f III 15 OMAIFA MILY BEti ; 33tN ) DAY APRIL 103 ,
RUGGING FOR THE PRECIOUS
Harked Activity in Two Leading Camps of
the Wast.
CREEDE PUSH AND BLACK HILLS BUSTLE
I'ro pcrt nnil Outlook of Ihr Former ! nnit
It * florin I , Industrial nml 1'olltknl I.lfr-
DrniliTimil'/i Hottrr of Projrclcil Im-
priiTPinciiU A Mntiiiuutti t'nnnl.
AMETHYST , Colo. , Anrll 1. [ Special to THE
HEE.J - Ilie sunny San Luis valley \lini been
ritfhtly named , for after one of the most de
lightful winters , almost uncounted elsewhere -
where , sprlnp has opened , with her myriads
of swrt't sonpstcrs , making mountain and
vale rejoice , whlloHis Majesty" the sun
reigns supreme over all. The climate of
Aranthisi. Wasson and Sunnyside is some-
thins w.uidorful 1 ,000 feet up the heights
nnd scarcely any snow all winter. *
As the train steams into \Vasson. which is
the extreme south portion of Crcede , the
prospect is one of valley nnd mountain , with
; i 'ow houses in the foreground ; rapidly
Icavitifr it you enter the West Willow Creek
valley and find yourself gradually nemmcu
in by mountains till you reach South Creedo
and An.c-tliyst . with the flat occupied mostly
by busini-ss liousrs , while the residence |
portion is on the Mesa or bench to the j
left. Piissin ? llieso two places , we approach
Upjier Crrede or "Death Valley , " as it has j
been called , not because of the mortality of
the place , but because the sun so seldom en
ters its confines. Hut even its ominous title
cannot detract from the prandeur and beauty
of its scenery. Tall mountains rise in awful
sublimity around , dotted hero and there
with lofty and beautiful trees , while fantas
tic figures , made by wind and weather , arc
portrayed u | > on the rocks of all apes. In
valkinp up the gulch you suddenly slurablo
upon some unexpected beauty of scenery ,
such as a rippling fall of water , a quaint
little home situated under some stern old
rock , or ono of nature's palaces looking
deep nnd cool.
The rounder of Crccdo.
In this valley is situated the homo of V. C.
Creede , ripht at the forks of the two canons.
It is a picturesque place built partially of
lops and partially of boards , painted green ,
nnd iwssrssing the almost ! unkuown feature
in this country , a fence , at the gate of which
is a lamp post. These are also painted
preen , and with the rush of water
flowing under a rustic bridge seem
part of the natural landscape.
The atmospheric chance from Amethyst to
Upper Creede is something to bo wondered
nt seeing there is so little rise in elevation ;
for whiln we arc cnjoyinc the calm and sun
shine , they have the blustering winds and
snow of winter.
Trouble Over Mlnm.
During the past week Creedo has had her
first serious trouble over mines. I ast
Wednesday nlcht a crowd of Jifty men l > e-
lonpinp to the Miners union went to the New
York Chance mine and without proper au
thority entered the property and ordered
the men to quit nnd come out , which com
mands were obevcd. The reason of this ac
tion was us follows : When the shaft was
started Mr. Reynolds , ttio manager , hired
the men at $5J a day , promising fH.-'iO
when sufllcient depth was gained
to warrant the higher rate ; that he
worked his men on ten-hour shifts instead of
eight ; that as a labor organization they proposed -
posed that all things should bo equal , and the
shaft men all over the camp should receive
SIl.W for cipht hours , and also that if any
man should attempt to work for less he
would be run out of camp.
Two of the strikers , Charley McCollouph
nnd C.V. . Havcnscroft , presented themselves
at the ofttcc of the company nnd at the point
of the revolver demanded their pay in full ,
as they expected their board bill to be de
ducted.
As the results show , these methods also
fell short of the desired end to compel the
Now York owners to heed the demands for
higher wages. On the contrary , it made
Mr. Hoynolds moro aggressive , and ho not
only declares that ho never made a promise
to increase the pay , but further that no
union man shall ever be employed on his
property ; that no man or set of nun smll
dictate to him as to how he shall run his
business.
The New York mine is closed indefinitely ,
150 men are out of employment. McCollough
and Kavenscrott arc in Lake City to answer
to the charge of assault and battery with in
tent to kUl , one man is dead , shot through
the heart in the light which had its origin in
the strike , and another badly injured.
John Krskinc , a miner on the Amethyst ,
became mixed in a scuffle between Marshal
Duncan and the McCollough brothers in a ,
restaurant Wednesday night , during which
Erskino got hold of the marshal's "billy"
anfl while attempting to strike the marshal ,
the latter succeeded in firing four shots into
Krskine's body. The Jury brought in a ver
dict that the shooting was not Justifiable ,
but District Attorney Stricklcr read the
evidence in a different Unlit and dismissed
Duncan. Ho was again arrested on the charpo
of murder , but again dismissed , after wnich
he resigned as marshal and thinking "dis
cretion the better part of valor , " left the
camp fora time.
D. H. Moffat has wired that if there is any
dissatisfaction evinced by the employes of
the Amethyst fiat the property shall be
closed.
Mining 1'rnRrcM.
An option for ten days has been given on
the Senate No. 2 aim Missing Link. The
figures are 10,000 cash and f 10,000 in sixty
days for a fourth interest in the two proper
ties. Hermann SchilTer , a wealthy silk man
ufacturer ot New York , holds this option.
Both properties were locate : ! by Carl Horn ,
and Join the Last Chance and the New York.
The Nelson pumel compressor is working
splendidly.
The Creedo & Ounnison railway is an as
sured fact as far as Bttchclor : , the fourteen
miles to bo built taking in the whole of
Batchclor and making it jiossible to ship
low grade ores from mines now idle , with an
assurance that the freight will not eat up
the bulk of profits. The road will be of incal
culable benefit to the camp.
The liallancc , situated east of the Alpha ,
shows a white quartz with silver glance , as
saying -107 to 474 ounces of silver per ton.
Quito a number of contracts have been let
during the past two weeks.
Another vein of amethyst quartz carrying
sulphides has been found in the Last Chance
mine at a depth of 345 feet. Assays show
800 ounces of silver per ton.
Sunuvsido is coming to the front in uuiUl-
ing , quite a number of buildings being in
course of erection.
The ! 0.0X ( ) school bonds of Creedo were
sold for VJV cents on the dollar to E. G.
Patterson , a broKer of Denver. They bear 7
] > crccnt interest and run live and fifteen
years.
The ore shipment of Creedo camp for the
past seven dnys netted l.SK ) tons.
Creedo has now a now county named Min
eral with its county sent \Vasson , nnd
now citizens are beiup i > estcred b.v aspirants
for office. The city election is the basis of
all conversation and < juitc a hot contest is
expected.
The dnnring and whist clubs have com
bined and now hold n semi-monthly meeting
at the HrainarvJ & IJccbo hotel.
On Sunday evening Colonel Will L.
Visscher was hero and pave n lecture on the
Keelcy cure , after which he aim Mr. Uonnar
entertained the audience with recitations
and songs cf a high orUor of excellence.
Everyone is hoping the New York Chance
will not remain closed long , for It is the
largest shipper in the camp.
Quito a number of new prospects nro being
developed and expectations run high all over
the camp.
ittrlulmlnir I lie Colorado Denrrt ,
Work has commenced on a monster canal
that will take water out of the Colorado
river and irrigate the vast expanse of coun
try in the southwest known as the Colorado
tlcscrt. For ten davs NX ) men and teams
have been engaged in the excavation , and on
the 'J7th work commenced at two other
roints nnd the number of laborers was in
creased to 1XK ) . The fall of the river is con
siderable , and as its averapo depth is twelve
feet , thocnnal will cut it about fifty miles
above Yuma , Ariz. , and by le&senlng the
natural grade , in a few miles the water will
bo brought to the surface. The canal Is to
bo carried around Chlmnoy peak , a ilLstunco
of forty miles from the main stream , and
through a section of country now entirely
for want of water. It will then be
rnrrlcd noulh ncrun * the line Into Mexico , n
dlntnncfof Rovcntv mllra , rnaklnjf It 1'JOmllr *
In length and the l.irgrnt nnd longest cnnM In
the world. It will bo eighteen feet In depth ,
slxtv In width and will haven carrying e.v
jxH-lty of luo.ux ) miner' * Inches. A atrip of
oountrv from twenty to forty miles In width
will be rcclnlmod for the entire length nnd
will be pin HUM in onincra , llg nnd dates ,
The Mexican government 1ms mndc valuable
concettslonft of land to the company nnd they
will be relieved from taxation for a number
of years , so th.Tl the most prominent capital
ists of Denver , St. f/juls. San Francisco and
Chicago are heavily Interested , the cost of
the work having been placed by the engi
neers at Jft.dOO.OOO.
The land lying aton ? the route , Inside the
United States , has a soil from ten to thirty
feet in depth and of wonderful fertility
wherever touched by water , though there
nro no springs , nnd as ruin seldom falls no
one has paid any attention to it , though now
hundreds of acres are being surveyed nnd
filed upon dallv under the provisions of the
United States land law. The \VolJlcy canal ,
higher up the Gila , had water let into it on
the 'JOtii lust. , and It is now irrigating an
area of thirty-eight by fourteen miles that a
year ago was a barren waste of sand.
IN TIII : iiL.vcit ini.i > .
.Mineral nnd IlnllilliiR I'ro pcctn Quito
I'lnttrrini ; .
The state mining insi > ector In his annual
report speaks in Haltering terms of the Key
stone , Tepee , Cross and Gh-ndalo districts.
"This wondersul district , " he says , "is situ
ated near and runs parallel to thu tin veins
of Haruey 1'oak district , its course being
north and south , and generally governed by
the fault through which Battle crccK Hews ;
however , at times the tin veins are fo-ind
intermixed with this now demonstrated
py ritic and arsenical gold-bearing zone , which
during the past year has proven to be rich in
free gold , and bears similar characteristics
to that of our Wnltowood free milling ores ,
ttio resemblance being moro apparent upon
the surface , and the free gold being found in
tno cap which covered this zone , composed
of red decomposed quartz of lesch sluto and
decomposed slate , schist , with porphyry in
termixed , the cap , in thickness , being from
fifty to IM feet ; and from which placer
miners have , during the many years , ex
tracted and milled by hand stamp mill , many
hundreds of tons , hauling the same great
distances to water. That there is a mother
lode of great magnitude in this district , is
evident from the fact of so much placer gold
being found in the many ravines and gulches
which drain this ixjrtion of the upheaval.
"This district during the past year was vig
orously prospected and its full value and ex
tent determined. The boom being caused
through the purchase of the Keystone prop
erty consisting of many claims. This com
pany has now erected a twenty-stamp mill
with concentrating tables attached , all the
appliances being of the latest improved sys
tem. From a close examination and per
sonal visits to this section , and after view
ing the many valuable pro | ertics here ex-
jK > sed it must be considered one of the com
ing districts of South Dakota , if the proper
ties are handled ti ] > on a practical system ,
but on being worked unpractically , like
many other enterprises of the Southern
Hills in past years , it would prove a drone
on the hands of any company. The starting
of the Keystonn mill is anxiously awaited
when the value of this now exiwsed mineral
zone will bo fully determined and the future
prosperity of this section as a gold-produc
ing district will bo no longer prospective , but
an established reality. "
Tlie chlorination plant at Kapld City will
start ut > next week. It will handle ore from
the Welcome mine. The Welcome Mining
company has purchased the tlireo claims
owne-i by the Kimberly Mining company for
? 100,000. The purchase includes the Fargo ,
Garland and Graham lodes.
Pan assays from the old workings of the
abandoned Sam mine show an average value
of $5 per ton gold. The samples were taken
from the face of the ore ledge in the thirty-
live-foot cross cut. Selected samples show
n much larger assay. The property has been
taken up and will bo worked with a view of
building a quartz mill if the ore will warrant
it.
Frank Webber recently bonded the Alpha
and Omega to a Cnicago man for fi'j.OOO.
Webber has snipped ninety tons of ore from
this property which gave a return of $100
per ton in gold.
The Honicstakc Mining company is
making preparations for a novel display at
the World's fair. This display will boa
mammoth brick of gold , representing a three
months run at their mills. This company's
output per month Is ioO,000. The brick will
be worth ? 7DO.OOO.
It has been estimated by Deadwood min
ing men that the blanket formation , cover
ing an area of eight square miles , contains
in the aggregate 150,000,000 tons of ore.
averaging $ iQ per ton gold. This estimate
docs not include the second contact Known
to exist below the upper. The body of ore is
practically inexhaustible. The above figures
do not nor cannot give any idea of its mag
nitude.
A handsome body of ore has Dcen opened
up in the Iroi. Hill. The ore is thickly
coated with horn silver. This mine was
thought to have been worked out six years
ago. It was then selling for $ S per share , but
dropped to iJoceiUs ; since then it has been
fluctuating between 15 and ! > cents ,
The Black Hills Gold and Silver Hecovery
company of Denver has purchased the
Flickinger Lewis group of claims for
$40.000.
Deadwood has booked several important
Erojccts for the year. It is proposed to
uild an electric line to Lead City to bring
about closer intercourse. The new hotel
now under way will cost JHO.OOO. The mu
nicipal water works will form a prominent
improvement in the year's list. A Masonic
temple , several largo business blocks , a num
ber of residences and at least a mile of street
pavement are under contract. The outlook
for Deadwood is a rosy one.
The VanMilii ) ; IliirTalo.
Prof. Horuaday , the naturalist , says a
writer in Harper's , estimated the number of
buffalo running wild at the beginning of the
year 1S91 at 1,000 , and this Is certainly a
liberal estimate. About fifty are known to
bo hi Colorado , where in O-tober , 1391 , a
ranchman , for whom justice still calls in
vain , is known to have killed five. In
1SS9 the state legislature of Colorado en
acted a law providing severe penalties for
anyone who should kill a buffalo before the
year V.K . The state game warden recently
made an effort to bring the individual I
who admitted that ho had killed
live of the animals to Justice , but no
"could find no ono who would testify
apainst him. " These Colorado DufTalo are
said to bo in four "bunches" ono in Middle
park , one in the Kcnosha range ( the herd
numbering perhaps twenty ) , ten or fifteen 1
are at Halm's Peak in Houtt countv. and the
remainder at
On Uio Jauifs river in North Dakota and
south and west of Jamestown there are four
or five animals , all that are left of the little
herd which made its last stand near Fort
Totten. Manitoba is said to contain a small
herd , but as quite a number of animals were
recently shipped from Winnipeg to Garden
City , Kan. , where "Buffalo" Jones has
gathered a considerable number , and is en
deavoring with some measure of success to
increase them by breeding , it may bo that
this Manitoba herd has been counted twice.
The Yellowstone National park contains a
large herd-tho largest , perhaps , in exist
ence anywhere and they are said to bo
slowly increasing in numbers.
Forty-seven buffalo nro owned by C.
Allard , a rancher in the Flathead country ,
on Crow creek , Mont. These animals are
herded with the domestic cattle. Hero and
them throughout the country. In parks or
zoological gardens , a few are to bo found.
Tnese are ail that remain of that mighty
host which covered the plains of the west
within the memory of men not yet 8. > years
of age.
lilahn .Mineral.
The placer miners of Willow , five miles
west of Idaho City , are cleaning out their
ditches and making all necessary prepara
tions for opening their claims. Tiioy expect
an unusually prosperous season.
Owners of a large number of claims near
Boise City are doing development work on
them , anu they all look so favorably that
there is now now doubt that the district will
prove a very Important one. The ores are
Iwth gold nnd silver.
Several strong companies have been formed
thU M inter for the purjwso of working the
placer and quartz mines at Elk City , Idaho
county. The onp that has taken hold of
placer mines has secured largo tracts of good
ground that oould not be worked heretofore
because ot the heavy expense of getting
water on to It.
The Last Chanca iniuo , at Atlanta , l
working trn men nml extracting connldern
bio ore For scTcrnl years tno tnlno hml
been In litigation , nnd tliTO wm some
trouble In regard to the till'1 , but everything
has been straightened out by n puvernniont
potent. The Inst C'hanco is ono of the
greatest gold properties in tlio state , nnd
during twenty-five years has yielded enor
mous returns. The lodge is largo nnd the
ere extremely rich In free gold , averaging
WOO | Kfr ton. The present owners have no
doubt but that the product between now
nnd the 1st of July will reach the largo sum
of KiO.OOO with the small force at work.
NCMT lorr < t llrnrrvntloiin.
The establishment of forest reservations
will add strength to the movement now in
progress at Sacrament ) to recede the
Yosemite valley and the Marlposa Big Tree
Grove to the United States , says the
Century. The necessity of more securely
guarding these two * great treasures ought
now to bo moro apparent than ever to the
people of California. They ought to see the
wUUotn of allowing control of the entire
tract to bo consolidated In the hands of the
general government. In this way nlono can
it be secured for all time against the ravages
of ignorance , the greed of "rings , " nnd the
onslaughts of vandalism. If the effort to
procure voluntary recession shall fall , it will
bo the duty of congress to repeal the grant
of 1 ! . For this course it is certain that a
congressional Inquiry will reveal only too
substantial grounds. Once the valley is in
the hands of the government , the services of
Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted should bo
secured to lay down the principles on which
it should be treated. Meantime he should
bo selected to act as adviser to the bureau in
charge of which the scenic portions of the
now parks shall bo placed.
The llarnrj IVuk Tin Mltir .
The Deadwood Times announces that , the
Harney Peak Tin Mining and Milling com
pany "will not resume operations for an in
definite period. No hope of a settlement be
tween the Ameriiiin and English stockhold
ers is in sight , at least for some months. A
resumption of operations cannot be looked
for for at least three or four months. Evi
dently the ideas of the stockholders and
those of Superintendent Chllds did not jibe ,
as the latter gentleman resigned his position
nnd is no longer the manager of the com
pany's affairs here. It is understood thatan
order has. or will be soon , sent from New
York to cease all operations now being car
ried on at Hill City. It is to ho regretted
that on the eve of pros | > erity this enterprise
was forced to close down , owing to the stub
born bulldog tcuauity with which our Eng
lish cousins are opposinc the live energetic
end of the enterprise. Mark it down in your
hat , " says the Times , "that this plant was
not closed down becauseof the non-existence
of tin , but for the reason quoteJ above. "
Ncliniika mill Nfli
A Button woman is making a rustle for the
postmastcrshlp.
Papillion's free reading room will bo
opened this week.
E. V. Clark has sold the Genoa Banner to
George W. Cornell.
The Dodge county Sunday school conven
tion will be held at Jamestown May 24 and 25.
It is definitely announced that work will
be commenced at once upon the enlargement
of tne Kearney canal.
The Table Uok Brick and Tile company
has been incorporated with an authorized
capital stock of $1,000,000.
Congressman Kem is employing his spare
time between sessions in remodeling and en
larging his house at Broken Bow.
The sale of the North Nebraska Fair
Driving Park association grounds at Norfolk
by the sheriff has been continued.
The United Brethren church at Crete has
been closed for lack of funds and Rev. Mr.
Wharton has removed to Blue Hill.
I. D. Clark proposes to out in a cannery at
Papillion if the fanners will only agree to
raise the necessary vegetables to can.
Ten thousand bushels of corn burned at
Western in the cribs of the Western Eleva
tor company , causing a loss of $30,000 ,
The Old Settlers' association for Antelope
county has decided to hold the annual en
campment in Neligh , the time to be fixed
later.
The Plattsmouth Herald is thirty years
old , and it one counts from the day the Citi
zen was started , out of which the Herald
grow , the paper is thirty-eight years of age.
Michael Beacom , who was badly frozen
near.Hubbard . , Dakota county , about ten
weeks ago , Is now ready to learc the hos
pital. It was at. first thought it would be
necessary to amputate ono of his legs near
the thigh. He has finally escaped , how
ever , with the amputation of ono foot at the
insteu anJ the other at the ankle.
West Point people are already beginning
to prepare for the coming field encampment
of the Nebraska Sons of Veterans. This en
campment takes place Juno 12 , 13. 14 and 15
and it is expected that there will bo fully
3,000 visitors at West Point during the four
days of the exercises. Six hundred uni
formed and well drilled Sons of \ eterans
will take part in the prize drill contests , for
which $400 in special prizes are offered.
Too much confidence in a strange hired
man caused Thomas Stretch , n Snunders
county farmer , lots of trouble and the loss of
considerable cash. Ho sent his farm hand
\Veston with a load of hogs to sell and ho
sold them. But instead of taking the pro
ceeds to his employer the hired man put the
money in his i > ocket and headed the team for
Wahoo. At a bridge near the Saunders
county capital the team was tied up and the
driver hit the road for railway connection.
On his way he met some of the boys who
were out hunting and informed them that
some man had tied a team near the bridge
up the creek and had evidently committed
suicide. This news reaching Wahoo caused
a great deal of excitement and several
parties went out to search for the dead body
which they failed to find. The hired man is
still at largo. _
\V * trrn Note * .
There will be 50.00 sheep sheared in Mason
valley , Nevada , this summer.
The largo flouring mill at Marion Junction.
S. D. , was destroyed by fire lust week , caus
ing 50.000 loss.
The Oregon & California Land company
used to bo assessed on 53,000 acres of land In
Lane county , Oregon Anewownership book
revealed 2TiO,000 acres. As a tax shirker the
company takes front rank.
James Officer , ono of the oldest and best
known Oregon pioneers , died last week , on
his donation land claim in Clackamas county ,
where he settled when he came to Oregon
from Missouri in 1S46. Ho was born In Ten
nessee in 1S01.
A Spokaneite whoso peculations and forg
eries were discovered attempted to drown
nis disgrace with atropftia. To counteract
the effect of the poison and save his Hfe the
nn f.i * tlTTin tiri c m n tf l rtrl tVi > ntirti V a wtst r
and vigorously whipped. The treatment
was effective.
The sale of the Lewis and Little Nell lodes
in Bl.icktail , Black Hills , was cotnpleted'lsst
week. The pure-baser was ; ho Black Hills
Gold Recovery company , and the price paid
was SiO.OOC. The Blunderbus and Tread well
mines , owned by Daniel Flickinger , were
also sold for $30,000.
The Utah Mormons are making a desper
ate light in the courts for several hundreds
of thousands of dollars worth of projx-rty
confiscated b.v the government. The saints
may bo laying up treasures for the here
after , but any one who thinks they are over
looking any of the good things in signt is
seriously mistaken.
An incident illustrating Celestial insight
into human nature happened in Great Falls ,
Mont. , last week. The townspeople had
driven every Chinaman away. Won Lung
returned , determined to beat down local
prejudice. Going into a prominent saloon
tie Invited nil Imnih MK Irrigate" They Irri
gated nnd rejoiced Ilio moro lhoy drnnk
thu moro popular hecatnn Won Lung Ills
popularity Increased n he nmdo the rounds
of the saloons. dlnpftMltig liquor Invlshly.
After blowing himself the extent of t oO
ho was voted the frecftom of the city
Bicycle riding Is epidemic nt While Sul
phur Springs , Mont. Ladles , babies nnd
full grown men nil join together In cavorting
around the alkaline flat * of Smith river on
the elusive two-legged wheel. Even the
Invalids who go thereto bathe In the healIng -
Ing waters of the sulphur springs forget
their awful aches aud ( Kilns nnd , casting
crutches aside. Join in the general hilarity.
During a late moetlrfg of sheeperowers in
Cheyenne , the question 'of the capacity of
the Wyoming range was freely discussed.
State Senator J. J. Hurt and Hon. J. B.
Okie unite In the statement that there is yet
room for fully 1,000.000 sheep in the state ,
and that there is no danger of over produc
tion of wool or from national legislation.
There is mentioned by these gentlemen ono
county which has 5AM square miles of unoc
cupied range , affording the best sheep runs
In Amciica.
The plain truth is good enough for Hood's
Sarsntvirilla. No need of cinbclishment or
sensationalism. Hood's cures.
THE SAPPHIRE ,
A Pretty ( Jem Oncn Agnln In the Taror of
Va liliiiml > lr .
Sapphires have of Into years become
fashionable perns. The blue of the
sapphire is very seldom pure , or spread
over the whole substance of the stone.
Sometimes it is mixed with black : , which
pives it an inky nppeiirance : sometimes
with red , uhieli , although inuxjrceptiblo
by daylight , yet by iirtitlciul "liffht gives
it mnettiystino appearance. Two
sapphires , which by daylight may np-
pear of the same hue , often differ ex
tremely in color at night. If the stone
be held in An ordinary pair of forceps an
inch beneath the surface of very clear
water , the parts of the stone colored and
uncolored will bo distinctly apparent.
This remark applies to all other gems.
Star sapphires are usually of a gray
ish blue tint , and the star is exhibited in
its greatest perfection when looked atby
the light of the sun or a candle. The
sapphire is found of all tints and shades
of blue , but the color which approxi
mates to the shade formerly called "bleu
du roi , " is the most valuable. A really
flne sapphire should appear blue bv ar-
tilicial light as well as by day. Tills
stone is found in crystals , generally of
much larger size than the ruby. The
name ' 'sapphire" is perhaps the only one
which runs through all languages with
very slight alteration the Hebrew name
sapphir , the C'haldaic sapirinon , the
Greek y.alllros , the Latin sapphirus. etc.
To the sapphire has been ascribed the
following magical properties : That it
prevents wicked thoughts ; that it is such
an enemy to poison that if put into a
glass with a spider or venomous reptile
it will kill it. St. Jerome , in his exposi
tion of the nineteenth chapter of Isaiah ,
says that the sapphire procures favor
with princes , pac n'os enemies , frees
from enchantment and obtains release
from captivity. Thi * gem was sacred to
Apollo and was worn when inquiring
of the oracle at hid shrine. It was es
teemed as-a remedy against fevers.
Ceylon lias always been famous for its
sapphires , as well as for other gems ,
and even the energetic rapacity of the
old Roman adventuroYs failed to exhaust
its riches. Of alt the brilliant gems
extracted from theoil ; of this richly endowed
dewed island , hardly any was moro
highly esteemed by them than the
sapphire. Its exquisite tint recalled
to the exiled Hainan the clear ,
cloudless azure of the heavens
over the seven-hilled city. The
treasuries and regattas of Euronb possess
sapphires of veryi. large size. In the
green vaults of Dresden nro several of
remarkable size and beauty. In the
Russian treasury are some of an enor
mous size , amongst them one of a light
blue tint. The engraving of sapphires
was hardly known before the days of the
Roman empire , and probably the most
celebrated of all engraved sapphires is
the great signet of the Emperor Constantine
stantino , which weighs fifty-three carats.
Itlipuumtmii
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SLEPT FOB FIVE MONTHS.
The Ilurnlnff of n Tonsil Curci n Strange
Citso oT Lethargic Sleep.
A curious case of lethargic sleep which
lasted for tivo months has just come to
the attention ofthe Hypnotic and
Psychological society in Paris , which
both the society and the doctors are
unable to . A
explain. 13-year-
old girl of an excellent provincial
family is the subject of this curious ex
perience. While at boarding school she
was suddenly frightened and became ill.
She was examined by the celebrated
Professor Charcot and admitted to the
insane asylum of Dr. RaiTegeau at Vesi-
net. At this time the girl uttered a
series of hoarse barks , and her wide-
open mouth disclosed a highly swollen
right tonsil. Every live minutes she was
seize'd with a spasm , during which she
rubbed her left eyebrow so hard with
her left hand that she nearly Wbro it
away. She was completely unconscious
and 'had to be nourished artificially by
means of a stomach tube. Three days
after reaching Vesinet she fell into syn
cope , which it was impossible to disturb
by any physical pain. Massage and hy-
dropathia treatment produced a visible
improvement , but it was not until a few
days ago that the proper remedy was
discovered. Drr RaiTegeau cauterized
the swollen tonsil with a red-hot
iron and at the same time
treated the muscles under the jaw with
massage. The girl gave a little scream
when the iron was applied. Some hours
later she was induced to repeat the
vowels after the physician. Next morn
ing she suddenly awoke , asking : "Where
am I'Sho had absolutely no recollec
tion of what had occurred about her.
She is now more lively than before her
illness , talks incessantly and seems
anxious to make up for the time she halest
lost by amusing hecself ns much as pos
sible.
A Ills ; GniBihoppcr.
A distinguished ijafuralist of the Cali
fornia Academy of Sciences was travel
ing in Australia , wlujn ho saw a kangaroo
roe in session and llung a stone at it , says
the San Francisco Examiner.
The kangaroo immediately adjourned
tracing against tho' sunset sky a para
bolic curve spanning seven provinces
and vanished beloff the horizon. The
distinguished naturalist looked inter
Take Water
and a little Pearline , and you have
the best preparation in the world for
washing and cleaning. It will do
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anc y ° ur person. Try it on something
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don r1'eddlcrs \ and * omc unscrupulous grocers will tell you " this is as good as"
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honestiVfcf * . 1 JAMES PYLE , New York.
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' You hnve pretty wltlo inoatlows hero
um
"No. not very wide , " the pnlilo nn-
! ' 'nlxuU the * MUHO us In Kngtnnd
nml America. "
After another lonR sllonco Uio ills-
tlneulshetl naturn.ll.vt ffllil :
"The liny which wo shall purchase for
our horees this evening I "hull expect
to llml the tttnlks about flfty foot lonir.
Am I rlirhtV"
"Why no , " smhl Uio guide : "n foot or
two Is about the usual length of our liny.
What can you lx ? thinking of ? "
The distinguished naturalist ( of the
California Academy of Sciences ) made
no Immediate reply , but lalor. ns In the
shade * of night they journeyed through
the desolate vastness of the great , lone
land , \w \ broke the silence :
"I was thinking. " ho said , "of the un
common magnitude of that blanked
grasshopper. "
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\Vlmt n rhllndrlpliU Ciinrl lint Dcrliircil to
lion Lrgllliiuitn Item.
"I see where a drummer in Philadel
sued his house for S. > that ho had
lost In a poker game , " said Charles An
derson to a St. Loui * ( .ilobo-Dotuocrnt
man of Baltimore. "The funny part of
it it , too , is that the judge deufded In his
favor , holding that inasmuch as the
game was played with customers , nnd that
had ho won their money it might have
affected his sales , it must be considered
a legitimate item of cxpens-e. It strikes
one tit first as being a peculiar decision ,
but when you look at It in all its phas-es
it is only just. There are lots and lots
of things that a man is compelled to
spend money on in order to keep his
rude that the hoiiMMvlll not jwrmit him
o charge as expense that are
eally nothing but expenses. I
lad an incident of the kind
once that broke mo up pretty
> adly. I was in one of those towns that
on will often tind too big for a village
uid too small for n city. 1 had a line
array of r-amples at the hotel and an enragement -
ragement with a customer for that af-
crnoon to come up and look at them.
Of course we mu.st have something to
moke while looking at the stock. The
cigars at the hotel were vile , and I went
o a wholesale concern and bought a box
of cigars , the best I could Ret. and paid
211 cents for them by the box. They
vcre lovely. I took s-'ome out of the box
so that it wouldn't look as if they were
jought for that occasion only , and
waited for my man. He came. I gave
lim one of the cigars. He lit it and
mffod at it for a few minutes , and then
le said : 'I suppose this is a Havana
cigar ? ' That digu ted mo with him at
once. He continued : 'You eastern
men all smoke these Havana cigars ;
low , for inv part. I nrefer a nice , light
domestic cigar , say about 5 cents. It
smokes better. ' I sold him a bill of
goods , but I couldn't make the house
; > ay me back the $14.r > 0 I had spent for
ifty " 0-cent cigars. Yet it was a legiti
mate expense. Those things strike you
as tough , don't theyV
Dyimmlto In llccr.
Michael Lewis , a laborer in the New
York College Point brewery , until
Saturday lat. . drank and relished his
portion of the beer usually allowed to
employed , but now ho swears that ho
will never take another mouthful of the
awful stuff , and all because of an experi
ence with a keg of beer on pay day ,
which he is not liable to forget for some
time to come.
Lewis was loading a wagon with small
kegs of beer , which ho carried from the
vaults in the cellar. When the truck
was almost filled , ono of the kegs he
liad in his arms exploded with a report
like a cannon , and the oft coveted bever
age How about the sidewalk like streams
from a geyser spring.
Michael was thrown violently to the
ground. It was not the first time that
nn overdose of beer had prostrated a
man. but Lewis had never before been
so suddenly overcome.
The Hying splinters from the fractured
keg tore his clothing and bruised his
ficsh , and _ when his companions ran to
liis assistance he was yelling like a mad
man.
"That settles it' " he cried. "I knew
d d well there was dynamite in beer ,
an' I'll nivcr drink a drop uv it ag'in. "
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