12 THE OMAHA DAILY" BEK ; SATURDAY , JULY 21. 18.01.
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bold Discovery at Balirm Canyon , Utah
Onuses a Ruili.
THREE MILES OF RICH PLACER GROUND
of the Dmcrt A Dcllrlmi * Won-
1 dcrcr Itciciiril mid 111 * Uompittilou
round In Ilia l.nnt Hhinibijr
Tlio people of Mnntl ore greatly excited
over a gold find at Hallna canon , says a
81 * spcc'al ' to tin- Salt Lake Tribune. Assays
show over $76 per ton ,
Tlie claims ore placers Irf black sand. Sev
eral locatkriH arc mode and more rushing
to tlio nnd. A now mining district lias been
{ 6rmcd called lied Creek ,
The town of Sterling IB almost depopu
lated. The citizens of Mantl and Sallna are
going In dozens. Claims have been located
by O , F. Coolldge , H. D. Drown , J. P. Mad-
Ben and Wlllnrd Plerson. Men are employed ,
lumber Is , on hand and sluicing operations
ore beginning. The gold In line and clearly
.visible to tlio naked eye.
The find Is abut thirty-five miles southwest -
west of Sallna. The Held contains three
nllles of placer ground.
' Mr. C. Lowe of Salt Lake , says the Journal
nbovo quoted , has received a letter from W.
II. La Pcarle , dated Uulllonvllle , Nov. , which
contains a thrilling story of hardship and
death on the desert. Mr. La Pcarle de-
Bcrlhcs his experiences as follows :
"I Inft Vanderbllt , Cal. , 300 miles from
hero , afoot. Part of the way I catnc afoot
and the rest of the way I walked. I had a
Jackass packed with a little bacon and Hour
and a canteen of water and then struck out
Into the desert. 1C was a tough trip. I had
one tramp of slxty-flvo'mllcs without water ,
except my canteen full , and the sun beat
down on mo rcdhot for two long days with
pot n living thing In sight. I tramped steady
Tor two days and ono night , getting across
that piece of landscape.
"I had quite on exciting experience the
last day when within about six miles of
water. I mut a crazy prospector. Ho had his
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'clothes off nnd was digging holes In the sand
for water. When I came toward him ho told
jno to look out , for the water was very deep.
.Tho poor chap had been without water so
long that he had gonu crazy. I poured a little
water out of my canteen for him.
"As soon as ho saw the water he Jumped
on mo like a mad dog. As 1 fell I managed
to put my hand on a rock , with which I hit
him on the head. Ho came to In a few min
utes and I got some water Into his mouth.
Boon after ho fell asleep Kvery few minutes
J would poor some water Into his mouth ,
until It was all gone. I had only a pint
{ when I met him.
"I knew It could not bs far from water , so I
I took my pack off the Jack and got on him
and struck out. In a 1'ttle over an hour
I" found the water. I never saw an animal
drink like that Jack did. I filled my can
teen and went back to my crazy man , who
was still asleep. I got some more water
down him and wet his head. I wa'tched him
all night , and I tell you It was a long ,
dreary night , sitting out on tlio desert with
ft crazy man. I3y morning ho had recovered
his sense. . He told me ho had a partner ,
and they had got lost on the desert. He
could not remember where he had left his
partner.
"After wo had had a blto to eat , as ho
was -too weak to go with me , I struck out
alone to look for his partner. I found
tracks leading right away from the water.
I followed them about three miles , when
I came to the poor follow , lying on his back ,
( I'jul. I dug a hole In the sand and put
lilm In and covered him up as well as 1
could and went back. My wild man being
able to walk a little , wo went to the Indian
reservation and told the Indian agent about
the dead mm and then came here and we
both went to work. "
MONSTER PREHISTORIC REPTILE.
Up In the mountains about five miles west
of this town Is a curious formation In solid
llmo stone consisting of a circular hole hav
ing a diameter of about three feet nnd an
Unknown depth , which has long been re
garded as the crater of a prehistoric geyser ,
says the Townsend ( Mont. ) Messenger. Mr
J. P. Hardy , a well known mining man ,
determined to explore It for the purpose
of prospecting the rock for mineral. After
descending about eighty feet the passage
was" found to bo blocked by debris washed
In from abovqyhlch , after cleaning away ,
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disclosed the c'ntranco to a vast underground
cavern. As soon as he could accustom his
Right to his surroundings Mr. Hardy found
hlmsolf In the midst of ono of the grandest
eights over beheld by the cyo of man.
On every hand stately columns , caused by
the dripping of water through the lime stone ,
road from the floor In graceful form to meet
a counterpart descending from the roof. A
partial exploration of a few hundred yards
broiiRht him to what appeared to be a line
of white barrel hoops standing upright ana
extending away Into the darkness farther
than his one candle would shed Its rays.
Judge of his astonishment to nnd on examlni-
tion that ho had discovered the petrified
skeleton of an enormous reptllo , perfect In
every detail from head to tall. The bones
of the head showed plainly that the monster
was well equipped for aggressive warfare.
Curved fangs hinged to the upper jaw , eigh
teen Inches long , lay In place In what was
once a hugo mouth , which could open easily
four fcot , Judging from the articulation. The
monster lay in a nearly straight line , and
Mr. Handy found upon pacing it off that It
measured upwards of 120 feet. About fifty
foot from the head lay a number of bones
that appeared to belong to the skeleton and
which Mr. Hardy concluded were the wings.
Further examination disclosed the presence
of legs , though only ono of these was In
good condition. Judge Watson , who has
road much on prehistoric mammalia and fos-
ells. states that this Is probably the only
perfect specimen of a dragon In existence.
The Smithsonian Institution has been In
formed of the find and wo expect will have
a representative hero In a few days. Mr.
Hardy refused one offer of $20,000 for his
find nnd states that nothing short of $50,000
' will purchase , It. Ho has been trying to keep
the discovery a secret In order to bo pre
pared for the rush that Is sure to follow Its
announcement , but wo are hero to write up
the news and our readers may look for moro
disclosures as the cavern Is further explored.
OLD GLORY MINES.
A test run of three bars of gold-silver ore ,
from the mines of the Old Glory Mining and
Milling company , In Plma county , Arizona ,
has just been completed at the experimental
works In Dtmvcr. Prof , E. C. Englohardt
conducted the test. The gold was extracted
by the bromlno process , the result being 97
per cent of the assay value. Leaching was
used to extract the silver , and this was also
successful , thus hinting at the establishment
of a combination plant as best suited to this
ore. Ily using a Ilickner | cylinder for roastIng -
Ing the total cost of extraction Is fixed at
} 3 to (3.50 per ton.- The use of the Pearce
furnace , which Is worked automatically ,
would reduce the cost a perceptible extent ,
as It handled a fifty-ton lot of Dliick Hills
concentrates at an average cost of 85 cents
per ton. For a largo plant It Is almost
Indlspcnsablo. The Old Glory mines belong
to Los Angeles parties. The ores tested hero
nro worth a trine In excess of $400 per ton ,
fairly divided between gold and silver.
PACIFIC COAST HONANZAS.
Ernest G , Hognon , mining man and at
torney , has returned to Salt Lake , says the
Tribune , after a pilgrimage which embraced
all the localities and bonanzas In which his
syndicate are Interested , and extending from
Sonora , Mexico , on the south , to the Trinity
gold fields of California on the north , and
brings with him practical evidence of a
most thrifty Benson among his people , In
the Mexican venture , which was promoted
by the Pan-American Mining
company , re-
suits are said to be most gratifying , the
property Itself yielding handsome profits
and producing 100 tons of ore u day , the
average value of which Is J9 a ton. The
ore , of which ho says there Is an Immense
body In sight , yields readily to the cyanide
process , which was Introduced In Sonora by
the company , which had procured a lease
on 10,000 tons of tunings , and is now the
most popular of any of the many that have
been applied to the low grade Mexican pro
duct.
Among tbo Pan-American's neighbors la
ex-Senator Tabor of Colorado , who U prone-
cutlng a most vigorous campaign on a bo-
Jianza In Jesui Maria , which promises to lift
the blanket mortgage from his cjtnte an <
place him square with the world. The ex
senator , for whom the turn has been coming
very rocky ever since tha depression In the
metal market , Is pinning all his faith to the
gold product of his southern property , whlcl
has , It Is imlil , since December last , pale
him between $75,000 and $103,000 n. month
It IK the Mexican venture , says Mr , Hognon
that has Induced the holders of long maturct
loans to hold off , and , nt prcsnit rate of pro
duction , the sheet will soon disclose a bal
ance In his favor.
A neat of nuggets and shot gold which
Is exhibited by Mr. Rognon Is the best evi
dence of the riches which are rewarding their
placer operations along the north fork o
Coffee creek In California and some fifty
miles northwest of Mount Shasta , where the
company has a strip of gravel three miles
long lying In the bed of the gulch. The
beds are In Trinity county , which has been
washed for > cars , and which , In Its primitive
processes for the handling of gold , has pro
duced many fortunes. From a selected pan
of gravel gold of the value of JO was recently
washed by the voyager himself.
Concerning the sensation that trouble hail
occurred In one of the canons between the
Yaqul Indians and General Torres' troops ,
Mr. ItOKnon states 'hat It Is without founda
tion , nnd that of tile tribe , which furnishes
labor to nearly all the mines In the locality ,
there are not fifty hostile mcmbcro. The romance -
manco was a source of considerable merri
ment among those who read It.
QUICKSILVER MINES.
The contemplated removal of the tariff
on quicksilver will ruin the Industry of min
ing for th.it substance In this country. It
Is a pity , too , for apart from Its commercial
Value , a certain picturesque Interest attaches
to the metal. Its fluidity at ordinary tem
peratures Is one thing that makes It re
markable. One can hardly realize that
when reduced by cold to a tolld , It Is very
malleable and can. bo beaten out Into sheets
an thin OB tissue paper.
Deposits of quicksilver have been dis
covered recently In Utah , says the Salt Lake
Tribune , but nobody has tried to work them
as yet. The entire product of this country
cornel from California. Cinnabar , the ore
from which It Is obtained , Is a sulphide
of mercury. Ily heat the mercury Is sep
arated from the sulphur In the form of n
gas , which , being condensed , runs out of
the distilling furnace In a thin stream like
a continuous pencil of molten sliver.
Frequently the miner with a stroke of his
pick penetrates-a cavity In the rock that Is
filled with pure quicksilver , which runs out
sometimes as much as a quart. The ore Is
often filled with globules of mercury , and
when It Is blasted the high tcmpsrature
created by the explosion volatlzes the metal ,
which In the form of gas poisons the air.
Workmen In the mines eat without washing
their hands , and In these and other ways
their systems become caturated with quick
silver.
The first symptom of rrsultlng trouble Is
usually exhibited In the nails , which become
diseased. Later the teeth drop out , bono
rot of the jaw follows , nnd the unfortunate
Is fairly eaten up by the poison. These
troubles are avoided to a great extent by
cleanliness. The men who work In the quick
silver mines of Wales are the cleanest people
ple In the world ; their skins , untanned by
the sun , are as white as snow. The Mexican
miners In California are dirty and die fast ,
but after two or three generations spent In
the mines they last longer , their constitu
tions becoming more tolerant of mercury.
THE DAKOTAS.
County commissioners at Yankton , falling
to find a professional rainmaker , purchased
200 pounds of dynamite and experimented
with apparent success.
A valuable horse was stolen from a pas
ture In Charles Mix county the other day ,
making the sixth or seventh theft of the
kind perpetrated since January. '
When the woolen mill Is completed at
Edgemont It will give employment to BOO
hands. Work on the structure has begun
and eight carloads of machinery have ar
rived for the mill. It will be run by wate ?
power furnished by the big Irrigation ditch.
Two veins of coal have been found In Day
county , two miles north of Plerpont. The
first vein of fifteen Inches was found at the
depth of sixty-three feet from the surface.
The coal Is of good quiillty , but light In
weight. The second vein of thirty-two
Inches was found at a depth of eighty-two
feet. The coal Is of extra quality.
A co-operative creamery Is In successful
operation In Beadle county , managed wholly
by farmers. Nine thousand pounds of milk are
used dally and a churn that will make 200
pounds of butter each day will soon bo In
operation. The plant cost , complete , about
$2,000 , nnd Is rapidly becoming a source of
much revenue to Its patrons. Several cream-
erien have been established In that county
the present season and all ore In successful
operation.
COLORADO.
The Chance mine , Park county , Is shipping
gold ore to the Denver smelters.
Some fields of alfalfa about Ftirt Morgan
are about ready for second cutting.
Leasers on the Golden Age mine , Boulder
county , are clearing from $10 to $10 per
day.
day.In
In Twin Lakes district , Lake county , the
Golden mine and mill are turning out gold
at the'rate of $100 per day.
The tracks of the Midland Terminal are
being taken up and this point will be
abandoned by the road In favor of Gillette.
The new creamery at Julcsburg Is about
ready to start. It is 21x20 with a boiler
room 12x14. The machinery Is of the latest
Improved pattern.
The Pine Creek district , Gllpln county ,
turns out good specimens , but Its success
will be measured by actual shipments to
the mill and the resultlng retorts.
The cyanldo plant In Doulder county ,
operated In connection with the Livingston
mine , Is reported out of condition. A plant
of this nature can only be run by an ex
pert.
pert.TJie
TJie last carload of ere from the Gold
Dirt mine , Empire , which was handled at
the Argo smelter , returned $503.19 for about
twelve tons. The Gold Dirt Is a regular
shipper.
The Chandler Creek branch of the Denver
& Rio Grande , which was washed out by
the Juno floods , Is to be repaired. A few
days ago engineers went out over the line ,
only five miles In length , and estimated the
damage at from $8,000 to $10,000.
In the Schiller lode , Sunshine district ,
Boulder county , a strike of gold ere Is re
ported which measures twenty feet between
walls. A parallel vein thirty-five feet dis
tant , but In the same property , yields equally
well , the average value ranging from $150
to $212 per ton.
John Young has completed the new wagon
road over Indian Creek Pass , and travel
has already turned that way. The distance
to Fort Garland Is shortened fully ten miles.
A now county road Is being built up the
Cuclmras river to Stonewall , and will make
travel In that direction moro easily ac
complished.
The strike of manganese tellurium ere In
the Front Range district a few days ago
lias caused considerable Inquiry to be made
regarding the new El Paso county gold
camp. A largo number of citizens visited
the district , twelve miles north of Colorado
Springs and wore very enthusiastic with
the outlook ,
WYOMING.
A Laramlo young man has three bald
eagles as pets.
The oldest Inhabitant of Laramlo states
that there never has been so much rain In
that region In July.
A herd of tome buffalo was driven , through
Casper the other day , enrouto from Pine
Uldge , S. D. , to a Montana ranch. .
The cattlemen of Evanston , Wyo. , are
negotiating with the Union Pacific to lease
200 sections of land north of that town ,
The shipments of cattle from Texas for
this season have ended and close to 60,000
licad wore sent over the Cheyenne and
Northern ,
A strike has been made on the Dutch Tom
gulch , near Lander , Wyo , , in a four-foot
vein , at a depth of six feet. The ore washed
$10 to the pan , one going as high as $22.
The Laramle Republican tells about a re
markable catch of trout In the Dig Laramlo
rlvor , a number weighing from two to three
pounds each , and one of them six and a
quarter pounds and measuringtwentytwo
Inches. They were of the rainbow variety ,
which were planted In the rlvor seven years
ago from the state hatchery.
Rainmaker Melbourne Is certainly an un
lucky man. He IB unlucky for the reason
that If ho had made his contract with the
people of Laramle county to produce ten
inchea of rain during June , July and August
lie would have received a good start In July
at least with no effort on his own part , Moro
rain fell In this city on fi 4th and 6th than
has fallen In this locality for two yearn.
The ailvnntng ous location of Fort Hun-ell
as n military post has been demonstrate !
several ( tines lately when the authorltic
found It desirable to distribute troops In
various localities on short notice.
Report comes from the Wind river moun
tain country , Wyoming , to the effect that the
boys have struck It rich In that section , A
party has just returned with 500 pounds o
ore , which they claim yielded $1.50 worth o
free gold to the pound , The owners are mos
enthusiastic over their prospects , and oxpec
to place enough stock on the market will
which to put In a stamp mill at the mines.
OREGON.
Work Ims begun on the Tlllamook acad
emy , which Is to cost $0,000.
Wool Is being freighted by tcami to The
Dalles from Silver Lake , 200 miles couth ,
A broom factory has started up at Me
Mlnnvlljo by two brothers named Smltl
from Nebraska.
A great deal of first-class road work Is
being done In Line county this year , mostly
with Improved grading devices.
Hay Is a profitable crop about Warren-
ton , where It yield ) three and four tons
an acre , selling last year as high as $11 a
ton.
ton.Water
Water Is worth someth'ng In Klamath
county. The Little Klamath Ditch com
pany has Just recovered a judgment of $10 (
for a water bill against a Tulc hko ranch ,
John GUI , who has been a resident o
Polk county for the past year , coming from
Mexico , will return to Lower California
next November to work In the Tespucha
Iron mines , at a salary of $10 a day ( silver ) .
Coqulllc seems to bo doing reasonably
well , In spite of the hard times. Its lasl
trip the steamer Bandorllle took out 80,000
feet of lumber , about thirty toils of butter ,
five or six tons of cheese , Besides hides ,
wool , chlttem bark , etc.
The Florida man who blJ for the North
Yamhlll and Tlllamook mall route found
that roads In Tlllamook are not built from
ashphalt , and In order to subcontract the
same was compelled to experience a loss of
$830. Philip H. Messner of North Yamhlll
Is the subcontractor.
The country seat of Al Goodbrodt of
Union Is pronounced the finest In the Grand
Rondc , If not the whole stale. There Is an
artificial lake , from four to ten feet deep , n
twelve-acre fruit garden and every variety
of vegetables and berries. Five acres of It
yielded last year 200,000 pounds of potatoes.
An Astoria Chinaman who got off n mov
ing street car with all the agile ease of his
race was hurled violently to the ground and
rendered unconscious for some hours. No
one who has seen a Chinaman" alight from a
street car can have failed to wonder how
the Chinese could ever be made Into sailors.
A survey of the mouth of the Columbia
river has been completed by .direction of
Major Post , United States englneer-In-charge ,
10 ascertain the result of tlio late flood on
the Jetty and bar. He finds tho' Jetty'Unlrr-
Jured , and a wide , straight channel twenty-
nine feet deep at low tide In the shallowest
place on the bar. The depth of water on
the bar at high tldo Is thirty-six and one-
half feet. Pliots have taken soundings all
along the. Columbia river , and found a good
deep channel all the way to Portland.
WASHINGTON.
Walla Walla's registration books , ( closed
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with 1,383 names.
Chelan Is movnlg for the county scat of
Okanogan county.
Colfax has 703 children of school age , an
Increase of twenty-seven over last year.
The cornerstone of the State university was
laid at Seattle with Imposing ceremonies ,
The Northern Pacific's Tacoma" freight
sheds are plied high with millions of shingles
awaiting shipment.
Additional wood has been ordered for Fort
Spokane , a fact which Is regarded as an In
dication that more troops are to be stationed
there next winter.
The road from Northport up Deep creek ,
and thence to Cedar creek , Is being sur
veyed by the Stevens county surveyor , R.
D. Thomas. The road will open up a large
ssctlon of the country.
Grant Copeland picked a twig laden with
Royal Ann cherries from his orchard , seven
miles south of Walla Walla. The bunch
measured thrco Inches In length and num
bered 137 cherries.
Another gold medal for a Washington
roung man. His name is Archie Isaacs , and
lie Is a full-blood Skokomlsh Indian boy ,
who went from the Puyallup Indian school ,
and has received the honor at the North
western Military academy In Chicago.
Last year a Spokane firm made 30,000
fruit boxes for the Big Bend country. The
other day a Spokane firm shipped nails
enough to make 100,000 fruit boxes for the
Snake river country. The fruit-growing In-
; erest In eastern Washington Is in Intimate
touch with Spokane.
The young women of Whatcom are toying
with vows of perpetual virginity by pledging
themselves not to accept the matrimonial
iroposals of men who are not "Intelligent ,
lonest , Industrious , good natured , cleanly In
person and apparel , healthy , sober , church
nembers and total abstainers from liquor ,
obacco and profanity. "
A sad state of affairs Is that reported
'rom ' the Newskat. river settlement , Cho-
lalls county. The Johnson claim has two
conflicting owners , while an administrator
s trying to dispossess both. No' 7case
cnown to history offers so many beautiful
aw points as this one Is said to , and yet ,
unfortunately , none of the Interested per
sons Is able to carry It up to a higher court.
If people living along the upper river
will observe moro care in the future about
mttlng their names on their front doors ,
hey will materially assist Skamokawa people -
plo In returning their homes to them on
occasions llko the present. The Eagle says
there Is a comfortable' little home tcd ( up
on the Island opposite town which the
owner may have by calling 'around and
proving property.
Samuel Crump , proprietor of the Spokane
soap works , has made a close study of
vegetable oils , and Is now experimenting
vlth sunflowers , peanuts and castor beans
at the ranch of S. Conway , at Kennowlck.
dr. Crump thinks that raising sunflowers
can bo made a profitable Industry In the
state , and an Immense market can be ob-
alned for the oil from the seeds , which can
10 largely used In the manufacture of soap ,
MISCELLANEOUS.
Salt Lake City Is paying 8 per cent on an
outstanding warrant Indebtedness of $230-
000.
000..Tho
.Tho now road now building from Prescott
o Phoenix will be completed to Wlcken-
mrg In September , and to Phoenix by Jan-
lary 1. It is already doing a heavy tralllc
on Its completed portion.
From reliable sources It Is learned that
ho work of grading the now road from
lerome camp to a point on the S. F. , P. &
\ railroad at Clear Springs Is being prose
cuted to completion rapidly. The Jerome
nine Is ono of the largest producers of
copper In the southwest.
Prove. Utah , has another gold excitement.
Chore has been much prospecting In the
Vnsatcli range just east of the Garden City ,
and Thad Fleming came In from Deer creek ,
about eighteen miles from Provo , bringing
with him ere that assays 17.41 ounces In
gold , or $359,03 to the ton.
The establishment of a new line of steam
ers between San Francisco and Alaska , with
a passenger faro of $20 , has caused a rush
of miners to the northern gold fields. Smolt-
ng ore Is'now shipped from Juneau to Ta
coma at $ C per ton , while small stamp mills
Ind plenty of work along the Yukon river.
Arrivals from the Black Butte country In
Montana say that In that section there Is a
lerd of buffalo , consisting of several hundred
lead. They have greatly Increased In num-
iors the past year. They are protected by
SQUID of the cattlemen who have their herds
n that country , and who employ men to
vatch them and protect them from the In-
Inns , who annually come from the I'logan
reservation for the purpose of hunting them.
These buffalo have received such care that
hex are almost as docile as cattle.
A wagon load of peaches brought In from
the Hagcrman farm , on the Pecos river , sev
enteen miles below Eddy , N. M. , Bold for
42 , at 10 cents peV pound , and the second
oad brought In sold for about the tame
amount. These peaches came from but fiyo
rees , all lighter bearers than some trees
here , which will ripen finer fruit later In
he season. TtUJ8 five trees five years old
t will bo aeen brought about $15 each above
ho cost of hauling to market , One hundred
inch trees per acre would yield $1,600.
In ono of the oldest ruins In tin atato of
) axaca , Mex. , a number of very rare and
ntercstlng Images , found In metal , have been
uncovered. The Imagei repreient people of
TODAV
AND-
TSMORR.OW
HPT !
That you can get a last chance at the
IN THE CLOSING OUT SALE OF
T
TAKR YOUR F > IOK AT
TODAY AND TOMORROW.
All unsold stock intended We want the public to have
wholesale trade. the benefit before we sell inlets
for
PRICE AND LESS. lots to the trade.
Mail Orders.Killed. . . Mail Orders Filled.
Oorrier Ka.rriaim a.racl iStli Streets.
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r i * .KA + ' 2iKC-ttLM2 iir & rK\-Fe-jrf < ? ffr-
oriental apppcarancai and dress , as well as
priests In their robes" od sacrifice. They bear
lleroglyphlcs of unknown characters and are
elaborately wrought , with fine art lines shown
n , every curve. The linages found thus far
are of solid gold , either wholly or In part ,
and are coated with some unknown enamel ,
which has preserved them from all harm
n the many years' they have been burled
n the soil.
A STABVINO IMPOSTOR.
Shrewd TCogues Touch Washington for n
Liberal Mini.
The benevolent heart of Washington , writes
a correspondent of the Chicago Record , has
received a dreadful shock because of the dis
covery that a man whose sufferings have
aroused public sympathy to a greater heat
than any case that ever occurred before Is
a wicked Impostor. His name Is A. C. Chown-
ng , and be was picked up by the police in
.he Smithsonian , grounds the other night
dying of starvation. Ho was taken to the
Smergency hospital , whore stimulants and
Iquld food were administered to him fre
quently and In small quantities until ho was
sufficiently recovered to explaln that ho was
a resident of Basic City , Va. , and had come
to Washington with the expectation of get
ting an office. Ho said , that his money gave
out ; that he left tlio place where he had been
boarding rather than get Into debt , and for a
week or ten days had been sleeping In the
larks and picking up a little food at the mar-
iets and free-lunch counters. For four
days he had not had a mouthful , however ,
and the doctors at the hospital say that ho
vould have been dead before morning.
In his pocket were two letters , ono from
its wife at Basic City relating In the most
iltlful language her struggles to get bread
or her children and herself and begging him
o send her all the money ho could , If It
vore only a few coppers. She told him of
ler love and sympathy , described the cun-
ilng things the children had said and done ,
and expressed a confidence that even If she
should dlo of starvation God would put It
nto the heart of some kind soul to take care
if their little ones , The other letter was
ils reply to this communication , which was
oven more heart-rending , and which ho said
IB had not mailed because ho had not been
able to get a postage stamp.
Many a tear was shed over the letters
vhen they appeared In the papers the next
nornlng , and before noon $300 In cash had
> cen left for Mr. Chewnlng at the hospital ,
'lio Post opened a subscription. Mr. Man-
lorson collected $50 In the senate and tele
graphed It to the postmaster at Basic City
vlth Instructions to see that the wife and
children wore fed at once. The subscriptions
exceeded $600 within twenty-four hours , and
our people altered Mr. Chewnlng employ-
nent. It Is not known how much money was
sent to the woman at Basic City , but the
elegraph of lice reports a considerable
amount , and the postmaster down there says
ho received a large number of letters the
day after the publications , which probably
contained money.
Airs. Chewnlng arrived hero the next day.
"hero was an afTecflrig scene when Bho
wrapped hpr arms around her husband , and
all the calloused doctors and nurses of the
lospltal wept. Even the policeman who
irought her from the station had to wipe
its cyos. When she loft the hospital the
woman took the money that had been col-
ected and has not been seen there since , but
ho husband still remains In care of the
ihyslclons.
Now comes the second scene. The post
master at Basle City reports that ho found
, lrs. Chewnlne and family In a first class
loardlng house , whore she had been living
or about a month ; that she was paying $6
a week for her own board and a correspond-
ng amount for her children ; that she was a
tranger In the city and It was not known
where she came from. Her board had been
mid promptly to datoi and there were no
Igns of starvation. Rev , Mr. Jones of the
Kpworth Methodist churoh , who lived at
Basic. City iutll | two years ago , sent a $5 bill
o Mr. Griffiths , one of hU former parish-
oners , for the benefit of Mrs , Chewnlng , and
ecelved a reply that there was no evidence
hat she needed many. Mr. Griffiths con
firmed all t ! | poitmaster had said. Dr. Me-
Clm Of Eplfjfiany Hplacopai church , who had
iSo Interested himself , got similar Informa-
ton from Basic City and something addl-
lonal from another town In Virginia , where
he newspaper accounts of the case had been
oad and reminded the people of a similar
amo that was played there about two months
go by a man answering- . Chewnlng's de-
crlptlon , Then the chief of police of Alex-
ndrla Identified him as the man who ap >
leared In that city list winter and arouied
ho sympathy and opened the purses of the
people with a story about a burned housa
and or starving family In the village of Am
brosia.
There are several other witnesses against
Chownlng , and It appears very probable that
he Is an Impostor , although the physician
at the hospital still Insist that It was a
genuine case of starvation , and that It
Chewnlng's story Is not true , both he and his
wife are remarkably fine actors and can
make more money on the stage than by
playing this game.
Whllo the police believe the Impostor
theory , they say that there Is no way to
punish Chewnlng and his wife , for they have
violated no law. Neither of them has
asked a cent of money , but every dollar she
took away from the hospital was a voluntary
gift to her. left there twelve hours before she
reached the city. Ho Is not a vagrant , for
there Is evidence that he has applied for
work at a hundred different places In this
city , and It. Is no crime for a man to bo
picked up in a park in a starving condition.
Altogether , It Is as clever a game as was
ever played against a charitable community ,
but will do a serious Injury In making people
ple skeptical and causing them to withhold
assistance from those who really need It.
BAI/D HEADS IN THE SENATE.
They Are So Numaroiii us to Form n Ma
jority of the Muinhuru.
"What a charmlngtferray the senate would
present in the first row nt a grand ballet. "
a gallery occupant was hoard to remark ,
sweeping his cynical glance over the senate
floor. A largo majority of the members of
that body are baldhcads , says the Washing
ton Post. Mr. Gordon sports a small rldgo
of thin hair that extends over his bump o
veneration. Senator Call brushes his halt-
over the top of his head to conceal hh
baldness. Coke has a fringe of white halt
extending from ear to ear across tilt
back of his head. Baldness peeps through
the thin , Iron-gray hair of Senator Tur-
ple. Blackburn Is partially bald , but cul
tivates a Napoleonic tuft at the top of his
forehead and retains a fairly respectable
supply along the sides of his head , which Is
always cut short. Jarvls faintly conceals
his polished cranium by a sprinkling of
white hair. Harris Is entirely bald , showIng -
Ing the bumps of firmness and self-esteem
strongly developed. Ills scalp Is ruddy ,
and a saber mark , which forms a deep In
dentation In the skull , Is reminiscent of the
war. Ho retains a small quantity of hair
over the cars and circling around over his
collar. Ransom Is very bald , but what hair
remains on the sides and back of his head
Is thick and Iron gray.
Senator Vllus has lost all his hair but a
quantity of luxurious and glossy black locks
that are suffered to grow long enough to be
brushed over a white expanse of sterile
scalp. Gray has a small bald disk dn the
top of his head , and the crest of Mr. Palmer
Is quite bald. Senator Vest's hair IB becom
ing reminiscent ot a departed luxuriance ,
and In Mr. Uolph's case his hair of late has
run to whiskers. Mr. Davis has dark hair ,
which does not vegetate fast enough to con
ceal the growing Inroads of baldness. No
hair restorative can save Mr. Shoup from
the consequences of early piety. Mr. Platt
shows signs of losing his hair fast , and Mr.
Aldrlch retains a thin scattering of gray
hair which shows signs ot careful iturslng
and scrupulous brushing. Mr. Hawley Is
quite bald. Mr. Hill's pallor of face ex
tends to- his scalp , which long ago bade farewell -
well to the use of brush and cosmetics , and
which , In relation to the seam of black
gloss extending over his collar from temple
to temple , Is like the contrast of I'OO'H
raven ,
On the pallid bust of Pnllas.
Mr. Jones of Nevada 1ms a long , pointed
white beard , but little hair. Jloth Messrs.
Squlro and Mitchell retain a remnant of
dark hair.
A striking contrast to the senators named
is presented by Senators Sherman and Mor-
rlll , the two oldest members of the senate.
Mr. Sherman has a well-preserved supply
of whlto hair , and Air. Merrill's white locks
are still long and wavy.
Oregon Kidney Tea cures all kidney
troubles. Trial elze , 25 cents , All druggists
by th ring.
In his sermon last Sunday Rev. George
Falrlee of Troy , N. V. . told the following
story : "An American In Cuba had been
taken as a spy and condemned to death.
IIo appealed to the American and British
coniuls , whom he succeeded In convincing
of his Innocense. They laid his case before
the governor general and demanded his re
lease , but that ofilclal was Inexorable. The
prisoner had been found guilty under Span
ish law and must die. The coniuls retired
and the next day the condemned man was
led out to execution , blindfolded and man
acled , and a platoon of soldiers was drawn
up to receive the fatal command to fire.
Then the American consul took the flag of
hla country and wrapped It around the pris
oner , and the British consul did the same.
'Now fire upon those flags It you dare ! ' was
the warning given to the commander of
the platoon The order to fire was not
given , and the prisoner was soon after
wards released. "
Oregon Kidney Tea cures nervous head
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SUPPED ON STAGE RAIN.
A Mfiil Cooked Amid Discouraging : Sur-
"Perhaps ono of the most peculiarly pre
pared luncheons over laid before hungry people
ple was ono which we had when we were
snowed up In the theater of a small western
town , " said a theatrical man to the Plttsburg
Dispatch. "Upon this night , In the brief
Interval after the people left the theater ,
while wo were dressing to go to our hotel , a
terrific snow storm , such as you can only find
in the west , came up. The snow drifted
against our doors and all about the streets ,
so that wo had to remain all night In the
theater. Of course wo got hungry , as ac
tors sometlmps do , and wo began a search
for something eatable. Wo prowled around
the property room and were about to glvo
up in disgust when ono of the company
struck a box of beans , which were used to
Imitate the sound ot rain. By shaking
the bo a stage rain storm could bo pro
duced. Wo took this 'rain , ' as the pro
fession Is pleased to call It , but saw no way
of cooking It. Some ono suggested that "tho
'thunder' might bo a good thing to cook It
upon , In lieu of nothing butter. The 'thun
der' was a sheet of tin or iron which was
shaken to make the roar of heaven's artil
lery. Wo bent the 'thunder' so that It would
hold the beans , but were at a loss for means
for producing heat. Our property man sug
gested that wo use 'lightning , ' a powder of
lycopodium used for making flashes upon the
stage , for the fire. Wo found quite a lot of
this , and with the addition of some 'snow'
little bits of paper used to represent the
beautiful wo started quite a fire and suc
ceeded In cooking the beans , which we atct
with a relish. Resolving Into stgo parlance ,
wo had 'thunder , ' 'lightning' and 'snow' to
cook a lunch that consisted of 'rain. '
A POPULAR DELUSION.
The Notion Tliut itcntH Are IJxtroniiOy Low
In I'lillniuM.
The popular Idea that rents are cheap In
Pullman Is shown by the Chicago Post to
bo "ono of the most glorious and resplendent
errors that over juggled the brains of the
statistician whosn beautiful figures show how
vastly superior the lot of the v.aga worker
In this country Is to that of his brother on
the other sklo of the Atlantic. The common
streets of the town are lined \vjtli miles ot
two-story brick tenements four rooms up
stairs and four rooms down. This Is the
average house. The other houses are some
of them better , some of them worse. But
this Is the prevailing style. Tin houses are
built of brick and In rows , with plain plno
floors , the plainest of walls , the cheapest of
Hashes and doors. They wore turned out by
the contractors as chair rungs are turned
out In a chair factory. For each of these
fiats $11.71 per month Is charged , making
$20.42 the rent of ono houso. This Is rather
high for the Investment. The lund cost the
company practically nothing. The houses
are choap. The Pullman rent roll Is some
thing stupendous ! H ought to bo about as
good a thing as the Income of the duke of
Buckingham from his estate around Adulphl
In Loudon , "
There may bo some on In this vicinity
who Is aflllcted with a atomach trouble.
If BO , the experience of A. C. Kppley , a
carpenter , and contractor ot Newman , III. ,
will Interest him. For acoupla of years ho
was at times troubled with a * pain In the
stomach , that ho says , "seemed to go through
mo from front ( o back. I began taking
Chamberlain's Colic , Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. Whenever any pain appeared I
took a dose of the Remedy. It gave me
prompt relief and has effected a complete
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Not Kxnrtly Hyinpiilliftlr ,
Chicago Tribune : "Young man , " said the
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"Yes , sir , " responded the young man , rls-
Ins to go. "You're the boss , You've got
the rlKht. Hut I want you to understand , "
ho added , fiercely , "that I don't walk out on
account of any grbvance I've got against
Miss Laura ! "
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