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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. "