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THE OMAHA' KTNTUY HF.E: MAY 10. 1!KV.
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NEWS OF THE ARMY POSTS
5w Commandant for Fort Riley
Aiinm?i Charge.
TO BTJTLD ANOTHER GUARDHOUSE !
HiiNTm Will Benin at Kansas
Fart Middle of Aaraat Re.
Jalrlac Orer w Par
rncdale.
FORT RiLET. Kan. Mav T.-iPpTial )..
Brigadier General J. B. Krrr. I'nlted mai-i
army, the nmti new commandant arrive!
Here on Tuesday afternoon. May p. and a- I
timed the command of Ine g:ir!i-ori He
waa met at the station by Colon! F. K.
Ward. Seventh cavalry. who had been In
Command, with hla ataff. Troop I. and
M of the Seventh cavalry band acted aa
n eecort. The uaual salute waa fired by
Mattery Ft. Sixth field artillery. pen-Una;
the furnlahlnK of hla quarter (Jeneral Kerr
la th guest of Colonel and Mra. Ward.
General Kerr's family will follow him iaicr
on.
Instructions were received by Cap'a'.n
Walter M. Whitman, constructing quarter
inaater. from the quartermaster general to
advertiae for blda for the cons'ruction of
a new guard house In the artillery poet In
pset yesrs all summary court offenders
have been went to the cavalry guard house
for confinement. The new atructur will
hsve accommodation for over fX) prisoners
and will be located east of the new bar
rarka. Aa the fundi for' the building are
taken from the appropriation for the cur
rent year the work muat be started before
July 1.
Two more large bulldlnga are Hated to go
up at thla poet in the coming fiscal year,
the necessary funda being Included In the
appropriation bill. One. a riding hall for
the artillery pout la to be the largest
etructure of Ita kind In the United States.
If not In the world. The drill apace will be
lKxin feet and thia win be clear of any
supporting pillars. The immense roof will
be supported by semi-circular steel srhs
which will rest on larg- aion foundations
The hall will permit of the maneuvering of
a battery of field artillery. The other
building Is a douhle barrack for two com
raniee of the aignal corps. Tiiis buiiuing
will really mean the N-rlnning of the carry
ing out of the brigade post plsns for FTi
Htley. The riding hall will cost about lltn.
fino to build and the douhle barracks about
tfiXStft. When this work shall have been
commenced the amount of conslruction at
this post will total over l-VO..
The maneuvers at Fort Riley will bgin
bout August 15. Instead of September 1.
ccordlng to sdvlres recently received at
post headquarters. The troops from Fr;
(took and Fort Omaha will beg.n their
2,.,hr.l0.,rjL.K",.lh' '2il:.r V"" I. f."1. !
while the troops from Fort Leavenworth
will start the first meek In August. 1 he
Fort Iea Moines troops will stun sb-iur
the last week In July to mke their long
march. The setting forward of the date
of the commencing of the maneuver Is
necessary In order that the troop to be
assembled here may leave by S-pteniber
15 for St. Joseph. Mo., for the military
totirnnment which Is scheduled for the week
of September 21.
Troops A. B, C. r. I and K. of the
Seventh cavalry, have gone into camp on
the national target range for their annual
Inrget practice. Since going Into camp
the weather has been Inclement and the
past few days have been so wet that shoot
ing was out of the question. Troops E. F.
S and H of the same regiment ill follow
the other troops on the range. The bitter
e are also having their platol practice.
There was great rejoicing In the post
when the news that the senate and house
committees hsd come to an Agreement on
the army pay bill. The telegram announc
ing the good new m'as received nbout 8:3
o'clock in the evening and In a little over
half an hour the bands of the Sixth f eld
artillery and of the Seventh cavnlry wer
marching about the garrison playing en
livening airs to the cheering of officers and1
their families and the erllsted men. l.ater
In the evening the officers assembled at
the club where a Jolly celebration took
place. Plans have been made for a mas
querade ball to follow the passing and
signing of the bill.
The First battalion of the Sixth field ar
tillery made a night march on the reserva
tion Monday night and every organlxa'lon
succeeded In getting lost some time during
the hours of darkness. The organisations
left their respective battery parks at 'M
o'clock In the evening. In taking up posi
tions and laying lines of communication
In the darkness, officers and men lost their
organisations while the batteries had to
feel their way over the reservation's ever
varying" terrain. Some of the men were
unable to find their organisations and came
Into the post at all hours of the night.
The organisations returned shortly before
2 o'clock In the morning. Sergeant Davis
of Battery C waa thrown from hta mount
and badly bruised during the right's
maneuver.
Arrangement are being made for an out
door athletic meet to be held at the post
athletic park on Friday, May 2S. I.leuten
anta Brown, Jr.. and Kerr of the Seventh
cavalry and Riley of the Sixth field ar
tillery, compose a board of officers which
I preparing a program of events. This will
be the first outdoor meet at this post for
several years.
For the last few days many sen cost
guns have been going through the post
over the fnlon Pacific for the forta in
the Puget Sound district. They were all
consigned to Portland and were of the
mortar variety.
Polo playing is now a serious factor In
the training of the officer in the mounted
service school st thi pot. Dummy horses
hsve been made snd officers mount them
with 'mallets In their hands tn order to
probably learn their use and acquire a free
snd easy seat tn the saddle. Hours are
designated for playing the game and of
ficers attend as In other military duty.
Fort Crook.
FORT CROOK. Neb., May . Special.)
Major W. F. Blauvelt, Sixteenth inlaiury.
who has been detailed for service arid to
fill a vacancy In the pay department, left
the post on the 4th Instant for hla r.w pcist
at Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Blauvelt and
daughter, who are vititing at Fort Robin
son Neb., will Join the major at hia n w
station tn a short time. Major Blauvelt a
severance from the rvglment is very much
regretted by the officers and enlisted men
with whom he has served during the last
inree years.
The military tournamert at St. Joseph,
Mo., will probably be held from the 21st
to the S6th of September, and that ail the
troops that take (.art in the Fort Kiley
manuevers from Fort Klley, lravenworth,.
Crook. Omaha and Des Moines, and two
sections of mountain batleriea from Fort
D. A. Russell. Wyo.. will parlicipate in the
tournament, which in all probabiiilv aili in
clude ten troopa of cavalry from Fort Ies
Moines, ten troops of cavalry from Fort
Riley, three batteries of field artillery f'cm
Kort 1eaven orth. six batteries of field
artillery from Fort Rilev, two sections of
mountain artillery from Fort D. A. Russell,
twelve companies of Infantry from For!
leaven orth, six companiea of infantry
from Fort Crook. eie;acliment of Signal
corpa from Fort omaha and engir-eer from
Fort Ieavenworth. It la pusmtile that the
manuevera contemplated at Fort Riley in
September may be ciiartjed to an earlier
data.
Contract Surgeon t. W. McMillan. Furt
Crook; Dr. A. J. Davis. Fairfax. S. D.. and
Dr. R- S. Hart of Omaha have reported to
Capta-e Van Dueeev i!sn eurgeer. a!
this post, for examination for appointment
as assistant surgeons in the army. The
examination will take about a week.
First lieutenant O. E Michaeiis. Six
teenth infantry, the post athleilc director,
who has taken a great Interest in athleilct
and inar.ger of the post be ball team
has made arrangements for a grand bah
to be given In the pjst hall the evening ot
the lith Instant, the proceeds of which will
go to the ball team. Arrangements have
been made for at least (u people. Prior
to the grand march at I p. m.. which will
be led by military officials, there wl!l be
a band concert by the Sixteenth Infantry
bard from " 30 to . p. m. Continger.u
from Fort Omaha and department head
quarters will be present. Tne hall will be
specially decorated for the oc-caslon aad
there will be refreshment. Secial car
each way before and after the danc.
Whitemore'a orchestra nill furnish tne
dance music snd has been enlarged for I,
a a (pecial occasion. Admission io cents
Ladles free.
Th entertainment with the talking ma
chine given n the pool hail Wednesday
evening by Chaplain Htliman. Sixteenth
Infantry'. larsely attended by the offi
cers and enlisted men f the post. s well
was nianv from surrounding places.
There will be a wrestling match In the
post hall on the evening of May U between
P. i Hooner of Omaha and Harr Muldoon
cf Boston. There will be a five-round box
ing bout preliminary, also an cpea chal
lenge to any soldier In the post In wresllinj
w boxing, which In all probability will bo
accepted by s:jme of tie sports a'ong that
line. Reserved seals fri cents and general
admission cents.
Frank Miller, who resides in the vicinity
sf the post. pinched a few days sgo
'or dvtuf wholesale business In liie ftur-
rhaslrg of clotMng. etc., from enhsted men
mo ruirl(iil bond of n.nati t0 arpesr for
trial tn September wst m Saturday. May
h was IrW tn Pap'lilon for r'inn'nsr
pawn sriop without license Frrt LJeu
tennt lichll. Puteentli Infintry. who
cu M srre.t snd who took out a
iearrh warrant for hi pine. In prosecuting
ir.e case m ! ,trrrt 'f ih a-nvernrrecv
I- leaf ljn..ni tl' 1 . - 1 1 - Ik .
,'n,h '''V"'- ecpnC MNcer. i rn-
u nm qiiarier. won a dPvrrf1 emu.
i-eoond i: jt.t y . Hrtien, Pix
teenth Infantry. 1 looking out for the In
terest of the po eitchar.se during Lieu
tenant Harvey Illness
aptaln Charles M. Hundel, Plxteer.th In
fantry, who ha leen nhsent at the general
hospital prisldlo. Pan Francisco, for the
last thr-e month undergoing treatment
and observation, has len grants tfn:
riava' leave before Jo!nl-sr at Kort Crook.
Captain Jack Hayes. Fifth Infantry. re
cently promoted from first lieutenant. Six
teenth Infantry, la try!" n erect trans
fr with I'aotain
it. H HJrk. HlJtleentn
infantry, whcret.v he mav ren-nin 1n his
old regiment. Cap'ain R' k. who la now on
lave. has taken hl examination for major
and by th transfer of Ma. lor Blauvrlt to
the pv department he atan.ia a show of
remaining In th fifteenth infantry as one
of it major. let us hope that we retain
them both aa they are ex"'int officers
and amnngthe oldet of the regl-nnt.
Captain Peter C. Harris, recently trans
ferred from the Ninth to the Sixteenth In
fantry, haa been assigned to Company C St
Fort Iogan H. Roots.
The post hall team goes to Nebraska City
Pat-trday. the !;h Ira'arA. to p:ay the
Kagles team of that rlrv. The lodK has
guaranteed the boy that thev wlli have
tne time of their l.fe while their guest.
Cornorsl WlHIsm t'taa-ford. Comoanv 1.
Pixteenth Infantry, la ben ordered d.-
cnarged t.y tne department commander by
purchase to accept a SKisltlon in Omaha at
ni per month.
Sergeant John H. Allen. Company H. Six
teenth Infantry, haa beer, detailed on extra
dutv In the quartermaeter's depsrtment. in
charge of military convicts and prisoner.
relieving cmr Sergeant L.uer. Pixteenth In
fantry. who Is alck In quarters.
Private Charles Mayer. Company M, Six
teenth Infantry, who has been the post
mall carrier for many mont.is. has been
oiscnargeij and left for his home In Nem
tork. The raise of pay had no inducement
for Charles. He was relieved by Private
McCall. Company E.
Private William J. Raskerville. Company
1, who has been on extra diity In the quar
termaster a department aa clerk, haa ben
relieved bv Private Anderson, Company F.
In ord' r that he may he appointed corporal
in hi company.
Private Wesley Tomnsend. recently trans
ferred from the B'gnal corps and assigned
to Company E. ha been detailed on special
duty as assistant to the wit hloard opera
tor, relieving Private Halle. Company H.
The following umed enlisted men who
were sent to the Sixteenth Infantry from
Columbus Harracka. O.. to fill a requisi
tion for cooks, were assigned to companies
Samuel A Haralson Vo Companv . 3.' Joseph
F. W llson to Company I. George H. Schra
maher to Company L. and John P. Murghpy
to Company It.
PAY CN ENTERING THE CARS
Heported acres of Experiment
)ae Llae of Street Cars In
Den Malnea.
Oa
The pay-as-you-enter street car 1 a uc
cess In Des Moine. Although the one car
built by the Des Moines City Railway com
pany has been running on the university
line for only four days it has proved satis
factory to the company. It is Tjo longer
an experiment and additional cars of this
character have been ordered built and will
be placed In service on the same linij as
soon as they are completed.
The innovation Is permanent and the pay-as-you-enter
system will be adopted In Des
Moines. These cars are being Installed on
the Chicago traction lines and the entire
system there is gradually being equipped
with them. The same policy will be fol
lowed here. The cars now running will be
taken to the shops and remodeled and re
turned to service Just as quickly as It Is
possible to lengthen them.
The company is particularly pleased with
the gracious manner In which the public
has accepted the experimental car. There
have been no complaints. Nearly everyone
has had the fares ready and little time has
been lost In making change.
It Is hardly necessary to stop In entering
to place the fare In the register and prac
tically no time Is lost In boarding the car,
while much time is gained because passeo
gers can make their exit teirough the double
door while others are boarding the car.
Most of those who have ridden on the new
car have facilitated matters by having their
fares ready and there has been little de
lay. The company's idea In adopting the
system Is to Increase rapid transit and cut
down the schedules.
Much of the time of the trips is consumed
in making stops. Time is wasted by pas
sengers who wait until the car has come
to a complete stop before they leave their
seats. In some cities the cars will not wait
for persons not at the djor ready to get
off when It stops and will carry them an
other block While the local company
would not adopt such drastic penalty for
dilatory passengers, yet It believes that out
of ordinary consideration for other riding
on the car, who are Id a hurry, passengers
should be waiting at the exit wher. the
cars come to a stop.
There will be no gates In the pay-as-you-enter
cars.
It is thought that when the entire system
is equipped with the new csrs that the
public will work hand in hand wiih the
company by having the correct change
ready when cars are boarde-d. Getting the
habit of buying checks will save delay.
The rear platform cf the car is a long
one, and if the conductor must make'ehange
for some one rthcre is no reason for tiie
car being held at the stop for others who
wish to board. They can rtmaln on the
back platform while t:;e change is made
and then file into the car. Dea Moines Cap
ital. TV est tnibler.
Mr. and Mrs. S.imiuv ere the guests of
their son Thomas and family in East Omaha
Saturday.
Mr. and Mra. Gis Rehftel are nicely
a-tti-d in their new nonie on Soma Forty
sixth avenue.
Mra. N. "Carbury of Windsor Place has
l. en caring for lier daujjiiier, Bell
Gantx. mho has been uu.le Ui at lier liunii
ii. Eikvrman.
Thomas Dsvis dud at his home. Furry
fourth and Pierce sirepi. Tliursdav. aged
hi years. H s luneial was held Saturday
morning Interment at Holy Sipauoer.
The Ladies' Aid society extendi a vote of
thsr.kx to Mr. liuua i son of EcKerman tor
presenting li wiui four quilting tiame sup
ports. iiich are hand-made and painted,
and will be of much service lo tne society.
The weekly prayer nuetinK a: Sjii lowest
church has bei r. e handed Iru.n Wednesday
until Thursday evening. 1 ;ie attendance
eocouraging.
Peier Mattison came iiome from his daib'
work Friday evening ill and lad to I
taken to the huspi.al tne foiluwug day,
here he uiiuorwt-ri. an opeiaOun for ap
pendicitis. Lawrence lloffmar. of Norfolk waa Un
gues! of hia grandparents. Rev. and M:
R M. Hcrdeisjn, Hie latter part of U:e
week.
Mrs, Mary H.aley of S-.uth Thirty-f if i i
avenue died Wednesday, iniernient was at
Holy sVpulcher Friday morning
Master James llalplne. Jr., gave a most
enjo) able lawn Mav itarty i j a score of h
.hoolniales at nis uonic on Forty-stxto
snd Center stretts Saturday siternooi . Ma
I. Dainty refreshments were served al v
o'cloe k.
O. Carlson ha secured the position of
mower at Uenscum park an J uses hut newly
purchased horse in his labors there.
Mrs. W. E. Daley waa the gueet of her
sister. Mrs. Flnley Bene wax, in West Side,
o Thursday.
J. E. Augne and wife went to Council
Bluff Friday and were the guests of their
sor. William and family for dlnrer. Mrs.
Aug tv returned In the evening, but Mr.
Aughe continued his trip to Lase Manawa.
wiirre he will be the guest of h is daughter
Mrs. J. Tojng and fam.ly a few daya
Miss Lessie Faverty waa the guest of
her sister. Miss Bessie, in South Omaha,
trutn tjaiuida uaul daJidaji
MILLIONS FROM ONE HOLE
Eeminiscencei of the Early Dayi of
California Gold Mining.
EIO POCKETS OF YELLOW METAL
Resnarkahle Flads la River Beds aad
FeotalllB aaets that etted
Osnrn a Modest
Forte ae.
There is noth'ng more fascinating In
early California history than the story
of the finding of immensely rich pockets
or deposits, which. In the quality and
value of their yield, jartook of the mar
veloua. To be sure, every river, gulch
and ravine as rich d giring, snd an ounce
per day was commonplace. There were
cre-ks thst paid dollar to the square
inch and gravel deposits in some of the
flats where 1100 to the pan was not alto
gether out of the common; but thi was
In general distribution and did not excite
more than ordinary Interest. Occasionally,
however, a deposit would be upturned that
would contain such quantities of the
precious metal as would exceed in value
the wildest dreams of avarice; pure, vir
gin gold in such an abundance as to set
the community wild wish excitement, the
traditions of which still linger.
The question ha been asked, which
among the many finds. In Immediate re
turns, had the most value? Each of the
focthill miring counties lias absorbing
tales of some particular spot from which
enormous quantities of the yellow metal
haa been extracted, and it Is a fact that
pockets containing from $S.0f" to IM.OW
or more were found In each of them.
There were so many of these that they
only attracted passing notice. It was only
when the lfi0."' mark was passed that
the deposit acquired genetal notoriety,
and this only when the gold was ao con
centrated that it did not require more
than a few days to extract it.
Hlrkest ef Ita Class.
Without doubt the o!d Morgan mine on
the summit of Carson Hill. Calaveras
county, was the richest piece of ground
ever found In the state, or the world, for I
that matter. Its discovery was made In ,
lS."il by a man named Hance. He waa
not looking for gold, but was on a Sun
day hunting expedition, and had climbed
the hill in pursuit of quail. At the time
he was working with five partners down
on a bar of the Stanislaus river, near
the locality afterward made famous by
Bret Harte. and named by him "Sandy
Bar." Hance hnd hpt into a covey of
bird and wa searching for a dead one
that he had noted fall Into a thick of
dense chappaxral. While crawling on his
hands and knees under a bush ne saw a
piece of quarts seamed with gold, a chunk
as big as his head. Naturally he forgot
all about quail or other game and began
a search for other nuggets. They were
there in profusion, not only Intermixed
with quartz, but also in slab. Needless
to say that he leaded his game bag. filled
hi pocket, stowed them away In the
breat of his hlrt, and then made haste
to Join his partner and inform them of
hi good luck. It wa calculated that he
packed tack to the cabin about sixty
pound, valued at over llitrt). The part
ner were astonished at the good fortune
that hud come to them, still not dreaming
of It extent, but they lot no time In re
turning to the place and formally taklng
It out under the mining law In force.
It was related by Mr. Morgan, whose
name wa given as a title to it, that they
took back to their hanty that night over
150,0(10 worth of gold, and thi off the
surface. They did their best to keep the
discovery secret, bat in few days It
leaked out and the country went wild.
Thousand of miners flocked to the place
from every direction, and in a month the
whole country round was staked out. En
passant it may 1 noted that other good
diggings were found, but none to equal
Hance s original discovery. Morgan after
ward stated that Inside the week they
were uninterrupted they extracted HSO.Onu.
proved by the fact that they carried to
Columbia and deposited that amount In
the express office.
Handsome Clean-Vp.
They had stumbled on an eroded quart!
vein, worr. down and oxydised by the ele
ment. By the time they had cleaned up
the aurface deposits they had taken out
$700,000, and then began sinking into the
vein. Nobody knew anything about the
methods of extracting and milling quart,
except the Mexicans, who had had ex
perience In Mexico, and these nothing be
yond grinding by arrastra, but their serv
ice were In demand, and all of the avail
able greaser help wa employed. In open
ing the vein much of It was so rich that
it was pounded out In martars. and orten
after a blaU cold chisels were employed
to cut the string of gold off the rork.
And It wa calculated that there wa 11:5.
M0 thrown down. In one b'.ast. The marvel
of It all was the non-exhaustion of the de
posit. "The yie'.d, 'n scarcely diminished
quantity, kept up for month, and In :x
teen month t3,O0u0 had been extracted.
Thi. however, was only the legitimate re
turns to the owner. The Mexican were ir.
bonana, and there i no question that they
stole at lea( ll'-O.NVi of the product. The
temptation was too great to be resisted.
And o it went on until the latter part of
The six partnera worked steadily on
their claim, and from top to baae hundreds
delved at the overflow. Then a curiuua
episode took place.
Billy Mulligan, a notorious tough aid
desperado of the early day, got together
a gang of kindred spirits, and on sonu
flimsy pretext Jumped the claim and held
it for nine months before he could be dis
posed of by the la-ar. It was hi boast after
wards that he and hi follower took out
-;.'. Lefore being compelled to retor
the ground to the rlgiiiful owner. Morgan
in the meantime had bought out the lnter
eat of his partners, all of whom were
enriched by the wonderful yield of the de
posit, and he went to England to d.spose
of the property and bargained to sell ii
for 12 .., Before the title passed more
litigation prng up and It wa year before
work was resumed. The cream, however,
had been skimmed, and although It was
established that It was a permanent vein,
values sank to a few dollars a ton.
Pockets of ' as get.
Columbia and Shaw Flat, Tolumne
county, were. In the early iu noted pocket
localities, and were also famed for the big
nuggets of pure gold that were found in
tiie placers. Thi was especially true of
Columbia, where, in 160, four nuggets were
inearthed, weight, respectively, twenty
teven. twenty-eight, eighteen and fourteen
pounds. In ISol there is a record of three
injre "of twenty-eight, twenty-four atnd
twenty-three pounds. In 1; two are men
tioned of twenty-nine and nineteen pounds,
and in one of thirty-three and one of
ti.irty pounds. All of the lumps were of
pure gold, witbout any Intermixture of
quarts and a fineness of U3.&Q per ounce.
While larger lumps were found In other
localities, there Is no place where they were
discovered tn such quantities.
A placer claim In Calaveras county
yielded In lSc.7 a lump In which there was
some little quarts, that, when pounded up.
gave a return of 1C1 pounds of gold, valued
at r .
One of th moat unique finds of tne early
data waa a ravins running tela Good ear's
bar on the North Tuba river. There wss
no soil nor gravel In the slate bedrock, and
for a length of half a mile It was literally
strewed and sprinkled with coarse gold,
wl.arh required no washing t. recover. The
miners picked up the yellow mrtal where It
hsd lodged in the crertces snd Inequalities
of the rock, and It was estimated that the
ytekj exceeded 3".lin. Ooodyear's Ja one
of the richest river bar of the early daya,
something like $1." In gotd having- been
taken out of It during the 'M.
California 'sutgets.
The largest nugget that I can find any
record of was taken out of the WJllard
claim, on the Feather river. In ISoS. It
weighed forty-nine and a half pounds, was
pure gold and minted 110.871.
A long list could be made cf nuggets from
various portions of the foothills weighing
from ten pounds to thirty pounds, but they
are too numerous to chronicle. One, while
not a particularly large one. had tragic
history.
A Frenchman had mined on Spring creek,
near Columbia. Tuolumne county, for a
number of years. His claim had yielded
fairly well, enough so that with his sober,
Industrious habits he had been able to
make small remittances to his family, who
had remained In France. In the summer of
1S58 he came Into town early in the day,
made a bee line for the bank, where he
deposited a gold nupget weighing thirty
two pounds and valued at about JftOO. He
was congratulated on all sides for his good
luck and announced his intention cf giving
up mining and returning to France as sion
as he could sell his claim. He returned
to his cabin that night, and again came
to town the next morning, staegerlng un
der a load Inclosed In a sack, and pro
ceeded to the bank, where he rolled out on
the counter, to the astonishment of the
banker, a limestone bowlder weighing about
twenty-five pounds and which he Insisted
was pure gold. Poor fellow; he had iJBt his
mental balance, was as mad as the pro
verbial March hare, and his delusion was
that all the bowlders on his claim were
nuggets of the precious metal. He was
taken to the Stockton insane asylum, where
he died shortly afterward, and the proceeds
of the genuine nugget were sent to his
family in France.
For pocket mining, pure and simple. Bald
mountain, near Sonera. In Tuolumne
county. Is a close second. The process of
pocket hunting has teen so often described
that it need not be repeate-d here. It Is cs-
tmated that Bald mountain has yielded
over 12.ono.noo Ip this character of depos.ts,
in sums varying from tV" to !1,X0, and the
hunt I still going on, although the results
nowadays are very- meager. The value of
the richest discovered there is a matter of
uncertainty, common report placing It from
ll'jO.OeO to $3l"'.000. San Francisco Call.
JONAH AND THE WHALE
Another Professor Takes n Fnll Ont
of Childhood's Old Re. table
Wonder.
Again the Biblical story of Jonah ar.d
the whale Is disputed thla time by Dr.
William Reisenau of Eutaw Place temple.
Baltimore, in substantiation of Prof. Paul
llaupt of the Johns Hopkins university,
who also says Mr. Jonah and the whale
never had even a speaking acquaintance.
Dr. Rosenau declared recently that It is
more than mortal man can do to remain in
the epigastric xone of a mammal for such
a length of time and come forth alive. The
rabbi declares also that the story Is an
apologue, and not an account of an his
torical happening. He assert that many
of the beautiful stories of the Bible arc
mere folk tale or fables written to weave
a moral.
Dr. Rosenau, to sustain his . argument,
uses that marvelous tale Tale No. 2 of
the whale the tory of James Bartlcy,
whale hunter.
Tersely, the story of Bartley. aB re
counted by Dr. Roenau, 1 that while eek
tng mammals off Falkland island the men
of the good ship Star of the East wounded
a whale, which, in retaliation. Is said to
have flipped its tail and knocked Seaman
Bartley from a maJl boat high into the
air, where he did the aerial Merry Widow
waits and while descending was swallowed
by the whale In the same manner that
whale No. 1 Is said to have gobbled up the
original Jonah.
The two stories thus far are similar, but
the whale which swallowed Bartley was
said to have been captured and taken
aboard ship, where, after twenty-four
hours, it was found that, after passing the
garden gate of the whale's mouth. Mr.
Bartley shot the chutes down the whale
gullet and finally splashed Into a bath of
gastric Juice until about bed time, when
he crawled up to a coxy corner on the
side of the whale's stomach and. throwing
out his cud, reposed until he was found by
his comrades, who had cut open the whale.
It was declared that the action of the
Juices of the whale's stomach on the mod
ern Jonah made his skin like parchment,
and that w hen restored to consciousness he
suffered from hallucinations.
This story was later conclusively dis
proved, and thus. Bays the professor. If
ajany may be found who will believe such
an incredulous yarn, naturally there are
many who believe the original Jonah story.
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HICKORY SUPPLYJWNS SHORT
Vehicle Manufacturers Worried Over
the throwing Scarcity of
Wood.
Automobile and carriage manufac.urers.
along with the men of the ailied vehicle
industries, are giving very serious ccnSjd
ersiion to the question of the future fup
ply of hickory timber. This w ood, w hich 1
one of the most Important of all woods,
slnre no at;factory substitute for it ha
been found, play a more imponant par:
among the commercial timbers than many
people realize.
For automobile and carriage wheels,
where strength, toughne and resiliency
are essential qualities, no other woe, J ha
been found In this country that will taite
the place of hickory. Manufacturers Say
that no steel or wire spoke has yet been
designed that will withstand the wear anl
tear of the hickory spoke. For this r lion
the welfare of the vehicle industry seems
dependent upon the conservation of the
hickory supply.
The supply of good hickory in the I'nliel
States is known to be very limited. The
cut last year for lumber waa a little less
than 150.(o.0uG feet and It Is estimated an
even greater amount was used for automo
tive sod csrrage wheels, axle caps, gears,
axlea, pole, aingle trees and neck yokes.
It ii estimated that at the present rate of
cutting tie supply will last only about
fifteen years.
Reports are made from time to time of
the oiaoovery of suitable substitute f ,r
hickory in foreign countrie. The two
wood which oome nearest to having the
quality of the hickory seem to be one of
the eucalyptus and the crowfoot elm, both
of Australia. Only lime will tell whether
thee, wood will prove atisfactory substi
tutes. In the meanwhile American hickory
users will be obliged to conserve the pres
ent supply and take sieps to guarantee a
future supply by encouraging private plant
ing of the tree whose wood Is becoming
more precious each year. Kansas City
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