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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1895)
1 THE OMAITA DAILY HEJSt M > MDAY , Al'llEL 22. 1805 , PULSli OF WESTERN PROGRESS Four-Mile Wyoming the Latest Mecca of tbo Gold Prospector , CAPITAL POURING IN TO OPJN THE CAMP Outlining Point nt Itnwllngi-lllB Strike In Coettr cl * Alcne Mine rra h Dlscovcr- lei of Oil at Sun Ilrrimrdlno News of the Northwest. Fourtnllo will bo the only camp In the west tills year. The roads Irom Uawllns to the cnmp ftro lined wltli people on foot , In wagons ami on horseback , on their way to the new Eldorado. Wnter was turned Into the Hock Springs company's ditch a low days ago. said a mining man from Ilawllns to a correspond ent of the Cheycnno Leader , and they will soon have a largo force of men at work taking out the yellow metal. Tha Denver capitalists who recently pur chased a largo section of land In that coun try are making preparations for a big sea- Bon's \\ork during the summer , and are In o position to spend $250,000 If necessary In development work. They are convinced that the gold Is there , and are willing to risk their money to get It. Anothci largo concern with almost unlim ited capital Is the party of eastern capital ists wlio recently purchased the claims of Jou Adams and his associates. This party Intends to locate In the new camp , and with this end In view have gone cast to get their families and purchase the most Im proved machinery with which to extract the gold. gold.A number of business houses are projected for the new camp , and work will begin on them In a few days. Itawllns , which Is the nearest outfitting point for the now gold fields , Is enjoying the first singes of the Imorn which will follow the excitement. There Is not now a single empty house or store building In the city , and the contractors have an abundance of orders ahead to keep them busy until late In the summer. In addition to the excitement Incident to the new gold discoveries Uawllns has suf ficient material at home to make It the busi est and best city In the state. The paint mines , almost In the city limits , are proving the biggest kind of a bonanza. Aside from this the Semlnoe mines are at tracting a great deal of attention this spring. Some ot the best gold mines In the state are said to be In this range. There Is also vast quantities of coal and an Immense mountain of Iron , beside which the famous Iron moun tain of Missouri would appear as a pigmy. Capltalsts have for some time had an eye on these deposits , but the absence of railroad facilities has retarded their development. Within the past few weeks , however , Isaac Flcldhouse , ono of the old timers In the Semlnoe , has sold a largo tract of coal and Iron property to an eastern syndicate , pre sumably representing a railroad corporation which 'IBB surveys through that section , and It Is believed that the coming summer will sco the mines In that section opened up. IimiOATION ON TUB PLATTE. Mr. Curds Is ono of the leading farmers on the Platte , and Is enthusiastic over the prospects of irrigation In his section , says the Cheyenne Tribune. There are three ditches now taken out of the Plntto In the vicinity of Whcatland , and are owned as fellows : First , by Torrlngton Ditch company , William O. Curtis , president ; John Cameron , secretary. This ditch Is ten and a half miles long and will Irrigate 3,000 acres. Second , by North Platte Irrigation Ditch company , Oscar Mason , president ; William II. Coy , secretary. This ditch Is thirteen miles long and will furnish water for 4,500 acres. Third , the Lucerne Canal company , Cplonel Pratt , president ; Henry Hudson , secretary. This ditch Is thirteen and a half miles In length and covers 5,000 acres. As an Illustration of liow well Irrigation pays Mr. Curtis states that he cut ten acres of alfalfa last season , the seed from which averaged 800 pounds to the acre. This seed sells rapidly at 8 cents , which would make the crop worth nearly $ C5 per acre. RECLAIMING UTAH LANDS. An Irrigation scheme Is belng.spMn motion by the citizens of Gunnlson , In this state , says the Salt Lake Tribune. A canal Is being surveyed from the reservoir south of Mantl to Willow creek , a distance of fifteen to twenty miles. It Is estimated that the canal will reclaim over 7,000 acres oJ choice farming land. The canal will bo from twelve to sixteen feet on the bottom , and will carry a volume of water about two feet In depth. The source of supply will be the Gunnlson reservoir. This famous storage lake contains an Immense body of water over four miles In length , nearly ono mile In width , and with n depth of twenty feet. It Is proposed to raise- the Ham In the Sanpltch river about flvo feet , In order to double the present ca pacity. This reservoir now suplles several thousand acres of excellent grain and alfalfa land In the vicinity of Gunnison. The plan upon which the new canal com pany Is organized Is more of co-oporatlon than a corporation , although articles of In corporation will soon IB filed. The company will sell water rights on the plan of the Gun nison company , which Is $15 per acre and nn assessment of about 5 cents per acre yearly. WINTERING IN ALASKA. "Dcgs serve the same here as horsey do In civilization , " says a miner writing from Alaska In a letter bearing date of February 1 , which Is published In the Portland Telegram. "They are worth money. I tell you , ranging In value from $25 to ? 125 , and It costs a good deal to keep one. A single dog can pull 300 pounda on a sled all day long. Wo are short of food here this winter , for the last steam boat load failed to get here last fall. I have Just bought a sack of Hour for $17 ( one ounce of gold ) , and I was lucky to get It ; so I may have enough to last me until tbo steamer reaches here nc-xt summer , or early In the spring , which Is May hero. I will have water running In the creek so I can sluice my dirt. I did not get through prospecting my claim last summer , as high water knocked me out twice. Thin winter I am burning ground In another man's claim on equal shares ; that moans wo build fires on the ground where wo want to sink down , to bedrock ( for the ground Is frozen as solid aa a rock ) a hole about 3x7 feet. On this creek It Is from two to twenty feet to bedrock , anil then we burn horizontally either way , drifting to find the pay streak. Some use n windlass to hoist up the dirt , and come an Incline , and wheel It up with a wheelbarrow ( Irish buggy ) . My ground Is only ten fe t to bedrock , I have a pay Htreak now six fret wideby three feel In the gravel to bedrock. It averages 10 cents to a pan , and I am getting out about thirty or thirty-five wheelbarrow loads a day ten pans to a wheelbarrow. If the pay streak holds out I will have a few humlrec dollars In the t > prlng , when we sluice our dirt , that Is , set the sluice boxes and- shove the dirt In as It thaws. "I am burning In ono of the best claims In the country. The owners worked abou one-half the claim last summer , and cleaned up about $25,000 , They had SOU ounces In one cleanup $13,000. I wish I had taken the time to write you a longer nnd perhaps more Interesting letter , but the days have been eo short , and I had bin few candles , and poor ones. I will try am do better next summer In the way of Utters They cost $1 a piece to send them. "I saw the sun this morning over the mountain top b > climbing up a little dis tance. It Is the first tlmo I have seen oh Sol for three months. The days are stretchIng - Ing- longer very fast now. "I am living In a tent this winter , whlcl is very comfortable , considering the fact tha the average temperature Is C9 degrees below zero. I have a good stove and drum am plenty of wood. If I can cnly turn out plenty of gold I shall be satisfied. " QUEAT ACTIVITY IN HAM8MOHN RANGE Last October thirty lode claims and fifty placer claims were located on Uamshon mountain , a spur of the Owl Creek ranee near the hca'i of Wlgglno creek. These loca tlons caused considerable talk at the time o their being filed In the county clerk's olllce Bays a Lander special to the Denver News but the locality being high up above timber line prevented a number of parties fron reaching the place , though numerous efforts were made. In February articles of Incorpor ation were received from Chicago by the county clerk of the Gold Het't Mining com pany. with $2,600,000 capital. The articles claimed that the property pf the company was located In Fremont county. Later a leading citizens of this county received Informa ( Ion from Chicago that extensive tests had icon made In that city of ore * taken from he head ot Wiggins creek , from a fifty-foot end , which tciteJ the full width ( the vein and gave $7 per ton , nd that a rich streak seven e-et wide averaged $32 per ton. The ore was ironounced free milling , and Chicago experts who had examined the lode claimed there was $6,000,000 In sight. The placer ground on which the fifty claims were located was very Ich , but no figures were given. During he winter there has been a constant tream of Chicago , Omaha , Lincoln , Neb. , and Topcka , Kan. , men going and returning rotn the Ilamshorn mountain , but all re- lorted that they could not get Into the coun- ry on account of the deep snow. There has been much speculation In Lander as to the irobable outcome ot the new gold fields , and ho strain at times has been very great. It was reliably reported that a 200-stamp mill md been shipped from Chicago by the Gold leet Mining company , which mill will bo reeled on Ilamshorn mountain. The com- mny has appropriated $30,000 for the bulld- ng of a wagon road from a point on Wig gins creek around and along Ilamshorn nountaln to the place where the , fifty-foot ead Is located. The road Is to bo constructed at once and active mining operations com menced without delay. It Is thought that hero will bo a treat rush up Wind river and across to Wiggins creek this spring , 'rospectors are arriving dally and dlstrlbut- ng themselves along Wind river , watting or the snow to disappear , so' as to enable hem to get Into the Ilamshorn country. A HUNDRED MILE CANAL. Much Interest Is being taken In the pro- losed development by the Shohone Land and rrlgatlon company of the lllg Horn basin , Wyoming , and as this country Is at present ributary to Hillings Its settlement and rccla- natlon means an Increased trade from that ectlon. Already several Nebraska parties lave outfitted hero and have started by team or this promised land , writes a Hillings cor respondent of the Anaconda Standard. A surveying party of ten men outfitted jero with a two months' supply ot provisions and started overland for the Ulg Horn basin. The parly was In charge 'of W. E. Hyman , secretary and manager of Bio company , and md been sent out to complete the surveys and profiles of a large Irrigation canal , 100 nlles long , which Is Intended to reclaim the vast area of land which that company has aken up under the Carey act. They have secured 246,000 acres , and will start In to re claim the land just as rapidly as possible. The contractors expect to commence work early next month , as part of the surveying las already been done , and with a favorable season t'noy will conduct water on 25,000 acres by August 1. The water will bo taken 'rom the river known from Its sulphur springs as the Stinking Water. The president of the company Is the widely known "Iluffalo 1)111 ) , " Hon. W. F. Cody , and among the stockholders arc W. A. Paxton , John A. Crclghton and other wealthy and prominent Omaha capitalists. COON'S CANYON PLACERS. 'I ' am Interested In the placers of the Colorado river , and , as every ono knows , I am wedded to tha Ulntah mountains , " said lass Hlte , a veteran miner , the other day tea a reporter on the Salt Lake Tribune , "but his Is the first tlmo In a. quarter of a cen- ury that I have seen anything that brings 0 mo the memories of Alder and Last Chance gulches. Why , It Is the biggest blng on earth. Look here at this prospect ; f there ain't CO cents In It I'll eat It , and 1 want to tell you that It came out of two- lilrils of a pJin of dirt. Hero Is another irospect , not so big , but I took It from another locality , and I am ready to give It as my opinion that the dirt I saw will run rom $25 to $00 per yard. I know that these figures seem extravagant , but I tell you hey are correct , as far as my prospecting went. " The gold exhibited by Cass Hlto was course , sonic nuggets running about 20 cents , and plenty of black sand remained n the prospects. Cass found Harker's can yon pretty thoroughly located , and ho and ils associates turned their attention to Coon's canyon , where It debouches Into Har- cer's. They located about COO acres running ip and down the canyon about two miles , and filed on four lodes , which showed good evidence ot mineral. A location was also made on a water right In the can yon , by which fourteen miner's Inches of water were secured , and Mr. Hlto believes hat this water supply can bo Increased and developed. Cass continued his discourse on the value of the find : "I scraped my best sample from a bank that was certainly not less than 100 feet above the bed rock , and1 I conclude that when bed rock Is reached the pay will run much higher. Even If water could not be obtained In the district the dirt would pay .0 haul to the Jordan or to Salt Lake City. " RAINY LAKE REGION. J. L. Simmons of the Coeur d'Alene coun try , a miner of experience all over the west , was In town , says a Rainy Lake City special to the St. Paul Pioneer-Press , and Is jubilant over a find he has Jut't made In K 74 , a piece of land adjoining the much talked of Welgand gold mine. He has two shafts down. Ono In the Monskesha Is twentyonefeet deep anJ exposes a fine- body of rich ore. Also one In the nig Rlpon that Is twenty-five feet deep and is rich. He opened a new vein on the property the other day and took cut ore the richest he ever saw. It fairly blazes with gold , and the specimen he- brought in will assay $3,000 to the ton. He took a piece , weighing about two ounces and pounded It and panned a half a tcaspoonful of pure gold. lie says a man can make' $20 a day pounding up the rock in an orJInary druggist's mortar and panning It out. Ho says that the Coeur d'Alene , and , in fact , any of the west he has been In Is not half so gooj as the Rainy Lake gold region , and that If It was only located In Idaho or Montana Rainy Lake City would have a population of 25,000 people by July 1. He came here a skeptic of the rank est kind , but he Is convinced now that the country has not been advertised half enough. Messrs. IJull , Sterling and Price , t me Canadians from Rat Portage , Ontario , owners of the rich Champion mine , began work on J. O. 15 , a new mining location near the Hlllyer gold mine , and exposed a big vein of quartz that contains * Hake gold , some speci mens shown being as largo as a nickel. It will assay well up In the thousands. RICH OREGON MINES. We have written of rich quartz ledges at various different times during our two and a half years' stay In southern Oregon , but the find reported by Lawrence & Cameron , on Galls creek , says the Medford Mall , Is Just a little richer than anything1 which has been brought to our notice. The company Is com posed of S. C. Lawrence and D. Cameron. Mr. Lawrence was In Medford recantly , anil while the gentleman was reticent upon the subject ot the find , wo managed to draw out these facts : The land upon which the find was made Is owned by Mr. Lawrence , and Is about four and a half miles from Gold Hill. It Is deeded land and has been in his posses sion several years. Some three years ago a lead was discovered near his nous ? and was traced a distance of about 300 yards from the dwelling , where the ledge was lo cated. The cropplngs showed up fair and rock that assayed from $20 to $ CO per ton has sines been taken therefrom , and of which they have about thirty tons now on the dump. A couple ot months ago It be gan growing richer so rich , In fact , that the rock then taken was kept separate from the first mixed. They worked In this rock until six tons had been taken out , which they sacked and took to the Lucky Han mill , on Sardlno creek , and had It crushed and as a result twenty-three pounds of bul lion were sent to San Francisco , amounting In good , hard cash to very nearly $5,000 Aside from this shipment two others have been made , but the value ot these Mr , Law rence positively would not divulge. The highest assay made ot this rock showei $31,548.66 per ton , the lowest , $7,147 , and about au average of $12,100. The ledge from which this rich rock was taken varies from a foot to eighteen Inches In thickness and the same quality of ore Is found above and below tha place from which this was taken. This ledge Is across the river am directly In a line with tbo famous Kubl ledge , from which such rich results have been recently obtained. THE SEARCH FOR GOLD. The exodus of prospectors has started , says the Spokane Chronicle , and has started well This month and the next will find hundreds of men on their way to the hills and valleys whsre gold Is to be found. Some of the old- timers declare that 5,000 men will help ex plore the country tributary to Spokane this year. year.A A few will go to eastern Oregon. Manj will wander to Central Idaho , the Elk City country and along the Clearwater and Snake The Yahk , Moyea and Salmon rivers and the upper Pend d'Orellle will be traversed. Tha Trail creek country will be full of pros pectors. But the- great tide of fortune hunters has turned toward the west. From the mountain iprlngs of the great Methow to Its very mouth ; a.long the Twltsp , the Slate and the Stehokln ; past Bridge creek and the icad waters ot the Bkaglt , away up to that rocky region where the Blmllkameen blunders over the boundary line , the country will be dotted thick with gold hunters long before tune roses bloom , Across the border , just north of the Col- vlllo reservation , lies a virgin country where .he tomato cans of progress are hardly to bo ound. For more than ninety miles , from Trail creek to the summit of the Cascades , itretches n great wilderness ot country , rich n mineral , but almost unprotected , save at a few'points along- the Kettle river , or when ho Okanogan Is crossed. Hut before Uio autumn It Is not believed there will be scarcely a square mlle of the great area where the footprints of the gold seekers could not be found. It will bo n wonderful year for mining llscoverlcs , " said A. J. Miner , the veteran prospector , who Is going back to the hill ) In a few days. "The snow Is already out of the hills and the spring Is very early every where In the northwest. Iliere will bo very Ittlo trouble from high water this year , and all signs are favorabla for a long , clear sum- ner. There will be enough prospectors out : hls year to explore nearly everything In : hls vicinity , outside ot the Colvllle reserva tion , and It should bo a year of wonderful discoveries of gold. " NEHHASKA. Hog cholera has made Its appearance at Ilolbrook. Farmers near Wolbach have agreed to ralso 200 acres of beets. September 11 , 12 , 13 and 14 are Uio dales 'or the Colfax county fair. The Greelcy County Teachers' association will meet at Scotia May 11. A lodge of the Ancient Order of Turnovers lias been organized at Silver Creek. There will be a meeting of the Buffalo county alliance at Kearney April 26 , Rev. IT. P. Fudge of Ashland has accepted a call to the Baptist church at Valparaiso. Charles Johnson's horse at Holbrook has committed suicldo by drowning Itself In the river. Senator and Mrs. W. V. Allen will cele brate the silver anniversary of their wedding at Madison May 2. Prof. A. 0. Thomas and G. I. Kelley will open a summer school In St. Paul June 21 , to continue six weeks. Randolph has granted nn electric light franchise to ono of the citizens of that place , R. Uoughn. Smith Bros. ' store at Madison has been cfoscd under a chattel mortgage for $3,000 $ held by the Madison State bank. The Young Men's Christian association rooms at Chadron are being remodeled , and will bo thrown open about May 1. W. N. Plckrell of Unadllla fed asfoetlda to his hogs after twelve out of forty had died , and he lost no more of the animals. John Johanscn , a farmer living near Elba , had his arm caught In the cog wheels of a wind mill and has had to have It amputated. April 30 and the two following days are the dales fixed for the North Plalte conference of the Lutheran church , to be held at Da kota City. Rev. Deletzke , who has besn for many years German Lutheran minister at McCook , has removed to a new field of labor at Spencer , la. Samuel Wilson of West Beatrice killed a mad dog , which had all the symptoms of rabies , but had not bitten any persons or other animals. Ex-Clerk Kavanangh of Greeley county has turned over county paper and money sufficient to cover the deficiency In his ac counts of $329.50. Auburn has offered a plcco of land and $5,000 as a bonus to a manufacturing firm of Malvcrn , la. , which was looking 'for a location In Nebraska. Indlanola Congregatlonallsts have decided to extend a call to Rev. Mr. Corwln of Kau- kauna , WIs. , and are now casting about to raise money to pay his salary. Three men named Hesket , Kern and Gross , believed to bo members of the notorious Catron gang , have been arrested near Blng- ham and taken Into Wyoming. ' Jacob Sunnivale , an old farmer living a few miles from Elm Creek , fell Into a tank whllo trying to get a drink and was drowned In a few feet of water. John Hicks , a colored man of Beatrice , was hunting near Dewltt and as hu aimed at a rabbit both barrels of his gun burst. Ho es caped with a fexv severe wounds on his face. William Baden , living near Wayne , has lost his barn , sheds and contents by fire. Three horses were burned. The loss will aggregate about $500. The buildings were Insured. Mr. C. Seeley of the Ravenna flouring mill has made arrangements to commence work on his new elevator as soon as the wheat crop Is assured. It will have a stor age capacity of 40,000 bushels. Bob Kneebs , the well known horseman of Wakefield , announces that ho will return to Germany to stand trial on the charge of "ringing" horses. He says that he has enough evidence to clear himself. Cordova mules should learn not to kick against the pricks. A hybrid belonging to Henry Kessler of that place had to be killed because of blood poisoning In Its foot caused by kicking the tine of a pitchfork. Fred Anson was working near Papllllon at the bottom ot a fifty-foot well when a pipe that was being lowered to him with a rope , through some accident , fell on him and car ried away the flesh from his elbow and a small picco of bone. The Young Men's Christian association rooms at Columbus have been closed on ac count of the steadily Increasing debt. Twc committees have been sent out to canvass the city , and It is expected the rooms will be opened again In a few days. F. W. Decker , who attempted suicide at Whitman , has been taken to Alliance and will probably die. His mother has arrived from Belmont , N. V. , of which place Decker was postmaster , and she says that her son was slightly insane. Senator Dale has not quite got back Into the ways of farming since the legislative session adjourned. Ho was loading hay from a car at Atlanta and got too near the track. One of his horses was struck by an engine and had to bo killed. Rev. Mr. Houseman and Miss Llda Herrlck of Omaha , with tiie assistance of Miss M. E. Brown , vocalist , have been conducting n series of revival services at O'Neill , and an nounce that up to date there have been about thirty-five conversions among the young people ple of the city. Arthur Curry , aged about 17 , accompanied the daughter of C. M. Ball of Olive town ship , Butler county , home from a singing class at a neighbor's house , and as he was assisting the young lady from tiie buggy the father set upon him and gave him a severe drubbing. Mr. Ball was fined $3 and costs , amounting to about $9 , for the fun he had with his daughter's beau. Within a few days five small accidents have been reported nt Adams. Hugh Am- Ick and John Beesmer were thrown out of their wagons , Bcesmor being hurt on the head and Amlck dislocating his wrist. Will Annablo shot himself through the hand. Louis Tcnnant was badly scratched by being crowded against a wire fence. Sim Anna- bio had his arm broken near the shoulder whllo trying to catch a horse. IOWA. Flro at Morning Sun destroyed the fine residence of the Elliott sisters. Waterloo will have a new broom factory with a capacity of 65,000 a year. S. P. Gable- has been mining since the 10th Inst. He was last see-n at Marshalltown. Traor contains 279 families and twenty-one dogs , according to the new enumeration. Burglars stole twenty-two pairs ot shoes from Richardson's shoe factory at Dubuque. A charter has been granted to the People's Savings bank of Woodbine , with a paid up capital ot $25,000. The Carroll school board Is experiencing Internal dissension. Two of the oldest mem bers bave resigned. W. F. Traverse has sued Fort Madison for $1,000 for Injuries received In driving oft an unguarded embankment. The annual missionary meeting of the Methodist churches In the Marshalltown sub- district will be held at Eldora Wednesday. The state census will show Dubuque's pop ulation to be between 42,000 and 43,000 , a gain ot 40 per cent since the federal census. H. L. French , formerly editor of the sensa tional paper , the Searchlight , at Des Molnes , has just completed his sentence at the state penitentiary for criminal libel. He Is studyIng - Ing for the ministry now and conducting evangelistic meetings In Des Molnes. Maud Strlngman , a little girl of Des Molnes , raised $14.35 which she cent to Editor Mur phy of the Vlnton Eagle for the Llnnle Hague-wood fund. The object of the fund Is to educate Llnnle Haguewood. who Is deaf , dumb and blind. She baa been a student at ( lit- IOWA College tor the Blind. She will bo sent to Boston. Twenty-six notices' of 't ipeals In criminal : ascs have been filed -wltli Attorney General Remlcy for the May term ot the supreme court. H Is not probibU , . however , that all of them will bo reached. Mrs. Peter Smith , rqiliflng near Danbury , attempted suicide by gashing her throat with a large butcher knlfeJ jBlio Is In a critical condition , with littleSopSof recovery. Men tal derangement causro thc act. Mrs. Barton Breach cf-Hopklnton attempted to commit suicide by i taking carbolic acid. She was discovered sirortiy after taking the poUon and a physlclakl was called ) . Hopes are entertained for her r.ecovery. The state Insane as'yliiiiis are being over run by pcoplo from othfr- states , mid those In charge have nskedUUlt attorney general what they can do. Ilo-replies that they should be sent to where'tHey came from. Tom Winger of Clorluda had a valuable mare taken sick. The veterinarians gave her up to die , and then Winger gave her to Wil liam Gibson , a colored man , to haul away. Qlbson hauled her home , cured her , and sold her back to Winger the next day for $10. Whllo workmen were removing a large rock near Grove Terrace bluff , Dubuque , they came upon a small cave which was alive with makes , nearly alt of the "rattler" variety. Over 100 ot the squirming reptiles were cut to pieces with the shovels of the workmen. Wallace Young of Jessup , In a playful mood , had a neighbor brought before the Insane commission to bo examined as to his sanity. The commission promptly discharged him. Mr. Comfort , the neighbor , sued Young for $2.000 for having him brought before the commission. The Jury awarded him $750. The 12-year-old son of Colonel A. D. Clark of Iowa Fulls was badly kicked by n colt , the blow striking the boy's face Just under the right eye , necessitating fourteen stitches be ing taken. The cut was a bad ono and will leave a scar , and was a narrow escape from fatal Injury , If not the loss ot eyesight. The meeting of the State Board of Health has been chanced from Tuesday , May 7 , to Wednesday , May 1. This Is the annual meeting and the change Is made on account of the trial of the case of the Keokuk Medi cal college against the board to compel It to recognize the college. That trial comes on May C , and the members of the board arc required to be present. The State Board ot Medical Examiners will meet at the same time as the Board of Health , but the medical examination will not be held until May 14. SOUTH DAKOTA. The state convention of the Christian churches of South Dakota will be held at Abardecn June 19. A good quality of asbestos has been found In the southern Hills by Dr. M'Gllllcuddy and Prof. Smith. It Is In largo deposits and will be developed. The Turner societies of the upper Missouri district met at Sioux Falls and decided to organize turnvcrelns at Huron , Aberdeen , Waterlown , Mitchell and Eureka. The jury In the now famous "horse case" at Deadwood could not come to an agreement and has been discharged. Tills Jury has the distinction of having lost several meals and slept on the floor of the jury room over a case Involving a $10 horse. A teachers' Institute of more than ordinary Importance has been arranged to convene at Aberdeen about July 1. Instead of being local In Its character , It will be a normal pchool , open to all comers , and the course of In struction will bo In accordance with the most approved methods. The valuable property known as the Dead- broke , situated near Central City , owned by the Godfrey brothers nnd Nelson , will soon be again In full operation. ' The mine workIngs - Ings expose a vast body ot free milling ce ment ore , ranging frrfni ' $ C to $40 gold per ton. The present owners are the original locators caters , and have operated the mine for many years with profitable results. A. Mcnnonlto colony , sixteen miles south- cast of Parkston , hadv.a etyse call from poi soning recently. Some . of the men had caught a mess of fish , -and had prepared them for their Sunday ( dinner , and the cook took several plecesiand put poison In them for rats , laying , them aside. As Is Uio custom of the coloity , they changed % .ooks one Sunday , and the new cook , seeing the meat , gathered It up hnd put It with the rest of the fish for dinner ; 'But fortunately the other cook noticed t&e poisoned meat was gone and mnde.jlhqulrleB.i piece of the cooked.fish , , was-Bjv.ehj to , a" dog , and In five minutes It was dead. COLOl&DO. Portland earnings for March are estimated at the round sum ot $100,000. The Belle of Granite is shipping twenty- ounce gold ore to the Leadvlllo smelters , A ten-Inch vcl'n of gold and silver has been opened by cross-cut on the Durango Dude. A fine body of ore has been opened up In the Augusta In the Elk mountain district. The. metallic extraction works nt Florence are nearly completed. Operations will begin about May 1. Assays from the Gold Nugget mine. In Magglo gulch , nt Sllverton , gave forty ounces gold and 108 ounces silver. A bunch of stock cattle over a mile and a half long passed through Montrose the other day on their way to the Squaw hill range. There are now seventy-eight steam holsters fourteen mills and ono samp Ing mill In oper ation and one in course of construction In the Cripple Creek dlslr'ct. The dairymen In the vicinity of Brighton organized a protective association under the name of the Brighton Dairymen's association , and will hereafter hang together for their mutual good. Another concentrating mill will bo erected on the East Willow creek , Creede , to treat the ore from the Solomon mine , which has a five foot vein of ore assaying 20 per cent lead and 30 per cent zinc. A colored man by the name of Green has struck It rich almost from the grass roots In a lease on the Cl'.inax on Squaw hill , about a quarter of a mlle from Victor. A shipment to the sampling works ran $123 a ton In gold. Hill Bros. , who have a two years' lease on the Bonanza King , on Gold hill near Colorado Springs , recently struck a six-Inch Karn of talc , which runs $1,400 to the ton. They also havea two-foot vein of ere running $150 to the ton. L. D. Clearer , a well known prospector , re turned from Alhambra district , where he has spent two months prospecting. He has a number of samples which show gold by pan ning assays therefrom showing from $3 to $2Y.CO per ton. It Is reported that the Sprlngdale Gold Min ing and Milling company has struck a nice- body of yellow copper Iron orei In Its gold standard shaft In Pine Cree-k , In Gilpln county , at a depth of about thirty feet. The vein Is eighteen Inches wide and looks very promising. Ths Smith anthracite- mine , four ml'ej north of Crested Butte , which employs over 100 men , and which la own d by the Colorado Iron and Fuel company , has bwn closed down. This mlno Is closed a few weeks of t-ach year for repairs. However , the closedown this spilng Is Indefinite. The reported rich strike In the Mollle- Gib son mine , published In .some of the state pa- pew , cannot be corroborated In Aspen. For sometime past considerable djvelopmcnt work has been done and favorably indications of ore In places In the lower levels , wcrj encountered. However , no rich strikeu of recent date have been rnadD public. For the last two weeks ( he town ot Elbert has been all excitement over the gold dlscov- crlcj made recently orf Llpscomb hill. The climax was reached when "Abe Herr brought Into town ere which will'run $ SO per ton. Indications hero are good and plentiful and Elbert bids fair to bo d second Cripple Creek In the near future. WYOMTNp. Attorney F. II. Harvey has commenced suit against Converse couu'ty for over $3,000 bounty on wolves wjilch , the county com missioners have refusp .tq pay. Bart Blssacca of Beulah.jWyo. , will shortly leave for the Big Horn country , where he has had a man working far four years , who has lately struck a rich vein of ore which assays $7SO per ton In gold. The Billings Times Is authority for the statement that a school bouse , planing mill , water works and an electric system are to be built at Crow agency this summer at an expense of $40,000. The grand lodge for this jurisdiction of the Ancient Order of United Workmen will meet at Park City on the 15th of next Month. Out of a total membership of 2,944 In the Jurisdiction , Wyoming has 842 , Idaho 45S and Utah 1,644. The Standard Cattle company has a car load ot dogs at Moorcroft ready to put In the Held to exterminate the wolve * . says the Sundance Gazette. Wiley Delashmut will bave clia'ge ot a wagon and te/eral m.n , who , with tbo assistance of the dogs , will mate rially decrease the number ot wolves In tint vicinity. U Is estimated that 450,000 head ot tlicop will be sheared at Casper , CO.OOO hcnd Rt Badger , 40,000 head at Lost Cabin nnd 30,000 head at Johnstown. The wool will all bo marketed at Caspar. R. G , Magor's townslto at Baggs , ncnr Rnwllns , Is being surveyed. The cngltisor Is pushing the work as rapidly as possible. Baggs will bo the key to the Snake river country and the Four-Mile placers. John Fluman has discovered a bed ot natu ral soap up about the head ot Rock Creek. The substance IB about the consistency of the old home made lye and grease soap , snya the Buffalo Voice. It lathers In water and cer tainly cuts the dirt as well as any soap we have over Been. 'The people who have settled In Wyo ming , " says State Senator Foote of Buffalo , "havo not got beyond the scratching process yet. The Big Horn basin Is capable- rais ing everything within Its limits. We got first ? rlze at the World's fair for the cereals raised there , but besides ; this It is one ot the moat nourishing pasture quarters In the west. AVe have coal and mineral In abundance nnd my opinion Is that there Is a magnificent future In store for that section. The man who goes In there and tries to sec what Is stored , will not have long to wall for his reward. " OREGON. Tlllamook claims 4,500 people. Salem Is raising money to give as subsidies to new manufactories. Salem Is building another cannery to handle this season's small fruit. Representative Al Lyle Is In Polk county buying cattle for his Crook county ranch. The Homer carries 400 to COO tons ot Coos bay coal every trip from Marshficld to San Francisco. The Bonanza mine has just sent a clean-up of $3.500 to Baker City. The total for March Is $7.GOO. More and richer ere than ever Is In sight. A rough estlmato ot the strawberry crop In Multnomah , Marlon , Clackamas , Wasco , Uma- tllla and Union counties Indicates a probable output of not less than 5,000.000 pounds. Persons coming Into Baker City from the Virtue mine confirm the report of a rich strike In the Virtue , and say that the gold nuggets taken out ranged In value from $100 to $ SOO , with , of course , smaller plecey. The Southern Pacific has a pile-driver at work at Newberg driving some eighty foot plies , preparatory to putting In a new 100- foot span across Chelhaloni creek. Some of the timbers In this span measure 112 feet In length. Thirty slieep shearers will bo employed at the Cunningham sheep ranch In Umatllla county this season. It Is expected the total clip will reach 300,000 poundy. The sheep to bo shorn number " 0,000 , and ore In prime con dition. McKlnley Mitchell of Gervals has shipped eighty cars of potatoes slnee-tho season be gan , and he estimates that 150 car loads have been sent from Gervais and vicinity , both by rail and steamer , as many are delivered on the river bank , six and ten miles distant. Three men left Pendleton In charge of ten car loads of lambs. Of the 8,000 sheep fed by them during the winter , 2,200 remain un marketed. With the exception of the last shipment , all ot the sales have been made to the Sound. The cost of fattening the lambs with wheat at 40 or 50 cents per 100 la estimated at $1.25 or more per head. D. R. Dale has arrived at Coos Bay , and comes prepared to develop the coal property on Isthmus slough , in which he Is Interested. A oOO-foot tunnel will be run Into the vein at once. A shipment of Iron to fully prepare for the work was received a few days ago , and It Is fully expected that the owners will bo ready to begin shipments of coal In large quantities during the present summer. Polk county now has almost as many goats as sheep. Out near Wllllamina , William Savage and son , Buford Stone nnd Allen Yocom have at least COO ; John Stump , west of Monmouth , has In the neighborhood of 200 , and many others hnvo bands of from twenty to seventy-five. Goats are Just now extra good property , for they will shear from three to five pounds of mohair , which brings about 20 cents a pound. Henry F. Pierce Informs the East Oro- gonlan that rents for the reservation lands have materially decreased since last year. Prices per acre formerly prevailing ranged from $1 to $1.50. This spring they are from 50 cents to ? 1 for the same lands. Many ranchers have leased lands at a maximum of C5 cents per acre. Although the land goes slowly , Mr. Pierce thinks all available will be rented before the close of the present season. At prices now ruling farmers can lease lands for wheat raising at cheaper prices than would bo represented by Interest nnd taxes on land at nominal rates. WASHINGTON. Castle Rock's big ten-block shingle mill has started up again , and the town Is happy. Dr. Blalock , the Walla Walla pornologlst , has 360 acres In orchard , with 57,000 fruit trees. Nearly all are In bearing. The Blewett mines and mill In the Peshastln district have been leased by former employes of the mining company , and will be started up about May 1. Ono of the largest shipments of apple trees ever sent from Walla Walla were shipped Friday for Spokane. There were over 20.000 , and all for one man , who Is putting out an orchard up there. During the past fourteen months the people's party In Washington has distributed 60,000 copies of a pamphlet giving the full text ot the Initiative and referendum. Of this number 10,000 was In the Gor.T.nn lan guage. During the month of March there wore shipped east from the North Yaklma station thirty-seven carloads of potatoes , aggregat ing 1,174,610 pounds. The shipments this month will be much greater than last , and higher prices will bo received. Fred Drew , who Is probably the best known log buyer on Puget sound , visited Lake Whatcom , and bought 1,500,000 feet of logs for the Puget Sound Mill company , at Port Gamble. One-half will bo delivered immediately , and the balance bo received May 1. The citizens of Wlnlock have Just finished raising money enough to build a plank road from that town to Cowlltz postofllce. The contract for furnishing the lumber was let on Monday night to the Prescott & Veness mill , which will furnish 750,000 feet at $4 per thousand. MISCELLANEOUS. Strawberries are selling In Pomona for 10 cents a box. There are estimated to be 10,000 bicycles In Los Angeles city , representing a cash out lay of $800,000. Riverside county In California has fruit trees planted lost spring which are now blooming vigorously. A contract has been slgnged for the Imme diate Irrigation of 43,000 acres In the Linda Vista district at San Diego. The Hlttson Gold and Silver Mining com pany has been Incorporated at Santa Fa to mine In Mexico , In the state of Chihuahua. Recent telegrams from Central Arizona an nounce dry weather and great scarcity of feed. Heavy losses of sheep and cattle are to bu expacted before long unless rain -comes. J. H. Erlckson , prospecting near MllfoH , Utah , has discovered a rich vein of gold. About two feet of the vein assays $250 to the ton , while six Inches ot the vein runs over $30,000 per ton. Several fruit growers near Orange , Cali fornia , have recently put In grape fruit or pomelo trees. Tills fruit Is In great demand In the pastern market , having In some In stances brought as high as $10 a box. W. H. Clark , the Montana mining million aire , has erected reduction worku at Butte , Mont. , which cost $150,000. Ho claims that all gold ores , except tellunlum , are free , and that the new mill can treat them success fully. The latest reliable Information In regard to the Desert Queen mine , says the Banning , California Herald , Is to the effect that the seven tons of ere which have been , milled yielded ninety-seven ounces of gold. This Is an average of over $240 per ton. A number of Santa Maria farmers are going to try mustard raising this season , Elmer Hall of Lompoc will seed 100 acres for hlm- lelf on his Lompoc ranch , and In addition has contracts for putting In 1.200 acres In Los Alamos valley for other parties. An Alameda boy's April fool Joke had an ending that was not a joke for him. He told his father that his school teacher had tied him to a chair and whipped him brutally , whereupon the father had the teacher ar rested. At the trial the boy testified that he was April fooling the old man , and the teacher was discharged upon condition that he giro the boy a good flogging , which he did. ON 'FRISCO'S ' WATER FRONT Quaint Bits of Cosmopolitan. Lifo Innido tbo Golden Onto. SUPERIORITY OF THE OCCIDENTAL PORT The Fleet , tliu Skipper * nnd the Jolly Jno Tnr "JI'Ulliii ; the Jib nntt Spinning- Yarns" Convenience * of tltc Compartment Ship. SAN FRANCISCO , March 23. ( Correspond ence of The Bee. ) In the character ct Us commerce San Francisco harbor Is the most cosmopolitan of any on the coast line of the American continent. It Is nlso the grandest. H Is the testimony of veteran shlpmcn that for natural and artificial dock and roadstead privileges , convenient for M&sels and con signor ; , the possibilities of San Francisco bay are exceeded by no quarter of the globe ever visited by them lu long years of cruis ing. ing.Tho The contrast between the broad , peaceful waters separating San Francisco and Oak land , and those narrow , "pent up Utlcas" along the North and East rivers , New York , where for lack of sea room vessels are jammed , tugs sunk and ferry boats Im perilled In the course of dally business , Is largely In favor of the Occidental port lu the eyes of mariners , youthful or ancient. But It Is the cosmopolitan aspect of the shipping and crews that attracts the atten tion of world trotters when visiting San Francisco. Even the local Ihhlng smacks , these early marine birds that dart out from the wharfs In the mist of early morning , take on tropical effects In their dusky , lantcsn sails , a rig In sharp contrast to that of the heavy catboats of eastern ports , or tiie small sloops of the Astoria fish'ng ' ground. Here the Clyde-b'illt English ship , with grace ful lines cf bow , run and quarter , accentu ates the heaviness of the "apple-bowed , " wide-beamed lumber traders from Maine. If this sounds unpatriotic , remember there are berthed along here Amcrlcan-bullt Ori ental traders fully as trim nnd beautiful as their English cousins , and several degrees neater In their Internal economy. Moored In the slips arc huge iron grain vessels , each with capacity sudlclent to make a large hole In the contents of a mammoth wheat elevator. Indian , Japan and Chinese traders , flagged by various nationalities , are hcnd by head with whalers , colliers and seal ers. Some of the latter are from Alaskan banks ; others from Japanese waters. In San Francisco Mercantile Jack can find n comrade from almost any port In the world. NAUTICAL TERMS AND DETAILS. To the land lubber the word "ship" em braces everything afloat from a pile- driver tea a $1,000,000 United States cruiser. Little docs ho appreciate the significance of nautical details or the Import of nautical language. He knows that a racing yacht under topsail nnd spinnaker looks "pretty ; " that a line steamer sets a fair table d'hote , nnd thai a holiday sailor wears wldo pantaloons. At this point ho has "played the limit , " nnd thereafter drops Into the doldrums of sllcnco. To W. Clark Russell and his admirers , however , the ship and all that Is In her and of her communicate Ideas and awaken fields of thought as wide as the ocean she dares and conquers. Every spar , block , sheet , halliard , brace , ratlin and scupper-nail Is familiar. The ship , brig , bark , brlgatlne and schooner each has a story peculiar to itself , and their various merits or demerits are all familiar and readily estimated. Each towering fabric Is , to a sailor's eye , unique and a thing apart. Vessels are not built from arbitrary patterns , like a case of boots. They talk of sister ships. It Is true stcJl nnd Iron ships have been constructed In duplicate , but when we come to wooden bottoms toms It Is doubtful If twins can be put up In the same shipyard so nearly resembling each other as to deceive nn experienced eye. There will surely b3 something In the shape , the shear , the run , the "tumble In , " the rake of the spars , the cant ot the bowsprit , "set" on the- water , or , perhaps , In the sall- | ng-tho ; ability of-one to-hang cloaer on the wind or go "freer" .than the'other , something which Jack will tell you truthfully makes a wide- distinction between the two. These who love the sea will love ships. And the man who Is In touch with sailing craft will pass a delightful morning along the water front of San Francisco. Going from wharf to wharf Is sometimes like step ping Into successive atmospheres. He leaves a colony of Englishmen and Joins a group of Norwegian tars. He drifts from a crew of gesticulating Italians to a company of equally animated Frenchmen. Looking out toward the Faralones , he may welcome the coming , speed the parting ship. The man who cannot In his heart congratulate a crew of bronze-faced sailors as they step down on to California soil from a four months' voyage ago around the Horn has , Indeed , a small fund of the milk of human kindness nnd Is barren of Imagination. But their brother shlpmen can alone , In fancy , track their course , follow them through Atlantic gales and tropical typhoons , spicy land breeze * and welcome trade winds. They can live over again the scenes through which their comrades have recently passed , appreciate the dangers , enjoy the pleasure and condole the common hardships Incidental to every extended voyage. AVHEN TIIE FOG LIFTS. When the fog lifts , simultaneously with the lifting of the sun over the eastern ridges , It Is good to be on the docks and to watch the marine Interests of San Francisco awaken. The fish boats have departed toward tht Golden Gate like a flock of gulls flying low on the water. Thin veins of smoke rise from hundreds of cooks' galleys on hundreds of crafts. Long wharves , soon to teem with drays , carts , trucks and wagons , are now deserted , save by an occasional sanguine fisher , who may or may not hook a tomcod or two for his breakfast. Back on the dusty street facing the harbor the long row of saloons , barrel houses and doggeries begins to shed Its shutters. Front doors are thrown open and heaps of beer- soaked sawdust thrown out. Phantom forms of early morning "nippers , " feverlsJi with a great thirst , steal out of the mist and dart eagerly Into the saloons. In the vicinity of Uio lumber district there Is an Invigorating aroma of fir and balsam on the air. It Is grateful to the lungs of the morning stroller ) h9 drinks It with pleasure. The effect Is rather more beneficial than the ono sought by the early "nipper. " Energetic tug skippers , by some hypnotic Intuition possibly through the moro prosaic method of consulting a list of probable ar rivals conceive the Idea , that some Incom ing vessel Is waiting outside , and , accord ingly steam toward the bar. It's the ear'y tug that gets the tow. The morning hours also witness the greater percentage of ar rivals of steam and calling vessels , coastwise or foreign. If the weather Is thick they carefully feel their way In silent obscurity past Point Lobos , and only become vlslb'e when near or abreast of Alcatraz. Custom house and quarantine officers halt the for eigners ; the coasters more on to slips or anchorages unmolested. Had Coleridge's Wedding Guest loved ships be would never have beaten his breast so savagely when held by the hypnot'o ' In fluence of the Ancient Mariner's glittering eye. To coin an Irish bull , the wedding was none of his funeral , and the story told by the salty ancient was well worthy his attention , since It has coma to bo recognized as a pearl among the classics. Still , It Is pure mysticism , and In sharp contrast to that other hybcrbollcal tale of that other elderly naval man , "weedy and long , " who piped his rheumy eye whllo unblushlngly asserting that he was : "A cook and a captain bold , The mate of the Nancy brig ; A bos'un tight , and a midship mite. And the crow of the captain's gig. " SPINNING YARNS. For this reason the mystical yarn of the Ancient Mariner Is not so popular with the masses as the strange adventures of the A SPECIALTY GRASS BVIILLET AND CANE CLOVER. J. Gr. S 1(00-1403 Union Are. . Kiniai City. Ma cldorly nnvul liar , The one In high tragedy , the other fares-comedy. Indeed , the pcopld nro numerous who enjoy n well to'.d Ho bettor than the IMS sensational cpltodos at prosaic truth. But those Mho go down to tha sea In ihlp often como up with mar * vvlous storlps of Its myrtcrlei. Ponlbly this Is accounted for by the fact that It 1st considered conventional for tars to lie to landlubbers. Then , too , the advantages nro nil with the mendacious sailor. Scones at their startling mliadvcnturcs nro leagues and leagues away. Rebutting testimony Is not convenient. Invite nn American , English or Irish mari ner to "bowse his jib" nt n neighboring bar. Hu wilt return the compliment by spinning a BC.I yarn bristling with Incongruities , and wind up by selling you'a parrot or n monkey. Critics have carped nt Clnrk Husscll for ex aggeration In laying so much stress on rows on shipboard over n inior quality of food. Yet only a few days since n Bcaler from Japanese waters came Into San Francisco with an entirely new crew , ths one with which she left port having mutinied right among the best sealing grounds on account of the quality of doughnuts purveyed by the cook. The mutineers were Japs , and the captain , having Irotud them , had i-omo trouble In getting the men off his hands at Yokohama , where he was obliged to put In to secure a less fastidious crew. THE TALES THEY TOLD. The Morning Stroller Is moved to mldross a group of sailors concerning the practica bility of watertight compartments , or bulk heads. The .Morning Stroller has heard much lay testimony In re Mich modern Improve ments In naval architecture for conserving safety at sea. Ho angles for n little expert evidence. "Wall , " volunteers n wls ? looking , weather worn tar , with the faintest sign of a twlnklo In the tall of his eye , "there's no denyln' the p'lnt , they're ft good thing. They saves the lives of the lads In the fo'csle , as well as the people In the aft house. I remembers onct I was In the South Pacific In the brig Luddy Laurie , bound for Chinese ports. I raised ono ot them big bulkhead Ilia steamers about three points on our weather bow. She was headed for us an' along about eight bolls wo wprn't moron' n mild apart , an * Jiat about that time we struck Into a school of whales. They was the tam est an' playfullest llsh I ever tool. But tlicro wern't none of us prepared for \\hat hap pened right nforo our eyes. Them whales was a blowln' an' soundln' nil around us everywhere , an1 our skipper was tryln' to make out the stenmer through n glass. Suddlnt he cried out , an' although It warn't okltett , I axed him what was up , but he boomed mo oft with the telescope , an' sung out for the first mate. Wall , sir , you may stow my tongue an' put stoppers on It It ono of them whales didn't breach r.ght under the steamer , 'bout 'midships , an' the next thing wo seed she was In four pieces , bobbing nroun' on the Fouth Pacific ocean Ilka four big corks. You tee , sir , she was mndo In four water-tight compart ments , an' the compartments was hinged to gether so'sl that when the whale rose under her the water-tight boxes Jlst naturally be came unhooked from each other , an' parted. Our skipper hove to Immcjlatuly , ordered all the boats lowered an' the bulk ot the crow over the side , but when we'd pulled up to the starn , or the box that had bin In the starn of the steamer , her captain cursed us for a lot of loblolly Kanakas , an" tolil us to sheer off. an' bo d d to us.- Wo give him back as good guff as ho sent an' pulled homo to our brig , but wo hadn't much more'n wore arotin' on to our tack agin' afore wo seed the steamer's crow In their boats , towln' the four boxes to gether , hookln' 'em up an" spllcin' the pro peller shaft , which I forgot to mention had bin snapped short off when the bulkheads fell apart. Yes , sir , these 'ero modern Im provements In sallln' craft bo big things , an" no mistake. " AN ACCOMPLICE. "He's dead right about that , " Interpolates another tar , hoisting his cud Into the upper part of his cheek , the action accompanied by an aillrmatory nod of approval nt his companion. "Bulkheads Is n great lifesaving ing Invention. I remembers the day as It It was only last week that the fcteatncr Es- mcralda was cut In two oft Tononffo. I was In her as bos'un's mate at the tlmo. She was ono of them safety compartment ships. There had been bad blood between the cap'n and first officer for quite a spell , and at last it got eo they couldn't say anything respectful to each other nohow. They'd keep as far apart as possible , too , and when ever the cap'n was on the quarterdeck the first officer would be somewhere hovering In the neighborhood of the fore peak. Yarns was a-going around the fore'slo ns ho\\- the first officer was Jealous of the cnp'n , and wanted to rank him with the ship's owners. Howsomever that may be , they alltis had n. monkey and parrot tlmo every v'ygc. "One day the Esmornlda fell in with a British cruiser , n big steel hulk that seemed to bo maneuvering and cutting up shines to show off her seamanship , 'parently , and the first thing we knowcd she was afoul of us , full head , cutting the Esmernldn , In two Just abaft the mainmast ns slick as cheese. It so happened that the spot was Just where two of the bulkheads Jlned. Weil , there wo was , the two halves of us , the mate on the bow and the cap'n on thestarn half , both cursing the British cruiser and eacli other alternately. I was with the first offi cer for'd. The cap'n had about half the crew with him on the after part of the ship. The Ksmcralda's engine was In duplicate , with an ' extra'propella wheel stowed for'd. She was four sparred , and no sooner did the cap'n see what the matter was and fully reallzo his position than he bawled out orders to sling the mlzzen boom for'd and lash It up for a bowsprit so'st he could keep sotno head sail on her. "Then the first officer sings out to the cap'n through a speaking trumpet as how he'd long wanted to command the Esmeralda , that he had a chance at half of her now , nt any rate , and he'd bo rammed , slammed. Jammed and d d If ho didn't sail his halt Into Glbralta ahead of the cap'n. The ) cap'n took things middling cool , and after he'd got his mlzzen sail for'd for n Jib , he crowded all the rag possible on her , started up his engine and showed us his heels. The first officer shipped the spare propeller , rigged up a spar for a rudder , carried on everything alow and aloft , and being as how he had the bow end , which was sharper , ho gained on the cap'n nnd you may cut mo Into fish bait If ho didn't carry us Into Glbralta ahead of the cap'n , and when the two halves cf the steamer were hooked together again by the owners ho got the command of her. Yes , I myself think them bulkhead steamers are just the bafest and handiest craft afloat. " As these two generous liars bestow on each other a wink , back out of the group , and ascend the tall , black sides of an adjacent ship , the ears of the Morning Stroller nro pleasured by the plunkety plunk of an In visible banjo ringing the notes of a merry hornpipe. The player Is discovered on Mis sion street wharf , and two of Uncle Sam's blue jackets who have spent a night on shore and are not yet satiated with town delights are footing It to each other In a lively "spiel. " The Morning Stroller Is re minded of a certain nautical chorus written by one who well loved the sen and the men who man Its traders and flag defenders : "Then It's beol nnd toe to the tuneful bow , And It's nil to light imd breezy ; Then's many a dunce In Spain nnd Franco , But the hornpipe beats 'cm easy. " RICHARD F. STEELE. Miss Delia Steven * , nt Boston , Mass. , writes : I hayo always sintered from hereditary Hcrofula. I ttled various remedies , and many reliable pby > Blcians , but none re- lleed me. 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