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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1889)
PART II. THE OMAHA i SUNDAY BEE 9- EIGHTEENTH YEAJR. OMAHA , SUNDAY MOKNINGi MAY 5 , 1839.-SIXTEEN PAGES. NUMBER 324 BOUGHT \ FROM aTe To be slaughtei'ed To-morrow regardless of cost or value. Buying all goods for cash and in larger quantities than any other house in our line enables us to offer many cash bargains unapproachable by any other house. To-morrow we shall place on sale To-morrow we will place on sale FOR TO-MORROW ONLY ! (00 ( Fuil Dress Patterns of 8 yards Double Fold Fancy Wool of 1O yards Fancy Striped and Check ofSllk Finished Honriottn , nil Wool , in Dress , suitable for spring and Suitings Sootch Cheviots In stripes and new combinations. summer wear , blnck nnd nil new shndcs , For ForFull For Full 7 Full Dress Full Dress. Dress. LADIES' SUMMER LADIES' COTTON 7,000 AtlOc " Grand purchase at our own price from man "WCORTH At14c ufacturers who are closing out thisseason'sstock. Now is the time to secure choice styles at lowest Ladles' spring styles , fancy Purchased til tlie great aurlloii sal o of Win. Topping , Nos. 5 und 7 , Ladies' line Swiss Itililied prices. A grand stock of stripes lOcj good , drop mine stitched for 25c. Hose , EMBROIDERIES AND LACES. Whllo Street. Yosts , Mould lioi'ltonnnl 25c. . MX ) Kxtra To-morrow only Me. LftTEST STYLES IN MILLINERY. At19c Owing to the change of flrm of ono of the largest Now York Importers pieces Kino BlJ.tnch Wide Fine Quality ISO ElcgAiilLncc Strlno . I'lixtn and Check pcs This will be by far the most attractive In the of Embroideries ana Laces , their whole stock was disposed of at auction. city by the following special bargains which will Lndk's' full regular made ami Wo made largo purchases of Embroidered Skirtings , Flounolugs , Edgings be on sale Monday and all week : seamless imported Hose , lu and all-over Yoking. Monday wo will make a special sale at prices almost ! 5 eases iss llibbed very fine Jersey silk-lrlmmcil Vests , plain up to and flOc. fancy colors , worth 5O CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. worth C > 0c. At At25c HI / W V I ' Ladles' imported lisle tlirond ) Ladies' line imported llrill- Vests All the finest and latest shapes in Hats and iiuit Lisle Thrend ItlaekHo'o , Snlss Kitofoed Imvliito , , Worth lOo Vonl Worth 12c. Worth 3'ic. , pink , blue , cream , ecru ; Bonnets will be sold at the above figures. Prices north fully 75e ; only 1 ! pair White Swiss and Very Wide Cambric Swiss Embroidered . . . from BOc to ? 1.6O. to each customer. 1800 Ynnls Very Fine ( JiinHtyiOInch FINK FANCY worth $1.00. were Cambric Embroideries and Swiss Embroidery Flouncing OIJK 81LIC AND SATIN ALL OUll FINK WOOL Very wide , north tip to Kilo \Voith fully ! o Worth 30o. INDIA LINENS Swiss Lace Cheek - and , Stripe , SPRING- JACKETS , P ARASOJLS , Cents Yard. YARD , Infants * Kid Shoes V. 3Oc J Worth 25c. 2 WORTH 35P , ALL OP OUtt ALL WOOli Ited Schoolhouse 8 to 10. Shoes . ' ' . , $1.0O All Our Fancy Silk and Lace Trimmed Very Fine 22-Inch 45-Inch lied Sshooluouse Shoes . . . . $1.25 SPRING- JACKETS 12 to : . ' . PARASOLS 7KH Swiss Skirtings , Laaien'Kid Too Slippers . 50c , 011 Iff 1000 Itcinnanis 2 cn&cs IHcgniit New SIcs ! 1 case Jfpw French -v . . . Ladles' Oxford Ties . ' . . Worth COc. Woith 11.00. 30 Inches deep , worth 81.25. SATEENS SATEENS .e Ladles' Kid Shoes . ' . , .50 Very Elegant Patterns ALL OK FINE 1M TOUT ED * Ladlos' Imported Kronen Kid Shoes , $1.25 AM ; OUll GOLD-HANDLKD SIIjlC 1 Broadclofii Jackets Ladles' Imported I'-irls Kid Shoes $1.49 UMBRELLAS , , 45-Inch Swiss THE VERY FINEST 45-Inch Henderson's regular > I2.60 and I3.CO Trench Kid Sho&1 every RTi SIKZIRTIlSra valr stamped on thosjilo. . . . . . . SO Inches deep and worth 81.DG. IM Inches of elegant work ; woitli up to I'M. 502 , 504 , 506 , 508 and 510 South 13th Street. GEMS OF THE BLACK HILLS. A Visit to Ohadron , Rapid City and Buffalo Gap. NEW TOWNS WITH A FUTURE. The Life , Pluck , Encrjjy npd Intelli gence AVlilutt Seoni to Charac terize tlio Inhabitants of the nitick illlio. ninck 11111 Town * . The recent tripof tlio board of trnde'to the Bluet ; Hills brought tlio members Into a new section of country ana Introduced them to n number of wide-awake people , reference to whom mid their work will bo found ! n tlio following chapters : Ohadron. The cordml greeting extended our party when it arrived In Clmilron the first time was most cheerfully duplicated when tlio second end visit wan mad ? . Tlio citizens seemed to vlo with ona another In their eagerness to meet and accommodate tliolr guests , so much eo that at tliu depot , when the board arrived , tlioro were fifty or more carriages than were required to treat it to a drive. The warmth of tlio friendliness displayed was most grate fully appreciated , find this fact contributed greatly to the thoroughness of the enjoy ment of the visit. I wnsy shown tlio spot , now in the intdilto of a street , on which'but three years ago the fln t house of the town was erected. The structure Itself has been reduced to kindling wood. Around where It stood , however , Is ono of the choicest resilience districts of the town. In this district the houses In every reaped , save ngc , luivo nil evidences of being thoroughly and consistently hnppy homes. Said the gentleman who accompanied mo on the drive nround the city ; "Thcro is tbo first hotel built In this city , dad I stopped nt It. They set a good table , but they had a of'a crowd of boarders. " The hotel was a log cabin , about eight feet hlirb. r LJut tlio Clmdron of to day troubles itsalf but slightly over what havu been- things of the past. It lives only In the present , and Is provident of the .future. Her streets nro wldu , well graded , well guttered , and run at right angles through the city. Jn the bus ! , ness OUti let ( hey uro lined with frame , brick nnd even stone structures. The stores are wull stocked , and scom to enjoy a patronage which Is entirely satisfactory. Tlio variety of the stores In nuch us to satisfy almost every elasH of people , and the patronage bestow - stow ad la llnoly oxouiplilicd In the continued proBpcrlt.N of tholr proprietors. Onuilron Is not yiit n city of statistics , It has been too busy In endeavoring to Inaugurate ate- its local Koveinrncnt , In n gonor.il wav , to give attention to the features and details of modern municipal and nieivantilo advance- inont. As a consequence , tha amount of lost year's business , as also that of the present , may not now ho printed. Despite this fact. a incrchtint Is cot to bo found who cannot look tlio Inquirer In tha eye and tell l.lm that his tratlo lor thu last twelve months greatly exceeds that for the sauio length of time a year ago. The town U the terminus of threa divi sions of tlio Fieiiionr , El'i.horn & Missouri * Valley roail , ono extending from Long Pine to Clmdron , tlio other from Douglas and the olhcr from \Vhitewood. These divisions re quire n certain kind' of repair' shops and rotntd houses , besides a number of homos foi tbo employes of the company. There Is hero a seventeen stall round hottic , and this wil coon bo supplemented \vith largo shops whkbAvlll five cin.loyincnt | to a still larger number ot men. Tl > o stores , which arc built of bric'/f are tastefully designed and substantially erect ' .too brick beiug of ham * manufacture , with intersecting lines of white which thorn an unique and pretty effect. Stone Is gradually lliidlng favor for build- ng purposes , several stores with line fronts having already been created wltn it. The rock is brought from the hills near Buffalo Gup. In some instances It is white as chalk , and , in fact , may ba produced in nil colors. Dno building attracts general attention. Its Taco is constructed of stone , through which run white and purple lines. On either side of the entrance , there are two massive columns supporting the cornice , in which these colors alternate in wavy lines strongly suggestive of fanciful grulnlmr. They make n pretty appearance , and It is said the longer they are exposed to the elements , the harder they become. The stone sells at reasonable rates and may bo procured at liultalo Gap , where it Is found with an Indefinite variety of colors. Some of this stone was brought to Omaha and Is now on exhibition nt the board of trade where It will repay inspection. .Tho country around Ohadron is both diver sified and fertile. The buttcs are suOIclcntlv romantic to attract the attention of the poet and scientist , while the gentle slopes , grassy meadows and rich-soiled fields mnku a most favorable Impression upon the party in search or agricultural features. All of the ground In tlio vicinity of the city is taken up and Is In great part under cultivation , a cir cumstance of seeming strangeness whnn It Is known that but a few miles away , compara tively speaking , me located the bad lands , the ovll name of which for many years , at tached to the country surrounding them. The city lias n waterworks svotcni which cost $35,000. Permanent works with Holly engines have been creotcd on the banks of a little stream two and a half miles from the city. From this water Is pumped to n icser- volr on a height over the city , the pressure from which Is sufficient to supply water in any place or at any height it may bo desired In the city. No bettor protection against flro Is to bo found in any of the smaller cities of the west. The population Is variously estimated ut from 1,500 to 2,000 people. They nro nil homo-makers , the itinerant class having long been eliminated , The place Is ono of tbo most orderly in Dakota , having but n few saloens.cach of which pays n llccnsnof $ ltLH ! ) , and runs when It pleases , cither day or night. The dispenser of jus tice In the , police court Is Judge William Jaeger , formerly well known in certain cir , clca in this city. "Ullly's" ' honors rest lightly upon htm , although the law-abiding spirit of the community militates against his being kept buttily engaged In meting out justice to offenders , Clmdron tins frequently been noted in these columns na contributing greatly to the business of our irastofilcu to tlio master of of which it must malco report. As an Index of tha business of the plnco in this line , the following report of Postmaster Williams for the last year Is appended ; Domestic money orders Uucd , 1,104 ; amount ot same , ( lli.'JO'.i ; dor.icstio postal notes , l.OJ-'l ; amount , fcl.009 ; domestic and foreign lottcn , rc istoioil , 2D'J9 ; domestic nnd foreign packages , regis tered , 050 ; domcstio and foreign letters re- colvcd and delivered , 3,001 ; domcstio and foreign registered letters nnd packages in transit , 15MS ; gross rocclpts of lettfis for year , m,0i5 ; gross receipts of postals " 1- 1001 gross receipts of papers and circulars , 2JI.2J5 ; number of letters nmllo.l , eu , s73 : postals , 7,300 ; papers , .Vi.UlK ) ; total sale * of stamps , stnmpcd-onvclopcs , etc. , &VJ50.4I. Tlio oftlco also pouches mall for Missouri Valley , Whltowood , Olcnrock , ll'inilngford , Nonpareil nnd Coxvllle. The oftlco was es tablished August ill , ISS" , was incdo a presi dential ofllca January 5 , 1S37. and Is ably umnnu-ed by the im.sont l.icumbent. llnplil City , Dakota. This pluco was reached about dusk , the train being run past tha station to the street on which fronts tha Hotel Harneya hostelry , wnleh , by the way , in Its rotunda ut least , reminds cto of the Paxton In this city. JJo- nlnil tlio counter , with the same pleasant srallc ns of yore , stood "Xacu" Taylor ; eight years ago a resident of this city and for several terms the occupant of thu position of city elerlc. Ho has flashed hU diamonds tic- hind the counter since the hotel was erected nnd has contributed to iu i pularUv in a very great deirrco. The vtructurn is of bi ick , three stories hijli , nnd In almost every re spect the finest hotel in the hlllr. Tuo party was UUcn in ; v ilnvo around tli'j city by a host of enterprising merchants and ! professional gentlemen. It passed the Uapid City roller mills , and hud pointed out to it the waterworks , which cost fol,000 nnd belong to the city , only a fair return on the outlay , hulllcient to make repairs and pro vide for further extensions , being required from the citizens. The bonrts sold for this purpose run for twenty years. Street cars run from the business pare of town to the school of the mines which is situated about a mile away. Tlio city is lighted by electric light , twenty lamps being employed , the electricity being generated by water power , which is capable of running a hundred man ufacturing establishments. Tlioro is hero located the Hrosecrunz brewery , ono of the few institutions of tlio kind in the hills. Surrounding the city is a number of brik- ( : yords which turn out n white nnd mottled bricir , both of which are very pretty and durable. The city has orderrf to supply pressed brick for Fremont , and when its quarries of limestone and niarblo are opened , it will bo able to satisfy a demand for cheap and excellent building material for which there has long been a demand-In this section us well as in other parts of the country. The population Is now estimated at about 11 vo thousand , 1011 votes having been polled at the last election. The Bishop Hare Indian school , cost Ing $15,000 is located here. There arc also magnificent schools costing ? 2sOUl ) , a court house and Jail valued at $40- COO and several blocks of brick structures , the cost of which run up Into the hundred thousands. Uncle sell at t per thousand. There arc twelve saloons , which pay $1,000 for license , the payments being quarterly , a party desiring to retire from the business at the end of any quarter not being obligated to pay for the remainder of the year. Kapld City Is said to bo located ( n a circle with a diameter of fifty miles , whlcn takes In the Black Illlla'tin minesa , rcsourso which lias long been cngrosbing the attention of the people. Spooking with n irontlcman who claimed to bo acquainted with the subject , I was informed that the mines in in question wcro the first opened In the country. At Ilarney Peal : tlioro Is a mill with a capa city of 2 < > o tons per day. Tim will costflOO- 000 , and inside of a year is expected to have its cnpaeitj increased to 500 tons daily , and In less than two years to 1,000 tons per day. This mill is situated about thirteen miles from Itupld City and is owned by Now York and English capitalists , with a capital of Sir > , OPOOfll , ) . Of this amount $1.000,000 hare already been invested. At Lookout there is a gold mill with 100 stamps , which last year ran but 40. Tha .Sullivan cansolldutcdiinluos , thirty miles away , as also other mines on the UiUcr Sweet , are in active operation. In about the same distance from the city there aru about ll'O mines of silver in course of development. Coal is to bo found ono nnd a half miles from the city , and indeed it is claimed to bo under the city. It crops out in many places around the town ami ft Is asserted that the veins mav uo worked to a profit , although HlucH HllUi coal nnd wooii are yet in use. Wood is-I' ) bo hud on all the mountains and buttes and \nrlous parts of the hills , saw milli are in operation converting the rough trees into boards , the. lumber costing from $1'J to fin per 1,000 feet , In thn mirrnumlln ? nllla tlioro is also a bccmlnfl.v indefinite supply of copper , mica and a run He , the last mentioned pronounced by many of our jntly to b < j much liner than any now in our buildings in this city. There are two national ami two private banks , tlio capital of ono of these alone bo- inc * MH > ,000. There Is oru > iron foundry , the ere for which Is received from Wisconsin. There i also a marble works giving employ ment to a number of men , und being sup plied by water power. Tnc excavation has already been made for the foundation of n very imposing Masonic hull , which Is to bo erected this year at a cot of $ rr , iwi. Last year It is estimated MOO.OOd wcro ex- pcndcd In now bullihiifs , and this year it is-oxpcotcd tfmt the amount will bo greatly exceeded. The city is well supplied with churches , all the leading denominations having neat und pretty stim'turea. The ixbiduncus of the pi-oplo nro located upon tlio hillsides of the burr , muling country , and in many instances are of the most beautiful uiul modern designs The Dakota school of in'iics ib un Institu tion of wiiUU Kapid City ii proud , and fur nishes the subject of another article whicti appears below. While Rapid City is rich in minerals , she is not loss blessed in her agricultural resources. Miles and miles of surrounding territory are occupied by thrifty farmers , whoso showing of grain and vegetables is ono of the princi pal delights of the citizens. The wheat of Dakota has long been the marvel of the country , but the state m no less degree ex cels in her articles of food for homo con sumption. As an evidence of this our party brought homo some vegetables , among which were potatoes weighing four pounds. They were solid and true to the core , a fact ex emplified by the halving of a number of them. Buffalo Gap. This town is onoot the most promising iu the Illack Hills. It is located in Uever creek valley on the line of the Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railway. It is situated in Custor county and has a population of 000. It is yet now , tliough there nro many evi dences of private und municipal enterprise. A visitor to the Gap will find it provided with a good school with a line stone build ing in prospect for this year ; two churches , secret orders and societies , a good hook and ladder company , telephone connection with all towns in the Hlack Hills , one good hotel , ono bank , ono flouring mill of 200 bushels' capacity per day , and ono excellent news paper , the Uuffulo Gap News , whoso editor is A. D. Clare. The town is incorpo rated ana is ono of the most orderly in the territory. It has an assessed valuation , in cluding real and personal property , of $ Uii- ; 000. Mercantile pursuits are well repre sented , the DusiiiQss men being energetic and enterprising. The time was when Huffalo Gap had a large population and was teeming with early frontier llfo and reckless pros perity ; but those days uro forever past , and now the town has settled down to a slow but steady , permanent , healthful growth. The frontier clement is no more. In its place uro better men und n bolter condition of things generally. Give this pretty city a few more years , and it will number a larger population than over before and take its place among the solid towiiH of the great northwest , There Is reason for this faith. Material re sources are everywhere abundant. There are rich valleys und plaint * for the husband man , grazing lands fpr the stockmen , forests of nine timber for lumber , and the most ex tensive quarries of building stone und marble in the country , liaulcof this city about two nnd one-half miles , In the first range of the Southern Hills , is'lhp > "Gap"-tbo natural gateway to the' ' j rich mineral re sources of this 'famous region. It is through this wldo ixn gap that the road runs to Hot Springs ! dnd Custor. As you approach It the view/presented is very strik ing. To the right anrtuoft nretoweriug hills and naked roeltsj In fitmt is a beautiful val ley , und yonder , cutting the hills in twain , is tlio gap , a natural gateway indeed. Go through this gap and op toward Custcr and Hot Springs , and , you ffl\l \ find broad valleys containing thousands qf acres of the most productive soil iji tl ) universe. Vast beus of gypsum abound , and this , disintegrated by the dclcments , washes , down into the plains below , and thus becomes ono of the best of fertilizers. Much of tpls excellent land is already taken aid ) Improved , but a great deal remains fur tnosoVtio ire yet to come , and they are coming thiclrcind fast , Nearly ono hundred good , sKillfuLfarmers came Into the territory tributary to Uuffulo Gap lust sum mer , Year by year these rich lands grow scarcer ami scarcer , nnd It will not Do long before ploughed fields and habitations will bo seen oq every ( land. An'lmportunt con sideration is the fau $ that every bushel of farm product , finds fj ready ami ever grow ing market in ttmlVuck Hills country itself. ( JI'AKItlKS OK-fcTONE .LNII MUtlll.i : . Hanking along sHO of agriculture In im portance , holvoveiVfiro Uuffulo Gap's , numer ous quarries. That they will provo more procious' thun mines of tin , silver orirolii is apparent to the eve und judgment of'every observant visitor ; Within ono and ono-hulf miles from towti lies the celebrated whet stone Icdgo-ulB feet thick aud with a 3,000 foot outcrop , Speujaiens jihown are of a very superior quality , and it is expected that the "ilnil" will be proirarly developed und utilized In tho. * ar future. The brown and white sandstone quurrjcs aretbico und one- half to four and one-half miles from the vil lage , and exist in vast fields and inexhausti ble quantities. It is a firm , fine-drained , handsome stone. Ono company has been quarrying over a year , and its stone may bo seen in buildings at Cnadron , Lincoln and at other points. Other companies are also pre paring to ship stone , and it will only bo a short time before hundreds of men will find employment in this industry alono. As an indication of the value of this stone for building purposes , and the security of fered to investors in quar.v stock , it Is only necessary to state that the Northwestern Railway company recently purchased n controlling interest in one of the quarries , paying therefor , It Is announced , $11,000. The Elkhorn railway company is now preparing - paring to lay a track to the stone district , and , beyond a doubt , the work will bo con summated during the present year. The quarries are easily accessible , the only thing needed being direct transportation facilities , which will soon bo provided. These quarries all Ho through and beyond the gap. The marble fields are from four to five miles distant , every foot of the way being accessi ble. It would cost very little to lay a track to the uttermost point , and no doubt the branch projected by the Elkhorn folits will run there. The marble beds exist in largo tracts , and nro exceedingly interesting in formation. The colors ift-o rich nnd varied , ranging from the most delicate pink nnd old gold to variegated red , white and blue , nnd urcen and yellow combinations. Some of it is a beautiful gray , which runs , after exposure , Into a lovely rose color , n portion of tlio gray remaining fast. Experts have pronounced this marble equal to the choicest ot Italian and Tcnncsscn marbles. It Is cer tain that it is susceptible of the highest polish , and that it is firm , flno grained and durable. From the foregoing it will readliy bo seen that Buffalo Gun bases its future upon pretty substantial grounds. Moro capital is need ed. It is true , but where legitimate where snfo and profitable investment offers , capi tal is sure to come. Good stock companies are already organized fort ho development of these quarries , und it is understood that the stock Is now on the market. With the woric- ing of these quarries will como men und money , nnd with men and money rottenness will spring to the front and bo a very center of wealth nnd Industry. The altitude 3'JOi ) feet U lust right for perfect health. The climate is mild and agreeable , the rainfall ample , living expenses light , and tlio human welcome extended warm , generous and true. The reception of the bo.ivd of trade ut the Gui ) was ono nf the mosi friendly and hearty on the line. The cltircns vlnd with one an other In their endeavor to make the stay a pleasant ono and greatly rogrettcd that the excursionists could not visit their fnmnus quarries , which uro M | > okcn of above. Last year Judge 13. G. Johnson of the Gap wus in charge of the Black Hills agricultural ex hibit at the Slonx City corn palace , and suc ceeded In securing for his display the first premium among all competitors. Dakota Hcliool oI'Mluo' , Ono of the most noted features of Interest in Dakota is the School of Mliicp , located at Kapid City , It has been established by the territorial government for the purpose of affording facilities for thu education of such ns may dcslio to receive special instruction in chemistry. mutallurgy , & mineralogy , geology , mlniiitr , milling1 , engineering , mathematli'A , mechanics , drawing and tlio fundamental laws of the United States. In many eases schools of this Kind are mcro toy and not workshops. In this school , however , ovcrythuij. ; Is furnislioJ upon a working cule. Thu laboratory bulMlijir is two stories in height , and is 1K ! bvM feet. It stands 'JOO feet distant iroin the college. The poxver is furnished by a l-'iwcr & Clml- mer'tt Coi'U ! * imgine of forty-horse power. The stumps , crushers , rolls , Jlcrs , v.umcrs. pans , tunkH , furnaces , mo , , uru all of actual working sUc , und furnished by the well known manufacturers of mining machinery above mentioned. Having the necessary machinery , nearness to the mines nmltcs the gclt.ng cf , ores u mut ter of small moment. Tim btuclent from tluiototlmo , after ho has had the necessary theoretical study Is given quantities of ere which ha uuuiplei , makes asKuys and tests of , decides the proper tuutUuda of wurU. ' . ) * ; , and after deciding , actually treats the ore. Ho is assisted by his class in this work , and in turn assists the other members. Ho has the ben efit of criticism nnd experience nnd necessar ily acquires independent judgment and u real knowledge of the subject. The school of mines proper is a commod ious brick structure three stories high. It consists of furnace , sample and scale rooms , laboratory , ofllco cabinet , museum , recitation nnd lecturo.rooms. The chemical laboratory is furnished with everything necessary to the study of chem istry , Including qualitative and quantitative analysis , assaying , etc. The gcologica.1 and mineralogical cabinet is largo and well fur nished. Now specimens nre constantly being added for the purpose of study and Illustra tion. tion.The The school library contains many of the principal works that have been published upon chemistry , mining , geology , metal lurgy , etc. , and will bo added to from time to time as important works aoncur. In addition to the work in school the stu dent has unrivaled opportunities for the practical study of mining and milling , as the great Homcstnko mines and mills at Load City , the urines and smelters of Galena and Carbonate , and the tin deposits of the Hills can all bo reached from Rapid City. Tuition is frco to bona fide residents of Dakota. Each student in mining engineering is ex- neetod to visit mills and mines under tno charge of a professor , and upon his return Is expected to write u memoir upon such sub jects as maybe assigned to him. Students In mining and civil onglnaurlng , metallurgy und geology aVe required during the vacations to join the class in field sur veying under the professor in charge , as set forth in the course of study. Catnulng par ties , after the manner of the government ec ological corps , uro formed from time to time for the purpose of geological Investigation , which the student may join or not , as he may sen lit. The school has established throe full courses of study , viz : Mining engineering , civil engineering nnd a general sciontlflc cour.-ie , The first years of these courses nio the sume.after which they diverge in accord- nnco with the more technical rcqulicmcnts of each course. Tim n > sj.v department Is situated upon the first floor of thu metallurgical laboratory. It consists of four largo rooms. Thu first Is the preparation room , for crushing nnd grinding samples , making cupels , weighing charges , etc. ; the second is Urn assay room pruibr. | It Is supplied with crucible and muffle-furnaces , dcsics , etc. , for twenty students ut ono time. The third room Is the balance room. It Is supplied with balances on the best workmanship. The fourth is the private Uboiritorv of the professor of assay in ' . The institution Is well provided for chem ical analysis , the entire ground floor of the main building being set apart for laboratory rooms. There are two largo working-rooms for the students , and a private laboratory for the professor In charge. Each of these rooms contains spacious working tables with drawers und closets , and shelvinc for tlio reagents ; also , along the w.ills , fume chambers with glass sliding f rainiis. There are also very convenient uvnui'jements for water , supplied from the city waterworks. Each stiulcnt is provldoj with a hut of ap paratus necessary for ordinary analytical work. Hcbidtss n sufilciunt quantity of the latter kind of a.p | > t.-atus , the school has ar ranged for many of the morn co.nplicuted and costly appitiv.tJt for special purposes , Hiiuh us gas analysis , cl'ji'icnlury analysis nf onranlo compounds , electrolysis , ntc. The collection of ehoir.le.iU is very complete ; In its selection particular attention was puhl to the usefului-ss of the substances in the lab oratory , si ) that many lists may be made which urc o'ut of thu usual line of analytical operations , The laboratory cortal.ss rsverborutory furnaces tor copper , ! oul : iin.l tin smelting ; a rovoi'l/cratocy furnnco and a Hruckucr cyl- indcr for rolling nnd chlorldlzlng pans for amalgamating , bottlom , etc. It hat > a fh-o stamp mill lor crushing ; two sots * of Cor nish rolls ; u three-stamp frco nold mill ; j blanket table ! * , mercury-traps , oto. 'Also n I rcintt for quicksilver , a chlorlr.o-gjs apnara- nnd v.ils for tlio Planner pru'ienn ; leachIng - Ing tanks , etc. Tor the concentration nf ores Ihuioure besides crushing Hud siring ma chinery , three Cornish jigs , an Evans tnbls , a spiukasten , a Fruo vnnner , a Coggln's ' hy draulic separator , oto. In addition to the above there is a Bluko crusher nnd floor for ore sampling. > Instruction in mining is mainly by lec tures. The school Is well located for giving practical illustrations in the prospecting for ere bodies , nnti the working of the sumo in the itilTercnt forms of veins , as the deposits the Hills include contact veins and flat deposits - , posits , as well as veins approximating the vertical. The school is now in its fourth year , aud has about 110 students. I'Ynnklin H. Car penter , an eminent scientist , is the dean. Ha is aided by a corps of able professors. Thu trustees are A. J. Simmons , Uichard 13. Hughes , John R , Urennan , C. L. Wood anil C. V. Gardner. " "Tnin't loud praying which counts with the Lord us glvln four full quarts for every gallon , " saj-s the Arkansas circuit rider. St. Peter Hello , there I Why don't you come in7 Saintly Shade ( running uwny ) Not much. I just caught sight of my wifa in there. The Rev. Dr. Osborno , recently resigned , of Trinity , objected to receiving the jackpol of Saturday night for the heathen on Sun days. Hcnco the row. It in said ' 'tho devil seeks for a man in a passion. " In Unit case the devil Is too fresh. Wncn a man is hopping mad ho Is generally able to speak for himself. History repeats itself. It was an npnlo Umb destroyed the Elsyian pcaco of Eden , ami applojulcoprovente.it the prohibition inllle- nlum in Massachusetts. Consider the blue violots. They toll not , neither do they suln , but Solomon in all hia glory would have kicked on the cost of tha natural flowers at present prices. Evangelist Moody Is u good man , but hi Is rather Kovcro on Chicago. "If Gabriclhim- self came to Chicago , " said ho the other day , "ho would loan his character before ho had been hero six weeks. " Wo are inclined to believe , however , that If Gabriel happened around Chicago on election day he would ba n great ileiU more apt to lose his llfo than hid reputation. Wnllo the pastor of a Dubuque Methodist church was in the most Interesting part of his eormon last Sunday , nn old man aroaa from his seat and announced that the world would bo destroyed In ulna days , and that lid was commissioned by the Almighty to da- clare tin ; news. Afterward the old tnau announced tha fact on the high bridge. ' ' 1 nee ( am lato. Will you kindly tell ma thu subject of the preacher's discourse I" ha inquired , pausing ist the church door , "Tha Lord hath imule of ono blood all nations ot men. " replied the usher. "Thanks. I tiling I wlil not co in , " 1m said , ns ho turned from , the church and walked away with a look ot dlRrfUst on his face. Ho was ono of Wardj McAllister's Four Hundivd. A monstrosity of u calf with a dogs head ' was born at Palatkj , Flu. Hundreds of jolly fish of a now species were driven ashore last week on the Oregon shore. A Mrs. Wlant , of Mad River township , O. , ' retired with good sight and awoke nuxt morning totally blind. ' I. , M Gross , of Atlanta. Gn. , found in , a litter or pigs on his place the other day a iilif with u large head , three ears , two boalcH and eight legs. The animal lived thirteen hours. A New EngUnder , after returning ltoma from attending u horse suffering with vu rlolu , klsicd his children , and in a short ) tlmo every ono ol the youngbtors was dowu with the disease QChurlcs Munroo , of Columbus ? Cla. , has a redlsh grown on his truck farm whicti is an exact counterpart cf a human hand , uavinf ; lour perfect Ilnccrft and u thumb ; the wrist and general outline of the forearm was a a a fac simile. , At r.ewlston , Pa , what is called "a thun der bolt" was foiinj imbedded In a lreo ( which haa been ihaltcrcd by lightning : , lit Is et'g-shapcd , three ai.d one-half Inchr * long , und of a metiU eo hard that aHo dot * uo' urtcU it ,