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Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

Report from the Stanley Butte min ing district are to the effect that there is great excitement on the strip on account of a discovery of very rich copper ore in some claims owned by Frank Yeast, superintendent of the Stanley Butte Consolidated Mining company, located at the head of the. Goodwin wash, claims formerly owned by Mir. Brooking, and six miles from the Belle group. The ore body is said to be forty feet in width and assaying in copper as high as thirty-five per cent, with considerable gold and silver values. If the reports from there prove authentic, it is the biggest strike ever made in that part of the country and assures the future of that mining district.-G Graham Guardian.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

almost fourfold in 10 years. Its future is great with possibilities as the con- struction of the Transcontinental rail- way will make valuable districts ac- cessible in which various kinds of min eral deposits lie in unlimited quanti- ties awaiting the miners pick and shovel, and means of transportation of the rich ores from the mines to the market.-Mining World.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

One of the biggest mining deals closed in Grant county for some time was made during the past few days, when the Burro Mountain Copper company purchased the mines of the Southwestern Copper company has had the properties under lease and option to buy for some time past. The Southwestern Copper company's prop critics comprise among its best mines the Saint Louis, which is one of the oldest and biggest copper mines in that district, and has produced hun dreds of thousands of dollars for its owners in past years. The Burro Mountain Copper company will at once enlarge the capacity of its pres ent mill near its mines in the Burros, to 300 tons daily capacity. This con- pany now owns one square mile of the best copper ground in the southwest, and, while it has been operating on a . very large scale during the past few years, it will at once greatly increase its work on an extensive scale. The Southwestern Copper company was owned by Boston parties and the big gest stockholders in the Burro Noun tain Copper company are the Leo polds, Chicago millionaires.-Copper Era.
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Was. Of the Wild Elephant.

y " .' TT . ~ -.
s Wild elephants terrorize whole dis
tricts in India. killing men. women and
children and destroying houses. grana.
ries, and fields. A woman and her two
children were sleeping in their hut.
One of the children heard a noise, at
the granary and woke the mother. The
sound of the human voices from the
house enraged the invading elephants.
one Of which charged the house, broke
1t down and killed the woman and one
child The remaining child escaped by
hiding. At another time a woman was
working. at a ford. An elephant walked
out Of the forest and wished to cross
the stream at the ford. AS the. woman
was in the way, lie picked her up.
winding his trunk around her body. the
enc. ';of. 1t coming over her face and
nose. Then he placed the woman gen.
tly, or as gently as he could, atone side
Of the path. He did not mean to hurt
her, but nevertheless he broke her nose
and one rib by the compression of his
trunk. Again, al elephant found a
mother and baby in a granary which
he was demolishing. With its huge
foot 1t crushed the baby In its cradle,
but. picking up the mother, lifted her
out of the house unhurt. placed her on
the ground and then went on rummag-
ing for grain.
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Lincoln and Mrs. Pickett.

In her book Dixie After the War;
Mrs. Myrta Lockett Avary tells the
following Lincoln story in connection
with General Pickett, who led the
charge at Gettysburg: Mr.. Lincoln had
taken warm interest in young George
Pickett as a cadet at West Point. Dur
ing his hurried %sojourn in Richmond
Lincoln's carriage and armed retinue
drew up In front Of the old Pickett
mansion. The generals young wife
came out, with her baby in her arms,
and said, Il am General Pickett's
wife,"
madam" Lincoln answered, II am
Georges old friend, Abraham Lin
coin"
1.-THE president Of the United States!"
she asked.
mo-" with a smile, "only Abraham
Lincoln, Georges old friend"
The child reached out his hands, and
when Lincoln took him in his arms he
kissed the president.
Tell your father" said Lincoln.
''that I will grant him a special am
nesty-lf he wants it-for the sake OF
your mothers bright eyes and your
good manners"
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Are we as Americans as courteous
in all our relations of life as well dis
posed visitors occasionally think us7
Are we as courteous as mixed blood.
equitable laws and a prevailing senti-
ment Of self respect might be reason
ably expected to make us? Do we not
sometimes confound issues, confuse
disinterestedness with %politeness and
believe that because good breeding
comes from the heart all good hearted
people are consequently well bred2
Yet there are men and women who
stand ever ready to help their fellow
creatures and who are seldom or ever
polite to them. DR.. johnson was n
Of the kindest Of men, but Of that
courtesy which respects the feelings as
well as the rights Of others he had nev-
er the faintest perception. "Now, what
harm does it do a man to contradict
him?" he used to say, and contradic-
ton was the guiding principle Of his
talk. It is a guiding principle with
people of much less intelligence today,
and it gives to conversation a rough
acerbity, destructive alike of pleasure
and responsiveness. 1t is supposed to
be a masculine prerogative, but. like
other masculine prerogatives, has been
usurped by an advance guard Of wom
en.-DelineatOr. sH.
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The star and Her Public.

OF course materially the star Is ex-
tremely well of. She can, II she has
any business instinct whatever, easily
become q rich woman. She earns. We
will say, $500 a week and a percentage
Of the box Office receipts. At that rate
she need not he misery to accumulate
a. tidy fortune in the course of a few
successful years. A few successful
years! ALI, there's the rub! The public
is dear, kind, sympathetic, fattering-
and tickle. Its regard is immediate and
perhaps ephemeral. It adores you this
year, focks to see you, bursts it's gloves
applauding you, warns the cookies of
your heart with its ready smiles, its
ready signs. losses you flowers, sends
you notes, makes you walk upon air
with gladness. And next year it doesn't
car for your play or there is some n
new, some one bewitching, enthralling.
Your personal popularity has eyapo-
rated. And you see yourself going the
Inevitable. way-the way that greater
actresses and greater favorites than
you have gone before you, to their neg
lected. half contemptuously pitied old
age-to the drummed up benefits and
the condescendingly bestowed charity.
Ethel Barrymore in Harper's Bazar.
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Burdens
Fuilurc
By CLAY MARsDEN
Copyright. 1908. by Ruby Douglas

"Come right in," said the girl at the
head Of the stairs. Il have been ex-
pecting you for an hour"
ut is pleasant to be expected" laugh.
I'd Burden.
THAT will do" said the girl sharply.
mo impertinence or I shall report you
to the %janitress."
janitress had to do with the matter,
but he lifted the soft SLOUGH hat that
was a part of his fishing toggery and
started to pass on up the stairs to his
apartment.
"Come in here" called the girl i'm.
periously. "You don't suppose that I
came downstairs to meet you, do your
She led the way through an open
door, affording a vista Of chaos, to the
parlor of the apartment. "Those pic
lures had better be hung first" she
commanded. 81 will tell you where"
Burden gasped. For the first time
he realized what was expected of him.
She had mistaken him for a day work
err for whom she had probably sent to
aid her in Strengthening out her new
home. The fact that he was in an
old suit and had rung the nearest bell
in the lobby because he had forgotten
his keys accounted for the error. 1t
had been her bell he had rung. She
was expecting q man to help, and she
had supposed that he was the one.
She had not been flirting after all.
Somehow Burden was rather glad Of It.
There would not be very much do
ing in the street that afternoon, so he
/ dipped off his coat and went to work.
l. 1t was evident that the little woman
intended to get the full worth Of her
money out of him, for she kept him
busy, and under her skillful direction
the fat soon assumed an appearance
of orderliness he had not supposed pos
sible in so short q time.
She explained that her mother would
: arrive the next morning and that she
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HansvaY's
niSbm
By JOHN J. o'coNNoR
Copyright, 1906. by May McKeon
By JOHN ). o'coNNoR

1t was October when Tim came to
school. The family had been visiting
relatives in the west, and he had re.
joiced in the prolonged vacation. It
seemed rather hard to have to go back
to school, and it was with laggard feet
that he headed, with the rest of the
scholars, toward the little frame build
ing where the tender mind of district
No. 4 was trained.
"The new teachers SOFT" volunteer
ed Tommy English. 1.-The other day
Bill Hendricks brought a bean blower
and shot the teacher in the back, and
all she said was, Please DON'T l
guess there's going to be fun"
Tim smiled weakly. 1t a encour-
aging to Know that he coUll practice
his devilments without the risk Of a
%thrashing. The last teacher had been
a man, and Tim had had good reason
to remember him, for of the younger
boys Tim vas the ringleader, just as
Hendricks was the leader of the older
boys. That Bill had eventually thrash
ed the teacher and forced him to re-
sign just before the end of the spring
term was no great consolation to Tim.
The trustees had put in a woman
teacher as In experiment, thinking that
perhaps feminine appeal might be
more potent than the hickory switch.
Tim rather expected u gaunt old lady.
as a certain Miss Flint had been, and
when he made his appearance i'll the
schoolroom and presented himself be-
fore the teacher he was shocked to
find SO young a woman.
Marion Murtha was only nineteen,
and her fresh coloring and the liquid
brown eyes made SO deep an impress
sion on him that for the first ten days
he was n of the model scholars, and
Miss Murtha was beginning to congrat-
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The Second Duke Of Wellington.

Lady Dorothy Nevill tells us that
the second Duke Of Wellington was a
very clever and witty man, whom in
dolence or pride prevented from tax
ing part III politics or anything else.
He certainly was eccentric in man.
ners and dress, generally wearing IAN
old soft felt hat and an aged cloak of
the sort known as a r%oquelaure, a huge
cape of black cloth, and this, com.
bined with his goggles, made him a
figure of a very noticeable and eccen-
trio kind" One day the duke drove
Lady Dorothy Nevill down to the
Crystal palace to see an exhibition Of
donkeys, and when there his grace
would insist on strolling about in the
Enclosure reserved for judges. Lady
Dorothy told him they would be turn
ed out and left him. Presently an
official approached and said, "Sir, may
I ask. are you a judge?" "a judge Of
what?' Numbered the duke. "Of DON
keys" came the reply. Certainly I
am and docking hard at the NAM a
very good one too. Leave me alone"
The man skunk back abashed, and
there was more whispered consulta-
ton among the officials. But the queer
intruder was recognized by somebody.
and with many bows and apologies the
Duke of Wellington was invited to
become a Judge, to which he agreed
with much NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Re-
view. r
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By
n Kiss
By MARY BRAY
Copyright. 1906, by May McKeon

Billy kissed her. It had not been en-
tirely unexpected. He had threatened,
and she had laughed and teased him.
Then it happened, and she had struck
him a singing blow In the face and
run, plunglng through tangled vines
and bushes, tearing her light dress and
scratching her arms on the blackberry
thorns, until she broke into an open
space where one might stop to breathe.
She paused, then flung herself upon the
ground, pressing hot hands to warm,
flushed cheeks.
Why had Martha run away? Be
cause she hated Billy? oh, no, or she
would not have gone blackberrying
with him. Because she loved to scram-
BILE through brush and brier? Hardly.
Why, then? Because cher thoughts ram
bled confusedly)-just because he kiss
ed her. Perhaps Billy would come and
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scious only Of speed. The cabin door
was nearing, glimpsed through the
woods. open. 1t seemed to her that a
monster Was coming fast behind and
that she covered the ground by leaps.
like a strange animal. Suddenly she
left the path and made u short cut
through the trees, 80 that for the in
slant he did not see her swift change
of direction, and to this she probably
owed her life. She tore into the cabin,
almost fell upon a man within as he
jumped from his chair and gasped,
hardly knowing what she was saying:
"He'Il kill us! Lock the door! Run"
As she fell exhausted to the floor she
dimly sensed a man rushing out Of the
cabin in the direction from which she
had come. Her breath came thick and
painfully. She tried to think, and sud-
denly, like a lightning fash, came the
query, "Who was the man in the cab
I'M" and a new terror seized her.
Then her flesh quivered at the sound
Of a horrible cry and two almost stimuli
taneous shots, followed by a third.
How long she lay where she had
fallen she did not know, for now
fright and exhaustion seemed to have
numbed her utterly, but when she was
able to struggle to her feet she crept
through the woods toward the old path
leading to the country road, avoiding
with a shudder the crooked path which
led from the cabin. Finally she sat
down by the wayside to wait for any
passing vehicle, too spent to carry her
self farther. And this time Billy, also
disappointed, carrying his load Of ber-
ries, came strolling along.
"Martha!!"
At sight of the limp. b%edraggled fig
urc he cried out and fell at her side.
She told him weakly what had hap
pened, and, a1ame with revengeful
rage, he marched down the crooked
! path, leaving her for a minute alone.
| When he came back his usually ruddy
face was white, though he would not
give any explanation, and not until
Billy had carried her home in his
| strong young arms and she had cried
| UHOA AAl0 ouOuluCl LIN z AAAA MISC LII
peacefully, rapturously, did he tell her
that he had stumbled upon two dead
bodies, dead, but warm, not five yards
from each other, though separated by
| shrubbery and trees.
It TRANSFERRED that the men We're no
torious criminals in hiding. When
Martha had staggered in with her cry
Of Hell kill us! RUM" the startled
man in the cabin acted upon n idea
that he was about to be captured; tina;
she had warned him. He had rushed
out, fred at the figure approaching
through the woods, and his shot was
almost instantly returned. Both me1
had shot to kill.
AS a curious beneficence from so har
rowing an experience, the prize money
paid for the delivery of the two Grim
inals, alive or dead. gave a certain
young couple a splendid start in thu
| building of their new home.
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was anxious to have things all in readi-
ness for her. On that plea she kept
him working until 8 o'clock, but she
was generous when she paid him OF.
Burden waited ON the landing until
she closed the door; then he raj up.
stairs to his own rooms and tumbled
into the tub. 1t had been hard work
and hot, and he was glad Of the chance
to clean up. He had risen at 4 for q
fishing trip and had made a long day,
but he thought he would dress again
and slip Over to the club for a chat and
a bite.
At the foot of the first fight he came
face to face with the girl. She recog.
nized him in spite of the change that
evening clothes made and gave a little
cry.
:"Then you were not the a the
janitress promised to send up7" she
said.
Burden lifted his hat. ;
81. admit it," he. began. when I saw
the mistake you had made and remem-
bered that I had seen Phil, the .chore
man, disgustingly intoxicated on my
way In, I let you persist in your mis-
take that I might be of assistance"
"And you let me pay you money"
she reproached.
"If you think l didn't earn IT." he
smiled, "Ill give it back"
"But 1 made you earn ity!' She shud.
lered as she thought of how she had
driven him. "And I gave you 10 cents
Cor a glass of beer"
"Beer is only five," he explained.
won't you have the other one? l
guess that you must be as tired and as
hungry as l. am. You did your full
share of the work, 30 won't you come
and share the reward? I know that
it's unconventional, but 1t will be such
fun. Will you Gomez"
The girl looked into his eyes. What
she saw there must have satisfied her.
for she turned to descend the stairs
with him.
"My name is Burden" he announced
when they reached the street-'Na-
thaniel Burden, commonly known as
Nat"
II am Lois Trevor" she retorted. II
am glad to meet Mr.. Burden" 3
Burden tucked her arm through his
and led the way to the street ar. 1t
was only a short ride. and Lois gave a
little gasp when she saw the restau-
rant.
81 did not realize how hungry l was
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ulate herself that the boy against
whom everybody had warned her was
not 50 bad after all.
In vain his fellows looked for some
outbreak, and finally Tommy English
twitted him on his susceptibility.
He wants to marry her when he
grows up" he jeered. He'll be bring
Ing her apples an candy next. The
amt afraid; he's just soft, that's ALL"
The gibe struck home. for Tim had
a big apple in his desk that he was
thinking of giving Miss Murtha If he
did not feel tempted to eat 1t, himself
during the noon hour.
Il amt a-skeered of her." he said
contemptuously., MI'awas just. "waitin'
till 1 could think somethin' up"
"Yah," jeered Tommy. II didn't say
you was a-skeered. I said you was
stuck on the teacher"
The iron entered Tins soul, and,
with a dark "You wait and see." he
raced of to the. well.
He came stamping in when the bell
rang and went to his desk with a,swagt
ger that was quite like his old time
bearing. The desk next him was emp
ty, and with infinite care he twisted
two bits of slate pencil into a rubber
band and dropped. them into the other
desk The unwinding band ratified the
pencils around in the empty box with
a crash that stopped the Fourth Reader
class and directed. the eyes of the
whole school on him. Tim tried to look
unconcerned, but he could not refrain
from casting a glance Of triumph at
Tommy English, and therein lay his
undoing, for the teachers eyes were
quick and her intuition keen.
"'Tim," she said sharply. "You will
stay in after school tonight"
II amt done nothin'," he declared
stoutly.
81 did not say that you had" she said
quietly. 81 said that l wished you to
remain after school this evening""
cav" cried Tim, that amt fair"!
She said nothing, but went on quietly
with the class work. Tim had expected
her to answer, that he might talk back
again. He could not understand this
quiet Ignoring of the matter IN sat
silent and uncertain.
During the Don hour Tommy Eng
lish sought to persuade him into defy
ing the teacher, but when 4 o'clock
came and HE made as though to go out
with the others a firm hand was laid
upon his shoulder, and Miss Murtha's
quiet voice reminded him that be was
to stay in.
To stay after school meant to spend
I certain time In study. Tim scufied
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until I began to wonder If they would
serve an unescorted m at this
tils." Ut night"
EE:den glanced at the clock In the
wiado,v. 1t was only half past 10. but
1t secnlcd. later to her.
I'VE wont worry about such things"
he suggested. Just think about what
IL best to eat"
Over the tasteful meal he had or
dered she grew more communicative.
She had come to the city to study mu-
sic, he learned. There were only her
mother and herself left of a large fam
lily, and they wanted to be together.
There was something In Burdens man
ner that inspired confidence, and, al
most without realizing 1t, she was
chatting as with an old friend.
The next afternoon he called to pay
his respects to Mrs. Trevor, and before
long the two women had come to re-
gard Burden almost as n of the fam
lily. He took them to concerts and the
theater and formed the habit of drop
ping in for a chat in the evenings when
he was not going out.
Then came the panic, and for a week
many a firms fate hung In the balance.
The one in which Burden was a part
ner was persistently included in the
list of the doubtful concerns, and then
one afternoon the late editions came
out with the statement that the house
had been forced to suspend.
r. ~1ol kho ~o~ouk %ovyn~1nh1v hypk
when Burden came home late that
night and YEARLY began to ascend the
steps she was ut the head of the flight
to welcome him, calm eyed and quiet.
Mother wants you to come in and
have some coffee" she pleaded. I'VE
saw the papers and are SO sorry"
"Tll come gladly" he said as his
drawn face lighted up. Il shall be
glad to forget business for the mo-
ment. To find you waiting here like
the first time we met is as unexpected
as it is pleasant"
1--WE could not Sleep" she explained.
"while you were in trouble. We want
ed to know that all was well with you
If not with the business"
"You didn't suppose l was going to
shoot myself in the true melodramatic
fashion, did your he laughed. Lois
shook her head.
ut wasn't exactly that" she explain
cd. "but we thought it might not seem
SO hard IL you had a chance to rest up
a little before you went to your
rooms"
He followed her into the tiny din
ing room, where a dainty cold lunch
was spread.
"Cast your restaurant meals on the
water and they will come back in the
shape of real home stuff" he laughed.
II hope this lunch will do you as
much good as that other supper did
me,'' said Lois earnestly.
"More," he protested. "There Is
only one thing 1 should like better"
"And that?' she asked.
"a meal In our own home" he ex-
planned. 'Is there hope for me, Lois:"
The girl nodded her head.
"You are-so handy about the house."
she explained to owe her confusion.
THAT'S a good recommendation" he
laughed. "If the firm really does fail
1 think l shall hire out by the day" :
IT." she echoed.
"Just that" he confirmed. 1T was
q trick to throw the market. We are
solid enough, but the sensational sheets
turned rumor into what purported to
be a statement Of facts. You see, you
will not have to carry a beggar after
ALL"
II don't care what you are, Nat"
she said tenderly, 80 that you arc
you"
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Dangerous.

Kind Lady-My poor man. will you
never keep away from booze?
Rummy Robinson-Well, mum. dere
is one boose I keep away from.
Kind Lady-And what booze is that?
Rummy Robinson-Why, de caboose.
OATS where de brakemen ride.-Chica-
% News.
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Practice.

"Your friend Popley hasn't had his
auto very long. but he seems to man.
age It very well. He seems particular
" clever at steering through a crowd
ed street."
'fOh..; Popley's all right! He's had
years Of experience with q baby car
Rage"