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KANSAS TURNS TO WHEAT
Ftrnurj Frnk Corn Became of Ihis
Etuin'i Fallen.
IMPLEMENT MEN REAP FIRST HARVES
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SAUNA, Knn.. Sept. W. Special )
Kansas will lie one Immense wheat field
next year. Heretofore It has been mainly
a corn producing state, taking the compar
ative area Into consideration, but next
reason conditions will bo changed and by
far the greater part of the state will ho
sown to wheat. This change will be tho
result of the Kansas corn failure this year
and tho Immense crop of wheat produced
by ths wheat belt.
The "wheat belt" In Knnsns has hereto
fore been a well defined area In tho central
and southern portions of the state. It has
Included within Its boundaries only twenty
nix counties, one-fourth of the area of the
state, yet these twenty-sir. counties this
year produced more than 70,000.000 bushels
of wheat, or one-ninth of tho entire product
of the United States.
In tho great corn belt of tho state, which
comprises the (.untitles nlonR the Nebraska
Mate Hue, the formers nre deserting corn
nlmost altogether. Home of these counties,
Jewell, llepuhllr, Washington, Marshall and
others, have produced from S.OOO.OoO to
10,000,000 bushols of corn each In a single
year. Hut this fall nearly nil of tho corn
fields will bo sown to wheat. In the past
the corn acreage In these counties has av
eraged from 200,000 to 200,000 acres each,
while only 10,000 to 30,000 acres of wlient
have been sown. The coming year tho
greater part of this com acreage will bo
wiped out and wheat will be raised In Its
place.
(.'rare l.lki- Holland for Tulip.
So great Is the desertion of corn for
wheat that It Is denominated a craze by the
local papers of tho northern counties. A
half dozen corn counties alone will Increase
the wheat acreage of the Mate almost
- 3,000,000 ncres.
Tho Increase In tho stato as a whole will
not bo as great proportionately as In the
northern counties. In the wheat belt
proper, tho Increase will only be froin 20
to 50 per cent, for. tho reason that "ths
greater part of tho cultivated acrcago has
been town to whent the past two years.
nut In the communities which have here
tofore been devoted almost exclusively to
corn thejnerenso In tho wheat acreage will
be Immense.
last year there wcro 4,378,633 acres of
nhent sown In Kansas and 7,369,020 acres
p'antcd to corn. This year, 1901, the acre
age of both crops was slightly Increased,
but tho coming season tho Indications aro
that tho wheat acreage will bo at. least
doubled, while the corn ncrcago will be
correspondingly decreased. With an aver
ago yield per acre as great next year ns
the past two, Kansas will raise one-third
ns much wheat as tho entile United Stntcs
produced this year.
nnnnrr Corn (.'imntlp .loin Miivrinrnl.
Jowell and Republic counties, next to tho
state lino, havo In tho past claimed to be
tho banner corn counties of tho United
States. In 1896 they produced nearly
80,000,000 bushels of corn moro than tho
sverago crop of many states, This fall
four-fifths of this lmmenso corn acreage
will be sown to wheat; much of It Is al
ready In.
The Implement dealers aro the first to
profit by tho great Increaso In wheat acre
age. Already thousands of wheat drills
Jiavo been sold In tho corn regions. Very
few formers in tho corn belt have been
equipped for wheat raising. In addition to
the drills for sowing, tho formers will all
nave to buy self-binders, when harvest
time comes, and after that scores of steam
threshing machines will havo to bo Im
ported. If there is a good wheat crop next year,
tho harvest, hand problem will become far
moro serious than over. For the last two
years when tho wheat has ripened a great
cry for help has gone up from tho Kansas
wheat bolt tho twenty-six counties in the
rcn'ra! and southern parts of the istatc.
Men were Imported from other states hv
tho tralnloads and the balance of tho state
rent thousands of harvest hands to heln
snvn tho wheat. Next year not only will
tbo ono-fourth In the wheat belt be asking
for help, but all the rest of thn stato as
well, Tho corn counties will not only bo
unable to help the wheat counties, but
they will themselves demand help.
Ner CSrriit Wcnltli In llenrdrd (irnln.
Tho causo of tho wheat craze Is tho fact
that many farmers In tho wheat belt hnve
becomo wealthy In two years. Fanners who
barely managed to make n living for several
years havo harvested from 5,000 to 20,000
bushels of wheat each of tho last two years
ind they have mado enough to buy ad
(3 It Ion al farms or accumulate bank aornunts
running Into four or five figures. Others
who had so much land during hard times
that they wero hardly nblo to pay tholr
taxes and tho IntercJl on tholr mortgages
are now Independently wealthy. Some of
them have started hanks and aro them
selves loaning money. A number of In
stances arc on record In Kansas where
bankers havo closed out (heir banks and
gone to farming In order to make more
money,
Tho corn farmer, oc tho other hand, pro
duced practically nothing tho laBt year.
Tho avcrago com farmer In Kansas makes
bis money by feeding his corn to cattle
snd hogs rather than by selling It. When
tho drouth came on this year tho corn farm
ers found largo mini tiers of cattlo and hogs
on their hands and no corn with which to
fatten them. Tho pastures dried up, wells,
ponds and creeks went dry and tho farmer
Kith live stock became almost desperate
to provide his stock with water. Mary
farmers wero compelled to rush their stock
to market.
In the meantime the drouth has not In
ur'd the wheat farmer. Italus wero plenti
ful when needed before harvest. Tho dry
weather which came on at harvest time
hc'psd tho harvest along. When the
Itrcnrss went dry tho wheat farmer had
Bo hip herds of cattlo or droves of hogs to
luffrr from thirst. All he had to look out
for was water enough for tho few horses
be workod. the cows that gave him milk
the engine that ran his threshing ma
chine, Hslns would have Interfered with
Bis threshing, but the drouth helped It
llctiR. everything has worked against the
sorn farmer this year and to the advantage
sf the wheat farmer. The wheat farmer has
grown wealthy, while the corn farmer has
old his stock at a sacrifice and has done
well to hold js own. The result Is the
wheat craze.
Qtinllty Kfii I'ni'v with luiiiitlt.
Not only has the wheat crop In Kansas
ben great In quantity this year, but It has
been extraordinarily lino in quality. As a
nhtat that weighs from tltty-eight to sixty
pounds to the bushel Is considered gool
wheat, and over sixty pounds Is exception-
il y fine This year thera Is a comparatively
itr.nll amount that tests under sixty pounds,
ind a test of elxty-four pounds Is by no
mentis uncommon. Thero Is also an un
usual amount of gluten In it, which rcu
4rs It particularly desirable for fine flour.
The millers of MlnueaoU and other north
When the
The Jubilee number of the New York
Times commemorating tho fiftieth anniver
sary of the founding of tho paper, contain!
a fac-slmlle of the first number of the
Times, dated September IS, ISM. Among
the Interesting contents are the comments
of Hrltlsb newspapers on tho "lifting of tho
cup'- by the yacht America, on August 22,
three weeks previous. As an lllustratlou
of how news was gathered fifty years ago
the Time prepares the foreign budget with
thn announcement "Tnc Royal Mall
steamer Europa at Boston yesterday morn
ing, at about C o'clock. Her malls were
fent on by the New Haven railroad train,
which left at S o'clock, and reached this
city at an early hour last evening.
"fly this arrival we have received our
rtgular English and French files, with cor
respondence, circulars, etc., to, Saturday,
September 6th the Europe's day of sail
ing." In an Introductory nott to the comment
of the British papers the Times says:
"8portlng men, Just rounding the Pot
rock, from a summer's gala In the Sound
waters, are toasting the two-masted yacht,
which has Juit now astonished tho Eng
lishes. Even the slowly. satisfied Times
sets down tho triumph of Commodore Stev
ens as the triumph of the year, and tho
whole sea-coast population of an Island,
that has mado its prowess by Its sen-going
craft. Is on a sudden startled by the stran
ger that has won tholr birthright.
"Tho papers tell us that all the yachts of
.Southampton water, are taken Into tho
dcck to b Americanized, nnd that even
the first vessels of tho squadron are trim
ming their sales after our batbirhn fashion.
This Is Indeed a loud cause of triumph, and
wo only hope that thosa concerned will
wear their honors modestly; and thu
America will learn to take off the wire
edge of Its succcjs by an abandonment of
that old sjstcm of boasting, which has so
long been the plague-spot of the nation.
Whatever England may do, It Is to be
hoped, that one day we may become con
scious of the fact, that a really strong
man has no need to tell of his strength, and
that honor unclaimed, U honor mads
double."
The London Spectator of August 30, 1S51,
is thus quoted:
"Off one of our great naval ports tho
shipbuilding of England has been chal
lenged by an alien vessel, nnd defeated
totally. It Is a remarkable Incident and not
satisfactory to the notional pride.
"Wo may find snlaco In tho fact that It
U due , 'accident.' Strange as It must
appear, It has only been In comparatively
recent times that attempts have been made
to rcduco tho wnter-cleaving power of tho
chip to scientific rule; and hitherto sclenca
ern states aro buying up thousands of cars : has n large appetite. He will devour com.
of Kansas wheat to uso In preference to , nnlls, watches, turn'ps or any similar art!
northern grown spring whent. cle that Is placed before him. Ho Is not
If Kansas has n good wheat crop next j good to ent unlosa you are very hungry,
year It will flood tho markets of the world ! Ostrich feathers do not lonfc n At
with wheat and Its corn crop will fall short. '
If tho whent crop falls falls, thousands of
farmers will wish they had stayed by corn
and five s -ck.
ami:uica. misthksk or itoin:s.
A iiohitiiiriit of ('niism'tn a Great
Honor for Hip Iliiplir.
The appointment of Consuelo, duchess of
Mnrlborough, to bo mistress of the robes to
her majesty Queen Alexandra has occa
sioned little surprise In London.
Ever since her marriage In 1S95 Consuelo
has been preferred by tho royal lady and
when the then prince of Wales took his con
sort to Blenheim three years ngo for an au
tumn visit tho friendship which before ex
isted deepened at onco Into an Intimacy
which has lasted ever since.
Nor Is the elosp tie which exists between
the two ladles to be wondered at. If tho
queen can glvo the young duchess position
and rank, preferment nnd standing, the
younger woman Is In n position to give tho
queen much that she could not otherwise
obtain and of a nature which affords a
womnn thn deepest pleasure.
Rich beyond nil the other young women
of title of tho kingdom, young and beautiful,
the owner of a finer country seat than the
king of England can hopo to boast, It Is in
tho power of Consuelo, duchess of Marl
borough, to give to Alexandra, queen of
England, more than the queen can give to
her.
Her homes aro Just ns numerous, her
horses swifter, her yachts more luxurious,
her friends livelier, her spending money
freer nnd her prlvllegea greater.
Tho queen, realizing this, loves to doe to
Woodstock, tho country home of Consuelo,
for n stay nnd If Bho cannot go thero she
likes to Hllp awny to tho luxurious town
house of tho duchess for nn afternoon, sure
that here she will find entertainment with
out scandal nnd merriment without license,
Tho duties of mistress of the robes, ns
wrltton down by tho court chamberlain, aro
numeroiiH nnd not too pleasant. In one an
cient account of her work It In set down
that tho mistress of tho robes should In
spect each day "tho buttons and bolts of
her majesty." Again It Is told that sho
must gaze upon her majesty's finished toilet
Just beforo that lady prepares to descend to
tho drnwlng room.
Tho title Is moro an honorary ono now
than real. It Is a name Involving not a
great deal of work; It Is n high dignity
which does not bind the owner to do that
which Is dlstnsteful to her or beneath hor
station.
In reality the mistress of the robes us
ually shops with tho queen. If the "shop"
bo brought to Windsor, ns Is often the rase,
It Is tho mistress of tho robes who Is there
to recelvo It. On the appointed day tho
tradesman arrives, unpacks bis trunks and
bags and awaits tho plensuro of thn quoen.
When her majesty enters the room It Is with
tbo mistress of the robes by her side. Doth
look at tho fabrics and select that which!
la i I n p. n I n , 1, A '
If her majesty goes shopping the mistress
of the robes may accompany her. Thero are
many other duties that go with theh sta
tion, but these aro tho pleasantest of them
nil
"
The appointment of the duchess of Marl -
borough to the post so near hor sovereign
1, one that should please every American.
It shows not only that an American girl
Is enjoying much honor In a far land, but
r m I . ,
It signifies that she must have greatly en
deared hcrsolf to Its first lady and that she
must havo tho virtue of womanliness as
well ns thoso of wealth and beauty.
No llPllpf for 20 Yen in.
"I had bronchitis for twenty years," said
Mrs. Minerva Smith of Danville, III., "and
never got ,'ollef until I used Foley's Honey
and Tar, which la a suro cure for throat ;
and lung diseases."
.lolimiy nn thr Ontrlrh.
Chicago Tribune: The ostrlct Is the larg-
est of tho feathered specie. He Is proud
and stately, but not graceful. Ostriches
are railed on farms, and can be seen for
15 cents, which must be paid to the mnn si
tho entrance to the farm, who will thn
permit vou to enter. There Is much Ignor-
ance prevailing about the ostrich. This
makes It necefsary for a man to stand up lu
front of the farm rnd use loud and forcible
language to get people to step lnsldo and
seo theso InteredltiB birds. Tho ostrich
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1901.
America Won
hag not been hippy In Its efforts. The vic
tory cf America, if wo are not mistaken,
prn-tleally refutes the newest hypothesis In
the search for tho phllojopher's stone In the
science of shipbuilding. Tho principle of
Mr Scott Russell's plan, we believe, was
based on the fact that water displaced by
a body which Is removed fills tho vacuity,
not so much by falling in at the sides as
by rising from below; hence It was calcu
lated that If a vessel was built sharp and
deep toward tho bows, broad and shallow
toward the stern, the very act of tho water
In rltlng to supply the displacement would
aid the Impetus on tho body of the vessel,
and experiment tended to Justify that ex
pectation. Tho make of America, we un
derstand, is quite the reverse of that Just
described. The bows aro sharp and the
breadth of beam, which Is conttderable. Is
greatest about parallel to the mnlnmast, so
far coinciding with the other model. But
the draught of water at the bows Is trifling
about ihroe feet, and It deepens to three
times as much toward the stern.
"The make Is not conducive to great
freightage capacity, yet Its origin Is com
mercial. American shippers have Inclined
lately to prcfor speed to large capacity, as
tbey find tht rapidity, by facilitating cer
tainty of movement nnd a multiplicity of
voyager, within a given time, returns a
larger profit than slower nnd more uncer
tain voyaging with greater bulk. The model
of America Is the result.
"Tho good luck of the discovery has first
fallen to the United States, but there Is no
room either for chagrin or dismay. Ship
building In this country Is not stagnant,
a considerable number of shlpa ore made
annually, and there can be no doubt that
any well totted model will soon find Its
way to our docks, We shall not therefore
be much behind In the practical progress of
shipbuilding. Nor Is It to be afsumcd thnt
because empiricism has beaten science, that
tho latter Is to yield in despair. On tho
contrary, empiricism has always been the
Jackal to theoretic science nnd every dis
covery by tho working shipwright only
brings us nearer to tho dsslderatum n sci
entific rule. We havo heard nn American
cxprecs tho hppo that England, by beating
America, would give the Irapulso for a new
effort, which should again give the country
a new triumph. Such friendly emulation Is
not rivalry, It Is hut the pride of him, who
for tho moment gets foremost In the search
for the common good. A more Invidious
feeling would havo kept tho America at a
distance from our waters; as It Is, our
friends hasten over, with n natural prldc,
to make tin n party In the new Idea."
Tho London Examiner of tho same date
said: "Tho American challenge stipulating
for at least n elx-knot breeze. provcB that
you sec them growing on th osiileh ns
wnen iney nre neatly placed on n hat. When
an ostrich Is pursued In Its native Jungle
ho sticks his head down In the sand. This
makes him look like sparso and stunted
vcgctntlon, nnd be escapes. I know a whole
lot of othor things about ostriches, but I
nm tired of writing.
.ovri, .f.p..nsK M'tsnnixfj.
All the tiurnt m the Cerpninnr Wore
Sentetl on thr Kloor.
The Japanese, notwithstanding their
marvelous progress In civilization, still ad
here to many of their former customs. Some
of these are certainly picturesque, nnd none
Is more so thnn the cclebrntlon of the mnr
riage ceremony. A mlsjlonary writing from
the land of tho mikado sends to a friend
In tho enst the following Interesting ac
count of a wedding In that country: The
bridegroom was Rev. H. Yoshlmura. who
virlted thin country n fow years ago, the
pastor of the Unlversallst church nt Osaka.
The bride, Miss Nakc Yamada. was n mem
ber of tho Methodist church. The cere
mony occurred Immediately after the cloio
of the service one Sundny morning In May.
tho entire audience being seated on th"
floor. It was performed In both English
and Jnpanese.
At Its closi tho "middle man" and his
vife arosp and made themselves responsible
for tho marriage this being necessary In
order to comply with Japanese law. An
addre.n by the groom followed, at the closo
of which he gave a present to every ono In
tho audience. After this the relatives nnd
a few friends repaired to a hotel, where
.Mr. Yoshlmura end provided n dinner.
Again the guests were seated on the floor,
the men on ono ride of the room In two
long rows fnclnu each othor nnd the women
similarly nrranged in a group by them
selves. Two songs were sung, one by a
youth nnd the other by nn old man. Tho
one described mnrrled life nt tho beginning,
tho other, after long year havo passed nnd
tho couple hae grown old together.
Tho food was brought In on trava or low
tnbles, one being provided for each guest.
Before tho feast began the usual cere
monious Invitation to 'lartake was given
nnd the responso roturned. "Do not ask."
says tho writer, "how wo managed to use
chopsticks, for they aro still vory uncer-
tnln things lu our hands." One dish which
looked especially Inviting was left by each
person, why wo did not know, but followed
suit. It was all mnde clear when two
waiters entered with tholr nrms full of
small wooden boxes, Tbo food was taken
from tho untouched dish nt ench place, put
carefully In a box with any other fragments
remaining and tho box was then tied with
a frail rice straw string nnd handed to tho
guest. Thus wo discovered thnt It to a
Japanese cuotom to take home with vou
all that you leave of the food provided by
tho host.
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nispnniipctril,
Detroit Free Press: "Say. Marae." said
tho hello Rlrl during a lull In the calls, to
her Intimate friend who occupied the next
chair, "Is It true that you have broken off
voiir fneRffonint
j "Sure thing." answered Mame, as she
, chowed her gum with renewed vigor.
' "Oil. Mruniv MA vnii taiw.4
j "Well, I guess!"
"Oh, Mame, what was the matter?"
..j,p hMr(1 nbo,u my KonK down tnp r(vor
j wRh a strange young man."
"oh, Mame, did he. really!"
-Yep, Then he had the nerve to call me
up over the 'phone and read the riot act t0
me! Said If I was going to carry on like
that he didn't want me to be wearing his
ring."
"Oh. Mania, that did ou say?"
"Bin; off!"
British Comment on
the Capture of the
Cup.
the America must bo a wholesome as well
na a iat craft A six-knot breeze with a
dead beat In a head ca would be too tnui-h
for mnny of our crack yachts, which. If
they are brought to reducing sail, nre over
whelmed by thr excess of their masts aud
spars In a sea way.
"The truth If. they are built for the In
side of tho Isle of Wight, and for owners
who lake to yachting for fashion's sake,
knowing nothing about the matter, having
no real taste for the sea, subject to sick
neto and confining their trips to Hurst
castle to the west, Rydc nnd Portsmouth to
the cnot, and preferring to them the South
ampton water If a weather-tide raises a
popple on the gentle Solent. The great
pleasure of th?Je gentlemen Is to swagger
about In sea-toggcry and to have beats'
crews In smart equipment dangling after
them. Many a yacht hardly stirs from Its
moorings at Cowcs In a whole season; but
to make up for that Inaction, there Is
plenty of boat work, rowing backwards
and forwards, hailing and signalling. Ther?
aro exceptions; there are some score of the
200 members of the Royal Squadron club
who nre good seamen, ay, and cohiptnt
navigators to boot; but tho great majority
aro unskilled. The othor clubs contain n
much larger proportion of seamen among
their members, because with thorn It Is not
a matter of fashion so much ns It Is with
tho aristocratic Squadron. Some years ago
n member of tho Thames club undertook to
man his yacht (between CO and 70 tons)
with gentlcmcu, members of the club, ex
clusively, not employing n single working
man, and to sail her against nny vessel of
the Squadron, manned In like manner;
but the challenge fell to the ground. Anil
well It might, for though there arc time
few members of the Royal Yacht Squadron
who know whether a caff-topsall Is prop
erly set or not. we hnvo our doubts whether
there Is one who could go aloft nnd lace It
to tho topmast. But no matter how shal
low tho taste is, or how much Is mere
fashion, tho fashion Is a good one, and has
excellent consequences susceptible of fur- J
ther Improvement, which we trust the pres
ent ltsson of the America will stimulate.
"Tho veteran yachter. tho marquis of
Angleseo, upon seeing the America, Is re
ported to have remarked, "If she Is right,
we nre nil wrong."
"It is to bo borne In mind, however, that
something besides speed Is to be considered
In the yacht. A yacht mu3t have stowago
and accommodation, and both these points
are in the America sacrificed to speed.
Still we liavo no doubt that something may
be learnt from a craft which requires a
six-knot breeze and beats our clipper;
and It Is her model, not her canvas, that
must be looked to for tho lesson."
COM I'll nSSEII Hit IX jHMxn,
I'roitp for
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MltltlK (tnlil
InvlMlilc
Hunt
Although many fortunes havo been made
from placer mining since gold was first
discovered In the west nnd while tho Klon
dike grounds consist for the most r ' ' of
placer fields, yet miners of the plac do
1 posits in the past have failed to clean
j more than a comparatively small propor
! Hon of tho yellow metal from tholr claims
I because of the primitive methods of work
I Ing which hitherto they havo followed.
For several years, relates the New York
Sun, gold mining experts have devoted
themselves to the effort of evolving a more
remunerate e process of raining placer gold
than has ho far been employed and the
losses which placer minors have met In the
.past are now likely to, be obviated by a
new appliance which has Just been brought
Into commercial use for the extraction of
gold from placer mines.
Placer mining In ita strict sense Implies
the working of shallow deposits and Is
tho most simple and most comprehensive
form of gold mining. As a matter of fact,
however, In the gold regions of the weet
tho term "placer" Is applied to deep de
posits as well as to shallow diggings and
now designates all kinds of mining outside
of quartz lodes. Since the discovery of
gold In California In IMS thero han been
a fc-rndual alow progress In the methods
of placer mining.
The first apparatus adopted for the re
covery of tho gold was the wooden bowl,
known by the Mexican name of "batea."
For this presently Americans substituted
tho shectlron "pan," which Is still used by
prospectors nnd speculative miners. The
"rocVr" took tho place of tho pan and
was In turn superseded by tho "Long Tom,"
by means of which a latger amount of
earth nnd grnvel could be washed In n
given time. Then camo a system of hand
sluices, which prevnlled until hydraultu
powor was employed.
By each of theso succeeding methods It
was found possible to work nt a profit
placer deposits which beforo had proved
unromuncratlve. Tho hydraulic process
had Its beginning about tho year 1852, when
a miner near Nevada City mado uso of a
hose oDout forty feet In length by which
tho water was, taken from tho top of a bank
to tho bottom of hlB dlcglngs. A nozzlo
was attached to tho hoso nnd directing n
stream ngalnst the hank, as water Is thrown
upon a building by a flro engine, a small
stream of water was found to do the work
of hundreds of men In excavating tho enrth.
Mnny Improvements have been made upon
this earlier form of hydraulic power and
other appliances and Inventions havo botn
devised for tho extraction of placer de
posits. The newest procosA, differing from
previous methods, haa been Introduced by
John IX Colomnn of Spokane, Wash. After
several years of study and experiment Mr.
Colemnn discovered that under certain con
ditions, by the old of compressed air, water,
running In a vacuum, could bo made to
carry with It a load of alluvial sand and
gravel. He found that using no power but
that of ntmosphcrlc pressure after a
vacuum had been created ho could carry
gravel and sand In suspension through a
tube on tho siphon principle and thus was
enabled to savo all tho gold and platlnun)
contained In the deposits. In other words,
by handling tho gold In suspension Mr.
Coleman overcame the ntmosphcrlc pressure
of fifteen pounds to tho square Inch nnd
by Its specific gravity was ablo to recover
all of tho gold visible to the eye. A further
process, comprising amalgamation, Altera-
t'.on and precipitation, saves the Invisible
oi float gold.
Mr. Coleman's process Is now being used
upon several placer mines In tho western
fields and some Interesting experiments
wore recently made with his machine at
tho platinum works of Baker & Co. in New
ark, N. J. The sweepings and dust of this
factory aro thrown upon fie grounds In
ths roar of the hulldlng. A few days ago
one of tho chemists employed by tho firm
rhovcled up sixty pounds of tho dirt. From
It with the aid of tho Coleman process was
recovered nearly $1 worth of platinum,
soma of It finer than powdered sulphur.
This last had left tho building In vaporlred
form, blown fiom some parts of the works.
M.- Coleman has had an Interesting cn
rcer. As a boy he ran barefooted In tha
streets of Bostcn. In 1SS8 ho wont west
to Spokane. Wash , which was then the
scene of important mining activity. Im
pressed with tho crudeness of placer meth
ods then In vosuo ho began experiments,
which have now resulted in the "Coleman
process. Ho now lives In New York and
Is the president of a company owning large
lalnlns properties In British Columbia,
MIXING IN THE BLACK HILLS
Wtip Mkis Hoai7 for Cap.tiliiti Oat of
Lovt-Orado 0:.
HIDDEN F0RTIHE PROMPT PAYMENTS
ItoOonlnn 'lire of Ksmrrnliln unit
OiIaImiiI On iter ltfkici't Their
l'nlth Oiuntin ( fipltnl liue
In .North Mitr,
LEAD, S. D., Sept. 29. (Special.) The
Wasp No. 2 company li miking money ou
ote that runs ns tow as t t.i.o a tou, tho
cyanide process being used rxciujlwly in
the treatment. The plant Is a short ins
tance south of Lead and tho ere is a
qtiartzlte, which rests upon the slnto.
There are several levels of this quattzite
In the mine and it all runs high enough to
work. 'I he ore proper, which Is round lu
fiat shoots on top of the quartzlte, runs as
hlGh as MOO a ton gold. The plant has a
capacity for treating 6u tons ct ore a day
The company Is paying u good dividend
ca.h month.
Adjoining this company's ground on the
south Is a group of claims which Is being
developed by an old California company. A
sixty-ten cyanide plant Is In course tf con
struction. The ore Is tho same character
as that In tho Wasp mine. These initios
nro on what Is supposed to bs the extension
of the Homcttoke vein on the south aud
both companies scon will prcjpect for the
free-milling veins undcincnth the quartzlte.
Uio Illinois Mining company : drifting
from nn eighty-foot shnft In search or n
sttong ledge of galena tre. which outcrops
nt the surface. Oood assays have been ob
tained. The ground Is nlso In the Yellow
creek dlstilct, nenr tho Wasp mine.
Tbs Hidden Fortune company, which Is
developing tho ground north of this city,
paid sio.OoO due on Its property this week.
As fan as the payments on the different
groups come due they nre taken up. Taj
visit of tho fifteen or mere eastern capi
talists from tho cast Inst week resulted In
Placing a largo amount of the Hidden For
tune stock.
llli'luiCH 1,1 li- HomcKnUe.
The proposition which tho company Is
working on Is one that appeals to anyone
with money to Invest. It la parallel with
tho Homestake mine on tho west nnd car
ries veins of free-milling ore that nre even
richer than thoso being worked In the
Homcitake. The average assay of tho ledgf
that was encountered In tho shnft on top
of tho hill was $10 n ton gold.
The Black Hills people were given n
Cilmpao of special trains, special hotel eerv
Ice and spoclal everything again when the
Mayhara peoplo were doing tho Hlllc. Tho
qu.stlou of mill locations has net been set
tied, i hero being n pull for Bollc Fourche
nnd for some place on Castle or Rapid
creeks in Pennington county In the ootith
ern hills. Thl, question will bo settled in
V T "'m " lR "ney understood
that the mills will go to Belle Fourche.
Imutrlnl On.i. .rt..e Hp,.r,,.B.
The Imperial Mining company of Dead-
fit m b.nUKht n(1(llt'0al mining ground
in tha Blacktall district north of this city
adjoining the several hundred acres of
ground that wbr acquired some time ngo.
Tito company is one of tho strongest newlv
organized concerns In the Black Hills it
Is ersctlng n 100-tnn cyanide plant and Is
rprnlng up large ore reserves In Its min
ing property In Blacktall gulrh.
Sinking Is to be resumed as soon ns
possible at the shaft of the Titanic Mining
company In the Carbonate district. This
company has been developing n trnct of
over 700 ncres of ground. In the fiat formn
Hon. The ground has all been patented.
It being the largest tract ever entered for
patent at on? time. In the Hills, with possl
bly one exception. The shaft will be sunk
to lower quartzlte. whrc it Is expected
shoots of slllelous ore will bo found. This
district Is nn extension of the flat forma
tlon of tho Bald mountain country. In which
such large ore shoots aro round.
Extensive development work Is soon to he
Inaugurated by the Bear C.ulch Mining
company of Aurora. III. A steam holster
has been bought nnd some additional ground
hns been ncqulred, making a large group
In thn Bear C.ulch district, northwest of this
city. The now ground that hna been ne
quired contains ledges of tin nro and tho
cuiunnnv Will innk rnr nnvlnr, a ,nni. r
"p. o.iwuin iu null
metal, whlrh can bo worked on a com
mercial basis.
Tho new mill on the Wrleht m,.n i
Friday's gulch, northwest or ntn'rn.. ',
been comploted by tho Webb A Chambers
Mining syndicate, nnd ore will bo treated
In a few days. Tho mine from which the
oro will be taken is rich In free gold.
lantern I ln Tlni-lt to Vlrnt Oivncr.
Thp Esmeralda mine.
Blacktall r.uleh. north nf thl nitv u-lik
was nnrtlv nalit for hv thn Rhniwmm Mining
company of Boston, has reverted to tho
ungual owners, Emu f aust or this city and
1 1 r - . . .
n. u. i-ausi or ucaawoed. Tha wine con
nlns largo bodies of low crnde riment nrn
running from $3 to $4 a ton gold, with
orao rich ore.
Tho Shawmnt Mlnlnrr rnmnnnv tin
ganlzcd by Boston people who knew llttlo
about mining. Because dlvldonds wore not
forthcoming In n wrpk. thn nrlnMnnl hat
ers of ths enterprise gavo up In disgust.
They built a flfty-ton cyanide plant, which
worked In connection with n thirty-ton
nunungion mill. The rreo gold was saved
nnd the tailings were treated by tho cyan
ide process, Tho property is looked upon
by mining men ns being a valuable ono
wuuii properly worKcu. ii nns oeon lenscu
to Dnvld Nelson of Central City nnd James
Terry of Terravillc, formerly state Inspec
tor of mines.
Denillirokr rtrlle It .ninp.
A largo cyanide plant Is to be erected at
the Uendbroko mine, In this same Blacktall
district not far from tho EBinernlda mine.
Tho propctry Is owned by a company In
which R. M. Maloney of Doadwcod and
others of tho Hills oro Interested. The
main shoot of ore Is 300 foot wido and f6rtv
feet thick and It extends for several thou
sand feet In a northerly direction. Tho oro
averages about $8 a ton gold.
Steam cob been turned on at tho new
stamp mill at tho Golden Slipper mine, four
miles east of Hill City. The mlno has
boon bought by the Empire State Mining
company of Chicago, Tho shaft Is down 300
feet and drifts and crosscuts havo been run
which have opened up several rich lodges
of free milling ore. The mlno has paid
for Its development from tho grass roots
to tho present level. The mill will be
started up on the ore Immediately.
The ledge of free milling ore In tho Chll
koot mine, northeast of Custer. It bsing
sunk upon. It Is four feet wido nnd Is well
defined between slate walls.
Piny for Kino tiilnnirnrp
Tho Black Hills Porcelain Clav and Mar
ble company of Detroit has begun exploit
Ing the bod of kaolin clay with a diamond
drill after having sunk several holes on
the ledge of marble. Tnc clay Is pure and
It has a market at Canton. O.. and Tren
ton, N. J., where tests have been made on
It for fine chlnaware. The vein Is Often
feet thick and a shaft has been sunk nn It
seventy-flvo feet. The d'amond drill holr-i
on the marble found clear white marble at
a depth of forty feet. The company expects
to have marble on the market In slxtv
days,
It Is currently reported that a rich str'ke
of ore has asaln been made at the Ncr'h
THE COMMON ENEMY ...
KUney diwise is the enemy we have most to feat is a result of t-'.s
feverish restlessness of our modern rtvllitatlan, It Is s treacherous
enemy, workinj out Its deadly effect under covet of the most trhllnj
symptoms. The first lndlatla of changes In the urine, frequent head
aches, digestive troubles, should be the signal for prompt remedial
measures. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS Is a kidney remedy o( great
metlt. It Is soothing, healing and strentthenlng, qukkty tellees the
aching or soreness that always appears In the advanced stage, checks the
progress of the disease, an! through Its excellent cleansing and regulating
effect In the liver and bowels, It brings back the strength and ruJdy
JIjw of vigorous health.
Sold at Drug Stores.
Star mine nine m'lcs northwest of Cus
ter The mine Is helm developed by Omaha
capitalists. shaft ,C0 fc"t deep has been
sunk nnd drifts nnd crosscuts have been
tun In all directions, opening up four
separate vr'ns of oro. The ossnv vnlue of
be ore 's slid to bo J10 a ton gold, this
being from a vein thlity feet w'.d" The com
pany will sink ecvrrnl hundred feet deeper
beforo erecting n mill.
ti:sti:ii ix a ititiin .maxviih.
Chronometer of n Sliln Must lie lie
yonil I'oKHltilllt) of Hri-nr.
Then. Is a popular belief that chronome
ters, those delicate pieces cf mechnnlstn
which enable tho marine to tell to a nicety
where he Is upon the ocenn. are made only
In England. Ono will be told even In
.Maiden lano that Englnnd Is chronometer
maker to tho world. This was true nt one
time, but now. ncccnllng to ehlpmnsters,
America turns out excellent chronometers.
There nre, however, only thrco American
makers an ngnlcnt numerous British firms.
Mnny of the Instruments In use In the
I 'nit ed States nre of American make. Theso
chronometero nre purehnscd on trial Tho
delicate Inrtrumrnt Is subjected to extremes
of temperature, by menns of which Its vnrl
ntlcns nre arcortalned. No Instrument
leaves tho maker's hands tint II It has been
tlierourb'y tested, or before It Is three
cnrs old. In this period thsre Is nmplo
opportunity for developlnR Its peculiarities.
When It Is understood thnt nn error of four
seconds on tho part of the chronometer
will put n cklpper n mile out of his course
the ncccesity of the most caroful and thor
ough test Is opparrnt.
Even when nn Instrument hns bosn tested
to thn satisfaction of the experts and has
been finally adjusted ouly n skilled man can
be ullowed to carry II from tnc workshop
to thn ship. Ono firm nlouo has a dozen
of thtee cnrrlrrs constantly employed. They
aro not. of course, dealing all the time with
new chronometers; there nre from 400 to
.00 always In stork from ships arriving In
this port from nil pnrts of the world. As
toon an a 6hlp eomee Into port Its chro
nometer Is usually sent c.shnre for rating,
that lr. to say. It Is carefully observed until
th? ship Is ready to rail, when tho varia
tion Is reported to the captain, who can
then make his calculations accordingly. Tho
chronometers of the transatlantic liners are
sent nshoie for rating every time they come
Into port. Tho greatest enre Is tnken of
ehronometfn on board Phlp. and on all
flrst-clnsa ships there are untclly three, one
being for dek observation. Tho mort per
fect cne of the lot h usually pls.oi'd In n
dry. but well ventilated apartment nmld
shlps, where it Is firmly arrowed down,
nnd should thero be fenr of dampness,
wrapped In n heavy woolen blanket. On
the government vessels the chronometer Is
placed In n capo lined and padded with
curled hair, which keeps It from being
Jarred. The smallest speck of rust on the
balance spring might cause a chronometer
to lean Its accuracy. A flrat-clnss rhrcnome
ter costs $230 nnd ono nf tho sanio grado
capable of telegraphing Its own tlmo nclla
nt $450.
"I had a running sore on my leg for sovr o
years," writes Mrs. James Forest of Chip
pewa Falls, W'b., "and spent hundreds of
dollars In trying to get It hoaled. Two
boxes of Banner 3alvo entirely cured It."
Bewaro of substitutes.
Cool it'o-un' Nl-.nily II 1 1 1 TtPtnrn.
For over ten years tho Pool of Slloom lies
been only a name, says tho Eunday Com
panion. Visitors to Palestine who havo
The Art of framing-
rictures hnvo renchecl tho highest
point of perfection with us. Constant
attention to the llttlo details In frnraes
nnd mouldlnKs, tho caroful selection of
novelties, together with nn unswerving
nmbltlon to alwnyn frnra'e the picture,
whatever It tuny he, In the most nrtlstlc
mnnner posslhle, Is the secret of our
success. Twenty-seven years before
tho public ns lenders In nil that per
tnlns to ART, gives you the nssuranro
that wo will satisfactorily frame your
picture nnd tho price? AMVAY8
RIGHT.
A. HOSPE,
Music and Art. 1513-1515 Douglas.
Men's $2,50 Box Calf-
Genuine box rnlf uppers no side
leather with genuine welt fole of best
quality onl: tan solo leather n shoo that
will be a surprise to you when we
name the price .2.no n shoe tlrnt for
service and lifting quality enn't be beat
made with the popular toe nnd heavy
welt solo. This Is the Ilrst time we
have offered a genuine box calf welt
sole mini's shoe for S'-'.riO-slmply be
rouse until now we could not get n
shoo to sell at Ibis price that wo.could
recommend we recommend this one.
Drexel Shoe Co.,
Nevr rnl I (nt Inline Xow rte-xly.
Dliiilliii'a l.'l-to-:lntr Mil or llonr.
1I1S I'AIA.M STIlRnT,
Price, 91.00 Per Dottle,
visited this famous spot of la'e vcirs hnva
found that It healing watrrn have van
lhed ThKs was a great blow to the in
haldtnntr. but Just recently the witters of
Sllcnm have bren made to flow once again
nnd there has been great rejolrlng In ihe
Holy Land It nppenra that Jerunletn Ins
been especially short of water of Into and
It occurred to some of the Inhabitant of
! Sllonm to try nnd find out whether tho
; xprlng which lued to eupply the pool was
I renlly dry. Tons of nncutnulnted rubbish
i wcro cleared nway nnd nfter nbnut n
i month's work the spring was found The
, excavators discovered behind some (alien
rocks on old aqueduct running awnv into
thn vnlley of thp WYdron, nnd Into thl
aqueduct the beautiful, cool, clear wnt-r
had run and been wanting for years.
AT MM.OMOVS POOl
Anelent Wntcr l'oiirpn t'nrnrtlii'il In
j thp Holy 'lty.
I The ancient aqueducts nnd reaervolra of
I Jerusalem testify to the abundnnt provl-
slon that was mnde for running wnler in
l the Holy City when It was the nietrojol i
j of tho Jewish state. It Is onlv within tho
! Inst few weeks that they have been brought
1 again Into the service of the eltv. which,
idutlng Intervening centuries, has been do
' pendent upon tho scanty accumulation of
j rain water. Tho drouths of the present
r-mmcr Ind to d'.s'resc, which, happily, the
new governor of Jerusalem. Mohammed
P.'evad Pasha, had the w'll and energy to
combat. He secured the Sultan's consent
to lay Immediately a pipe from Solomon's
pools, nine miles south of the city The
pipe draws from the rcnlcd fountain men
tioned in thp soiir of Solomon "My be-
j loved Is like spring, shut up In a fountain
neaicu, me deep down sun'erranean anting,
which, from tbo time of Solomon, flowed
through nn arched channel to a distributing
chamber. Tho tunnel 's roofed with stones
In the shape of nn Inverted V. It Is one of
the eldest structures In rxlsten-e It
passes through tho vnlley where the beau
tiful ancient gardens of Solomon are men
tioned In Ecclealnstrs. It pnsars the spot
whero Elijah sa'.d tint he reded In his
flight from Jezebel, nnd crr,ssrn Ihe plnlns
of Ephralm. where David. In tho heat nt
battle with the Philistines, longed for water
from tho well of Bethlehem. Finally, after
passing round the slope of Zlon. It enters
the city through the grounds of thn mosauo
Omar, which Is In tho old temple area.
This drawing from Solomon's pools will
I rnnble the usn of twelve nnclrnt fountains
In tho city. II will require twenty kiln
) meter of piping, ten centimeters In dlmio
I ter, when finally Installed. The governor
, has also successfully repaired tho Virgin's
fount, In the valley of Jehosnplmt. outside
of the city walls. Its waters pass to thn
pocl cf Sllcnm to a tunnel built hv Heze
ktah, ns hli workmen recorded by a rough
hewn Hebrew, which '.h thn oldest Innrrln
tlon extnnt. It was stolen, but afterward
recovered nnd Is now In n museum In Con
stantinople. A f.rlpvnncp.
Brooklyn Eagle "It's very depressing."
sa'd the truft magnate, "to see how we ar
misunderstood."
"Are you surprised that you provoko
criticism?"
"Not surprised, but grieved. It Is too
much to expect liumi.n nature to be antls
(led. Wo used to be blr.med for our nttacks
cn each other when we were rivals In
trade. And now that wn hnvn pettled down
i to divide profits In pence nnd friendship wa
don t get a word or pralso tor It!
Tinrlniitl" Stn e, null Itniicrs
Awarded first rrlze, Paris exposition. 1000.
km
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