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The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
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MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
The Throwing of Eice and Old shoes
Is a Relic of Primi-
tive Times.


Until the middle of the sixteenth
century Christian marriage consisted
of two distinct ceremonies-the be-
trothal or espopsals, which were fol-
lowed at considerable interval, some
times extending to two years, by the
benediction or complete marriage.
Many modern marriage customs rare
relics Of primitive times. Fer INSTANCE,
the throwing of old shoes after the
newly married pair is remnant OF
marriage by capture, when the brides
relations threw stones and other mis-
siles after the bridegroom as he rode
off With his captured bride. The honey
moon is a relic Of the enforced seclusicn
in which a. captured bride and her cap
turer lived after the bridegroom had
secured his wife; and the traditional
hatred of nothers-in-law is merely
survival of tile old feud between the
bridegroom and the brides family.
Groomsmen are another remnant of
marriage by capture. They were origi-
nally the brides bodyguard~~. when
she was pursued By her bridegroom
and his friends. Then later they used
to be attached TO the brides procession,
and had nothing to do with the BRIDE
groom. Because their Office was re-
duced to a sinecure, they were armed
with lances. and carried Lighted torches
for these captures were generallysat-
tempted at night. -
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
DANCED WITH THE INDIANS.
How a Valuable Right of Way for a
Railroad Was Secured from
the Apaches.

In 1895 the Gla Valley, Globe & North
ern Railway company obtained from
Washington the franchise for road
through the reservation, subject to the
approval of the Indians. This proposed
line is to run from Geronimo TO Globe.
4 distance of 60 miles, and is 10 be prac-
tically an extension of the 65 miles of
road that connect Geronimo with the
Southern Pacific station at Bowie.
A large area of mineral and coal land
is to be opened up by the new lire.
Since congress granted the conditional
franchise agents have been at work
among the Indians, but arbitrery re-
fqsal was given until the general coun-
ell was called at San Carlos. Fully 500
Apaches were present, and the enter
tainment cfthem was the first item of
cost IL the railroad construction ac-
count. a feast and council was pro-
posed, and invitations were sent by
means of runners to all parts of the III
dian domain.
There were Indians who had burned,
slain and tortured just out of natural
depravity dancing about on the same
floor with capitalists from Chicago and
San Francisco, soldiers, ladies, frontier
men, miners and couple Of globe trot-
ters. Everyone had to dance. The eti-
quette was explained to all, and it was
made evident that if they chose to be
present and take part they must OBJ
serve all the demands Of the occasion.
for refusal might imperil the lives Of
all. The dance was accordingly very
democratic. Whoever the Indians asked
to dance with them responded with a
similar assent
On the following day solemn confer
ence was held at which the valuable
right of way was obtained from the In
dians on favorable terms.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
Steered Him Wrong.

- "Heard good one when was in St.
Louis" relates the fat drummer with 4
penchant for story telling. "You know
that=the St. Louis and Anchor line failed
some time ago and manI of its assets
were sold at auction. Among them was
the magnificent looking water pitcher
that the people of Baton Rouge had pre-
sented for use ON the boat named after
that city. The story told among a few
of his acquaintances by an old river
pilot was that 16S citizens Of the town
contributed a silver dollar each, that
these coins were melted down and out
of the material the pitcher was made.
1t bore appropriate inscriptions and
had some additional value because of
its asSociations..-s
. /. ''Those- who had been posted by the
old pilot kept quiet and at the sale were
on the lookout for the pitcher. 1t was
run up to $40 and knocked down to a
friend of mine..~--
''Made a good thing of it, didn't he ?''
81 should say not. There wasn't a
grain Of anything but pewter in the
pitcher and now my friend is impa-
tiently camping on the trail of the
old pilot.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
TIE VICE CT ECONOMY.
1t Becomes Extravaganza VINE"
overaone ia fixing over
Old Eosyns.

Economy is the most eXtrayagant OF
vices when it comes 10 the matter OF
fixing over old gowns. They hang IN
the wardrobe and lure us on to ruin ana
the bargain counter to get the neees-
sary wherewithai 10 remodel them; IL
will take such little bit Of money, and
the fashion magazines are full OF deiu-
sive cuts labeled: scheme for doing
over last seasons gowns" We look at
the cuts, and we are theirs.
These sartorial snares ought to be Ia
beled: "Veni, vidi, vici." They come,
see and conquer every woman with the
least taint OF economy in her blood.
If you really can't withstand the
temptation Of making over your last
seasons gown, exercise a Spartan self
control. make up Your mind exactly
how much you are going to spend CT it
and don't exceed the amount by one
penny.
All the so-callad aids to the eeonom-
ical girl-that advise covering tip the
slightly sailed silk skirt Of last season
with bilIows of laco-should be treated
as just so much airy persiflage, because.
torsooth, if one can afford billows of
lace one can afford a new silk skirt and
start fresh deal all around.
An CID dress is an old dress any way
you lock atit-and verse, any way your
friends lcok at it-for they, foe. have
had their turn at the economical "hold
up" and the trail of the economist is
over them ALL
Therefore, put not your faith in the
biiloWs-of-lace cure, CT the overdress-
| of-Brussels-net cure. or any other sort
of cure that will require mere cash
than the original garment is worth.
Such little sartorial bracers ass new
neck ruffies, new sleeve pieces and diff
ierent arrangement of waist trimming
are often advisable, but DO not indulge
IN the pleasing fallacy that you can get
dressmaker in by the day, set her at
an Old dress and then have Doucet-lil5e
effects to make worr friends envicus.
There is a clever woman here in New
York who keeps all her old dresses to
rip up when things go wrong. She
never carries the madness further than
the ripping-up stage, and her friends
wonder what is he secret Of her amia-
bility-N. Y. World.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

In Brazil single pineapple has never
attained a greater growth than seven
pounds.
Huge electromagnetic are now being
used for hosting iron. Five tons can be
safely handled in this way.
In 30y years Germany, from being lit
tie more than self-sustaining, has be-
come the largest sugar exporting coun-
try.
Laboring men have 312 working days
a year in Hungary, 308 in the United
States, 278 in England, and 267 in Rus
sia.
A medica! authority on the virtues of
various kinds of foods declares that the
herring gives the muscles elascity, the
body strength and the brain vigor, and
is not fesh-forning.
It is said that rustics who live on a
bread and milk diet nearly always have
thick hair to an advanced age, while
people who lunch and dine on meat
rarely have thick hair after 23.
The introduction of electric light in
the Roman catacombs has been chron-
icfed already. Now it is proposed to
light the galleries Of the great pyra-
mids of Egypt in like manner.
A recent ocean-going freight steamer
has run for II months on an expendi-
ture Of a little over one pound of coal
for each horse power per hour-in ia
miliar terms, about half quart of coal
did the work of a horse for an hour.
The engine had five cylinders, and the
steam pressure was $50 pounds to the
square inch.
Recent studies Of the animal life of
Lake Tanganyika have shown that that
lake differs from all the other African
lakes in possessing inhabitants that be-
long to oceanic species. Still, these
singular denizens of Lake Tanganyika
are not exactly like the marine organ
isms Of the present day, and the con-
clusion is drawn that a sea, connected
with an open ocean, once occupied the
part Of Africa where Tanganyika now
lies, and that the lake is the last rem
nant of the ancient sea.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
JUVENILE SOLDERING.
The 8cy's Mother Rad TO Give the
Counfersign Before She Could
Approach t:.e Barracks.

Since the tocsin of war has sounded.
even the children in the nursery have
their drills and go through the sem
blance of war, says the Des Moines
News. In the northern part of the city
a company of boys has been formed, anG
there is nothing done at Camp Mckinley
probably not at Chickamauga, whicl
they do not attempt. What with their
blue overalls and white jackets they
look quite soldierly at times! The
mothers in the neighborhood realized
that they might expect anything from
their warlike sons, and so were net sur
prised a few days ago when the an
ncuncement was made that the boys
were going into barracks il barn in
the neighborhood. They had been de-
ing heir own cooking for some tine a nd
now they would be satisfied with moth
ing short Of sleeping in their trousers
and on the hay. Qnthe first night spent
bv them in the barn, the mother Of cne
Of the boys had occasion to 20 to speak
to Eer son. Up and down in front OF
the improvised barracks moved the sen
tiEeI.
"Halt. Who goes there?" rang out
the stern voice CT the guard.
".A friend,% meekly answered thelady,
deeply Impressed with the splemnity Of
the occasion.
advance and give the countersign," "
was the next order.
Happily one of the boys, in deepest
secrecy, had told his mother the mystic
word, and the latter had impaired it to
her Eeighbor
Going close to the sentinel the lady
whispered: Dewey"
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
when Wellington Was Mad.

Gar Nicholas visit to Windsor in
1874 afforded Murray an opportunity
to be present at one of the few occa-
sions when the duke of Wellington lost
control Of himself. He did it at re-
view before the queen, her imperial
guest and the royal family, when, con-
trary. to, his orders, issued for the
queens convenience, the guns were
fired. The hero of g hundred fights
stormed in 'a most violent manner"
When the prince tried to pacify him by
saying it was doubtless mistake he
replied: "It is very good of your royal
highqess. to excuse it, but.there should
be no mistakes; military orders should
be punctnally obeyed, and so long as
1 command the army they shall be
obeyed!" The emperor was astonished,
and the suites looked at each other with
blank faces, while. the artillery was or
.dered off the maneuvering ground.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
TODDY TREES.
They Grow I'm South AmeFfca-Beeties
Get Drunk by Tapping Barh-
Other ArbOreaI Tricks. t

Nature has her rum shops, her sa-
looms. She produces plants which de-
vote themselves to the manufacture and
sale of intoxicants. The South Ameri-
can toddy tree is well known to natural
lists. It is well known also to the South
American beetles, the oryctes hercules.
When the latter goes on a spree he never
goes it alone, after the unneighborly
habit OF the human dFunkard. He col
lects his friends and acquaintance to
the number of 30 or 40; the whole crowd
run their short horns through the bark
Of the toddy tree, revel in the outflow
ing juices and, while inebriated, are
easily caught by the human natives,
says Lippincott's.
The toddy tree parts with its liquor
free of charge. There are other plants
which are less generous. They exact no
less penalty than the death of the un-
do with the body? Strange as it may
seem, they eat it. In this manner they
obtain the food which nOurishes them
and sustains their healthful existence
At the end Of each Of their long green
leaves these plants have q pitcher
shaped receptacle. We might style this
the growler. but it never needs to be
rushed. 1t is always full of what with
special appropriateness might be called
bug juice-a watery liquor, sweet to
the taste and inebriating to the senses.
Only in fine weather is the growler open
for business. On rainy days it is firmly
shut up to keep out the rain that would
dilute and spoil ,he contents. Natures
saloon keepers do not water their stock.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
Tie waste of War.

A shell thrown from a 24-ton quick
firing gun rushes through the air at the
velocity of 1900 feet per second, strik-
ing its object with force equal to that
of II, $50 tons falling one foot. And
yet, comparatively speaking, they are
very harmless. Thus during the one
day bombardment of Alexandria by the
British fleet of 12 ships, lasting from
7 a. II. to 4:30 p. H., nc less than 3,1c5
shells were thrown into the town, yet
not more than 500 Egyptians were
killed-that is, it took, roughly speak
ing, six shells to kill one man.
Again, during the Franco-German
war, the Germans threw 100000 shells
into Belfort, only killing GO French
men, or 500 shells to kill one French
man. At Strasburg, in the same war, it
took IS shells to kill every man. And
at the siege Of Paris 10000 shells only
killed l07 and wounded 200.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
Identified by a ThumbmarEs.

A remarkable instance of the thumb
mark" method of identifying criminal
is recorded in Bengal. prisoner had
committed murder which seemed to
leave no clew behind it whatever, but,
in turning over the papers Of his victim,
he had by chance smudged an atlas
with his thumb. In Bengal they pre-
serve an impression of the thumb of
everyone who has been convicted of a
crime and the atlas was sent off for the
inspection of experts.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
Chicken Pie.

Cut into pieces and boil two chickens;
remove the large bones; cock in sufi-
cient water to make plenty of gravy and
leave it on the chicken; add salt and
pepper to taste; thicken the gravy with
a tablespoonful of flour well blended
with cold water. This will fill the pie.
which must be baked in two-quart
pudding dish, though tin pail will look
more like mothers. Now, for the crust:
One PITT and half of -four in sieve, 2I%
teaspoonfuls pretty full of baking pow
der, half teasPoonful of SALT sift all to-
gether twice; then rub into -four half
cupful Of butter; then with a spoon mix
soft batter with milk; Mkt as soft as
you can; barely mix afterward with
hands ard roll one-half of it half an
inch thick; line the dish; put in the
chicken and cover with the top crust
the same thickness; pinch the edges
together firmly; bake an hour in a
quick oven; let stand 90 minutes before
sending to the table. Don't put a va
riety of other things On the table, and
I venture to say they viii enjoy the pie
and say it is almost as good as grand
ma made.-Boston Herald.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
cheerfnl side of Life.

Prosperity was never won by the
hand or tongue of pessimist; look
aloft and keep the cheerful side of life
in view. 4 man who goes about with
his head cast Down and eyes on the
ground may pick up many nickel, now
and then gold piece, and perhaps
some day bank note; but he misses the
great blue sky above, the great green
beauteous earth beneath. him and the
sunlight il the ali. Ds.rcitF:ee Press,
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
Teaching the Parrot.

Owners of these interesting birds
must remember that if they wish them
TO talk we'll the best time to teach them
IS IN the evening, when the cage is GOV,
cred over and placed in a dark room,
and the teacher enunciating the words
slowly and distinctly and persistently,
The natives CT India consider that a
slight operation upon the birds tongue
is necessary before it will speak easily.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
A WOMAN's TACT.
She Drew q Pair of Opera Glasses on
the Court and Got Into
IL Trouble. ~r-r. g


"A Detroit lady once had an experience
out in western Kansas that she will
never. forget. Just after her wedding
trip her husband was called to thatsec-
tion on business, and they decided. like
sensible people, that both should go.
Out of spite, a typical real estate shark
of those days had the husband arrested
because he declined TO stand quietly by
and see himself swindled.
The prisoner was taken before JUS
tice of the peace who knew good deal
more about the reports of six-shooter
than those of the supreme court, and
who could have drained the fountain Of
knowledge had he drank as copiously
there as at some other places. The
angry bride insisted upon attending the
trial, and in the midst of it she so far
forgot herself as tosleyel pair of opera
glasses upon the court, whose big head
bore striking resemblance to brush
heap. 1t was a new one on the justice
and too much for him. He swiftly
ducked under the able and shouted:
deputy, disarm that woman" After
getting the drop on Iier the officer Sc
cured the glasses and'laid them ginger
ly before the court, who promptly
roared that the woman was fined 81 COO
for contempt.
But she did not lose her head. Ask
ing the right to speak for herself, she
went to the "bench," explained the
glasses, had the justice look out over
the plains with them and then, after q
few pretty words of apology, gave them
to.him. He hit the table mighty blow
TO .reconvene court, opened. the drawer
which contained his personal arsenal.
and fined the prosecuting witness $25
''fur insultin' a Hisitin' lady and gent
in cpntrariety ter law and eterket."
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
Telephone Girls I'm France.

The managers of the telephone COM
pany operating the system at Versailles,
France, hold that the expression
'Heuo!" used in response to can is
impolite. The operators have been in
stl-ucted to ask the subscriber who
rings up the central office: "What do
YOU want 90
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
Sacred PInnf.'

The plant knoNn as yervain. which is
not distinguished for its beauty, and
which grows nowadays utterly disre-
garded, was so sacred to the Druids that
they. only gathered it for their divina-
tions when the great dog star arose, in
order that neither sun nor moon should
see the deed.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30
Usually the Case.

If man bcsrds at hotel he is SUBJ
ject to inn-digestion.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Winslow mail., 1898-07-30

SiiS SSC.iASu ~ nc Idppy. uGt luSil L
noticed that she didn't pear to take the
same interes' in things. It was ies'
after she had spent the day at Sulphur
Springs with lot Of young folks.
drove her over there to q picnic enc
mornin' and then come for her in the
evenin'. There were a dozen or more
girls there and several young men from
the cities, but there warn't none of 'em
could touch her when it comes to looks.
She seemed to enjoy bein' within so
much that l coulG1. t help kinder stand
in round and lockin' On for awhile,
but then I hurried on back for I had
lot O. hoein' to look after. Well, sir, |
was the proudest man in the world
when 1 went back there for her that
night. Everybody crowded round,
even the old ladies, and told NE what
pretty dancer Mary was. All the young
folks in the country was there, but
Mary was the populares' of'm all. They
wouldn't hear to cur Griyin' back then,
but made US both come right in to sup
per. l didn't exactly calculate on doin
this, but Mary locked like she wanted
to, so 1 did They tried 10 make me
dance, but don't know how. 1t was the
openin' of new summer hotel, you
know. A young fellow that set next to
me at the table, and was mighty polite
in handin' me everything, said he was
gonter be there at the hotel for some
time, and that we mus come round
| often. OF course, I asked him TO come
! see MS foo He was a, nretty glib tailler.
! When we was leayin' and tellin' every
Mohave County miner., 1898-04-09

The Mining anu Scientific Press of re cent date has the ioIl,~ing from cor respondent m regard 10 the Vulturs mine: The new vulture Mioinx Com. pany is Tn control of the old historic Vul. ture. SIX cen miles south vest of Wieken. burg. Bsiween 1883 and 1888 this mine produced about 16 00) .00Os. h earlier days Gitv stamp miii "a, Duilt ne ar the present site of Wickenourg and the ore hauled from the mine This old nil was long since moved away, and for ttle past four years Helm Bros have operated a cyanide plant on ths tailings. The latter handle sixty ton per day Bs,ore the Wickenbdrg mill was abandoned an 80 stamp mill was ec'ed at the vuIture mine, much of the machinery of which is sill ia fair condition. rna. this mill did service is shown by the acres of tailing on which the new company is nov operating d cyanide plant to the ex. tent of ninety tons per day. the product being aoout B per ton. The Vulture ap- pears to have produced good specimen of free milling ore down to the 800 foo. level, below which there are sulphurets. The hanging wall is q porphyry and the footwall is a slate form ation. The work from now on will be mellow the 500 foo, level, where considerable qrantity of water IS encountered. which will be uril. izsd m milling. h overh auling the old mill and starting it up, which it is the purpose of the company to do, concen. trators will be put in. as the ore from now on will be more refract ,ry than for. merly. The underground workings ol the mine are intact. They hardly show astick of timber and the management, claim tt is mine which needs no tim bering. It is claimed the former mill product generally was 17s per ton of ora milled. The cyanide plant, in charge o John F Johnson, is working with fou, solution tanks
Mohave County miner., 1898-04-09
Rare Fius- Dollar Pieces.

The other day Bon Brundage received In change i've dollar gold piece minted in Sin Francisco m l35J oy MJff,t & Go
 It looks tor the world ike the present i've dollar gold piece and so near the same sizs that the difference IS not not; iceabIe. |; shows the goddess of liberty on ooe side and the date of coinage, and instead of the word Liberty" appe ring on the goddess mead, tue words "Mo it X Co.," are substituted, and on the other side IS the eagle, while around the edge is "S. NJ. V. CAliIrnia G,ld, Five D '' IL SO ressm oles the present ise-d Jll ar gold piece that Mir. Brundags did not learn ,he difference tIll sometime after he had recelvei It. Hs say. hs would not take los for il. It. does not show to be very much worn.--k.rn ,unty E;ho
Mohave County miner., 1898-04-09
Notice of Forfeiture.
To (. B. Rcndleman, hIs assigns or
 |. al representatives:

You are hereby poiited that we have sx. psaded during the years Is95 and 1891 the sum of two hundred dolH's in labor and impr rvements up,n the Golden Key l"de. situate on Bnrro Greek, Greenwood mining district, County of Mohave, Arizons. nf which the location certificate k ound of recorI in b,ok l.. pages 507.S, in the office of the Recorder of said Nnhave county. in order to hold said cisim under the provis. iors of section 232t of the Revised Statntfs of the United states and the amendment iheret,, apprred Janutry 22 1880. eon' corning ann al ltbor npon minin9 claims. being the amount required to hold said lode for the period ending on the 3Ist day of Decamber of said ye,rs Isg6 and Is97. Aud if, within ninety days from the per. sonal ssrvics Of this notice, or within nlne ty days after the public tiion thereof, yon fail or refuse to contribute ypnr proJ ortion of such expendi ure ss oo.own-r. your interest in the claim will become the prop erty of the sDbsc'iAers, your co-ownsrs who have made the required expenditure by the terms of said section.
 IT. R. McrLURE,
 w. A. WAL.
 BinQman, Arizona. Jpn. {. 1898.