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CMcca Chronicle < ilm. )
Mr. Drj n rn y bo "firmly convinced"
tbal free < .oinag of silver at 16 tn 1 onM
lirlng ao1 Keep illver up to J1.2J3 , or mint
par. ll trnr "bcllcvo that a silver dollar
will t/e rcrth AS much as a RolJ dollar. "
Hut pcoplo nre not sio mur-h Interested In
Mr. Ilrj.tnV belief * ami firm convlctloni
uruiipr Jf ! < J by facts or arguments as they
* re in tbo probabilities of the cofp.
AMicn the ratio was 15 to 1 from 1792 tc
1S34 the geM In our KOcoin \ \ was worth ,
Kent-rally speaking , from 1 to 3 per cent
taoro than tlic silver tn tbp ssmo nominal
Amount of silver roln. Admitting tbo two
metals to free coinage did not overcome
even lli.it small difference.
Then the ratio wan changed to IS to 1 ,
About nml thereafter the silver coins wore
vortb fioin .1 half of 1 per cmt to a frac
tion over 5 per cent more than the gold
coins In the same nominal amounts.
Again dec coinage failed to make the
coins nf the two metals ennui In value
The Kihrr coirs would not circulate st
nior.ox l/ce-iuso / they were a little more
valuable nml wo have had Bold monomclnl-
Ilmn prv tidily ever ultice 18S < .
Thcsp tacts of history would seem to
t'nch n something , hut Mr. Bonn utterly
Ignore * thrin.
vvliriHTtlir llmrtltNT
St Pnill I'lon'tr I'ri ! ( irp )
" \Vc ronU'nd thnt firp and unlimited coin
age nf Klhnr by thn United States alone will
raise the bullion value of silver to Us coinage
age- value , and thus make silver bullion
worth $1 2ft pir ounce In gold throughout
the w 01 Id" That was the bold and startling -
ling detlntnllon of William J Ilrjan In bis
speech nt Madison Square garden. In other
word * he contends that ficc and unlim
ited coinage will double the bullion value
of tbo silver dollar and make It worth ex
actly ttlint It I ? now under limited coinage ,
and Unit gold nnd sllu > r dollars will cir
culate side by side at par exactly as they
do now That being the cane there vvould
bo 110 rlso In prices , no change In any of
the existing conditions ; and all debts would
have to be paid In money of exactly the
same value as now.
Dut If tills Is BO what becomes of the
argument which the free silver leaders
have been addressing to the cupidity and
dishonesty of debtors , that unlimited inln-
ngo would enable them tn pay their debts
In moiiu ) of much less value than that they
had boriowed ? What becomes ot the piom-
Iso that free coinage would be followed
by higher prln-s for everything' If the
value of ironey Is to remain exactly the
same after as before free coinage , of what
benefit will It be to any of thp classes who
have been urged to support It on these
grounds '
Mcr - AMuiMit Ion.
Kansas Clt > Slnr < < lm l )
Hut what reason has Mr. Hryan for believ
ing that this Increased demand will be Just
sufficient to advance the prlte of silver to
? 1.23 an oiinco In gold ? What merchant or
producer would undertake to prophesy with
such exactitude the effect of an Increased
demand for any commodity entering Into
the trade ot the world ? The laws of supply
and demand as affecting silver are world
wide In their operation , and It la entirely
beyond the power of any man to iay what
would bo the exact effect of an Increased
demand for silver In this or any other
country Even If It could be figured to n
nicety just how much silver the United
States would absorb into Us monetary sys
tem under free coinage , there would still
bo an element of Indellnlteness as to Just
what effect this Increased demand -would
have on the value of silver.
IKIIOPCN HlNlory ,
New York World ( ilem. )
Mr. Bryan asserts , however , that he la
"firmly convinced that by opening our mints
to free and unlimited coinage at the present
ratio wo can create a demand for silver
which will Keep the prlre of silver bullion
nt Jl 20 per ounce , measured by gold " II
this would surely be the result , the main. II
not the only , objection to free coinage would
disappear , but what would bo the resultiml
benefit to those who are clamoring for E
cheaper dollar with which to make debl
paying easier ? In cherishing this convic
tion , however , Mr llrjan shuts his eyes
to our own history and Ignores the experi
ence of every other natlou , that has tried
tree coinage.
Wli ri IM HieI'roiift
Detroit Free Prcsn ( Jem )
It will sufllco In the present Instance tc
call attention to the falsity of a few bask
propositions upon which Mr Bryan built bl <
Madison Square speech If tbo premises on
spacious , Illogical nnd unaccepted what musl
bo said of the deductions ?
For example the assumption that runt
all through the speech that the present unli
of value In our currency system Is a rising
dollar a dollar that la constant ! ) increasing
In purchasing power. Upon this assumptloi
for It Is nothing else the nominee bases
his arraignment of the monetary standard ol
this country as the source of nearly overj
woe time doth beset ua ; and yet It wil
baffle the most keen and analytical to 11 in
where ho has demonstrated thu correctness
of his assertion. That the burden of prool
rests upon htm Is Indisputable , for ho ask :
us to forsake a system the wisdom and mi
perlorlty of which have been demonstrated
by experience , for a currency scheme thai
Is , to say the least , problematical am
fraught with danger.
NiiUcil mill Unly.
New York Times ( ilcrn )
"Tho restoration of bimetallism In thi
United .States will take away from gold Jusl
BO much of Us purchasing power as w.i ;
added to It by the demonetization of sllvci
by the United States. " That sentence wll
kill Mr Hryan as a candidate There Is not
orltorlcal wind enough In all Nebraska tc
convince thu American people of the trutl
ot the absurd proposition that the demonetl'
zatlon of silver enhanced the purchnslnr
power of gold All that Is left of Mr. Dry-
tin's assertion Is the demand that the dollai
shall bo split In two , and that Is repudiation
naked and ugly.
A Mnx - of S
New York Trltunc ( rep )
To follow Mr. Bryan In detail throng !
this miuo of sophistry is quite unnecessary
Kor through It all there run certain palpablj
false assumptions , which entirely dcstroj
the force of his reasoning.
The first Is that free coinage by thi
United States alone would ralsu the price
of silver bullion throughout the world tt
$1,29 In gold Mr Bryan offers not an Iten :
of evidence to sustain this assumption , Tin
history of the world disproves It. But II
It li true , It destroys absolutely all tb <
force of three-quarters of Mr. Bryan's speech
In which ho attempt * to show that various
classes lure been plundered by making
gold too dear , ncl that . cheaper dollar , on *
of less purchasing power , Is needed to re-
Rtoro th billance. The second assump
tion Is thit bimetallism la free coinage ,
whereas all practical men know that free
coinage In this country alone Is raonometal-
lltm , for without agreement of other nations
In flxliiR e ratio between silver and gold ,
It would tlmply demonetize cold In this
country , flx a premium on It , and compel
the redemption of all notes In illver only.
Hither Mr. Drynn Is not Ingenuous , or he Is
far moro slow In mind than people think
him , In carefully avoiding tbo long years
of proof U.M no one nation tan fix the ratio
between the metaU , or establish actual con
current use of the two without co-operation
of other countrl i.
Il ) ) trnicil liy
Rt Taiil otoljc ( Jom >
All his Introductory arguments on cur
rency arp devoted tn a penenyrlc on bimetal
lism. nhlrh ho proposes to give to this conn-
trv Ho aiMinie.i an unproved appreciation
In the purc-h fining power of the gold del *
lar , bill falls to confess how labor has
profited most tbcriby. Ho says "we are not
asking that a new experiment be tried , "
although he Is certainly rtwaie that no such
gigantic pxperlment as free coinage of sil
ver at n ratio of but li > to 1. when the com-
merclil r.itlo was neatly 32 to 1 , was ever
tried In th < > history of the xvorld He says
"we .ilso : ipply the IHW of supply and de
mand to silver when wo say that a new
demand for silver , created b > law , will
raise the prlc of silver bullion " Yet he
knows thnt the simo statement , made by
the advocates of the law of 1S7S , and again
In 1810. w.vi disproved utterly by our own
experience. _ _
ti.M )
If Secretary Morton's "Bird Pay" proposi
tion should be accepted , sayg the Philadel
phia Lodger , the \tuerlcan eagle will Insist
on the fourth of July
It Is announced from Berlin that the pe
troleum trade of the world has been
"tininrd" at last Kvcn If oil Is cornered
most people will make light of It.
Curiously enough , none of the sketches of
Garret A Hobart published after his nom
ination gave tbo date of his birth , which
was June 3 , 1S44
William J. Ollmorc , who died In Colum
bus , O , the other day at the age of 73 years ,
was one of tbo most widely known lawyers
In the state , and was nt one time a Justice
of the supreme court of Ohio.
Baroness Hlrsch Is continuing the philan
thropic enterprises of her late husband. She
has Just given $20000.000 to his scheme
providing for the Immigration ot Indigent
Jews from Hussla to the Argentine Republic.
The monument to Thomas Chlttcndcn , the
first governor of Vermont , will bo unveiled
August 10. Ex-Gov
at Wllllston , Vt , on
ernor Stewart will make the historical ad
dress and Governor Woodbury will accept
the monument for the state.
A few gray strands of hair are i/itlceable
In the full beard of ex-Mayor Hugh J Grant
of New York He has a more sedate ap
pearance since he became a benedict. Those
who Know say he Is out of politics for good ,
although he attended the conference with
Senator Hill and others recently
Tom Watson of Georgia , the populist nom
inee for vice president weighs only 120
pounds , but ho Is full of fight Hie Is abso
lutely fearless , physically and In debito He
believes In the duello , and once shot a fel
low-attorney full of holes for ruffling his
sensibilities during the trial of a case.
I.ICIIT AM ) MVHI.Y.
m.irne * ! , lor wn.never i jiupu anjiu i-
. \bout nuts for contemporary tlctlon
Yonkers Statesman : Ileuhen ( In the bick
sent of the theater ) Will you let me have
n. peek through them glasses , neighbor ?
I c.in't just make out whether that s n
gnl on the stage , or one of them 'ere
pl.mner lamps
Jloslon Courier : Suburban VTnat do you
suppose I h.ivu r.ilsed In my garden thu
fur this summer ?
Visitor Well , if you've had thn same
weather that we hnve I Imagine you must
have raised jour umbrell.i oftcner than
anything elfao.
New York World. "That jouns man
who occupies the first floor front has some
tough looking callers"
"Yes. his room Is better than his company
"
pany
Indianapolis .Touinal- Mrs Wlckvvlrc-
I believe M u nro afiaUl of work.
Dismal D.UV-OH Me ? Afraid of anything
tint ran be .is e.isy dodged as work kin ?
N'lt !
Brooklyn I-lfe' "If Miss Gay devoted
as much time to mental culture us Mie doe
to dress she would be . .1cry learned
woman" ,
"Yes , but .she wouldn't have the satis
faction of making1 other women green with
envy. "
Indianapolis Journal : "What h.avo you
nami'il your boy' "
"William : just plain William My wife
wanted to mime him after th.it lovely Mr
Hryan nnd I wanted to name him after
MeKlnley , so we compromised on plain
William , after both of them "
AT A SCANCn.
Atlanta Constitution.
"I shall call up. " said the medium ,
"Tho shade of Colonel Hrown ;
Ho used to be an editor
In this progressive town "
The colonel he had died In debt
In fact , ho owed thorn all ;
And one man , who could not forget ,
Ilushtd forward from the hall.
"He comes ! Ho comes ! " the medium cried
"Kor hnrkl an angel sings ! "
"Just bold him ! " yelled the creditor ,
Till I levy on his wings ! "
Tlin MJVT 1II3ST T1IIXJ.
Illchmond Times
"I'll bet I'll win her 'yes' tonight , "
I said to Jim , In ardor's flight ,
"Ilevond n peradventure "
Ho took mo readily , of course ,
And thus our wager hud the force
Of sealed and sworn Indenture.
I sought my sweetheart's home that eve
And , wooed by spell her charms did weave-
Charms all my pralso compelling
I Htralphtway felt my Hos o'ertlow
With words thnt only lovers know
My heart's glml storv telling-
Will you bo mine ? " I plead , with thrll
Of longing. "S.w the word that will
Crown life with grand endeavor !
Will vou be mine' ' Oh , please , requlto
My plea with one sweet 'yes , ' anil llghl
The sun of love forever"
She bent on mo n look that seemed ,
As tell-tale eyes with rapture gleamed ,
To hope's achievement beckon ;
Then , us the very air seemed fraught
With monosyllablH I sought ,
She plumply said , "I reckon ! "
.MI iCMrn .snnur.n
It's a VA rons hlwi Unit cross eyes in
fhlltlron cannot bo cured without tlio
H ! O of w knife we can straighten any
chilli's eyes by a biieelal method Unit
does not Ineoiuenleticc or hurt the
child In thu least no knife UMM ! at all
the younger thu child thu better ,
Aloe & Penfold Co.
1408Faruam
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Pulse of Western Progress. _
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Senator Warren of Wyoming has again
came forward with a scheme to benefit the
northwest , cavs the Edgcmont Express ,
and on" that will be found feasible and
ot moro value than all the levees for the
protection ; ot the lower Mississippi country
During the discussion ot the river and har
bor bill the senator struck the keynote
when he offered nn amendment providing
that an appioprlatlon for survcjs be made
with tbc Iron of Impounding the head-
vvateis of all the large rivers. The an
nual snona melting In the mountains , with
their levels away above the surrounding
country , la the primary cause of all the
floods that come down the big rivers , and
It by dams or other means this water can
bo held and utilized the "Great American
desert" will bo a thing of the past The
expenditure of the vast sums ot money
at the mouth of the Mississippi In building
levees , while It has not been wasted , has
failed to remove any cause ot the floods
If the money , or a tithe of H , had been
expended to prevent the flood-waters Ret
ting down to the lower country the llrst
levees would have been sufficient to have
held the water without having to build
higher every vear.
The departure of having an appropriation
for the west In the river and harbor bill Is
a new one and will be waichod with great
Interest by every one to whom Irrigation ap
peals , and the efforts of Senator Warren
should bo encouraged by every farmer of
the west. Our country needs water , and the
rivulets and mountain streams furnish plenty
If a way could bo devised to hold It , and the
government surveyors will open the subject
so tint public Interest will be centered In
the mountain country and the lands brought
under the controllng power ot the American
farmer backed by water. Prevent flood wo-
tern escaping to the scacoast by spreading
It over the western prairie lands and the
southern towns can breathe easy.
RICH COPPER MINES.
As a result ot tbo settlement of Eden Val
ley , Mendoclno county , by Slovenian Cath-
ollu colonists , a very Important Industry is
now being developed there , says tbo San
Francisco Call , and just at prt.sent the In
dications forecast a source ot vast wealth to
those directly Interested
The promoters of the colony , It now ap
pears , were especialj ! fortunate In selecting
the beautiful and fertile Eden Valley , for
they arc now rewarded with unlimited sup
plies ot coal , lumber and , most Important
of all , a wonderfully rich copper mine.
It la claimed for this mine that without
the land and timber tt would moro than
repay the colony for Us enterprise. In Its
piesent stage the copper mine Is no mere
speculation , but a reality. All the prelim
inary work has been finished The prospects
have been made the veins traced for a long
distance and satisfactorily located , shafts
sunk and assays made And the result Is
very gratifying to nil concerned The search
for the veins has brought to light tbc fact
that a singularly rich copper mine exists on
the colony tract In Eden Valley ono which
In time may become famous as a producer ,
and one , too , that may add considerably to
the wealth of the state developed from her
natural resources.
Ono result of the various assays has been
to nil the colonists full of new hope and
contentment , and to satisfy the managing
spirits that all doubts about success of the
colony are dispelled , for the chemical testt
have demonstrated that the ore Is
all exceedingly rich and capable ot belnp
mined and reduced at a good profit. Be
sides , an expert has gone over the ground ,
making a minute examination of tbe min
ing property , and submitted encouraging
reports
The copper mine Is not all the attraction
ottered , either , for deposits of coal of a
flno quality have be n found In the valley
or rather on the hillsides surrounding the
valley. The deposits are part of the vast
coal fluids of the northeastern part ol
Mendoclno county. The quality of the coai
Is well known to be up to the average stand
ard.
ard.It
It Is proposed to develop the coal mine
In conjunction with the copper mine and
other industries , though this" may not be
for some time to come , as there Is so mucli
firewood In that vicinity that coal maj
not bo needed for jcars. However , If tbe
coal can be mined for a profit nnd ther
transported to Uklah It Is said that cola
mining will form a leading part ot the
promised Industries of Mendoclno county.
Timber , ot course. Is so abundant that t
sawmill will be kept busy all the time
turning out lumber for building purpose !
and for the mine , and possibly for exporta
tion from the valley.
GREAT GOLD REVIVAL
"Pierce City Is rapidly coming to the fronl
as a mining center , " said a mining man
from tha region In an interview with a
reporter ot the Spokane Chronicle. "It
may not regain the reputation It had thirty
and thirty-live years ago , but It certainly
will prove a very flne camp again This
summer the mining business Is very pros
perous. The placers have panned out many
hundreds of dollars of the jcllow stuff ,
Some of the cbilms have made wonderful
showings. This season the American Placer
Mining company cleaned up $4,000 after a
six weeks' run with four men. This dirt
goes 70 cents to the- cubic yard. A number
of good properties have ground that Is
richer than this
"The Idaho Consolidated Gold Placer Min
ing company on French creek Is employing
nine men and will soon be paying dividends
Tbo Crescent company pajs dividends right
along. The Caledonia , employing twelve
men , will soon be a dividend payer. The
Cro\vley and Itowo property has made a hip
clean up this season , while the Hums claim
panned out $1,000 In two weeks for two men ,
"But the latest fad among placer miner :
Is 'booming' This Is a comparatively ncv\ \
method of taking oft the dirt , but with in
It works splendidly A dam Is built acrosi
the gulch and tt Is allowed to fill with water
Then a gate Is opened nnd the water Is al
lowed to go booming down the gulch. 1
tears away the ground , tbe rocks and tin
trees and strips off tbo bed rock In mos
excellent shape. This jcar Morris tires
cleaned up J 11,000 tn a short time by boom
Ing.
"But there is a great deal more quart :
mining going on now than ever before Ir
this camp The ledges are thin , but verj
rich in free milling gold Extensive capita
has been going In there of late "
"Is this a good country for prospectors ? '
"Yes there Is a great extent of countr ]
back of Pierre City where no white man nai
over been. There are great stretches o
H PE1N PICTURES PLH1A.SAF
I'HOIM.K OKT SICK
Of old picture finines about as quick
ns anything on earth and they keep
putting oft1 the euro probably because
they don't know that we're maUliiK pic-
tuio frames to order for less than you
can buy the moulding alone for any-
wheio i-lhu all borts of moulding auy
frame. ,
A. Hospe. Jr.
1513 Douglas
I'noi'i.n WHO UIII.MC
That Is soda water are convinced
by this time that our genuine "I'ro/.im
Fosfales" Is the nicest coolest ami
mobt lefrcj-hlng drink t-xtant we'io
serving lluyler's chocolate Ice cieam
ttoda tonight and giving every lady
culler a beautiful rose Into the bargain
berved aa lluyler tervea It.
Kuhn's Drug1 Store ,
Slort l&lll a
thla kind ot country for miles and miles.
No man can conceive of ) Its wonderful ex
tent. It will not all a prospected In fifty
years. "
"How Is the No * Tefces reservation ? "
"It Is getting up nicely. The tonn ot
Nez Pcrccs Is about"tl > bo moved , I be
lieve , a distance ot ten .miles to what Is
known as 'The Hole , ' , vvhere there Is plenty
of water. At Nez Pefcca there Is not
enough water for a town "
M1NCHALS IN COLVILLK RESERVE.
W. A. Uerry , who for the past four months
has been visiting the mining sections In the
north central part of the state , returned
to Tacoma a few days ago , bringing with
him slowing reports of that region and
confident that with proper development some
of the greatest producing camps In the world
will be developed there.
In conversation with a Tacoma Ledger re
porter Mr. Berry said that he had spent
some time In the Colvllle reservation , and
the Houndary Creek camps , but during most
of his absence be was engaged In mining
operations In the Okatiogan country He
said that white the reservation has scarcely
been scratched over by prospectors jet , the
claims so far found Indicate that the coun
try la rich In mineral , nnd he confidently ex
pects some famous producers to be devel
oped ,
In speaking- lloundary creek , Mr Uerry
said he had visited the camps ot Falrvlcw ,
Camp McKlnncy , Rock Creek , lloundary
Palls , Midway , Greenuay and Anaconda
and that In all ot them KOCH ! strikes were
being made. In Anaconda camp some vast
copper deposits have been uncovered. A
group of claims there has been bonded by
an English syndicate , which will erect a
large smelter for the reduction ot the ores
A towns I to has been located and platted and
the prospects are good for a big boom in
that camp. Anaconda Is located about thirty-
five miles west of Trail creek. Altogether
the camps along Boundary creek are flour
ishing and several hundred miners are
steadily at work developing their claims.
"As to the Okanogan country , " said Mr.
Ilerry , " 1 looked It up very thoroughly
while I was there , visiting nearly all of the
camps and Inspecting the- mines and de
velopment work done I believe the Okano
gan has a brighter future than any district
In the northwest and that within a few
years It will be one of the leading mineral
sections In 'he production ot the precious
nietals. "
RETURNED ARGONAUTS.
Men with gold and others with nothing
but blasted hopes and whiskers have Just
arrived from Alaska on the steamer Dertba ,
says the San Francisco Examiner. She
got In ( rom Unalaska with 140 passengers , ,
most of whom are miners , and about $200,000
worth of gold dust for the Alaska Commei-
clal company. Of the mining crew not
more than ten had anything to sbow for the
trip , and they had cleaned up variously from
$2,000 to $1.000.
John Mueller of Germany Is the lucky man
ot the lot. He came back burdened with
203 pounds of the pieclous metal , nnd will
realize something like $ W.OOO In all Mr
Mueller spent eight jears In the mines ol
Aluskn , but the bulk'of his gold was gath
ered tn the last year nml a half. The lucky
miner Is Inclined to bo noncommittal , anO
does not like to talk about himself and his
dust. Ho dug and prospected In many
places , and at last struck it ricb on Millet
creek , about forty miles ifrom the Yukon
and at a place called Fort Cudahy. Muellei
Is on the way to Germanyto end his days In
comfort. t
Some of the inlnera.'dlJ mot even prospect
but look the first means ot returning to the
United States. The veallrer has been most
unfavorable , with a ( backward spring ami
the greater part of the country locked in ice ,
Among the passengers by ; the Bertha was
Captain Charles Baldwin , who had charge ol
the guards at the Midwinter fair. For tin
past year Mr.'Baldwin held the position ol
storekeeper for the Alaska Commercial com
pany at Circle City. < but 'was ' compelled tc
return on acciunt of 111 Health : °
C. H. Hemper of Tacoma and P. S. Arm
strong ot Now Haven , Conn. , have had al !
they wanted of Alaska. They did not react
the mines at all , though they made a starl
from Circle City , only to return. Manj
others would like to come back , but art
unable to do so just at present. All the
country within easy reach has been vvorkec1
out , according to the returned hunters , anO
It takes too much capital to penetrate the
interior and uncover the deposits there
Hemper reports the death of a young mar
named Grant Hudson , who died on June
30 , sixty miles from Circle City , Just aftei
reaching the mines. The dead man was
said to hall either from San Jose or Fresno
UNSUCCESSFUL , WHALERS.
A disappointed crowd of whale hunters anil
excursionists returned to the city the othei
night , said a Tacoma dispatch to the San
Francisco Call. They had chased a whale
up and down Henderson bay all day , had
shot at htm , prodded him with their oars
and yet the ceteccan came off victorious
He did not seek rcvengu , being content tc
bury himself In the green waters when his
pursuers came too close or startled him wltt
cannon shots
The hunters claim to have chipped off a
piece of the whale's dorsal ( In with the first
cannon ball , but they did not bring It borne
to exhibit.
Early In the morning the tug Laurel
steamed away to Henderson bay , follower !
soon after by the steamer Sehome with 20C
spectators aboard The Laurel carried ovci
twenty men. After being out a short time :
whale was sighted , whqn the row-boats were
left behind and the tug's speed Increased
Nearly two hours were spent beating about
Then , as the whale rose slowly to the surface
a few rods away , the cannon blazed and the
whale dived The new rope did not unwlnrl
readily , so that the shot only grazed hi ;
back and knocked off a piece of fin. A hall
hour later another shot was secured , but th (
aim was again Incorrect and the ball en *
tcred water Instead.
Operations then ceased for dinner , aftei
which men In rowboats spent several hours
In unsuccessful attempts to harpoon the
monster. The harpoonlsts and rowers allki
seemed scared , for Invariably they let thi
whale start to dive before throwing thcli
weapons. They were alongside the whali
several times. At other times they lowed
rapidly until nearly to him , when all seem'
Ingly experienced that tired feeling am !
their efforts were relaxed until the big fel
low bail gone under.
The leviathan came up near the Seliomi
and now It was the excursionists' turn t (
be scared. Some wanted to return home u
once. The Laurel approached and the can
non was aimed , but It did not work to sui
Gunner Bradshaw. Thla attempt provci
abortive , and after folfowlng the spoutei
iv.vrtm.u. DESIGNS .
Some of this most exquisite results
have been obtained this year In Uio
caipet perfections we are now showing
especially is this true' In moquettcs
they admit of such a large range of
colors the artl&t 1ms made good use of
them come nno ce.
Omaha Carpet Co.
! 515Dodge
about a half hour longer tbo hunt WAI
given tip
THE DAKOTAS.
A press bulletin Just Issued says Dakota
cabbages arc being Injured by at least five
worms nnd one louse.
Latest reports on the loss ot grain by the
hall In the vicinity of Mcllctte place the
total at 1.500,000 bushels.
The session ot the Black Hills Chautauqua
association Just closed at Deadwood Is re
ported to have been a financial , social and
literary success
Inspector McLaughlln ot the Indian bureau
has been directed to select the- sites for the
new Indian boarding schools to bo located
at or near Chamberlain and Rapid City , S.
I ) , which will cost $23,000.
Prof Todd , state geologist , has discovered
what ho believes to be an extinct volcano
on Sand creek near Its confluence w Ith White
river cast ot llermosa , It Is a hill eighty
feet high which vibrates violently at times.
In the Elk mountain district a strike has
been made by Kllpatrlck Bros adjoining
the Balmoral property at Ragged Top. The
vein Is apparently \ true fissure , about
thirty Inches vide , and the samples have
averaged about $200. A carload has been
taken out.
COLORADO.
rifteen tons ot ore recently shipped from
a tease on the Tenth Legion at Empire netted
$ " [ > per ton.
On Albro hill , Clear Creek county , there la
considerable excitement over the discovery
of tellurium In Gllson gulch by James Den
ver and others
At Leadvlllo the Northern mine will In all
probability begin operations In a few days
and will pay $3. About forty men will be
employed The Capital mine wilt also re
sume with a force of ten men ,
Ore carrying eight ounces In gold , seven
ounces In silver and some lead was taken
from the shaft ot tbo Mollle Gibson at Pumn
City by Edward Parker of Colorado Springs
A contract has been let to sink 100 feet.
The now find , the Mule < 3klnncr , at the
head of Gregory canon , about four miles
fpom Boulder , In an entirely new district
yielded ore lately which went $20 silver am !
$8 gold. The mine Is but thirty-five feel
deep , but has a big vein
There are two sawmills In Treshwatei
camp , one located on West Tour Mile , aboul
four miles northeast of town on the roai :
to Davids , and operated by 13. H. Dell foi
the South Park Lumber company , and UK
other located a mile southeast and ovvnee
by A. Sartor.
Prospectors are not a llttlo excited ovci
the recent gold discoveries on Lone Com
proper , and large parties ot them nre bead
Ing that way. says the Tellurlde Journal
The country Is just coming Into notice , I
having been regarded as nothing more val
uablc than a cattle range for a number o
years.
A report comes from Moncos that Wll
Checsmau has opened a big vein ot copper
which Is said to be the highest grade of tha
metal yet discovered In Colorado. The claln
Is located In Madden gulch , near the hear
of East Mancos , and Is said to contain on
with a value of 63 per cent copper. The veil
Is three feet In width.
Over on Grand gulch , at Little Deer creek
where already several good mines are lo
cated , a new and very promising vela ha
been uncovered , showing some free gold am
j assays from $12 to $23 In gold at ten fee
down. Many of the leads uncovered In thl
district show up well In copper and lead
.some of them containing as high as 45 pe
cent of the latter mineral.
Tbo excitement caused by the finding o
some very rich float on Bryan mountain a
El Dorado has developed Into a grand rusl
for that part of the district. Several partle
brought down samples of ore which showei
up rich In tellurium , one sample being cov
ered all over with bars ot sylvanlte. Severn
tests made there and tn Boulder ran ovc
fifty ounces In gold per ton. Several loca
tlons have been made on the belt which shoi
tellurium.
WYOMING.
A lead has been found In the Sandston
country , ore from which runs $30 per tor
Lander is to have a cheese factory whlcl
will utilize a large amount of Its mill
product.
Placer miners on Dry creek. Big Her ;
country , nre washing out from $5 to $1
Dcr day.
The Shoshone Ditch company has tempo
rorlly suspended work on Its ditch In tb
basin country.
Evanston's new reservoir on Sulphu
Spring hill Is nearly completed. It Is 21
feet long , fifty feet wide and twelve fee
deep.
The Standard Plaster company of Lai
amle Is kept busy filling orders. The prod
uct bids fair to replace all other plaste
materials.
A new town Is to be built a short tils
tanco west of Casper to be named Woo ]
vllle. Dipping pens are to be erected an
a large wool storage house.
Large parties of summer tourists are be
ginning to arrive at Dome lake , near Shci
Idan , and the beautiful little resort Is rapid !
assuming the air of a fashionable waterln
place.
Reports from the central portion of th
state are to the effect that the grass o
the ranges Is most excellent , the rccen
rains causing practically the growing c
a second crop.
The selection of land under the Glob
canal in Big Horn county has been ap
proved by the authorities at Washington
as has also an additional selection unde
tbo Sbosbono canal.
A rich strike was made In the Bolte
Lake copper mine. A five-foot vein of cop
per galena , almost the pure metal , wa
struck la the east drift. This la now th
richest mine ever developed In the Rock
mountains.
A rich strike Is reported five miles wes
ot Granite canon , on the properties bcln
operated by the Crysler syndicate , on th
Big Jim claim. A true fissure vein wa
struck at a depth of twenty-three feel
carrying ore of a very fine quality.
'
Laramle City plumbers are kept bus
extracting fish from the water pipes , Th
Republican says : "Nowadays the plumber
of the city are kept very busy lookin
after private water pipes , which becom
choked up , In nearly every Instance th
trouble Is caused by fair sized trout whlc
In some manner continue to get In th
big main and from thence are carried hit
pipes running to private residences. Sov
cral trout have been taken out of th
II * YOII'IIH T.OINR AWAY
You'd better have ua tale care of
.your household fjoods we've got a Btorc
houau built tor the put pose and wo
move thins * * too move a seven-loom
hoiiho at onu load as easy att others do
at four and the charge saving Is an
item.
Omaha Van nni5XSS !
Our telephoi. * . MS
In Wabasu OHlco.
small pipes within tbc ) tt cUx or two
which aver gc from four to tlx Inchoi In
length.
Cuihmftn , rnchnuv > ot Qrnnd Eucitmp *
nient , rvho ht * ! > t n engAgeA In rahlng
* lk for the prut tbrtd years , hft cloud
out his bird to Jamci W. Cot ot Mesa ,
Colo. The herd , ron l > tln > ; ot ten Ik. will
bo tied two Mud two * nUd bthlnd WIROIII
to Mflta , when they will br > placed In a
patk. Since f > iij ? Kf < l In tht business ol
raining elk Mr. Cushmnn fans told A num
ber ot the animals nl nn Aversge prtco ot
$50 a. bend Atid IIHI killed ft number for
food.
OREGON.
Ground < itilrr 1a arc brsomtnc so numer
ous In Curry county Hint li : several place *
the gardens ar belr.K bAdlr .lam.ucd
The cannery * t Rogue river hA been
picking MI average of 4uO cases of sMmou
> er day during the past tlilrty-llvo da vs.
Harncy county is tald to bine Invented
23,000 In bicycled this year } 5,0l > 0 In CJih
, nd the balance on tha Itistallment plan.
Just now the formers In thu Ornnd Ronde
alley nro cugnged In putting up b.iy , but
ho crop Is so heavy that la imie seUloin
uuch ot It will be left standing. Huge
tacks dot tbo valley throughout its length
ind breadth.
A band ot bunch-grass horses vvtre driven
n and sold nt public auction In Sllverlon
he other day Tbo boises .vsre linbrnkon
ind were sold nl vciy low prices. Omul
lorses were sold for $ C , uud sued teams
vcro sold for $10 to $23.
A trip through the hop-grow IID ; districts
around Brownsville shows tlif.t tbo tun-cage
vlll not bo nulte so largo as lust vent but
bo quality bos ever } Indication of being
Irst class The vards which have been cul
tlvated show nn abmulnmc of > anni ; hops
on the vines , nnd ns jet they are fieo from
icsts of all kinds.
Prospectors say that the whole countiy
\bout the north for ! , of the Julin Uiy ihoi
Is absolutely denuded of ovcijthlnn green
by largo bands of nhecp that have been
Irlvcn therefrom adjoining counties. These
liords have driven out nil piospoctors , foi
they cannot find food foi tbulr hories , si > i
the Grant Count } News.
A black bear that bad been killing sheer
In King valley , was killed the ollior day by
George Nelthamer. Biulu weighed -IOC
pounds The neighbors ot Mr. Neltbamot
were so elated over the destruction ot the
boar that they each presented the hunter
with a sheep apiece , and he Is now pos
sesscd of about fourteen head.
The hucklcberrj crop In the Blue moun
tains is enormous this > cnr. Hvcry bush i
loaded nml parties who have been out In
quest of this fruit como back with glowlnp
reports ot success. It Is said the berries
are so thick on Blalock mountain that the
cattle that range there are all stained pur
pie from walking through and l > lng dour
In the patches. The old grizzly-white cows
are thus rendered n beautiful , brilliant color
The Fossil Journal Is convinced that the
sheep fight which It reported , In which Mr
Kitchen and Crnest Shernr were reported
killed , on Snow mountain , was a "fake'
like n lot of other stories fabricated to keej
sheepmen out of the mountains Since tin
date ot the reported tight Billy Wlsemai :
has had a letter from Sherar , and as Ernes !
didn't say an > thing about having been
killed , bo was probably allvo when he wrote
It , sajs tbo Journal.
About three and one-half miles below
Mlshawnka , on the Nehalcm river , Harris
& . Wherry have n logging camp and an
logging soft maple exclusively. They worl
a crow of from five to eight men , nnd have
about 200,000 feet ot logs on the river haul
ready to roll In when the first freshel
comes this fall. They have a contract will
R. Krebs of Nehalem to saw thq lumber
when It will be shipped to 1'ortland. Thl !
Is the first of this kind ot timber whlcl
has been logged to any extent on this rlvei
as yet. It Is used principally In the nianu
facture of furniture , and brings a gooi
crlcc
Robert Lincbarger has told the Malhem
Gazette of a monster rattlesnake that wa !
killed by his wife at their ranch , neai
Vale , recently. One of the children dls
covered It In the sage brush near the house
nnd , there being no menfolk on the place
lira. Llnebarger very courageously madi
an attack single-handed. Summoning al
her courage and a largo pitchfork she mad
an onslaught upon the formidable reptile
breaking the pitchfork handle tbc first blov
dealt him. Then , with the remaining per
tlon of the handle , she completed the Kill
ing. The snake was as large around and ai
long as a fence post and had a large iiuin
her ot rattles.
WASHINGTON .
Harvesting is about over around Star
buck , and the farmers will average abou
half a crop. Everything was favorable to
fine crops until the last hot w Inds.
Most of the logging camps In thn Gray'
harbor country are shut down , and It I
reported that there his not been a Urn
In ten years when so little logging has beoi
done.
done.W.
W. A. Mears of Portland , who has buslnes
connections In Japan , has given the Del
Lumber company of Everett an order fo
1,000,000 feet of lumber , to be shipped t
Japan.
The county road between Svcnson an
Knappa has been opened and hereafter ther
will be considerable travel between the tvv
communities. This also connects Cathlame
with a through road to Astoria.
George H. Emerson , manager of the North
western Lumber company's sawmill at He
quiam , is In Seattle , and the Times saj
that he has purchased the machinery of th
Fremont Milling company , nnd now has
force of men taking the machinery out prt
paratory to shipping It to Gray's harbor
Marcus has entered the campaign In earn
est for the county seat of Stevnns count }
A petition Is In circulation requesting th
commissioners to submit the proposition t
the voters at the general election In Nnvern
ber , and already over 300 signatures ha\
been obtained. The law requires 700 names
It Is estimated that there are 10,000 sliee
In the Blue mountains this jtar. In th
breaks back of tbo Walla Walla valley Th
herds graze over timbered and rocky hill
sides that one would think could not b
touched by anthliiR but a bird A f w hea
follow the bands ot sheep The dier hav
been driven to other ranges and to the dec
canyons
The hay harvest In Stevens county Is eve
and thi ) work of baling hay for Elilpnu'n
has begun. The ylUd will bo an j\era
of CO per cent less than what it was las
year In the upper portion of the Colvllle val
ley. The wild fruits arc unusually abunJnn
this summer and since thu hay banes
there Is a stampede of farmers' families Int
tbo mountain ranges tn quest ot buckle
berries ,
Thr * Columbia river salmon pack Is prac
tlcally ended and though the season openc
with a strike that lasted for suvcnty-on
days , the total pack will only fall 75,00
cases bcilow that ot 1ut : year , which vr
B12.000 coica. Thli remarkable remit li 4u
to three phenomenal tuni of fl h sine * tha
strike ended. Th number and ! o ot th
fish m Attribute ! to the work of the C l -
mns fish hntchery for four \cars Since H'lr
the rhlnook salmon hnro averaged Uenty-
eliiht pounds In weight. The Binrcltv ot
"bluebacks" * ml "ateolliMrW will lead to
the ncthe propagation of thee varieties.
M1SCEL1.ANKOUS.
Tine specimens of asbestos have been
found at WlncliMter , Cnl.
Nine-Mile Camp Is now ono of tbo very
busy nectloiis of the Coour il'AU-no region ,
Idaho.
The Sierra SVv d Wood and Lumber com-
jMn > lias let n contract ( or the construction
of n lugo mill on Us land near Trucket'
At Brown's VAlley , Cal. the three mlnen
opcinlcd employ 125 men , and tbcio Is &
gie.it deal ot prospecting going on In the
locallt >
The Chlno Chimplon sajs that ippiretilly
ever } Idle vnnn within 100 tulles JIM com A
there to tnVo his dinner's for work In tli
boot fields or nugir factorj.
S.tnct , a ncn\ mining town at the mouth
of Urnnltc deck. B C . Is grooving uplilly ,
cvcr > thing polntlnt ; to a lively camp In tint
I vicinity The \Vhlto Grouse mountain claims
aio eighteen miles distant
The acreage and crop ut alfalfa In th
Tla Juann vallny nnd California was novcr
Kroatci than It Is this } car Most of tha
ranchers hnve cut three K''ol ' crops during
the si'flson.
The suivov for thu San G.ibrlol 1'ovvcr
romp tii ) has been completed 1 hero w 111 bo
twenty-six tunnels , aggregating 15009 feet
through solid rock The onteiptlsovlll cost
itiout $100.000
A two-foot lodge ot gold ere has been un
covered at Blngliam Utah , whllo { trading ix
wagon road between Carr 1'orK and Cottonwood -
wood gulches It belongs to the I'hocnlx
Mining company and will pay from tbo gratti
tools.
It Is possible that In a shoitvhlle gov
ernment sampling works will be eu'cte-ci
at Nogalcs , Ariz. , at n cost of not less than
? 10,000. A late appropriation by coiiRrcsl
set aside $35000 for three government
works , ono at El Pa'o and the othci twc
on the northern boundary
It U now likely that Stockton will re
main the northern terminus ot tbo Vallo )
railway until the next grain season , al
least. The San rrnmlsco Chronicle st > (
that all work on the road will bo aban
doned In a week or two. or as soon as the
rmd Is completed to tbc outskirts ol
Fresno.
Marble of excellent quality has been fount !
In se-vcral puts of Alaska , particularly nt
St John the Baptist baj Wliltrstonc nar
rows. Rood's bav , Mitchell's bay and Mnr-
blo bluffs The different localities are soon
to bo thoroughly prospected by skilled men
' \lth view to opcn'ng ' them and niarKctlna
the product.
Descrot District ITlab appears to bo
In a flourishing condition Among" other
things the Ucsnret Mining company Is put
ting up reduction works nt the forks ot
Occr Cree'K canon , n mile from tbo Silver
King mine. In the latter they have a vein
from eighteen to twenty feet In width of an
average value ot ? 10 per ton.
Truckco's new railroad Is progressing inp-
Idly. The grade has been completed and
tracklajcrs are now at work Though onlj
seven miles In length , the road menus much
for Truckee. Starting from tbo center ol
totvn. It runs westward Into a hitherto Inac
cessible chain of mountains , where an ex
cellent quality ot pine lumber abounds , the
supply being practlcallj Inexhaustible. Plan
ing mills and box factories will bo erected
at Its terminal point , Katz 1'Iat.
Nine miles of steel rails arrived from
Mlssoula at the western terminus of the
Montana railroad , sa > s the Helena Iiule-
dendcnt , and were unloaded In the material
vards of the Montana Railroad company.
The actual accomplishment of Jliat much
toward the completion of the work will do a
great deal to re-establish confidence In the
enterprise It Is now practically assured
that there will bo communli-ntlon by rail
between Helena and Castle by October 1.
Secretary Strashury of the Los Angclci
Oil exchange Sajs he hates very much ta
admit It , but tbo faet nevoitheless exists
that It Is only the question of n few weeks
till the oil Industry of Los Angeles will bo
a thing of the past The American Oil com
pany has just sunk a now well , and the
production Is only about eight barrels. For
the last four months the supply has been
short 10,000 barrels of the consumption Tills
Is an average of 10,000 barrels monthly. It
will not be long till tbo furnaces hero are
again eating coal.
: OLD TlimitS.
Samuel Johnson ot Dutchcss county. New
York , ihatl rounded Ills hundredth year
safely to meet death In a trolley car ac
cident.
Barney Morris , 104 years old , Is employed
to pick scraps of paper from the grass In
Prospect park , Brookljn Ho probably
holds the record as the oldest laborer
Mr. Blackmoro has Just celebrated bla
Tlsl birthday , George Macdonald Is hh
senior by one > cnr , Mr Meredith and Mrs.
Olipbant are each l > 8 , Miss Braddon Is fi'J.
Sir Walter Bcsant 58 , Oulda 56 and Mr.
William Black 55
Mrs E. L LorliiR of Washington goes In
swimming every day In the bathing pond
al Apple-dore , nnd regularly swims four
times arotnd the pond As she Is 85 years
old the Islanders claim that the smartest
old lady on tbo coast Is a guest there.
Stephen Tebbetts of Harrison , Mo. , who
was 99 jears old last week , has been a
sailor , diver , cooper , shoemaker , song
writer , musician and farme-r , and dm Ing
the present summer he has done most of tha
work In bis laigu nnd beautiful garden.
Redwood CTy Cal , can boast a gnstro-
nomlcal curiosity In Joshua Lutton , who
lives on the edge of a marsh on tbc bay
shon > , and eats nothing but frogs aiul
oysters. At least , so diclares the San Fran
cisco Call. ThlB frogetarlan Is now 65 years
old and halo and heart }
Rev J C. Edwards. England's champion
begging letter writer , has Just died at the
age of 82 He was rector of an out-of-the-
way parish and bad a wooden Ifg On tbo
wooden leg and the poverty of his parluli
he drew a comfortable Income from tbo
charitable for nearly halt a rcntuiy.
Elijah Boulden Olcnn of Newark. N J. .
has celebrated bis one-hundredth birthday.
Ho was born when Washington was presi
dent He Is old to bo n lively old gentleman -
tloman , and he keenly cnjojul tbo tele-
biallon In his honor held the other day at
his birthplace , Carpenter's Point , Md.
Many a days' work Is lost by sick headache ,
caused by Indigestion and atomach troubles.
DoWHt's Llttlo Early Risers are tbo most
effectual pill for overcoming such difficulties.
PAR.AQRAPHE1D I
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H\VIITISH :
Or better for the constitution titan
llaldiiff'ri celebrated camllos maker and
designer of the most delicious confec
tions " ] laid tiff's Ice Cieam Itoll" is a
nice package to take along to the park
.Sunday put It In your pocket easy
httiya hard for hours.
Balduff , Caterer ,
1520 Fariiam
MI3VS I.O\V TAVS
There never v as n time \\hen you
could buy tan low shoes for t > o little us
now wo'ro closing out ours the § . " .00
kind forfl.oo-the $1.00 kind for $ _ ' . )
the $ . ' 1.00 kind for 52 ' > wldeli is 'way
'way low for low Ian shoes for men.
Drexel Shoe Co.
Bend for our Illus 1419 Fartiam
trated catalogue.