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Mohave County miner., 1899-04-15
Business, Professions, &c.

Three mercantile houses,
Two hotels,
One church,
One Ice plant,
Four lodging houses,
One public school,
Two drug stores,
One tailoring establishment,
One livery stable,
One shoemaker shop,
Three blacksmith shops,
Nine saloons,
Two meat markets,
Two clothing stores,
Two jewellers,
Two fruit and news stands,
One millinery store,
Two paper hangers and paint shops,
Two daily stage lines,
Two ore samplers,
Two assay offices,
One bottling works,
Three restaurants,
Three carpenter shops,
Eight lawyers,
One firm commission merchants,
One Indian school,
One lumber yard,
Three physicians,
Two weekly newspapers,
One dressmaker,
Two water supply companies.
Over fifty windmills and tanks,
R. R. Depot and warehouse building,
Two Sunday schools,
One dairy,
One drayman,
Two insurance agents,
Four fraternal orders,
One undertaken,
One Epworth League.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-04

Several German papers are express
Ing dissatisfaction with the names of
the months. These critics point out
that II Is absurd for Europeans aud
Americans of today to dedicate one
sixth of the year TO the memory Of Jul.
Illus Caesar and Augustus, To name n
third after heather gods and god
full nomenclature and To designate the
remaining four by misleading numer-
ais, September being obviously ninth
and not seventh in order.
There Is. of course, nothing to say
against this argument from the point
of view of common sense, but un-
fortunately common sense Is not nj
ways the ruling power in human af-
fairs. Not only the months but the
days OF the week, too, ana lndeeu most
of us bear names which are either
meaningless or Inappropriate, and per-
hnps we like them all the better on
that account.
Some of our Teutonic contemporaries
suggest rcverting to the old deslgua-
tlons of their uncivilized ancestors,
which resemble closely enough those
OF the French revolutionary calendar
But one doubts whether the kaiser
even would venture on such an limo
yation. Another idea is to adopt mere
numbers, but that too has been tried
by the Qunkcrs and found wanting. -
London Chronicle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-04

La Para Grande, the biggest grape
vine in the world, has reached the end
of It's long outdoor life and Will sooa
be cut down. Sevcnty-hve years il
has been growing on ranch in the
Monteelto valley, near Santa Barbara,
Cal, but IL Inns shown signs Of dying,
and so the owner. Albert Magce, the
Plttsburg stove manufacturer has or
dcred II removed. From the pride of
the California vineyards The vine Will
be turned into museum curiosity.
The SANTA Barbara Chamber of Com
mcrce Will preserve 1t ms n specimen
of what the soil of Santa Barbara
county Is able to produce. Ia Para
Granae hes "a tras.ks, rssrsia= s.ena, Ma
feet III circumference, and the trellls,
higher than mans head, on which the
spreading branches Of the vine are sup
ported, measures nearly six feet In
each direction. In Its prime this single
vine produced full four tons of grapes
In single year. Those days of its
glory nre, however, long past.-St.
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-04

Perhaps the fastest reader the world
ever knew was Gladstone. He could
read and digest IL novel of 10000
words, n scientific work M large or
larger, political treatise or II history
by merely gluncing at the leaves as he
turned them over. Ills eye and mind
seemed to photograph with the rapidl-
ty of an instantaneous camera. His
eye was the lens, his mind the sensl-
tive plate. In his reading he was ON
nlyorous to the last degree.
The most rapid reader we ever had
in this country Is John G., Carlisle, for
mcr senator from Kentucky, speaker
of the house and secretary of the treas
ury. Joe Blackburn says that Carlisle
Is the most remarkable man he ever
saw; TINT he can tell the contents OF u
book without looking at II and give the
synopsis OF an argument OH being told
the name OF the author.-New York
Press
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Killing or Thistics.

A correspondent Of the Michigan
Farmer writes ms follows about killing
off Canada thlstles:
The writer's method, which has been
very successful, Is as follows: Tho job
Is let out to boy Cor boys, and tho
terms of the contract are mo kill, no
pay" The result is the boy gets his
pay.
On my farm the thistlcs grow In
patches. and l pay SO much per patch
according to size. The work Is begun
In the spring. Each week for two or
three weeks the boys cut them with II
hoe about two inches below the surface
of the ground.
Once In two weeks, for about three
times and after this about once II
month, this job IL done during the bal
ance of the season. by fall the thistles
are smOthered out.
The leaves of a plant are It's lungs
You can Kill an oak tree by picking off
It's leaves and buds for one season.
plan to kill thlstles In field devoted
TO cultivated crops. After the second
or third cutting very few plants will
appear.
BY little attention to the boy he
will attend to the thlstles and at the
same time earn a little cash have
tried salt, which kills the thistle. but IL
expensive and don't help the boy.
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Sunrroxy CurrIern

A man In Georgia some time ngo
caught some sparrOwS and trained
them so that he can open their cage
and they will fly back again without
any other lnduccment than the love OF
their home. This trainer watched the
birds carefully and made up his mind
that sparrows could be trained TO do
the work OF carrier pigeons and That,
as they were smaller, they would be
more valuable In case Of war. lie gave
one of his sparrows to friend who
was going distance Of $50 miles and
told him to free the bird when he had
reached the end Of his journey and nj
the same time 10 telegraph him when
he did 40. The bird reached home and
went directly to its cage, making the
journey in little over an hour and n
half
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-04

SILK dresses are objected TO by some
husbands, and to such there Is interest
In the recent decision Of n New York
Judge
"If husband allows his wife to
wear articles In his presence and with
his knowledge which he would or
dInarily be liable to pay for ms neces-
saries and he makes no objection, he
will be liable TO pny for them, for his
permission 10 her to retain and enjoy
them without objection IL equivalent
to ratification of the purchase"
Under this ruling drcssmaker &C.
cured payment for n silk dress furnish
ed 10 Mrs. Schlelmer without her hus
bands knowledge.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-04
OLD SOILS RIDE IN 184e.
FIowery Weather Predictions of the
Journalists of Long Ago.

FIOwery Weather Predictions of tho
Journalists of Long Ago.
In these days of practical newspa.
per writing, in which bald facts are
expressed in the plainest and tersest
form, the tlowery language INDUCED
In by some of the Journalists" half u
century ago sounds peculiar. The
following poetic CONFUSION was copied
10y one of the local papers from the
New York Tribune in 1919 as worthy
of high place in the newspaper lit
erature of the day;
ION Saturday evening ut II minutes
past IL o'clock the sun rode calmly
and mildly over the autumnal equinox
and east his golden anchor on the Win
try coast of autumn. Eat as yet the
vast ocean of air through which he
sails Is glowing aud transparent with
the memory of the long summer days
that have passed ever II, darting their
rich beams To its very depths. Even
as we write, however, the rcmem-
brance fades. like the sky's blanchng
souvenirs OF sunset, and in the dis
lance the cold ghosts of winter glare
and wave their frozen wings, which
creak on Icy hinges. while in the 81
lence of midnight n prophetic voice OF
wailing and desolntlon means titfully
Mt the easement"
Few people can contemplate this
specimen of literary architecture with
out experiencing feeling of awe and
sadness, with few cold shivers on
the side 1t Is proof positive that the
profession has in some things gained
by what II has lost.-Albany Argus.
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chnIrnfun.Icism Nccncd.

Unelehood is about the hardest hood
man has To wear and. as have observ-
cd uncles and their habits, they either
Jpoil or repel the small chaps and chap
posses who happen to he made their
nephews and nieces by an accident of
birth. Incles are either intensely
genial or intensely irritable and as iGr
as | am concerned it Is my belief that
our colleges should include in their ear
riculum chair of "unclcism."
Unclchood Is n relationship that man
has to accept. 1t Is thrust upon him.
lie can't help himself To be n father
or mother Is a matter Of volition. But
even In II free country like our own, If
man has brother or sister, he is
liable to find himself an uncle at any
time whether he wishes to be one or
not. Then when It happens he's got to
reason out n course of procedure with
out any basis in previous experience =
John Kendrick Bangs in Woman's
Home Companion.
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LINES HIS WALLS WITH LEGS.
Chicago veteran Turns Uncle sans
bounty 10 Novel Use.

bounty 10 Mover Use.
Henry Curtin, a veteran of the civil
war, living on the West Side, has II
room in his residence that impresses
all his visitors rs n veritahle chamber
of horrors. This is because its most
conspicuous decoration and ornament
is "A row Of human legs suspended on
the walls and entirely eircling the
room. Mr.. Curtin always laughs Mt
the fright of strangers Mt the first sight
of this room and then explains that
the legs are only artificial ones, and
there's nothing TO be afraid of. Then
he tells them how the legs came TO be
there.
you see," said Mr.. Curtin, "ln 1861
1 was so foolish MS TO try to stop Il
cannon ball with my right leg. OF
course | wasn't one, two, three, and
the next thing knew | was In II camp
hospital with only one leg left, That
ended my soldering. The government
had me measured for an artificial leg
as soon rs was able to be about, and
l came home to Chicago.
well, l discovered That | couldn't
wear the kind of Il leg the government
gives owing TO some reasons connect
eel with the way my leg was amputat-
ed, and the only leg | can wear il this
wooden stump that straps to the
thighs. 1t was in 1865 when | got my
first leg. In 1866 an express package
brought me another. | sat down and
wrote the war department that the
legs We're of no use to me and there
fore not TO send them. They didn't
take a bit of notice of my letter, and
In 1867 another leg came. wrote
again TO Washington; told them had
three Of their legs now that l couldn't
use and didn't want them TO go on and
bankrupt the government buying me
legs.
''They never noticed me. In 1865 |
got another leg. They began to get in
the way around the house, SO then |
started the labelling and dating of each
one and hanging them up on the walls
of my den. They come regularly-one
each ycar. There's 30 there now, and
| guess I'll last long enough to see 80
or more II Uncle Sam doesn't get tired
sending them. Chicago Inter Ocean.
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&aEEEe s S; N
- -
DEMOLISHED BY DYNAMITE.
How Chinn's Great Wall Will lie
Used 10 uuIId Modern Cities

How Chinns Great Wall Will lie
Used To Build Modern cities.
II took 20o0,0 men working for
ten years TO build the great wall of
China.
Even then many parts of the wall
were already there for the men TO link
together The earlier sections were
built $50 years before the birth of
Christ The final wall was completed
In POI Il. G.
Now, more than 1000 years later, tho
wall Is TO be blown up by dynamite to
suit the modern idea of progress. 1t
will be destroyed in IL twinkling. 1t
was built in 30 centuries.
An interesting and striking object
lesson In China's whimsical transition
in n few years from superstltious stag
nation to practical advancement Is fur
nished in the proposition to blow the
old wall into ruins. The proposition
emanatcs from the new ruler of China,
the dowager empress. She Is II re-
markable old woman, this dowager
empress, to have been evolved by II
country like China. The wall has been
the pride of the MongolIans all their
lives. They have been reared on II
from childhood. 1t has been a part
of their religion. Up to two years ago
the bare idea Of removing II would
hive stricken the little yellow people
dumb with indignant horror. Even
now had the suggestion come from
foreigner they probably would have
cried cut for the white devils blood
and called upon the empress to Danish
all unbelieving dogs from the wallis
protection. But 1t came from the great
empress herself, who could cut Off the
heads of n thousand or two of the poor
little chaps IL they dared to rnise so
much ms their eyes In dissent, and so
the beloved wall must come down,
with all its precious traditions and
| sacred charms cllnRIug around 1t.
1t will be like pulling the old empire
out hy the roots and building new
empire of things on the rulns-San
Francisco Examiner.
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A I.iIniI iiIiln

Recent observations with the seismo-
graph mt Nautilus have led to the
suggestion that not only the ocean and
the atmosphere, but even the land may
experience the effects of II daily tide
running round and round the cnrth ~
II revolyes ON It's axis. But while the
tides In the air ana the sea are due
more TO the moon than to the sun, thc
supposed "land tide" arises solely
from the suns action. Moreover, It IS
caused not by the attraction of the
sun, but by It's heat. 4 wave Of de
preston IL supposed to follow the sun
from east TO west, caused by the OK
traction Of moisture from the soil. At
Maurltlus II ~ found that there IL n
relative uphcavnl Of the land TO the
west of the place of observation from
morning until evening and relative
depression on the same side or an up
heaval to the east during the night.
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heart hardened TO stone. And, oh, she
had SO loved him-had SO determined
always to look her brightest and best
for him! That might have gone on till
the end, rs 1t often does; but there
came hlow-oue blow more than she
could bear. Wen suppose--weIl sup
pose that one day the wife, somehow
or other, heard him talking to II friend.
The friend WAS quiet; he had asked:
What's the matter wlth-with herr All
the romance gone that you used to talk
aboutT Make it-makc 1t that she held
her breath for the answer, even then
even then; that even then she was
hungering to put her arms all around
him, and tell him. oh. no, II was not
gone! And supposing she heard him
say: Her! Pooh, take no notice of her
always the same. Wish to God some
times I'd never married what with
the expenses and the miserles at home.
Can't make her out like other wo-
men. Given 1t up long ago. Don't you
ever marry, old man. And supposlng
the wife stood ana cried to God to tako
her on the spot, and that God did not
answer, and that ut last-at last, when
something seemed as II 1t would snap
In her braln-shc ercpt into her hus-
bands study and took out the pistol
that he kept in his desk aud put II to
her forehead and and almost pulled
the trigger, Wouldn't paper accept
II story like thutY
Still no answer The man had cram
ed still farther forward. his hands grip.
ping the desk. his face gray In the
dusk, his stare widcned 1t lookcd-it
somehow looked ms If he feared for his
life TO look around, In fear of n hand
waiting for his throat 1t was not his
wife talking. 1t was tragedy that had
come creeping into the room, as 1t
sometimes did when he wrote late. and
something stood and breathed behind
each shoulder.
The voice came again. rs from long
way off.
Yes, Say she paused the moment,
and that saved her She looked nj his
work and thought of his long struggles
and the mind that always strained aft
VI HfiitAiliiE III lllt liiii Is never To he
found. But the thought had come into
her head, and II stald and stald, and
more than once. when he had passed
her with hardly n word or look no,
my God, she could not bear H. God
forgive her. she cannot bear IT,
The indescribable sob and n swift
rush. hand had plucked open the
drawer Mt the mans side. and some
thing bright flashed out. Just In time
he reali2ed something aud swayed up
with hoarse cry: "Wlnnle! No, nor
and faced the picture that was To eat
into his memory for all time.
Tie dead silence, the stare with
which the wide eyes In her worn,
white face seemed to search his soul
wildly for flicker of the truth! Then
her hand dropped, and her face began
To twItch plteously. Ills arms were
out-and the heart beat there yet.
Winnie" he had whispered n
whisper. Don't, don't Come back
to me, Come back to mel"
And for those two Time put back tho
hands of his ciock. hut the story.
That WAS not for publcatlon.-Lo
Star.
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In one of the schools OF this city"
says the Worcester Gazette, THE teach
or, intending to relieve the monotony
of the regular exercises, asked the pu-
pills If they would not like to sing. OF
course there was an instant clamor In
the affirmative, and then the teacher
asked what song they would prefer.
One little boy. In his eagcrness to make
the selection. spluttcrcd out something
Ing to the boy across the aisle, she ask
ed what Johnnie said. Please came
the unexpected answer he says he
wants to sing "HIs Country, IT'S OF
IIImn'"
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A Fent Of uorsemnnshIp.

NJ. Charles Cottu. the son OF Baron
Cottu, has ridden from Vienna TO Paris
Irish Lass. This is "A record, the best
previous time being that Of Hun
garlan officer, Lieutenant Zubowltz,
who accomplished the Journey in II
days and o hours, Both the rider and
his mare finished In excellent condl-
ton, considering the swlftness OF the
journey. Quite a crowd of enthusiasts
welcomed the horseman on his arrival,
and numbers Of cyclists on their steeds
Of steel went TO meet him.
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HIa Henri Al nIpht.

"You ARE all right" said the doctor
after he had gone through with the
regulation humping and listening with
his patient. "Not n trace of heart dis
ease. Fifteen dollars, please"
The patient drew long breath and
remarked: II am sure now | have no
heart disease. If had, l should have
dropi,cd ucdd whvu you mentioned
your feel Boston Commercial BuIIo-
tin.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-04

Major Ross said in n recent lecture
at Liverpool that malarin was not SO
dramatic disease as cholera; 1t did
not Kill so quickly. but 1t killed far
more people. In India 1t killed about
100000 people year. 1t was also
n politically important disease, because
1t checked the progress Of civilization
In districts the richest In the world.
Killing more of the English army than
were killed by the enemy.
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Smiled In rrnnnit

81 wonder" said Gholly as they
drove along the boulevard, why that
thing in front of us is called L cart?"
Perhaps suggested Miss Flyppe,
lit is because 1t is just ahead of u"
Which struck Cholly as being so
clever that he undertook to reproduce
II ut the club that evening
Il awsked her." he proceeded, after
giving the prellminaries, why that
thing in front of us was called Il II
cart, and she said it was because 1t
was just ahead of me. Baw. Jove,
though. | eawn't make it sound the way
1t did when she got 1t off, don't you
know. 80 hlcngo Post
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Milea-There is man over in that
museum who has lived for 40 days on
water.
Giles-P shaw! That's nothing.
have an uncle who has lived for near
ly 40 years on water.
impossible!
Glles-Not at ALL He's sea captain.
Chicago News.
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i nave returned.
As he spoke the handsome and bronz-
ed stranger brandished in the face of
the girl he loved n Gladstone bag stuff
ed with bonds.
when you refused me because
WAS poor" he said, you little knew
what | was capable of"
The first question on her lips after
she had properly thrown herself In his
arms was to Inquire how he got 1t.
"For the last three weeks" he said
exultingly. Il have been head waiter
In n summer hotel" Brooklyn Life.
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Something Noteworthy.

what has he over done to make the
world remember him? Nothing alb
solutcly nothing. He has never
Hold on. now. You're getting ahead
OF the subject Hes made enough
money to keep his heirs fighting and
his name In the newspapers for years
after he is gone. Chicago Times Her
aid.
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Couldn't Spring Tint ON Them.

Nov, children" said the visitor who
was addressing the Sunday school, "1et
me give you simple Illustration OF
what faith Is. You see my watch chain.
You would not have the slightest hesl-
tatlon, now, In asking me what time it
Is, because you have faith that | have
Il watch
mot unless we zee the works." re-
piled the children ms one boy Chicago
Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-04

Professor Sinclair, n high authority,
says we are on the verge of great
therapeutic discoveries concerning the
value OF the suns rays. 1t can cure
face ache, nervous debility, Insomnia,
weak lungs and chilliness. 1t Is Il finer
stimulus than wine, electricity or
massage. The suns rays must shine
long on the parts affected
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-04

I'm good deal Interested In the
new planet they are preparing TO
study" remarked the man who finds
my.
"a new planet" echoed the trust
magnate reproachfully. "What was
the usel We don't own all the earth
Washington Star
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-10-04

How Postal Cards Are often Wasted.
women often send messages to their
dressmaker or to dry goods shops on
postal cards." says The Ladies' Home
journal, attaching bit OF cloth. rib
bon or lace as samples. This makes
the card 'unmnilablc.' SO 1t Is always
sent to the dead letter Office and In
variably destroyed. Men presumably
men-not infrequently paste n clever
Joke or telling political fragment
upon postal and send 1t to II friend
at least. start It, But It never arrives.
Nothing may be attached to n postal
card, nor may one word be written up
on the address side except the address
itself"
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A successfuI Chow,

First Circus Man How do you man
formers?
Second Circus Mani carry IL bill
posters. New York Weekly.
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The Ink plant OF New Granada Is n
curiosity. The juice Of 1t can he used
as Ink without any preparation. At
first the writing Is red. but after few
hours II changes to black.
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neaeuled.

And how did you come to marry
himf"
II didn't come to marry him." an
swerci the womanly little woman in
dignantly. "he came to marry me-
Chicago Post
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EeiInn ILL., ai.naurn

"ls that newcomer naturallzed
EnglishmanY inquired the earl.
NO" answered the duke. Hes
merely an unnaturalized Americana
Washington STIR.
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Glad to Consent.
She-What did papa say 2

She--What did papa sayY
Ho-I asked his consent to our mar
riage by telephone, and ho replied. ~
don't know who you are, but it's all
right Boston Traveller
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In Sweden there are floating can
neries. They are small vessels, which
follow fishing fleets, and men on them
can the fish while they are fresh