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Mohave County miner., 1911-02-11

This week Newton Evans purchased the group of mines of John Doyle paying him a large sum therefor. The mines are near Cedar and are said to show average values of 22S gold, 30 ounces silver, and 35 per cent zinc. Mir. Evans will put a force ot men to work on the mines as soon as he returns from Los Angeles.
 O. D. M. Gaddis spent yesterday in the Goldroad and Silver Creek sec tions, returning to KIngman last night by automobile. He is of the opinion that the river range, in which the Goldroad mines are situated, will be- come one of the greatest gold produc- ing sections of the Pacific coast. The only thing lacking to make the mines great at the present time is an abun- dance of water and cheap power. All this will come in time and then the gold will flow to the mint in steady and constantly increasing stream.
 We fear that the old timers have been filling" the editor of the Stan dard with few myths or moths. Its story of the big discovery of gold in the Big Bend of the Colorado river is somewhat of, especially the reference to Kuencer and his partners. The fact is that Curtiss left Mohave county for South Africa in the summer of 1880 and never returned. As Kuencer told the story to the editor of the Miner, and Curtiss were in Gold Basin, in the year 1876 or 1877 and were on their way to Mineral Park for grub, when one of the party discovered piece of float rock on a little hogback near Longstreet spring. The ore was wonderfully rich, and a search was made for the vein from which it was supposed to have come, but it was never found. The place is northeast of Chloride, not northwest, and east of White Hills It is a locality where there are many veins of gold bearing ore and it is probable that the float came from any one of these many veins with which that section is gridironed. In the early days of the county there was a story current of an immensly rich deposit of placer gold in the Big Bend section, but nothing has ever come of the many prospecting trips made in there by men we'll versed in gravel mining. Turquoise and copper are to be found all through that region, which is one of the widest and most picturesque in the territory.
Mohave County miner., 1911-02-11

Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor exercise, insufficient mastic ation of food, constipation, a torpid liver, worry and anxiety, are the most con- mon causes of stomach troubles. Cor rect your habits and take Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon be we'll again. For sale by all dealers.
Mohave County miner., 1911-02-11

How to cure cold is a question in which many are interested just now. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won it's great reputation and immense sale by its remarkable cure of colds. It can always be depended upon. For sale by all dealers.
Mohave County miner., 1911-02-11
The Huff Process May be Installed a
 Needles Plant.

A Midvale, Utah, dispatch says: There is strong likelihood that the United States Smelling, Refining X Mining company will extend its Huff electrostatic concentrating efforts to che mill recently placed in commission at Needles. Mill Superintendent Mou- gin of the Midvale plant has left for the Net dies works, where he will con- duct exhaustive experiments on the low-grade zinc-iron ores of the con- pany's mines to demonstrate their adaptability to this process.
 At Midvale the electrostatic concen- trator has operated to perfection. By this process the company produces a separate zinc concentrate, which is shipped east. This product materially increases the income, while in past operations this zinc was not only sac rifced to a large extent in smelting at Midvale, but it interfered with the smelling efficiency generally. The Midvale plant has been brought into such a state of usefulness that several Bingham and Park City customers of the company are shipping their low grade zinc ores for treatment there on a custom basis.
 It is possible, therefore, that the company's new shelter at Needles in time will be given either a release from the unwelcome burden of at- tempting to reduce the silver and lead concentrates with their troublesome zinc content, or that the company will be able to increase its net profits from zinc treatment and shipments not now available. The new shelter and mill both are in successful operation at this time on company and custom ores. The United States company continues its policy of wide and deep mine de- velopment effort, while the blowing in at the shelter has encouraged mine owners generally within market dis tance to resume operations.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
How the First Maker Of American
Dictionaries Travelled About Per-
suadlng Printers to Adopt His
Ideas Of orthoaraphy.

Many persons, probably naturally,
have the mistaken opinion that the
first maker of American dictionaries,
Noah Webster. and Daniel Webster
were Of kin. They were not of kin,
however, unless the relationship was
very remote. Noah Webster had Co
lonial forebears and Daniel Webster
had not Noah Webster was a de-
scendant on the maternal side of the
second governor Of Plymouth Colony,
Governor Bradford.
Noah Webster's home was at New
Haven, Conn. for many years. and
one of the traditions associated with
his career Is that he wrote "Webster's
Spelling Book" while living in little
frame house of colonial architecture
near New Haven green. That classic
however, was written q full fifteen
years before Webster removed to New
Haven and while he was a school
teacher in New York state, although
1t was published at Hartford. Conn.
A few years prior to the Civil war
there still lived In New Haven sew
eral citizens OF venerable years who
well remembered Noah Webster
"He was a very tall man. somewhat
slender, but very erect" said one Of
those old citizens. II remember that
he had a very kindly face. and know
that with us in New Haven he had. in
my earlier days. a higher reputation
as the maker OF 'Webster's Spelling
Book than as the compiler of Web
ster's Dictionary, and that was 90 be-
cause we were all taught spelling from
Webster's speller. and there were told
wonderful stories about the way that
book was selling.
Il have always heard that Noah
Webster was sort Of subscription
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
Lord Kelvin on Electricity

sible to demonstrate the organic ma
ture of electricity? have sometimes
thought that was on the right road
to the discovery. only to find that
was not. Many men Of science are
studying this problem. and although
Mr.. Westinghouse is persuaded that
we are as far away as ever today from
knowing what electricity is, yet he
did say to me that his experience Jus
titles him in suspecting that electric
ity is not quantity or a nuid. but a
quality. just as light is should
think that would lead Mr.. westing-
house to suspect that electricity is.
like light. caused by vibrations ema-
mating from the sun.
Il am not given to predictions
men Of science do not predict But
am willing to say that II we at last
learn what electricity IL. then there
will open up new era of material
advancement. of comfort and convent
ence to mankind. In which civilization
will be developed far beyond the
point It has now reached. I some
times think that with the discovery of
the nature Of electricity we may flnd
the great specific for disease. that
electricity contains within itself
health-perfecting energy. At present.
however, men Of science can do no
more than say that they suspect that
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
CURED SORES WHEN
ALL ELSE FAXED
Woman Acts 40 Bsnsfactrsss to chill
dren


Mrs. W. Linsky, Of Salem, Mass.
writes, telling Of the wonderful results
from the use Of Resinol. In her own
words the letter reads:
II have used your Resinol Ointment
for i've years, az two different doctors
recommended II. have given 1t to .
number Of children with sores that
they could not find cure for, and Il
was always sure to cure them. would
not be without II"
Resinol Is the indispensable stand
ard remedy for all skin troubles, from
the common pimple, cut, scald, boil or
sore, to carbuncles, felons. eczema,
erythema, herpes, BARRIERS itch, psori-
asis and every abrasion of the skin
from any cause. Resinol Ointment can
be instantly applied and its effect 10
instantaneous. 1t is put up in screw
top opal containers, selling at fifty
cents or a dollar, according to size. Il
has the approval and recommendation
Of thousands Of our best physicians,
and hundreds of thousands of families
are never without It. Another indis-
pensable necessity 10 Resinol Soap,
one Of the finest, most soothing and
refreshing toilet soaps in the world.
1t Is preventive of most Of the skin
troubles, includin4 blackheads. PIN.
pies and chapped hands. It IL espe-
cially adapted to the tender skin Of
infants and children. Nothing Is bet
ter for shampooing and cleaning the
scalp and for the prevention Of falling
hair. The ointment and soap are sold
by all druggists.
Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore. Ma
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
Noah Webster as a Pioneer

agent for his own speller soon after 1t
was published. He was accustomed
to travel about the country. stopping.
whenever convenient. at towns where
there was printing ONCE. He would
enter the printing office and pass a
few pleasant words with the proprie-
tor. or the general printer, or even
the printers devil; he was a familiar
figure In the printing Offices of New
Haven and Hartford. Then, having
by his kindly ways ingratiated him.
self into the others good favor, Mr..
Webster would say:
my friend. observe that you are
accustomed to spell the word honor"
with ~" and that 1t is also your
habit to spell the word labor" with a
'u." Now. I want to say to you that
that, In my opinion, is not the Ameri-
can way to spell these words. That is
the English way. The "u" 10 not need
ed
80, Noah Webster would 60 from
town to town, visiting the printing Of.
fees. to persuade the printers of that
time to adopt his form OF spelling.
And have sometimes thought that he
did more by this method to secure
acceptance Of his ideas of spelling
than at first he did with his spelling
book"
Noah Webster must. then, have been
the FIRST American advocate OF the
now so-called modified or simplified
form Of spelling. 1t used to be said
by some Of his descendants In New
Haven that In all about fifty million
copies Of his spelling book were sold.
and It Is a well-known fact that, al
though the royalty which he received
upon each copy was a little less than
one cent. nevertheless this income
was suficient to support him and his
family during the twenty years when
no was engased in the compiling Of
his great dictionary.
tCopyrisht. 1911. by n J. Edwards. All
RIGHTS Rsssrvsd-)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
Senator Malone Found Out Why
Wade Hampton and M. c. Butler
Wanted Negro as Postmaster
Of Columbia, s. C.

United States Senator William Ma
hone of Virginia. who as Confed-
crate general. gained at the siege OF
Petersburg the title of The Hero of
the Crater" was sitting listlessly in
his seat, the first one on the rear row
Of the Republican side of the senate.
one April day in 1881. The senate
was In special session. Senator Ma
hone had hardly had time to get ac-
customed to his senatorial toga, for
he had only become a member of the
senate or March 4.
Suddenly. Senator Malone became
greatly interested; the president had
just sent to the senate nominations
for postmasters for some Of the larger
southern cities. Malone had been a
member Of the committee on postof-
fees and post roads. and as he was
the only member of the senate from
the south affiliated at that time with
the Republican party. he was expected
to exercise care that all postofiice ap-
pointments made in the south would
be such as would prove satisfactory to
the southern Republicans.
The senator made haste to read
over the list of nominations. and he
discovered among them the nomina-
tion Of one John Allen to be postmas-
ter at Columbia. 8. c. At once Sen
ator Malone went from one to another
of the Republican senators seeking
information about John Allen. At last
he obtained 1t. Senator Roscoe Conk-
ling informed him that he understood
that John Allen had been made post
master Of Columbia by President
Hayes, and that the present nomina-
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
Titles In England.

Forty or fifty years ago few people
In England had titles. There were
only a few decorations which entitled
their owners to put the prefix "Sir"
before their names. We all of US
looked down with lofty contempt upon
the counts and barons that were SO
plentiful In continental countries. Now
we can do SO no longer. for probably
there Is no other country in the world
where the traffic in titles Is SO open
and so indecent as in England. What
the number OF our decorations is do
not know, and imagine that few do.
Every few years some new one Is Gre
ated and an Englishman with taste
that way can easily manage to ex-
hibit himself covered with metal disks
and bits of ribbon like some success
full COW at an agricultural show. These
embellishments may fatter the vanity
OF their wearers. but they do not In
crease the respect that Is felt for Eng
lishmen.-London Truth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
Great Physicist Admitted Its Real Ma
ture 10 Yet Wholly Unknown but
Believed tho Mystery Will
Be Solved.

In the latter part Of September.
1897, | spent an afternoon with the
late Lord Kelvin. the electrical engi-
neer for the pioneer Atlantic cables
and one Of the greatest physicists the
modern world has known. He was to
sail the next day for his home IN
Scotland. He had just made VISIT
of inspection to Niagara Falls ana
had there seen the largest use OF
electricity for power. lighting and
transportation purposes at that time
made In any part of the world.
l asked Lord Kelvin-born In 1924,
in Belfast. as plain William Thomson
If there had been any advance made
by men Of science. and especially by
those who were occupied the re-
searches in the field OF electricity,
which would give them any reliable
hint as to what electricity really 10.
mo, l do not think that we know
today any more about electricity than
we did In the day Of Faraday and
your own Joseph Henry, who. as you
probably know, were pioneers in cleo
trical research" was Lord Kelvin's re-
ply. "Of course. there have been
many discoveries of laws which con-
troll electricity, or, might more &C
curately say. which electricity con-
trolls, and the discovery of these laws
has made 1t possible for applied sci
ence to perfect inventions by means
of which electricity becomes most
valuable commercial agency. We have
also learned how to measure electric
ity. mean by that, how to measure
the amount Of energy which any given
current can produce. We have per-
fected apparatus by which initial en-
ergy Is produced; wonderful exam
pie of that is to be seen at Niagara
Falls. But so far as / know, we are
no nearer the discovery which would
show us what electricity really ia than
We were 100 years ago.
II do not know whether I shall be
permitted to live long enough to see
the day when the secret Of electricity
Ia disclosed" continued Lord Kelvin.
Yet | can see no reason why 1t
| should not be discovered. However,
Mr.. George Westinghouse tells me
that, notwithstanding his close study
Of electricity, and his application Of
electric energy to various apparatus.
to him It seems as though we are to-
day farther away from the penetration
of the mystery than we we're at the
time when he took up electricity upon
its commercial side
But why should not the secret of
electricity be discovered? We have
learned what fire really Is. A hun
dred years ago 1t was thought to be
an organic element They called 1t
phlogiston, but science mastered the
secret Of fire, and showed that in fire
there is no phlogiston, only vibration.
DR.. Priestly more than a hundred
years ago discovered oxygen, and we
now know what the com ;onent parts
Of our atmosphere are. We have
learned what the composition OF wa.
ter Is and that It is not an original
element. but is formed by the com.
bination Of two gases which are or
ganic. why should It then be impos
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
A SPOON SHAKER.
Straight From coffeedom.

Coffee can marshall good squadron
Of enemies and some very hard ones to
overcome. A lady in Florida writes:
Il have always been very fond Of
good coffee. and for years drank 1t at
least three times q day. At last, how
ever, found that 1t was injuring me.
Il became bilious, subject to fire.
Quent and violent headaches, and 80
very nervous, that I could not lift .
spoon to my mouth without spilling .
part Of its contents.
my heart got 'rickety' and beat so
fast and 80 hard that l could scarcely
breathe. while my skin got thick and
dingy. with yellow blotches on my face,
caused by the condition Of my liver
and blood.
Il made up my mind that all these
amictions came from the coffee. and
determined to experiment and see.
80 quit coffee and got package
Of Postum which furnished my hot
morning beverage. After . little time
was rewarded by Z complete restora-
tion Of my health In every respect.
Il do not suffer from biliousness any
more. my headaches have disappeared.
my nerves are a. steady a. could be
desired. my heart beats regularly and
my complexion has cleared up beauti-
fully-the blotches have been wiped out
and It IL such pleasure to be wen
again." Name given By Postum Co.
Battle Greek. Mich.
Read the little book. The Road 70
Wellville." in pkgs. There's reas6n."
Dvsr Rcd the abevu Bsetsrs q nsv
80 appears fFo0 tine @ tire. tn
SrS gs1uaAes truss ard fn11 - humnn
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
A euIlet-RIddIed Sian.

Paris Is city OF curious signboards,
one of the most remarkable ones rep
resenting tobacconist's sign at IS
Rue du Chateau-d' Eau. which has
been there ever since 1870. II is rid
died with holes made by the bullets
Of the Prussians. and the occupant Of
the shop states that SO far as he II
aware. It Is the only public relic OF the
Franco-Prussian war in evidence In
the streets OF Paris today. my
sign" he added. brings me plenty Of
customers. You have no idea. mon
siepr, of the number of British and
American tourists who pass this way
and drop into my place for a cigar or
a box of matches. merely in order to
have a word with me about my bullet
riddled sign. wouldn't part with It
for anything"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
Darby Was in the Woodpile

ton was a reappointment. Further
more, the New Yorker said that Allen
was a colored man. and that he be-
proved by the two senators from
South Carolina, Wade Hampton and
Matthew c. Butler. both Of whom were
Confederate vetetans.
Impossible" oMahone exclaimed.
General Butler approves the appoint
ment Of colored man for postmaster
Of Columbia? Why, Columbia is Wade
Hampton's own town. shall have to
look into this Immediately"
AS soon as cab could take him
there. he went to the postoffice depart
ment and made his way without an
nouncement into the Office Of the post
master general
Mr.. Postmaster General" Malone
said, in thin. piping voice. the pres
ident has sent to the senate the nomi-
nation of one John Allen to be post
master Of Columbia, s. G. That nomi-
nation will be referred to my commit
tee. want to know about him. ID
he colored mani"
Yes; not a full-blooded negro. I
believe. but still a colored man."
who recommended him?''
well. the two South Carolina sen.
ators, Wade Hampton and General
Butler, came to see me. told them
that the president would like to reap
point John Allen. unless they had
some valid objection. Wade Hampton
replied that Allen was a good man.
and very efficient postmaster. Then
turned to General Butler, and he
told me that he agreed fully with Gen
eral Hampton"
do you mean to tell me. Mr.. Post
master General" cried the Virginian
that Wade Hampton actually recon
mended the appointment of a colored
man for postmaster of his own town"
That is exactly what Senator
Hampton did," the postmaster gen.
eral replied.
For some minutes Malone stood as
though in deep contemplation. Then
he said:
We'll. Mr.. Postmaster General, II
Wade Hampton has recommended q
colored man for postmaster Of Colum-
bia. then l want to tell you that there
Is colored man in that wood pile.
and | am going to find him."
A few days later. Malone met tho
postmaster general in the lobby OF
| the hotel at which both were guests.
He took the cabinet officer aside.
you remember" he said. II told
you that l was going to find a darby
in that Columbia postofice wood pile!
Well, have found him. Wade Hamp-
toms nephew IL the deputy postmas-
ter there. He needs the money-he
needs the money. John Allen will be
reported favorably by my committee.
and will be confirmed as postmaster. ;"
Copyright. 1911, by r. J. Edwards. All
| Rights Rsservsd)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
The strawberry 10 Old.

Strawberries have improved very
much In flavor since the fifteenth GEN.
fury. Until then the only strawber.
RES eaten were wild Strawberries. Of
kind which would never find mar.
ket nowadays. says the London Chron.
icle. BY 1880. however, they were
beginning to be cultivated, for Holm.
shed records under that date Z mar.
ticularly fine crop grown BY the Bish.
op Of Ely in the grounds OF his palace.
now covered by Hatton Garden. He
quotes the duke Of Gloucester a. say.
ing to the bishop. my lord, you have
very good strawberries in your garden
in Holborn. ! require you to let IN
have q mess Of them" This speech
was copied almost verbatim by
Shakespeare in Richard Ill" stili.
even the bishops fruit would not an.
peal much to modern conHoisssurs.
for the gardsa strawberries at that
period were onfy transplantsd Wild
ings. the plants being sold At sbous
ID bushsl v.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
Too DANGEROUS.

In the struggling days at Tuskegee.
Booker T. Washington found that he
would have to use an old chicken
house for q schoolroom. ~
Uncle" he said to an old colored
man. II want you to come down at
nine o'clock tomorrow morning and
help me clean out a henhouse."
Law now. Mr.. Washington" the
old man expostulated. "you-all don't
want to begin cieanin' out no hen
house roun' we're in de day time
Success Magazine.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
New NEWS Y
Or YESTERDAY
.~E. 81 E0xz0/<7L>"

electricity will be found to be not an
organic body. but vibration or some
form Of molecular or atomic concen-
tration generated by the sun"
Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reservedl
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-07-29
Would start Them Right.

would StaTt nom HI0nt.
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst is starting
an agitation In England for such juve-
nile courts as she found In America.
She would have young offenders sent
to state schools. where they will re-
ceive technical education suited to
their age and capacity.