon me they were abso-
lutcly without resources, even lacking
the means for getting proper food. The
picture makes me shudder. Suppose
that had sent her away upon the wea-
~ round Of seeking for employment
that she had Travelled day after day in
weariness and discouragement--no not
the last for she was incapable of il.
| couldn't bear To think of It, and
there was another thought that panied
me in those days. / felt that | must
lose her. 1t was easy to see that Bald
wins affections were deeply engaged.
Well, il would be a splendid match for
her--a rich. handsome, splendid fellow
like Baldwin. tried To feel like Chris
tian about il.
one day not long ago he came into
my office early. Again as on that first
day, Alice was late.
"Pve come to say goodby. old man."
said he. I'm going abroad and may
be gone-I don't know how long, years
perhaps"
I'm heavens name" L cried, what is
the meaning of this?"
Just then Alice came in. Baldwin
turned toward her. bowed with the gen.
tlest Difference imaginable and then
naStllN leIt the room.
I closed the door after him. cutting off
the observation of the "ex-blue devils"
Alice was trembling as / turned to her.
Has il gone SO far?" / said. Have
you really rejected this man? But it's
none OF my business. Don't say any
thing. The words were out Of my mouth
before / could stop them"
There is no use concealing it," said
she. II couldn't anyway from you. 1
admire and respect Mr.. Baldwin, but 1
do not love him"
"Your heart is no longer your own!"
cried, moved by something in her
voice.
She smiled through tears at me. and
then for the very first moment i'm our
acquaintance | had CLEAN OF hope.
said what was i'm my heart as we'll as |
could. and she replied as | had no right
ever TO dream that such a woman could
speak TO me.
So our relations are to be reversed.
am TO serve her all the rest OF our lives.
Can ! help her as she has helped me &?
am afraid IL is not in me, but l can
try.
But this Is aside from the subject.
began TO speak OF Miss Walton as a
stenographer. typewriter and office as
sistant, and as such l cannot recon-
mend her. She can't write shorthand
or use a typewritIng machine. and. as
for business or any other judgment, just
think OF her rejecting Harry Baldwin
and accepting mel
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
MANY DIFFERENT
KINDS OF SEAWEED.

Seaweed is found In great abundance
upon our coasts. especially during SUM
mer months and hot seasons. some
seaweeds live near the surface and close
TO the beach. They seem To enjoy ex-
posure TO the light and heat, which they
experience AT the turnings of the tide.
Others inhabit different depths OF the
sea and show the influence CT the at
mosphere, because they grow where the
light does not penetrate. and they can
bear the columns OF water which con-
stantly press upon them.
There are also some seaweeds which
are exposed to the fury OF the waves,
and others dwell i'm the hollow of a rock
and some where the water is generally
calm-for example. the Sargasso weed.
found in the Red sea. consisting OF
small branched and dark olive green
plants common to our shores. being
brought I'm by various currents.
Sometimes seaweed is collected and
thrown into heaps in "A decayed state
and used as manure. The dried stalks
serve the inhabitants OF the Orkney is
anu the tbdhtS OF b1ll1dnY Tor
fuel. In Scotland the stems of certain
seaweeds are dried and made into knife
handles.
There is also some seaweed containing
air vessels, which crack when trod up
on. This grows on rocks which are COW
cred by the waves at high water and
left bare when the tide retires. Another
species of seaweed which has no air
vessels and the edges OF which are
toothcd like a saw is a very useful
plant. II is preserved and used as food
for cattle. and il is also used for pack
ing Holsters and other marine products
that are sent inland.
The coralline is a small plant. seldom
more than five or six inches in height,
usually found in dense masses i'm any
convenient shelter. If you put a piece
of dry corallne into the fame of a can
die. it will throw out a brilliant white
light where il meets the flame.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
The Forest
Of Lilies.

Christabel, although she was as good
and pretty a princess as one could wish
TO see. was very unhappy in her beauti-
full, tall palace tower, with it's garden
full of all sorts or sweet smelling flow
ers and it's windows that looked out to-
ward the wonderful forest of lilies. Prin-
cess Christabel's mother died when she
was a tiny baby, and until her father
had married a second time her life had
been lonely. but not sad one. The lit
tie girls stepmother was a tall III fa-
vored woman. with harsh voice and
very bad temper. The king had met her
one day when he was out hunting and
stopped at a quaint little lodge in the
forest.
The woman had come out and offered
him a drink OF spiced wine in "A tall sill
yer cup. and from that moment his ad-
mration for her had been the wonder
of every one. After . few days OF court
ship he married the stranger, and from
that time on she had been making trou-
bic nj court and getting herself so thor
oughly disliked that IL seemed thou
sand pities that the king had ever met
her
No one remembered having seen the
forest Of lilies until about the time the
queen came 10 court. 1t was at the en-
trance of a distant valley, which few
people had ever explored. The wonder
full tall spikes. 10 or IL feet high. grow
ing so closely together, made IL difficult
fN even grown person to penetrate
the thickets, SO that only travellers went
in that direction.
1t was generally believed to be an en-
chanted forest, ana little Christabers
nurse warned her very gravely never TO
go near the lilies when she was out on
her drives.
one day Just after dinner the queen
called the little princess to her and
said:
"Christabel, 1 want you TO 60 out and
hunt my little black cat. II has stray
ed away, and l am much worried about
IT. Here is piece of candy TO eat on
your way, and don't fall and soil your
dress"
The queen spoke more kindly than
usual and tried to smile a little, but |
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

! IT am so glad" said she, that IT
wasn't a real letter"
L regret to state that several mistakes
Of equal magnitude crept into real let
teTs within the week. IL became pain
fully obvious that Miss Walton was not
a stenographer and that her knowledge
OF business entitled her to rank next
below David Copperfield's Dora. l de-
cided that Miss Walton and / should
probably part in the near future.
My business at that time was in a
very critical condition, and I was cor
respondingly depressed. Indeed there
was an atmosphere OF gloom over all
my little establishment My office boy
and mailing clerk fitted nicely into the
general woe. Two more melancholy
youths were never thrown together by
the chances of this life. Harry Baldwin
OF King q Baldwin. a firm i'm whose
debt I had been from the beginning of
my career, used 10 call my boys the
blue devils" and he advised me 10 get
rid of them i'm the interests of cheerful
ness.
Baldwin himself was a handsome.
manly. cheerful fellow. always we'll
dressed and with a pocket full OF
money.
We could have been great friends but
for this internal yellow microbe OF mon
ey. And. as to that. Baldwin had done
everything that l could reasonably ask
and more. bat the time was coming
when he would have to take some deci-
sive action. and that meant ruin to me.
Baldwin came in to see me early one
morning shortly after | had engaged
Miss Walton to work for me. That
young lady had not arrived, though il
was time for her 20 come. and Baldwin
and | had the inner office 20 ourselves.
hope | may never go through another
quarter OF an hour like that one. These
cheerful fellows are the worst of all
when they really get serious. Baldwin
felt badly FOR me. there's no doubt OF ID.
bat he had made up his mind what to
do. and nothing could shake him We
talked 10 over TIL the gloom was posi-
lively solid m the room.
Just then Miss Walton came In. I
had mentioned her failure 10 Baldwin
early in the conversation. and he looked
at her with some attention when she
appeared.
I'm very late" she said but / real
IS couldn't help IT, I've had little sc-
cidsnt."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

quicker He caught her just as she
would have fallen.
Jack said he 10 me. with deadly
calm. I'VE are fools and brutes We
have let this child torture herself before
our eyes"
As for myself, was speechless. Shame
choked me.
Send one of the blue devils FOR a
DOCTOR" he cried.
"Oh, how perfectly funny!' said Miss
Walton, and she laughed feebly. It's
an awful name for them, but il suits
them so much better than anything
they can possibly have been christened" >"
l will do the particular blue devir'
who was assigned to this mission the
justice TO say that he performed il with
exemplary celerity. He brought doc
tor from nearby drug store-vhich
boasted of real one-in next to no time
at all. but Miss Walton was quite recov-
cred when he arrived
He insisted on having a look at her
arm. however, and she barred IL for him
much more easily than she might other
wise have done since the sleeve de-
tached itself on the removal of a few
pins. She was kind enough to say that
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

| She turned her right side toward me.
! and l saw that the Sleeve of her dress
had been torn from the shoulder and
| ripped in the seams. Ii was ingeniously
| fastened with pins.
Il was on a trolley car" she contin-
ued "and II ran into great wagon
loaded with iron. We were thrown
around like dice i'm box, and my arm
was caught in one of the seats as I
plunged forward. but not a single pas
senger in the car was hurt except me.
Wasn't that lucky?"
This view struck Baldwin and me as
somewhat original, and we both laugh
ed at the idea of the only victim ap-
plauding fate. L asked Miss Walton
how much injury she had sustained
and she said. with n little laugh, that
she guessed her arm would be black
and blue. She ridiculed the idea Of hav-
ing a doctor look at IL or OF allowing it
to interfere i'm any way with her work
and she used, i'm speaking of her mis-
haps, such comical expressions that in
two minutes we were all laughing to-
gether.
DO you mean to tell me that you're
going to let that girl go?" whispered
Baldwin TO me when Miss Walton had
begun to work upon some letters left
over from the day before. why, her
nerve alone Is worth her salaryl'
II shan't have anything left to pay
her salary with" I replied, with the
ghost of a smile
"Oh, brace up" said he. Look at
the thing a little more cheerfully. Take
a leaf out OF her book" and be nodded
toward Miss Walton. "Ill tell you what
I'll do" he continued, and then, to my
surprise. he outlined n plan of settle
ment so liberal and yet so shrewdly
businesslike that IL made me gasp. He
confessed TO me long afterward that IL
was sudden inspiration and that he
had never before seen that way out of
the difficulty. To me IL was like a
plank to a drowning man.
He took corner OF my desk and be-
gan to set down the terms OF our agree
ment with great particularly. While
he was thus engaged Miss Walton
handed me the letters upon which she
had been at work. They were even
worse than the average. / passed one
OF them to Baldwin when he looked up
from his task for a minute. IL contain
ed the extraordinary statement 10 a
possible customer that he could get the
goous anywhere IN lne market AZ prices
under those that I had quoted. The
omission OF a negative had made con-
siderable difference I'm the meaning.
Baldwin looked almost sad as he re-
turned the letter TO me.
Miss Walton" said he. "if I dictate
something to you can You take u on
the machine?'
She looked over her shoulder with a
sunny smile and replied that she should
be- delighted -sl44se- h44,4.- Accordingly
he began 10 dictate from his memoran-
ia and she 10 write. She was even
slower and more awkward with the ma
chine than had ever before known her
10 he and ! watched her with that
painful sensation that one feels when
an amateur musician Is doing his
best"
Suddenly 7 saw her sway i'm the chair.
1 lesped 10 my feet, but Baldwin was
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
SPEED AT WHICH INSECTS FLY.

IL is the popular belief that the flight
of birds is much swifter than that of
insects but a number of naturalists
who have been making study of the
matter think that such is not the case.
a common house fly, for example. is not
very rapid in its flight, but its wings
make 500 beats a second and send il
through the air 20 feet under ordinary
circumstances in that space of time.
When the insect is alarmed. however,
il has been found that il increases it's
rate of speed to- over $50 feet per sec
ond. If it could continue such rapid
flight for mile i'm q straight line, it
would cover that distance i'm exactly 30
seconds--faster than an ordinary ex-
press train.
travelling by rail in the summer time.
TO see a bee or wasp keeping up with
the train and trying to get i'm at one of
the windows. a swallow is considered
one of the swiftest flying birds, and it
was thought until short time ago that
no insect could escape it, A naturalist
tells of an exciting chase he saw be-
tween a swallow and a dragon fly,
which is among the swftest Of insects.
The insect new with incredible speed
and wheeled and lodged with such ease
that the swallow, despite its utmost ef-
forts. failed to capture it, and the
plucky fly escaped.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

I suppose that il Miss Alice Walton
~e}c leaving my employ in ordinary
~runstances | should write her A let
L. II recommendation. What should |
say in it? How should best testify my
appreciation OF her services?
| couldn't say she was a good stenog-
rapher. for she wasn't | should have
To admit that she could get as many
extraordinary errors into-a-i -ietter-as
any typewriter could hope to do. AS for
business Judgment in the management
OF my Office. | am afraid that honestly
j couldn't praise her highly. Perhaps
the best way would be TO tell the exact
truth about her coming, her work with
me and her severance OF the sonnec-
tion.
She came in answer to an advertise
ment in a newspaper. l remember that
my first impression was that she would
be pleasant person to have in the Of
flee She was a sweet faced girl, obvi-
ously well bred and neither overanx-
ious nor lacking in interest as she talk
ed with me about the prospective en-
ployment.
She confessed with the most cheerful
frankness that she had had no expert
ence I'm actual work. hut had learned
stenog.aphy from "A book and. typewrit-
ing with a borrowed Instrument. Ny
advertisement had demanded i'm the
most explicit terms an experienced per-
son. but this did not appear to trouble
Miss walton. She set IL aside with a
smile as IL IL were a trivial detail.
| dictated a busiu ss letter OF about
200 words to her. and she managed to
take IL down. but | observed that she
supplemented the usual stenographic
symbols with long hand abbreviations
~ "a nest unique appearance. However.
she wrote the letter neatly upon the
typewriter. and after a glance at IL /
agreed 20 give her weeks trial. When
she he'd left the Office. J looked at the
letter again and discovered that Miss
WALTON lad omitted the one salient
sentence which made the communica-
ti0u ntelligible. Had " been an ac-
tual message think my correspondent
would have been at lOss 10 know why
! had addressed him at all
This was rather discoura ging drew
Miss Wal.on's attention To- her error
when she reported for duty the next
morning. and she blamed herself heart
ny, bot she was not at all depressed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21
why He Named Him Judas.

A country parson i'm British Guiana
was set back when a happy father. pre-
senting his tenth son for baptism, an
nounced that he had selected for the
unfortunate infant the name of Judas
lscariot. Said he: Oats de boys name.
Judas hez been sighted. Nobody hez
eber had dc immortal courage ter name
a chile from dat man. But dat amt de
main reason why l named him Judas.
Tze got dc Bible ter stain me in gib-
ben de chile dat name"
How does the Bible sustain you in
desiring to perpetuate that name?"
asked the astonished parson.
ITS de fack. De Lord, in remarkin
oh Judas. said It would hab been better
fur dat man ef he hadn't been born"
~"Well2"
"An. considerin how many mout's Is
opened at the do when / goes home
wild a side oh meat, II would be better
fur dat boy oh mine ef he had nebber
seen daylight. i takes de Scriptur' fur
de references. In dc flIcher. ef finds
dat de boy hez made improvements on
hisself den change his name ter Jim"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

and wait and make up her mind what
10 do next.
Before long she saw a lot OF people
coming i'm her direction. especially a
very odd old lady in a peaked cap and
a long red cloak. who was talking very
earnestly TO Christabel's father.
"Ah, there she is" exclaimed the old
lady as she came up the path. and the
princess recognized the voice OF her
friend the white cat.
You may go home now. little prin-
cess" said the old lady. whom her ia
ther introduced as her fairy godmoth-
er, who had disappeared several years
before owing to the enchantment cast
upon her by the wicked witch. who had
masqueraded i'm the shape OF young
woman i'm order to get to be queen and
thus do more mischief.
When the white cat. guided by her
unerring instinct, had reached the pal
ace, the stepmother, with a scream. had
turned into a big gray rat her real
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

1t is told OF a certain English bishop
that while dining in the house OF
friend he was pleased TO observe that
he was the object OF marked attention
from the son Of his host, whose eyes
were firmly riveted upon him. After
dinner the bishop approached the boy
and asked: We'll. my young friend. you
seem to be interested in me. Do you
find that / am all right
"Yes. sir" said the boy, with glance
at the bishops knee breeches. You're
all right Only (hesitatingly) won't
won't your mother let you wear long
trousers YETI"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

other quarter before many days were
over. Baldwin. who acquired the habit
OF dropping i'm as often as he had in
old days, said that the change in me
was worth $1,000 year in my business.
You're not an undertaken, you know,
old man." said he, land people don't
like 10 see you act like one. In times
like these it's money In your pocket to
look cheerful It's an advertisement. 1t
makes you conspicuous"
Perhaps il was my better spirits, or il
may have been only chance but at any
rate my business began to improve. /
began to work more efficiently. / liked
TO be in my office and to be busy there
Conditions presently were so much
better that i was able to engage IAN
assistant for Miss Walton. / found
girl who really knew something about
stenosraphy. typewriting and business,
and then | advanced Miss Waltons sal
airy and made her head of the depart
ment. lt was more or less of a joke,
but Baldwin, who is a good business
man, approved OF IL highly L saw a
great deal OF him during the next eight
or ten months, and the reason was only
TOO obvious. He used TO call at her
house. too. and he told me some things
that I never would have learned from
her.
She and her mother and little sister
were the family, and they had not a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-10-21

"St right here while / get you some
thing TO eat" invited the kind. moth
erly old cat as she hustled about to
find the princess a comfortable chair.
The food was delicious-cream i'm a
silver cup handsomer than the princess
own at home. slices of nice white bread
and butter and dainty cold chicken.
Now tell me all about yourself" said
the cat, who seemed to be quite inauisi-
tive. The princess told her all about
her stepmother, what had happened 10
the candy and what the owl had told
her.
HIM. h'm!' said the cat. 'I know
there isn't rat or mouse about. but
whenever you mention that stepmother
OF yours / most certainly distinguish a
rat"
IN the morning. when she woke up
and had eaten her bowl OF bread and
milk. the princess asked the cat IL she
would not come with her and help her
TO break the enchantment with which
the wicked stepmother had surrounded
her father when he drank the spiced
wine.
I'm sorry, my dear; but. you see. there
is no way for me 20 get over. and. be-
sides. we can be quite comfortable here.
so why should we leave this delicious
cream?"
Christabel sighed and went out TO sit
upon the palace steps. while the white
cat said she would take a run i'm the
ca rAa f,,
sparrows for dinner.
It's this horrid cream that makes
her want to stay" thought the princess
l wish / could sour IL so she wouldn't
drink IL"
Impressed by the idea that this was
the only way to get rid of her wicked
stepmother, she began TO wonder how to
accomplish her desire. Suddenly she re-
membered that her good old nurse
Dame burden, once said in pet that
the queens face was cross enough TO
sour cream. In her pocket was a silver
coin with the queens likeness on II.
which her father had given her the day
before fresh from the mint She took IL
out OF her pocket and cast il far into
NhN NIt Inllk began TO
work and eurdle, and in short time
thick, hard crust had formed on the
top.
Whatever have you done TO my
cream. child?" called the cat, running
down the palace steps. But you must
excuse me. smell rat stronger shan
ever" and she darted across the hard
surface Of the lake. The princess follow
ed her as fast as she could. but failed 10
even keep her in sight. She was a long
time getting out of the forest, and when |
she did reach her fathers palace she |
saw the people running to and fro in !
great commotion. She was afraid to |
go on for fear her stepmother was |
about and sat down on q rock TO watch |