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' M THE OMAHA DAILY BEK : StrNDAYfAOOTOBEK 15. MS-TWENTY PACTES. riMTVITII \ \ \\inrc i \ IHAllllLi \ \ rAJlUub Entertaining Tnlk with MM. Kfcta Obnse , Daughter of tha Chief Ju tifp. HER FAIHER'S PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS lln * .7ai AtnblMiiu * to ocntf , the OIIUo but Only lf > AilmlnlMrr It for 111 * Uootl of Hid Ooplf.-Snmn UmU ttfttui * moil She Kitnw. \VUsn torus' , Oct 12. [ Special Orm Rr-ondf'iicvof Tug lirt | 1 spent n morning thh week with Mrs. Knto Chain lit Cdgo wjod , hoi home Bear Washington H Hcs on the outskirts of thu citj on n hitch hl-1 overlooking the basin in nhich Wshltmton It built Thu ostito now ran.prlsm thlrtj- an nciei , uiul 11 Includes the old brick man slonlnuhU'h Salmon 1' Oha o lived while howaschlof justice of the United States , llils Is great two-story brio' ! containing nut ii } lurgo rooini and tovercd by a rid go roof out ot which the llttio wludows of the atllo poJco their heads and Rae ut Ihu mag vli'ws atwilt them A wIde hnll nun the euntrrof the home Hare oht furniture uhich Mrs. Chase picked up In Huropo llils many of the rooms , and the llorarjwhere the chlof Justice was wont , as hU daughter tells inu , to ti.tiul.ito I.itln poetty Into HngllsU veisu foi amusement , Is UII llltHCt Knto Olumn In 18111. Driving up u winding mail through gient trees which hid from mo thu O < tobor sun. 1 was mot nt the front door of the house by .Mrs Clmsu linraolf She was dressed in black , with nn old-fashlonoit bioad brimmed hat com.ng well down mer her eves , and she li.ul boon pajlng attention to hur farming Shu has inmigedtUorj thing connected with the estatu fur .vo.n-.i uiul has tuined It from : i farm Into a p.uk. She Is n good fnrtnor and thnH.ituubialaa which made hoi so powerful in the daysof ISiiOcomu to lior service now in making thu ciidsmuut off of this thirty-nix acres of dui soil. As wo walked up the steps Mrs Ohaso leiuovcd her hat and J could sou thut she itill possesses oino of the beauty which nmilo li'ci so f.unuus In thu days K' > i" > by Shu Is sti.iight as tin arrow Her lonu is lonndcd but not fut Her face has nut few \\rlnkli" , iitul her hair a jut ehuwH no sl'ns ( of Rr.ij As she talks h r iii brlphteii and thu tiiiigiiotism for \\hiili she was so noted ngain LOIIIUS to the surface She must bu now nearly . " 0. but she do 3 not look moio than 10 , and In my LOiucrnatlon with her no word of complaining or fault- fludlui ; diopped from herlips The day upon which I tailed was n plois.mt im and wo fh itted In the open nil , suiioumled by one of Ihu lluestlows In the United States LVom the \\Idu voi'amU on which wo sat we could see the tjolden dome of the new II- btarv , view the many lolunmud oapitol , with its llii s Iliint ; o\or thu houses ol confrioss , and oil in tbo Ulst.uiLU 1111 our o.vcs with thu snowj splro of the WashliiKton monument , which plotced the blue skj about thiee miles away. Wo could see the 1'otomac , anil look down as it nut ) upon thu great ted brick cltj pai'l.ed with Its wealth and misery , its vices aud its virtue , its shoUdj and its shams About our feet stretched ncres of velvety lawn , on which Jersey c.ittlo tied by long lopes to stakes hero and thoio sleepily browsed Abo\ouslho enormous biandics of tir.tiu.il oaks wa\ud their many coloied leaohrthu iiutumn sun and all of our sur- roundiufjs woie those of peace casting their shndow upon the Kie.it city of dUcoul below The famous \\OIIKUI who sat beside mo seemed also at DCILO Shu has tasted to the full nil of thu pomps aud vanities of political and soc111 life and she Is now impuviitl\ happy htie on the edfju of It , though not In U. A Kciuiatioii ago them was no woman in Washington moio powerful , moio courted nnd mot n admired than Mis ICatu Chase. She plajed thu game of politics as no woman In our historj h is uur pluj ed It , and Her pawns wue mon. As 1 looked over tbo eapi- tel , \vlicro tbu SDii.ito was wiaugllng Just as thu.s dlil when Salmon P Chase s.it thcro narlv in the * 0s. ( ) and wheru C'liief Justice l ullor was piosidiug o > ur the iloinga of the court as Chief Justice Cliasu did a llttio more than two decades ago , I could not help thinking of the wondeifiil history of thu woman at mj sldo I pointed to thu city and asked her tu gl\o mo hur Mist memories of It. A ( llrl'M ItntolliM-tliiiiH < > l Cluy unit M'cbutcr. Said Mrs Chtibo : "It Is now more than foi tycars slnco I first came to Washington I was u Httlu girl then , und my father had been uloeted to thu United States suuato. IIo brought mo cast with him and placed mo in a cutoutatod school In Now Yotk. 1 spent most of my tunuiit school , hut now aud then 1 hul : a va cation , In which 1 came ocr heio to visit father , and nt thuso times I saw something of the gioat men of the daj r.ithur often took moon tbo lloor 'itid Introduced mo to his InolhcT sonaloib I lememhorlt well I knuwClav , Webster and Calhoun. Heniy Clay made u strong Impiusslon upon mo. My father was a tall man , hut Claj was much taller IIo towoicd uliovo me , but ho wan pleasant In his manners and fond of ihll- drcn. He made much of mo ami 1 liked him. 1 roinembcr Daniel Webster , too Unsceuied to mo at that tlmo to bu m\ ideal of how u statesman ought to look IIo was \urysubur * and Impiessho In his mannoi IIo seldom laughedbut , hu was voij Kindand ho used to semi mo his speeches [ don't suppose ho thought 1 would read them , but ho wanted to compliment mo and show that hu lemon - bored mo , and I know that I felt very nroud when I saw Daniel Wet slur's fiank upon pieces of mull which c imu to me at thu Nuw , York school , Anuthurgieat man who was ray friend up to thu thnu of his death was Charles Sunnier , Ho was a noble man , warm , kind und pioat I know him \vlionho was n bachelor , and I HIW much of him after his niaulagu and the tioublu which fol lowed " r "How did Sumner happen to inairj' " I asked , > .Smmit'r'fi tTitlmpm Miirrmcn. "Ho was not nuiriled until lata In lifo , " leplled Mis Chase "Ho spent most of his c'xltitemo In bachuloihuol , and huwasmai-- iled to his studies and his piofesslou Ho was a great fik-nd of Cougicsdiiian Hooper of Massachusetts , and Itwi.s at Hooper's house that tie met tuo .voting widow whom ho mauled Shu had inautod Hoopc-i's HOII and hn had tiled 1 used to see Mr Sumner neatly everv dav at Hti- . tine He was fatheiV Irlend and hiKiic mui u of his time at our house rather Joheo him about his appro.uhlng marrlago and in a je.stiiu way cited the examples of piomlneni men who hadmairicd iuung wives Chailes Sumner was happv. however , in the approaching mairlagu , and It was not until his wedding day had for some tlmo gone b > that he ap preciated the mistake no had made , Ho found that instead of a helpmeet and a com panion he had mauled a butterfly , who caied moio for the gennan and for the se rial festivities of the capital than for her husband and his studies , 1'or a tlmo ho went with her to parlies ami receptions 1 have sal beside him on bonui suth occasUns , when I lould see that ho was miserable. IIo had work to do and he felt that ho should bo at it and the result waa the separation. Ho felt HIM blow teirlblv and 'it was this , I bo lievo , that hastened his death " "What kind of u nun was Sunnier , so- elnllv " "Ho was charming , " was the repl > "Ho was full of anctdoles and was u brilliant talker , Ho wa * warm hearted and sensi tive. . Ho was a man of u w ide range of thought and of a thorough appreciation of the good , the Clue and thu beautiful " ' | IH D in iHIIII. 1 hero spoke to Mrs. t'luibo of her famous social reign and asked her if she had a uliv tuic of hcibclf which was taken at the tlmo of the war. "You speak of my social lelgn , " Mrs. Cliaso replied. " 1 did not go Into boclety , I venture to say , as nuicli ns half as many women In Washington today. I never cand for socluty much , ilyrioudihlji * tronjt , Mia f knntr Ml of the gteat i en of my tlmo. My oclal lifn was made up of dlnncrj.nml vrlth the ivncelntions of such men rather than the common round of receptions and cal.t. As to enturtilnlng I was thrown upon mvovvri leaoniees at a tofy eirly ago 1 WAS only 14 whun I took clnrgo of my father's hoasohold , and I tontlnued at the head of It from Hint tlmo until his death. " Mis. Chase then said that she had no photograbh or dauerrot > pn of that time , but that she conld xIvo mo n slcil engraving which was said to bo n verv good likeness Bho th'reupoii vvnt Into tne house and te- turned with this engrav Ing and a photograph of her daughter , ithel. : Aftn speaking of i Mlsn hthol't siicceis en th Ktage and her I delight that she had beutt abto to carve out a p i-o for herelf , sliej showed mo the engraving - graving , It was the nicturo of n beautiful woman In the full arc-ss of about IrfiiO U lies before .lie ; i > I write The hoop skirt Is very larffe , but the. 'owecufc irown shows a beautiful nock and shoulders and the sym- moitlcal foatmeBiiro full of beauty , much of which still may be seen on the face of Mrs Chase As she handed it out to mo she said " I nat picture has a curious hlstoiy It was i.mdo when mv father was secretary of the treasury. Semu of mv fi lends wanted to put my plctute on otio of the bank notes , and they took one of tnj photographs without mv knowlcdgf and sent it to the Atntrlcnn Hank Note compnnj of New Yotk and hud this engraving made As soon as I heard ut It I positively forbvla them using It In connection with the bink notes Mj father s fuco vrr.s on the bills and I did not iaio to have niltib theio as-well It seemed to mo verv bold that they took the picture and had the engraving made without my knowledge " Sin , liilkt or lire 1'ittlirr. "Your father's fneo was printed on the II bills , was It not ? "Yi-s , they wanted him to allow It to go on the IIout ) bonds , but hu said he profoired tin1 dollar notes , and said that It was his solo ambition to f'lvo tlio United Stales such a currency that tlio dollar of the laboring man and the doll ir of iho capitalist would bo an honest dollar from Maine to Georgia Ho succeeded In doing tins and his success as sectotary of the tieasury will bo ono of the wonders of history When ho had bur rowed his Hrst > 0tKXl)00 ) ) of the New Yorn hanks the London rimes s ild he would not faro so well across thu water. .Nevertheless he raised millions In London , and ho was bound that thoio should bo money enough to c-my on the war Ho succeeded In gottinc it m all sorts of ways At one time when the Now York bankets lefused to give him money on hlsouu , terms ho tinoatonod to return to Washington aud Issue notes Ho said ut this tlmo that thu war must go on until thu icbelllon was put down it wo bad to put out paper to such an extent that It would take $1,000 to bu > a bieakfast " Siilmnii i . ciinso'N lilnry HUH I'npi'rii. I nsltcd Mis rhuso as to her fathers biogiaphy which she w is witting , btio re plied 1 I can't tell how soon It will bo douo nor In just what waj U will bu published My father left n m iss of valuable material Ho v > us one of the most methodical men I have over known and ho kept overi thing His letteis are lull of unvviitton history and they coyer mom than a generation of Impoitant events and of famous men He kept full mcmoianda of everything connected with his work and hu unucistood how to in.iko his bceiotailes keep things for him Uvory ulk'ht Just hefoio he went to bed ho jotted duw n the occurieiices of the d ly and ho thus kept a iccoid of the impoitant conferences that he had while In public life. All the ( .iblnut meetings that ho attended whllu ho was bcciotuv ot the tieasury aio thus re- conled , and his diaij gives In a nutshell the hislorvof his tlmo ft will have to bo edited caiefully , as will indeed all of the papeis. I had a call not long ago from an old friend of my father's who lives in Otlio aud ho told mo that ho had a manuscript autoblogiaphv which m.v father had given him in trust to bo published after his death. This ho said ho would send to mo I don't know just what It Is , but I should think it might bo of girat value " "In what condition aie these papers of Chlof Justice Chase ? " "Thoj are carefully stored avvav , " icplicd Mrs Cliaso. "Thu most Iiupoi taut of them 1 keep in a lliopioof vault , and a l.ugu amount of thorn have been sent to lioston 'Ihoro Is a man connected with Hurvaid college , a Piof. Halt , who is wilting a bio- irraphyof mv father for the statesmen's SPI les This w ill necessarily bo short , und it cannot go into detail Hku the vvoili that I have In yio\v. " Chli f Jiixtlun nimno In MlHtor ) . "What do jou think of .your father's place inhistoijf Does the world of today know him as hu was ! " "It does not , " leplied Mis Chase. , . " 1 bo- llovo the time will come when his \\oik will bu appreciated. lie was ono of the noblest and gioatcst of men , ami ho sacrificed him- sulf to a laigo extent to his couutiy Ho has 1-oeti called sollish and has been accused of aspiiiugto the presidency as a matter of personal ambition and self iiggraudi/omeut Theru was never a greater mistaku The only desire he had to bo piesideut lay In the thought that ho could servo his countiy best In that place. Ho had a policy and Ideas of his own as to the adimnlstiation of alTahs , aud had hu been nominated hu would have been elected Ho was , as you know , a dem ocrat , but ho was a union man , and his policy would have healed the troubles be tween the noith and south Hu would have escaped the tiouhlcsof lucoustiuctlon and Ihti kuklux would have never bucn Known lanisifo in siyiug ho would have been elected had hu been nominated Ho stood out us the gro it civil leader o' the country , and his recoid in this luspect was a match forCicnci.il Crant'i ! military bcivico. Ills lltmnclal theoiies had been a incut success Ho was strong In all blanches of the dem- ocratio p.uty and union ? the lopubllcans as w oil , and thu contest would have boon an even ono " Din ( ' ( Munition tit 1HIIS. "You were In Nuw Yoik at the tlmo the convention nominated Horatio Soj mour " "Yes , 1 went theio and stopped with friends next the Manhattan club , which vvas a great demociatic hcadiiuarteis m those days. 1 icnuvv that the men who vvuro man aging my father's interests weio not.us well oruauizcd as tliuj should bo , and I wanted to bu piescnt to prevent any trouble and to take advantaguol iwj situation that mlirht como up Atliistthutu seemed to ho llttio doubt hut Unit father would bo nominated Tlio night 'before the convention Goimral Van lluien. Governor Seymour's sccietary , came In and told mo that Mr Soy mour would not bo a candidate , and that ho would only accept a complimentary vote , and would then 1 withdraw In favor ot Salmon I Cnaso Ho told mo that Ciovetnor Su.vmour would como Inshnitly himself and toll mo that hu in. tunded to do this , but ho nuver camu 1 did not think he would at the time , as 1 fcarud hu would not have thu courage to cariyout his resolution. Hu had piomiscd to do some thing of iho kind w hen ho ran for govei nor , but vvliPti the tlmu came ho piovcd 100 weak to cany out his piumlsu It vvas the .same In this convention He was , you know , thu L piesluln , ; olllcur When his niimo was proposed - posed hu .s ud nothing , and hu lomalued In the i.icu until hi ) seemed the nomination. " lit riiunil Ilin Niiniln illiin for Hi r r.illun. "Wasvour lather near lining nominated"1 1 asked Yes ; at noon that day the situation vvas such that hu would have been nominated had the convention not adjouined A ( . 'all- fornla dulegalu had announced his yoto for Chase. This was unexpected and it ire ited u sensation. Thu convention \vasinaiiup- roar and a stampede to m.v father's MIPPOII vvas imminent. His enemies lamented this bs movin ? a recess fur dinner and dm Ing this reei-cs thu combination vvas madu that nomln ited Seymour. ' 1 hu chief reason that mj lather vvas not nominated was the doubt as to u hut her hu would accept the platform. I u m sine ho would not have donu so. A delegation came to mo whllu the convention was sitting and told me that if I would authorlzu them to assure thoioiivenilon that fill her would accept tlm platform thuy would announcu this and it would surely sccuto tlio uomlnation. 1 refused to do this I told them that 1 know the platform was not In acoordanco with his views and that I did not think he voulu consent to carry out Its | K > llcy , 'Hu will do.1 said I , 'what ho under stands to bu his duty to hU country and his patty , but I do not think his ideas of the ilhtaie embodied in that platform. You can telegraph him ooncnrnlng it. As for mo 1 cannot vouch for It. ' Kiithcr afterwards told mo that ho could not have accepted thu platform. IIo had wiltton a letter stating Ills views before tholouvt'iitlon vvas held und his position on all questions was well known. " ' Mia Did Nut Curu for the Will to Home. "How about yourself , Mrs , Cbaiul It U ald 1 thai It wa vour Ambition that mndo your father most detlre to outer the white house ? ' ' "I do not think that Is so1 replied Mrs Chase.If you vri'l reason a llttio you will see hots unfounded it Is I was anxious that tny fnthti' might bo ptosidont In order that ho might carr.v out his Ideas. As to social ambition I had bcrn In society all of tny life t was forced into it ver.yoting. . At the ago of 14 I was the social head of my father's establishment nt Columbus , where ho was the governor of the state , and I had at this time three children that I had to care for When I came to Washington tnj father was secretary of the tieasury , and as the wife of ( Jpvernor Spraeuo my social duties were equally gtcat The meio name of being mis tress of the vvhlto house had nuvtr been a great attraction to mo , and mv father's health was such that I did not want to see him become president and undergo all of the worries and cares which are associated with the chief executive of the country Ho nearly broke himself down vvhllo ho was secrot.uy of the treasury and he had Just begun to recover. From his earliest youth the supreme bench bad been the goal of his ambition , and ho felt , as I did , that to bo chief Justice of the supreme court was an honor fully equal to that of the presidency Ho liked his life and work as chief justice , and he was especially fitted for the posi tion. " Wti ) AIis Lincoln Iliitnd Kntn Clinoc. "How about vour father as secretary of thotreasiuy' You speak of the wear and tear of the ollice " "It was torilblo , ho did not want the posi tion and It was against his Inclination that ho accented it. Picsident Lincoln offered It to him vvhllo ho was still at Columbus Ho sent for father to come to Springfield. I think I do not remember whether ho went or not , but Lincoln afterward came to visit htm at Columbus It was just at ihu time of the celobiatlon of the anniversary of the 1'crri vietorj r.t Clo\elaud and I had gene to Cleveland to bo present at this It was at this tlmo that I met Oiovcrnor Sprague for the flrsl lime , m.v fate Mrs. Lincoln came with the president to Columbus and they wcro entertained hi Govcinoi Deulson Mrs. Lincoln was piqued that 1 did not 10- iii iln nt Columbus to see her , and I have nl- wais felt that this was the chief reason why she did not like mo at Washington. 11 tin C'lutsn ItefilHixl tin ) Irninur } . "Well , President Lincoln offered fattier the secrotar.vshlp of the ticasuo , but my father refused It Ho hud Just been elected to the United States senate and ho felt that ho could do moio there than in the trcasur.v. He felt the samowhcn he came down to Washington and was svvoin in as United Stales senator Piessure , howovcr , fiom all parts of the country and among his friouds at Washington led him to llnallj icsolvu to take the place. Ho realbud thu enormity of the undertaking when he accepted the portfolio The raising of nionei tocari'i on the war was as great an undertaking as the raising and equipment of men for the Held. Wo hud no foieign ciedit and the making of gieenbacks without intoi- cst a leiral tender when the country had never been on aiti thing but a gold b isis was a success as great as the surrender of the confcdeiato army four years later. The woild will never know the stialn that the seeiotary of the tieisurv had to undergo at that timo. Mv father lived at the depart ment and ho slept with his carat the tele graph An order would como that millions must bo had at once , and It was his business to lalse the money. How ho did it. how ho organized the national banking system , how ho placed hundreds of millions abioad , these are matters of history " CAIUMSNTBII. trillt.1l IIIK ( > / > S LOfK. r < ii tt ( InH You any thul behiK so old ' L'was time for him to dlo ? Kings not your comment cold And oven Inhuman ? \Vliy .Should tender tenrs be Hhed \ \ hen death lajs young ll\os loir , Spired j ears of sorrow and fret , Spired ; igo's o\ertlmn\ . ' Whuu voting wo are c tiled uuay , Wo shirk untold re rut ; 1'or austuro Tiinu will slay. Not merely onrselios , hut jot llrand with authentic sign IIH despotisms ulsuwlii i o Drupe wisps of silvering h ilr O ur eyes holovod plough llnu And furrow on truuauicdcliouks. \ \ limn the guds lov o dlo yuun j. " All , null then' wisdom's IOIIKUO With buyoruign accent spu iksl 1'lty thu old who dlo ; 'I tin youiiK huhlnd them lu IM ) Such liountuoui Krloflioroby I'nto hlds they should not gilovo. lliait-iackcd with manj aslKli , \Voiinded witli ninny a hear. Pity thu old who dlu , The youiig are happlur f irl i A it vt > i it 1 1 1 , in-A KK. % r. % . The Susquehanna Rolling mill of Colum bia , Pa , icsumed woik lust week after t stoppage of some weeks The rallioid shops of the Keadlng sjstem and the LobIgh Valley road have boon put on full tlmo with full loices After an Idleness of thico months the Sbo- nango Valley bteol mill of Now Castle , Pa , has icsumed opoiatious on double tuni , with full tcrcc of men. The furnaces in thu Republican lion Works at Uaiikin , Pa , woio Hied UP last week and things uropaiod for stalling up in alldcpait- ments todaj. About-100 mm will be given woik All the collieries of the Philadelphia and 1 Heading Coal and lion company at Shenan- do.ih. Pa , have tesumed operations undei 01- deis lo woik six dajs each week for two months Signs point to a revival In the Jowch.v business at Attloboro , Mass H. H. Cuilis XCo have begun running on ten-hour time , ami expeet to keep it up uutil CluiRlmas Other shops are incieasing thu number of hands and houis of work. The United States Stamped Kuvolopo woiks in Hjirtfoid. Conn , which have been limning seven hours a daydtiuugtho past two months , has lesumed the ten-horn schedule , and will hereafter lun on full time , avetaging h product of 1UOOIMU , envelopes a da.v da.vTho The National ribio Bo.ird company , having largo woiits at vaiions pi ices thioughout Now ICngland , with hcMdquartcra in Boston , has secured possession of the leather noaid manufactory at Mori isvillo , Vt Ills mov ing machinoiy and outfit fioln Lvnu and Saluui , and is to inciuaso the woiks" for its own products The nail factory of the Mihouing Valley Pa ) lion compiny , which has been shut own for several mouths , tosumcdopciatlons last week Alter being Idle all summer the Oxfoid Iron and Nail compiny at llolvi- dero , N ,1 , has losumed operations In its nail mill at Oxford , und Is piop.it lug to start up the lolling mill The Merchants' Woolen null at K.ist I)3d- ham , Mass , which has been idle for the last thiee months , will tun thieu d.ijs a week , beginning Octoboi-.l The Column ! in Mann- fiietming tompanv'3 mills at Greenville , N. H , which have been shut down since July , began opoiatious last week , to tun ihreo da sa week until further notice The Now Yotk Wet Id publishes a list of over I'OO Industiial establishments wtilch 10- sumed work In September , after weeks ur months of idleness The Now Kugland mills inaku an eniouiaglng showing , aud thogie.it iron Industries of Pennsylvania have like- vvlso made aslmllailj emngetlo otToit to 10- sumuopeiatlous in ihu fwo of thdiiupiess- Ing monetary conditions which have on- v honed them. There is pronounced brlghlonlug of the industrial situilion at Scranton , Pa. There wcro two resumptions on Monday at the noith mill of the Laekaw anna Iron and Steel company , employing MX ) bauds , aud at the Scranton luce curtain factory , givhiK work to 400 more Ihe announcement is made that the South Side mills , all of which have been Idle for several month * , will resume 01 orations on November 1 , employing over 1,000 hands of both buios Several PItlsburg mills that were Idle all summer stalled up last week. The plant of II Lloyd's Sons company resumed In full with the exception of the sheet mill The puddlers and guldo mill are oa double and the Var mill on single turn After several months on half-tlmo the Pennsylvania com pany's Allegheny shops resumed In full. The shops are crowded with orders for repair work. The shedb are full of freight cars and engines crowd the machine shops. Do Witt's L ttlo Karly Ulsers. Small pills safe pill , best pill. A Methodist bishop out west who uses a chapel car sneaks of it as the l'Holy Koamlu1 church. " | COLD ' i JIIX1XCT COLORADO How the Precious Metal is Extracted from thc" arth , THE GOLD RUN "SUfJl R'S" ' WARNING NO ! E Vl ld I'lirtrnvnl of' ' rho Incitement * unit tnclilrnf to the Srnrch After IlioiVfcllow King iif Mntnln , i. Oct 0. [ Correspondence of TUB UEE ] In the latter part of the 50's gold was first discovered In Clear crook canon There was Intense cxcllomcnt caused by the coldon evidence of the vast wealth hid in the bed of the creek and its Jutting bars , from Uoldcn Cltj , Cole westward At that time hundreds and thousands ot men wcro using sluice box and IMH 'I his canon h is possessed a particular attraction for the eastern lourisl , who looks with expectant eye for some evidences of the storlea told ot sudden tidies Asa geneial thing the tourist has been disappointed. Tito opening and develop uicnt of the sliver mtnes In dllTeient patts of the stulo engrossed the nilneis1 attention , especially aftet Clear creek was declared pracllcall } worked out The depression In Colondo this .vcnr and the slump in silver that shutdown Its mines , tin owing thousands of mlneis out of em plo > ment , has tumed their atleutlon once moiolo Iho cioek , and nt the piesont tlmo Clear eicoit possesses a most animated au- pout mice Tito tout 1st who looks on the towering ci.ius , under which the Colorado Central railroad winds Its way to Iho famous loop , can gratify his curiosity for once. Hundreds of mon are using "sluice box" and "pan1 seeking a "color ' ' This In Itself Is a novel scene , and one that Is rarely seen these dais , especlalli from u car window. The most of thojo men expect to make wagcsoulj , though occaslonallj a "pocket" Is found that will yield suveial dolhus. Mutlinil iifl'bucr Vllnllii ; . The general pi in adopted Is for a couple of men to form a partnership "chip in" a few dollats apiece lot ig up a "slulco box , " buy provisions , and after finding n suitable place In the ciouk proceed to wont and divide the "cleanup" There aio many , however , w ho simply use a gold pan , not hnv Ing sufllcicut money to outllt themselves with a sluice box This sluice box Isgcnoialli from twenty to 100 feet long , and Is a squ.iro Hough of lough light bo-mis tluoiigh which a constant stream of water Is m ide to run Near the lower end of the bois the "rillles , " little cleats nailed acioss thu bottom of the ttough to catch the gold as it washes through. The objective point in digging is bedrock , whoio most of the gold is supposed to bo The slulco box at tanged , the water turned in , the expect int miner stations himself at tlio head of the box and si ovela In siud , giavol , uht and boulders , which the rapnll.v tlowlngstioam rollsand washes. A "cleanup" isgoneralli made once a week , and the i esult practically demonstrates in gold the judgment of the minor or the extent of his luck. . Mailing a Locution , Hefoio making a location a few pinfuls nro washed out and 'if' ' the indications aic good , up goes the sluice box. Information icg.irding the success.of these mlneis is hard to obtain Forlf luck attends them it is kept to themselves , and if at the end of a week's hatd labor , standing in water all day , lifting bouldeis , .shoveling sand and giavel , the cleanup shbwsonlj u dollar or two , there certainly 'is nothing to bo hilailous about , or tovcn mention , in fact mo cents in gold per pan is considered excellent pay dirt , rtntf ono can readilj see that with such dirt 'and ' u well rigged sluice box a weekly cleapm > would yield ijutto handsome leturus These places .110 low aud far bet Ae'on ancfa week's toll inoie often ends in bitter disappointment , and the dis gusted miner loaves foe some other locality , his plncc being Jilled by others who. per chance ' 'rabbit's " " , eilrry a foot" or "lucky stono" which inspires them for a time with hope and confidence. The woik possesses a fascination that is slmplj irresistible and the moio exhibition of a few grams of gold with the statoni'-nt that this ib the icsult of ouo pan of dirt from such mid such a bar pi educes a sensa tion and a lush to the loealiti in question. Tlio ( iota Knit Tuko. Quito a gold excitement was started last month in the neighborhood of the head waters of the CJrand river in Middle Park , sixty miles fiom the rallioid A gieat run took place and foi a time the intuiost taken In "Gold Kun" was intense. It pioved to bo a fake , however. On a piece of cardbonul , sciawled in pen cil and tacked on the side of an abandoned log nouso on tbo stage road , was the following , which may at least have eased the mind of a disgusted piospcctor. Aus. , 4 , 1H03 , "I'tlendHeres wet Hold Kun is In ono pan. " benurv lino' llslilng 1'oro ! " Np/ecdM ! .Nojtold. bid roads and ttor-o whiskey. " And If your d lilu fool not to bolluvo It , go see for youiaelf. Vouisttuly A SUCKI u. ' Some have Invested quite heavily In placer mining In Clear Creek , and have spent thou sands ot dollars sinking shafts to bed rock und tunnelling wider the creek , whoso vvutoibiuo utili/ed to run the wheel which biings thusind und giavel to the suifaee and also Dump the water out of the shaft llllllgl-l III Vllllillt , ' . These mines aio oxtiomcly datigoious to woik in , on account of the liability of "c.ive ins , " and man ) a man has had his life ciushed out by the boulders crushing the timbers that support shaft and tunnel. Cloudbursts in the mountains are the gro.it enemy of the gulch minor and often a wall of water will como rushing down tlio canon with icslstleSs force , eurij Ing away bridges , aqueducts and thousands of foot of sluice boxes , manv of which contain the gold , rcpio- sonllng several days of toll. While the Roneral output of gold the piescnt Hummer has not been largo it has been the means ot furnishing employment to many who might otherwise have been forced to iiccopt charity F. W P. A I'uiuruil Man. Detroit Triliuno. Tliiovos brnko in and Htolu his hunt milt of clolhu.s ami bin { fold watoh. "I um fortunate ) ubuvoother mon , " lie imirmutcd. A oj clone- blow Ills house nvvny. Still lie Miiilcd c'limplacoiitly , ' A Htioot our inn over him and ho luid to litivo u doutor oviry day for nix wooka. "I iitivo no kick y > miiiir"lio } jwrnbtod , BVVOOtlj. Ho was noiiiiiuitod'roi' ootiffross on tlio populist ticket when hoviis uvvuy from liomo , "I tun Itioky , " Im'duclurcd , "in spite of nil. " , A fuvv people nndcti teed him. Tlioy vvoio pru.sontyhen , iours bufoio , lie hud found an oS'stor in HOIIJI Horvod lit ti oluirch Hooliil. ' ' " They know why lie novpr complained. An IO pen U Ji' ' A Kuto Fiold'b WnUiliitfton : There Is a curtain youngbvroll In Washington pociuty who vvlBlioHj.Jiu hud not iniulo Htum public display of nrldo in his fathers military position , binco ho , in common witli the rest of the gay world , now known that the olllcor * . name tanked moro prominently in tlio card rooms of the various posts wlioro ho had been stationed than ituvor has done on tlio Army Register. It happened in thin vviHo. The young man , being in an especially boastful mood , turned to a young foreigner in tlio company of a gilded youth , buying ; "You bhottld know mi futhor. " "I do know jour futhor , " vvus the Htnrtling toiily : ' 'it ' cost mo jiiBt $1,8UO to know him. IIo tutiglit mo to pla.y poker. " America U fast forging ahead In every thing Cook's Kxtru Dry Imperial Cham pagiio i excelled by no foreign artlolo. THE DRY G I THIS WEEK-All the Week , i , GRAND SPECIAL SALE OF Blankets ! Listen to our little story ! We are overstocked in blank ets , We bought largely. The continued warm weather for the past 6 weeks was not conducive - ducive to Blanket selling. Cold weather is here , and for this week we propose to take advantage - vantage of it to cut down our stock. stock.We We have put the Knife into. our BLANKET stock. Come and see for yourself. Every blanket in our stock is price clipped for this week. Everybody knows what we mean when we say this. Get your blankets now and SAVE money. NOTE SOME of the BARGAINS LOT I. 5 cases of 10-4 Gray Blan kets , 55c , reduced from Sc. See them in window. LOT 2. 10-4 grey and white , 4 pound , 98c , reduced from $1.25. See them in window. LOT 3. 10-4 brown blankets , $1.15 , reduced from $1.50 , See them in window. LOT 4. 10-4 tan blankets , $1.39 , reduced from $1.75. See them in window. LOT 5. " . 11-4 white 5-pound gray ar white , $1.49 , re'duced from' ' $2.00. See them in window. LOT 6. 11-4 extra heavy white , $1.85 , reduced from $2.50. See them in window. | LOT 7. 10-4 scarlet wool , $2.OO , reduced from $2. 75. See them in window. LOT 8. 10-4 white , $2.25 , reduced from $2.75. See 'them in window. LOT 9. 11-4 all wool 5-pound $3 , reduced from $4. See them , in window. LOT 10. 11-4 white , extra size , $3.50 , reduced from $4.50. See them in window. LOT 12. 50 pairs of fine California blankets , 11-4 , $ b , reduced from $6.50 , See them in window. LOT 13. 12-4 extra fine fleece wool California blankets , $6.50 , reduced from $8.50. See them in window , LOT (4. ( All of our 12-4 best blankets , marked $10 , $11 , $12 ; all go at one price , choice of them for $8.5O. Look around on blankets. If you can beat our prices we shall not complain but OURS WILL GO WITH A RUSH AT ABOVE PRICES. We hold our < 4rc.it underwear sale of ladies' and children's Roods this week. The prices at which we will sell goods at tais sale will jc out of ( lie ordinary for these reasons : Our buyei , who iccently re turned ' from eastern markets j found many manufacturers with ' large ! quantities of rejected i oods on their hands , cancelled ! ' ' orders , of timid buyeis , who had bought early , but who became alauned , over the business out look , The manufacluicrshad to sell. We came alon < > and snapped up larf-e - quantities of underwear at fully under cost of pioduction. We offer these goods for sale at cor responding reductions , and are in a position to undersell any body. Come and sec our under wear stock , the largest and best in the city , livery tiling is in stock complete. ' Our Great Leader , 1)1 ril of piuiulisc , which it , lUpposecl t Ihe upon Iho . dovhich . . rosti in tlio 0111 fa ( ! . . , . . XT ? LH . . &k. x fc. outer if , Sonalor a man who insists ! upon niompif JWJL. . JU CVJ.J. . t ' Itliinkcts reduced to $ ; ? .7i . The bargain of the season. Don't miss it. Note the Specials FOR THIS WEEK. lj ( llos extra liru\y irttiirul iiriiy anil urn ) VCSIH HiiU panta , u Immiuoi , nmdo to hell forf > Uc , lluu cut , At 25c I.idlos1 rainul H lialr and whllu merino hllk tliiNhoil MslaniHl punts , uxli.i LHOC ! Kurmunl , At 49c hiidleb' llcMico linoil Jursuy rlliboilcsts unil iKintH , Hllk llulshoJ , At 50c D1 noii-ahrinulnc nnttiral Knty wliltu wool , ro.-ulur niadu , At 75c Ladles' Jersey rlubed woolen Ini : vnsta und punts , finished with l.n- ' ' ' it , Rood \dluout 11 ! W. For 90c Ladies' nonshrinking wooi- cn Union Suits , in natural gray , good value : il $3 , for this sale $2.OO. Ladies' cxtia fine black and jersey ribbed vest and pants , guaranteed last black , worth Si-75. At $1.88. Ladies fine jersey ribbed black wool Union Suits , guar anteed fast black , AtS.OO. For Children and Misses Importer's sample line of Eng lish merino shirts and drawers , worth as high as $1.25 , At 2ge. Come eirly for these ; they will go with a rush. Children's nonshrinking na tural wool Union Suits that are worth $1.50 At $1.OO. Children's extra heavy cot ton stockings with double knee , heel and toe. At 2gc. A good , heavy stocking for children , fast black , regular made , IBc. Children's extra heavy woolen school stocking with double knee , heel and toe , regular value 350 , At Ladies' heavy cotton hose , double heel and toe , At 19c. ' Ladies' heavy woolen hose , ribbed top.double heel and toe , Ladies' ingrain hose , white foot , fast black , 3 for $1.OO. Ladies' English cashmeie hose , double sole , high spliced heel and toe , plain and ribbed. AtOc We sell hosiery and under wear lower than any house in town. Reliable goods only. Huy your hosiery and under wear at this sale. You will save money. : II JJiys to tnido with THE MORSl IGth and