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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1897)
THE OKAIIA DAILY ' HEB : FRIDAY , DEOJSHB1DK 3. 1897. BOOKWORMS BOOKED TO MOVE Ousting the Qneoi Characters Haunting the Actor Library , BOOK MUTILATORS AND THEIR METHODS ( The I'rofi'NKlonnl Srnrchrr , the Antl- Uniirlim , the Htlierl , < ! ' Slower iinit the I.nuKliliiK Mini StrntiKC T ll 'n of IIiiniHiiltf , In a comparatively little while the famous Astor library will move bag and baggage , books and renders to Its new home In the very heart of Greater New York. But Iho old-tlmo resting place of the collection found.d by John Jacob Astor will alwa > a possess a keen Interest for book lovers , and oinu of thu regular readers , who have spent mpt > l of their 11 mo during the last forty years within Its walls , will feel somewhat strange and a trifle lonely In their new quarters. Thcro Is a positive army of these old lead ers ; and varied arc the objects they pursue among the book-laden shelves. Some of them , Indeed , would appear to have no par ticular object 111 view , and the assistant librarians have never quite been able to dis cover what particular branches of learning a few of the "regulars" have been pursuing all these long years. But of course the great majority of theio ' "regulars" have distinctly laid out paths of ttudy. Therd Is , to begin with , the very numerous class whose members act as agents for other people "devils" they arc curiously Icknamcd In the slang of the great libraries. library authorities" were moved to offer him a separatealcovp \ . wherein ho now reads , and from which ; 'at unexpected Intervals , como forth bursts 'of shrill senile hilarity. THE MAN WHO SLEEPS. Almost every , day some casual visitor falls lccp In the library , and has to be awak ened by the attendant * . But one person Is , In a measure , privileged- regards som nolence. This person Is a sumdontly well known literary man , and to slumber Is his Infirmity , not his fault. Ho studies In the Afltor regularly , but every day , at the approach preach of noon ho cannot keep himself from falling Into a doze. Years ago , when this habit first became.jiOI6eabtc ( , efforts were made to wake him up. But no sooner was he aroutcd than ho promptly resumed his sleeta. Day afler day the same trouble occurred. The man was ft bona. fide student and a brilliant writer , but ho would fall asleep for an hour or more every day. In deed , he admitted that he could not help do'ng so , the habK having been acquired In Spain and the JiiSt Indies , where the fiesta Is a sine qua non. Finally a compromise was arrived at. The library folk permitted the fiomnolently Incline ! author to sleep In peace , pro\ldcditthat ho sought out some secluded corner'of the reading room whcro his occasional snores could not annoy his neighbors. , iw A SMALL BO.Y ANTIQUARIAN. A puzzle to the librarians ( who never , by the way , Invite confidences on the part of the readers ) Is the small boy antiquarian. This precocious .youth cannot possibly be more than 13 or 14 years of age. He wears knickerbockers and a rolling collar ; his eyes are mildly blue ; his hair Is neatly divided and of a golden hue. Altogether ho looks the conventional'email ' boy of careful bring ing up. But -when he comes to the Astor library as ho docs several days In the week his step gravitates toward the shelves de voted to genealogy , heraldry and archcolog-j leal lore. Climbing-the ladder In a business like way , he draws forth some heavy tomei ( heavy In every sense of the word ) and , frequently - ' quently with tho-'asalstanco of an attendant , drags It to a table. Then out comes his pencil and paper. For hours he examines and copies. HARMS LUCKY THIRTEEN How the Old Man Strnok it Rich In Two- Bil Onlch , "THIRTEEN'S" PART IN THE STORY nnil Solid for Twenty Yenm ' Avrny In ilic ( iiilcli The Ilotvnrit nf Unnnvcr- liiK Kill th. _ , Kvorybody who knows the mining camps ol South Dakota knows Two-Bit Gulch. It 18 In the head of the Black Hills , about two and one-halt miles southeast of Ucadwood , relates the New York Sun. Near It nro mines that have- made that country famous and their owners rich beyond the telling. Two and a half miles west of. the Gulch Is the Homrotcad , the richest gold mine In the world. About the same distance to the south of It are the Wasp , Two Bear , and Golden Crest mines , and a little more thin three miles to the north aro' the Polo Creek m'acs. Each of the mines has Its story , told so often by the argonauts of the Hills that the tales have become part of history's memorial of the gold fields. In all the fact and fiction of American mining camps , however , there la nothing more romantic than the history of Two-Bit Gulch. And thcro Is no better Illustration of what tenaciously sticking' to one thing will do for a man than Is tobo found In the life of old Jim Hardln , who Is as much a part of TwoBitis Two-Bit Is a part of the Black Hlls. ! The history of the Gulch and the man showe , moreover , that thirteen Is not always a hoodoo. Had It not been for the wonderful happenings In the CURIOUS CHARACTERS SEEN DAILY IN THE ASTOR LIBRARY IN NE\V YORK. These Individuals take commissions to look up , examine , classify nnd copy materials and data upon every known subject from moral philosophy to the culture of cranberries. Do you desire to .have your psdlgrec and armorial bcarl * found ? There are genealogical specialists and heraldic authorities who will < lo the work browsing over marriage nnd death records , delving In the musty tomes of half-forgotten family lore , or deftly trac ing the devices In the different British ( heraldic .treatises , German wappcnbuchs and French armorials. Do you wish to gathsr matter f&Fa learned article without having the time to spend In search ? Skilled laborers 'will cheerfully undertake the mechanical work , ahil deliver , In a given period , a mars of accurately-collated raw material for yom- examination and selection. The librarians generally have a number of thet > o persons an their lists , and nre obliging enough to placi the names of such agents at the disposal o. all and sundry. THE PRIVATEERS. Afler these professional searchers como the privateers. Playwrights haunt th1 library fur dramatic Ideas ; novelists nnJ writers generally , for historical data ; cos- turners for Information on the habiliments of thepast. . Ono young dramatist , the author of a recently successful historical play , ad mitted to the writer that every incident , character , scenic arrangement and costume in his drama had been "worked up" from materials on tho' Astor library's groaning shelves. Moreover , ho did It all himself , without help from the agents , and aided only by the regular library employes. One of the greatest living authorities oil medical jurisprudence spends two diijs every week In the library , collecting facta , evidence and suggestions In relations to nu life's- ttuJy. Another student of the same typu Is Interested In toxicology , hut ho deserves Bi'juratu and more extended notice. Musicians use the library extensively , and It Is a strange and disagreeable fact that they are rather frequtnt mutllators of books , Uni versity and high school boys do a great dea' of their studying at the Astor and Lennox , nnd niany learned professors look In dally to refresh their memories by drafts from the four 13 or c.crtslcal knowledge. The genea logical devotee belongs to a spncUs which Increases In * numbers every year. Doubtless 1he many new societies of the Sons of the involution , colonial family associations , and the , like , are responsible for this growth of Interest In pedigree-hunting. AN EXPERT ON POISONS. * But. by far the most Interesting visitors arc those c'aEeed by the librarians under the head of "queer , odd , eccentric. " Take the lexicological student ohovo alluded to. This Is a lawjcrlio had nt ono time an excellent practice , but bccomn connected with a nuir- dor case In which poisoning played a promi nent part. He consulted some volumes on thu subject , nnd , as a result , toxicology began lo fniiolnato him to tlin exclusion of ovory- * ' | ljIS else. Now toxicology Is a study which expands an ono delves Into Its literature. Thefa * & ( ff many wonderful old black letter volumes on poisoning , and to these thu law yer-student devoted his attention. By eon- utant study lila mind has become a vast sloichouuo of lexicological lore , Such know ledge In the possession of a criminal might lie exceptionally dangerous ; and It given one a decidedly "creepy" sensation to hear this reader describe to the last gramme every Ingredient of the celebrated poisons of the Dorglos and Drlnvllllcrs. Ho knows exactly how Catherine de Mcdlcls po'aonod apples and peara , and how eho managed to ruako poisons which did their deadly work by In halation alone. During a celebrated poisoning case which startled New York some few years ago , this authority gave a great amount of highly Important counsel to the lawyers foil the defense. Ho la very careful to point out that ho Is not on "agent" doing all his researches for love and not for money , AH lit the caeo of most readers of the "queer" clan ) , he haa a modest competence , which penults him. to devote his time to this par ticular branch of study , ultbout being ham pered by financial considerations. THE MAN WHO LAUQHS. Another notable student la the "little old patent lawyer , " o * the library boys call ill an This worthy devotes his whole atten tion to patent casoi , but no one has over seen Wa name In connection with any patent application or trial , He tolla through the ilry-as-ilust literature of the patent oillces from an hmest love of the subject. Thn curious patents Issued In America and Europe he has on his fingers' ends. When be makes a new "nnd" neighboring readers may obeorve that his ordinarily wtumlno face becomes wreathed In smiles , Especi ally amusing Or original inventions he greets by a. loud cackle of merriment accompanied by the cracking of his finger jolnta and Vigorous slopping of his knees. To the nervous reader who does not know these peculiarities pf the "little old patent law- ycrV cacchluatory hy tcrla \ \ a apt to be ftUrtllag In tbe extreme 10 that finally toe traces coats of drms and goes through It all with the gravity and Interest of a practical ttatirjunrhn.- Is something of an author ity on i > edlgrce v too , this small boy ; and when ladles ctwr } In asking about the Smith , JOIKH or Ribinson family trees he can tell them to a nlcoty where they may bo found , j "But , dear me ! " remarks the mlld-imn- nored superintendent of the antiquarian de partment , "If he knows so much about I genealogies at 13 , ho ought to be a Bernard i Burke or a Foster before ho Is 20. " PRIVILEGES OF ALCOVE HEADERS. Mention lias been made of the alcsvo rcad- Icra. This Is tf1 privileged clats , to which the freedom of the library Is practically pre- spnled. For 4nb 'most part they are "grave and revorenil 'seigniors" of literature , science and art , whose researches cannot be ham pered by tbo filling out of slips and the wall ing for books , and who are allowed to heli. ) themselves at the shelves and to do their work within the library enclosures. But In many Instances the alcove readers have been grunted their exceptional privileges because of some benefit conferred upon the library In , the pant. An Interesting caeo Is that of a gcntlenan : ivha-mado'a lucky discovery of I books several years ago. This Individual i htnpened to be "in Venice and drifted llt- I orally "drifted , " for ho used a gcadoa ! tothe | dor of a second-hand bookshcp. In the old i shop he found by chance a number of cobwebbed - webbed books , part of the library of a termer British consul. The dealer sold him the entire - tire lot for 2 sterling. .They were loaded Into his gondola and conveyed to the hotel at which ho was staying. On examination they were found'o ( bo all autograph volumes , containing the'signatures of Famuol Johnaon and a number df "othcr famous writers The traveler brought them to America and pre sented tho'oiltirt'collection to the Actor library. A card admitting him to the ilcovci ? was thereupon grcrated honoris causa , TUB HONESTY OF THE PUBLIC. "Library readers , as a general rule , are hoccst , " said Dr. Billings , chief director of the great Now York library , Astor , Lennox and Tllden foundations. "During the past twelve montl's there were Just six hookfl stolen from 'the 'Astor 'branch. About the same number of volumes had been mutilated In tbit period. "Now an lintuenso army of readers visited the library from November , 18iG ! , until No vember , 1807. , The majority of them wcro casual comers , who were practically placed on their honor , nnd whom we did not know and might never sco again. These people were allowed the unrestricted run of 4,000 books on the reference shelves , and any volume - umo In thoJlbrary yas at their disposal upon their filing out'the requisite slips. Yet only six liookd wcro taken , and none of these wen at all valuable , /The number shows a pleas * Ing decrease from the lists of abstractions during1 former years. "I grieve to aay'that'tho person who would shrink from stealing a whole volume does not seem to have such scruples regarding muti lation. The- commonest species of mutila tion Is found In our old newspaper flics , which every now and then are discovered to have 'been ruthlessly cut clearly by per sons too lazy to copy out the paragraphs which they have- como to consult. nut vandalism far worse than this Is frequently unearthed by our staff of searchers , who make exhaustive pilgrimages among the books at stated Intervals. For Instance , look at the case before me. It wae dls- eovcred only jesterday' , " Pf , Billings opened a richly bound work 3u miiPlc. published In Germany. At the very middle- the nook some ono had ruth lessly torn out flVo leaves of scores , not even troubling to remove the jagged edges "That , " said the librarian , "while It was the act of a thief and vandal , was evidently done by eome musician of refinement and taste , deeply read-In the literature of his art. One would think that such a man might Iwvo taken the pains to copy out the scores ho needed , That ho has eiot done so almost makes ono rcppnt placing such valuable works at the disposal of the gen eral public. Hut , as I eald before , the number of losses of this kind are gratify. Ingly small. " You should keep Salvation Oil on hand ; It will cure all aches and'pains. ' Price 25 els , Fnll > fie I Into Ui"r ! Siife. WAUBAXV , Ind. . Deo. 2.-Flvo robbers en tered the Mile * ft Hlgbco bank nt Mllfari ) early today. Theyibound and gneged Night- wntuhmnn Milton Qtltllor. Dr. Black , who wns nacslni ; on , hls i.\uy home , was else seized mid nag-gtM. The robbers then drilled a holu In the , lafei and reveral charges of dynamite were exploded , but only disfigured the s.ifo. without opening It. In thplr rngo the robbers Immeii 51,000 of valuable se curities and d pnrcO | , leaving no clew , U U ea y to catch a cold and Just as etby to get rid of It If you commence early to VBC One Minute Cough Cure. U cure * cautihi , colds , braic.hltlt , pneumonia and all throat and lung troubles. It Is pleaiaat to Uke , bate to uic and'iur to our * . Gulch during the past few months , little , perchance , would have been known of Two- Bit's history or of the history of Hardln , who for ti.venty years had seen miners stake out claims near his own , only to abandon them for other and richer ones , leaving the plotter of the gulch undU'turbcd In his faith that If he waited long enough he would' ' find riches where he and others had all but starved. Very few know the story. o.ven ncnv , for those who know * It best are disinclined to say much about It. and It now finds its way Into print for the first time. Twenty years ago , when the news of rich finds of gxsld were- attracting men to the Black Hills , James D. Hardln followed the trail that others had beaten from southern Colorado to the hills , lie had not con cluded hastily to follow the fortunes of a miner , mid when he di3 start out , therefore , he burr.d all his bridges behind him. He was not a young man then , and he had a. wife and two young sons. These he took with him. Once In the hills , Hardln prospected fop a time , and finally dropped down In Two-Bit gulch. The place was a little ravine among the hills , through which wandered a croek. A few miners' cabins and a place where bad whisky > was sold , dignified by the appellation of hotel , was all there was to remind one 'that the gulch was a place of human habitation , ORIGIN OF "THE NA'ME. It was called Two-Bit Gulch because a dis gusted miner had once said that a claim thcro might bo worked for A month and not more than two bits (25 ( cents'would ) be real ized from the labor. Such a prospect didn't discourage Hardln , however. Thcro was water there , and game not far away to be bad for the shooting , and so ho staked out a claim on the banks of the creek , built a cabin home for his family and went to work at placer mining. It was not easy work and the gold that hn washed yielded only a bare living. Hardln kept at It , however , and as his two boys grew older they took their hand at tlui pan. In other parts of the Hills rich strikes were reported from time to time and Hurdln'H neighbors pulled up stakes and went In the direction from whence the reports camo. Hardln was popular In the Gulch , because ho was fearless and because ho was honest. Therefore , when the other miners went where fortune's smllo was said to bo kindlier they tried to persuade Hardln to go vvltb them. But ho only shook his" head , making" all the same reply ; "No ; I'm going to stick by the Gulch. Sho's given mo a living so far , and I guess more'n that wouldn't bo of much , use anywhere. You go along , though , boys , and 'better luck to you than you found here. " And so they went. When they had gone Hardln , growing older and grayer with tbo years , appropriated the claims of the de serters and added them to his own. After a time Hardln becames , possessed 'In this way of a great part of all the land In the gulch. When asked what ho expected to do with his holdings he would say : "Some day I'll strike a lead that will astonish some folks. Then Jim Hardln will bo called a wise man for sticking to Two- Ult. " To all who asked him to leave ( ho Gulch and seek a now field Herdln's answer was always the earne. Those who heard It felt a kindly sympathy far tbo man , but they taoped their heuds aiu\ \ looked knowingly at QUO an other. What L < 3 cald was considered by the miners as the he rmless ravings of a man who had gradually lost his mlad jn ( he years that ho bad wabhcd gold by tbo side of the creek that ( lowed through the gulch. In time Hardln became known all through tbo Hills as "Crazy Jim Hardln of Two-BIt Gulch. " While otticv men grew rich Hardln and his family the boys had now grown to wanliord grew poorer In everything but land. Of that ho had more than anybody In the Hills. HOPE BANISHED TUB CLOUDS Things continued thus until finally old man Hardln was obliged to sacrifice a part of hid iproponty to latlafy a small claim that & man In Deadwood held against him. Thla came near breaking the old man's heart. For a lout' 'time afterward ha couldn't sleep at night. The fact that ho had to lye up a part of his holdings didn't bother thb old man so much as the possibility that upon the part sacrificed might be discovered the untold riches that ho wan sure lay bo. aeatb the surface In tbe vicinity of Two. lilt gulfb. "If I could only get a little money to dig with , " Hardln would pay , "J could atrlku the vein. I know where U la and there li > gold iby the ton thcro If I only had ( he money to dig It out , " This was the burden of the pd ! man's talk , day lu aru.1 day outHo would repeat It to any ono who would listen , and then the report -nent fiy.lag among the hills that "poor Jim Hardln had gone clean daft. ' Ills family , however , shared Ilardin'e faith In tha Two-Hit , and. finally , ono fay In Feb ruary , IS'JS , the old map's elder son , James D. Hardln , Jr. , met In Deadwood a man from Chicago mined Edward Rothcrwell , JOBBERS D or AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. 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When Itotherwell nnlshed the work which took him to Deadwood - wood he was Induced by the younger liar- din to visit the Two-nit gulch. nothorwcll knew something about min ing , and , having mot old man Hardln , became - came convinced that the man was honeet and was not crazy , but was an unusually level-headed man. notherwoll examined the surface- Indication ! which old Jim Har dln pointed out to him and was favorably Impressed by them. Then , too. ho ibellovod In the Hardins , ami the upshot of It all wan that ho promlse.1 to ECO what could be ( lore about raising BOIIIO money for the old man In Chicago. This was no easy -task. Chicago men with money 'wero not exchanging It for an old Black Hills miner's bold bricks , oven if ho had been able to Impress Rothenwoll with his honesty owl sincerity. Finally Hotherwcll succeeded In Interesting a young Chicago man by tjie name of Delaney Delaney had plenty of money , most of which ho had made hluisejf , and ho was highly os t com ( Ml by many ol Chicago's host known busliwss men. Delaney visited Two-nit Gulch with n mining expert , who was favor ably Impressed wlthjwhot ho BOW , With the expert's report Doloney returned to Chicago and told some of tils.1 friends that ho was go ing to Invest name money In mining properties In Two-Hit Qulch. Philip I ) . Armour , L , . Z. Leltee and two or three other Chicago millionIru * consented to put tn > as much aa nolaney which was not BO much hut that each ono ot the men could afford to IOBO It , If Two-nil ) cave back nothing. PAY DIIIT. Young Harilu ' sen" for to como to Chicago and > ua ) told what Delancy had dono. The son of'tbe old miner could hardly believe bis ear * 'Th * only thing ho seemed to reallzo was the fabulous fortune that was all but within hUl father's grasp. The pos sibility that no golf might bo found never occurred to him for a moment. Tali | m- pressed jtself upon those who had consented to liuveat some mot ey In the scheme and they rorolvod to go ahead , como what might , That was In tbe early ! > art of the present year. Soon after that the machinery neces sary to carry on quartz mining was ordered nn'l ' shipped to Two-Hlt. When the first machinery arrived old man Hardln nearly did go crazy for joy. That for which ho had waited and worked and stuck to tbe gulch all through the years was about to become fact Instead of an old mam's dre Mn. When the machinery was all on the spot the question to be determined was where tbe IIret shaft ihanld be sunk. Old Jim knew , he eald , exactly where to begin , but before ho would tell -wanted to have a look at every man who was to engage In the work. When asked what that was for , he said : "I've stood guard over this property for twenty years , iMen have come and gone , but I've stayed on , and now that some thing's going to happen 1 want to know that everybody around hero Is on the square. I can tell the men I want as soon as I ece them. " Accordingly all 'the ' minors and all the bosses had to be Inspected by Old Jim. All Iwt two T > assed muster , and they had been employed to superintend' ' parts of the work. The old man wouldn't have them under any consideration , and two others of his own selection wore substituted , The wisdom of his Judgment may have been proved by the fact that ono of "thcso cast-offs Is now JQ a .wcitern penitentiary serving a term for robbery. When the mining crow was finally selected old man aiardln Indicated the place -whore wotk was to bo begun and the first shaft was s-nk on April 13 , 1S97. Some ono re called that work had been begun on. the thirteenth of the month and remarked that Jim -Hardln's usual luck would follow the development of the mine. To this Ulardln's only reply rtvos : "There never nag a fine field of corn that crows didn't croak over. Ne-er mind the day of tbo month. Two-DIt will prove that there's luck In thirteen yot. " Ttto months Inter , on , Juno 13 , "peanut" rock was struck and the first positive In dication of ore was found , On September 13 the following dispatch was sent by James IJ. Hardln , Jr. , to 'Mr. ' Polancy In Chicago ; "Ulch ere struck. Assay , thirty-one to ton. Vein now more than twenty feet thick. " On October 13 samples of the ere takeiv from the mlno weto sent to Torrey & Katon , assayers and metallurgists of Sterling , N , J. , whoso New York office U at 74 Cortlandt street. Two days later .they sent Iwck the result of their assay , 'which was an follows : " Sample of ore markoJ' ' 'No. ' 1 , pyrites , contains 1.60 ounces , < of gPld. which assayed ? 3l per ton. Of sllyer thorn was a trace , " Two-Hit gulch Is no longer despised by the miners of the Hlnck Hills. Two of those who left their claims there ycara ago for others are richer today than they were thon. The man < who stuck there Is a millionaire now , and his holding * could not be purchased for love or money.He has already paid back those who nilvanrc-J him the money -to develop his property , and "f.ucky Thirteen , " a the ralno Is called , . Is yielding up Its wealth to make easy the last yrars of old Jim Hardln's Journey doxvn the slope. 'I'll 13 WAY IT WOItKH. lloiv mi Inniiufiit ( Ini-Nllon lire-nine a Mnudor. 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Mnmifuclururo1 celebrated "On Time Yi'nst" and German JJukliib' Powder. Batlufnctloit KUiirantccd. 4301 to 432 f North 7wenly-eight Street. was a blackleg. Mr. I'lutnbley was the pas tor of the vlllago church , and thu mother was naturally bhocked and surprised. Bha repeated the child's story , and , It was pres ently going around the vlllago without Its original authority and with many additions. Thu trustee * ) heard of It and called a opeclal meeting , at which Mr , I'lumbley was asked to explain , Much distressed ho srurted to. run the report down , and finally traced It to the teacher. Him protested her Innocence , but the child said. "Don't you remember that you told us In the geography clam that Mr , I'lumbley was a blackleg ? " The teacher re flected a moment and then explained that shu had only said that "plumbago was black lead. " This was the original sentence and etralghteiied everthing out , but tha trouble with tha little game In most fzstx Is that the first statements odd the labt are nevir compared , Mr. I'lumbley was unusually for * lunate. "Ill II Iff ) Jllt4 * ll MJbJfli'ti * ' * * * TITUSVILLB. Pa. , Ueo. 2. Hy the explo- Hlon of a "dinkey" engine on the New utrcct line of th TltuHvlllo Trne-tlon company ne-ar 13aBt Tltusvlllo , Jacob Mll'.e-r. thu eiiKlilfir , itnd ChnrlcH , hlx son , nnd Kdwaid .N'tclcy a laborer , wcro badly Injured , The preuldent of the company. M H , Dunham of Wurren , I'd. , was nerlouHly hint. The two Miller * we-ro frightfully ncalded nnd will die , nun- ham and Neeley ruuclvcd Hcrtrp woundu , Arnold's Uromo Celery ( tures headacli a tOc , 25o and COo. All druegUU.