THE OMAHA DATIiY ME : MONDAY , JANUARY 27 1890. Ira Pulse of Western Progress. The j nr 1895 was the greatest cattle year Mont/inn has had , so far as total receipts from sale * arc oo.icorncil. Rovlted flg'ires of tli n liuilnws done ( liir'ng llio yiir , prepared In the ofTlco of the Montana Hoard of SlocJc CommlbS'lrvneri , give the total receipts at $11- 03Sr..10. This exccols the next hlgh5J t year , ISO ! , by nearly $1,000,000 , says the Billings Recorder. Tha secretary of the board has handled during the year on account of strayn $17 ! > ,721. The shipments of cattle during the ycvir 1S95 agsregaltd 240,400 he-ad , the fclaugh- Icr for home consumption being about CO.OOO head , making the total output 306,460 head. The average price fcr Ilia year was a trifle over ? 30 per head. Thus It' will be reen tliat the catllo Industry brought mor ( < than $11- 000,000 Into Montana during 1895. The > re port of llio "tatei veterinarian shows there wore brought Into Montana In 1895 70,005 head of cattle , Referring to the new bounty law , the com missioner's report Bays It Is the > most bene ficial law for the piotcctlon ot the stock In terests cvfr enacted In Montana , Wolves are fast disappearing , and on fome slopjs. are becoming scarce. The report saya It Is a question of a few years when the wolves will be wiped out , Whllo feed I * reported kliort on almott nil of the ranges , cattle- are In good condition. Up to this time the winter lias been an Ideal one for range cattle. As to Bhlpmcnta nc.xb season , they will not ba far behind the past year. Some of the big ship- pern who did not sell In 1893 will sell In 1S96 , tf > that the uvcrago will be maintained , HIGH PLACERS NBAU BLA1NB. Gcoreo Webber , a United States customs Inspector , tells of a great excitement among the people at lllalno. Wash. , and across the British Columbia line ovnr a "gold find. " Mr. Webber's tory sounds lllto a tale of fic tion , and whlln tlicre Is nothlnc romantic about It , there tire exciting suggestlona of wealth to bu gotten frcm the earth. Mr. Webber says tbat a rancher named James Ooodfollow , who-io acquaintance the Inspector made while on duty at Point Roberts , came to Dlalno and asked him to return to Point Roberts with him and pass an opinion on what Goodftflow. considered gold In the sand and dirt In the hills In the neighborhood of the canneries of the Alaska Packers' asso ciation. Mr. Webber , who waa at first skep tical , having had a number of years' prac tical experience as a , miner , at last con sented , and hiring a team , accompanied by Goodfollow , made the fourtccn-mllo drive to Point Roberts. Ho procured a pan and went to the hills , directed by the excited rancher. Goodfellow pointed out the place where ho bad first mada his dlyc6vorlcs , and Mr. Web ber , scooping up a pan of the dirt , went tea a creek near the place and began washing It. The flrs3 thing after the toll and tmrfaco dirt had been removed was a black sand lying at the bottom of the pan. After this had been washed out Mr. Webber states he could hardly btflove his eyes , for the bsttom ot the pan was covered with shot gold. Hav ing In mind several "silting" propositions , Mr. Webber again took up a pan of earth at a considerable distance from the place where Gaodfollow claimed to have made his discoveries. This second pan was oven more prolific of the yellow metal than the first , and upon convincing himself that Goodfellow had told the truth , ho Jumped Into hlo buggy and as fast as possible made for Blalnc , from which T/-aca ho proceeded to Whatcom , where ho recorded two mining : claims and then returned to Point Roberta In the meantime Goodfellow , who Is not a cltlzqn of the United States , had started- his son to Whatcom to take out his naturalization papers In order to be able to nio upon claims far himself. When passing through Dlalno young Good- fellow told the story and In less than half an hour half the population of that town was on Its way to the now Eldorado. "Not only Is IJlalne represented In the mines , " said Mr. Webber , "but the majority 'of the men from Ladner's Landing , across the British Columbia border , are pouring acroso and panning out the dirt of the Point Roberts hills. " SANTA FE EXTENSOINS. Unless all plans anil preparations ore abandoned , the Santa Fe Railroad company will do more railroad building In California In the present year than It has done alto gether In the last eight years , says the San Francisco Examiner. Slnco the recent reorganization of the Santa Fo system , some 100 miles of new railroad In southern California has been decided upon by that company. For the past year the Southern Pacific company has "been " extending Us line Into the heart of the most prosperous orange growing portion of the state , and now the Santa Fo company la not losing any time In following close upon the Southern Pacific In the construc tion of feeders to the Santa Fe system In the same territory. The work of building the Pomona and Elslnoro.railroad toy the Santa Fe company will bo bfgun In less than twenty days. Sur veyors are now In the field and over fifty condemnation suits have been begun In Rlver- olde county. Santa Fo officers say they have ample means on hand and are now going to do In railroad work what they have long planned. The Pomona and Elslnoro branch will bo run from near North Pomona station on the main Santa Fo road southward through Po mona valley to the boot sugar town of Chlno , thence to the Riverside line of the Santa Fo company and oa to Elslnoro , whore there Is a rich mineral deposit , and where a large area of very valuable pottery clay has been slight ly worked- since last November. GOLD AT CORK'S INLET. "I have never known a country to come forward BO rapidly as Alaska , " said E. A. Gardner of the Cook'o Inlet Mining , Trading and Transportation company to a Tocoma Leader reporter. Mr. Gardner spent last summer In western Alaska , establishing trad ing posts for his cor.ipaiiy , and Is now on the zound for the winter. He will go back to western Alaska in the spring. "While north last peanon. " Mr. Gardner continued , "I mode thorough Investigations of the mineral resources .of that country , ns well as of the opportunities for selling goods. From what I learned I am convinced that the territory of Alaska and especially the undeveloped region about Cook's Inlet and to the westward Is marvelousrich. ! . It Is a fact little known that the Alaska Commer cial company la now and has been for a long tlmo operating a mine on Unga Island , the output at which Is $60,000 a month. The f output Is shipped monthly to San Francisco by the company's steamers. A large stamp mill on the Island reduce * the ore. The . ' whole Island has been prospected and PEN PICTURES PLEASANTLY PUT. IMUVIIIGISS They can sit down In the coldest VonthiT ami thulr foot will not RO to Bleep nor not cold If tln > y are provided \vltU those celi'bratfd police shoes that wo sell for $ a.X ( ) to ifa.OO. Kverybody uska1.00 and ? r .00 for boots no better than our $2.50 and & 1.00 Kind that are water proof .sheep lined. Heavy cloth bootn beaver and flannel lined and double sok'd-at if-.W ) and $3.00. f Drexel Shoe Co. , 1419 Farnam claimed , and Is rich In free rattlingore. . The same conditions exist on the other Islands In the vicinity. They abound In rich , free milling ore , offering splendid profits for mining. My Information. Is gathered largely from men cgagcd In the Industry and from Personal observation. These Islands nro about 200 miles to- the westward of Cook's Inlet. 1 took tip a claim cf my own In this vicinity on Whale Island , nnd In loss than three hours , with three men , I one d y wanhcd out $3S of gold , "Tho Cook's Inlet country Is prac tically unexplored , but enough has already boon discovered to prove It rich be yond compare. The men who left the Inlet before July 15 last left discouraged. They did not remain until the storm * had abated and the streams subsided. The men who rcniAlncd until conditions allowed them to prospect , without one exception , did well. Their success was almost phenomenal. Not a man failed to miltc good wages and a num ber came down with $3,000 or 11,000 to show for their season's work. On the Inlet most of the work has been done at Six Mile creek and Canyon creek , but Resurrection oreck at Turnagaln arm In the Inlet l "till good camp. No prospects have been made- on the other streams. " IN SEARCH OF BURIED GOLD. A largo party ot men are digging for hidden treasure In a canyon In Elyslan park , says aLes Los Angeles dispatch to the Sin Francisco Examiner. R. D Morris , nn American scout , Is nt the head of the compiny. The treasure they are after was burled by a wealthy Spaniard , Francisco Avlla , when Plo Pico waa governor. It Is will Uo accu mulated about 1100,000 In coin and Jewels , and , fearing bandits , decided to bury It , se lecting o canyon In what la miw the park. Ho pointed cut the spot one day to his wife , but omitted to tell her Itn exact loartlon , and died soon after. The only other person who knew the place was an Indian peon , who helped the Don conceal the treasure , which was packed In ten ollas. Singularly , the Indian died a day or two otter the expedition. Sonora Avlla had plenty of property , and It was some tlmo before she made any attempt to find the treasure , and then failed. She died after telling the story to a young girl , who , some time ago , Informed an Arizona miner of the matter , and ho tried unsuc cessfully to find the coin. Mr. Morris claims that he has derived positive Information and Is sure of success. His party has been working for six weeks and he has spent considerable money , but pegs away with perfect confidence. Ho Is not the only treasure seeker here. Adolph D. Rtllman Is a funny little man here , who Is confident that he knows of a burled treasure of $200,000 In coin and $500- 000 In quartz. This treasure , ho says , was hidden In a cave near San Pedro forty-three years ago by his father. There were three men In the party , but two were killed by Mexicans , and the father died after telling his son the secret. The cave , ho says , has since fallen , burying the treasure. Rlllman has been here six months workIng - Ing on the matter , and nt last located the cave on the ranch of Mrs. Narbonne , four miles cast of San Pedro. While most people ple think he is deluded or a fakir , a number of old-timers say that there Is evidence that some such occurrence as he describes did take place about the time ho mentions near San Pedro. EXTENSIVE LINE. OF BOATS. The Yukon Transportation company Is the name chosen by an association of eastern capitalists who will operate freight and pas senger boats on the Yukon river and Its tributary streams and lakes , the entire run extending from Seattle to Circle City. The organizers are men of experience In various enterprises In Stlllwater , Minneapolis and Chicago , and the head ofilce of the new com pany will bo opened In Seattle on February 10 , sayo a Seattle dispatch to the San Fran cisco Examiner. Two lines will be operated , one for passen gers from Juneau. via .Linn canal , the Chll- koot pass and the upper lakes , and the other via the Yukon river , over the route usually token by miners to 'Circle City , over the di vide ( Chllkoot pass ) , a distance of twenty- eight miles.1. Refreshment and lodging sta tions will bo established at Intervals of from five to ten miles. Steam launches will bo put cii Lake Lindeman to the half-mile portage tage at the head of Lake Bennett. From this portage to Threo-mllo portage , at Miles canyon , about nine miles , a steamer will make dally trips. From Miles canyon to Sixty-mile * post. Forty-mile pest and Circle City two light-draft steamers will run. The construction of these boats Is now under contract. , The second line will operate from the mouth of the river and will bo used princi pally for freight. Ono large , four medlum- tzed ! and one small-sized steamer will bo put on this part of the river and will make at least ono trip this reason. It Is the Intention of tha company not to do any trading , and hcnco it will accept and handle all freight by whomsoever offered. ANOTHER COAST RAILROAD. The Vance Mill and Lumber company's rail road extension now being constructed from Mad river to Eureka , via Arcata , and Incor porated on January 3 as the Eureka & Klamatb River Railroad company , has re ceived Its first setback , says a Eureka spe cial to the San Francisco Chronicle. This io In the nature of an Injunction asked for by Its rival , the Arcata & Mad River railroad , owned by Korbel Bros , of San Franchco , to restrain llio new road from crossing their track. At the point where the now road crosses Mad river to the Arcata side the old load follows the river bank , and numerous tide tracks and switches are maintained there. The new road will cross thei'a tracks twice In a distance of 200 feet and again at a point on a Bleep grade on the old roid. The building of the new road Is being pushed rapidly , two crews being at work be tween Arcata and Mad river , working In op posite directions. It Is expected that the road will be complete : ! to Vance's mill at Samoa , opposite Eureka , by April of this year. Vance's big "biy steamer Antelope Is now being fitted up for ferry service between Eureka and Samoa , a distance of one mil ? . According to the articles of Incorporation the terminal will be Eureka. It la the plan to extend the road up the coast to the mouth of Klamath river , on the- Del Norto county lino. Branches will be run from the main line to the mills and towns on Mad river , be yond Arcata , now tapped by th * Aicata & Mad River railroad , and still another branch Is contemplated to connect Arcata and Eureka by a road around the opposite side ot the bay from the Samoa route. The capital stock of the road , which has been fully subscribed by the Vancea exclu- WUIHH.VGS To coino off In the near futnra tlmt will bo pulnsantly remembered jwrtlc- ulnrly because of the nbsciii'o of pickle castors , butter knives and American cut { 'lass lu many duplications-ami because - cause of the artistic tone of the pres ents u duplication of which Is almost Impossible. The flne water colors , for Instance handsomely framed Unit wo have especially arranged for tlu-so wed dings are , In point of price , the equal of the plcklu castor , but far superior as a lusting moincnto. A. Hospe , jr , Music end 4rr. 1613 Douglas St slvely , Is 1500,000 , ot which (60,000 ( has been paid up. NE\V IDAHO RAILWAY. Ocneral Manager Dickinson ot tha Union Pacific Is reported to have visited Llolso last week. The object ot lilt visit was to tiring Information to the committee ot Dolso busi ness men from the receivers concerning the proposed road from Nampa to Silver City and Delamar. The committee asked the re ceivers for terminal facilities , rates ot trans portation for construction material , etc. The rates fixed by the receivers was satisfactory to the committee , and after a few more de tails have been Attended to the work ot buildIng - Ing the road will be commenced , Tbo men who are back ot Iti are confident ot carrying out their plans. The statement that the Union Pacific Is back of the road Is without foundation , The Union Pacific will , how ever , RVO | the road every encouragement pos sible , the receivers having agreed on a policy of building up and fostering local business. The road , as proposed , will be one of the best feeders on the system. THE DAKOTAS. Five hundred thousand bushels of wheat have been marketed already this season , and 300,000 bushels are yet unsold. In Holctto county. Stokes Dros. struck a good flow ot water In an artesian well flvo miles northeast of Ilrltton , S. D. 200 gallons per minute. The success of this well assures a Joien more In this county soon , There are rumors tlmt the Milwaukee will extend Its line to Wesslngton Springs , sev enteen miles west of Woonsocket.'ca slngton Is the county seat of Jcrnuld county , with 250 population. U has one of the largest colleges In the state , and Is greatly In need of a road. The Dcadwood Term mlno has resumed payment of monthly dividends after a lapse of ten years. A body of blgh slllclous ere was recently found In the mine which had heretofore been thrown asldo aa waste rock becauseIt could not bo treated by the free milling process or stamp mills of the com pany , The free milling ere runs $4.50 per ton , whllo the now find goes from $40 to $50. Prof , Kaufman of Fargo , member of the faculty of the North Dakota Agricultural college - lego , gave a lengthy account of the dairy In dustry In that state before the South Dakota dairy convention held at Huron. North Da kota has twenty-eight creameries , and these factories last year made 300,000 pounds of butter nnd 350,000 pounds of cheese , as against 120,000 pounds of butter and 200,000 pcunds of cheese In 1894. Ono firm at Miller , S. D. . has shipped east this winter 1,000 Jack rabbits. Presuming that the other towns on this line of the Northwestern , Including Huron .and Plern > , have done as well , the total would be 10,000 rabbits. They have brought 10 cents apiece , which gives a grand total of $1,000 to those towns for this strictly Dakota product. It Is be lieved that the wolf pelts taken this winter In the same territory will not nearly the same amount. COLORADO. A dispatch from Creedo announces the dis covery of an eighteen Inch vein of ore on Rat Creek. There are said to be more than 1,000 or ganized mining companies In the Cripple Creek district. A number of discoveries of rich quartz are reported between the Freeland and Larmar- tlno mines , near Idaho Springs. These lodes are to be opened up at once. An Important strike on the Chesapeake , at Yankee Hill Is reported. An eighteen Inch streak Is aald to Jiavo teen reached which assays $100 to the ton. It Is smelting ore. The Newhouso tunnel In the Cripple Creek district has reached about 4,750 feet. It is being driven to reach the mines of Scaton Mountain , Russell Gulch and Ncvadavilto at a gre-jter depth and give them drainage and transportation , tlrtis saving holotlng and haul- Ing. The tunnel Is twelve ' fest high and wide. The uncovering of a clearly defined ten- Inch vein In the Midnight lode , an Inch and one-half streak of which assays $1,000 In gold per ton , and the vein matter three ounces gold , is the talk of the camp at Duena Vista , and has drawn many minors from Aspen to their properties In that locality. Another Important etrlko Is reported In Uio McQulety hill section , on the north side of South Llghtner. Ore samples were brought In from nn elghteen-lnch vein In the Little Annlo of a high grade gold character , con taining sliver and a precentago of lead. Pros pectors nnd miners at Durango attach great Importance to this discovery , the ore body of which has not alt been cut yet. A miner who Is operating on the new placer fields at Pallsido writes as follows : "In our new placer mining district , the Great ) Bonanza , four miles northwest of Palisade , the claims of Pawell , Stewart , Stannert and Batmi have she n well. They received an assay of $26.35 per ton. It a no trouble to show from fifty to 100 colors from two pounds of gravel and sand. Claims are being staked off very rapidly , and this camp will be > a gold producer In sixty days. Cabins are being erected and work will commence In great earnest soon. " WYOMING. A new coal mlno has been opened near Hllllard , Uinta county. Carper In to have a now 'business block of rtone , estimated to cost $25,000. Tlio citizens of Otto , Dig Horn county , are agitating the question of the establishment of a dally mall line from Casper to Meetcetso. Cosgrlff I3ros. , the sheppmon of Fort Steele , have commenced the construction of a bridge across the North Platte river at that point. A gold mining excitement has Just been started in Sheridan county over the reportoj discoveries on the Plney. The ere lu In a cement deposit similar to that at Bald moun tain. tain.Tho The Indians from the Pine Ridge agency have- been hunting during November and De cember and It IB estimated that they kllleJ nearly 1,000 head of deer In the north and eastern sections of Wyoming. The new "find" on Topoa- crock , within seven miles of Big Horn city , Is causing a great deal of excitement In the basin coun try. Prospectors are flocking in by the dozen and the entire country Is being located. A discovery of cement has been made In the Big Horn mountains , seven mlleo from Big Horn City. The deposit Is similar Ui appearance and character 'to ' the Bald moun tain cement and assays $30 to the ton. All work on the Cody ditch has been cloasd for the winter on account ot the mow and cold woathur. The company will Iteep a force of men at work In the mountains cut ting logs and building a now saw mill , with which to furnish themselves with lumber. Green river ID to have n ww mill , planing mill and sash and door factory , It Is the Intention of the promoters to cut the timber for use In tha mlCls from the largo forest en Upper Green river and float It down the river to the mills. Fifty thouaind dollars la to bo expended1 In the enterprise. A ! teamster has Just reached the city from North park and icports that a town site hau been laid out near the Red Hloplmnt claim In the Independence mountain district. Logs are being cut and hauled to build two hotels , two salmns and a livery barn. A number cf bouujs are being built , but the work U pro gressing slowly on account of the scarcity ot men In the cimp. Every man that cornea along Is hired and put to work on theeo buildings. Another town rlto Is to bo laid out In the same- district OB 800:1 aa men can bo procured to do the work. OREGON. A herd of cows Is said to ba starving to death at Seaside , Clatsop county , The Chronicle say * that for wool alone $600,000 was disbursed by The Dalles banks last cummer , R. D. Wilson killed two largo white cwans on Moss lake , near Oregon City , They meas ured eight and a half feet from tip to tip. Stock Inspector Turner of Harney county reports 110,000 sheep In the county , free from any disease , an Increase for the year of 31,525. Heel river bas been declared a public high way by the rounty commltslonera of Wasco. They will give any one tba right to float lumber , logs , telegraph poles , etc. , down th river. C. B. Trowbrldga of Grant county has a 3U-year-old half-Percherort horae that tips tbo hay scales at 1,840 pound * . The horoa never ate more than 200 pounds ot grain during Ms whole llfo , hl principal means of subsistence being the flno ptinchgruss on the hills and good ttttiothy buy and pure water from the mountain * Robert Wallers , who Jives on Dutch Flat , brought to The Dalles a bald eagle , which he caught In a trap./ The bird , which Is not yet full grown , mwuros seven feet from tip to tip. , ( On Ing to the mildness ot the winter , says the Prlnovllle RevleW , considerable stock has been driven to thc-ideaert to i-hllt for them selves. It Is reported that tbo stock on the desert Is In fair condition. The work on Astdrl.Vs water system Is nearly completed , saysi the Astorlan , All but sixty-four feet of the tunnel Is finished and the work thereon 'Is ' progressing at the rate of slxt cn feet ) a day. The Pacific Christian Advocate says that a ton of John Drown , lives In Salem , where ho has a little butcher shop In the eastern part ot fho city. He la G9 years old , and came to Oregon In 1SGG. He- was with bis father In Kansas In 1S65. A steam sawmill plant Is being put In on tbo mountain about five miles east ot the Redford Coast Forlc bridge In Linn county by J , I , Jones of Cottage Grove. A flume wfll be built from the mill to the railroad at IlMlford. A planing mill will be 'built nt the railroad and a lumber yard established. It Is estimated the flume will cost about $1,000 per tnllo nnd that $10,000 will bo required to place the plant In operation. WASHINGTON. A team In Chehalls and ono In Wlnlock have been playing whist by mall. The value of the ere shipped from Trail creek during 1S95 was nearly $1,000,000. The cost to the federal government of stocking Wlllapa harbor with oysters last year was $1,044. Only about 150,000 feet of logs were lost from the boom lit the Snohomlsh river during the recent freshet , nnd not 10,000,000 feet , as It is reported that largo quantities ot salmon are being taken from the Yaklma and Natchez rivers. In Washington. The fa vorite way of getting them Is with the spear. Richard Brown , a logger ot Jefferson county , will try the experiment ot using horses Instead of oxen In his camps. Mr. Brown already has orders for 16,000,000 feet of logs. The Bell Lumber company , capital $100,000 , has bought the Standard Lumber company's plant at Klrkland , end will move It to Ev er ott , putting up a new mill of 75,000 feet dally capacity. Wine making In the vineyards along the Columbia , In the vicinity ot Watervllle , wjll assume greater proportions this year than has before been attained by the vintage of the state , say grape growers who are watch ing the development of the river country. All Washlntonlans. are stuck on their state. It they don't see what they want , they go and find It. The latest discovery Is a gum ar.tblc mine , which the Spokane Chronicle says has been discovered In that largo country known as eastern Washington. A logging deal has recently bean consum mated betwean the St. Paul & Tacoma Lum ber company and McDougall & Jackson , a logging firm of Tacorna. by which the firm was awarded a contract for supplying the mill with 35,000,000 "feet of fir logs. The timber Is to be taken from the company's land In the timber , district east ot Carbon ado. The contract will require two years to complete , and the work of removing the camp from Preston vto Carbonado will be begun at once. fl , MISCELLANEOUS. Riverside shipped C51 cars of oranges for the season up to January 11. Rich free mllllrig' 'gold ' ore was brought Into Phoenix , A. T. , recently from the Salt river country , and . .Jt..lsrsaid much rich float Is picked up In that 'vicinity. The olive Industry lsr'taklng ' quite a boom In the Bear nnd Sanil'asqual valleys In Cali fornia. From 10,000 tp 15,000 trees will be planted In these valleys this season , The speedy completion of the electric road to' Santa Monica Way ba anticipated , the contract' for Its construction having been awarded by the company back of the project. The Chlno sugar ( factory has closed for this season. The sugar output of the fac tory for this year wits about 20.000,000 pounds of refined sugar , 'olmosti ' doublo-.last ( year's production. ; t A dispatch from Graham , N. M. , says that gold Is reported to have besn found thlrty- flvo miles to the north In the Blue Range Samples of gold bearing rock brought In run up to $500 a ton. What is called a caliche pold ledge h s been discovered In the Ore Blanco , A. T. , district. There Is a large ledge of porphyry phyry , nnd lylns against It la a deposit sim ilar to caliche , carrying from $50 to $75 to the ton. The best figures obtainable estimate- the output of Now Mexico at $1,230,000 In gold and about $300,000 In silver. Copper , lead and turquoise mining has been quite active , and the coming year bids a roseate hue for all the mines In this territory. A number of Butte men recently became Interested In some mining property a short distance above Bonner. and began prospectIng - Ing it , with the result that they struck a rich copper lead , There are a number of other claims In that vicinity , but heretofore little or no development work or extensive pros pecting has been dono. There- will probably be a great rush early next spring to the Blackfoot Indian reserva tion In the northwestern part of Montana , as the preliminaries have been arranged for opening up a large mineral district In ths western part of the reservation , said to con tain some ot the most valuable ledges In the stole. The hills about St. Mary's lake arc full of copper veins' , rich in gold. The decay of "Chinatown" is one of the mont remaikable features of San Francisco life. Five years ago Chinatown had 25,000 Inhabitants and trade was lively , many of the larga merchants doing an extensive busi ness. Rents wore higher In Chinatown than In other parts of the city. Now rents bave fallen more than one-half In this quarter , leal estate Is unsalable and the population has shrunk to 15,000 , The last China nteamcr carried TOO Chinamen back to their homes , the greater pjrt of whom will not return. At tlpresent rate , Chinatown < n six months will not have 10,000 Inhabitants. The Farmers' Union Ditch company of Star , Idaho , 1ms been In existence about n year anU a half , and was organized for the purpose of constructing and maintaining an Irrigation ditch twenty-six miles In length having a capacity of 10,000 Inches , and to cost about $40,000 , The ditch win water 8,000 acres of laml situated In Ada county. At the head of the ditch , near the Soldiers' home , has been constructed , at a coat of nearly $3,000 , OIIB of the best headgutos In th ? county. Altogether about $10,000 has boon oxpendoi In cash and labor , and water will be running through the- ditch to Dry creolt , a distanc& of about nine miles , by July 1 , Tllfi STATI3 OP I'IKE. i ' MUhOiirl'tf FIIIIIOIIH Cuuiily mill KM Illxtnry , The county of Piltc. says the St. Loulu Republic , lu older th'dn the state of Missouri Itself , having been'lald'out by the territorial legislature In 1819 , ° bcf4ro Missouri was ad mitted to the slitei'hioil of states. The town of Louisiana was ja/il / 9111 In the earne year the county wau organized by Shaw & Caldwell - well , the proprletor 'dfl the land upon which the town now stands , t > o that Louisiana and the "state of Plko" came Into history at ' ' i' i the ssmo tlmo. When the territorial government estab lished Pike county"lt9 southern boundary was tbe northern line cf St. Charles county , The western line wab along the ridge divid ing the waters of'lthBI Mlsslwlppl and Mis souri rivers , to thtf'axti'eme ' northern bound ary Una of the tortltory of Upper Louisiana. At that tlmo tho'dlvMJng line between the Spanish and French possessions was claimed by Spain to run along the summit of the Reeky mountains to the 49th decree of north latitude , while France claimed the whole of the teriltory now embraced by the states of Oregon and Washington. This question was finally settled between the United States and Spain by Hie treaty of 1819 , which was not made and ratified at the date of the passage of the act creating this county. If the French claim was correct , then Iho county of Pike extended to the Pacjflc ocean on the west and to the 49th degree of north latitude. Tbe wonderful area of the county the territorial legislature was creating struck one of the early-day Solons so for cibly that , rising In his seat whllo the bill was up for consideration , ho exclaimed : "Tho county of Pike ! Why , gentlemen , tt Is not a county we are creating ; It's the biggest state In tha union. " And so Pike county has gone down lit history as the "State of Pike. " Not excelled by any high-priced liniment , Salvation Oil , twenty-five cents a battle. MAGNETIC ORE SEPARATOR Edison's Latest Contribution to tlir World of Invention , RESULT OF YEARS OF EXPERIMENT An Iniii rniit Mcotinnlini for Ilnnit- llnjc Ccrlnlii Iron Orcn Scimrn- tloii of < lic Mctnl from the Hot-It ! > > The Idea ot using magnets to assist In the separation of Iron from the rock with which It Is sometimes associated In the earth has been made the basis of a good deal of experi ment and Invention during the last few years. Several devices cmbodylne this principle have already been patented and put In opera tion more or less successfully. The most conspicuous worker In this field , says the New York Tribune , has been Thomas A. Edison , who has been busily engaged In perfecting the process In the vicinity of a large deposit of Iron ore In northern Now Jersey. At a place formerly known as Ogden - den , but now called Edison , operations have been conducted on a largo scale. An extensive - tensive assortment of machinery for drilling and blasting the rock to n depth of thirty feet below the surface , scooping out the ma terialthus , loosened and crushing It until It Is as 'flno as granulated sugar , has been set up there. It Is possible to take out at least 2,600 or 3,000 tons there a day , and the crushing , conveying and separating appara tus Is said to hfivo a capacity of 10,000 tons. In a vague way It has been known that Mr. Edison had encountered certain dlfil- cultlcs In the application of his theories , but these are now reported to have been overcome. Some of them grow out of the enormous quantities of dust developed during the preliminary treatment of the ore. So fille'd was the air with minute particles of grit and dirt that the workmen could not breathe without wearing mufflers over their faces. They continue to do so , but the nuisance has been largely abated by sur rounding the buckets carrying the pulverized ere with the coarse bagging commonly called burlaps. Another problem related to the lubricating ot the bearings of the great crushing rollers , some of the latter being de signed to chew up rocks weighing ten tons each. Mr. Edison , In this and other parts of his establishment would tear out very expensive appliances which did not work right and replace them with different ones , and It Is raid that a plant which could , with his present knowledge , be reproduced for $500,000 , has cost him up to date about five or six times that amount. PLAN OF SEPARATION. Tha general plan of separation by means of magnets Is to let the powdered ore fall so as to pass very close to the ends ( or poles ) of several horizontal magnets. Those grains , which ore made up chiefly of Iron , will w attracted by the magnets and drawn an Inch or two to one side of the path which they would otherwise follow , and will bs held temporarily , sticking to the poles , while- the purely stone matter , Insensible to the Influ ence of the magnets , continues to drop. To perform this service electro-magnets are used pieces of Iron which derive their mag netic qualities from a current of electricity sent through cells of wire encircling them and devoid of any attractive power as soon as 'the current ceases. In Mr. Edison's ar rangement the downpour of ore Is checked every five seconds , and then the current Is shut off , so that the particles of Iron tem porarily attracted to the poles of line magnets are released. They fall on the other side of a thin partition from the nonmetalllc refuse , and the two go out through different chutes and are carried off by separate conveying machinery. Inasmuch as the first treat ment by this method dooa not extract all the Iron from' the ore. the refuse Is exposed a -second and a third tlmo to the Influences of the magnets , thd three operations being con ducted on separate floors. The amount of Ironer ( or rather oxide of iron ) orlglnallyln the rock and remaining uncollected by the magnets U estimated ot less than 5 per cent. An electro-magnet may bo mode In a great variety of shapes. Almost every one has seen the long , flat otrlp of wood around which , from end to end , a fisherman some times winds his lino. Mr. Edlsn , for reasons which will bo apparent on reflection , adopts this design for his separating magnets. HIS SEPARATING MAGNETS. Ho takes a slab of cast Iron four Inches thick , twelve inches wide and nine feet long , cuts a notch In each end , and then winds hip Insulated copper wlro on It lengthwise. The ordinary bar or horseshoe magnet attracts only at the end , not along Its side ; but by his method of winding Mr. Edsion makes , the whole nine-foot edge of his slab a "polo. " That Is to say. It will possess attractive power along its whole length so long as the wlro carries a current. This la much the moot economical use of the Iron In the core , of copper In the cells and of current that could bo made for the particular kind of work done. Four or flvo such magnets are mounted , all horizontally , and ono above another , and the powdered ore falls In a thin sheet from a properly arranged trough In front of the edges of the whole set. It ID said that no less than 500 of these nine- foot magnets are used for the first sopara- lon. For the second and third processes magneto of the same general design are em- Jloyed , except that the wcond set have a width of only about eight Inches instead ot twelve , and tue third t'ct are only four and a half Inches wide. The stcny refuse , or pind , left by this system of treating the ore Is sold to the rail , way companies for bailout. The oxide Is then ready to go to a smelting furnace. In stead of shipping It thither in a pulverized form , Mr. Edison mixes It with various plas tic materials that will facilitate smelting , and shapes It Into bricks , which are pressed and dried. This latter process , Invented by Mr. Edison , Is said to render the product rnoro salable. It should bo remarked that Mr. Edison's method of separation Is not available for all Iron ores , but only for a certain class called "magnetic" Iron ores , which ore uometlmea actually magnetic , but not always so , but In which the oxldo is free from various Impurities found In other ores. Even were the new system applied nowhere - where else In the country , it promises to be a great thing for Now Jersey. The extent of the Iron deposits in this state are not fully known , but the great electrician controls 8,000 acres , or about fourteen square miles. A great deal of the labor performed In the works at Ed'son will bo done by machinery , but there will bo employment for hundreds of men , nevertheless , when the establishment Is In full blast. It Is probable that In tlmu manufacturing Industries may be started In this vicinity , to make use of the Iron pro duced. At the present time operations have been suspended for the winter , and both skilled workmen and ordinary day laborers have been laid off. The Inventor's prime object was to perfect the apparatus , and this has now been accomplished. He can take PUKE , HARMLESS , SATISFYING MAIL TOBACCO Nicotine Neutralized AMTI-NERVOU8 - his time for rtminMnff biulncss for purely cfammerc ! l mirpoic * . A SOURCH OF ORJIAT PROFIT. Mr. Kdlunn Is raid to take great prldn In this latest achievement. Indeed , he Is- re ported AS claiming that It Is "llio groMMt effort of his life. " So completely In love Is ho with everything that ho undertakes , and so closely ilcea ho concentrate Ma whole thought , time and energy upon It , that It Is natural for him to esteem Ills mo.n recent succwi ns the most usetiiF of all his contri butions to civilization. 1C ho ro.tllr.es his own expectation ? , no doubt the m.iRiiHle separator will bs ft .lourcj cf great profit to him and his hutne associates. Gre.it economies are effected by his process mid methods. In the first place , ho excavates only on the sin face , nnd to a depth cf thirty fret , thus avoiding the great cost of sink ing deep shafts , hoisting ere from them and pumping the water out. Two temporary and parallel railways , about BOO test apart , are made to carry thu ends ot an Immense traveling crane , by ine.ins of which the "skips , " or buckets , nro lifted from the shallow excavation between , nnd deposited on cars for transportation to the cninlicrs. And , ns already Intimated , a good deal of the Apparatus used thereafter Is ail- tomatlc. It U evident that n great deal of ere which would bo considered worthless , hero and elsewhere , can thus bo turned to ac count und made to pay , Ju.H as the Invention of the to-called "basic" process permitted the employment of noii-npssomer oil's which had formerly been unmarketable. While wiestllng with the problem * Involved In magnetic separation , Mr. KJIron has gone out to the mlnos every Monday morning nnd stayed there until Saturday evening , when ho came back to Llewellyn Pnrk , near West Orange , to spend Sunday with his family. Ho was Inaccessible to the public , and oven his charming wife had dlfllciilty In communi cating with him , PO Intense was tie ! preoccu pation and absorption of this strange genius. When possessed with a now Idea , Mr. Kdlsua Is oblivious of everything else In the world. Even food and sleep are neglected ; and he often falls to realize that his most helpful assistants have physical need ? , too. So i-nger Is ho to attain oven a minor end , when once ho sees his way clear , that ho awaits the manufacture of the necessary devices bicith- lossly , and Is nut happy until he can make a test. Precisely what will bo the next Important work undertaken by Mr. Kdlson It la dlillcult to predict. He has been quoted as . " "aylng that ho had retired from the field ot Inven tion , but the assiduity with which ho fol lowed up the Idea of a magnetic separator docs not harmonize with such a theory. It has long been known that be had t-omo no tions about a new method of electric lighting , to which ho could not find time to pay any attention. Possibly ho will give tint matter a little thought durlnc the now year. The body must be well nourished now , to prevent sickness. If your appetite Is poor take Hood's Sarsaparllla. FAMOUS AVAR TISI.KCItAM. II AVnN Soiit liy 1'roxlilnit IJiiciilii ( o KlKlitiiiK . ! < > < Ilix.Uer. The writer In the Loulsvlllo Times In looking over pome old war records came across the following characteristic tele gram from President Lincoln to General Joseph Hooker Immediately after the bat tle of Chanccllorsvllle. To fully appreciate It It Is necessary to explain tbe conditions under which the telegram was sent. The magnificent armies of Hooker and of Leo had rested all the winter of 1S62-C3 the first on the north bank of the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg - burg and Lee on the south bank both waiting for the spring to open so that thu struggle might begin again. Finally the 1st of May , 1SG3 , found the two contend ing armies on the eve ot battle , and on Sunday , May 3 , 1S63 , the battle of Chan- cellorsvllle was fought. Jackson's .strate gic movement on the flank of Hoker's army , the death of Jackson , the defeat of Hooker's army , driven in disorder back across the Rappahannock , are all matters of history not now necessary to repeat. General Hooker , to hide bis mortification , left somewhat of an Impression through out the north that while he had not achieved all h& set out to do life had really gained a victory , but the truth soon came out. Martlnsburg Is about 300 miles from Fred- erlcksburg. and Is In the lower part of the Shenandoah valley , but a few miles from the " Potomac river. After Longstreet's and Sw ell's corpa had reached the Shenandoah val ley and commenced tearing up the Baltimore & Ohio railroad the news , of course , soon reached Washington that the rebels were down In the valley. So the first telegram comes from President Lincoln to General Hooker : "Where Is Leo's army ? 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