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    Tins OMAHA DAILY BME: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1000.
WORK AHEAD FOR CONGRESS
Plenty to Keep tho Short Session Actirs
Until IU Close.
APPROPRIATION AND REVENUE BILLS. LEAD
Mrnrntnan Cnnnl nnil Shin Sulinlily
3Irn.nrr to llerelvc Connlilprn
ilou nml Army nnil Nn I-'.k-tiibllnliiiiritt
Are There.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1C (Special.)
Whou the Fifty-sixth congress meets on
Monday, December 3, next, for Its final
tension It will hml cnouRh to do to occupy
lta working boura lu tho short span of
lcglslatlvo Ufa remaining to It. Of vital
Importance tiro tho regular appropriation
bills, which curry thu money necessary to
kiep In operation the various departments,
legislative, exccutlvo and Judicial, of tho
government, llcsldes tho regular appro
priation bills thero will probably bo a
river and harbor bill piHsed at this ses
sion, the laat scublon having let this meas
ure go over.
Cno of tho questions of most general In
terest which congress will bo called upon
to dectdo at tho coming session Is what
reduction can bo made In lutcrnal rtvcnuo
taxation. Chalrinuli 1'aynn has called tho
comtnlttco on ways ami means to meet
on November 20 to begin tho work of frum
Ing a bill to reduce this class of taxes.
Tho brewers and the proprietary mcdlclno
men aro Insistent In their demands for a
rcdurtlon of taxation on their products,
but before their wishes will bo compiled
with tho comtnlttco will prefer to glvo re
lief to tho public In general by repealing
tho stamp taxes on telegraphic dispatches,
express packages, commercial paper, deeds,
mortgages anil bank checks nnd draft.
H will probably bo found necessary to lot
tho rest of tho taxation remain us it Is
for a season, owing to tho great expense
rntnlled by the government by tho troubles
In China and other abnormal conditions.
Cnnnl It 1 1 1 In Mount.-.
Tho Hepburn bill 'will provldo for tho
construction of u canal connecting tho
waters of tho Atlantic and I'nclfic oceans
(tho Nicaragua bill), which passed tho
house at tho last session; It will come up
for consideration In thu neiiato under a
Hpcelal order on Monday, December 10, nt
2 o'clock p. m. It will come before tho
senate ovcry day nt that hour until It Is
disposed of. Its passage Is nssurcd If It
cun reach n vote. A bill to provldo for tho
construction of this great waterway would
havo passed long ago had It not been for
tho delays caused by tho sending of ono
commission after another to examine and
report upon routes. The house acted with
out waiting upon tho report of tho latest
of thrso commissions nnd tho sennto will
not delay action for It. Therefore It Is
understood that tho report of tho Walker
commission, as tho latest Is called, will
bo forthcoming promptly upon tho assem
bling of congress.
Ill tho limine the first measure to bo
taken up under special order will bo tho
tlrout bill to tax colored oleomargarlno 10
centH u pound, whllo tho uncolored nrtlclo
escapes with tho existing tax of 2 cents
a pound. It Is not proposed to tax colored
butter. Chairman Wadsworth of tho com
mltteo on agriculture Is opposed to the
(Irnut bill. Mr. Wadsworth proposes to lot
tho tax on oleomargarlno and other butter
substitutes remain whero It Is now, 2 cents
a pound, but to rcqulro those articles to
bo put up for salo In packages not less
than n pound, or half-pound, each package
bearing Itrt appropriate revenuo iitamp. and
to bo sold only In such original stamped
packages, exactly as smoking tobacco Is
sold, tho covering of each package to bear
tho correct description of tho nrtlclo It
contains. Tho (Irout hill Is a special order
for Thursday, Decumber C, nnd It will bo
disposed of in tho houso that week, tho
first of tho session. A very stiff light will
bo mado against tho C.rout bill, which will
find lta greatest strength probably In un
effort to substitute for It tho Wadsnorth
bill. It tho (irout bill passes tho house,
tho fight against It will bo kept up In tho
senate, whero tho hhortness of the session
will militate against Its llnal ennetmeut.
I'liyiiiIIiiiinn Ship Sulmlily.
In both houses favorablo reports have
been made upon a bill to promote tho com
merce and Increase tho foreign trado of tho
United btates, and to provide auxiliary
cruisers, transports' and seamen for gov
ernment uso when necessary. This Is com
monly known as tho shipping subsidy bill.
It was original'1- Introduced in tho senato
by Senator II and In tho houso by
Jtopresontatlve i uyno. then chairman of tho
committee on merchant marine and llsh
orles, now chairman of ways nnd means
and floor lrador of the republicans, and
who says ho thinks It will becomo law
this sesblon. In tho senate tho favorablo
report la made by Senator Frye, chairman
of tho committee on commerce, and in the
houso by Ucnurol Grosvcuor, who succeeded
Mr. I'nyno as chairman of tho merchant
marlno and llsherle.i. Tho friends of this
measure urge It upon the ground that only
by granting reasonablo subsidies to Ameri
can vessuls can this country rcstoro its
merchant marlno, keop at homo tho mil
lions now paid out for ocean transporta
tion of goods ami passengers and provide
n supply of seamen and transports lu time
of war. They deelnro that the merchant
marlno of ovory other maritime country
has been built up nnd Is maintained by n
Hlmllar system of subsidies, and that unless
tho United States proposes deliberately to
lag lu tho race it must adopt tho samo
methods. Thu nieasuro will tako several
millions nunually from thu treasury and
dlvldo it between tho United States and
foreign countries on a basis of speed nnd
tonuago and under conditions that will en
able the government In tho event of wnr
to take possession of tho vessels, profiting
from the subsidies.
Thero aro a number of bills reported fa
vorably to the sonnto that aim to secure to
tho pooplo pure food, water, drugs, etc.
Senntor 'Mason has reported ono to pre
vent tho manufacture of adulterated food.
Senator Procter has lepeited ono to pro
vent the falso branding or making of food
or dairy products rs to the state or terri
tory lu which they nio made or produced.
Representative Sherman has reported tho
samo bill faorab!y to the homo. Senator
(alllngcr has reported favorably to the
sennto n bill to rpKUl.it a the production
and salo of milk and cream lu nnil for the
District of Columbia. Senator Vest has
favorably reported a bill for tho Investi
gation of pollution of water supplies. In
tho holism Representative llarham has re
ported favorably a bill to prevent the
adulteration, misbranding und Imitation
of foods, beverages, randies, drugs nud
condiments In tho District of Columbia nnd
tho territories and for regulating Interstate
GRAIN
THE PURE
GRAIN COFFEE
Somo people can't drink coffee :
everybody can drinU Grain-O. It
looks and tastes liko coffee, but it
is made from pure grains. No
coflfeo in it.
Grain-O is cheaper than coffee;
costs about one-quarter as much.
Allsroceri; 15c. aadMc.
0
trafllc therein. These bills all and singu
lar will have to tako chnnces that are not
the best for consideration and passage In
whnt remains of this congress.
Army noil Snvy INtiilillOiiiirnt.
Legislation of somo sort will havo to bo
enacted for tho army at this session. Tho
army tow numbers nbout 100,000 men,
about 65.OO0 regulars and 35,000 volunteers,
but as tho law rtands tho wholo forco will
be reduced to tho number In scrvlco prior
to tho Spanish war, about 25,000 men. Any
ccneral legislation for the army will In
volvo tho wholo question of rporganlzatlon
nnd congress may not want to go Into It
at the corning session. In that event It la
Intended to tide matters over by tho adop
tion of a resolution continuing tho exist
ing nrmy low for a year, which would carry
It over until Juno 30, 1002.
A latgo Increase In tho nnvnl establish
ment will undoubtedly bo authorized. Tho
Navy department will nsk for thirty-two
now vessels, comprising threo lo,000-tnn
battleships, two 15.0it0-ton armored
cruisers, six 2,000- ton gunboats, six COO-
ton gunboats, ten 200-ton gunboats, threo
15,000-ton colliers, ono 7,000-ton re
pair fchlp and ono 7,000-ton marlno
transport. Tho Board of Construction has
decided to omit all torpedo boats, whether
surfaco or marine, which was recom
mended by tho general navy board, of
which Admiral Dewey Is tho Y id. In
other respects the recommendations of tho
boards nro practically tho same. Con
gress will have to decide as to the carry
ing out of this plan of naval Increase.
Thero will bo somo Increase whether or
not It reaches tho recommendations.
i:ncct of (hp omnii.
The new census devolves upon congress
tho duty of making n now apportionment of
representatives nmjng the states. Just what
tho basis of representation will bo no ono
now knows, but It Is apt to bo in the
neighborhood of 200,000. It will hardly bo
less than that figure and It Is not likely to
bo llxcd above 210,000. Tho former figures
would add somo twenty members to tho
hous., whllo the latter would leave It about
wiuro It Is. Thero Is no desire to Increase
tho number of representatives materially,
but, on the other hand, no stuto wnnta to
lose In tho matter of representation. These
aro tho two polnta that will have to be kept
steadily In view. Tho house has now 85
members. Tho now apportionment may
shovo tho number up to 37C or moro. In
that case the Moor of tho house, already un
comfortably crowded, will becomo packed,
or else desks for members will hnvo to bo
done away with. Chairs or benches without
writing dsks, with reading and writing
rooms in tho rear, were always desired by
former Speaker Iteed when ho was In con
grcsp. If tho number of members increases
much either this plan will havo to bo
adopted or tho chamber lu which tho houso
meets will havo to be enlarged.
There nro somo other measures that may
bo acted upon, some of which havo been
favorably reported to ono house or tho
other. Among thoso aro bills reported by
Senator NcIeoii, providing for n Department
of Commerce, tho head of which Is to have
a teat In tho cabinet; tho bill to provide
telegraphic communication between tho
United States, Hawaii. Guam, tho Philip
pines, Japan nnd China; Representative
Adams' bill for the reorganization of tho
consular hcrvlco; a bill establishing two
"big treo" parks In Cnllforula; a bill pro
viding for tho gathering, preservation and
printing of historical records In tho various
states, uud any number of other public bills,
to say nothtng of private and pension bills
that ought to bo disposed of ono way or tbo
other.
CONFIRMATION NOT NEEDED
I'reNlilenCn Appointment of Inler
mitlonnl Arlieltern AV11I Not Ue
q it I re .Hrimtr'n Itutllloiitlun.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Attornoy Gen
eral Griggs has decided that tho members
of tho International arbitration committee
selected by the president under tho terms
of tho treaty agreed upon by Tho Huguo
peace conference, aro not subject to con
firmation by tho senato of tho United State.
Tho president has already selected former
President HarrUon and former Senator
Goorgo Gray of Delaware as members of
this commission und they havo accepted.
Former President Clnvelaud was invited to
bocomo a member, but declined. Two other
members are yet to bo selected. After tho
appointments wcro mudo a question arose
as to whether tho president would havo to
send tho nominations to tho senato for rati
fication and Attorney General Griggs was
called upon tor nn opinion. Ho haa ren
dorcl ono to tho offoct that tho members
of tho commission are not olllccrs of the
United StntvH within tho meaning of the
statutes. They uro not required to take the
oath of allegiauco to tho United States, und
aro in fact simply members of a commis
sion selected by tho president of tho United
States, whose services may bo uvalled of by
other countries In tho settlement of con
troversies to which thu United States Is
not a party. Their remuneration, in caso
their services aro rcqulrod, ts to be
vldod for by tho countries for which
act as arbiters.
pro
thoy C run cor t'raen Dairy I.eKlnlndon.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Today's Besslon
of tho National Orange, Patrons of Hus
bandry, was devoted to addresses. George
L. Flanders, assistant commissioner of ag
riculture of New Vorlt state, endorsed the
Grout oleomnrgarlno bill now pending bo
fnro congress and udvocated proposed leg
islation protecting stato trado marks for
cheese. He advocated legislation to prevent
frauds In thu manufacture and salo of all
dairy products. Aaron Jones of Indiana,
worthy master of tho grange, poluted out
what the grango was doing to promoto va
rious legislative matters. About three
score agricultural chemists attended the
meeting as a body.
Tent lvltli IIIkt ew Xnvnl (inn.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. Important tests
of tho new 12-inch naval gun. which Is the
tjpo of tho creat guns to bo furnished to
tho now battleships und annurcd cruisers,
havo been lu prosress yesterday and today
nt Indian Head proving grounds. The gun
Is the first of forty for tho now ships und
much interest has been shown In lta per
formances. It Is u modification uf tho old
12-Inch gun, with an enlarged chamber
suited to tho use of smokeless powder and
designed to tnke much heavier charges uud
to fecuro a higher velocity and penetration
than the old gun. Tho firing thus fur unit
Justified every expectation as to tho "now
piece.
Teuderncss or aching In the small of
tho back Is a serious symptom. Tho kid
neys ure suerlng. Take Prickly Ash Bit
ters at oure. It Is a reliable klduey remedy
and system regulator and will cure tho
trouble before It develops its dangerous
stage.
Wiirriint for Aliened I.y neliera.
ATLAN'l A. On . Nov. 16. A special to tho
.Ti.urmxl from llremisboru. N c . sny:
Judge Thomas J. Shaw of tho superior
court bus Issued bench wurrants for six
men alleged to have been Implicated In a
recent lynching. The warrants were Issued
after tho grnml jury hud failed to return
true bills. Judge Hhnw summoning throe of
tho JurorB us wiliie-bcs. Tbo crime was com.
milted boino weeks niro, it negro being
lynched near Rutherford for killing a while
man.
llcnii'inlic red by Lord llnle.
HACRAMKNTO, Cal,, Nov. 16. Monslgnor
T. J. I'nnel lias been bequeathed by tho
late Lord Hutu of Knglaml an Income of
$) per year for tho rest of his life In
Lord Heaeoiislleld's novel "I.athnlr"
Monslgnor Capet Is portrayed under the
name of MonMgnor Citesby, Lord Buta
himself figuring In the work an I.othalr,
For povernl years Monslgnor Capel has
been Itvlntr in retirement at Aruo lu this
count):.
FORTUNE'S GOLDEN CHUNKS
Lucky Finds of Precious Lumps Invested
with Ilavor of Romance.
SOME FOUND UNDER CURIOUS CONDITIONS
Where (lie I.nnceat AVn Hlseovcreil
mid It Vnlue Klukrd Into a
Fortune Other Stumble
I pun Weultli,
All the great gold fields of tno world
have produced a largo yield ot romances,
nearly all ot which turn directly or Indi
rectly upon the queer and accidental dis
coveries of gold nuggets. The romances
uro moro plentiful thuu thu nugguts. Vet
thousands upon thoudauds of nuggets rang
ing in value from $00 to thousands ot dol
lars, and oven up to moro than $100,000,
havo been found from tlmu to time.
In somo Instances, relates tbo Now York
Sun, the chains ot circumstances which led
up to tho discovery ot these fortunes, both
small and great, hnvo been ns full ot the
romanco ot accident ns It Is possible to
Imagine. Nuggets worth thousands ot dol
lars havo literally been kicked about mid
trampled ever for years until by some curi
ous coincidence persons utterly Inexpert In
'ho mysteries of mining havo stumbled
upon them, picked them up and reaped In
some cases bewildering rewards. There
aro Instances even of men being absolutely
kicked Into fortune, men who but for tho
weaknesses and Indlscratloca which gen
erally lend to failure would havo gono on
plodding and tolling In tho routine of work
from which nothing mora than a baro sub
sistence could have resulted. Ily the fact
of their own perversity, by tho fact that
thoy were discharged from employment and
turned loose to wander ns scml-trampa
through tho gold mining regions, they havo
been guided to wealth which was beyond
their utmost dreams. This applies not
merely to tho discovery of great lumps of
gold which havo realized largo sums, but
to tho discovery of pockets and mines
which resulted In princely fortunes.
Thomas Jefferson Hurley, member of the
Anierlcnn Institute of Mining Engineers
and of tho American Geographical society,
has Just published a llttlo book of sixty
four pages, which In a condensed form
gives not only very valuablo statistics con
cernlug tho world's gold production, past
nnd present, but also the exact facta, so
tar as they could bo ascertained, nbout
nearly all ot tho great nuggot-flndlng
within tho last century.
"The largust nugget of which tho world
has any knowledge," says Mr. Hurley, "was
found nt Hill Knd, New South Walos, by
Messrs. llyor and Haltman. It measured
four foot nlno Inches In length, threo feet
threo Inches In width and averaged four
Inches In thickness. It sold for Jl 18,000.
At tho tlmo of Ilndlng it Messrs. Ilycr and
Haltman hud exhausted tholr ipltal and
woro practically living on charity. It Is
said that tho discovery so unnerved ono of
tho partners that he was unlit for work or
business for a long period.
Illeli In .ViiKKetn,
"No pnrt of tho world has been so proline
in tho yield ot nuggets ns Victoria. Of
many discovered In tho early days no record
has been preserved, but prior to 1S69 a list
of llnd3 wob compiled by William Hlrk
myre, an Australian assayer of high stand
ing. Among tho most valuablo Muds re
corded Is that of tho Welcomo Stranger,
which occurred about n mllo west of the
vlllago of Mollagul, In tho neighborhood of
Dunolly. on February 15, I860. This world
famed nugget was found by two puddlcrs,
John Deasou and Hlchard Gates, on tho cx
trerao margin ot the patch of auriferous
alluvium, within two feot ot tho bedrock
(sandstone), in n loose, gravelly loam. It
rested upon stiff, red clay nnd was barely
covered with earth; In fact, It was In tho
rut made by the puddler's cart tho treasure
was noticed. It measured about twenty
ouo Inches In length and ten inches In
thickness, and though mixed with quartz
the great body of the Welcomo "Stranger
was In solid gold.
"Thu lucky ilnders convoyed It to their
hut and heated It In the Uro, In order to
get rid of tho adherent quarts, and thu
reduced lt3 weight before taking it to tho
bank nt Dunolly. They also detached and
gavo to their friends a number of spec!
mens und pieces ot gold before tho nugget
got into tho hands of tho bank managers.
Tho molted gold weighed 2,263 ounces ton
pennyweights fourteen grains nnd
contained only 1.7a of alloy, which
was composed chiefly of silver and
iron, so mat 08.G6 per cent of
tho nugget was pure gold. Including tho
pieces given away to tholr friends by tho
Ilnders tho nugget yielded 2.2S0 ounces,
equivalent to 2,248 ouuees of pure gold, Its
value nt tho Hank of England being 147.670
The neighborhood of Dunolly was at that
time almost unprotected country. Very
tieavy gold was characteristic of the local-
lty. many largo nuggets being found there;
and near the spot whero tho Welcome
Stranger waa discovered two nuggets of 114
ounces nud 86 ounces, respectively, were
Xcnt l,u in p to Divide.
"Tho Welcome nugget, found by a party
of twenty-four at IJakory Hill, Dullarat, on
Juno 15, 1S58, waa sold by tho discoverers in
Ilallnrat for $02,".00, and, after being ex
hibited for a season in Melbourne was
ugaln disposed of for 546.C25. It then
weighed 2,159 ounces, so that the price ob
talncd was $21 per ounce. This nug?ot was
found at a depth of ISO foot. It was ap
pnrcutly waterworn, contained about ten
pounds of quartz, clay and oxldo of Iron,
and measured 20 Inches In length, 12 Inches
In breadth and 7 Inches In depth. Tho Wel
como was molted In London In November,
ISO'.i, and contained 00.20 per cent of pure
gold. Tho other largo nuggets, ono weigh'
Ing 4S0 ounces nnd the other 571 ounces
were unearthed in tho Immediate vicinity
threo years before.
"Tho Blancho Harkley nugget (1,743
ouncea 13 pennyweights) of tho value of
$34,525, waa found by a party of
(our at Klngower at u depth of
thirteen feet and within five or
six feet ot holes that were dug threo years
before. Previous to Its being melted tho
nugget was exhibited In Melbourne and at
tho Crystal Palace, London, whore It wus
an object of great Interest, owing to Its
bulk, brightness and solidity, and tor some
tlmo tho fortunate owners notted an aver
ago of $250 a week gate receipts. On assay
it yielded 05.58 per cent ot pure gold.
"Another party ot four lu thu Canadian
gully, llallarat, at a depth of sixty feet
found a nugget weighing 1,319 ounces Just
after unearthing a nugget of 76 ounces.
Two of tho party had been In the colony
not more than threo months when thy
returned to England with tholr prize, which
yielded them $27,660. Near tho same gully
on September 8, 1854, a nugget of gold
weighing 1,177 punces 17 pennyweights was
found and from tho namo hole upward of 220
pounds of smaller nuggets were obtained,
so that tho valuo of gold taken from this
claim was not less than $65,000.
"The Heron nugget, found by two young
men near Old Golden Point, Fryer's Creek,
Mount Alenndcr, was a solid lump of gold
which drew tho scalo nt 1.00S ounces and
realized $20,400. Tho Uicky finders had
been only threo months In tho colony.
A (nllfiirnlH l'lml.
"There Is an exciting Incident connected
with tho finding of tho Oliver Martin nug
get, tho largest ever found In California,
which sold for $22,700 after It had earned
$10,000 from exhibition In various parts of
tho country. Although a young man Oliver
Martin wns llttlo better than a tramp, Ho
spent his time In doing odd Jobs and drink
Ink whisky nruuud the mining camps ot
Yuba, Tuolumne, El Dorado and Calaveras
counties. Ho didn't even own a pan, much
less .i rocker or long torn. One of his boon
companions was John Fowler, who was
equally shiftless nnd dissipated.
"Ono tilght in November, 1S54, the two
wero on their way from IIontoii'3 liar over
the Grizzly mountains to Camp Corona, tho
spot mado famous in lltcrnturo by Ilret
Hnrte. Tho fall rains had begun and the
streams woro running high. On the night
of November 17, utmost stupid with drink,
tho two sought refuge In a deserted miner's
hut. During tho night a heavy rain, pe
culiar to tho mountain ranges, set In. The
water fell In torrents nnd camo pouring
down tho precipitous mountain sides. Tho
narrow canyon whero Mnrtln nnd Fowior
lay asleep and drunk wns soon filled with
rushing waters, which threatened to sweep
nway the old shack of a building. They
were nwakencd by tho water pouring Into
the cabin and sought to escape by climbing
tho Btccp sides of the canyon. Hoth men
wero swept back Into tho flood and wera
carried down the stream In tho darkness.
Martin was washed Into a clump ot live
oaks and managed to lodge, clinging to the
branches until morning, but Fowler was
drowned.
"Next day. November IS, toward noon,
when tho waters had subsided Martin se
cured a pick and shovel and started to
bury his dead companion. Ho selected n
sandy spot at tho base of tho cliff and had
not dug down two feet when ho camo upon
tho nugget. Ho mado soveral testa boforo
ho.oould convince hlmaelf that It was
really gold. Tho chunk was bigger than a
bull's head and too heavy fpr Martin to
carry. Ho hurried to Camp Corona to se
curo help. Ho had somo dulTlcuIty In per
suading anyone to go with him. At last n
miner consented, but carefully made the
statement that ho wus going to help bury
Fowler nnd not to carry iiuggeta, as he,
like, others In tho camp, placed no confi
dence In Mnrtln's story. Tho chunk
weighed eighty pounds and required the
combined efforts of Oliver and his assist
unt to get It to tho camp.
"Ilcfore starting both men staked claims,
Martin, ot course, claiming his whero ho
had unearthed tho big nugget. As soon as
tho news of tho great llnd spread minors
Hocked In by hundreds, but, although tho
stream waa carefully prospected for miles,
nothing of any groat valuo was found.
Martin considered that his find, lu view of
tho peculiar circumstances attending It. wns
tm act ot Provldonco and ho never touched
Intoxicants thereafter. With tbo money ho
got from the salo of his nugget ho wont to
mining In a buslnessllko manner. Later he
wns uttrnctcil to Yucatan, where ho made
over half a million In quartz mining. He
died In Now Orleans a few yoars ago, leav
ing a fortuuo of over $1,000,000.
Poor I,n l,noIy.
"To n poor halfbrccd Indian belongs tho
credit ot tho second largest find In Cali
fornia. Tho sccno of this discovery was a
bpot that had been gono over tlmo and
usnln by experienced prospectors and min
ers. In 1SG1 n Urm of young men from St
Louis had been Induced to Invest in a big
plncer clnlm In Nevada county. Old miners
laughod In their sleeves whon they heard of
the deal. Tho claim had never yielded moro
than colors and promise. and thoy regarded
It as a moribund proposition.
"I!ut tho now llrm took hold with nil tho
energy of young blood and abiding filth In
tholr Judgment and fortune Sluices wcro
built and tho hunt for gold instituted with
great vigor. Among thu employes waa the
young halfbreot Indian. One evening when
tho men had gono to tholr tents for supper
ho went down to tho creok to wash his
overalls. Tho blulco and creek were so
dirty thnt ho could not bco clearly beneath
tho surface. After spreading his overalls
on the sluice boards to dry tho Indian's
eyes were nttractod by u big yellow rock In
tho muddy stream. Ho got down Into tho
water and rolled tho rock over several times.
Ho had never seen gold In nnv other form
than tiny flakes or bits tho slzo of pln
heads and It never occurred to him that
gold could be found In any such nia?s as that
ho was rolling In tho stream. Ho concluded
that ho had discovered somo new kind of
rock and went to his tent to sleep In peaco.
"Next morning, when ho roturncd for his
overalls, ho examined thu curious rock
again. Thero was something nbout it ho
could neither understand nor define, and ho
called tho foreman to Inspect It. Tho
trained cyo ot tho experienced minor at
once recognized thu precious nugget, and
tho camp went crazy over tho find. A3 the
story spread hundreds camo long distances
Just to foaat their oyes on thu lump of gold
and to poise It In their hands. It weighed
sixty-five pounds and filled a peek measure.
Tho firm sold tho nugget to tho Adams Ex
press company for $17,100 und presented
each of tholr employes In the camp $100,
giving tho hnlfhreed $300 extra for his luck
In making tho find. Tho claim was after
ward worked over carefully, but whllo it
yielded a moderate, amount of dust no othor
nusgot larger than n pea was found, which
Is another proof ot tho miners' axiom that
'cold is whero you find It.'
Kicked Into u Fortune.
"Two years ago a man was literally
kicked Into a fortune. Louis Roderlgo was
(lacharged by tho superintendent of the
Mlstlo Shaft mine. Every day for weeks
he hung urouud tho mlno Imploring to be
taken back. Flnully ho was kicked off tho
grouuds. Ho procured a pick and bhovel
uud grub enough 'o last him for a week or
two and started off prospecting In Hoar
Creek, on tho Pino Hidgo, some aeveuty
llvo miles northwest of 'Frisco. Threo
weeks later ho returned with $0,000 In gold
dust, which was panned out In less than a
fortnight's actual work.
"Among tho mining exhibits In the min
ing department of tho World's fair at Chi
cago was a nugget of puro gold found lu
Alpine county by a young woman. Tho his
tory of tho discovery of this chunk Is cher
ished by every woman In tho gold mining
regions of California. Harry E. Ellis and
his wifo went to tho stato In 1871 from
Philadelphia because of Ellis' serious lung
trouble They went to llvn up In tho moun
tains of Alplno county, mlleB from nny
neighbor. They got their livelihood by.
huutlng and cultivating u few acres of land
about their lonely cabin. Grizzled old gold
miners, with their Jackasses laden with
grimy camp outfits and blankets, enrao by
the Ellis cabin frequently. Ono of the men
lay 111 there for soveral weoks, whllo ho
was nursed to health and vigor by tho
Elllscs. Tho miner told them how they
might find recreation nnd prollt In hunting
through tho canyons nnd foothills In that
region for pay dirt, nud thowed them whoro
ho believed thero wero Indications of rold
bearing gravel.
"For days at a tlmo the young husband
and wifo tramped up and down tho gulches
in Alplno county looking tor specks of gold,
but all without avail. They abandoned
seeking riches In thu placers and confined
tholr attention to tholr little ranch. Ono
afternoon ns Mrs. Kills was driving homo
the family cow sho was seeking stones to
throw for tho amusement of tho dog. Sho
saw In tho coarse gravel a dark, dull yellow
stone nnd picked It up.
" 'l knew from tho moraont I picked It
up.' says she, 'that I had found gold, be
cause It wns bo heavy; but as I had never
seen a real nuggot I was afraid my hus
band would laugh at me,'
"Tho nugget h.B never been utilized In
gold working and Is still kept for exhibition
purposes. It Is phenomenally clear and tho
slzo of n croquet ball, but very rough and
battered by rolling and tumbling In water
for ages. Mrs. Ellis got $2,500 for this flna,
A Slerru Price.
"The biggest nugget found In California
In tho last thirty years waa picked up In
SUrra county, It was melted Jess thai
twelve years ago by a New York goldsmith
after It had been used far and wide for ex
hihltton purposes. In August. 1S69, W. A.
Parish, A. Wood. J. Wlnstend, F. N. L.
Cleverlug and Harry Warner wero partners
In the Monumental claim, near Sierra
Huttes, lu Sierra county. In the last week
of tlut month they discovered a gold nug
get which weighed 1.593 ounces troy. It
was sold to It. U. Woodward of Sati Fran
cisco, who paid for It $13,500 for exhibi
tion purposes. When It was molted nbout
$9,S00 was realized.
"Although Plumns county, away up to
ward the Oregon lino nnd near tho Modoc
lava bed. Is ono of tho rlihotit counties In
California In minerals nnd has made a
dozen men millionaires of scvcrnl degrees,
It has yielded few valuable nugget-. The
largest wns found by u Chlnnmnn near the
mcuth of Nelson creek. It was worth
$2,S0O. A miner In Ellzabcthtown. Archie
Little, discovered u $2,000 nuggot, nud
Hoys und Stcadman found one above Mo
hawk valley, near the county lino, that
welr.hed 420 ounces nnd was worth $6. .00.
"Eldorado county, where gold wns first
found In California, yielded tho first big
nuggot found In thnt state. In 18.10 n 121
ounco chunk of gold was dug out with a
common spado from the bank of the Ameri
can river, near Lawson's Bar. It brought
$19,400. Another was found uenr Kelsey,
In tho same county, nnd It sold for $l,.00
In 1S67. Pilot Hill, h boulder of quartz
gold, yielded $8,000. This, with soveral
small nuggets, was tnkon from tho llouldcr
Gravel claim, near Pilot Hill postofllce.
Several largo and valuablo gold nuggets
wero discovered In Tuolumno county. In
1S53 a mass of gold weighing 360 ounces
was found nt Columbus. This was valued
nt $5,625. At Gold Hill. In tho samo
county, n man named Virgin found cno
weighing 3S0 ounces nnd valued at $6,500.
A Frenchman In Spring Gulch, near Colum
bia, In the samo county, found ono of al
most purs gold which was worth $5,000.
The dlsrovery mud tho miner Insane on
tho following day, nnd ho wns sent to tho
Stnnton asylum. The nugget was sold and I
tho money for It sent to his family lu
France."
For n Cold III the 1 1 en it.
LAX AT) VII lmOMO-qUININE TA11LETS.
11011 ACHIIS SALT .MINI:.
lirentemt IIIik-I; or i'ulile Snlt Owned
liy Joneph Jelterion.
Hob Acres Station, La., Is two miles from
Jofferson Island, which Is owned by Joseph
Jefferson, tho votornn American actor, re
lates tho Washington Post. Ho bought tho
property a few years ago for a winter
residence, nnd It was entirely by nccldont
that ho discovered recently tho fct that
tho piece ot real cstato In question Is
sttuntod directly over un Immenao mass of
solid nalt tho largest block of salt known
to oxlst nnywhero In tho world. It Is ot
tho utmost purity, too, being wholly com
posed of tho flucst quality of tablo salt,
without tho slightest admlxturo of nny
other mineral, and Ha quality ts such thnt
ono may take n block of H and read a
newspaper through it, just us If It wcro
so much class.
Apparently tho whole Island, which Is
about 300 ncrea In extent, Is underlaid by
ono great body of Rait, which Is struck at
n depth of 100 feet or so. Mr. Jefferson
came across It whllo boring hopefully for
mineral waters, nnd slnco then It has been
penetrated through, a vertical distance of
2,100 feet, or moro than n third of a mllo
directly downward, without reaching tho
bottom of It. This was accomplished by
moans of drills, which, yielding cores, made
It possible to study tho material through
Its successive strata with tho utmost ac
curacy. Hut thero was no vnrlatlon w Ith
the depth In tho quality of the stuff, which
throughout was puro crystalllno tablo salt.
Tho first discovery ot tho real tieasuro
was mado in 1S62 by a negro who was dig
ging a well on Potito Anse. WUhlu twenty
feet of tho surface ho struck tho deposit
of rock salt, which wus Bolzcd soon nfter
wnrd by tho confederate government und
worked until tho union forces, attacktug
by land and sea, destroyed tho works. They
wero not rebuilt until 1879, when n com
pany of Charleston nnd St. Louis capital
ists leased tho property. This mine, ta
already stated, had no rival In Louisiana
until their recent discovery on Jefferson
Island, seven miles to tho northwest, which
was formerly known ns Mlllcr'H Island, but
ut first renamed by tho actor Orange Island,
on account of tho extensive groves of
ornngo trees planted by him there.
Llko hla favorlto character, Hip Van
Winkle, Mr. Jefferson woko up to llnd him
self exceedingly surprised In this Instance,
rather agreeably, however, Inasmuch ns ho
uiscovereii nimseir to Do tno possessor
of n block of salt worth an enormous for
tune. Ho Is ns yet rather puzzled to know
what to do with his wonderful mine, but
boforo long, doubtless, It will bo opened
up In much tho samo way ns tho similar
deposit on Petite Anse. Tho method
adopted is very Interesting, a shaft being
sunk 100 foot or so into tho body of tho
snlt, when a series of chambers nro exca
vated along a level, tho pickax being aided
by blasting. A chamber thus mnde, 200
feot lorj;, soventy-flvo feet wido und slxty
flvo feet high, yields nbout 60,000 tons of
salt, mined without tho uso ot n single
stick of timbering.
Pillars sixty feet squaro nre left bo
twecn tho chambers for support und as
soon as n given level has been worked
out on this plan tho shaft is sunk another
100 feet und uuother series or atory of
chambers is excavated In tho samo man
ner. Thu great vaulted rooms constructed
by this process, with their piers anil arches
of puro crystalline salt, present, especially
when scintillating under tho strong Illu
mination of a calcium or electric light, a
most Impresalvo appearance, not paral
leled by underground views In ordinary
mines. They might easily bo fancied to bo
tho subtnrrunean nbodos of fairies or othor
lupernatunil beings.
Now, tho origin ot tho salt deposits do-
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Must Br Signature of
5c Ftc-Sluille Wripper Below.
YeTy small and oaay
tri tftko as nfar.
CARTER'S
FOB HEADACHE.
ron dizziness.
FOB BILIOUSNESS.
FOR TORPID LIVER.
FOR CONSTIPATION.
FOR SALLOW SKIN.
FOR THE COMPLEXION
Irme
KKEfi
if Kb I Purely Te(rctJl0vW?55w:
ABSOLUTE
SECURITY.
CURE SICK be.ApACHK-
sirlbed Is a profound mystery, no eatls-fa.-tory
theory hnlug yet been worked out
by geologists. It Is Imagined that tno five
"islands" are merely humps, so to speak,
on a continuous rldgo ot salt extending
beneath the marshes from Atchaf.Uaya
bay flflceu mtlti northwest to Jefferson
Island and perhaps beyond. Hut how did
such ImmcBse Indies of suit como to be
deposited? And what Is to account for the
astonishing purity of tho material? All
other rock-salt beds known In tho United
Slates havo layers of salt from two to
eighteen feet thick, alternating with lime
stone, sandstone, gypsum nud other min
eral strata, so that tho product of tho
mines Is more or less Impure as It comes
out. On tho other hand, beneath Jefferson
Island Is found u block of solid salt moro
than 2,100 feet thick nud containing no
Impurity whntover. It Is simply tablo salt
of tho tlncst quality and that Is ull.
.Mmle Yoiiiik AkiiIii.
"Ono of Dr. King's Now Life Pills each
night for two weeks has put me lu my
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Dempseytown, Pa. Thoy'ro tho best In tho
world for liver, etomnch nnd bowels.
Purely vegetnble. Never grip. Only 25c
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T per cent discount from nny library
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11.25 sewing tables, 18x38 Inch top with
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$2.60 bed plllowa covered In fancy fleurcit
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JS.00 Morris chair frame, iuade ot select
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20 por cent discount from any brass bed
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Fancy rockers and odd chulr values, tho
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$8.00 couch, upholstered In high gradn
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Tho largest lluo and the best assortment
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Banltary metal folding beds; Botnethlng
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Extra special values In dining room furni
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Store open Saturday evening until 3
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An Estate.
1 -v
Cf'0N THU
Many Young Men
think that because they can
not lay up a larjrn mim of
money It Is not worth whllo
to try to CH12ATK AN ES
TATIA 1,1 fr Initiiranee HCYS Aff I3
TAT10 at a very mull coat.
Danger Signals
are dally waved for unheed
ing eyes THOUSANDS of men
die without llfo assurance and
leavo their famlllefl In want.
THOUSANDS reach old age.
poor anil unprovided for, and
THOUSANDS heed Uin danger
signal TOO LATR and they
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A volley In THIS H1 ITtTA D 1,13
I.IKIJ ASSUIIA.VCIO SOC1KT1
will turn the red light of
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H, D, Neely,
Manager for Nabtauka.
:ou-im ii io iiuiiiiiiiir, omaiia,
"Man wants hut
little here below"
Said .i inortalil poet
Ions yours o,
I'm prone to doubt
that uncle nt hiiro
When I look nt The
Hue's Krcat "Want
Ad" pase.
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