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TIN OUTLOOK IN THE HILLS
Attempt to Adjust Differences Between
American and English"Stockholders.
PROSPECTS OF RESUMING NOT VERY GOOD
Iron Ora T.nnmliif ; Up aft u Now Itlack Hills
Industry I'lilniloin MYiilth In u
Montmui ailno Jtows of
.tlio Northwest.
A recent Issue of the Ilnrney Peak Mining
News contains the following statement con
cerning the present status of the local tin
situation : "Superintendent Clillds Is cast
again and his return , which Is expected
the latter part of March , Is awaited with
a good deal of Interest , Mr. Chllds , so
wo learn , will attend a meeting of the Har-
ney Peak directors at Now York city. This
meeting Is a most Important ono , as the
stockholders of the American branch of
the tin company will decide ut that session
whether they will accept the Englishmen's
terms or not. A representative of the Lon
don company has been In New York many
months trying to arrange the difficulties
which existed between the Encllsh and
American stockholders. How far ho has
succeeded Is not known , but wo understand
that ho has ottered to place n largo amount
of money In the banks for the resumption
of work In the tin mines of the Black Hills
of South Dakota , If the American stock
holders will place a llko amount In the
bank for the same purpose. It Is not
likely the Now Yorkers will agree to this ;
because their claim has always been that
the Englishmen Imvo not fulfilled their
contract , nnd It Is not likely they will enter
Into a now ono with them ; but should they
agree to the proposition there Is another
difficulty to be overcome and that Is , who
shall manage the enterprise ? The English
men Intend to hare their representative
here on the ground , to work with the su
perintendent of the American company for
the success of the undertaking , so long
as they are putting up money for the work ;
but whether the Now Yorkers will agree
to this arrangement Is doubtful , They
never have , and they very likely will refuse -
* fuse It this time. If they do , 'It Is equally
certain that -tho Englishmen will refuse
to advance the money , and the shut-down
of the llurney Peak works Is likely to con
tinue for some tlmo to como. However ,
wo may know something definite when Mr.
Chllds returns. "
A NEW INDUSTRY.
Upon the southwest line of Lawrence
county Iron ore has been discovered on the
ranch owned by Mr. Tim Coleman. known as
the Hull Dog ranch , north of HocUford , that
bids fair to become quite an Industry In the
future mining of the niack Hills. This ere
Is commonly known and called bogg Iron ,
through Us being found mostly In low marsh
lands surrounded by high hills , says the Cus-
ter Chronicle. The nature of the ore , and In
appearance , Is similar to hcnmtlto Iron , but
not so valuable. U Is chiefly need as matte
or flux In our largo smelters , and worth on
in average about $0 per ton. It lays In
blanket veins about three feet In thickness ,
and is chit-fly covered with soil of good qual
ity for farming purposes. Underlying the ere
Is found clay that can bo used for brick , and
would make brick of a superior quality ,
Under this comes sand water , going to provo
that this ere Is composed of the earth's
formation and of which It forms Its part.
Mr. Coleman , In making this discovery , drew
i ( ho attention of E. I ) . Chapman , who Is gen-
tral manager of the Standby mill and mine
In Pcnnlngton county , and who haa tipent
many ycar la these mineral regions. This
gentleman at once set about to determine Us
value , and the consequence was that Mr , Bar
ton , general manager of the Onmlia smelt *
< ng works , at once contracted for 2,000 tons
i jf tnis ore , allowing $ G per ton upon Its
jelng delivered at the works at Omaha. The
ire being cheaply mined and hauled , nud
upon the B. & M. Railroad company con
structing a spur from their main lne ! to these
diggings , the mining and transportation Is
done for $4 per ton , leaving a fair profit for
the owners. Other largo bo'dles of this char
acter of ere have already been discovered In
the same district , and preparations arc being
made with a view to working them. The
discovery of these ores Is , Indeed , to South
Dakota , a valuable one , as It goes to provo
the theory that wo have within our own
state ores that are adapted and suitable as
flux for our largo bodies of dry ores , and It
proves also the fact .that as yet our bills are.
only In their Infancy with regards to thorn
over being prospected , let alone mined.
THE ROYAL GOLD MINE.
Wlllard Dennett , the gentleman who
engineered the building of the first street
railway In Dutte , but .who Is now en
gaged In handling the Royal Gold mining
property In Granite county , speaking to n
reporter of the Butte Miner ; said : "We
wcro paying $7,000 per month In dividends
some tlmo ago , but now wo are paying $21-
000. There are three tunnels on the
property and they represent a total of 2,000
feet. The upper Is the ono from which wo
are taking oro. The drift Is In 700 feet ,
of which distance 050 feet was In ore. Wo
are qtlll drifting at the rate of two feet n
day. The face Is in good ere nnd Is about
375 feet from the surface. The middle
tunnel Is 100 feet north of the upper nnd
has a shoot of ere 250 feet In length , a
portion of which has been milled. A cross
cut has been driven from this tunnel to the
upper tunnel. Intersecting the vein at a
point about 150 feet below the floor of the
latter. The lower tunnel leads to the ere
bin at the mill' . The vein Is In granite
formation and Is a true fissure.
"As proof that the ere Increases in value
as depth Is attained , during the first fifteen
days of February wo deposited $11,567 , from
which amount we met the pay day of the
month and paid a dividend of $7,000. For
the remaining thirteen dayri of the same
month wo brought In $12.511 , declared a
dividend of $10,500 nnd paid It on the spot ,
leaving $2,000 to the credit of the comrmny
for the next pay day. The Increased rich
ness of the ere demonstrates beyond a
doubt that the property , Including the , con
centrates on hand slnco the work vas
started , will earn a net profit of between
$20,000 and $25,000 per month.
"Tho property consists of five patented
claims taking In 0,000 feet of the lead and
the ground on which the mill stands ; four
unpatonted claims and eighty acres of
placer ground , which takes In the Deer
Lodge basin at the foot of the mountain.
The company owns and operates Us own
saw mill , with which It saws lumber on- the
ground , and has an abundance of wood ,
which Is landed at the door of the mill at a ,
cost of $2 | )6r ) cord , also water rights of
sufllclcnt magnitude to run a much larger
mill than the ono now In operation. "
The head ofllco of the company Is In Deer
Lodgo. The whole working fro at the
property comprises thlrty-flvo men , thirteen
of whom do all the sloping for the mill.
THE SEVEN DEVILS RAILROAD.
J. H. Richards Is up from Payetto , sayo
the Bolso Statesman. A mcqtlng was held
at that place and $90,000 subscribed to bo
offered as a bonus for tha Seven Devils
railroad. It Is expected enough will be added
to bring the amount up to $125,000.
The proposed road will bo 110 miles In
length when completed , and will tiip the
great Seven Devils copper nnd gold belt.
The estimated cost of the road ,
ready for operation , Is $3,000.000 ,
The promoters have assorted there
was Now York capital ready to push
the work to completion It there were some
Inducement offered by local capital.
If the road bo built Payette * will be the
junction on the Oregon Short Line. It waa
stated there was some doubt as to Just where
the Junction would be , but the liberal bonus
already offered by Payotto practically set
tles the question.
THE DAKOTAS.
Wheat sowing has commenced In the south
ern portion of Urulo county ,
The Joint debate of the universities of
North and South Dakota has been decided In
favor of North Dakota.
Oeeso and duck ? are llylng north In largo
numbers , says a report from Aberdeen , and
Indications point to an early spring.
Although the Ice In the Missouri at Cham
berlain still remains firm , It is generally ex *
pected that U will break up at no distant
day. To guard against damage the pontoon
bridge has been removed until the Ice leaves
the stream.
A very rich strike Is reported to have been
made In the main shaft of the Keystone
mine , promising to be the richest over opened
In the Black Hills country.
Parties In from the Russian settlement ,
which last year located at Medicine Creek ,
about twenty-flvo miles southwest of Pierre , '
report that there are now a large number of
Russians In passage from their own country
to Join the colony and that more are soon
to start , and that before the end of the sum
mer there will bo fully 500 of them In that
locality.
The committee on legislation at the Huron
convention outlines plans to secure , state and
national aid In sinking artesian wells and
perfecting a system of practical Irrigation
for South Dakota. Sentiment was em
phatic that Irrigation Is not absolutely neces
sary to secure crops , but experiments demon
strate that Irrigation Increases yield and In
sures protection against loss by hot winds.
Several wells will be put down the present
season to 1111 the low places and lake beds
with water
George Anderson , living two and a half
miles cast of Colfax , N , D. , brought In some
very flno specimens of coal which w'oro found
on his farm while drilling n well. The speci
mens nro similar to the Sand Cooley , Mont. ,
coal , and arc pronounced by experts to bo
oven better. H Is the Intention of Mr. An
derson to sink a shaft as soon as spring
opens , and commence operations , There Is
no doubt that there Is any amount of coal In
the vicinity of Colfax , as It has been found
on several occasions.
The whisky town known as Asymptote ,
on disputed ground between Sduth Dakota
and Nebraska , has passed In ILw last check ,
and Is now no more forever. Various moves
have been made In a legal way against the
keepers of the Joints , but In every case have
been unsuccessful , A short time ago pro *
coedlngs were brought , making the owner
of the land a party. This soon had the de
sired effect , and the other d.ay the last rev
malntng shanty was moved off , leaving no
vestlgo of the late important city.
COLORADO.
A gold strike Is reported near Boulah ,
Pueblo county.
The mines pay roll at Rico now exceeds
$10,000 a month.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron company paid
out over $20,800 to the coal miners about
Ruby last week.
A rich strike of brittle silver has been
made In the Spool : Dickey , Ford creek ,
northwest of Saguacho.
The farmers of Powers county compfaln
that coyotes are more numerous and de
structive this year than ever before.
Trinidad Is negotiating for the erection
of extensive glass works , for which ad
mirable facilities exist about that city.
It Is probable that Rock Springs will bo
connected with the gold fields. ; of Atlantic
City , Lewlston and South Pass by a dally
singe line.
The Las Anlmas Leader says that con
siderable building will bo dona In that town
this season and calls for the establishment
of a brickyard.
Forty tons from the new strike In tho.
Eunleo , West Dolores district , will soon bo
shipped. U carries 43Q ounces silver and
4Vi ounces gold.
Citizens of Fort Collins are Interesting
themselves In the construction of. a wngou
road. from that place to North park via
Cherokee , park and Sand Creek pass.
The Gold King mill at Tellurldq Is now
working Us full complement , of stamps on
ono of the finest bo < H ) of gold ere which
has over been found yet In any of Us work
ings.
ings.Oro
Ore carrying half an ounce of gold has
been struck on Shallow creek , at Urn edge'
of the Creedo silver district , -In , the tunnel
of the Ballarat company , In the Eureka
vein.
vein.E.
E. C. Engclhardt , the niako street metal
lurgist , claims that by a special bromldo
process ho saved nearly 95 per cent of the ,
assay value In experiments upon "bro from
the Isabella , Crlpplo Creek , The cost of
this process U from $2.50 to $ C a ton.
Chaffee county has 15,027 acres under
cultivation , 52,899 acres of pasture , raises
2,800 tons of alfalfa , 49,600 bushels ' of pa- ;
tatoes , 4,300 head of cattle , 1,600 'horses ,
17,325 bushels of wheat and 22,500bushels
of oats , and a largo variety of other
products.
Prospectors on Bellows creek , about five
miles southeast of Jlmtown , have found a
strong vein of decomposed quartz , spar and
lime , with talc and chloride lying between
walls of lime and 'trachyte. ' Assays hnvp
shown from nine to sixteen and a half ounces
silver and from a trace to three-tenths of
an ounce of gold pen ton. Some specimens
showing both free gold and free silver have
also been taken from.tho vein. The finders
have pitched their tent nnd are at work.
WYOMING.
A water famine prevails in the Big Horn
basin. Frost has closed the streams and
the cattle are dying for water.
The discovery of a rich gold ledge thirty-
five miles south of Evanston , Wyo. , has
created excitement there. It Is near the
old Mill City.
Cullahy , the Chicago packer , will eject n
packing house at Sheridan ns soon as a
guranty of sufllclcnt hogs and cattle to
keep It running Is certain.
The late reports from the condition of
cattle from the northern part of the state
are more encouraging. It Is now thought
that the total loss will not exceed the
average year.
The Sheridan , Wyo. , Post states that largo
bands of cattle arc congregating along
Tongue river nnd against the fences In that
locality , and that something must be done
for them or there will bo heavy losses.
The sheep men of Wyoming will ask the
state board of equalization , which meets
some tlmo this month , to fix values of live
stock for assessment , for a lower valuation
on sheep than they have been assessed at
heretofore.
Colonel W. II , Root of Laramle , who re
cently delivered a herd of Wyoming elk to
Sir Peter Walker's preserves near Liverpool ,
has contracted to transport seventeen
EngllKh red deer from England to the park
of Austin Corbln , New York.
The Larumlo Republican says Prof. Wil
bur C. Knight assayed some very rich spec-- !
mens of ere the other day. They were sent
from the Lowlstown district. Of these
assays of particularly rich rock , ono assayed
$13,000 to the ton , and the others $9,000
and $11,000 respectively.
Laramlo county paid $3,907.75 In the past
thirteen months for the fore paws of coyotes
and wolves , and the spring crop Is yet to
come. Converse , Sheridan , Crook nnd John
son counties have been compelled to quit ,
not having the funds to meet the obligation.
The amount paid In bounties In this county
exceeds the entire live stock taxes received ,
OREGON.
A delegation of Arkansas travelore have
settled down about Juntura , Malhour county.
Freighters between The Dalles and Prlno-
vlllo report the bottom of the road fallen
out.
out.Tho
The heating apparatus used by Albany's
now street cor system Is so popular that people -
plo ride around In U to save fuel at homo.
The output of gold In Jackson and Jose
phine counties last year Is put at $1,000,000 ,
and the Indications are better for this year.
John Madson of Darbra recently killed two
largo gray wolves near his Nohalem ranch.
The larger ono measured C feet 8 Inches from
tip to tip.
In the Lakovlow land district there are
2,221,000 acres ot umiirveyed lands not In-
eluding" Indian reservations and 285,000 acres
nro In Lake county.
Jack Holcomb andlj , W. Robinson took a
$221 nugget from tneic placer claim In Jump-
Off-Joe district somei time ago. The same
mine produced last -year thrco nuggets of
nbout $100 each.
The largest pair toC1 elk antlers over seen
InWallowa coUnty.'if not the whole country ,
wcro brought to Jo ph by Henry Sprague ,
from the Clicsmmua. They were shipped
to a dealer In Montana ;
C. H. DeWItt of Ularney county Is taking
an eight-legged calf > to the Midwinter fair.
The calf , a heifer , la finely developed , with
two organs of generation , same sex , one head
uiul eight legs , cnlvM near Harncy , and died
despite great care given It by the owner , I
Seven miles of tbei Hal ley Irrigation ditch !
has been already completed , anil COO feet
of the tlumo built. The luttor will bo 2,100 ;
feet In length , and the ditch twenty-two
miles. As BOOH as the flume U done It la
Intended to turn In the water , causing U
to follow as fast as work on the canal pro
gresses.
One night recently dogs made a descent
upon Ben Sparks' sheepfold near McMlnn-
vllle , and destroyed quite a number of his
young Jambs. After , satiating their appe
tites for mutton , they proceeded , canine-
llko to bury the remnant. A somewhat
remarkable Incident happened in the case
of one of the lambs , which was buried
allvo. Evidently It had been stunned in the
capture , and had submitted to the process
of Interment. When found the next mornIng -
Ing and released by removing the dirt , It
ran off and Joined Its mother.
WASHINGTON.
An air shaft is being driven In the Bucoda
coal mine.
Toledo is bestirring Itself for a railroad
to connect with the Northern Pacific.
A good many horses In" the upper Skoo-
kum Chuck valley are suffering from blind
staggers.
The Wlmtcom Agricultural association Is
agitating the subject of a fruit cannery
and a county fair.
The Vancouver creamery Is turning out
1,500 pounds of butter per week , and can
not supply the demand.
Eltel Bros , of Chnska , Minn. , will build
a 500-barrol flour mill at Elberton this com
ing summer. They are expert millers.
The ocean beach from the Mocllps river
to Boon creek , Chehalls county , a distance
of six miles , has been taken up as placer
mines.
A citizens' league has been formed In
Port Townsend , which guarantees to reduce
city expenses $15,000 annually If given con
trol of affairs.
A proposition has been made to the
farmers at Clearbrook , Whatcom county , to
put In a creamery If they will guarantee the
milk of 200 cows.
The Baptist church nt Spangle Is all
broken up In a row because the preacher
called some young ladles "fallen women' "
for having played cards.
Deep snow In the Olympic mountains
drove a band of seventeen elk down Into
the Docowallops valley , Hood canal , where
eight head were killed.
At Covcllo they are using ns a drink nt
meal tlmo browned wheat , rye and barley ,
mixing In a little of the genuine article
called coffee , and pronounce It a superior
beverage.
J. H. Ward of Wlllapa valley Is send
ing In BO many cougar scalps Hint tha Pa
cific county commissioners are debating on
suspending the $5 bounty on these trophies
of the chase.s -s
The suit of Elizabeth Davis against the
Northern Pacific Coal company for $30.000
damages for the death of her husband by
an explosion In the Roslyn mine , was de
cided In the. federal court in Tacoma by a
verdict for the defendant.
Cougar and lynx are living high In Co
lumbia county this winter , The snow Is
so deep the deer travel through It with
great difficulty , -while the cougar and lynx
pass over It without sinking In much.
They get on the trail of the deer , pursue
him , nnd In a very short tlmo ho Is their
meat. Two cougars killed and devoured n
deer within three-quarters of a mlle ot
Thuinbvllle.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Discoveries of petroleum and asphalt have
recently been made In the Chlckasaw Indian
reservation , twenty-five miles from Wood-
ford , I. T.
Many Navajo Indians In New Mexico nro
so near starvation that they are compelled
to kill rangemeiPs stock as a matter of self-
preservation.
Trains are now running through tunnel
No. 1 , near San Luis Oblspo , carrying tics
and rails to the workers on the Southern
Pacific extension ,
The coat of feeding convicts at the New
Mexico penitentiary Is 11 1-5 cents a day ,
and their food Is said to be of good quality ,
wholesome nnd abundant.
They have u new machine for saving
flour gold down In New Mexico. It has
been successfully operated In Hell canon
placers , where the gold Is very fine. The
smallest slzo machine with two men shovel
ing and ono man at the wheel , works
twenty-five cubic yards of gravel In eight
hours , using two barrels of water , The dirt
la propelled downward over traps contain"
Ing quicksilver , nnd It Is asserted that none
of the gold escapes , no matter how flno or
flat.
flat.About
About 00,000 head of sheep will be sheared
nt Thompson Springs , on the line of the Rio
Grande Western , this spring. The clip from
a Utah sheep Is said to average six pounds.
At this rate there will bo 300,000 pounds of
wool to ship from that point.
The Las Cruces Independent states that
at a depth of 1,100 feet In the artesian
well being bored nt Big Springs the drill
has passed thronkh 420 feet of solid rock
salt. It is claimed that this Is the thickest
bed of salt known In the United States.
Citizens of Salt Lake are making a grand
movement In favor of homo manufactures.
Trainmen In Utah will hereafter wear uni
forms made of cloth manufactured In that
territory , and requests have been made of
the various public Institutions where stu
dents or employes wear uniforms to adopt
the same rule.
While the great boom of a year ago has
died out , there nro still several parties
washing out gold along the lower San Juan
in the vicinity of Bluff City , Utah , and
taking out from $5 to $8 per day. Rockers
nnd sluice boxes are mostly In use. The
conditions of the canons are such that It
Is difficult to get In or use Improved ma
chinery.
The marble quarries being opened nt
Beulah nro attracting much attention and
delighting lovers of the beautiful by the
variety and excellence of the specimens
obtained. Some of them ore almost uni
formly of ono color , others have a delicate
pink tlnce running through them. Some
approach In translucence the finest onyx , to
which formation the stone tends. Others
nro beautifully veined , ono specimen being
remarkable In that two sets of , lines ot dif
ferent hues run ut rlght angles to ono an
other.
Now collections of cliff dwellers' relics
have been made at Bluff City , Utah , which
are exceedingly valuable. There are thir
teen mummies well preserved nnd robed
In the finest of garments made from the
skins of wild animals , such ns bear , moun
tain lion , mountain sheep , deer , antelope
nnd others. Ono was apparently the chief
of the tribe , and with him were found many
kinds of medicines , together with a curious
plpo and a sack of some kind of tobacco.
There wcro also found crockerywurc ,
baskets , broad-brimmed sombreros and nu
merous , other articles.
State Engineer Mead of Wyoming states
that California's Irrigation laws do not com
pare with those of Wyoming or Colorado ,
Water rights and rates uro extraordinarily
high , especially In southern California ,
where in ono Instance a' perpetual right
to ono cubic foot per nCro sold for $50,000 ,
In another Instance the cost was equivalent
to $ CO per acre. In northern' California
the prices nro lower , but are there , as a
rule , much higher than with us. The rates
of a private company for alfalfa are $2.50
nn acre annual rental ; for small grain , $2
an aero ; gardens , $5 an acre ,
Chicago' * Hottlo Cni/.p.
A ourloiis fancy In bric-a-brac has fur
nished one man the foundation of n moderate
fortune within the last year , says the Chicago
Record. Ho has store on State street ,
near Fourteenth , and used , to limit his trans
actions to the purchase and sale of old bet
tles. Druggists and barkeepers wcro his
principal customers , hut now ono may sea
fashionable carriages ut the door on almost
any bright day , and ho will tell you that
the wealthy and people whoso tastes run to
odd ornaments are regular visitors there.
They buy odd-shaped bottles and Jugs of all
sorts , and pay handsomely for such treasures
at old Dutch wares In blue or the quaint
decorated bottles In which various llqucura
and mixtures arc Imported , Glazed Jugs of
fine finish and drinking mugs , such as ( ho
Germans showed at Jackson park last Hum
mer , have become almost a craze , nnd bring
thrco or four times their former value.
Tliu TinvfiVrlrr of Ciilunililii , S ( ! .
"The strongest voice I ever heard , " said
Colonel Marshall of Charleston to the Globe-
Democrat , "U that of the town crliir of
Columbia , 8 , 0 , Columbia In the only town
In the t'nUed States Unit still keeps up the
custom of having a { own crier , and probably
the largest In area that any ono man's voice '
wu expected to reach the uttermost bound- i
arics of , The crier stands upon a high'
tower nnd rails the hours , ' 10 o'clock and all
Is well ; ' ' 11 o'clock and all is well ; ' ' 12
o'clock , flro fire fire. ' The voice of the
man now occupying that position can bo
heard anywhere within the city , nnd It la
remarkable how quick he sees and reports
a flro or general disturbance. I was there
once . when nt midnight he cried that a
child was lost , nnd within five minutes It
seemed as though half of the population
was on the streets , ready to Join In the
search. It was" * finally found under a bed ,
where It had rolled and gone to sleep. When , ,
the * crier dies the office will probably be , rf
abolished they certainly cannot find another ' 1
with such a voice. " . U '
PREHISTORIC REMAINF. * ST
Fresh Dlscovcrli-H IHiulo In the Famous Ohio
MoiimlM.
Farmer Warren Cowen of Hillsboro , O. ,
while fox hunting recently , discovered sev
eral ancient graves. They wcro situated
upon n high point of hind In Highland
county , nbout a m'.lo ' from the famous Ser
pent mound ( where Prof. Putnam of Harvard ] "
made Interesting discoveries ) . As soon as
the weather permitted Cowen excavated sev
eral of these graves. He Informed n corre
spondent that the graves were made ot largo
limestone slab's , two nnd a half to three feet
In length , and a foot wide. These were seton
on edge about n foot apart. Similar slabs
covered the grave. A single ono , some
what larger , was at the head nnd another at
the feet. The top of the grave was two
feet below the present surface. Upon open
ing one of the graves a skeleton upwards ot
six feet In length wns brought to light.
There wcro n number of stone hatchets ,
beads and ornaments of pecullnr workmanship - -
ship near the right arm. Sovernl Inrgo
flint spour nnd nrrow heads among the ribs
gave evidence that the mighty warrior had <
died In battle. In another grnvo was the
skeleton of a man equnlly large. The ]
right leg had been broken during life ami A
the bones had grown together. The prn- ,
tubernnco at the point of union wns as largo 'I
as an egg , nnd the limb wns bent llko a j
bow. By the feet lay a skull of some enemy ; I
or slnve , Several p ! | > es and pendants were I
near the shoulders.
In the other graves Cowon made equally
Interesting finds. It seems that this region I
WI\B populated by a fnlrly Intelligent people
and that the Serpent mound wus an object
of worship. Neur the graves Is n largo
field In which broken Implements , fragments
of pottery nnd burnt stones give evidence of
a prehistoric village site. Probably the
people who nro burled on the hill lived In
this village. j
Illogical.
A well known litterateur not long ago de
livered a lecture before n Buffalo club , nnd In
.the course of his tnllc ho had occasion to I
quote Shakespeare's lines about "uneasy lies
the bend thnt wears n crown. " etc. At the 4 I
conclusion of the nddross , says Ilnrpur'u * 4
Drawer , ho wns approached by n Scotchman. ]
who expressed his iilensuro at the talk but 1
took occasion to sny that his approbation or
Shnkespoaro wns only limited. (
"Thero'H that bit you said about the un
easy head and the crown. I dinnn llko It.
It's inucklo foolish. Now our Robblo Ilurnu
would na lui' writ such stuff.1 ]
The lecturer wus n trlfln surprised , but Inquired -
quired politely why the Scot thought us hq 1
"Oh , " said the Scotchman , "thero'H na a' 1
mon In Scotland , king or anybody else sao
foolish as to go io lied wl1 a crown on. Any
mon o' sense wud hang It over a chair before
turning In ! " j
ItllHll I.OKld. j
Washington Star : "There Is no doubt about 1
. " said the man who-muson , there'Is such
thing as too much originality. " " a 2
"Do you think BO ? " - i
"I do , certainly. Tnko the man who used * S > J
to sell chestnuts on this corner for In * m
' "
Blanco. Ho was doing well until ) , „ got
Idea. Ho considered It a Btroko of genius ! - * 1
and Immediately proceeded to put u into 1
" ' "lla
execution , I
"What was the Idea ? " ' ' i
"Ho observed the effect of moth balls la i
connection with his winter clothes , ami I
bought ho would try 'em on his chestnuts. I
He did BO , and lost not only bin .cliwtnuU , M
but his customers. " - !