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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1901. MINING IN THE BLACK HILLS Hmti'.aka Iimai Yearly Haport lurpatslnj All Fxpcctttioai. A Heeler Well Heeled Absent Treatment as a Graft. Fabttlona Profit to Hnrly Intrntor and Vaat Nnnm Spent In Wdkck mid for Improvement. Tho Postofllcc department lias Issued a fraud order ngalnst Mr. Helen Wllmans, wife of Colonel Charles C. Tost, an author NEXT WILL BE EVEN MORE TREMENDOUS of Seabreeze, Ha., for operation through a scheme for obtaining money by (also pretense. Heretofore a Philadelphia fakir held the medal for working the gullible with the smoothest of healing games. The 1'hlladclphla specific for all the Ills of hu manity was a caso of 1 000 pills, one pill to be taken regularly every day, If for any reason tho afflicted missed one day tho potent charm of the pills was lost, anil tho victim had' to begin all over with a fresh supply of pills. Mrs. Wllmans, or, more correctly, Mis. Post, did not bother herself about pills. Her system was ab sent treatment. She claimed the power to heal nny disease or affliction, Including poverty, by simply concentrating her thought on the patient taking treatment, and for such service solicited t-3 a week, or $10 a month. Evidence gained by tho post office officials Hhowrd that a largo num ber of persons had nppltcd to her and paid money for tho extension of her alleged thought power to their specific enscs. To theso persons she had sent Instructions to tho effect that they should set apart fifteen 'mlnutos each day In which to forget LEAD, S. D., Oct. 20. (Special.) The annual report of the Homcstakc Mining company has Just been received by the local stockholders of tho company for the fiscal year ending May 31, 1801. Superin tendent T. J, drier says In his report that the first cleanup from the 1,200-ton cyanide plant exceeded anticipations, being profit able In a handsomo degree. Tho Ellison haft was sunk from tho COO to tho 800 foot level, the I). & M. shaft from tho 1,000 to the 1, 100-foot level and tho Golden Pros pect shaft from tho 600 to tho SOO-foot level. Sufficient water was brought In from Spearflsh river to make It posslblo to drop all of the stamps In tho mills. ine report contains tntercttlng figures ,ir ,,,ttr and normlt the henllnK on the general conditions of tho greatest thought which she sent to her patients to convention of tho "mental scientists" Is to mino In the world. The total tnnnago of t,ntcr tncr bodies and renew thorn. bo held and tho big convention hall now oro milled at tho five mills was 035.441, under wnr will ho readv to accommodate which notlod Rt.S8.654. 71 on tho plates, or Tho woman In the caso has been n promt- tho thousands expected. It Is estimated free-milling ore; $48,205.14 In concentrates nl fl rH ,n tno ..mentai gclcncc, absent that $500,000 or moro has been spent here and had to move. In looking about for an asylum she decided upon Florida. Some time In 1833-94 she came to Bcabreore, n charming llttlo hamlet on the east coast, sixty miles south of Jacksonville. H was a small place, with few Inhabitants. Mrs. Wllmans set her wires In motion and be fore many months the golden stream came pouring Into her lap. Seabrccie, or "City Ilcautlful," as she named her headquar ters, soon becamo tho Mecca of tho faith ful and their "contributions" for "treat ment" came In abundantly, not only from all soctjons of tho United States, but from Canada, Mexico and other points. At first the money reached a flguro of perhaps $1,000 a month, then Increased as her mall appeals reached out, until this yenr, when It was reckoned her "Income" was from $3,000 to $15,000 a month. Tho "City neautlful" felt tho effects of this golden shower, CottHgcs wcro built, n town laid out, a magnificent residence built for Mrs. Wllmans, a fine printing plant established, a $10,000 bridge across the Halifax projected and begun, a fine conven tion hall for tho "faithful" started, a col- lego begun and many other works of llko nature put under way. The "City IJeautl ful" had a boom. This autumn a national treatment" rureall for many years. She was heard of In Chlcairo many years ago. Later sho went to Doiton, and about 1892 93 located In Atlanta. In both the latter places sho wus "disturbed" by the law and $2,272.18 In slllctnus ore, making $3, 639,232.05 for the total output of the mine. Tho company paid out for labor In tho mine S1.22H.143 and In tho mills and hoist ing plants enough to bring tho total labor bill up to $1,401,085. Tho amount paid for timber in tho mine was $212,727.75 and the additional lumber nnd timbers brings the total amount to $201,711. Tho coal bill is placed at $251,995, powder at $127,267, quicksilver $9,707 and candle at $26,700. .. , ... ho mQst rnmnrkable cases on The company produced 133 gold bricks, record Is that of May White of StockbrlrtBo. averaging 1,750 ounces of sold to tho brick, Mich., who for more than ten years has valued at $26,000 to $30,000 each. Tho battled agalnnt sleep and has won. This average was eleven bricks to the month, ease has been tho study of medical men which gave a total of 237,006.09 ounces for through the length and breadth of tho land, the year. Tho Homestako bullion averages The newspapers at tho tlmo were filled with about $16 an ounce at New York. the story of tho Stockbrldgo Stooping CUM." The company has paid a dividend of As tho yoars passed on peoplo forgot about 1.20.000 for the year. Tho 1.200-ton cyan- U and only occasionally one would ask ide nlanl was built at n cost of 1300.000 and about her. Ilut Miss White stilt slept, not tho water system wan completed, bringing a peaceful sleep, but, on tho contrary, a into this city water from Spearflsh crok. 1"P tht sapped her lite nnd wasted her In various improvements, alt coming from the alleged dupes of the "absent treatment healer." Mrs. Wllmans Is a medium sized woman, shrewd and calculating. Her face Is largo nnd full, with sharp, gray eyes, n mass of light colored hair crowning her head. This was formerly white, but as sho sas "she had faith and turned it golden!" She olio says that at one tlmo she was too heavy, weighing 200 pounds, but that by faith sho reduced her weight to 170 pounds. Colonel Post Is a tall, military looking man, with a good presence. Ho has charge of tho place and docs tho outside work. Her son-in-law'. Charlca K. nurgman, has chargo of the printing plant, sale of her books, etc. 1ho two men worn only arrested as "acces sories," so to speak, tho chargo being against Mrs. Wllmans principally. She Is president of the national association, Mr. Hurgman is secretary nnd Colonel Post Is one of tho central executive committee. Mrs. Wllmans was a prolific writer, lsu Intf many tracts or pamphlets, upon her "mental treatment," and also publishing an organ of tho cult called "Freedom. " Ono letter In the possession of tho gov ernment shows a queer state. A man makes affidavit that he paid the mental scientist $5 a month for several years tor treatment for h'.s mother who had con sumption. She finally died. Some two or three weeks nftcr his mother was burled ho received a letter from Mrs. Wllmans stating that his mother was getting better every day nnd that sho would bo fully re covered soon and Intimating tn a postscript that a remittance would be In order. Many 'other letters of even a more damaging character, as to the alleged fraudulent character of this "absent treatment," It Is stated, are In the hands of tho authorities. Atcltnt Eni!diigi and Antique Ctatcmi Obwrad in Hittnio Towns. CIARMS OF THE SHAKESPEARE COUNTRY Curious Phases of Life Events and Incidents Cast in Uncommon Molds. at a cost of $1,000,000. At Terrovllln tho old Caledonia stomp mill was put In repair, twonty stamps being ndded, making tho total number 100. The Father UeSmet mill at Central City woo got ready for work and would have been commissioned somo tlmo ago but for an accident totho main shaft in;, causing a long delay. The most tntercntlug thing about the re flesh, While attending a business college at Ypsllantl In 1890 Miss White, at that tlmo 22 years old, sustained Injuries to her splno by a fall upon the icy pavement, which caused an abscess in her side. Sho wns romoVcd to her homo, ten miles from this village, and placed under tho care of Dr. Herman E. Drown. Her caso soon de- bad comedy In it. Wo had on our division a shifting engine that ran as softly and si lently as an engine In a dream a wonder ful machine sho was for fair. Well, ono day 1 wa walking the tracks nnd thinking, when n pleasant voice right behind me mur mured: 'Say, bndn't you better get off and let us go by'.' I turned In astonishment, for I had thought I was alone, and tho shifting engine was halted with her cowcatcher hardly a yard from my back. Thoy had shut off everything, glided down on mc and tried to see how near to mo they could stop." port Is the array of figures showing that vcloped Into hysteric epilepsy and sho has tut $3.90 In gold was saved per ton on an had from one to fifty convulsions In a dav. iv vniim hut n llttlo morp than thni Then began her long; sleep, and for twentv figure. Practically all of tho values In tho 'lays she slept, while tho doctor worked for ore are now saved. Tho report was for tho year previous to the commissioning of tho 1.200-ton cyanide plant, which Is savins about 05 oenls thnt formerly went down with the tailings into tbo creek, nut the company wan able to pay tho large dividend that It did last year on only $3.00 per ton. Ixcal stockholders arc now looking for a decided Increase In tho dividends, with all of the stamps dropping and tho cyanide hours trying to awakon her. and ontv for a fow moments would she remain awake, when sho would relapse Into a decn slumber. For years no ono was able to awaken her hut tho doctor, nlthough many tried thus to do. 8ho Is now so far rccovorcd as to be easllv awakened by any one. Dr. Hrown found tho ride of ten mlle3. through alt kinds of weather, too much for 'plants In operation. A much hotter showing him, and so ho had her removed to his res! "will be mado In tho next annutl report. denco In town, where for tho last ten years SUteen Million. In Dividend.. has been. All this time her faithful fclstor Carrie has been her constant attend The Homestako company has often been nnt reported as having paid n totnl dividend of n,tTinr w inn nines the lost the use $10,000,000. The segregated companies, now L, her 'limbs. nut tho doctor thinks she will incorporate in mo iiomcsiaKe ccinmanv. rt,ni., i, ln timc. For the last few years sho has occupied a wheel chair. At one tlmo during her sickness sho was reduced to alxty-flvo pounds, but now tips the beam at 120 pounds. A group of railroaders In Philadelphia sat and talked on narrow escapes. One of them said: "On a certain afternoon 1 was walk ing over a one-track trestle fifty feet high. A train camo on mo and I had to atep off the track and stand on tho llttlo space- have pild a total of something like $6,000, 000 in dividends, so thnt the company has In reality paid out a total of over $16,000,000 lu dividends. It Is estimated that the con solidated companies have produced over $R5,000,000 In gold slnco tho first mill becan pcundlng out ore. Tho company has begun tho erection ef another cyanide plant on the north sldo of the bill a mile from this city, which will have a dally capacity of 600 tons of talllnes that will be supplied from tho Father De Smet. Caledonia and Dcadwood-Terra stamn mills. It Is estimated this second mill will save to tho company $20,000 n month. ' It Is not generally known that the Homo stake company borrowed n largo cum of money approaching $1,000,000, from .1. II. Haggln and others, for the purpose of put ting In the magnificent water system from Spearflsh crock to this city. Tho water was a necctslty, and rather than create a dis turbance In the stock market ovor a de crease In the dividends of the company, tho management decided to make a loan. This borrowed monoy was spent In such a way that It would pay Itself back. It will only an(J D,nck mln mnnK rafn and It has I bo a few months when tho largo sum will fcfen proved (0 t,a a remarkably flno propo- Of alt tho grotesque garbs that ever clothed ! bridegroom at tho altar that of Carlo Grlllo of Paterson, N. J., takes tho prize. Ho wore a red flannel undershirt, corduroy trousers, slippers without stock ings and a fur trimmed overcoat. He was married a fow minutes past 12 o'clock Sunday night to Miss Minna Ilolssott of tho samo town. His strnngo nttlro was not a matter of choice but of necessity. Grille has lived for years with an mint. Mrs. Phllomcna Mlnot, 119 Beckwlth avenue. She taken moro In terest In her nephew at times than he ap preciates. She was determined that Grille, should not marry. But ho had planned secret nuptials and made all arrangements. After supper Orllle wont to his room, never suspecting that his aunt knew aught of his purpose. But tho prospective bride was so happy that sho told somo of her closo companions and the news reached tho ears of the aunt. A few minutes after Grille went upstairs ha loft his room with nothing but a bathrobe, and, slippers on. This was tho aunt's opportunity. Sho slipped Into hi room and found all tho wedding clothes Bpread out on tho bed. Sho took them and all tho other clothes In his room and locked them whero ho could not get at them. Then she went to bed. Grlllo saw that bo. had beon outwitted, but determined that the marriage should not bo postponed. In a closet ho found an old red undershirt, a pair of superannuated corduroy trousers and a wornout fur trimmed overcoat. Clad ln this fantastic that she was not opposed tn tho marriage, One of tho most Interesting places In tho stale of Wisconsin, relates tho Milwaukee Sentinel, Is tho little vlllngo of New Muns tcr, vhlch, hidden awny amid a dozen llttlo hills, presents a picture of n bit of anrlont Europe transported to American soli, but tasting more of the benefits of American civilization or customs. Munstcr, as It was originally called, was founded away back In tho '30s, but whllo other towns havo grown to cities the village, with great natural resources, still remains Munster, with a few hundred Inhabitants. It Is a typical Gorman village, such as could havo been seen along the banks of tho Rhine seventy-five years ago. Its pave ments resound with tho tramping of wooden shoes, nnd nearly every ono of Its Inhabl tants still carries out the traditions handed down by the German ancestry. Ancient Roman Catholic customs arc rigidly adhered to tn the smallest detail. Tho Inhabitants of the town, nlmost without exception, nre devout worshippers nt the Roman Catholic church and tho old mediaeval customs arc carried out. When tho spring comes the people assemble at tho church nnd the prlcMt leads them through tho fields, bless Ing the field and praying God for ben Ifnl yield of grnln. On Corpus Chrlstl gjnday the entire town turns out, and, drccicd In white robes, the priest and people boar the blcsvcd sacrament through the streets In the nnclcnt custom known as making tho way of tho cross." Children In white run all along the way, scattering flowers In the way of the procession, .jind all along the routo shrines havo bo'qn, built among the trees, nt wnicli the marchers stop to wor ship. It Is thought that Munster Is the only place In tho United States where the old custom of erecting the shrines Is now adhered to, and for this reason mimy dnvou people visit Munster to attend tho colcbra tion of Corpus Chrlstl Sunday. Tho town has no railway or telegraph and mall reaches It only occasionally, but the inhabitants of tho village never com .plain and are seemingly content to llv npart from tho world. There is no regard paid to existing fashions in dress, and the men and women alike still adhero to tho old custom of wearing wooden shoes. The garb he made bis way by side streets to spaco less than a foot wide between the the office of the Justice and found the bride, rneir nnd the trestlo's edge. I stood thero, n tears, waiting for him. Sho feared that facing tho train, and bh It went by. to keep he was not coming and that the aunt had wooden shoo factory Is ono of the quaintest myself from losing my balance, for only my persuaded him to back out at the last places In tho little town and hero the shoes toes wero on the tics, my heels unsup- minute. arc mado to fit feet which havo never worn nnrted In the air I had to take, hold and Friends who uad gathered found It bard any other kind of covering, Tho youngor let go again of tho various parts of the en- to suppress their laughter during the cere- peoplo are not In touch with tho old cus .inn nmi rf the coaches. Of course the mony, but nil heartily congratulated the toms and many of them are leaving thi man wnn lei noining slop mm irom kciuiik village m ouca humil-3 in iuu iuikui uium married. When the aunt heard how her of tho state .and In a few years moro New plans had been frustrated sho was the first Munster will bo simply a village of old men to congratulato tho young couple, saying and women. trnln wasn't going fast. Otherwise I should have been shaken off nnd killed. "In the wny of scares I havo had my share, too, but ono of my greatest shocks have been paid back, nil from the Increase that has been mado In tho output of bullion ci a result of tho Incres-ird wnr nunnly. The company, when the loan Is paid up, will In all probability Increase Its divi dends. Never a Dividend Sllsaeil. There has not been a miss In the divl sltlon. Tho pay shoot Is something like 800 feet long. There Is a 100-ton plant near tho mine. Still farther east la tho Silver creek ore lode, which runs parallel with the othor four veins. A large tract of tho best ground on this voln has Just been taken up and a company Is being organized to worK u, iUV ucrii n iiuoo in inv. unr i - . . . I . i ittA npi1i nr n-innikrAiMlll dendi since the first one, twenty-threo incse oi i- " , :.'ZZ ... year ago. thero having been a total of 276 1"B propositions and are being sought for dividends paid. Tho company Is gradually y """'" "'- Increasing Its output by putting In cyanide plants and enlarging nnd starting up old mills, and it Is currently stated that the company Intends to build a now 200.stntnp mill soon. The company Is now dropping 1)00 stamps every day. Down nt Roehford, In Ponnlngton county, there are several belts of ore on tho Home- atake order, with largo veins of low grado ore. Tho Cochran mlno Is on ono of tho best lodes aud tho mine has tho making HONOUKI) HY TIIH KIIKUIVK. Itulrr of Kn'lt Much t.'liurtiinl ty in American Girl. A charming woman has been visiting In Philadelphia, who has been a most Inter estlnR figure In Oriental life for tho last two yeara, relates the Brooklyn Eagle. She Is Miss Alice Stlckney of St. Augustine nnd Washington, who was hostess of tho Araer of a large proposition. A crosscut Is being ,cau )tK;ltion at Cairo. Egypt, last winter run east on the ledge at tho elghty.foot level and the orn Is gottlna richer. The voln Is icvonty-fivo feet across iiud the pay shoot Is ovor 300 foct long. The or" run considerably better than the Homo tako oro. The lode la traceablo for sov- oral I miles In a northerly direction from L "a'nce ,,0 the very front of East of this lode Is another which has Miss Rtlckney did tho honors of her por tion with to much of skill und grace that It was said ln Cairo thnt she was easily tno hello of a most picturesque and cosmopoli tan court et. It was left for the Uhedlve, Abbas Hlimi, reason ho liked these American girls so was because thoy treated him as If he were just a good friend. Ho explatned by telling how she would go away and danco with other men, then would coroo bnck to him, acting just as if he were not tho khcdlve. Other women, ho said, wore so afraid of tho etiquette of the thing. Thoy would stay In tho ono chair as long as he sat there, never dreaming of leaving him to dance. Consequently, he was afraid to spoil any one's pleasure. But with tho American girl It was lovely; he could act without restraint, knowing she would do as she pleased. t Miss Stlckney, who Is but 20 yearn old, returns to Cairo In a fortnight. She likes tho life there Immensely. Her guardian, Judge Long, Is the diplomatic agent and consul goneral from America. He took the two slaters over with htm and the elder was his hostess for n year, then she mar ried nn English army officer, who Is vlc president of the Egyptian mil: us. NSULAR LIFE IN ENGLAND J90J (90! PAH-AMERICAN EXPOSITION J90J Altrnetlotm of Oxford, (lie Fottntnln or Knallsh Inlellcelunl Life F.x KKRornteil lilrn of Anirrl rnu Achievement. Warwick is perhaps the most Interesting t the historic towns of England, holding fast to its ancient buildings and antique customs, but these can be enjoyed with a much -greater degree of comfort If the traveler make his headquarters at Leam ington, two miles distant. 11 Is the barn- toga of England, or one of them, for tne ountry Is rich In mineral springs. Haw- thorno lived hero for a long time, and de scribed It nb "tho cosiest nook In the world," nnd "always In flower." Charles Dickens, tn "Dombey and Son," has Mr. Carkcr and Edith Oranger meet first In Holly Walk, Leamington. It Is green all winter, with charming parks and public gardens, clean and healthful, purely a resi dence city of perhaps 25,000 Inhabitants. Although Its springs have been visited by Invalids for 400 years, It has a modern and up-to-dato appearance. When you start out for your first drive the coachman pannes before a great oak tree encircled by nn Iron fence, and says solemnly: "The oxact renter of England." And so It Is, with the sweetest drives this side of Para- dlse, to Stratford, Rugby. Coventry, Quy'a Cliff nnd to that grandest of all ruins, Kcnllworlh castte. In half an hour a time one can go from a now world Into an old, from the present Into ihe paat, and tnai past, too, which contains most of hUtorlcal Interest to English-speaking people. There Is. however, no spot in all hnginnu so full of living, breathing, human attrac tion as Oxford. We see here, mncen. mc work of hands and brains which passed out of llfo nearly 1,000 years ago, but upon tho foundations which they laid are bulldcd the vital Institutions of toduy. Oxford unlver olty Is ono of tho great educational centers of the world. VaBtly different nro the feel ings with which wo regard mo uibck aim tlmcstalned walls of Merlon, Magdalen, St. John's nnd tho other colleges from thone Inspired by ancient castles ana camcnraiKi It Is truo that theso couego iuunuuit..u wore laid In sectarianism, tnnt wunin uicau walls wcro waged the florcest of religious warn, hut hero has been also tne touninin of English Intellectual llfo and the source, of n rovolutlon ln religious thought. Tho transforming force Is still m "or am.iu h nid that tho present age In Ox ford Is one of collapsed opinions. There hnnn nerlods of action and of renc- hut each has resulted in unngiuK the university Into a broader existence, lis h.i. collection of schools of science, his tory, philosophy, theology, nre an h.iu.u.. rsrvn r from wnicn inuuiauu" . drink dally draughts of learning ana event ually go forth to leaven sooici. A Sllrrlnir Spectacle. v . .n visit this great university . 1 nvrifnlllKliV KIirrCQ OJ QoldJdal AND DIPLOMA AWARDED TO MeUirfs Food J90J 1 PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION 1901 Y J90J J sight of the fresh, vigorous young llfo coursing in and out Its college walls. There 1 no finer sight than the vast uni versity park filled wltn nunareua " "" .i... onii in the various athletic Bamos, nnd other hundreds cheering and shouting their appreciation. Nothing can i, mnr Interesting than a stroll down tho "broad walk." bordered by Immense elm trees, to the rlvor isis, wnem ... mnr rows of collogo barges arc moored . f .tnr.lv vounc fellow arc .u,.mi the water In their swift boats There Is something In the very atmos phere which quickens the pulse and driven ....... ...imiRtle thoughts. Whatever must be omitted ln a trip to England, let it not be Oxford university, .iu....... tii trnvoler coes In ureal n.h.lH v.. return ultimately to London for nil other nlaces nre within so small a t. ooriv nniiimn which Is so beautiful In the United States has few -u in im. ureal c ty. The black i.. ri.. fmm countless thousands o .1.1.-,. nnrt rirnDs down to meet the dark fog which rolta up the Thames and finds its way Into vcry narrow, "ooked s reel. Tho English do not know what it Is to have a Are which warms tho farthest cor r, r.t the room. Like tho natives of our winnrla and California, they lng the milk ln this system, by which the consumer sees with his own eyes the goods produced. But the natives and thev all agree on this point Insist that tho milk merchant has under his coat a rubber bot tle filled with wntcr and with a rubber tube attachment, which enables him to Inject the water Into the measure alone with the mill:. Another way tho artistic milk merchant has for milking his cus tomer Is by producing as much foam ns possible. ThU Is done by holding tho glass ns far ns practicable form tho source of sup ply during the process of filing the measure. "In the best hotels and restaurants on the eastern const of Brazil I did not once see cream used or offered nnd milk as a beverage was very seldom seen, and I did not once see It mentioned on a bill of fare. Milk such 'ns It Is brings about 15 cents a quart, United States money, nnd a better supply even at this prico would Increase tho demand raatorlally." been opened nt tho Mary Bell mine, a prop erty that Is owned by Council Bluffs people. Still farther east Is the Cyclone vein, which Is opened by a trench and open cut at tho npex of tho mountain, showing a clean ledga of free-milling and concentrat ing oro flfty-fivo feet wide that will run high enough tn gold to pay tor handling, Tbls belt extends southward through tho Lookout property, which has a forty-stamp mill and a welt developed ledge of ore. (rrnteat llnvrinniumit In IIIIIn. The Standby ledge Is on the east Rldo of tho Cyclone, and this Bhows the greatest development of any property In tho south ern Hills. Threo large open, cuts exist at the apex of tho oro shoot and a tunnel has been run In 1,500 feet, tapping the oro with an upraise of forty-five feet. Tho nre Is a Homestake proposition in every reaped, diplomatic life by the unusual honors bo paid her at hl great ball. Once a year a magnlfictnt affair U given at Abdeen palace, to which nil the eligible people tn Cairo are Invited. This Includes the diplomatic set, the visitors who havo brought excellent let ters of Introduction, but by no meana tho gay crowd that sits tho day out In front of Shenhcrd's hotel. For l airo is exciutivo, Invitations to the great bnll nre eagerly Bought. This ts 11 mild phraso to cxprca-j tho lengths to which society folk and the curious 6nes will go to got Into that iplen dld palace when 11 ball Iff given, for thero Is met all that la picturesque In Egypt aristocratic life. At tho middle of the ball the suppor Is Riven and tho khedlve chooses a limited number of his guests to go Into his prl vato dlnlnc room to tnke supper at his tablo. Slnco Abbns Hllml has been kbn 1 The shoot Is nt least 100 feet across at dtvo this supper tnb'e ts the brightest spot the 300-foot level and It Is more than 1.000 feot long. Tho mlno Is owned by Now ork partlss, who propose to expend a large sum of monoy In putting In oyanldo works and enlarging and Improving tho stamp mm in tho palace, for tho young rulor of Egypt la handsome, brilliant and good-natured. Two married women received the message of honor from the khedlve and then, to tho surprise of everyone, the beautiful The mill and air compressor are operated American girl. Her escort .was no loss a by water power from Rapid creek. Ttils belt of ore Is one of the longest In the southern Hlfls. It passes south across Castlo rreek and how much farther has not been determined by prospectors. On the north, half a mile from the Standby mine, I the Montezuma mine, which has a thirty-foot ledge of concentrating ore. Careful teata have bten made by Colorado royal person than a prince, the uncle of the khedlvo, ranking third from the ruler, second to Prince Mahomet All. brother to the khedlve. Mies Stlckney was herself much surprised at this uulonked for distinction. At the cotillion that followed the khedlve sat next to Miss Stlckney all the time, not dancing himself. lie said afterward that the THK .M!MOir. IN llltA7.ll.. Tnkrn HU Cnvr to the Customer Trick In III Trnrtr. "There are two ways In which you muy buy milk In Brazil," said the man who had Just returned. "Tho milk Isn't first rate aud milk and cream are scarce, but there Is originality In ono way of selling It. 'Sometimes milk la delivered from house to house In glass bottles, carried In wire baskets, something after the fashion of the milkmen here, but there tho difference be gins. The cart used In Brazil Is a three- wheel push cart, always painted some dark dull color. The bottles arc typically Brazil- tan; they nre long, small-necked, dark green, second-hand wine bottles, which havo advantages of tholr own for tho mcr chant. The customer cannot see tho water which he knows Is In the mlik, and the dark color simplifies tho task of washing, which Is quite a point to tho native. "Hut tho other way of delivering milk Is slmou-puro Brazilian, and It Is a sort of a case nt the mountain coming to Ma hornet. The milk merchant lends his cow nround to his customers by a halter. Tied to tho cow's tall In a smaller baiter and nt the other end ot that ropo la a small muzzlo halter, which Is fastened around tho head or n calf. Tho Brazilian milkman believes that the cow will not give milk If unac companted by her calf. 1 "The merchant thus leading hi mcr chaudlso nnd source of supply, walks bare- fcoted from customer to customer. In his hand ho carries an ordinary sited drlnklna glass and a tin one-pint measuring cup; these be Ingeniously raps one against the other, and this ts his gong to notify his customers of his approach. A customer reached, the merchant gets down on one knee and proceeds to execute the wior while the customer watts. "The stranger sees no chance for dllut- STKHIj op ma.w kinds. Severe Testa in Which the .Mrtnl la Xttr Subjected. It Is tho popular Idea that steel Is a hard polished metal llko a dagger or a razor, and capable of carrying n cutting edge, but there are steels of various kinds that do not posecss tho qualities rami tloned. Structural steel, for example such as beams, girders and rough-rolled bars, generally has a much higher tensile strength, elasticity and tenacity than Iron, and yet, tn physical constitution and oxter nnl appearance, It differs hut slightly from It. Of two bars, one iron and the other steel, put through tho same rolls at the samo hent, not even an expert could dls tlngulsh ono from the other If they were laid side by side. Moreover, careful, analy sis falls to discover the line ot actual le parturo between steel nnd Iron In tho lower gradco of each metal, or where the motal commences to be steel, ro to speak, and etops being Iron, But as between the two metals. Iron ami steol, there Is a vast difference In their en durance nnd ability to stand severe work and modern engineers have a very great advantage ovtr their preduccrsora of halt a century ago in the possession of It, In modern open-hearth and other process steels the amount of fatigue or continuous resistance to crucial strains of long dura Hon which they will endure Is simply :ts tonlshlng not laboratory or test machine stralm, but the downright pounding and flogging of dally work, which Is far more serious than any testing machine can de liver. This last sets up a certain stress In a straight line, gradually Increasing up t failure under It; but tho duty Imposed upon steel by daily work In a high-speed engine, for example. Is not only to resist tensll strains, but torsional nnd traverse burdens at on and the same time. know . . 1 . ,iMn.i, thero Is no danger 01 ircciuis v. .hv huddle over their llttlo hand- fuls of coal and shiver through the winter whllo counting tne uays u " """ . . ... ..-a .Iu'.vj hndrnnnlH. are never nenicu uu .--.- even of well-to-do families. Coal, or "tho 1. n. inev say ncrc, iu expensive than In tho United States and It would not require nearly so much or so many to produce abundant wnrmth. as tho cold here is not so Intense, but tho Eng. ii. 1. nru vnrv "close in more one They havo a' funny custom, nftor noklng the fire, ot standing the poker poKiUK . . nl, n calnst tno graie o the chimney, which they Insist make A 'Mmw." Another belief, which you can not shake. Is that the sun pu s out the fire, and whenever tho blaze gels ow they pull the curtains. Hnrry Tnliooed. It is never of the least use to rise earlv In order to get in a goon aay o wur. The streets or liOnoon ai uci -srmblo those of Amerlcn at 7. Stores aro being opened, traffic isarciy commencing, lines of omployos Rolng to their business. the city Just beginning to sur. aim mm the various offices do not open until 10 o'clock and the heads of Arms do not co down town until that time. Thev move slowly everywhere nnd for all purposes. Nobody ever hurries. I cften took a bundle away from a salesman nnd carried It homo without being tied; noi mni 1 won m m. special haste royielf. hut I felt that 1 should lose my mind If I watched his movement any longer. One really ought to carry a book to improve nn mina n ue rides up and down In the elovators. Ono day when I had waited ln the upper story of a large dry goods store till patlenco was worn out I asked the elevator man wum made him so long coming. "I wns lust waiting tor the lift to till up,- no asm. Invariably they will toll you. "Wo have tried the rapid lifts ami our peopio won 1 havothem." Every whtro you see two or three persons iloir.; wnai one noes 111 mu United States. If we had been as Mow nr thoy are here, New York would sun do r frontier fvr trading post. In America the peoplo want tho latcBt and hest. In England they resent an In novation of nny kind. Thero is n great nuterv whenever an ancient building Ib pulled down. They would much rathor see an old block patched and propped up than replaced by a new ono, no matter how elegant. Tha streets of London aro lighted by flickering gaa jet" because the peoplo prefer It to electricity. You see a rumor occasionally that somo American compauy Is going to nut In olectrlc street railways hero. It will whon the New Zealander sits on London bridge There was a statemont to this effect a short time ago and tho Pall Mall Gazette, our late William Waldorf Aslor's paper, came out at once with leading editorial In opposition, saying: "We ( T) are perfectly satisfied with the omnibus system which has served Us well so many years." It then went on to show how In caso of a fire the street cars could not get out of the way, whllo the 'busses, "running on moro flexible lines," can easily do sol They will continue to run for many years yet, but not for this reason. There are about 1,300 of theso vehicles, slow, shnbby, lumbering affairs, unventllated In side and difficult to mount outside. Im proved but little in half a century. The 1 last semi-annual mooting of the compauy j showed that during the past six months I thoy Had carried 97,006,000 passengers. Fares tango from 2 cents to 13 cents and outside the city 2f cents. A yearly dlvl- lend of 10 per cent is paid. Tho com pany Itself will hardly move to abolish the system and It will never occur to the peo ple to demand anything better. There Is. owever, a measure of salvation In tho hnnsoms," or two-whrclcrs. of which there ro about 20.000. They make a trip of two miles for a shilling, and It goes decidedly gainst ihe grain when ono returns to the United States to pny the carriage hire de manded there. rhnrnrterlst le of the People. An nnclcnt Idea, whlrh haa no founda- lon row, whatever It might have hnd In the past. Is that tho English people nre tiff, unsocial nnd difficult to becoiuo ac quainted with. They are qulto as np- proachabln as well bred Americans. In trnvcllug they aro always ready to begin conversation, and In hotels nnd board ing bouses they meet one fully half way nnd nro oven moro cordial than peoplo of tho United States In giving their addrosses and urging thnt you visit them It In their locality. Among the lower stratum there ts no such general Intelligence ns among , similar class In America. They can not onvcy Information, because they do not possess It, and whllo they scorn stupid, reticent and disagreeable, this may be partly because wo do not understand them The educated and cultured English people nre delightful to know. The men doubt less moan to bo trreproachnhle In man ners. but they have not that quick, re sponsive courtesy which characterizes American men In tholr acquaintance with women. There Is not po much comrade ship nnd sympathy between the sexes, in Hclf-rcllanro and Independence the English woman Is nbout where her sister ncross tho son wan thirty years ago. 1 may say sub rosa that 1 think she would not be very nttraetlve to tho American man. Ho would miss something. Indefinable perhaps, which appeals to him In his own country woman. Her volco Is lower pitched and fuller, but not by any. means so soft and sweet as we havo been led to believe. The loudest voices I ever heard were thosq of Enitllsh women, nnd there Is also a cer- inln tvnn nt them mnrn aceresslve and db termlned than can be found anywhere elsoiuo In the world. As e rule, however, they or extremely Bubservlcnt to men, and slnco the latter aro rather n scarce commodity, thoy place a remarkably high estimate upon themselves, which tho women accept. The young English girl Is very pretty, espe cially as to complexion, and hns mapy charming llttlo ways, but she Is utterly without tho polso and cleverness nnd piquancy which render the American girl so attractive. And yet tt must bo con fessed that tho Intter has some things to learn, from her English couhln, ot old- fanhloned modesty, dignified rcscrvo nnd courteous regard for older persons. No ono can meet nnd talk with the Eng lish peoplo nnd not be thoroughly con vinced of their ndmlratlon nnd friendship for Americans. They hnve really an ex aggerated Idea ot our capabilities and nchlcvomonts and of the wealth and power of tho country. Undo Sam has proved nn equal match In what John Bull considers tho greatest objects of life making money and winning battles. Ho regards America ns one docs a poor relation who has come into a fortune. The tics of kinship have suddenly grown strong. England tears but one dangor n coalition, of European powers. France and Germany or Russia and Franco might threaten her supremacy. "In that raso"l heard this said again and ogaln "of courso we should expect tho United Slates to come to our aislstance and fight by our side." IDA HUSTHD HARPER. was negligence, for which the company Is liable, to permit him to re-enter the car, though the conductor had no reason to suppose ho would assault the particular passenger whom he afterward killed, sluce It wns defendant's duty equally to protect nil Its passengers. 43 At. Rep. (Mil.) 023. nr.rir.N thf. nu.vrii vai.i.uv. .Street Itnllronrl. Where n passenger on a street car was drunk and disorderly and ejected because ho ussaultcd an unoffending passenger, It Cnllfornln Mnn Promise to On nip In the I'orlilitdliiK fteiclnn. For venrn wltlinnl niiinlier II hns been the unquestioned belief nnioiiR both savage, nnd civilized men that no living creature can exist In Death valley. Located wcU nno properly h part of tne .Mojnve ueseri. Its barren nun-scorched sands iiff.ird no sustenance for mnn or Iicmki, Helnted trav eler have nceislonnlly strnyeii witnin tne cctiflnes nnd there lie their hones toany. hlrnchlng nnd dry. Hunted minimis h.ivo lied there tn eHcmie their imrsuers only to suffer n more terrible death tluui that from which they escaped. Onlv one hiiinnii belnir IniK ever lieen found who mnnnged to exNl In the forbid ding region known as Death valley, lilt name Is Mont Lee nnd he hus recently paid 11 visit to Han Frnncli'o. nut 11 vows nm Intention of returning to the desert, which ho deolnrcH Is far preferable to nny other inn 01 tne country f or mieen yenrs n inn found n iniiccnlal nbldl'iK uliico where, other have found only death, tie Is the only mnn who can dwell In the shadow of the Funeral fountains nnd not 1:0 mini under the frightful strnln to which mind nmi luiflv nre llu-re mitilccted. Ho is tne only mnn iimonir all the humired.i who have tlnreil tne ue.Mllv Hungers or 111111 lewn furnace thnt fnte hns Hp.irru; me oniy one wh'i enn dwell from year to year In tin hnttcnt snot on nirtli. where the thermom eter climbs to 140 degreeM In tho shade nud tho cruel hent wnveo bent Incessantly upon their human victim until, lirnylriK, with parched lips for water, he Kinks dying to the Him-bnkKl enrth, n spectacle to Iihiiih forever tho memory n ernzed nnd slbber lnc thing thnt it more mummy than mnn. tho llfo choked out of him by that demon of the desert snndM, thirst. From Death vnlle.v. hotbed of hunmn suf fering, grnoi of human despair, comes the mnn whom the demon of thirst bus thus far tortured In vnln. For the llrst time In fifteen years of phynlrnl torment he Kazes upon green trees mid fertile iloliln and ees nnturo smiling henlunly noli her chil dren, while yonder, by tho trownliiK Mi neral fountain .the shown n mood so merci less thnt men. languishing upon hor burning bosom, wither Into Hhnpos Unit none can recognize nnd perish curslnst her to the mil Mont Lee Iihh not nunc to Uoil'o coun try to stay. Ho Is going Imclt. In n few duya the ifrsert will elnlni lilm, Mont Lee has declnreil Hint Death valley will never down him und he haa dally fought dentil for fifteen ilrenry. ilcHperntc, lonely years. The renron why Mont Leo dwe lis on des ert nnnds under 11 sky fron which not ro much ns one pitying mln drop ever falls, In simple enough. He. earns 11 living; there. Tho itiini would not hovm nno to tempt J75 monthly nnd nxpcn?c-bu 1 It In sutll clent to lure Mont Leo nnd hold him there year after year. For fifteen yeni Mont Lee ha llR'l charge of tho Pacific fount Borax com piiny's clnlmH ln Death valley. For the las' live venrs lie ban lived nt the mouth of Furnace erecK. near ine urmiiuiiu ',, ,,' feet below Ihe urn level on iim.iii nrnnn.l tto linn illllllVfcl eVITV Illllll WHO han worked with him In the vnlley (Inn alter another he Iiiim watched them sicken und die or ?n mad with the misery l int dentil only can relievo. Hln tank It hn been to keep the twinl und nlknll nud the scorching winds thnt sweep the desert from destroying their wooden hundstonea. Orlm, utolld. undaunted, he linn stuck to his noit, wilh the demon lurklnK ever near, ready to May. His health Is not what It wns whan he ventured first Into tho valley, though he Is still strong and burly of face, nnd fig ure, if tho nwfulnenn of tils environment weighs upon hln spirits ho does not betray his emotions. Lee hna a wiunw wife and several half-breed children. His Indl.ui companion remnlnn with hint only a pall ct thn year. Leo's into In prophesied by more thiol ono who wondor.i nt ills recklessness. It wus predicted Inst yenr by 1111 old und experi enced desert rnnger named Bennett of Asli MendowH, Nev., who lost hln llfo within n quarter of a mile of Bennett's wells In ljeatn vimey. uennoii was croncinK 10 -nil Hot Springs und tho terrific heat robbed him of hln reason. Jumping from tho wagon he tore off his clothing; nnd groveled In the alkull for writer, nlthough there were water barrels nnd shovels In tile out fit. Mont Leo saw Honnett die, He scoffs at tho suggestion that he, too, will some Any succumb In tho same way, "Deuth vnlley," he repento, "will never down me." Thero In .little danger of sunstroke In tho vnlley. The ulr In too dry for Hint. No mlit veils tho sun'11 glnrn nnd moisture la unknown. Tho hunt crnekn the Upn, plnclio tho fnco until the blood starts, nwelln the tongue, nueks the moisture from the body-. und then t'omon madneRn, nnd upon tha heels of mnduenn trendn the npuctro Dentil. Mont Lee has a brother, Hnm. who nsnlnta him In hln work. They havo helped to hunt and bury ncores of bodies since they went Into the vnlley. It In tho cuntom of mlnern on the deuerl to entiibilnh tho grave of nn unfortunate wnvfnrer by n pleco of scant ling nt the head and foot of each nnmeless grave. The Art of framing- Plcturca hriTO rpnnhed tbo lushest point of porffctlou with us. Conatnnt attention to the llttlo details In frnniHS nud mmildtnfjs. the chroftii selection of novelties, together with nn unswervlnp ambition to always frame the picture. whatever tt may bo, tn the most nrtlstlc mnnner possible. Is the secret of our success. Twnnty-seve'u years beforo the public as lenders In all thnt per tains to AUT, given you the nasurauco that wo will satisfactorily frame your picture and the price? ALWAYS RIGHT. ' A. HOSPE, Music and Art. 1513-1515 Douglas, I, vVv AIMS Men's $2-50 Box Calf- A box oulf Rpnulne box calf uppers -no kIiIp leather- with semilnc welt soles of bout ijiiiillty oak tan nolo leather a shoo that will be n surprint to you when we niiiiio tho prh-e f!!.ftO- n shoe that for service ami flttlnu ipinllty can't lm bent made with tho. popular toe and henvy welt sole. This In tho llrst tlmo wo have ever nffcrpil n genuine box enlf welt sole man's hIioo for $2..0 simply because until now wo could not net a shoo to sell nt this price that wo could recommend. V.'o recommend this one. Drexel Shoe Co., Omaha' Up-to-dal Shoe llnuae. 1MB FA It NAM BTflBKT. ,etr Frill Catalogue Son fiend-.