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Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28

Harry Haskin and Mir. Tolbard are having survey for grade by P. Me- Cardell and within short time the
 work of constructing one of the finest garages and machine shops in the state will be upder way. The build- ing and equipment will cost between lO, ,OOOS and 15.O0O$. Mr. Haskin is ono of the best machinists in the | country and has had years of expert ence in automobile work. The shop is to be erected on the corner of South Front and Fourth street, which is con- sidered to be one of the best locations in the town.
 Kean St. Charles and Mrs. c. A. Patterson have shied their castor into the ring and are making the race for school trustee of Kingman precinct. Owing to the battle on the board of education of the high school there may not be such interest taken as would otherwise have been the case, but nevertheless we expect large vote to be cast. Men and women alike are the voters, which may necessarily call out a larger vote than has here ofore been boiled. although there is property qualification for the men without fam lilies of minor children.
 George M. Stewart died at the coun- ty hospital on the l2th of March, death being aue to nephritis and exposure. He was d native of Boston, Mass. and the body was held some time to hear from his people. He left a wife and one child, besides two brothers and sister to mourn his loss. Little is known of him here, having been brought in for medical aid only week or so before his death. The wife writes pathetic letter to MT. Carr, superintendent of the hospital, inquir- ing of the poor fellow and the cause of his death.
 Pete White, the hunter, brought in from the Crozier ranch, Thurday last, one of the largest mountain lion pelts ever brought to town. The animal n ensured nine feet from tip to tip and was immense in girth. The animal Crozier. Mir. White has been hunt ing the ranches in the eastern part of the county in the interest of the stock men and has killed off many coyotes and cats during the past three months, but this is the first lion that he found on the trip. He was presented with twenty-five dollars by Tony Walter and the Cattlemen's Association paid him thirty dollars for the killing of the big cat. He will also receive the bounty, but may conclude to sell the skin. having had good offer for it.
 Royal w. Lescher, of the firm of Lescher & Kibbey, who was the suc- cessful architect before the board of supervisors for plans for the new court. house, was il Kingman all the week getting data and preparing to carry out the specifications and working plans for the building of the new court house. After the submission of bond Mr. Lescher will be given some time to prepare the working plans and specifications upon which blds will be asked for the construction of the build- ing. Nearly three months win have passed before the bids will be opened and it will b. about Septem Der first before work will be commenced on the structure. In the meantime, to save time it might be good scheme to contract the removal of the present courthouse building by separate con- tract to have the way for the speedy excavation of the basement after the contracts have been let.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28
MILLINERY.

Mary Marken, of Needles, will be in klngman March 3lst and April lst with spring Millinery at the Con- m ercial Hotel.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28

Chamberlain's Tablets for Constipation.
 For constipation, Chamberlain's Tablets are excellent. Easy to take, mild and gentle in effect. Give them a trial. For sale by all dealers.
Mohave County miner., 1914-03-28

A baby girl was born to Mrs. Wal ker Hutchlns last Tuesday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

man advised me to try Lydia B. Pink hams Vegetable Compound and got a bottle. l felt better the next month so I took three more bottles of it and got well so l could work all the time. l hope every woman who suffers like did will try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. - Mrs. P. w. LANSING. Route No. 1, Florence, South Dakota.
 Why will women continue to suffer day in and day out or drag out sickly, half hearted existence, missing three fourths of the joy of living, when they can find health in Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound?
 For thirty years it has been the stand ard remedy for female ills, and has re- stored the health of thousands of women ! who have been troubled with such ail- sments as displacements, inflammation. ulceration, tumors, irregularities, etc.
 If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfl. dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will Do opened, read and answered by 2 Wepln and held in strict eeandenees
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Sailing Timber

From the Engineering News.
 It was found in replacing a recently
 burned railroad trestle along the north
 shore of Great Salt Lake. Utah, that the
 piles were sound after 43 years of serv-
 ice. These were of local pine and fir. but
 were found to have been imprcgnated
 with salt from the lake.
 The result of this investigation is what
 started the United States forest service
 on it's recent examinations of the use
 of salts as preservative of timber. At
 another point on the lake some 1s-inch preserved with salt which has penetrated to the center. Timbers in the Southern
 Pacific railroad trestles across the lake, placed in 1902. appear as good as when driven and have been preserved above
 the water line by salt sprays dashed upon them. The first transcontinental tele- graph line, which was built before the first railroad. extended west from Salt Lake City through the then prosperous
 mining camps of Eureka, Austin and Vir- gina City Whe nthe railroad was built the telegraph line was transferred to this | right of way and the old poles were sawed off at the ground. A recent exam | ination of the butts left in the ground in | the salt desert near Fish Springs Utah. | showed that after the 30 years. since the | poles were cut off, the butts were perfect | ly sound. It has been common practice 1 in the Salt Lake valley to preserve poles 1 by putting about 70 pounds of salt in tho ground around the butts,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

Peggy resumed.
 Are you basely inslnuating that Jack Is marrying Katie for her money and that alone? Why. Billy Bunting, 1t isn't true. I knew as well as I know my name is Peggy ONeill-"
 "Doughnuts I said," Billy Bunting in- sisted, mot money. That's dought. You are thinking of that
 "Oh, you mean real doughnuts," Peggy said rather apologeticaly.
 "Yes; real doughnuts'' he repeated after her
 q beg your pardon then" she smiled sweetly. I've always thought that dough- nuts meant money"
 T know" he said kindly, you get mixed up in slang phraseology yourself and. a.nd-but really the doughnuts story is quite interesting
 "Tell 1t, won't you,'' begged Peggy as she cuddled up in the hammock and Billy Bunting took his seat beside her.
 well then, fairy princess he began, "once upon a time as all perfectly good fairy tales should begin, there was a lit- tie girl.
 q guess She was about 12 or IA, and she wore pinafores." "Go on.' said Peggy, impatiently. T can do without the introduction! Get down to the doughnuts"
 "All in good time, my fairy princess, said Billy Bunting, caressingly "As remarked before, she wore pinafores and her name was-Kate. Now it hap pened one day that Katies mother !. decided that she would go to the coun- 1 try for the day, and take the smaller children and leave Katie at home to take charge of the house and-daddy Most little girls of Katie's age would have gotten mad, and flown into rage and cried. but not so with little Miss Kate. She of the pinafore and little cotton-y pig-tails hanging down her back, like yours used to do, my fairy princess, didn't cry or get angry at all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
USE OF ELECTRICITY
 SPREADING IN JAPAN
Fine Street Railway Systems in Big Cities and Excellent Interurban
 Reinstatement Cheap

Japan is rapidly undergoing electrifi- cation, according to Niso Ito of the To- kio Electric company. who has arrived at the Imperial says the New York Times Not only are there fine street railway sys- tems in the bigger cities and excellent in- terurban roads in certain parts of the country, but the possibilities of the elec- Uric light sign have become known, and blinking invitations to smoke this or drink that gladden. the eyes of the panting rickshawmen as they drag their 'fares' at night between the Shmbashi station and the Imperial hotel.
 Mr. Ito has come over to remain four months in the United States, during which time he will study the latest methods of manufacturing electrical equipment. He is particularly interested in the manufacture of incandescent lamps
 "The Tokio Electric company manu- factures lamps" said MT. Ito yesterday. Tt has big factory at Kawasaki, on the railroad between Yokohama and Tokio, and we employ about 2,500 workmen. The General Electric company Is big stock holder in the Tokio company, and the
  have several American directors and ad- visors. Prof. F'ujioka. a. distinguished scientist, is the president of the company. Our output is about 4O,000 lamps per day. While we still make a few carbon lamps our output is mainly the mazda variety, which is regarded as far more economical in Japan.
 'The electric light has spread all over Japan. Every town of any size now has a power station. This is possible because we, have wate power scattered over most of the country whereby the running of a plant is a, simple and economical matter. For that reason current can be sold very cheaply in Japan, and that has resulted in a wide displacement of kerosene and of the old methods of lighting with seed oil. Of course, so many houses being of frail and inflammable construction, any thing that tends to lessen the danger from fire is appreciated over there, so that there are numerous cases of the houses tenanted by the poorest working men where light is now furnished by electricity.
 We make at Kawasaki or at our branches practically all the incandescent lamps used in Japan. Electric signs are coming to be in great use, especially in Tokio.
 General business is picking up very much is Japan. Labor conditions are now satisfactory We have god workmen in our factory, and they are contented. Of course, 1t is necessary for somebody to keep coming to the United States to familiarize himself with the very newest methods of electrical manufacture and that is why 1 am here.
 There wasn't much talk over the Mex ican situation when I left Japan, as that was long before the present crisis came up. But it was the opinion of business men oyer there that Mexico was very foolish to risk getting into trouble with the United States and that the people of that country lack appreciation of what this country has been doing for them for many years. In Japan l think 1t is un-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Uses Cats as Hounds
om the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
 T. c. Nimmo of Sturgis Miss, probably has the strangest ''pnck of hounds in the
 United States, if not in the world. It consists of two huge domestic cats, which he has been training for more than three years. until they will trail. point and re-
 trieve small game as well as any dogs
 ever seen in Mississippi The cats are
 named Tom and Jerry, and are used prin-
 cipally in hunting rabbits, tree squirrels
 and quail. though they have tracked and
 helped kill 'possums and raccoons, both
 of which are plentiful in that part of the south.
 According to their owner. who began training the cats when they were kittens on sight of a rabbit, squirrel or quail they assume rigid positions, like that of pointer, except that they move their tails slightly, and wait for him to come up and shoot the game they have found
 Ttey have never. since he finished their training, rushed forward to kill the game themselves, or to attempt to stalk it. When
 the shot is fired they retrieve the fallen animal or bird, and if it is not quite dead
 give it qlietus by biting it in the neck The especial value of these cats, Mr. Nimmo says, is in their ability to trail capture and kill wounded squirrels which licc to thC l-cc ups dlleT DelnR Sl1Ot lie estimates he has secured some POO squir-
 rels, which otherwise would have been lost to him during the past season by the aid
 of these cats. When he takes his shot
 gun from the rack in his home the cats
 leap about him. like hunting dogs only they meow their pleasure at going afield
 rather than bark, as would a setter or
 hound. Their owner says they are bet ter at trailing coons, those well-known pa me animals of the south than tho hest coon dogs in the state. Last December he captured % raccoons with the aid of
 these cats, and neither cat got so much as a scratch from the animals Tom snd Jerry" said he. will follow me like dogs for miles through the woods until they see or scent rabbit, bird or squir- rel Then they squat down close to the ground. wag their tails from eide to side. and remain motionless until see
 the game and shoot. Then they dash for
 ward. seizing the animal or bird and
 holding 1t until I arrive"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

Weren't you surprised?" asked Peggy as she stood off and surveyed her work, tall, long necked, stylish looking vase of quantities of "black-eyed susans, which Billy Bunting had climbed over dry river beds and precipces to get for her on their long tramp.
 She felt she owed 1t to him to bestow more care on them than ordinarily she would have done as the sun had been so blazing hot and he had been so good and fine about getting the coveted flow CTS for her.
 Hardly said that delectable young
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
Dolly Has Something Say About Matrmony Doughnuts

bachelor dinner we gave him at the club last night.''
 Peggy poked out her two little feet and regarded pensively the tips of hei little white shod toes
 Presently she said:
 "You never can tellm And Katie has alway sworn by all that was good and holy that she's never marry a fat mani'
 Billy Bunting only smiled
 AndN
 The truth is-
 You never can tell-about love and lovers.
 Some girls start out with a definite ideal.
 And
 Marry itl
 Which
 Is one perfectly good way of spelling it, by the way.
 Also;
 Some men start out with an ideal; As MT. Kiplng would say:
 That's another story.' I remember a little girlhood friend of mine-her name was Elizabeth Anne but we called her Anne flor short" When we played ladies' she always had her future husband to be an ar tist. She declared she'd never marry any. body but an artist, when she growed up' In vain, utilitarian and mercenary ! family when she became old enough to reason with, argued that artists were few and far between. and that they dwelt in attics and "hall bedrooms, and died of starvation for "art's sake,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

She was very exceptional young lady"
 "Oh! Billy Bunting, you are too az
 gravating for any use," Peggy pouted.
 Leave off all those trimmings and tell
 me about the doughnuts.'' Well" said Billy Bunting, teasing,
 'to cut long and very, very interest ing story short, instead of Katie fuss ing about and getting peevish and ugly, she decided she'd show her moth CT what a nice little housekeeper she
 could be and started with her plans. She went to the pantry and got out the cook book and turned to the Ds.' There she found 'doughnuts' and she decided she'd try her hand. She meas ured out the eggs and the sugar and
 the flour and made the doughnuts, if you please. When she had cut them
 out she found that she'd made not only enough for her entire family but for a whole army, so when her big brother came home to lunch she told him to bring a lot of his friends home with him that afternoon to eat doughnuts
 and drink pink lemonade. And the se- quel was"
 Please get to the point, Billy Bunt- ing, I'm dying of curiosity said Peggy desperately. l "The sequel was" Billy Bunting re-
 peated, deliberately, that Jack Grams
 ton being one of the invited guests
 became so fascinated with little Miss
 Katfe's doughnuts that right then ana there he made up his mind to marry her."
 This same Jack Cranston, who is er-going to marry Katie Pendletor
 next Tuesday, asked Peggy. one and the same," said Billy Blunt 1 ing, proudly.
 "Is that true, true story, Billy Bunting?' Peggy inquired. looking
 straight at the young man and eyeine | him seriously.
 l Gross my heart and spit on the floor said Billy Bunting inelegantly 'The happy bridegroom told it at tn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
F.RECKLES

Now h the Time to Get Rid of These
 Ugly Spots
 There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles as the prescription othine--double strenRth-is guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
 Simply get an ounce of othine-double strength-from any druggist and apply little Of 1t night and morning and you should soon see that even the worst the lighter ones have vanished en- tirely. It is seldom that more than an ounce is needed to completely clear the plexion.
 Be sure to ask for the double strength othine as this is sold under guarantee of money back if 1t fails to remove freckIes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

attention to what was told them by their superiors"-is the way shc puts IL.
 This sort of girl never flirts, never poses, never presumes,
 In fact
 Shc doesn't know how to do those things!
 But" chronicles Mrs. Gilman, when she arises, makes her bed in the morning. the weather permitting, she first opens the window lodges SO that the air may come in. This being done, she dresses herself and then proceeds to tuck in the sheets neatly all around before putting on the counterpane and sloping the whole in manner to form the exact angie ap- proved by Sir Walter Scott'
 Mrs. Gilman hints dsrlsly that this mai den if asked by a young gentleman to dance, even if she doesn't like him, will answer:
 With pleasure, sir
 And takes her place in the quadrille
 Yes
 She did actually marry did this politely bred young person, for further on in the story Mrs. Gilman distinctly mentions her granddaughter. Of course she married.
 And
 It's five pounds of the best candy to the lovelest tango parasol that you've ever set your eyes on. that it was no less a parsonage than "brigadier general or governor or something quite distin- gushed like that-and not an humble plumber or carpenter or house painter as you and I expected They say
 That Marriage is a lottery"-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

And
 That
 Life is gamble But
 If matches are made in heaven some times things as un-angelic and prosaic as plain doughnuts help to consummate them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02
IN SUCH PAIN
 WOMAN CRIED
Suffered Everything Until Re stored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
 ble Compound.
Florence, So. Dakota. -"I used to be Very sick every month with bearing

QOWn pains a nd backache, and h ad h e a d a e h e a good deal of the time. and very little appetite.
 The pains were so bad that I used to sit right down on the floor and cry, be- cause it hurt me SO and 1 could not do any work at those times. An old wO-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

1 derstood that the attitude of the United States toward Mexico is one of genuinely
 unselfish interest in seeking to better local conditions in a country for which it feels itself, in a sense, morally respon- | sible"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

On the other hand
 The quiet girls-the kind Charlotte Perkins Gilman writes about-are the ones who often though not always (for every rule has its exception) fare best in the matter of husbands.
 The girls of thoughtful temper of mind" the sort "who always have paid
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-08-02

leaving their wives and children to the mercy of the cold, cold worldly
 Still-
 Elizabeth Anne vowed she'd wed an artist and none other,
 The family at last gave up in despair, when wearied with her pleading her father allowed her to enter an art school and stay there for several years.
 Elizabeth Anne emerged finally,
 And
 What do you think?
 She eloped with a-Drewer.
 There are also the very vivacous girls who have more beaux than they know what to do with, and of whom the public always expects brilliant match, and is usually disappointed
 Such an one was Jane Austen.
 It is said by her biosraphers that she was one of the most charming of young women, fascinating all with whom. she came in contact by her sweet and charm ing personality, so that the men Hooked about her like bees about honey comb
 They all loved and adored and wor- shipped her. and she must have had pro- posals to burn.
 You cannot help wondering, therefore that she became q think Agnes Ripplier describes her thus) "a charming old maidl''
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1914-06-11
WOMAN TASTE.

A cultivated taste marks wo'
maa of elegan &c and refinement
as decidedly as o knowledge of
classical litera ture does gentle.
man; and there is nothing in
W hich female vulgarity is more
clearly show than In want Of
taste,
This is an axiom that we think
will not admit Of dispute; but it
is a question how far taste is
natural, and how far 1t may be
acquired.
A delicate taste must, to a
certain extent, depend upon the
organization of the individual;
and it is impossible for any rules
to be laid down which will impart
taste to persons entirely devoid
of it.
But this is very seldom the
case with women, as it is one Of
the few points in which women
naturally excel men.
Men may be, and probably are
superior to women in all that re-
quires porfound thought ano
general kno Wedge; but in the
arrangement of a house. and the
introduction of ornamen tai fur
niture and articles of nijouterit
There can be no doubt of thu
innate superiority of woman.
Everyone must have remarked
the difference in the furnishing
of q bachelors house and one
where a lady presides, the thou
sand littletelegancies of the latter
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1914-06-11

SECRET OF CHEERFULNESS
How you admire that lady who
seems to be all brightness AMI
chcerfulness and vet she is as bu- =.
sy as the rest of us in household
duties with everything to dol
Listen, and Wen tell you the
reason why sne seems to have
more time than the rest of us
she wastes no time in fretting;
she has learned the true value OF
things. She never frets and she
never sco!ds, 1t dosn't pay.
Iretting aud scoding leave ugly
marks upon the face and upon
tho character. Is everything
wrong the day upside down the
fire won't burn the children out
i Of sorts picked up dinner and
company at the last moment.
She does the best she can and
let's the consequences take care
of themselves. Worry will not
help matters; and then she has
secret that she is willing to tell
all her friends. Every day at a
certain hour she goes to her room
and locking the door has half ar
hour absolutely to herself. If she
is very tired she wrings a towe
out Of water as hot as she car
bear and winds it about her necl
re newing it till the weary mus
cles relax and she can lie down
and sleep for few minutes arise
refreshed and invigorated for
the rest of the day. Try it weary
mother. Be good enough to your
self and those who depend upol
you to yake Time for rest aud re
freshment.
World's cresset. [volume] (JAH-ville [Colony], Fowler, Mo.) 1891-19??, 1914-06-11
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