H * THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; MONDAY , PJ3BB.UARY 10 , 1806.
Pulse of Western Progress.
Perhaps the most Important public move
ment on foot In the croat northwrst at the
present time , and which will now , tot the
first time , be given publication , says the
IJuUo Miner , It the propased extension of the
Columbia Hlvcr & Western rallroid from
Its present terminus west to the city of
Pentlctlor , a dlttanca of about 200 miles
through the Boundary crock country.
Tills very rich mining and extensively tim
bered area has no railroad. Labor , which
always leads the van of capital , has In this
Initanca been no exception to the rule. The
sturdy prospector has made many valuable
discoveries In this district , not one-tenth of
which has ever been told In print , and only
these familiar with the country are aware
of Its. richness In mineral wealth. Theno
facts have been recited to capitalists with
the urgent appeal that a railroad be built so
that the mines may bo opened up and bper-
oteJ.
It Is said that valuable and extensive coal
deposits have been opened up and that they
cnh burn coal Instead of wood when trans
portation facilities are afforded to market
the product.
F. Aug. Hcluzo received at his office n
lingo blue-print map showing In complete
detail the route and topographical plans of the
proposed extension by a syndicate of capi
talists of which Mr. Hclnze Is a member.
As shown by the map , the railroad tra
verses along , around and over a chain of moun
tains , reaching all the Important of the nu
merous mining camps of the Boundary dls-
trlcti It will bo a narrow gauge road
equipped with mogul engines P.ml the largest
capacity freight cars. The capital , It Is
understood , lias been subscribed and ready
to bo paid In as soon as a few minor details
of right of way , etc. , are completed. At all
events It Is expected that the road will bo
finished by next fall ami In full operation
by November 1.
BALD MOUNTAIN'S BOOM.
Bald mountain has for several years been
regarded as only a placer district. Although
containing vast bodies of cement known to
bear gold , It was not supposed that milling
would pay until the Fortunntus company
put In a ten-stamp mill last November.
The result has proven a surprise to even
the most sangulrre. Yarlot & Shaw aliw In
stalled a mill shortly after the Fortunatus
and both plants have been running day and
night ever since , the ore ranging from $ G
to $50 per ton. The cement-lies on top of
the ground In blanket formation , ranges
from eight to thirty feet In depth , and Is
easily milled. The tailings , to which no at
tention has been paid until recently , have
boon concentrated and found to bo rich ,
running the estimate to double what was
first claimed. The district Is about fifteen
miles by sixty , extending to Buffalo , where
mills are now being Installed. Several com
panies have been organized and contemplate
bringing In machinery as peen as the roads
are passable. Over 300 claims have been lo
cated Blnco January 1. The Fortunatus com
pany will put up a now 100-stamp mill In
the spring. The directors of the above com
pany visited the works recently and re
turned to New York , highly satisfied with
their Investment.
A mall route will be established In the
spring from Ranchester to Bald mountain.
About twenty business firms will arrive
with the disappearance of snow , and a saw
mill to furnish the necessary lumber Is now
cnrouto. From preyant. Indications 'Bald '
Mountain will be the liveliest camp in Wyo
ming by spring , and the merchants of Sher
idan , Dayton and Ilanchester , as well as the
farmers of the Big Horn basin , are corre
spondingly elated.
RICH IDAHO PLACERS.
A remarkable section of placer ground Is
now being developed on the south bank
of the Snake river Immediately above the
, movUh of the Bruneau , says the Boise States
man. The pay "dirt Is a stratum of crushed
lava and flno river sanil. The lava Is
broken Into very small fragments , but shows
no Indication of the action of water. It
Is sharp , as though It had Just come from
a rock breaker.
The regular stratum Is found under
about eight feet of top dirt of the kind
ordinarily found along the river , this super
incumbent layer 'being valueless. The pay
stratum has been developed alonj ? that
bank of the river for a distance of from
one to one and a lialf miles , and has been
exposed for about seventy-five yards back
from the stream by the digging of a series
of pita. It Is about two feet In thick
ness.
ness.Thoso
These who are working this remark
able deposit save $2 a yard from It In or
dinary rockers with plates. The gold Is
very fine of the ordinary Snake river char
acter. A peculiarity of the ground Is the
unusual proportion of black sand found In
It.
One party of three men , working twenty-
two days , cleaned up $785 , Their work
Included the stripping oft of the surface
dirt. This Is an average of a little over
$11 a day to the man. All the men workIng -
Ing there are doing well , none of the re
turns being less than $2 a yard. This Is ,
perhaps , the best poor man's proposition
In the state.
ALASKAN STRIKES IT RICH.
Amonc tlio1 passengers on the Topelca
was John Schultz , a prominent mining man
with valuable property on Douglas Island ,
within four miles of the Troadwoll , says the
Seattle Post-Intolllnenccr. In speaking of
hla experience ) , Mr , Schultz said :
"I wont to Alaska ten yo.irs ago with
almost no capital , and for the flrst three
ycarj earned my living as a musician In
Douglas City. At the end of that time I
wont on a prospecting trip , as a result of
which I discovered a lodge on Douglas Is
land and got $800 for my share. On this cap
ital I continued prospecting , and two years
ago found a ledge hardly four miles from
the Troadwcll , over which prospectors have
been running for fifteen yeara. You may
appreciate the value of the discovery when
I toll you I was offered $230,000 for the
mine shortly before I left.
"Laot summer , whllu prospecting about
the mouth of Nevada creek , on Douglaa
Island , I ran across gold In small quanti
ties on the beach , and after following it
up for a mlle and a half camu across a
lodge fully as valuable as the other. I
named U the Red Diamond , and It has
been tracoi for 0,000 , feet In length , with a
width of 200 feet. A great advantage in Its
development lies In the fact that It Is
1,000 feet above the salt water level. The
ore asjiys $25 a ton.
\ "I suppose you are tlrod of heirlng eulo
gies on Alaska , but I cannot restrain my
THIS nilKATBST SUCCI3SS * " '
All day long the store has been crowded
with eager buyers who appreciate the fact
that the bargains offered are far beyond
anything ever Klveu-thlnlc of buying a
ladles' $5.00 shoo for 9Sc small ulzes cause
the price otherwise as good as any other
$0.00 Bhoc.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
Send forour lllus-
trutod catalogue. 1419 Fnrimm.
unthtislaim In speaking cf Ita possibilities ,
It is a grand country , and Its Importance
l.i Increasing with great rapidity. The
most Important mining center la Douglas
Island , though the attention of miners Is
being turned more and more to Cook In
let , nnd noxl summer It will bo a strong
rival of the Yukon In attracting prospec
tors. There will be plenty ofwork for all
comers next tmmmcr.
"A mill Is going up at Funter bay , on
the west Bldo of Admiralty IsOand , for the
mine recently bought by George Oarsldo
and another will be put In the Heady Bul
lion mine next rprlng. "
ntSCOVKHED IIY ACCIDENT.
Uy the merest accident what promises to
bo a valuable field of rich ore was discovered
about three weeks ago , says the Denver
News. About the middle of January a man
named Wilson , well known In Akron , drove
past the ranch of Chris Schulthlso , located
a few miles from Linden , on the way for
mall. Near the house , which has bean de
serted , Wilson ran across a mound of dirt
which had been thrown up whllo digging n
well. The latter for the past two years was
never In use. as no water could bo obtained ,
although a goodly depth was reached. Wil
son , who has figured very conspicuously In
the gold excitement at Akron , was attracted
by the appearance of the soil , and at once
Investigated. The compstlon ! was black
dirt and gravel , freely Interspersed with
gold , and Its true value was at once realized
by the miner. Parties named Kvans nnd
Qrlswold , the latter postmaster of Linden ,
were consulted regarding the discovery , nnd
with WlUon they gathered a small quantity
of the soil , drlswold and Evans were quite
skeptical of tha find , as the age of the well
and the familiar sight of the mound of dirt
were very well known to them. Wllstn ,
however , kept quiet and sent a specimen of
the soli to an assaycr In Denver for analysis.
The metallurgist valued the specimen very
highly , claiming that the soil will run fully
$150. Grlswold has signified his Intention ,
In a letter written recently to n. M. Blake
of 310 Falrvlew avenue , of sinking several
holes on his own land adjacent to that of
Sclmlthlee. being confident of a like reward.
Wllscn ib more than sanguine and will make
Immediate preparations for examination of
his property near Linden.
The ranch house of Schulthlso Is situated
about midway between Linden and Grls-
wold's property. Akron Is thirty miles north
of Linden , and the latter point Is ninety
miles almost due cast from Denver. Uy
some means Wilson's discovery gradually
leaked out. although It Is said ho intends to
purchase the Schulthlse land If possible.
SAN DIEGO GOLD.
Captain W. N. Freeman , a well known
mining man of this city , brought In from his
mlno at Cajon mountain , sixty miles north-
cast , a sack of ore that assayed $500 to the
ton , nays a San Dlcgo dispatch to the San
Francisco Examiner. It was taken from the
bottom of n twenty-foot shaft and Is a tol-
lurlte , or calaverlte. abundantly supplied with
pyrites of Iron. The first assay from the ore
near the surface , by the cyanldo process ,
gave $6.25 per ton and gradually grew richer
until it reached the $500 limit. There are
twenty-five tons on the dump that had been
tested In the ordinary way and cast aside as
worthless. The cyanldo process chows It to
bo valuable.
Assayer Anbury has Just received samples
of the richest tollurlto ore from Cripple
Creek , and placing the San Diego county
rock alongside of It , experts are unable to
separate the two. The new strike Is about
ten miles from the recent rich development ?
near Banner nnd Rsnchlta , and mining men
claim that all three mines are on the mother
lead. The shaft In Freeman's mine Is five
and one-half feet wide and the vein shows
full across , no walls being discernible. Other
mines In the locality show porphery and
granite walls. Prospectors are being "grub
staked" here now that could not raise a dollar
lar for the purpose ouo month ago.
WILD INDIAN ORGIES.
A dog was devoured raw , entrails and all ,
by two Insane Kako Indians In Alaska , the
other day , rays a Tacoma dlspitrti to the San
Francisco Examiner. The Kako Indians have
been enthroning a new chief , Angooshe by
name , the principal ceremony balng a pot-
latch. In honor of which Angooshe tore up
and distributed 800 pairs of blankets.
Every morning at 10 o'clock tha bucks as
sembled on the bank of Kalte Island , whore
the potlatch took place , and amid Ice and
snow , they stripped naked and Jumped Into
the water. After the cold bath , they would
draw their blankets over Wielr shoulders and
run Into the dance luluse and dancs until
they fell on the ground from exhaustion.
During the closing days of the potlatch , the
medicine men ordered a four days' fast.
There was plenty of rank whisky and the
fasting Indians drank freely , and at times
fought desperately. On the third day of the
fast two braves de-veloped symptoms of Insan
ity , and , finally dropping their blankets ,
which constituted ttielr entire wardrobe , and
with yells and shrieks , dashed out Into tlio
woodg. The snow was a foot deep and the
air freezing cold. The medicine men believed
they would be frozen to death , and no at
tempt was made to capture .them.
A law hours later the Insane Indians re
turned to the vicinity of the potlatch , still
yollltiK and acting like wild beasts. A small ,
scrubby , ehort haired doc gave chase , and
barking at the heels or one of the
Indians , was captured. The Insane Indians
shouted exultantly , when they seized the cur ,
and falling on their hands and knees , began
gnawing at the dog's throat. They sucked
its blood , and , together , Uie two Indians de
voured It entirely. Including everything , ex
cept the tall and pieces of the hide.
The particulars of the potlatch and of the
killing nnd eating of tlio dog were brought
to Junoiu a few days ago by Captain Piper
of that place.
CALIFORNIA'S RAND ,
Several of the richest quartz mines at
Randsburg , In the gold district of San Ber
nardino , are In litigation. O. B. Stanton of
the Baldwin hotel has brought suit to com
pel the owners to carry out the terms of a
bond to Pill to him and hla associates , says
the San Franclrco Examiner. The mines
Involved comprise fourteen locations. The
first of these was made last spring.
Mr. Stanton gave the history of the prop
erty and explained the dispute which com
plicates Its ownership.
"ThoEH ) men , Burclmm , Moores and Sin
gleton , who had been working In the Goler
and Summit diggings for two years , " Bald
Mr. Stanton , "were sitlsfled that with so
much gold In the gravel there must bo rich
quartz veins In the neighborhood , so last
spring they started out to prospect In the
mountains. They found a quartz cropping
standing aven feet above the surface. They
eunk fifteen feet nnd developed a ledge six
* PEN PICTURES PLEASANTLY PUT.
TUB GUUATI5ST MUSICIANS
The people who have , music In their souls
und judga a .piano moro from tbo music It
turns out than from the elaborate finish
Invariably say that our $175 piano at $15.00
down and JS.OO u month IB good enough for
them It's nicely finished , too , except that
It doesn't have any $100 carvings on U ,
Come and eo U ,
A. Hospe , jr ,
Music and Arr. 1513 Douglas St.
feet wide between well defined walla of porphyry
phyry and mica schist , the vein In the foot-
wall nfjaylng $97.50.
"They prospected further and made four
teen locations. H then appeared that the
'Hand' ( the flrst location made ) was rlmply
a spur from the msln lode , a vast bcdy ol
ere running northeast and southwest , and
by mill tci'ts assaying from $4S to $1,440 a
ton. The mountain Is covered with 'float'
showing gold which pays well for dry wash-
Ing.
"There can be no question of the grest
value of the mines. They are located at
what is now called Itandsburg In the moun
tains , about ten miles from Goler. Since
the discovery of this body of ere a number
of other veins have been found with very
rich pay ore , I am told. "
Mr. Stanton , speaking of this gravel ,
raid : "Tho deposits or chonnels extend
over an area of about fifteen by twenty
mile ? , and are Immensely rich. With water
to work them they would yield an Immense
amount of gold , As there Is no water avail
able at prepent. miners have resorted to dry
washers. Gravel must be very rich to pay
to work In that way. A washer will work
about two cubic yards of gravel a day. In
orJcr to pay wages this should yield at least
$2.50 a yard. While most of the gravel
would yield from 70 cents up , the rlcho-st
only , which Is near the bedrock , Is worked.
From about Goler over $300,000 has been
taken out by dry washing during the past
eighteen monthr. Much of It is coarse , the
nuggets found ranging from $1,000 each
down ,
"It can bo a question only of tlmo when
water will bs brought In. There Is no
water nearer than Owens lake , eighty miles
away , and that has been suggested as a
source , but I am afraid that plin will have
to bo abandoned , owing to the difficulty of
conveying the water through that country
such a long distance. "
THE DAKOTAS.
Langford , S. D. , Is to have a creamery.
About $1,209 has already been subscribed and
the remaining amount will bo readily raised.
Over 400 cowo have been pledged.
The Carthage Creamery company opened
for business and took In 4,000 pounds of milk
the lirot day. This Is a much better record
than made by any of the creameries In uur-
roundliiH towns.
Reports from Bismarck say the Fort Lin
coln military reservation has been thrown
open to oettlcrs and ssveral claims have been
filed on. Settlers must pay the appraised
valuation at the end of the hcmcstcad period.
An enthusiastic mooting of Irrlgatlonlsts
was hem at uocineia anu u wua uuumeu i
hold a state convention there March 4 and
C , at which time speakers of prominence and
authority In Irrigation matters are expected
to bo present and discuss ways and meant1
for furthering Irrigation Interests by artesian
wells. Every county In the state Is Invited
to send representatives and much good Is
expected to result from the meeting.
The magnitude of the flow from a good
artesian well Is hardly realized. As an Instance -
stance the Chamberlain power well , flowing
about 4,500 gallons per minute , In the course of
each twenty-four hours , brings to the surface
of the ground the Immense amount of 6,480-
000 gallons ot water. In Brule county there
are twenty-tour large artesian wells , flowing ,
on an average , 2,000 gallons per minute ,
which would bring the aggregate flow of all
the wells to something like 72.000,000 gallons
every twenty-four hours. In every direction
other wells are being hurried down , and
thirty days from now should see seven more
wells added to tbo list , with an additional
now of probably about 20,000,000 gallons every
twenty-four hours.
Lorenzo Rlnell of Gregory county , South
Dakota Is a United States prisoner In lank-
ten county Jail on charge of stealing cattle.
Last winter when Gregory county people
were being cared for largely by eastern cuar-
Ity. as a result of an utter failure of crop * .
Rinell attempted to buy a steer from the
ranch west ot him belonging to a banker
In southern Nebraska. As ho had no money
he wanted to trade his team for an animal to
kill. The foreman cf the ranch refused to
take any stops In the matter , as he did not
care to assume any responsibility In the ab-
asnco of the proprietor. Rlnell , In despera
tion at the thought of his starving family ,
took the matter In his own bands , drove a
steer homo and after killing It divided among
his hungry neighbors. When spring came
Rlnoll sent his brother to the owner of the
ranch with an explanation of his taking the
steer and offered to pay for It. It was the
rtrat notice the banker had of his loss am
instead of accepting payment for the animal
ho had Rlnell arrested for stealing cattle ,
thereby taking him from his family , who are
In Bare need ot his presence and support this
winter , whllo he Is lying In Jail with a term
in the penitentiary before him.
COLORADO.
A somewhat remarkable placer discovery
has been made In the vicinity of Parker's
Station , on the Gulf road , about twenty miles
from Denver.
In the Tourtelotto park mining has re
ceived a renewed Impetus from numerous
good strikes which have recently been made
in that locality.
That the Saw Pit district Is growing is
evidenced by the fact cf a weekly newspaper
plant being darted In the town. It wilt be
called the "Saw Pit Hummer. "
At Omo , twenty miles east of Placcrvllle ,
the Gold Note and Philadelphia properties
will BOOH start their twenty-stamp mill to
work a five-foot vein of rich ribbon rock.
On the Rico-Aepsn and Enterprise mines
at Rico a number of miners are at work.
Three Welshmen , who have a lease on a
portion of the Enterprise , are reported to
have- made $8,000 apiece In ninety days.
The La Plata mountains have made n
record for themselves this , winter. Over 100
men are at work in the district doing de
velopment work , and part of them are tak
ing out ore for shipment early In the spring.
The camp at Sunnyslde. near Ward , Is
much excited over the strike recently made
In the Ruby mine at that place. As there
are several moro mines at work on the
same vein , development Is being pushed
rapidly.
The Parla Bourse Mining company , owners
of the Red Wine lode , near Spencer , has
recently struck a vein ten inches wldo of
galena ere that assays as high as $145 to
the ton , and they are now getting ready to
go to work driving a tunnel 100 foet.
An Important strike was made In the
Christmas mine , located on the southern
slope of Bull hill , at Victor. In the north
drift of the 170-foot level better ere than
has ever been found in the property was en
countered. The breast io practically all
ore , which averages from two and one-half
to twenty-one ounces to the ton.
A body of ore was struck in the Midnight
at Buena Vista which is by far the richest
yet encountered. At a depth of twenty-
seven feet the ore was found , and a piece
weighing a pound was exhibited , which U
thickly Impregnated with gold visible to
the naked eyo. The owners will commence
taking out ore for shipment. The vein ,
which was ten Inches In width at first. Is
bteadily widening and becoming richer with
depth-
WYOMING.
The Ilawllns artesian wells flow 1,300,000
gallons of water every twenty-four hours.
A strike Is reported from Deer. Creek
canyon , near Glonrock. The lead carries
copper and silver.
Extensive deposits of onyx have been
discovered on the Big Laramle river , within
eight miles of the Cheyenne & Northern
railway.
A now ditch Is to bo taken from the head
of Tongue- river , eaya the Sheridan Journal ,
to Irrigate the Pass creek , Twin creek and
Parkman country.
The various oil companies operating near
Casper have engaged nearly every freightIng -
Ing outfit In Casper and vicinity to haul
rigs and Bupplles to the wells.
The Ilawllns sandstone quarries have been
purchatcd at sheriff's ealo by M. W. War
ren of Boston , and will be operated to their
full capacity the coming summer ,
Monte niovlus , a ranchman 011 the Mlchl-
man lu North Park , says that many fish
have been killed the present winter by the
streams freezing solid to the bottom ,
Itawllns citizens are raising money to
repair the road between that point and
Columbine , In Colorado. There are rich
mines at Columbine and U the road can
1)0 ) put In Bood repair It I ; believed the cro
will be shipped vfaRa.wlins.
Work l proBresiIng on the Penn mlno
nt Scmlnoc , and ( h < < quality of th ore
U Improving as tho' lead Is further pens-
ttntc.l. The slope ,1s now In 285 foot.
Work Is to beresumed on the Helen G ,
mine at Lewlston , In Premont county. A shaft
has been sunk 100 'feel nnd n local company
has made arrangements to run a drift to
the vein. ,
l
The mining excitement at Buffalo , In
Johnson county , Is 'Ih'creaslng. ' Recent de
velopments on Kelly' trcek have shown the
cement deposits lo | } | richer than ever , and
the town Is falrljr carried off Its feet.
Over 200,000 helil ot'shtep have been regis
tered for shearing t the various shearing
pens near Casper during the coming sea
son. Indications point to a larger wool clip
for this ycvir than a ) , any previous time.
"Steel" Nelson , n bay who lives In the
vicinity of Rockdalo , whllo out In the hills
hunting a few days rince , saw a huge moun
tain lion and fired at It. The lion at once
started for the boy , who kept shooting nt
It. The firing did not seem at flrst to liava
much effect , as the huge animal continued
to advance. The boy dropped en his knee
and taking careful aim , dropped the lion
when within ten feet of him. Examination
ot the dead animal showed that five bullets
had struck It. The boy was badly frightened
and fully realized his danger , but knowing
It meant a fight for life , plucklly kept up
his fusllado until the beast was bagged ,
OREGON.
A census of prune culture at Yon alla
shows about 43,000 trees In the vicinity.
Hay Is worth $10 a ton around M tcholl
and there Is 1 tU ! for sa'e at that price.
The Dalles Chronicle says that $500,009
was disbursed for weal alone by the banks
ot The Dalles last tummer.
A sheep buyer , after rldlnsever the mst
of Lane county In search of mutton sheer ,
found only enough to make half a carload.
It Is ftatcd that Dr. Ds'trlch ' contem
plates Inducing a cMony cf Germans to
locate in Wasco county and cngago In to
bacco culture.
In GlU'am county tin new Industry 1m
developed of robbing coyote traps. Tile
thief makes away with tha scilp , which
brings * 2 bounty.
The Albany creamery U now flll'ng an
order for 1,500 pounds of butter for Alaska.
The demand for the butter ia lnc-oisnj. ! :
nnd no ono ever USES It without wanting U
again.
The Owyhco ditch Is now completed O
about twenty-one miles In Isngth , Is twenty-
two feet wldo on the bott"in and flvo feet
deeo at the head and carries eb ut 1,500
Inches of water.
The Dalles Times-Mountaineer says the
construction work on the locks is BO nearly
completed that tha contractors have bsen
able to dispense with the services ot 15)
hands tint have bean employed on the
works.
Members of thn new m'l'tla company at
La Grande are talcing a great deal of In
terest In the question of bul'd'ng an ar
mory. The plan sutge ted Is that of put
ting up a btilld'no ' : G.lxSO feet at .T\ esti
mated cost ot $2COO , to b ? bulit by sok !
subscriptions of $10 each.
The mild winter thus far Is welcomed
by every stockman''In northern Grant , says
the Long Creek Ea'sle. The small1 hay-
staclui to 1)5 seen on .every . hand Is Indica
tion that a largo numbr of cattle wou'd
have suffered had we experienced a dupli
cate of the winter of > 1S90-1.
WASHINGTON.
An effort will tie made this spring to Induce -
duce Adams countyfarmers to give a thor
ough trial to Kafflr corn.
About a hundred families of Inlanders are
on the way to the1 'Wlllapa valley. About
half of them expect , to settle at Holcomb
and the others at Pe-Ell.
Chpnoy's creamery received 310,000 pounds
of milk In 1890 , 500,000 In 1891 ; then 040,000 ,
then 970,000 , then 2,293,000 , and last year
3,301,164 , or Justten ' , times as much as flvo
years iefore. ' '
> J. T. Cory , whfo picked up a silver-tipped
sea otter in the Burfin Wlllapa harbor a
few wcoUa. ago , hasbeen offered $100 for
the skin , but refused It. This specimen/
worth from $000'tc > $800.
Port Townsend Is1 In hopes arrangements
will be perfected for the establishment there
of a plant for canning sardines. One firm
stands ready to take 100,000 cans of the
sardines as soont as they can ba furnished.
It is not at all Improbable that the old
Fort Townsand site will be converted Into
a government Indian Industrial school prop
erty , nnd that the Puyallup Indian school
work will be transferred to that point , tuys
the Port Townsend Leader.
A Pasco judge , owing to the Inactivity In
matrimonial circles , and to encourage the
fair sex to exercise the privileges extended
to them during leap year , offers to perform
marriage ceremonies for a Back of flour In
cases where the bride Is the payer.
At the camp nf Welst Bros. , at Oak
Point , In Wahklakum county , the past sea
son they put In 7,150,000 fectof fir logs
with one teum ( seven yuke ) of cattle , and
a donkey engine. The engine did all the
road work ajid the cattle the yarding.
Seattle Is making great efforts through a
subsidy committee to secure the location
there of a Unltsd States army post. It Is
desired to raise $155,000 for a 040-acre tract
on Magnolia bluffs , which , It Is thought ,
will secure the establishment of a post with
sixteen companies.
The Pacific Coast Trading company ro-
pcrta having shipped from Falrhaven during
1895 nearly 300,000 pounds of fresh fish , for
which the fishermen received nearly $7,000.
The principal shipments were of silver and
ntcel head salmon , although there were a
good many pounds of smelt and herring In
cluded , and 40,000 pounds of halibut and
150 dozen crabs ,
Sugar beets grown experimentally In What-
com county yielded an average of 14,0 per
cent In saccharine substance ; 12 per cent
was all that was required by sugar chem
ists. Seed costs $2.16 per aero. It Is esti
mated that fifeen { tons per aero would pay
and sell for $4 per ton , and the profits per
aero would be $20. The land would grow
twice fifteen tons per acre.
MISCELLANEOUS.
There wore forty moro divorces last year
In Fresnp than marriages.
Idaho'o mineral output Is estimated to
have been $7.353,310 for 1695.
In Phoenix milk Is plentiful nt 5 cents a
quart and butter scarce' at 30 cents a
pound.
A good many small lots of very rich ere
have recently been worked up from the mines
In Silver Star district , Nevada.
The coal mines on , Kachamack bay , Cook's
Inlet , Alaska , will tjo extensively developed
this spring by a Jargo company ,
A report comesJroim Carbon county , Mon
tana , of a rich discovery and the find-
Inc of new beds pf ' .coal and asphalt ,
Many rich stakwliavo recently been made
along Yankoj Fcric and Salmon river , Cuo-
tcr county , Idaho.- ' /Most cf the mines are
placers , c c.b
According to statistics ' compiled by the
Ventura Free Prdss , the county's bean crop
of 1895 amounted1 'to1 ' 2,500 carloads , worth
$1,100,000. I' ( - '
A coal mine has bOfctt located about twenty-
flvo mllea from idalw , Falls , Idaho. It Is a
superior quality of cpal , and can be dcllvjrc.1
at that place fgr Ji350 ; per ton , one-half
of the prlco of Eotfc6jU ( , ; at the present tlmo.
Two otrango mJ\e.rjiJ recently brought ore
Into Congress cauip A. T. , which goes all
the way from $ f)00vt ) ' } $1,000 per ton , but
they refused to , ffato whore they got It ,
although It was uawgnplaco in the Immediate
vicinity. j "j *
Mr. Ingels , a stockman , whoso ranch is lo
cated on Oak mountain , east of Selrim , Cal. ,
has had a lares number of suckling pigs
carried off by large eagles. He estimates
that during the past few months the eagles
iiavo carried off fully 200 head of plga from
tlio ranch.
Stockton has a rival to Schlatter , the di
vine healer of Denver , who has cured thous
ands of tha maimed and halt who have
placed their faith In him. The Stockton
healer Is not unknown to the public , for ho
wa formerly the"pastor of a local church ,
and acquired much notoriety before resign
ing hla pastorate.
Prescott , the capital of Arizona , boasts
that It Is the- nearest approach to the New
Jerusalem as described In the bible , as Its
streets are being paved with gold. The
granite used for pavements contains $1 In
jolil and 20 cents In silver to every ton , so
that In time , when less expensive methods
of reducing ores are used , U may pay the
city to tear up and crush Its street pave
ments.
THE SPOILS OF CONQUEST
Progress of thi ! Partition of Africa by Eit-
ropcan Governments.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE DARK CONTINENT
Completed mill I'rojcptnl tini'i'ovo-
niriitn. Climate mill Ml !
Life Ill-telly SKr < eheil ly
Kxiilorcr Sduiley.
Henry M , Stanley , M. P. , has written an
article entitled "The Story of the Develop
ment of Africa , " which appears In the Feb
ruary Century. Recent events In the Dark
Continent give this a pirtlcular timeliness
and Importance. Concerning the partition
ing of the continent , Mr. Stanley s.iyr ;
Until the Berlin conference no Kuropean
nation appeared to take any special Interest
In the fate of the Dark Continent ; but the
three months' sitting under auspices of Bis
marck was a splendid school for Europe.
The dally telegrams and editorial comments
on the sayings and doings of many celebri
ties regarding river basins and delimitations ,
and the products niul possibilities of Africa
were just what was wanted to Instruct and
start into energy the slumbering ambitions
of nations as well as of Individuals. What
King Leopold , Do Brazza and the writer had
done , others could do ; and the scramble for
Africa was the consequence , with all Its Jeal-
ousle-s , spites , newspaper banter and menace.
Thoughts of the period from 1S85 to 1S90 remind -
mind mo of the way my black followers used
to rush with gleaming knives for slaughtered
game during our travels.
Foremost among the countries whose lust
for territory was awakened by the Berlin
conference were Germany , Franco and Italy.
I do not blame them at all ; on the contrary ,
I think It admirable , necessary and inevita
ble. The starving white man must be satis
fied , or ho will become ugly. Before these
nations was revealed a huge continent with
many millions of square miles undeveloped ,
In possession were several millions of black
men , divided Into minute fragments of tribes ,
each of which was isolated on its ten-square-
mlle plot , upholding with tooth , spear and
arrow Its singular African Monroe doctrine
Ugogo for the Wagogo , Uganda for the Wa-
gauda , Uguhlm for the Waguhha , Unyora for
the Wanyoro , and so throughout all the
thousands of ten-square-mile sections of
Equatorial Africa. And a fine mess those
tribal fragments had made of themselves and
their lands after some fifty centuries or
thereabouts of occupation ! Murder In every
conceivable shape rioted throughout their ter
ritories. Naked and bestial they had lived
from prehistoric time. It was death to any
unarmed'stranger to come among them , and
death to any member of their communities
who showed the least sign of capacity or
genius. From the Hottentot to the Shllluk ,
the Masai to the Bakongo , they were all alike ;
and so long as they excluded outside Influ
ences they would continue to deteriorate
morally and physically until they would be
come as degraded as the Pygmies and the
Bushmen.
Therefore It was not harm , but the high
est good , that was coming to the savage Afri
can by the advent of civilizing white men
among them. Ho was to be protected from
the black-haired , yellow-faced Arab , who was
Incapable of pity. Ho would be saved from
himself , than whom there was nothing more
deadly. Ho was to ba taught how to be
human , and how In time ho would become the
equal cf the white. Talk about the emancipa
tion of the American negroes and the Rus
sian serfs ! They were mere commonplaces
compared to the emancipation of Africa from
'herself ' that dates from ISSb.
England was the last European power to
engage in the rush for African territory. Her
efforts for some years after the Berlin 'con
ference had been confined to reserving sphcrfs
, of inlluence , rather than .to violent annexa-
t'on , and to moderatlng'tho passion for Afri
can land manifested by Germany , Franco and
Italy.
If any power bad the moral right to Inter
fere with this fierce lust for annexation. It
must bo admitted that , after policing the Af
rican coasts for over half a century , explor
ing the Interior , and establishing Christian
missions In East Africa , Nyassa Land , and
Uganda , England was fairly entitled to it.
Between 1886 and 1890 Englishmen began to
stir , and succeeded In forming the famous
South African company , the African Lakes
company , and the I. B. E. A. company. The
Royal Niger company had obtained a charter
In 1S8C , and In October , 1889 , a somewhat
similar one was granted to the South Afri
can , with administrative power over 750,000
square miles. In 1891 It absorbed the Af
rican Likes company , and thus British Cen
tral Africa , with 500,000 square miles , was
formed. To the British East African com
pany was given authority over 700,000 square
miles.
LIVINGSTONE'S FIRST EXPEDITION.
The causes which Induced1 Livingstone to
explore Central Africa Mr. Stanley explains
as follows :
Between Livingstone and his Boer neigh
bors , however , there was little love. He ac
cused the Boer farmers of cruelty to the na
tives , and they resented his interference , and
threatened to drive him out of the country.
He published their misdeeds In the Cape
newspapers , and In revenge for his strictures
they finally set flro to his house and burned
him out.
This It was which first Induced Livingstone
to travel to the north , In hopes of finding a
land where he could follow In peace his voca
tion as missionary , and where the Boor farm
ers could no longer molest him. in Ms search
for the Ideal territory ho had In view he en
tered regions utterly unknown to the best In
formed geographer , and niado many discov
eries of importance. It was' then that he
discovered LakeNgaml and the southern
feeders of the Zambesi. It was from this
tnottvo that ho was led to continue his jour
ney across the Zambesi , to follow its course
to Its head waters , and to make his way to
San Paul do Loanda In Angola ; an-1 - this was
why ho retraced his steps and followed the
Zambesi to the eastern ocean , where his
first series of remarkable adventures ter
minated after sixteen years of travel.
Just as tbo Boer persecution bad started
him 'on his explorations and diverted him
from his cherished missionary work , BO the
creat renutatlon he obtained by these bril
liant feats of travel and valuable discoveries
of great lakes and rivers tended to pcparatu
him still further from his true rolo. HL
had revealed the existence of a tropical
world , of luxuriant savannas and extensive
forests , whore animal life was prolific and
the vegetation was of marvelous variety and
growth. The Zambesi river was 2.000 miles
long , the lakcu were full of owect water , the
.sail was fertile and well repaid cultivation ,
the natlvo products were varied and useful ,
and as for the natives , when let alcno by
the roving Arab and unmolested by the Portuguese
tuguese half-caste , the account of his long
residence among them and his many adven
tures with tbom proved that they were a
guotl deal bettor than English people had any
notion of. However , the slave trada wu >
rampant In tbo Interior , whole districts were
bolng devastated and thousands of human
beings were annually perishing through the
bloody violence adopted by the Arabs. The
nights In the flavo tlilp's hold were not to
bo compared In horror to what ho had seen
In African kraal and camp.
Livingstone was much occupied with de
livering addresses In the principal Drltlth
cltlej , and after warming his audiences with
his glowing pictures of African lands , Lo
would make their flesh creep by telling them
of the wholesale murders perpetrated by the
Arab and Portuguese marauders , and then
close with an appeal for the help of Christian
England to stop theao horrid Inhumanities.
FOUNDING THE CONGO STATE.
During my recent descent of the Congo I
had revolved over and over in my mind the
question of the destiny of tha river. Heated
at the prow of my boat , which led our
flotilla , and dally watching ( lie river devel
oping iUelf. I was preoccupied with thews
thoughts every leisure moment. Ther > ) was ,
It seemol to me , no other powers but Eng
land that could Interest Itself with this
part of Africa ; and , as I said , there wan
not a single white man In possession of any
portion of the equatorial bell , except at the
mouth of the Congo , where a few traders
had gathered. But despite numerous ad-
dreiso lu England upon thin subject , I failed
to awaken moro than a geographical Interest
in Equatorial Africa. The terror of the
African climate In general wan too strong
upon everybody.
Everywhere , however , the reports of mjr
nddrtss * In the English newtnaptrs
Uklni ; effect. After nearly nine months'
liusjr life In Hnglaml , the king of the Bel
gians Invited me to visit him , mid I was
then Informed of hi * strong Inclination to
undertake for Africa whnt I had been so
strenuously advising innll hmen tn do. Ho
wns already president of the African Intcr-
natlounl association , which wns about tn seton
on foot a humanitarian enterprise from the
cast coast , and he led me to understand th.U
If I were free from other engagements lie
would like to employ mo In opening ( he
Congo basin to European Influence.and civil
ization.
It was my opinion that the best way of
setting about the work was te construct a
light surface railway , which thould skirt the
cataracts of the Lower Congo , and then to
launch steamers on the upper waters , which
1 estimated would furnish about 6,000 miles
of navigation. We argued about this matter
fiom August to December , 1S7S. The best
Belgian engineers were consulted , but after
the moat elaborate c.ilcnl.Ulons as to cost , It
was finally decided that , as the expensj
would be grwt. wo ihould runtcnt ourselves
with making wagon roads past the cataracts ,
mid build a series of military stations for the
protection of caravans , inul that the annual
expenditure should not exceed $00.000.
AFRICAN MISSIONARIES.
Concerning the missionaries Mr. Stanley
writes :
" 1 was the only white man during 1876 In
Equatorial Africa , but In 1S77 , when only a
short distance from thn Atlantic.tho first mis
sionaries landed on the , cast coast In re
sponse to an appeal that I bad written In
1S75 from Uganda. During the ye.irs from
1S70 to 1SS4 ml.'slonarles followed closely my
trncki' up the Congo , and as a hundred In
fluences wore In the course of a few yc.us
enlisted In the cause of Africa , Nyassu Laud
and the eastern and southern part nf cen
tral Africa began to be studded with Chi It-
tlan missions , and missionaries hive con
tinued to enter Africa ever since , until now
there must bo about 300 of tin.ni , and the
number Is still Incrcat'lng. Tncy are not nil
reputed to be first class men , but It Is won
derful what earnestness and perseverance
will do. Wo have only to think of Uganda ,
with Its 200 churches and cathejrjl anil Its
50,000 natlvo Christians , read the latest of
ficial reports of Africa , to bo convinced of
the zeal , devotion and Industry of the mis
sionaries.
Mission hourosi do not grow of themselves.
Gospels are not translated Into Atrlc.m
tongues , nor are converts spontaneous prod
ucts of human nature. I am somewhat fa
miliar with African facts , and to me these
things represent Immense labor , patience
and solf-sacrlflcc : but other * expect Africans
to fall In love with the missionary's eyea.
"It Is true , though strange , that for the
first six yeara or so very little visible effect
Is produced by missionary teaching and In
fluence. The mlnfl of a pagan descendant
of Innumerable centuries of pagans rppears
to be for some time Impenetrable to the
( jnrisiian uocinnc , aim no niaiirr nun * eji-
ously a mlwlonary may strive with him , bo
continues to present a wooden dullness , until
by and by there Is a gleam of Intorrst : he
catches the Idea , as it were ; and the Interest
becomes Infectious and sproids ! r > m family
to family , and converts multiply rapidly.
Cast thy broad upon the waters ; for thou
shall find it after many days. '
I have In my mind , as I write , the ex-
arrples furnished by the Wngunda , Wnnyasaa
and Bakongo. At the town of Banza Man-
teka , for Instance , one day 900 natives came
to Mr. Richards , the missionary , and re
quested to bo baptized by him. He had
labored among them many years , but hith
erto converts had been few. The mission
ary Imposed conditions on them. He said
that they must first assemble their fetishes ,
Idols , and stores of gin , and destroy all In
tbo market place. And they went rorwlth
and did it.
it.AFRICA'S
AFRICA'S CLIMATE.
As for the climate , It IB no worse than that
found elsewhere In tropic lands. The lieat
Is not so great ) as In India , or as It Is somo-
tlmes In Now York. In summer. Fortunately
the coast belt on both sldEe of Africa , where
the heat Is greatest , and where the climate
Is mos.t unhealthy. Is narrow. In four hours
a railway train at ordinary spee3 would enable -
able us to cross it , and so avoid the debili
tating ternperaturc. Ascandlng the sides of
the coast range by the same means of con
veyance , we should In two hours reaolua
rolling plain , whldi gradually rises In height
from 2,000 to 3,500 feet above tha sea. Hero
the climate Is sensibly cooler , and the white
man can safely work six hour ? of the day In
the opn without fear of sunstroke , though
ho must not count on immunity from jevw.
In from ten to twelve hours the traveler by
train would meet another steep rise , and
would find himself from 5,000 to 8,000 feet
above the- sea , on the broad central plateau
of the continent , which varies from COO to
1,000 mil 2s across. It Is In this section that
the great lakes , snowy mountain ? and tallest
hills are found. Here wo have cold nlghte
and a hot sun when the skies are. not cloudd ,
though the air In the shade is frequently cool
ei ofgli for an overcoat , and It Is upon tills
Immense' upland that the white man , when
compelled by circumstances , may find a
home.
RAILWAYS IN AFRICA.
I estimate that there are at present 300 Eu
ropeans , inclusive of missionaries , In French
Congo , 150 in British east Africa , 350 In Brit
ish central Africa , 250 in German east Af
rica , and 1,400 In Belgian Congo altogether ,
say , 2,500 Europeans between the Zambesi
and the Nile. Thei railways about to be con
structed In British east and central Africa
and the German possessions will be the
mfans of attracting several hundred more ,
just as the Congo railway has been the cans ;
of the greater European population In the
Congo state- , and fJnce roadless Africa during
the last ten years has attracted so many
whites. It needs no prophet to predict that
where one white traveled during iu primitive
state , a hundred will travel by railway. There
are now only about 130 miles of railway with
in the limits of Equatorial Africa ; but at the
end of ten years from now wo shall have the
Congo railway 250 miles long ; the Stanley
Falld railway , thirty miles ; the Mombasa-
Nyanza railway , CCO mlley ; the Shlre-Nyassa
railway , seventy miles ; the German Usam-
bara railway , 120 miles ; and probably the
Nyassa-Tanganylka railway , 220 miles , In
complete working order.
The Modern
Commends Itself to the well-informed , to do
pleasantly and effectually what was formerly
done In the crudest manner and disagree
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break up colds , headaches , and fevers with
out unpleasant after effects , use the delight
ful liquid laxative remedy , Syrup of Figs.
Manufactured by California Fig Syrup Com
pany.
The calling tonage of all countries fell off
300000 tons last year , as compared with 1891.
Hut there wutj an Increase of about 82IXX ( >
tuna In steam tonnage a very xlgnUicunt
Hiffii of the times. Kngland leads in Fblp
building , as a matter of course. Indeed , ( i2'/2 '
pur cent of the new tonnage launched during
tl.o year was acquired by her , although
there wns a fulling oft In the total credited
to her , as compared with tlin showing for
1E35. Nearly 20 per cent of the KnellFh
output went to foreign countries und more
than one-fourth was secured by Japan.
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STOCKHOLUIiUB' MKETINCJ.
Notice la hereby given that the regular
annual meeting of the Htockholdcrs of tha
Boutli I'latta hunil company will bo held at
the office of uld company. In Lincoln , No-
brusUu , at 10 o'clock it. in. , on the Hrat
Wednesday in March , 1&95 , being the fourth
day of the month.
Uy order of tliu board of directors.
It. O. PHILLIPS , Secretary.
Lincoln , Ncbrauku , February S , Ik'M.
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