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    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 ,
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CREAMERY SUPPLIES GROCERIE ! .
Jobbers of FjLrm Machinery.
Crcamerv Machinery 13th and Lcnvcnworth St
Wagons and - Cor. Sth and Jonea. and Supplies.
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Mirrors , Frames , Backing and Artists' Office 1005 Parnam Street.
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Omaha.
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Salesrooms 1102-1104-1106 Hnrney Street.
Druggists and Stationers ,
"Queen Dee" Specialties. '
CIgnra , Wines and Brandies , Wholesale 'Hardware.
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Wholesale Shoe Manufacturers ISM Farnam St , East India' Bitters
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Golden Sheaf Pure Rye and Bourbon Whiskey.
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1114 Hurney Street. FRUIT-PRODUCE. Willow Springs Distillery , Her & Co. , 1112
Barney Street.
BAGS
WHOLESALE
Importers and Manufacturers Commission Merchants.
S. W. Corner Ifth and Howard SIB.
BAGS Wholesale
Members of the National League of Commla-
slon Merchants of the United Stolen.
Liquor Merchantst
614-16-18 Soulh 11 Ih Street ' '
1001 I'limnm'Street-
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SYRUPS SPECIALTIES Strawberries , Apples , Onxngeir Wholesale
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Liquors and Cigars
Molasses , Sorghum , etc. , Preservea and Jellies. *
FURNITURE 1118 Farnam Street.
Also tin cans and Japanned warn.
CHICORY Dow@y i
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Chicory Co. I > -WHOLESALE WHOLESALE
Furniture Draperies Wines , Liquors and Cigars.
Grower * and manufacturers of all forms of
Chicory Omnlia-Fremont-O'Nclt 1115-1117 Farnam Street. 4U-41S B. lith Street ,
who had hern comiaUsloncd by Philip D.
Armour to examine some fuller's earth
properties In Deadwood. 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.
Children havn a game called "scandal , "
Where the players sit In , a row and the first
whispers a sentence Into the car of the ono
sitting nearest ; this ono whinners to the
next , and to on. When the last one hears
tbo tale ho repeats It aloud , when U In
variably proves to bo something very < ! lf
ferent from the original remark , A little
girl In Kunda , N. Y. , innocently started a
game of this sort the other day , She ran
home from uchool nn.il told her mother that
the teacher had tald that Mr. Plumblcy
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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 ,
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