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\ THE OMAHA DAILY'BEE , SATURDAY , JULY 11 , ' 1891-TWELVE PAGES. 11 THE PROGRESSIVE NORTHWEST A Glimpse of the Energies Rearing Common wealths Beyond the Missouri. . MONTANA'S LONGING FOR AN OMAHA ROAD. jrYn Inviting Field for Railroad Enterprise A Valuable Statistical Work Wyoming Tin South Dakota and the Fair A Variety of Interesting News. rtlontuim nml Oninhn. MII.RS CITV , Mont. , July 5. To the Editor ftf TUB BKK : I read with great pleasure the editorial In your issue of the 20th tilt. , beaded "Tho Trade of Montana. " It is timely , apt , forcible and true. I hoard ono of the largest cattle and horse raisers In this part of the tate soy yesterday : " 1 wish to God wo had another line of railroad horo. " There would bo work enough for It. Your editorial hit the nail on the head. Wo should be bound to NobrasKii nnd Omaha bv a direct line of rail way , nnd the first railway company that does It will reap a iroldon harvest. 'J'ho Burlington & Missouri and the Chicago & Northwestern have pushed preliminary surveys to Stonovlllo ( near Al- zado ) , In the southeastern portion of this Btato and county , and two miles west of the Wyoming lino. The line ot tbo proposed Deadwood & Miles City railroad runs from that twint to thU , crossing Powder river nt Powdervltlo. The Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad has made a perma nent survey to a point four miles north of the Powdorvillo crossing of Powder river , about Blxty-Ilvo mlk's from this point. Tht end of the present extension of the Fremont , Elkhorn - horn & Missouri Valley railroad is at Middle Creoii , north of the Belle Fourcho , mid lortv-soven miles southeast of Alrada. The Miles City , Beaufort and Deadwood itn o runs between that point and this three limes n week. Why , any line that crosses Iho Yellowstone here will strike a point mak ing tributary ever 100,000 hood of cattle on thu Big Dry and tbo Hod Water alone , then running west to the Big Bend of the Mussel. Well It will reach the rich mining country , Maiden , Bnrkqr , Nortash , Castle , ok ; . , and all this without any engineering difficulties. Two hundred thousand head of cattle will ba ( shipped to the cast from Montana this fall , 1,500,000 sin-op and 15OOJ,000 pounds of wool. You say well nnd truly that no line of railway can bo extended to the northwest which would open the Omaha o flue field for Interchange of trnlUc. It would be doubly beneficial to Mon tana as well as to Nebraska. Why this field has not been occupied before now Is one ot those things which few can understand. There's millions In it. I have said nothing about the possibilities of the horse-raising business , which is re ceiving a remarkable extension now in this county of Custer nnd the entire eastern part of the state. The industry is not only ex tending but elevating , nnd reaching yearly a higher grnde. The very best eastern and im ported blood Is infusing into the veins of the Montana horso. The cayuse has become n rol'c ' of the past , nnd Montana will share with Kentucky the raising and sale of thoroughbreds. The upring meeting of the Custer county fair 'and horse sales association has just closed after four days races , which for genuine sporting excellence have not been sur passed on any track in the northwest. Some of the mos ) , noted victories of tbo mooting wore carried olt by home-bred horses , raised In this country by Kran brothers , the big horse raisers ot tno Mussel Bell. I think that at least two or three ot those llyors , it their future does not belie tholr present promise and performance , will bo hoard of before long on the gieat tracks of the eastern seaboard. In view of tholr promises of a futuio national reputation , it may bo In teresting to horsemen to know that these winged equities are the sorrel illly Luclnda and the bay Lillah , both sired by the Dultcof 'Hamilton. . , . A-uulquo feature of the races here was the dally participation therein of the Cheyenne Indians from the Fort ICeogh reservation. On the first day there was on Indian race , half-mile dash , with fourteen starters , which created great excitement and enthusiasm. There was no monkey nt the start no hold ing back "to got the Jump. " The fourteen trotted slowly , aligned as well as a platoon of cavalry to the starting point , nnd all started at the dropping of the flair flagging for all they were worth from start to finish a horse bolnnging to Standing Elk winning Iho rnco. On-tho third day there were two Indian races : One milo , two starters , won by Standing Elk ; the second , halt a mile , twelve starter ? , won ngnin bv Standing Elk , who seems to bo coming out as nn Indian Lorillnrd. The second niouoy wns divided between High Walking nnd Hlsltig Sun. They came in so close together that the judges could not decide between them. The last race of the day was also un Indian race , half milo , five stnrturs : Little Wolf , Stump Horn , Loft Hand , Medi- clno Bird nnd Bald Head ; won by Stump Horn , Little Wolf second , Loft r Ilnnd third. Great interest wns taken in those Indlnn rncos bv nil present , especially by visitors from her Britannic mnjesity's do- inlnlons. Another feature of those half-yearly meetIngs Ings , and the ovcnt of especial interest and attraction for the ladlns , is the hurdle race ouo milo , four hurdles. In this race the horses are ridden by tholr owners , generally joung Englishmen , \\elshmenor Irishmen In the horse or cattle liuslnoss In Ouster county , In All the glory of English regulation racing costume buckskin breeches nnd tops , A squaw race wns on the programme for the last day , but It did not come oft , Some squaws had consented to ride in the rnco but they did not show up It was ration day. But the fact is the squaws did not take kindly to the Idea. Iu the tepee from tholr infancy they nro taught that the Indian girl must \ nil her face and turn nwav the liond whan n strange masculine enters the lodgo. An Indian girl must not go twenty yards from tno tepee without n female com panion. If she does she is ut the mercy of Whoever finds hor. Another reason Is that nn Indian Squaw when side , hurt or wound ed will not let n man come near her If she can hulp It , nnd ns accidents nro likely to happen In races , did not want to rut. the risk of injury for which they might bo compelled bv clicnmstauces to accept the ministration of masculine medical skill. And this sug gests to mo the Idea that It might bo u stop In the way of progress mid civilization to have . n medical practitioner ; of the female sex iniipUiycd ; bv the government on every In dian rosoivotlon to attend the .sqnawB nnd break down their confidence in eld women's "medicine" and medicine men's incanta tions. MONTANA. A Wyoming Napoloon. "We've got n bonk clerk up In our neck of woods who some day will glvo Jay Gould cards and spades In tha gnmo of financiering , and brat him to n ntnmi-stlll , " says Mort Cuiri'ii , to n Cheyenne Leader reporter. 'He's ' only nineteen years old , but ho Is n hummer. Two or three months ago , while the president of the bank was away , the cashier was taken sick mid in a few hours was In n delirious state. The young Napoleon was loft In solo charge of the bank. Some ovit-dlspasod person started the story ono afternoon that the Institution wns In a bad way , mid intimated that the president had skipped the countrv and Hint the cashier's illness was only n 'bluff. ' "Dufora night It was ovldunt there would be n rush on the Institution the next morn- hig , 'I'ho young clerk know there was scarcely monoi enough to last an hour. Ho biui no one to ndvUo him , but he acted promptly. Ho called on the leading hard wore merchant and held n brief conference. Thou this young Napoleon wont homo , where bo found n committee from the depositors await ing him. Ho did not wait for them to speak , but mudd this bluff : "I refuse to discuss business with you. There will bo f50,000 In cold here In tha morning , and there Is n Ilka amount In the safe. You nmriiruw out every dollar you have deposited and we'll ba glad to gut rid of your small accounts , " Thou ho turned on his heel mid loft tbo committee. "Brluht nnd eurly there assembled at the bank the creditors. Just boforotlnioforopon- In IT the doors un express wagon was. driven up. In which were seated two heavily armed won , ono of them the watchman of the bank. A putnway through the crowd was made , and the watchinau botfim carrying Into the bank canvas bags containing gold coin , aa indicated by the prominent uiarlu. Some of the b gs were marked ' > ,000 , ' mid ono or two 'IIO.OM. ' The people saw thine bags , hoard the clink of the motnl , mid , believing the bank was O.K. , wore about to raovo away. "Just us the last bag of gold was handed Into the door the young lliinuclcr throw the bank open. The crowd did not make any ef fort to reach the paying toiler's window. Comn on now , every ono of you , ' shouted I the clork. No ono responding , ho mode ( mother bluff. 'You must couio and pot your inonoy. Wo don't wunt your d d accounts anj'mote. Hero , .Mm Hartley , take this and sign this receipt In full. Here , Bill Wyman , coma and got your dust. ' Ho Insisted on their taking the inonoy. Just nt this Juncture thu committee caino in and bogged the clerk to stop , for CSod's sake , ' They inmost got down on tUolr knees to ask the ban * to keep their inonoy , The young Napoleon tlnally con- scntod , but declared If there was ever 'any moro d d nonsense ho would throw every depositor's inonoy Into the street. ' The crowd departed happy and confident that the bank was ono of the strongest Institutions of It3 kind la America. "Their conililonco might have been shaken bad they know the canvas bogs maikod ' $5,000. gold , ' etc. , and bedaubed with rod sealing-wax , contained nothing moro nor loss than Iron washers , which the young clerk had purchased from the hardware man , who had otherwise assisted in the deception , ho being convinced of the soundness of the bank. The two men the young Napoleon insisted on payIng - Ing , the bank had long wished to get rid of.1' Tiilnrc Ijiilco Ulnlng. The Colorado dasort is not the only portion of California where the water Is making an appoaranoo In an unexpected and somewhat unpleasant manner. Tularo county liai been subjected" to a phenomenon , of this character , and from present indications it would appear that the shallow stretch of water known as Tularo lake Is again to claim Its own. There Is a legend of the Indians on Tulo river that the lake once covered many times its present area ; that it rocoJud year by year until it had shrunk to a comparatively insignificant pond , around which were the fishing camps of tholr grandfathers. But there caino a time when the waters from the Sierras rolled down into the valley and the lake be gan to spread. It encroached upon the ad joining territory far ooyond the habitations of the Indians , which were destroyed and thnir owners driven to the foothills for sus tenance. Since that time they will not dwell near the lake , but look upon it as ti treacherous body of water , and It Is quite probable that some of the unfortunate settlers who have made tholr homes there during the past two or three years share the sumo opinion. The heavy falls of snow in the mountains during the past winter , and the fact that the soil of the valley Is already well soaked and cannot absorb the water fast enough to pre vent the streams from carrying a largo volume to the lake , is the cnuso of this unex pected rise. The greater portion of this water is carried to the lake by the Kern and Tulo rivers. Travelers who have recently boon In that section report that travel around the lake , by tho- old roads which have boon used for yoarj Is entirely cut oil , and the streams of water flowing into the lake from the south car. bo forded only by what is known cs the Swan road , loading west across the valley from Allla. A strong qurront prevails in those streams , and as the water Is from two and a half foot to fourteen foot deep , it is exceed ingly dangerous to attempt to cross It. Ono party who attempted to follow- the old road , got in team and all , and narrowly oacadod drowning. For the past three or four years the lake has been steadily receding , and ns the land thus recovered is very fertile , settlers have boon crowding closer and closer to the water nil the while. The surrounding country is very level , and a rise of but a few foot suffices to cover thousands of acros. During the present summer many settlers have had tuelr lands ontirjly flooded and have lost houses , crops and all tholr property. The iJescrt Overflow. The mystery of the Colorado desert lake is notyot cleared up. The explorers have no light on the source of this powerful current which is slowly but surely raising the level of tl > o great shallow lako. Manager Durbrow of the salt works nt Salton proposes to settle thy question of the source of the water by sending an Indian from Volcano Springs. Two railroad parties have started out , ono from Salton and the other from Ogilby , to lo cate the spot where the water comes through the sand ridco. The Cocopah Indians , who coma from the bead of the Gulf of California , declare that the water Is from the gulf , and the Yuma people favor this theory. Two exploring parties ore already in the field and it is probabla the sourceot the over flow will bo determined this week. The theory advanced that the water now running into the Salton basin is caused by the barrier ' washed out on the Colorado rlv'or last year near Pilot knob is exploded by the fact that the Hood of February this your carried twice the present amount of water a month ago , and this would hnvo run Into the desert if an inlet existed. Careful Investigation proves that the barrier between the Colorado and and the rim of the desert was only a ridge of four foot. This was ascertained in the stir- vov timdo by Purdy and James several years agi > . The boi'9 of high ridge from the Gulf of California rises from fifteen to thirty-threo foot and runs up parts of the Colorado , and it is oelioved oy pioneers familiar with the Sal- ton section that the four-foot bench has boon worn down and the gulf is gradually return - tug to Its old bod. Cocnpah Indians just ar rived say the water surely comes from the gulf.The The Colorado rlvor has boon falling for ever a weclt past , and It Is lower now than nt the same tlmo last year. If the water is running from the gulf the amount must Increase dally , as the dltTorenco In level Is so great , Itomnnoc of thu Jtnutul-Up. Among the tales of the late Kound-Up whloh drifted Into Uapld City , S. D. , Is ouo with a flavor of romance. According to the K-aptd City Chronicler , when tlia cattlemen had cleaned up the reser vation and crossed the Cheyenne the camp was visited ono avonlng by n party from a neighboring ranch , ouo of whom was a charming young girl from the east. She- was delighted by the novelty of scones nt camp and readily accepted an Invitation from oua of the most gallant men of the outllt to Unto a cantor ever tha blulTs to the rlvor. Both were well mounted and sped merrily over the urnlrlo. They were noarlug the bluiTs when suddenly a black steer rushed out from a clump ot bushes near nt hand. The borso whloh the young lady rode , a splendid animal , took fright , became unman- ngoablo and bounded nway toward the rlvor. Her companion tried lu vain to overtake bar and grasp thu rom of her maddened horse. Hit horse's best olTorts would not bring htm near enough to accomplish thu feat. On rushed the horse wild with fear. As the two horses rushed up the bluff rx sheer prec ipice fringed with tree tops appeared n few rods ahead. It looked as If horse and rldor were doomed , but the cow-boy who bad an ticipated the danger suddenly rolguod In his horse , swing his rope lariat about his head and sent it cording In the air. The loop fell about the graceful shoulders of thu fright- oncu girl , the cow-boy's horse reared back , thi ) rene tightened and tha girl was lifted from the saddle and drawn to the heavily tufftod pralrto sod. The horse sped on and Into the chasm. Tha girl holt unconscious was boruo back to camp by her oavallor who Is prouder of his exploit than tha cow-boy who oual the steer-roping record last year. ( literally Dolled Allvo. Ono of the most horrlblo Incidents that has. cvur occurred In the won happened at the great hot spring * at Pagosa , Col. , Juno 8. This spring Is about thirty yards In diameter , being a largo pool of boiling aulpno-alkallno water. In tno center of the pool no bottom has ever boon found , although a line has boon letdown for800 feat , weighted with a cunnon ball. Ono of tha peculiarities of the spring li that whatoror it thrown Into the center gradually disappears and noror comes to the top again. A party of freighters nnd prospectors cathornd at the springs. They were well filled with mountain dew. Charles Johnson > a freighter , who came here from Missouri , offered to but that bo could swim across the pool. The party was too full to realize the awful danger , nnd the bet win quickly cov ered. Twenty dollars on each sldo was put up nnd Johnson stripped preparatory for the attampt. A boat was 'procured and Johnson stood up In tno stern ready to lump , when ho lost his balance and fell Into the boiling water. Ho rose to the surface ami was grasped by his companions , but the hot alkaline solution caused his skin to peel and ha slipped from tholr hands. The second tlmo ha came up ho was caught by the hair and arms. The hair came out , but ho was drawn to the shore In a most horrlblo con dition. The flesh literally dropped from his logs nnd lower portions of his bodv , exposing tha bones nnd Intestines. Ho died In great agony within tlvo minutes of the tlmo that ho struck the water. The corroiivo action of the water was so great that It was almost Impossible to handl o the body , nnd within two hours after the death the flesh had fallen from the bones from the shoulders down , leaving tha upper part of thu body , the arms and the head in a most horrlblo condition. This is the second human being who Is known to have boon In the pool. The first was a negro soldier who jumped In fora swim in 1873. Ho Immediately disappeared , and the body was never soon again. ' A Valuable Stntlstloul AVork. Among the many publications issued by the several departments of the government the forthcoming report of the bureau of sta tistics on internal commerce will bo of un usual interest to the public. Ills devoted to the interests of the Pacific coast , Including the states mid territories lying west of the Rocky mountains , and scU forth the wonder ful natural resources , Including the forests , fisheries , mining Interests nnd ag ricultural , manufacturing , commercial and transportation interests In that re gion. The work was begun nearly a year ago under a special not of congress , appropri ating $7,000 for the purpose , and the "report has just boon completed and is now pub lished. It Is a volume of l.JJO pages or more. Papers oy experts have boon pre pared on the various Industries of Alaska , Arizona , California , Idaho , Nevada , Oregon , Utah atld Washingtonnnd will appear in the appendix to the main roport. The portion of thu report devoted to Alaska is of peculiar Interest In that it contains the latest facts concerning that terra incognita on this republic. Aside from the seal fisheries comparatively nothing has boon developed ns to the possibilities of this territory ; oven its boundaries are un known. Enough , however , has been brought to light In the pages of this report to snow that it has within its borders evidences of irreat mineral wealth , and her fishery re sources arc scarcely to bo estimated. While the report on Alaska necessarily contains little - tlo of statistical matter , j ot "it convoys u knowledge of the country and Its pnoplo which will be of interest and value to the general public. This report completes thoseries issued by the bureau on states and territories , the first volurao of which was publistiod In ISSli. Itllrauulous Kuo.ipc. Little Lena Schonck , the bright eyed nlno- yoar-old daughter of W. T. Y. Schenck , a well-to-do merchant of San Francisco , Is now deservedly the pet of all Camp Taylor , She had a most thrilling oxporlenco thu other day , nnd that she is till alive is only duo to her miraculous presence of mind. About half a milo from Camp Tavlor , on the way to Sausalito , the North Paclfta coast railway { narrow guage ) runs ever u deep ravine on u trcstlo-work about ono hundred nnd twenty foot. long. The tral.t ? run nliout eighty foot above the bed of the little stream below. Lena was playing with the other children near Catnn Taylor , and in some way got sep arated from thorn and started off on the trade alone. She had nearly crossed the trcstlo-work when the train whUtled around the curve ahead of hor. The engineer saw the child and olow sev eral sharp blasts on the whistle , trying all the wb.Uo to diminish the speed of his train Lena turned and tried to run , but fell down twice , nnd finally , when the engine was al most upon her , put her hands ever her face and throw herself down flat on the ties bo- twoun the rail and the outer string-piece which keeps the ties in place. The engine and oieht carj rushed above her before the train was brought to a stand still. I'wico her dross was nearly causrht by the steps of the coacho- , , but she kept per fectly still. When lifted up by the conductor the child was unbanned ana not as much frightened as the trainmen. South Dakota anil the Fair. The volunteer commission which is workIng - Ing up the means to make the proper exhibit of South Dakota resource > nt the would's fair hold a mooting at Yankton recently. No dellnito plan was outlined , The failure to make nn appropriation Is now looljod upon ns ngriovlous blunder , and many of the mem bers who opposed a state donation aw now anxious to rectify the mistake. An extra session of the legislature is probable , provided the members agree to foregotholr salaries. The commission re ceived pledges from members of the legisla ture representing nearly two-thirds of the membership with several members yet to hear from nnd a special session may yet bo called. Ninety-live members guarantee to attend the session free of cost to the state and the others , while agreeing to vein for an appropriation roqulro their expenses paid. Fittoan farmers' alliance members of the legislature who were suoposod to oppose nn appropriation have signified tholr willingness to vote for a § 50,000 appropriation. The commission was permanently or ganised by the election of Fred T. Evans , Hot Springs , president ; F. H. Halo , Scot land , first vlco president ; T. F. ConnitT , Plerro , second vlco president ; Robert Fisko , Gettysburg , secretary ; W. W. Tavlor , Pierre , treasurer , and Oliver fiibbs of Hun- soy , general manager. A resolution was adopted providing that n board of Ia < iv mana gers be elected nt .somo future meeting to act with tha commissioners. Tin In Wyoming. Mr. Splcor , a member of the Lirauilo board of trade. In a recent report to that body ro- vlows the work of dovo'cpmont ' In the vicin ity of Gold Hill. Ho says prospectors are at work on Rock creek ana hnvo discovered ere exactly similar to that of the Brush creek mines. A tin ere ledge has boon 'located ' which Is believed to bo of great value. An old tin miner named Thompson was so well satisfied that it was the gonulnu stult that ho brought some samples to Larartuo , Assnver ICnlght being absent from the city , ho took the ere to Cheyenne , where Prof. Stmitnn said there wns nothing < In It. Ho next look It to Denver , nnd whatever may have been the result , ho has gene back to work on tha led so and has undauntedly an immouso body of oro. whatever it may bo. There are two distinct typos of' the oro. That on tha surface Is similar to what was found on the Grand Encampment some y < urs ago and pronounced carbonates of lead. A pleic will stick in It , it Is so soft. That further down is dark and moro solid. The tin ledge Is four miles from Mr , Williams' ranch , twenty-six miles from Lookout and forty miles from Luramlo. The Forty-Fourth Star. The addition of Wyoming's star to the nation's flag provokes nn npoatropha from the Laramlo Republican " ' ; "Wyoming's start Its radlanco will yet dim the lustre of all Its slstors In the great constellation. Thu world will gaze upon It with wonder and admira tion. Its rays will light up Valleys filled with the homes of thousands who will find here their 'Promised Land , ' and fall upon cities where the hum of Industry will bo as ravishing to the oar 04 the musla from Mamnon'a statue ; oil nmrblq pal- acoi and to in pies to learning nnd to art , whoso .portals shall bo open alike to the children of the rich and poor , though of tba latter there will bo few. But If the consum mation of all those promises Is to bo reached It must not bo forgotten that for all the tal. outs Wyoming has received she must five a faithful uccount , Her citizens must bo dili gent iu Improving tbo grand opportunities thr.t nro tholw , they must work with harmo ny as well as zeal , or the star ot Wyoming , UKO the star In the east , may rccodo Into .spaco and not appear airalu until a long cycle of years has rolled oround. " California Crops. California has the promise this your at an excellent crop of wheat , fruit and wlno. Wheat Is bolng harvostoil throughout the stnto , nnd , whllo not a bonanza crop * , It will yield far moro money than for several yoaw , because of the higher pnoo of the cereal. The fruit urop will ba larger nnd of a finer quality than last your , but of course , growers * can't expect to soourosuou largo returns because eastern fruit has done well. The report that the California prune crop Is a falluro Is aosurd. It grow out of the fact that the prune Irons at Pomona had a light crop , but the grunt prune orcfumls of the Santa Clara valley , ! which yield throo- quarters of the state's crop , were navor bo- fora In liner condition , /i'ho season Is late. but the warm weather tills week has ripened nprlcots nnd poaches , and all canneries are In full blast. TheacroagAln bonrlng fruit will bo lncrcn od fully one-fifth this year , whllo ooxt scaso.i wilt see a still larger Increase. Jlnlll Moimml'i ' Cold. There sooiiis to ha no good reason for doubtIng - Ing thu existence of ant Immensely rich de posit of the yellow metal iu the Big Horn rnngo of mountains , nnil'wlth the number of practical minors going Into the unexplored region there Is nn almost absolute certainty that good minus will ba developed the present season. ' * " Like all other now cotnp . savs the Buffalo Bulletin , there seems to bo a wild scramble of men for claims at Bind mountain. Our correspondent intimates that the claim-grab bers are getting in their work In great shape , but wo bellovo there is enough pnygrouml at the Bald mountain dlgaings to satisfy nil the i ushers in and at the same tlmo leave suffi cient for the Into arrivals. Chance nnd luck have made moro men wealthy in mines than scioncoand hard work Some dav an unsus pecting Innocout tenderfoot will stub his too on n nuggctof gold in the Big Horns nnd then well , history will repeat Itself. A Konstiniummor Itcsort. During the past three days of last week California experienced the hottest weather In forty years. In San Francisco the ther mometer ranged from OS to 103 in tbo shade nnd in I lie interior the mercury registered as high us 1)10. ) The Intense heat burned up 31000,000 worth of crops and fruit. Forest fires raced In Niono and Luyo county , In which hundreds of families lost everything and are loft , destitute. A number of pros trations nnd deaths from sunstroke occurred. This Xorthu-tut' Whi ut Crop. The statistics of the wheat cron of the northwest for the year ending Juno .10 are complete mid the following figures may bo considered accurate : Tot-il surplus , 18,000- 000 bushels , of which the Wtllamotto valley produced 3,000,030 and Eistorn Oregon and Washington , with a corner ot Idaho , 15,000- 000. Of the whole , ! ) ,003OJO came to Port land , 5,0'JJ,000 ' wont east bv rail and 4OOJ,000 bushels want to ooattlo and Tacoma. Last season's crop was phenomenal. This season's crop will bn very good and the most careful estimates place the surplus at the same as last vear , while the most liberal nlaco the surplus ut 1 ! > , OOJOUO bushels. Vv 11- lamctto valley produces no moro wheat than it did ten years ajo , moro land being devoted to stoclt-raising , orchards , etc. Uyoinin * ; . An oven hundred arrests were tnado by the Cheyenne police force lust month. Rawlms is about to indnlgo in a moderate ciuantity of water and electric light. Reports are current that the Laramie soda works will shortly resume operations. StronpIndications of nil have been struck in the artesian well in the university campus in Laramio. The assessed valuation of Swcetwntor countv this year is $1,370,530 , as compared with $1,200,013 in 1800. Specimens of lialona ere from Battle lake are shown in Rawlins. JJ.ittlo lake is distant twenty-five miles from Saratoga. Peter Frier , a. section hand , was killed by a train near Rawlins rric'ontly. His wife and two children reside at , Jannebrog , Nob. Ulnta county's assessment roll foots up ? 1.7TT,017 , exclusive of Union Pacific prop erty , which last year amounted to 51,337,448. A sheep herder nnmod Canan collided with a locomotive near Choyenno. A cargo of Cheyenne whisky saved him from serious injury. The Union Paciflo coal mines nt Almy pro duces MO tons a dnv. The output is to be doubled and 200 additional minors given em ployment. Filing on public land for state institutions , to the amount ot 44,145 acres have been made at the Evanston land ofllce. The land is in Carbon county. , A largo party of Laramie people of both sexes nro Miminorinp in camp in the Poudro vallov. A largo crop of fish stories is anx iously looked for. Ono of the finest sights to bo soon within many miles of Evanston Is a field of 250 acres of growing oats on the Bear river ranch of Messrs. Chambers & Whitney. The cupturo of ti harmless garter snnko near Laramie astonished the natives recent- lv. Instead of returning it to Its native boot the captor preserved It in alcohol. The sheriff is going to sell three lots and tno church building of the Congregational society isf Rook Springs next month. It is to satisfy a mechanic's lion of § 1,400. The Overland mining company has filed ar ticles of incorporation. With a'cap ! til stock of $300,000 , the company will mine for gold , silver , nsbostos , coal and oil , nnd deal gener ally In mining property. A Sundance young man proposes to take several carloadb of Wyoming natural soap to the world's fair , put it up in tin boxes and soil it. 11 is said to bo a line nrtlclo for tak ing grease out of cither clothes or com plexion. The census bulletin on national nnd county indebtedness furnishes some Interesting sta tistics on the county indebtedness of Wyom ing. U appears that the total indebtedness of all the counties in the state aggregates $1,083,701) , of which $ ( JJOin is bonded mid $401,791 is in floating debts , making the per capita debt on the basis of ( X,705 population of Sl7.b.- . ( Seorgo Brofott , a well known civil en gineer , is at present making tlio survey for an oxtenslvo Irrigating canal in Fremont and Uintali counties. The ditch will begin on Frontostello creek and range south to BlncK Fork , n branch of the Green river , and will hnvo a capacity of irrigating half a million acres of land. The length of the canal will be about sixty miles. Ulshop Talboo will not nocopt the position of bishop of Georgia to which ho has been unanlihously elected and with such flatter ing avldoncbs of esteem. Ho has projected and Is carrying out a great work in his dlo- coso of Idaho nnd Wyoming With this work now well under wav , but still far from accomplished , ho feels It In n sense cowardly to dnsurt it for a wider mid richer Held in Georgia. Montana. Tha Methodists of Missoula propose to build u $15,000 church. The now Episcopal church at Livingston was dedicated by Bishop Brewer on tbo 1st. The Spoicano mine , Frail Crook district , has boon sold to Now Yorlc capitalists for 810,000 f2,000 cash. Marcus Daly , Its nvmapor , says there Is not money enough in tUo world to buy the great Anaconda mining property. The rainfall In the stnto In Juno was ro- markable. On the west oldo of the range an average of u ahowor u day was reached. Horse stealing Is gottliig to bo qulto an art around Butte nnd tUothurllT's ' officers nro busy rounding up the inun charged with this offonso. ' News Is received from White Sulphur Sprlngs.of the death of two old Montana plo- noors , They wuro JOSlali Lanoy and Jerry Malionoy. The mosquito plagu U aoln upon the Yellowstone volley , altd'lt U no uncommon thing to see pedestrian * , coming from ICoogli with their beads covered and fanning the pesky thincs , n.u Says tus Now YorkSun ! : "Boom , then , Montana , boom ! VVllu iboaps of potatoes , pllo'i of the precious tuttaU and boundless hopes , the state cnu cajraly yet proudly wait the coming ages ! " At the annual meotlni ; of tha Parrot com pany In Butte last week on extraordinary dividend of 5180,000 was declared. The re ports showed surplus mid accrued profits ot luo year of (900,000. A rich .strike U reported In the Gormnntn a { Butto. The ledge was uncovered forty foot frohi tbo lovol. An assay ran 2oO ounoos of silver to tha ton. All ere taken from tha mlno Uaa averaged hlgb. By n cavo-m In the Polnrli mlno In the Bannock district , which occurred last week , n sixty-foot volt ) of high grade ere was ox- posod. Things were looking very discourag ing In the mluo prior to this fortunate acci dent. Steam coal has been found some twenty miles north of Columbia Falls. Sevan veins have been opened showing strong deposits from llva to twenty foot In thickness of ap parently good bituminous coal of n ohnractor required lu the steam generating worm of thu stato. A strike of rich ere wns made In the Clark nt Butte recently and the prospect Is that litigation will follow. The Anaconda com pany claims the property. Its claim Is dis puted by II. L. Frank nnd others. The property Is considered very rich. It adjoins the Green Mountain and Mountain Consoli dated. Northern Pacific officials say that owing to financial stringency It will bo impossible to go ahead with Improvements In Boznman nt present , but if the cltbons of the town will glvo a bonus of fO.OOO cash they will ngroo to orcct a brick passenger depot to east f 10,000. mid will put flil.OOO improvements to the yards. Among the many promising prospects In the flat below Butte no ono Is making a bat ter showing today than the South Star. The shaft Is now down on the load about sixty feet mid no less than fifteen tons of forty- ounce ere h wo been taken out in sinking. The load has been growing stronger and richer with every foot of sinking. The Parrot company of Butte has nddod to Its already largo possessions another rich ore producer , the Little Mlna claim , which Hoi just northeast of the Belle of Butte nnd southoastof the Buffalo. The property was owned bv John Stewart , Emnmiol Haus- wlrth , Simon Hnuswirth and Ed Hlakay , who , about eight moutns ago bonded it to the Parrot company. The price received by thesn gentlemen was $10:3,500. : At { ho last session of the legislature iv law was passed taxing mortgages. None of the assessors had returned railway mortgages and the board sent them Instructions to dav to turn In this form of indebtedness as recorded corded In their several countios. The rail- roids affected nro the Northern Pnclflc(5rcat Northern , Montana Central , Montana Union , Oregon Short Line , Utah Northern , Union Pacific nnd Great Falls nnd Canada. Assess * ing these mortgages adds $20,000,000 to the taxable wealth of tbo state. South Dakota. The assessed valuation of Sioux Falls Is 52,840,803. The slto of'tho tin sraolter at Hill City has 'been selected and work commenced. The now Deadwood smelter , now bolng built , is n duplicate of the famous Parrott plant nt Butte , Mont. Ono hundred and slxtv acres of land noir Hopid City was sold for $10,000. It was owned by Omaha parties. Two ostlmablo young ladies of Yankton cloned with Will D. Murphy and G. Will to , a pairot mashers of doubtful reputation. The second session of Iho Black Hills Clmutauqun moots at Hot Springs , luosday , August 11 and continues until tho22d. Ynnkton county is blooming with ripening craln nnd growing corn. There wns never a better promise of an abundant harvest. A strike of tin ere , nssaying 10 per cent cassonlto. Is reported on the 150-foot level of the St. Paul group , In Ponnlngton county. Samples of the ere were brought in to Dead- wood. ( Elder Buck , n faith doctor who fleeced the credulous In Yankton during the past six months , has departed for greener Holds , leaving three children on the charity of Ynnkton. James Casey of Hotel Casey , Omaha , is Interested in the proposed now hotel In Dendwood. for which" the residents sub scribed n bonus of $20,000. The deal will probably bo closed this week. The regular semi-monthly bullion shipment , aggregating 5180,000 , was made on the 3d , besides - sides bricks from the Golden Rownrd , Home- stake , Deadwood. Terra , Highland nnd Cale donia mini's. The shipment Included a brick valued at ? 7,000 from the Monitor. During the roconl Cession of the grand lodco at Madison , \V. H. Timmerhoff , of Hill City , on behalf of his ledge , presented to the grand lodge a handsome gravel made of tin from the Harnoy Peak tin mines at that placo. The assessed valuation of Lead Citv is $488,800. Under the Dakota statutes a man who robs n stngo can bo scut to prison for life , and if ho attacks but fails to gat any plunder ho can bo sentenced to half a life tlmo. In n casu where a judge figured that flftoon years was linlf a Ufa time the supreme court has upset the sentencr- , figuring that nineteen yoara , seven months and four days is the correct figures. . The Bit" Missouri commny odoctod a twelve month's Ipaso of the Uncle Sam sixty- stamp mill and will haul it over the Black Hills and Fort Pierre railroad from the inino at Lend Citv , seven miles , to the mill. The compnnv bus heretofore reduced Its ere at the Pliimii mill. This has only twenty stamps and as ere bodies were opened up was found too small. Marietta M. Bones , the Webstar , Day county lady , who has stirred up somewhat of an nroma , among the Womin's Relief Corps mid other womons organizations In South Dakota , wants $20,030 damages from the Shordecn News and ns soon ns this .sum is secured will proceed in court to r.izoo the Andover Gn/otte lor all property In sight. Mrs. B. proposes to rattle all journalistic bones In the state that 'assail her reputation as a ro form or. Califo-uln. San Jbso Intends to raise ? U5,000 , for park improvements. The San Francisco bo-ird of health refuses to admit Chinamen to the city hospital. There nro twontv-throo combined harvest ers at work near Roedloy , Fresno county , on 51,020 acres of grain. A sturgeon nine foot three Inches long , woighlnir 350 pounds , was caught In the river nt Anderson , Shasta county. Potaluma shipped last year , 10,012,272 eggs Into the markets of the world , and yet Petal uma liens Have to scratch for u living. The quarantine olllror of the state horti cultural board has soiled ,173OJO orange trees from Tahiti , which are infested with five different varieties of scale bugs. Ono of the last of the pioneer buildlnsn of San Francisco is now being demolished. This is the old Macondrny building , nt No. 201 Sansomo street , built by Captain Macon drny in 1850. Mr. Portor's census-bulletin on petroleum credits California with a production of .1 little - tlo ever 157,000 barrels of crude oil annually. AS n matter of fact tbo production Is over UK,000 ! barrels ; moro than tbroo timas the census estimate. For the six months from January 1st to Julv 1st there has boon completed in Fresno over ono building each day , or a total of nearly two hundred buildings. Most of the buildings are homos. The aggregate cost of the buildings is about f 100,000. It Is related as n curloas fact that south ern California potatoes , shipped to Now Orleans , nro thence sent to St. Louis mid Chicago , mid sold as Now Orleans potatoes at higher prices than potatoes of tha same sort shipped to those markets from this section. A scheme Is In process of completion to build a road eighty feet wide , from Los Angeles - gelos to Santa Monica , inicidamlio it , plant double rows of trees on either aldo , ami lay the necessary plpos and put In hydrants , that It may bo Itopt free from dust. If the work Is carried out ns planned , tha result will bo ouo of the finest driveways lu tha world , Tha Chmo beet sugar mill will bo In opera tion Auguxt 1 , All tut/ machinery for the factory and refinery has now arrived. H oc cupied 118 cars mid came from Germany. Its total cost Is $390 , < X)0. There Is now ever 1,000 ncros of brets maturing In this valley for use at the factory ns .soon as possible , and any delay In getting boat-sugar operations started will cause a loss ot much capital by the farmers. The total sugar boot crop hero now is ever $500,000. The total yearly capac ity of the Cliluo factory Is 7,000,000 pounds. Idaho. Five tons of ere from the Sawtooth mlno sampled $300 to the ton. Tbo Cow Crook mines , two miles west of Deluiar , are attracting considerable atten tion , The trail through the stnto U now nllvo With snoop , horses and cattle , whloti J areb - Inc drlvon from Oregon , Washington and California to the corn growing states. The shipments of gold from the assay offiro In Bolto to the Philadelphia mint for the lost week amounted to $25,400. The Unltod States marshal lias nrrostod several wealthy parties In the northern part of the sUite for stealing government timber , The Malnd Enterprise says : A man with n ilaxtblocg \ has boon around town peddling boards to Iron whlto shirts on. There being two whlto shirts In town already In soak for board his business has not prospered. Two handsome yoling ladles oausod n min ing excitement last week In East U nllaco by uncovering n ledge In the hillside , where they had boon prospecting with n pick mid shovel. About n hundred persons took a look nt tha now tlud. In Simlco rlvor valley grass Is exceedingly good , and cattle nro beginning to roll in fat. At least two big crops of lucerne will bo har vested this ftoason. The cattle Interests nro better than nt any tlmo iu the post seven or eight years. Parties In from Sevan Devils report times lively In the camp , the country filled with prospectors , many nuw locations being made nnd n good deal of work going ou on old loca tions. All the recent developments go to show that thu Immense wealth of this camp Is not ovor-ostimatod , nnd Is only kept back for want of proper transportation facilities. There Is a firm at Bliss whose firm name Is a standing advertisement whloh would ba worth u fortune to thorn were they In some big trndo cantor. Mr. Goforth and .Mr. Rus- soil hnvo outi'rcd Into a copartnership to soil lumber , nnd they transact their business un der thu name of Goforth & KussoH. Such n combination Is unique , nnd every load of lumber ono sees his mind unconsciously re verts to "Go forth and rustic. " Portland city bonds recently sold for $1.05. Firobugr nro cultivating n necktie soclablo nt Portland. Stxtv thousand boxes of poaches will bo shipped from Ashland this season. It Is estimated that the timber In Clatsup county , consisting largely of spruce , codor. hemlock mid yellow fir represents a vnluo of fully S.l ! > ,000,000. There will bo n great harvest In Oregon this year , both east and west ot the moun tains , . It Is reported that H Is thought , the yield of wheat in Umatllla county will bo 30 bushels an acre. The Importation of eastern farm produce , eggs nnd uuttor , Into Oregon has increased within the last few years. It is now pretty well .settled that Oregon cannot , or at least does not , produce enough eggs and butter for homo consumption. The teredo , the dreaded marl no insect that bores into mid makes useless so many wooden structures built In water , is said to bo un known in the Columbia rlvor. Piles drlvon iu the water at Astoria thirty years ago are said still to bo sotfnd nnd perfect. Thus far this season the jetty at the mouth of the Columbia has been ox tended ever two thousand foot , the pile-driver being employed every day the weather will permit. Already the Jetty Is ever twi'nty-thrco thousand foot In length , or nearly four nnd one-half miles , direct out Into the ocean. A three-year-old gray hair seal weighing about sixty pounds was caught the other day In n salmon seine near The Dalles , Oro. An other seal said to bo twice n < largo wns cmislit in one of the fish wheels of Wlnar.s Brothers on the Washington sldo of the river. It is seldom that seals follow tholr prey so far up the river. No rail a. Everywhere In Owens Valley crons will bo nbovo the average this season. Lively tlmos ere expected in Churchill county soon , all the Indications being favor able for u boom In mining. A richstnko is reported In the Union mine nt Austin. The ledge is ton inches wide nnd the ere will go at least $1,500 per ton. Silver City Is oxcltod over the recent rich strike made in the Oest mine , and the de velopments so far made promises a bonanza to the owners of the property. William Mitchell of Smith Creek has com pleted shearing ever four thousand head of sheep ' , from which the clip will umount to botw'con 25,000mid 30,000 pounds , about seven pounds to the head. The prospects for n good wheat crop in the vicinity of Hone were never bolter than nt present. The cool wet weather has boon very favorable for grain and the crop will boone ono of the heaviest ever produced in Nevada. Francis G. Nowlands is agitating the sub ject of irrigation in Nevada. Ho holds that the deserts of that state can bo made to blos som if the water at hand ho utilized. This is no doubt true. It is well known that the valleys of Nevada are wonderfullv fertile , the most remarkable results having been achieved wherever agriculture has boon tried. A census bulletin just Issued gives the population of Nevada iu 1890 nt 15,701 , n de crease of li,505 ( during the last decade. If the decrease continues at this rate Nevada will bo totally depopulated before 10.30. The decadanco of the .stato forms n striking con trast to its flourishing neighbors and the gen erally prosperous condition of the surround ing region. Utah. The contract for the foundation of the Utah university bas boon lot. The price is SiiT.O-iO. The record of the Salt Lake mining ex change for the past six months shows 1,014- ! 110 shares sold for$3rO , < J3. ! Twenty carloads of form machinery have boon unloaded at Price , Emory county , this spring , for use In eastern Utari. The assessment of Logan county Is about SfiOO.OOO higher , aa the countv assessor puts it , than as it is made by the city assessor. It Is feared the potato crop in the Caoho valley is considerably Injured by recent frost. In manv fields the tubers nro sot back very seriously. Kate Jean Bonn , editor nnd publisher of tlioUintah P.ipnoso , in tlio last issue of her publication expressed herself ns Doing Irre vocably opposed to ladies riding pidowlso , and said that as soon as she acquired the couraco of her v nvlctions she proposed to go "straddlo , " always. There nro no flics on Knto. Parsons Citv , In Uintnh county , Is attract ing a great deal of attention ns a mining lown nnd is rapldlv building up , The people ple have orgonl/ed n now mining district , situated In the Uintnh mountains , north of Vernal , wtiloh Is forty to thirty miles square , Parsons Citv being situated about in the middle of thu district. Washington. Seattle's postoffico receipts for the year ending March 31 , IbOl , were $90,013. Twontv tracts of school land In Lewis county sold for 515,000 , about one-fifth of Us value. Throe miles of the Big Ynklma canal hayo been finished already , mid work Is progressIng - Ing very satlstnctorily , The htntu board of trade moots In Port Townsoml July Kith. The wovld's fair com mission holds a session there on the 17th. School lands In Walla Walla were recently sold to farmers , the highest bid being $50 per acio , and the entire snloi aggregating $170,001. , o ON .SILMSIIMSS. That anil Not Money IN the Koot of AH Karthly Hvil. SolHshnoss , not inonoy , 1 the root of all ovll , snyH the To.xns SlItlnjfB. All the grant faoliumos for the Improvoinont of nmukiiul full from Ignoring thu niU'irul ' bullislniubs of nil mankind. The theories of the naUoimllslH sou ml bountiful anil tlinir lu'tfumonts uro convlnclm ; until you take Into consldonitlnn the Immun ity of nmn , nnd his humanity IB Bullish ness. Hoth socialists nnd coinmun- ista losu Hlyht of this , nnd of nn- nrohy .solflahnosB is tno hoytUono. The succuosfttl man , thu mnu who piles un his thousands lon nftor ho ucqulrud moro than ho can possibly enjoy , ID but giving piny to hin Bullish Inatinota to kuop from the loss fortunnto nil ho cnu and inalco it hla own. The man who noqulroa wonUh inny not ho more soHlsh than other inon , but ho hua with hl.s Bolllshnoati the faculty of gratifyIni : It to n , ifrontor extent limn others. Turn whntovor way ho will , the theorist la confronted by tha insurmoutnblo wall of Individual solllslinciis , nnd until the nnturo of man is ulmngoil his hopoB mudt full. JtlV-SUJlMEK THKA.TttlV.triV. Julia Mnrlowo Is ox pooled to return from Europe iu the early part of August. LUU-Lohmann-Ktilisch is spending ttn summer near Prague , which was nt ouo tlm her homo. Alexander Salvlnl will spend most of tha summer with his distinguished father iu Floroaco. Rose Coghlan has bought n cavalry horio , to bo used In his production of "Dorothy's ' Dilemma" next season. Colonel Mnploson has boon engaged to manage the season ot Italian opera proposed in Now York next season. Goorglo Draw llarr.vmoro will play the loading fomlntno character hi "Mr , Wilkin son's Widows" next season. After seeing n performance of "Lovo's Labor's Lost" a Chicago paper remarks there nro still n few people who prefer Shikes- poaro to Mr. Hoyt , Thu talk about J. H. Hill's ' difficulties has Bottled down Into nn easy bullet that the manager - agor will pull out of his troubles by the mld- dlo of thu coming season. The long litigation * > vor tha Wnnlor grand opera house In ICnnsas City has boon settled , and O. W Henry has regained possession , whllo L. M. Crawford retired. Ovlde Musln will bo accompanied to this country ni'xtyunr by Juliette Folvlllo , n Bel- plan composer nnd conductor , who , mean while , will nave bocoino Mrs. Mustn. Miss May Itobson has had her vacation abroad cut short by n message that she Is wonted for the production of "Juno" nt tha Madison Square theater In August. Mr. MclCoo Kankln Is seriously thinking of retiring from the stage nnd becoming a play wright Ho has several dates for next sea son wloh ho will fill , but ho will make no now ones. ones.Abby has engaged Albanl , Melba nnd Emma Homos , together with Capon ! and Joan mid ICdouard do Hoszko , for mi operatic tour of the United Status during the season oflSSII-2. When Henry Irving comes to this countrv he will visit Hdwln Booth in Boston , Joseph Jefferson at Biu/ard's ' Bay and Stuart Hot ) . son nt Cohnsset. Ho will bo accompanied by Augnstln Daly. A cihlouram has been received frcm Vie- torlen Sardouin which the fnuious dramatist states that ffio Hnglisti adaptation of "Thormidor" has mot with bis nppiovnl , and that it was forwarded to this country on Sat urday. Mrs. Dion Boucicault , who Is nt picsent member of Cluirlos Frohman's stock company presenting "Wilkinson's Widows" nt the Co lumbia , will next season create the leading female part In "Tho Solicitor , " the comedy for which Mr. Frohmnu has engaged Henry Dlxoy. j Manager A. M. Palmer has ro-ongngod for Is stock company uoxtnoason Miss Maud Harrison , Mr. Maurlco Barrymoro , Mrs. B. J. Phillips , Miss Agnes Miller , Mr. J. H. Stoddard , Mr. IS. M. Holland , Mr. Charles Harris nnd Mr. Walden Unmsiiy. Pauline Hall declared to it Philadelphia re porter that she had not washed her face in five years. She uses cold eromn ns u substl Into for nquo pure mid says it insures n good complexion. Maybe it does , but ugh ! 'I'h i nil of a face unwashed for five years I It Is rumored that Mr. Irvlng's approach ing visit to this country , although mainly for rest nnd recreation , is not nttogether discon nected with business , nnd that ho will then deckle upon the expediency of making an other professional tour in the United States. Annie Lewis , the bright little sjubrotto of "Latter On" fame , has signed n throu vonrs1 contract , with Manager JncnJj Lilt of Chicago. She will oppuar In "You Yonson" next season , mid her contract provides for u starring tour after that In n plav espoclnUy written for hor. The veteran actress , Mmo. JnnnuschokK.LS announced that she will never pla3' ngMti. Her tears have boon nnromuncratlvo ot la'.o years , and the Mirror aski the general piiUIio to nnlto in n grand testimonial benefit Unit shall rank with the farewell accorded to Charlotte Cushmnu. Nat Goodwin's search for now plays is at. mast indefatigable. Ho tires cosily of dra matic material which has boon used for n per. tain length of time. Ono or two of Goodwin s earlier pieces might easily have served him tor years on the road , but'ho refused to Iden tify himself with iinv ono ploy , llouco his frequent appearance in now pieces. Walter Damrosch announces that the con. stltutlon of his symphony orchestra for next season will bo ns follows : First violins , 12 ; seconds , 10 ; violas , " ; 'cell ! , li : douulo basses , ( i ; llutos , ! ) ; oboes , 2 ; Knglibfi horn , 1 ; Jdni- ionots , 2 ; bass clarionet , 1 ; bassoons , ! i- horns , 4 : trumpets , 3 ; trombones , 3 ; tuba , ] tympani , 1 pair ; bass drum , 1 ; small drum , triangle bells , etc. , 3 ; harp , 1 ; total , 119. The practice among players of assuming false names is baing abandoned almost alto gether by recent recruits of the profession. It originated in the times wnon acting was gom'rallv discountenanced , and when thosa who tool : to it lost thereby nearly nil sooliii consideration. A search through the cnstj in noaily oil the Now York City thootors by a man exceptionally well acquainted with thu personalities reveals the fact that net lets than 80 per cent of the performers were billed by their real names. Many New York millionaires , says the World"nro adopt performers on musical In strument * . John 1J. Hockofcller Is said to ba nn enthusiast with the ( In o , mid William W. Aster plays classic melodies an thu piano mid organ. Henry Clews still fingers the piano , and so do Robert Goclot nnd Joan H. Inmnn , whllo Krastus Wymnn , Crolghton Webb and the Standard Oil magnate. Hcnrv M. Fl.ig- lor , prefer the organ. Fiodorick Vmidorbilt finds charms in the banjo , and Colonel De Lancoy Kane is the bast amateur cornet player in the country Nearly all the comio opera people hnvo been \vatchlng "Miss Holyott" closely , but the mystery with which Mr. Frohninti Invoiti his plans concerning it continues. Mr. Frohinun Insists that the piece is n comedy with the introduction of music ns ono of the. features. He says that a prima donna Is not necessary for tne principal role. This indi cates that the part is going to mi actress who is not much of u shiver , and is generally be lieved that Mrs. Carter Is not much of a singer. Mr. Frohmon has placed the man agement of "Miss Hclyett" entlioly in the hands of Mr K. D. Price , nnd , ns Air. Pricu is Mrs. Carter's manager , there Is another reason to oollove that the Chicago divorcee will have the loading role In Audran's beau tilul operetta. Mr. David Bclasco walks around with maps of the Pyrenees in his hand mid "Miss Holyott" on his lip nnd Mr. Bela-sco Is Mrs. Carter's titago manager mid Instructor. It is plain that Mrs. Cnrt r is to play Miss Holyott , and it Is difficult to see wliat end can be gained by thu continued de nial of the tout. Miss Marv Shaw has many sensible words to say on the subject of praise O.H accorded to the work of actors and actresses. "Prnlso is ple.isant always , " she says , "It sots us right in the great world of nobodies gives a rua- son for our existence to managers and lu countless ways greases the wheels of material things. Although often patron U Ing , It Is still n very ifos'rablo thing. Yet it rolsos .sourcoly a ripple In the soul , and therefore , may do us vitally as much harm as it seemed to do us good. For it appears to mo that pr.ilso and success nro Rhowcrod upon us for what wo really deserve little credit for. Wo win them for what was God's ' gift to us ut birth , to which wo can mid or tuko uwny very little , nnd which xiinplv finds expression through us as light does through the medium or air. But there Is also in us a spark whoso flnniu might onkltidle the world hod we the cnu raw to develop It This Is sure to spread or cx tinguish. It is the one who blow * the helping breath to keep this alight who dees us moru good than any words will express. " Mine. Pnttl has fixed n date In the .second wool ! of Augimt for the opening of the nenii- tlful bijou opera house which she has hulit lately at croig-y-Nos castle. The event Ute to bo celebrated with much foitlItv , says the Chirago Herald , and M. mid Mine Nlfollnl will entertain n large paity of uoHti In honor thereof. On the Inaugural night the hostess herself will take part In the Hist act of "La Travliita" and the garden icono from "Faust. " Next ulght there will most likely be n bail In the theater , the floor of wliiUi can , by an Ingenious nppllca tlon of hvdraullo power be raised to the level of the stage. Again on the following evening there will be nn operatic ) performance includ IDK nets from "Homen ot JullutUi" and "Martha. " The baton Is to bo wielded by the veteran Stgnor Aril 111 , and a competent orchestra will bu engaged , To make the urttstlo Interest of tbo affair complete an ap propriate address will bu delivered on tha ilrst night by Henry Irving , whose presence in the dwelling of thu "Queen of Kong" will supply a fitting outward aymbol of the union that binds the drumu and the "dlvlnu on. "