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TUTU OMAITA DAILY BEE : FONDAT , OCTOUER 19 , 1390. o Mlary , Instead of brim ; paid In dollars equivalent to gold , as It now the fact , eho'ild I in rciluceil by a cut of 47 cents an every dollar , whit would become of the support of tlili Immense number ot edu cated tenders ot thought ? They would have to buy with only 53 cents what now they h.ivo 100 cents to buy with. It would be ' i practically cutting every nalary In two In the middle. Hut would the salaries of these 112.000 clergy bo Increased by the prevalence of free sllverT They would not. Of all sal aries In American life , these of the clergy ro Icust MUcly to bo affected by any as cending scale. They do not respond In any matcilal degree to Improvement In business. They vary but slightly , even taking the companion by decades Into account. The precedent of one year. In the silary ot n clergyman , Is the standard for another , and another for Indefinite periods. It Is not likely , with the startling facts of ecclesi astical hltrnry before us , thai a single sal- nry of nn American clergyman would bo advanced In proportion to the actual cut- tine of the purchasing power of the salary now received. Upsides , the churches are conducting vast missionary , church-building , blblc-clrcutat- Ing , dcnomlnatlonal-aehool , and many other forms of activity. They must do It alt thorn- selves , of the free will ot the communicants , as not n dollar comes from the United Slates treasury. Take- the most numerous i 1'rolcstnnt body as an Illustration , namely the Methodist Episcopal. The total Amount of money raised by this ono church during the year 1SI ! ) was over J24.000.000. The min imum of loss entailed by the foisting of frco silver upon thU Important church would be nearly $12,000,000. The name ratio tie of loss would como to all our churches , The Human Catholic church would be one of the- worst sufferers. ItnaRlne HID loss to the clerical support , monasteries , asylums , convents protectories , and schools of all grades ! The chance of the standard to frco silver would pimply paralyre this Immense network of humane and educational llfu to nn extent that would bo felt In every nook and corner ot the l.ind. IIKI-'U.VT ADMITTIill. Sllvrr l.omlrra AeUntnvlcrtiee AII- liruiK-liliiir Dunni. Chlonco Chronicle ( ilcm. ) It Is notorious that the silver democratic- politicians and leaders concede their over whelming defeat. This statcncnt relates to regular demo crats who have always worked and voted with the party and who support Bryan not because they bellovo In him or In his plntfnrm , but In pursuance of what they n. , ard as party fealty. Intelligent democratic expressions ot opinion to this effect como from every di rection. Defeat Is admitted. They scino plan not road of escape. They regard all future sllvcrlto efforts as the iinero work of desperation. These admission * relate not only to Chi- c.iqo , but to the state ot Illinois and tr > the ccnernl result. Thn mo t sagacious and candid democrati In their estimate ot re- Milts say that the majority against Dry an and Altgeld In Cook county. Including the city of Chicago , will bo not Irssilhan 50,000 and may rench 80,000 or 100.000 votes. They admit that the majority against llrjnn nnd Altgcld In the slate will be twice that In Conk county. They also give up that Is prominent nnd nine-ore democrats supporting Ilrynn Kay that he will lose nil the central western Btates by as great proportionate majorities as will bo given In this city , county and stall' . The defeat will bo not only decisive , but nnnthllFtlng. Tim collapse and failure of the Ilrynn populist campaign will bo inoro complete than any other In political history. There wll bo no more left of the Uryan populist fusion after election than there Is of a fire cracker after Its explosion. There will be the fragment ! and a little umokc. iM Kir/.v AND imuiiiT. Now York Truth : The Bride Why do you stay away from homo every night , Fred. The Unite It must be the result of the liablt ucijulrcd while courting you. Now York Weekly : Deacon Dryboncs ( onthiialiiBtlcnlly ) IJIK'B not this congrcgix- ttomil pinging stir you up ? I'rof. Note ( n musician ) Sillmo .up ! In dued It dues. Makes' mo awenr. Texas Sittings : Coroner Is this man whom you found ( lend on the rnllrond track n total stranger ? Witness ( who hns boon told by the company to bo careful In Ms statement ) ) ) No , nor. Ills IOK wan gone Intolrcly. Ho was n partial stranger. Chicago Tribune "The ' : phrase 'working classes' occurH In this sentence. " said the toat'hor. "What do you understand by the working classes ? " "Tho chisHo.s lit grammar nnd 'rlllimctlc , " answered tbu shock-headed boy with the bad eye. Boston Transcript : Dealer Hero's n ryclomoter I can recommend. It Is pos itively iiceiirnlc : not al nil Ilko norno cyclomoteiM vhloh register two mlles , per haps , where you have ridden only ono. Younu Lady You haven't any of that kind , have you ? Chicago Post : "Does ho know anything about the money question ? " "Not n thing. " "How do you know ? " "I BCO him standing out on the curbstone nearly every day discussing- . " Washington Btar : "I'm afraid , " Bald the Chicago bunco man. "that the gold brick came Is about played out. " "There Isn't the slightest doubt of It , " replied his friend. "You've got to use n silver brick now. " Tndtannpolla Journal : "Colonel Orlme , " Bald thu man who thought ho knew him , "changes his political opinions us often as lie does his shirt. " "Oh , como now , " Bald the other man who Know the colonel. "Ho changes them oftener - ener than that , doesn't ho ? I never look him to bo so hidebound as that. " IIKU REPLY. Kansas City World. "Oh. will you wed , my dear , " ho said , "And bo my own for aye , And go with me ncroHi the sen , "Where nil my gorgeous castles be , To dream the years away ? " "I will not wed you , air , " she said : "Your wife I will not be. Your castles fair urn In the nlr I d only have InBoiiinlu there ; America for mo ! " TUB \\VvN'UKIIBn. Chicago Tribune. Once upon n midnight dro.uy. When the moon and atais wore weary And the boys were somewhat beery. As they oft had been before ; Wandering Willie of the locks of raven , With hli face nil cleanly shaven , And upon hli heart engraven The Imago of the white house door , "Was engaged In robust rlunibnr In a room of luckless number , In a hostelry groan somber With memories of yore. Dreaming drcamletfl most erratic , 'Auto-plutn-popocratlc , ISvrn shadc.i once democratic CJalloped through his ml ml galore ; Hut they vanished from the BCOIIO chaotic , And Hill's mind then grow ecstatic As It viewed thi ! scene hypnotic That occurred the day before. Once again In the convention To the members all attention- He nratcil at a tension That delicti the cannon's roar. ho wakened In thn morning. his famo-lot Ju t a-bornmg. IIu should then have taken warning As ho mlfht have done before , That tribute fiem the miners alight stock it hundred "diners , " But all Colorado's shiners Couldn't olovnto him more. Hut ho didn't heed the writing On the wall that was Inviting lllm to think well before lighting For delusions by the score. JTTo packed hU old black gripsack , As McKlnley packed his knapsack And hi * canteen nnd his hnvrrrack In rebellious ilays of ycie ; 'A rut ho wandered to the eastward , And ho wandered to the southward , And ho wandered to the westward And undo speeches by the score ; And the moru that he orated 'The more his cause sevmtd fated To bo by Sattin slated For eternal llres galore , fTho people nro not fooling , Our better sense Is ruling , [ Wo have had too good n uctiooHng To lot our credit KOJ lAnd It may appeir quite funny , glut \\o wnnt Bound , staple money , Not silver dollars , sonny. Like they have In .Mexico. JWo nru now too great a nation iT ° .al' ' ° l.1 repudiation. lind bo known throughout creation * or the honest debu we owe. Pulse of Western Progress. . tin ) Ira ! inil Irs. I A great many prospectors and mining men have bcn going Into the Ccbello creek coun try with the view ot Investigating reports of recent rich finds In gold nnd other metals , In which the former predominates. Those who have left Mineral and Rio Grande coun ties , says a Coppervllle special to the Denver News , confirm the statements made that It Is destined to become an Important mining camp. The new mining camp will be knowr In the future an Coppervllle. H Is situated on the Cebelln creek , seven miles south of the hot springs known as the Powder Horn poitorrtco. In Gunnlson county. The forma tion ot the country couxlsts of black trachyte granlto nnd lime. The levels carry copper , gold , silver and galent. The assay returns show greater valuer In gold nnd copper than In silver and galena. The mineral belt ex tends on both sides of the Cobcllo creek , b.ivlnt ; their regular course southeast and northwest. The extent of the mineral belt is an yet unknown , but the country around whom thh new lind has been discovered Is t.\si being explored. A few claims were staked In thU vicinity In 1893 , and the de velopment work was partly done on thcim but there has been no prospecting done sltmo until this season In thnt vicinity. Lait July a party located some claims which show tip well and this was really the beginning of the now camp. Others came in nnd had like results , nnd now the prospectors are coming In every day from other camps. Lake City. Gunnlson nnd Creode are well represented among the pros pectors. The altltudi ) ot the camp Is about 8,000 foot , situated In n beautiful little valley. The mountains arc not precipitous , but rollIng - Ing , so thst the country can be easily tra versed on foot , horseback and wagon. These hills which surround the new camp reach back until they come In contact with the higher mountains some 1,000 to 1,500 feet higher than the camp. They nre dotted with red spruce , pine and cedar trees. YUKON ARGONAUTS RETURN. Thomas Dwycr , representing a Superior , WIs. , syndicate , has returned from a season's sojourn on the Yukon , says a Seattle special to tbo San Francisco Chronicle. He went up last April from this city In order to make a thorough examination of the mining field above Circle City , with n view to ascertain ing whether It would be feasible for the syn dicate to Install a hydraulic plant for mining on nn extensive scale , nn experiment hitherto untried in thnt region. Four months of personal research and careful study have convinced him that the pinu Is entirely practicable , and he will Vicommt-ud It In his report. Dwyer urges the Importance of opening a better trnll to thn mines , hud says that the present one by Chllcoot pass Is thu worst possible. He recommends White's or Moore's pass HH hav ing already bren partially surveyed. The Canadian.nre making efforts to secure a new trail by Taku pass , which , if success ful , will throw trade Into British Columbia. Uwyer reports that the Yukon diggings panned out well thin season , the banner dis trict being on Mastodon creek , where one miner took ten ounces of gold from a single shovel , while $3 and $4 to the shovel was not uncommon. Laborers nt the mines were paid $12 n day but living was proportion ately high. Dncon wns worth 80 cents n pound , sugar CS cents , liquor $ GO n gallon , or 75 cents n drink , and the cheapest cigar 50 cent * . The Lakme , on which Dwycr came down , brought 155 miners , returning from Yukon. Of this number almost every man brought his little sack of gold dust. The sums which these Harks represented vary In amount from $100 to $10,000 , a goodly number of them reaching up to four figures. Seven or clglit hundred miners , from all parts of the United States , will spend the long winter at Circle City. Hundreds of men have been disappointed and have hardly ekfd out an existence through the season. On the other hand , some claims have occn remarkably ttucccrsful. One man ot this city paid $900 for a claim last season. Hc- gliuiing work In June of this year with a crew of eight men. working In shifts of four , night amf day , he has taken out $24,000. ' PLUMES DEARRR THAN G.OLD. Some feathers that are extremely fash ionable fetch more than their weight In gold , says the Portland Oregonlan. The hunting of birds on which these feathers , are found Is a more profitable business , moreover , than goldseeklng. It Is only natural to compare the two , because both gold and birds are found In the same sec- lion. Lower California. The egret feathers sell from $32 to $35 an ounce at wholesale. Of course , they fetch nt least double that when retailed over the counters of Now York's most popu lar stiops , They go by thn piece. One. or at most three , from 50 cents to $3 each , are the most that women oven In comfortable circumstances feel that they can afford. AVhllo there arc probably hundreds of men who mak * a business of killing birds for their feathers , tbo best known of the feather- hunters in the west Is Hamlln Smith , the white chief of the Cocopah Indians. Their reservation includes most of the land on Madeline bay. In the marshes of this broad sheet of water are found the crgret , heron and crane lu largo numbers. Sailth reached San Francisco a week or so ago with several bags of feathers , chiefly egret. The load weighed less than four pounds , but It netted Mr. Smith $1,575. Kven the heron's feathers come high. They fetch at wholesale from $8 to $10 an ounce. One heron , Mr. Smith says , will yield often leathers worth $150. If herons are moro plentiful than egret , they are more profitable hunting , because there Is only a small tuft of covering on the egret that Is marketable. WHALERS' DESPERATE TRAMP. The five whalers who deserted their ships In winter quarters nt Herschcl Island suc ceeded In reaching the gold mines of thu Yukon. They staggered into Circle City , after having tramped for nearly a month over the mountains and trackless stiuwy wn&tcs of the Arctic. The five were Ander- bon , Itbe , Schultz , Jorgunsen and Watson. The story of their hardships In crossing the unknown northern part of the AlaAnn terri tory , says the San Francisco Examiner , was brought down from the north by the miners who rolmncd from the Yunon en the IJertha. When they escaped from tnnlr pursuers they wtro undecided about venturing into the barren country that lay between th'-m and the gold fields. For a day or two they remained In camp , deliberating on a plan of action. While thus engaged a deer stum bled almost on top of them. Two or three rlflra cracked and the animal fell. It mean a fair supply of meat to begin the journey with and It decided the question. As soon as the carcass bad been cut up nnd each man had shouldered as much of the meat ns he could carry the deserters started for the Yukon. H was almost In the middle of an artlc winter and the men had nearly 500 miles to travel to reach their goal If they went in a direct line. Over mountain ridges and glaciers they tramped and made fairly good progress for a week. Then they were caught lu a blizzard that prevented any traveling for a week. The cold wns Intense and the men burrowed In the snow to keep warm. They wore unable to cook any of their frozen deer meat , and hunger compelled them to eat It raw. Hy the time the blizzard had subsided their stock of provisions was almost exhausted and two-thirds of the jour ney was yet before them. Anderson was half dreaming , benumbed with the cold , when he saw a pair ot tyes glisten thrcugh the darkness no' over twpnly feet from him. Cautloujly ho raised hU rlllo and when It cracked a large wolf Toll In death , Eagerly the men skinned tne nnl tual and coon Its steaks were broiling over a moKa fire. That wolf lasted four days , whrn another wan killed. The meat of thu second had been eaten for two days when from the crest of a steep rtdgo the men BUW a blue curl of smoke rUlng from the bottom of a valley beyond. The smoke wea from Pctter Hannett'a cabin oil a branch of the Yukon near Circle City. There the sailors were given a welcome. As roon as the summer opened three of them started down the river for St. Mlchnuli. Tbo other two remained to dig for gold. RICH IN TIU5III OWN MINDS. For a short time Christian Soil and John R. Green believed they had said Goodby to poverty and had jumped Into riches that clouded thn fame of Monte Crlsto from view , says the San Francisco Chroulcle. They were the ponsMsors , they were confident , by i means of filing a mining notice on a portion tion of the ocean shore near the Cliff house , I of the richest quicksilver mine In the world , i A moderate estimate of the value ot the | claim , from the outcropping , persuaded Soil and Green that the figure would reach $100.- 000,000 , and as the ledge was on property owned by Adolph Sutro , as they thought , they believed they could acquire It under the mining laws. The dream ol the prospectors was short lived. They had scarcely left the City hall after filing their mineral notice when they learned that they had located on a piece of I the Presidio , and with thin knowledge away went shimmering dreams of untold wealth. The title to military reservations Is abso lute and autocratic , beyond the reach of the cavil of the law regarding mining claims , or any other kind ot claims for that matter. Hut even In the face ot this disheartening turn ot fortune's wheel Green and Soil have still hope , although an Inscrutable and Im mutable hand had banished them Ilko Adam from their Ed n. They hope that the gov ernment will allow them to develop as much of their claim as lies between the lines of high and low tide. "I went out there some days ago. and , with nothing but a piece ot Iron , I knocked off n portion of one of these rocks , which will yield $1,500 worth ot the metal to the ton. It sounds extravagant. I know , but I am sat isfied that there Is a body of cinnabar under the high shore and extending Just below the surface of the bottom of the ocean that would yield almost fabulous wealth. There h quicksilver enough there to yield $100.000,000. "I located the ledge at Quadaloupc ant' New Almadcn. * And that same body of ore at Golden Gate Is an extension of the ledge at New Alntaden. It runs up under the mountains all along the peninsula. " Mining men generally take no stock In Poll's quicksilver find. They say there have been finds of ore all over the city , but they were "blind pockets , " and email ones at that. IN DANGEROUS COMPANY. A. J. Johnson , of this city , the well known forestry collector , says the Portland Oregonlan , while on his way back from r visit of Inspection with II. S. Gravo-j o. ' New York , ono of the United States forealrj commission's experts , to the Ulue mountains. In eastern Oregon , had nn experience with two cougars at Mcacbam that he Is not likely to forget for some time. He had Flopped over at Grandma Munra's , and , In the aflnr noon , went on n botanical excursion Inlc the neighboring hills. On his return , he se lected the railroad track , which wound along the bottom of the gully , as a preferable route. The track was paralleled by a streair for a good way , and Mr. Johiuoii was mak ing his way along this section , swinging r sack full of roots , nnd thinking of varlou things , when he was startled to notice- that he had companions two big cougirs walking n few feet a head cf him In the bed of the stream. One of them wan lame , probably the result of some trouble with n trap , and ho and hM mate trotted along slowly. Tl'cy had noticed Mr. Johnson , nnd apparently were aware of the fact that ho had notice them , for every little while they would swish their tails In a playful way over the surface of the water , and throw a backward glnnct of the eye at the lonely DC'l'strlia on the railroad track that suggested unpleasant things to him. It was not exactly a very comfortable situation for an unarmed man to be In , with two great tawny cats walking along at his side. He wanted very much to turn around and go back and look fof more roots , but ho did not exactly Ilko to dose so , for fear his action might be misun derstood by his companions and cause them to take more Interest in his person than they were then doing. The fact , too , that they seemed anything but plump was not very reassuring. During the quarter of a mile that the forestry collector and the ( cougars were In such close companionship , the cougars seemed to be enjoying their walk , and Mr. Johnson was wishing that It was the same with him. Finally , to his relief , they broke up the hillside at a swing ing trot , stopping every now and then to take n look at the unsociable man back on the track , who was now vigor ously shaking his bag full of roots at them. When Mr. Johnson reached the section house , ho rented out the section boss , who had both dogs nnd guns , and the two started back after the two cougars , liut. unfortunately , the dogs would not follow the trail , and they were forced to glvo up the hunt. GOLD FROM ALASKA. Quito a party of miners who were pas sengers on the Alaska Commercial com pany's steamer Ilertha visited the mint the other day to dispose of the gold they brought down from the Yukon placer fields. In all the lucky ones lugged $140,000 worth of val uable yellow dust up to the mint counter , says the San Francisco Chronicle. The blggejt and heaviest sack was car ried by Napoleon Huet , who has been dig ging for some years along the Miller creek gulch In Alaska. Huet had about sixty pounds , worth about $12,000. Ho worked In much the same locality as Johnny Miller , whom the Bertha brought down on her last trip with 2C4 pounds ot gold , worth $55- 000. The greater part of the gold dust wealth of the Bertha's passenger list was held by twelve men. An Interesting character- among the Ber tha's passengers was Joseph Juneau , the founder of the city of Jancau , Alaska. He la a French-Canadian , and came to California In 1851. Ho kept a hotel on the road be tween San Lorenza and San Lcandro , Alameda - meda county for several years , but the Cariboo excitement In 1SG2 called him north. Ho was not altogether successful there , and finally pitched up Into Alaska. Ho settled where Juneau stands , and has been pros pecting and mining ever since. Ho Is now working a claim about sixty miles from Circle City , and doing well. He la on his way to visit the people of Solomon JunMti , his uncle , who founded Milwaukee , WIs. , and Juneau , WIs. Ho has never seen them. Juneau Is CC years of age. THE DAKOTAS. An epidemic of diphtheria prevails at Mccklnock and Gllby In Grand Forks county , N. D. , and a quarantine has been ordered. The grain palace season at Aberdeen has been brought to a successful close and the management will have a balance after all claims are settled. Cattle In Hughes county are being troubled by wolves. All the trouble so far Is from the few which came across the Missouri last winter and have evaded the hunters nil There nro lots of shoes priced nt $ . ' 1.00 l > utvliun yoyjcan got : t $5 shoo for $ a It's tlllToreut that'H wlnit you can not wlipa you buy our yomij ; men's ? ' ! ultou wo could easily gut more money for It and we'll Ktmrautoo you'll say It's the biggest $ ; ioo worth you ever seen 'In a young man's shoe they come In the ex treme neetllt ! toe or the new Columbia wo maUe the shoe prices that please the buyers. Drexei Shoe Co. 1419 Farnam summer. They have fln\fi \ hrcome n nui sance the past year , upto , thnt time there being very few of them In this portion of the stnto. ' ' " The business men ot < ( lrand Forks and Fargo expect to co-opnra\f \ lu getting the North American Tclegra'ph company to build a line to both places. ' An amendment Is to be voted on In South Dakota permitting countlcA nnd municipal corporations to Incur nn additional Indebt edness of 10 per cent of their assessed valu ations "for the purpose of providing water for Irrigation or domestic uses. " The buildings at the abandoned Fort Ran dall Imva been sold nt auction , Iluycra nro required to move their buildings oft the res- crvntlon , The fact that the buildings must be torn down nnd removed by the purchasers Indicates that It Is the Intention ot the land department to throw the reservation open for settlement In the near future. COLORADO. There are at present over SOO mining com panies nt Cripple Creek , and about as many more mines owned by Individuals. A three-foot vein , averaging $8S was dls covered on the Dlakc lease of the Splccr property at Victor. The strike Is on Victor avenue , between Second and Third streets. In September the Doctor. Cripple Creek yielded twenty-eight cars of smelting ore nnd ISO tons of cyanide , making the production close to $40,000 , about the average of tin mine. The Montana In Deer park , near Sllvcrton Is In a fine body ot gold ore. some of which runs up to $1,000 per ton. Doth shaft and drift are looking well , nnd a pack train li kept busy packing away the ore. E. G. Do Witt , lessee of the Abe Lincoln mine. Poverty gulch , Cripple Creek , pre sented the state bureau of mines with r fifteen-pound chunk of ore that Is worth $3 per pound. It Is one ot the richest speci mens among ; the great collection In the dc partment. Assessor McCormac has compiled the agri cultural statistics for Pllkln county for 1895. They show total number of acres under Irrigation , 7,910 ; In Gestures , 756 ; acres o' wheat , 24C ; oats. 2li ? ; barley , 99 ; rye , 32 ; potatoes , 490 ; timothy , 2,114 ; clover. 70 ; nn- tlvo grass , 4SS ; alfalfa. 1.C18 ; bushels ot ap ples , 532. There are 131 hives of bees , COS dairy cows , 1,631 horses ; H4 mules. Num ber ot asses , 220 ; number of cattle , 3,089. WYOMING. The crops ot all kinds In the Lander valley are enormous. Several companies ar' - < t work In Hit Douglas ol ! field and expect to have test wells drilled before snow flies. The Standard Cement works nt Laramlc are having all the work they can do to oupply the demand for plaster. The latest discoveries In the Grand En campment country arc deposits of ruby sil ver and galena and a vein of beautiful onyx. Crook and Sheridan counties have pro duced large crops ot fruit' the present year. The orchards are nil young , but the yield Is very satisfactory. The new bridge across Uio Green river at Green River city has been accepted by the Swectwntcr county commissioners and Is about ready for travM. The Sandstone mining district in Carbon county has been organized. The owners of prospects in this promising Held will continue development all winter. The cyanide process , Introduced recently In the Sweetwalcr mines , has worked won ders In thnt camp nnd golil Is now being extracted from what hfes heretofore been looked upon as worthless ore. The crops In the Star valley , Ulnta county , are larger than ever before. Sweet corn , tomatoes , cucumber and the less hardy gar den vegetables have been grown with grati fying success the past summer. A flouring mill Is being erected near thu mouth of Novvood. In nig Horn county , by Henry Jordan. The mllLjvlll have a capac ity of seventy-five barrels per da > , nnd It Is expected to have''lt in'opcr.ttton early In November. Word has been received at Gree-i Hlvor from the two men who left there by boat to explore the canyon of the Green river. They had reached Ulake , Utah , having trav eled 5C1 miles , In which distance there are 259 rapids. Tour canjous were passed through , the first being seventy miles , the second forty-live miles , the third ten miles and the fourth 112 miles In Icinh. : The men prospected for gold , and found pay colors In many places. They will continue their Journey down the Green river to Its Junction with the Colorado , J. II. Uuckley nnd .Mr. Lamcrodux have discovered nnd located on what gives promise of being a very valuable lead of copncr In the Dig Horn mountains. The lind Is lo cated about thirty miles from Sheridan and Is very easy to reach , being only twelve miles from the Sheridan Ilasln road. The gentlemen have only got four foot in the lode , but the rock shows up very favorably , much resembling that from the White Swan mine at Anaconda. As ays on the rock from competent persons have so far given vciy satisfactory results. It is the Intention of the discoverers to put In the winter tlnklni ; a shaft on the lode anil determining what the exact value of 'ho mine H. OREGON. H Is expected that the distillery In Grants will be started , up about Novem ber 1. Salmon are now running In Elk and Sixes rivers , and trout fishing is all the rage. Some Immense strings of trout are being caught. A little less than 1,000 bushels of cran berries weru taken by C. D. McFarlln from his ranch on North Blough , In Coos county , this year. . John F. nioomingcamp , the Sprague river sheepman , has sold his entlie clip of wool , 45.000 pounds , to the Ashland woolen mills , for 8 cents per pound. Captain Nice's salmon cannery on Alsea bay Is making a fine pack , and nearly 10.000 cases will he put up If there Is no abatement In the run before the season closes. A party of hunters killed a fine six-point buck elk on the headwaters of Dlrch creek , in Umatllla county , and took the carcass to Pendlcton , where It was sold to a taxi dermist. A. n. Conley of La Grande has sold GO.- 000 bushcla of wheat at 40 cents a bushel. Of this lot , one-half was sold to Dalfour Guthrie & Co. . and the other half to the Pacific Coast Elevator Co. The proceed ! of this sale amount to $24,000 , and Mr. Con- ley haa on hand as much more wheat to turn Into the market He mny hold the * ro- mnlnder for n atrongcr market , but In any event the price he receives for what Is let' will Just about represent the season's profits. A phenomenal pumpkin vine was raised this year by Mr. llurcbtort on Mill crck , Wasco county. It covers nn Immense area of ground , and bears twenty-two large pumpkins ot nn average weight of twenty- four pounds , to say nothing of the omatl ones , and hence has over 410 pounds of pumpkins. The run of salmon In 'flllamook bay Is exceedingly good. Otto Johnson recently caught over 300 salmon at three hauls. Per sona who go trolling report excellent suc cess. Sllvcrstdes arc selling nt the cannery for 15 cents apiece , but the. royal chlnook has lost his kingly character since October 1 , nnd sells according to his condition. A. J. Goodbrod of Union has handled more than 100,000 jKiunds of plums and prunot this year. He buys the fruit on the trees In. the orchards , and picks , packs nnd ships the fruit himself. Mr. Goodbrod recently received ono of the largest elder mills evet brought to Union county. The machinery weighed over COO pounds. It will be op erated with power at his gardens. Oracle , the little daughter of E. F. Urown of Fossil , had a playhouse In tht sand. She found In the house what she thought wns a toad , and put her hand down to haul out the Intruder , but concluded It wns too repulsive , so she cnlled on a boy to help her. They discovered then that the supposed toad wns a huge rattler. For tunately both escaped without being bitten. A few days ago Robert Jackson and Mon roe Morgan found n strange looking fish ot the Netarts beach , says the Tlllnmook Head light. It was evidently some variety o whale , about twenty feet long. The fckln wni thin nnd tender , and the blubber yielded n clear , pure oil with no unpleasant smell They tried out alxty gallons , which , after standing n short , time , wns ns clear an water. Some ot the oil was tested In a bl- cycle lamp , nnd gnve ns gnod a light ns the best refined oil. oil.WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON. The La Conner Mnll has Its Bhlngle out for a paper mill , to utilize the surplus straw from the 20.000 acres of oats grown In that vicinity. Mac Roberts , who Is living on the ranch of T. V. Williams , near Steptoc. dug 251 sacks or over KOO bushels of potatoes from ono acre , says the Oaksdalo Sun. The pota toes are of the early Rose variety , and are fine and large. The big bear that Is one of the features of Interest nt the Tacoma hotel broke loose from his chain the other day , nnd It re quired the combined efforts of the hotel force , 500 spectators nnd nearly a quart of chloroform to secure him again. The harvest of the cranberry marsh , near Ilwaco , Is about completed. The crop will bo between 0.000 and S.OOO barrels of ber ries this season. So far no frost has reached this section , nnd the crop will bo one of the largest and the berries su perior to any yet gathered. The farmers around Colfax have begun Ecedlng , nnd the amount of fall planted grain which will go in this year will bo greater than that of any previous year If the weather continues favorable. The rise In tht- price of wheat is stimulating the farmers to Increased activity , and ncary every Inch of summer fallow land will be planted by election time. Frank Mossman of Olympla was out with his dogs and gun at the head of Oyster bay , when the dogs started an enormous black bear , ran It n short distance and bajed It. It took nine shots to kill It. The benr's head wns three feet long from the cars to the nose ; from tip of tall to nose the bear measured 10 feet 3 < Inches. He weighed COO pounds. The claws on his forefeet were five inches In length , nnd iu > sharp as n knife. V There Is nn object lesson for nopocrats at Pcrclval's wharf , Olympla. The steam lighter. Rapid Transit , has arrived with n cargo of Urltlsh Columbia coal , which Is now being unloaded. The Olympian sug gests thnt this should make citizens of Olympla jubilant , when they think that In their own county there are well-developed coal mines which are now closed down be cause they cannot compete with the Drltlsh product. The Stevenson Pioneer nays that a Fish ermen's Protective association has been formed by the fishermen of Marr's landing and vicinity , who hoped to extend the or ganization all nlong the river to The Dalles. The object of the organization Is to prevent the depredations of petty thieves among the nets and traps. During the present season this kind of thieving has been going on to such an extent that life has become n bur den to the average fisherman , and it Is proposed through this organization to teach the Ilght-flngcred a few lessons. Agent Erwln was In North Ynklma from Fort Slmcoo last week , accompanied by Clerk Rnmsauer , engaged In advancing to tho.so Indlaiu who desire It any money they might want for betting on their horses dur ing the fair. One Indlnn drew $50 nnd wanted more and every dollar of the $3i ) was up on his horse on Tuesday. The In dians are to the man "dead game sports , " nnd never think of binding. When they hot on their horses the fellow on the other side wants a world-beater If he expects to carry oft any money. All the Indians quit work on the ditch In order to attend the races. CALIFORNIA. The fifth anual session of the Natlonnl Irrigation corgrcss la to bo held at Phoe nix , Ariz. , December 15 to 17. Rnln Is badly needed In San Diego county , California , for Irrigation purposes. ' Water In the Escondldo reservoir Is so low that the old pumping plant must bo worked to supply the town with water for domestic purposes. The Cuyamaca reservoir Is no better off , the water measuring less than seventeen feet. Miller creek. In the Yukon country , has produced over $50,000 In gold since 1894 , $300,000 having been taken out the filrst season. In ono claim $35,000 was taken out of a piece of ground 30x100 feet. Yet this creek was prospected and given up three times before It was finally thought profitable enough to work. The Harrington sawmills , near Lewiston - ton , Idaho , which were recently destroyed by fire , were the largest and the best equipped woodworking plant In the state , and coat $40.000 five years ago. The ma chinery was Insured for $4.COO. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. The seznon's log driva was in the pond and the active work of the year was fairly under way. The losa will be felt all over the country and especially on the reservation. Horses are pretty valuable In Alaska. They are driven up over the divide from the Canadian plains and then have to be transported eight to sixteen miles by water. The freight on them for this distance Is 40 cents a pound , so that a 1.000 pound hone gets to bo worth It a pound by the time ho nears A place uhcro he can lie ot good service. Some Idea of the value ot n horse In Alaska o n ho had when It Is understood that a good strong dog is valued at $73 , MISCKLLANKOU8. The Confidence mini' , Mogollon. N. M. . the only producer In the cnuip , has ninety men at work , and the mill li reducing eighty temper per day. A turtle captured from n Kern county lake In Southern California has e\eral names nnd Initials engraved nn Its bottom nbell. ono dated IS72. There U a deserted gold mine six miles nortIieA t of Portervllle. In Tulnne county C.il. . out of which nearly n tlious.nr.d del lars' worth of gold has been taken. A mammoth her c hot weighing three nnd three-quaHers pounds has been found In Death valley , among the leavings of Hit party lost there over forty-five years ago. A number of beautiful specimen * of gold quartz woru received by the Mining Kx- clungo nt Doljc City from the Itonanza mine near Idaho City , Idaho. The samples au- the lxo of n man's head , and are pro- futrly dotted with gold. A strange feature noticeable about many ot the streams flowing Into I.nko Teal in Alaska , Is that the high bars show line gold to a ccnsldcrablo extent , yet on the creek bed during low water , where one would naturally look for coarse gold , not n color Is found. Current Literature t No magazine could well ho more hand somely Illustrated thnn the October number of Hv'ry Month. Among the photos ot emi nent persons are those ot Joseph Chamber lain , the young queen of Holland , Anna Held. Woolsen Morse. Rud > nrd Kipling , J. M. Darrlo and several young writers not so well known In their chosen Held , namely Gertrude Warden , Clinton Rosd and H. M. Hlossom , jr. The literary features Include four excellent short stories by Madeline S. Drldges , Ludovlc Hnluvy , Santandcr Mark and May Goddard , nnd the music consists of four selections , vocal nnd Instrumental , by well known composers. A series of papers on "Flower Analysis , " ( by J. Marlon Shull , begins n capital course uC object lessons In the October Art Ama teur , nnd Mr. Knauftt's article on "Meas urements of the Human Figure" Is clear and Instructive ; his series of "Suggestions for Teachers of Drawing" la carried a stage further. The color suplcments given free are n charming sea piece by C. II. Dogcrt. entitled "Waiting for the Tide , " and a Dutch Scene by Charles Kolkmar. A fine description of "Humboldt Day and Its Jetty System. " by W. E. Dennlson. Is presented In the current Issue of the Over land Monthly. The article Is handsomely Illustrated from photos nnd sketches. "The Competition of Japan , " by George C. Per kins Is nn able presentation ot the dangers to our Industries that lurk In the partially dormant power ? of the Japanese. The handsome young man in epaulets on the cover of the October Midland Monthly Is none other than Grant nt the age of 22. the first Installment of Colonel John W. Emerson's "Grant's Life In the West , " dis playing a large personal knowledge of the character and career of the greatest soldier In hlslory. Another attractive article la by llnrthlnlas Wick , describing the "Christian Communism" na practiced by the famous Amana colony In Iowa. Some Interesting observations are recorded In an article bearing the title "Economic Effect of Appreciating Money" appearing In the current Issue of Gunton's Magazine. Other contributions arc : "The Foreign Mar ket Delusion , " "Strikes In Russia , " "Party Government on Its Trial , " "Industrial De velopment of the Orient. " "The March of Invention , " "The Cuban Negro , " "Sweating System In New York City , " "The Economics of Organized Charity" and "Convict La bor. " NEW HOOKS. Mr. Hutton's "Literary Landmarks of Venice" Is a pleasant little volume describ ing the "animated residences of genius" now In existence In the city of the Adri atic. The substance of It appeared in nn article in Hnrpcr's Magazine not long ago , but It has been expanded somewhat and , with the Illustrations , makes a goodly book. Harper & Hrothers , New York , Mcgcath's. Ono ot Max O'HelPs slight but readable books of travel , "John Hull & Co. , " Is rc- publlshcd In paper by the Cassell company. Ho catches much that Is characteristic and amusing of tbo life In Canada. Australia. New Zealand and South Africa. The Cassell Publishing Co. . New York. Mcgeath's. "Air Castle Don ; or from Dreamland to Hardpan. " by IJ. Freeman Ashley , Is n clean story , containing In It nothing ot thu blood-curdling , wild Indian kind of sensa tionalism. Its plot , as welt as Its tylo , la healthy rending throughout. It lacks neither humor nor sentiment and its originality ap peals to the grown-up people as well as to the young. Laird & Lee. Chicago. In "A Dally Thought for a Dally En deavor , " compiled by Eleanor A.and Eliza P. Sutpben , are exquisite selections from the utterances of the world's greatest thinkers , appropriately dlRtrlbutcd and assigned so na to prepare for the morning of each day a brief message of helpful and uplifting thought , calculated to not only lighten the day's task , but to Inspire the worker to lofty effort. No one. until examining these pages , would bellovo our literature so rich In grand and Inspiring words. . The llaker & Taylor Co. , New .York. Unsectarlan. undogmatlc religious teach ing nnd truths nro contained In "Heaven Every Day ; or Common Sense Christianity , " by Theodore F. Seward. The writer lies presented Christ's example of life with un mistakable clearness , arguing constantly against the "Ingenious systems substituted by theologians for the simple teachings of their Master. " Such a book cannot fall of a very largo body of thoughtful readers nnd the accomplishment of more converts for the "church unity" movement. A splendid chapter Is that entitled "Tho Re union of Chrlsterdom. " The language Is thoughtful , la concise and clear-cut. The dedication of the author la "To My Fellow Sinners In and Out of the Churches , " which gives It a worldwldo Interest. The mora the book Is read the truer do Its teachings appear , until ono Is amazed at the depth and EUggcstlvencBs of thought. Thomas Whlttaker , 2 DIblo House. New York. A "Second Dock of Tales , " by Eugene Field , includes two dozen short stories and sketches gathered from newspapers am ] magazines. They cover a wide range , bul the simple , homely , tales are the best , for Field's pathos was always true. Nothing could bo better and truer than "Mr. am Mrs. Dlossom , " the childless old couple wh ( concealed from each other the grief thai prann from Ihe tack of boy or girl In their fine hnuso. And \\lu\t could be finer nnd mure poetical than "Th Mother In Para- dljo , " who finds her lost baby In thp nngel Hint Iradfl her through the gntes of heaven. Included. In this volume- are several humor ous sketches from "Culttire's Garland , " ono of the best of which M "Thn Story of Xan thippe. " Olmlcs Scrlhner's Sons , New York. Mogenth's , Mrs. .Snngnier'N "With My Neighbors" Is * collection of short ensnys previously pub lished In religious newspapers. They nro on luimely topic i relating to everyday life nnd imuiy of the hints embodied In them seem like n survival from ni : earlier period The paper on "Sttndiy Reading" In a good example of thU. The combination of the ultra-convcntlonnl with th sincerely rellg- oils , which runs through all this little book , AO truly belongs to the past that the ( tide light It throws on modern Ideas Is almost startling. With nil Its sweetness nnd gentle ness Its notes are ra.hcr those of the sweet , well bred woman of fifty years ngo , whose spiritual voyage * took her but a little way from home nnd left her with fnc- iltlifl but slightly exercised nt best. Never theless they are helpful and contain many sennlblo hints -for lightening our common life. Harper & llroi. . New York. Mo- gcnth's. "Shakespeare the Toy. " written by Dr. Kolfe , the well known Shakespearian scholnr and editor , contains alt thnt Is likely ever to bo known concerning the childhood of the poet. The greater part of the really historic matter consists In descriptions of the cus toms , drras and games of the youth of thnt period. So profound n scholar ns Dr. Rolfe , lm evcr. mny be trusted to exercise his Im agination freely without encroaching on the domain of the fanciful , anil the picture ho succeeds In making of the probable bojhood of Shakespeare Is ns convincing ns It Is In teresting nnd agreeable. Such records of the time ns nre extant are drawn upon , among them the dlaiy of n boy born In the same year ns Shnkcspenro. The places of historic Interest nnd association about Strat ford nre described with especial reference to any use ot them In the plnys. Ono ot the plcftsantctit features of the work Is the tracing of many of the beautiful figures ot Shakespeare's verse to their source In some association of his childhood. Tin- bock la Illustrated , annotated nnd Indexed , nnd Is satisfactory from every point of view. Hnr- per & Hrothers. Now York. Mcgeath's , Stories about Imaginary courts nnd prin cipalities In unknown corners of Europe nro being given the American render with nmazlng rapidity and will probably continue to Issue from the publishing houses until Anthony Hope's "Prisoner" shall have died a natural or unnatural death. Number 201 of Apple-tons' Town and Country Library la ono of this class , denting with counterfeit royalty , but with n denouement ns unex pected ns It Is graphic. It Is called "A Court Intrigue" nnd Is by Ilunll Thompson. The render's Interest Is fnlrly well sustained , although led on In continual expectation ot more exciting adventures than really happen. The Idcn ot the plot is strikingly original , but the author does not seem to have made the moat ot It. The final scene la dramatic enough nnd shows an experienced hand. Several proofreader's errors mar the other wise excellent typography which character ize. ? this always Interesting series of novels. D. Appleton & Co. , New York. HOOKS RECEIVED. Henry T. Coatcs & Co. , Philadelphia : "Frank Hunter's Peril , " by Horatio Alger , Jr. Cloth , 333 pages. American Hook Company , Chlcngo : "Tho Story of Greece , " by H. A. Gucrber. Linen ; 2SS pages ; CO cents. "Second Year In French , " by L. C. Syms. 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HODKIIN I' Tlu-lr IiiiiiriivciniMilM Arc Wlml Drive CoiivlrlM .tliul. The ofllclnl belief Is that there Is little erne no prison-made Insanity , says the London News. Prison doctors are keenly alive to the possibility of shaming , and they hcaltnto to admit that there Is any flaw In the system for the administration of which they are BO largely responsible Still the fact re mains that the ratio of insanity In prlsoua has exactly doubled slnco 1S77. The admitted general Increase of Insnn- Ity Is not sulliclent to account for this start ling fact. Prison discipline Is now moro mechanical , and therefore moro depressing. Its very Improvements In this respect "toko the heart out of u man. " It IH probable that prisoners were Impplcr In the old unrcformed prisons , when they herded to gether nnd had companionship of a kind. An expert witness who had passed four- ami twenty years In Jail told the prjsou committee some startling things from the convict's point of view. 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