THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
April 2, 1896.
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CAN THIS BE TRUE?
A tjnoxplorad Region Bald to KxUt la
th Stat of W ashlngton.
An old friend, who baa just returned
from a town of the new Western
States, tells me, says a writer in the
St Louis Republic, that there is an un
erplored region in the State of Wash
ington which is as little known as the
Interior of Africa. It is the country
shut in by the Olympic mountains and
includes an area of about 2,500 square
miles, beinjf some 400 miles greater in
stent than the whole state of Dela
ware. This trackless waste, to the positive
knowledge of old renidents of the
state, has never been trodden by the
foot of man, white or Indian. The
mountains mentioned rise from the
level country to within- ten or fifteen
miles of the Straits of San Juan do
Fuca, and, towering to a hcicht of
6,000 to 8,000 feet, shut in this vast
unexplored area.
The Indians fear the spot as the
Javans do their 1'oison Valley" and
say that no man. white or red, can
cross the great basin enclosed by the
Olympic mountains and live to tell the
story of his explorations. But the at
mosphere of this American wonder
land is not poisonous, neither is the
tangled jungle the home of wild, fierce
beasts or dangerous serpents; the In
dians simply claim that it is inhabited
by a race of men which are so fierce
that no representative of the white or
red man's nations could stand before
them for a moment Being unexplor
ed, no one can even guess at what the
physical aspect of this great silent
wilderness is. The most generally
accepted theory in regard to it is that
it consists of great valleys stretching
from their inward slopes of the moun
tains to a great central basin.
This theory is supported by the fact
that although the country around has
abundant rain, all of the streams flow
ing towards the four points of the
compass are insignificant and rise
only on the outer slopes of the range,
none appearing to drain the great
tract shut in by the mountains. This
fact supports the theory that the
streams flowing from the inner slopes
of the mountains feed a great interior
lake. But what drains the lake? It
must have an outlet; can it be that
this outlet is through a subterranean
river whioh empties into the ocean,
strait or sound P
Evidently there is room for much
exploration and a chance to make
many new discoveries in Washington's
great "unexplored regions."
CARVED ON THE MOUNTAIN.
An Inscription, Sixty-Four Yean Old
From Byron.
Judge IL A. Sharp spent a day this
week on Shade's Mountain, near Ox
moor, says the Birmingham News,
and to while away a few idle moments
he memorized an inscription cut in a
large rock on top of the mountain and
near Farrar's Cave.
The letters were clear cut, but cov
ered with moss. The inscription is a
quotation from Byron, and the date,
1827," is shortly after the time Byron
wrote it At the bottom of the quota
tion is carved the names, Thomas W.
Farrar and Seraphlne Farrar.
Here is the quotation:
To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell,
To slowly trace the forest's shady scenes,
Where things that know not man's do
minion dwell,
And mortal footbath ne'er or rarely been.
The quotation is incomplete, and the
following is the remainder:
To roam the trackless desert all unseen,
With the wild flocks that never need a
fold
This is not solitude, 'tis but to held con
verse with nature's self,
And view ber stores unroll.
The quotation is from Byron's
Childe Harold," and its inscription
on the rock shows that Mr. Farrar,
who was a bachelor and devoted to
solitude, was also a man of literary
taste. The sentiment is in keeping
with the place, for at that time the
woods were almost an unbroken
forest The point of view is high
above the surrounding country, and
sweeps the valley for miles with its
shifting scenes of light and shadow,
waving trees and fragrant flowers,
flashing streams and musical songsters.
The "Pis: of the Hushe."
In Ireland the lizard is called 'aire
luichair," which, literally translated,
means ' "the pig ol the rushes. " It is
held in great esteem for its curative
powers. When caught the person
who is anxious to receive the curative
power takes the aire luichair in his
hand and lieks the creature all over
head, feet belly, legs, sides and tail;
and the tongue of the person who thus
licks the aire luichair is said to ever
afterwards possess the power of
taking the pain and sting out of a
burn. The aire luichair crawling
across the throat of one suffering with
quinzy or the bands of a person who
has licked or even recently handled
one of the little creatures is thought
to be a sovereign remedy for that dis
ease. There is also a prevailing
idea that the aire luichair is always on
the watch to crawl down the throat of
any person who happens to fall asleep
out of doors.
The Czar's Journey.
It is a serious matter for ordinary
travelers when the czar of Russia
starts on a journey. The other day,
when he went from St Petersburg to
Moscow, a trainful of business men
proceeding in the opposite direction
was put on a side track in order that
the imperial train might pass, and for
two hours everybody was kept the
closest prisoner. All the doors and
windows in each .ar was closed and
locked, and special sentries were posted
to see that no one attempted to open
them. During the preparations for
the czar's trip there was an almost
total cessation of postal and telegraphic
communication between Moscow and
St Petersburg for two whole days.
ROBBED WITHOUT MERCY.
A Qoeer MUanderstaodlnf of a Haad la
TarkUh Bath.
When the new apprentice assnmed
his duties at the Turkish bath estab-
lishment the manager thought he
seemed rather stupid, and entered into
a long explanation of what he was to
do. He particularly emphasized tne
command that the attendant was to j
"rub 'em without mercy "
During the day the manager heard a
great many complaints from his patrons
that they had lost their personal prop
erty. He thought that a sneak thief
must have come in to get washed, ana
resolved to be on the look out He
discovered nothing, however, though
he peeked around most of the day like
. . . . , , - 1 1
an amateur aeteeuve, muinjj ia m
sorts of places.
Toward the time when the new at
tendant was to go off duty the latter
went into the manager's office and be
gan behaving with much mystery. He
walked around like a wet hen, waiting
nntil the coast was clear. AVhen there
was none but himself and his chief in
the office he tiptoed up to the door and
locked it Then he produced from his
pockets five gold watches, some dia
mond rings, a few scarf-pins and a
gold-headed cane, which he set forth
with great pride before his manager,
who, horror-struck, recognized the ef
fects as belonging to his customers.
"You told me to rob 'em without
mercy," said the delighted novice, "and
I done it Do yer think I'll suit, boss?"
Endurance of Infantry and Cavalry.
On a march infantry will endure the
fatigue much better than cavalry, and
Jn a long distance the foot soldiers
will outmarch the horsemen. Those
who doubt this statement should re
member that a horse in army service
carries 270 pounds weight while the
soldier carries only his gun and from
tweniy to forty pounds. Notwith
standing the fact that a ten minutes'
halt is made in every hour for strag
glers to catch up, cavalry straggle to
the rear more than infantry do, and
the care of a horse on a long march is
a serious matter. The horses are
picked animals, but even the best
horse is liable to fall lame from the
loss of a shoe or a stone in his hoof, or
from some other cause which at first
may be entirely unpercelved by the
rider.
When Butler Was Youug.
When General Butler was a young
lawyer in Lowell, he had a case in
court and, as is the custom, said: "Let
notice be given." The aged clerk, who
was an unrelenting Whig, asked him
n what paper the notice should be
snven. Uutier promptly replied in tne
dvertiser, which was a stanch Jack-
Ionian paper. "1 don t Know sucn a
paper," said the dent, xsutier, 01
ourse, knew that it was almost a sac
rilege to mention a Jackson paper in
that court, but he answered the clerk
thus: "Pray, Mr. Clerk, don't interrupt
the proceedings of court, for if you
begin to tell us what you don't know,
we will have no time for anything."
He never interrupted Butler again.
FORQOT THEIR TACT.
Bow Women Broke Bad Newt
to
Friend In the Theater.
Women are called the tactful sex.
Two women came to a Buffalo
theater one Saturday afternoon in
search of a third woman, whose father
had died suddenly. The matinee was
in progress and the curtain was up.
The doorkeeper bade them wait till
the act was over, and then cautioned
them against breaking the sad news o
their friend while she was in tne
theater.
Just tell her she is wanted at
home," he said, "and tret her out as
quickly as possible."
In a few minutes there was a mighty
noise within, and the two women
emerged supporting their friend, who
was shrieking and throwing herself
about She was taken from the build
ing in a fainting condition.
Doubtless the scene was renewed at
frequent intervals on the road home.
The awkwardness of the messengers
had added difficulties to their own task
as well as spoiled the pleasure of a
large number of people.
"There!" said the doorkeeper in dis
gust, "that's just like a woman. You
can tell a man something and he'll see
the point of it But women go all to
nieces in smswrpiimM "
Building; a Steamer on Novel Flaus.
A new idea in shipbuilding has
been developed at Belfast, Ireland,
There is an immense vessel on the
stocks there which has no keel for
about 130 feet from the stern post
while six feet of the stern post is cut
away, the hull of the vessel sloping
from the horizontal for the 120 feet.
until level with the curtailed stern
post. The bottom of the stern post
and the actual stern pf the vessel are
not connectea in any way. lhe ves
sel is a twin screw and the propellers
will work through a small aperture
with nothing between them and the
water beneath. They will therefore
ilways be in unbroken water.
Bound to Keep tip.
A man went to hire a horse of a liv-
ry-stabie proprietor, who was very
particular about his stock, and always
extorted a promise from his customers
not to drive fast as a condition of let
ting. "You can have the horse," he
said, "if you agree not to drive him
fast" "Well," said the man, "I want
him to go to a funeral, and I am bound
to keep up with the procession if it
kills the horse."
A Big Sonth African Diamond.
A diamond buyer of Kimberly, South
Ainca, nas recently purchased irom a
river digger a magnificent diamond
weighing 295 carats, said to be the sec
ond largest stone ever found in that
field. The stone is a perfect octahe
dron and of fine color. The buyer paid
$10,000 for the gem and was subse
quently offered 140,000 for it but re
fused to sell. -
NEW AFRICAN LAKE.
Fr ell OasapaUon of Tlmborto
Adda
to Q f raphleal Kaowledga,
Although the occupation of Timboe
too by the French has not yet added
materially to the volume of France
'colonial trade, it has unquestionably
1 , , . 1
auut'U very greauy 10 our uui6q i
the geography of that part of Africa,
says the Edinburgh Scotsman, and in
particular has resulted in a discovery
of singular interest and Importance.
Tlmbuctoo, as all the world knows,
stands on the boundary line between
the Sahara and the western Soudan a
little to the north of the great Niger
bend but what was not known was the
existence In the immediate neighbor
hood of the city, and lying somewhat to
the west of a series of lakes and marshes
covering a large area of country. These
great sheets of water were first seen
by the Joffre column, and have since
been explored by French officers sta
tioned in the neighborhood, who have
laid down their general outlines with
some approach to accuracy. The most
Important of these lakes is called Lake
Faguibure, and runs In a direction,
roughly, east and west. Its total length
being some sixty or seventy miles. A
couple of smaller sheets of water con
nect with the Niger, and there are other
lakes in the neighborhood. As might
be sunnosed these lakes are the center
of a rich agricultural and pastoral dis
trict. Crops of various kinds are grown
In abundance, and the natives have
large flocks and herds. Perhaps the
most curious feature of the discovery is
the fact that neither Barth nor Dr. Laz
appears to have heard of this fertile re
gion, and it la to be presumed that the
guides deliberately led them away from
the direction of the lakes. The news
of this discovery will no doubt revive
the interest in the occupation ol 11m
buctoo in France, where, after the first
enthusiasm was over, there was a
marked tendency to criticise Col. Bon
nier's act as rash and premature a
tendency rather strengthened than
weakened by the recent trouble with tne
Tauregs. The results of observations
on the climate of that part of Africa es
tablish, it is said, the perfect feasibility
of Europeans living there the whole
year round, with certain precautions.
The months of April and May are said
to be the most trying, not only for Eu
ropeans, but for natives, but December
and January are so cool that a great
coat is sometimes welcome, and the
natives report that one year ice formed
at least this is the deduction drawn
from the native statement that "the
marsh became stcne."
DOG BROUGHT. THE PARDON.
A Convict Who Won the Governors
Confldence Through Hit Dog.
It was a dog that brought liberty to
a convict in the Kentucky penitentiary
recently, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The intelligent brute acted as a mes
senger between Governor Brown and
the felon, carrying the pardon in its
mouth from the executive mansion to
the prison, and, after gaining admit
tance, to the recipient of the clemency
himself. The dog is the property 01
the governor, and the convict is 0.
G. Garden of Louisville, who was sen
tenced two years ago to serve a term
of eight years for manslaughter.
For some time Garden has been em
ployed as a "trusty" at the executive
mansion, doing chores and running er
rands. The dog, a fine speciment of
the shepherd breed, is a family pet
and is unusually intelligent
It was a part of Garden's duty to look
after the animal and they 'came to be
fast friends. When the prison doors
were opened in the morning the collie
was there to meet his convict friend
and accompany him to the mansion. At
night he returned with his striped
playmate to the grim portals.
When the pardon was made out it
was suggested that the dog be permit
ted to carry the welcome freedom to
his devoted friend. The paper was en
closed in a stout envelope and given
to the animal, which was told to go
to the penitentiary. With a wag of
its tall it left the mansion and ran
down the old accustomed route to the
prison. A telephone message apprised
the guards of his coming and he was
admitted without delay.
Garden was In the yard patiently
awaiting the arrival of the governor's
messenger, never dreaming that the
dog had been selected. Catching sight
of the well-known face, the dog ran
up to the convict and laid the envelope
at his feet. The glad cry of happy
surprise that the overjoyed prisoner
gave vent to on catching up the offi
cial envelope and tearing it open wa
re-echoed by a succession of joyous
barks from the four-footed harhinger
of good tidings.
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Driving Brits.
An inventor in Vienna has produced
a new material that combines some of
the properties of glass and celluloid.
It is made by dissolving four to eight
parts of collodion wool (gun cotton) in
about 100 parts by weight of ether or
alcohol, adding 2 or 3 per cent of cas
tor oil and 4 to 10 per cent of resin or
Canadian balsam. The mixture is
then dried on a glass plate at a tern'
perature of 120 degrees, Fahr.
The compound soon solidifies into a
transparent sheet, having substantial'
ly the properties of glass. It resists
the action of salts, alkalies and dilute
acids, and is flexible, says the Phila
delphia Record.
The addition of magnesium chloride
reduces its inflammability and zino
white gives it the appearance of ivory.
By increasing the relative proportion
of castor oil and .resin the toughness
and pliability of leather is imparted to
the material, and it may even be made
into driving belts.
Patronize those person who adrtrtiM
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NOTICE.
la the district court, Lancaster county, Ne.
braeka. Cora L. WaRoner, Plaintiff, vs. James
B. Wagoner, Defendant.
To James B. Wagoner, Defendant;
You are hereby notified that on the 9th day of
March, 1896, Cora L. Wagoner filed a petition
against you In the district court of Lancaster
County, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which
are to obtain from you a divoroe on the ground
of non-snpport, and extreme cruelty, and further
object of said petitioner Is to be restored to her
maiden name of Cora L. Wilcoxon.
You are required to answer on or before Mon
day, the 20th day of April, 1896.
CORA L. WAGONER.
By Bane & AltBchuler, her Attorneys. 4w
Notice of Probate of Will.
In the County Conrt of Lancaster County, Neb.
The State of Nebraska, to Kirtland I. Perky of
Albion, Idaho, son of Esther M. 1'erky and her
heir at law and to any others interested in said
matter:
You are hereby notified that an Instrument
perportlng to be the last will and testament of
Esther M. Perky deceased, is on file in said conrt.
and also a petition praying for the probate of
said instrument, and for the appointment of Le
nore Perky as executrix. That on the Twenty
fourth day of April, 1898, at two o'clock p. m.,
said petition and the proof of the execution of
said instrument will be beard, and that if you do
not then appear and contest, said court may
probate and record the same, and gr..nt adminis
tration of the estate to Lenore Perky.
This notice shall be published for three weeks
successively in THE NEBRASKA IN DEPENDENT
prior to said hearing.
witness my hand ana official seal this 30tn
day of March 1898, S. T. COCHRAN,
Seal,J 43-3t County Judge.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a chattel
mortgage, dated on the SHth day of February, 1895,
and duly filed and recorded in the office- of the
county clerk of Lancaster county, Nebraska, on
the 2tith day of February, 189", and executed by
Patrick McManaman to J . A. Young or bearer, to
secure the payment of the sum of three hundred
and fifty dollars (S350I, and upon which there is
now due the sum of one hundred aud seventy-five
dollars ($175. 00. Default having been made in
the payment of said sum, no suit or other proceed
ing at law having been instituted for the recovery
of said debt or any part thereof, therefore I will
sell the property therein described, viz: Una
black yearling heifer, one nearly white yearling
heifgr, one red yearling heifer, one spotted cow,
one red roan cow, one-brown horse seven years old
named Pete; one black horse seven years old
named Prince: one bey horse coming four years
old, with whitestripe in face; one bey pony mare
coming lour years old; one Diactc mare namea
Bally, one bald faced sorrel mare, one bey mare
colt, at public auction at the house of Ernest
Horning, in Little Salt precinct, Lancaster county
Nebraska, on the 18th day April, 1896, at 1 o'clock
p- m. of said day.
jjuiea marcu zo, mn.
J. A. Youno, Mortgagee,
By Jno. S. Kirkpatrick, his Attorney. 43-3t.
OWSLEY WILSON.
Attorney-at-uaw, Burr's Block.
CHATTEL MORTGAGE SALE.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a chattel
mortgage, dated on the 8th day of March, 1891 and
duly filed in the office of the county clerk of Lan
caster county, Nebraska on the 15th day of March,
189 and executed by Fred F. Carlson to Leander
L. Larimer to secure the payment of a certain
promissory note for the sum of $138.00 and interest
from the first day of March, 1894, at the rate of 10
per cent, per annnm, on which there is now due
and oweing the snm of $118.51. Default having
been made in the payment of said sum, and no
guit or other proceedings at law having been In
stituted to recover said debt, or any part thereof,
therefore I will sell the following property therein
described, viz; One grey gelding colt, named
Douglas, six years old. weight about 1100 ponnds at
public auction, in front of the postoffice in the
village of Raymond, county of Lancaster and State
of Nebraska, on Saturday, the 25th day of April, at
11 o'clock a. m. of said day.
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I WIMMING POOL, 60x142 feet. 5 to 10 feet deep,
seated to uniform temperature of 80 degreea.
Drs. M. H. & J. O. Everett,
Managing Physician.
Rio Grande Western Railway, j
Great Salt Lake Route. "
Metcur, Utah's New El Dorado. Won
derful Development of the Camp
F oyd Mining District.
The Camp Floyd Mining District of Dtah, dis
tant but 4 mile fjom Salt Lake City, Is now
attracting the attention of the mining world Ba
the ouly western rival of Cripple Creek, Colo.
The district has had a most remarkable history.
The town of l.ewiston rose, flourished, and passed
Into decay twenjy-flve years ago, on the very
spot on which Mercnr has been built within the
last eighteen months. It was renowned as a sil
ver camp in '71 by the development of the Sparrow-hawk
and Last Chance mines, which pro
duced over $1,000,000 in the white metal. At that
time there were 1,009 people in Lewlston, and the
district was very lively, bnt the rich pocket
haying worked out, Lewiston' fame began to
wane. The next big strike in the district, on
that is yet talked of by old-timers, was the Car
rie Steele, from a pocket in which some parties
scraped out $s3,000 in about three months time.
This caused great excitement, so mnch so that
in 72 and '73 the hill was swarmlug with pros
pectors. Then the camp again declined nntilWs
and 'SO, when It was abandoned. In 1890 atten- , ,
tion was called to the McArthur Forrest cyanide
process, and a test of the ore was madeiiiDou- J
ver with such elaborate results that the old Spar- J
row-hawk or Marion mine was brought out of a '
$40,000 or f 50,000 Indebtedness and put on a divi
dend paying basis. The formation at Mercnr 1
rery similar to the region about Johannesburg
In South Alrica, except thflt the Camp Floyd or
bodies are larger and richer. Geologists aud
mineralogists differ as to the origin and forma
tion of the ore body, some claiming three dis
tinct gold-bearing veins while others seem to
favor the single blanket vein theory. On one
point, however, all agree, that no such gold de
posit has ever before been discovered. In the
Mercur mine, recently bonded for $1,500,000, th
ore bodies average $15.00 In gold to the ton,
while some assays run Into the hundreds mark.
With the aid of the cyanide process this ore I
mined and milled at an average cost of $2.50 to
$3.00 per ton, leaving a profit of $12.00 te $12.50
per ton. On this basis the mine has. in the year
just passed, paid dividends to the extent ol $300,
000. The adjoining properties, the Golden U ate.
numm .uu oBjoer are equally as ncn. The vein
vein 4
tance I
I mill, I
with -V
or veins nave already been traced from th clus
ter ol mines at Uercnr, to Sunshine, a dlBtanc
oi eix in nun, wnere me eunsnine mise and mill,
another large property, 1 located, together with
numerous claims of less magnitude. In the Mer
cur mine aione zuu.uuu ton of ore are now
blocked out, with an average value of $14,00 per
ton, making a total value of $2,800,000; the Gol
den Gate is able to show 100,000 tons of higher
value than the Mercur, while the Sunshine has in
sight more ore than either of the above, bnt of
lower value. If the discoveries recently made
twelve miles west of Mercnr and far to the south
are uncovering of the same vein, then there la
strong evidence that the great deposit cover an
area of from 100 to 150 square miles. It is hardly
opposable that all portions of the vein will yield
profitable values, although that I the belief of
many, but It is quite within the range of possi
bilities, as no barren spot ha yet been touched.
Keeping in mind the fact that any ore exceeding
$3.00 in value per tan, can be mined and milled
at a handsome profit, there can be no question
but that the Camp Floyd district wll yet be on
' i"'Rt Kuiu-proaucing camps in the world.
Owing to the mildness of the climate, prospect-.
mS vu ui uiuuinii b( an season ol the year
.n(1 at. lli. 1.1 . r
j wimuH vigorous worK M
. "y pomw iu me district. Th iA
nit of this work will show Itself dnrln Mi
Ing year in the opening of the ore bodies in vart i
In.. fu.ll.U. .U I . . . ..... ' if.
iih. luruuKuoui in aistrict, and nam
ur hi ciaim mat ar now mere prospect will
undoubtedly become paying mines In the near
future. Nowher at the present time can there
be found la field for speculation which will exceed
that of the Camp Floyd district.
Mercnr or the Camp Floyd Mining district la
best reached via the Rio Grand Western Railway
to Bait Lake City. For farther particulars or
lor prlntwd matter apply to F. A. WADLEIOH.
General Paasenger Agent, Bio Grand Western.
Ball way, Bait Lake City.
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