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Si I COPPER FIND IN MONTANA.

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E 1 f IJVX X niO STRIKE, TOO, lit A& J CALIFORNIA. OOLlt MISV.&. rW r ; ', Caluaaat and Itecla Kspecls la Trn Oat Overjjf V 00,000,000 r.uait. r n.iu.d c.iMrTkia

j Ytar BiI.b.It. riuir Hlalac la WramlnlS i Mara tiald Siaaapa Arauad Juuean Thaa

i at Olkar Plaea In ika Oaatry.

f'i'-- Ddttb, Jobs 14 .A story ofja claim that has,fi ' ! ft caused a tensallon hen.'cornes from tht mala

II I rant abort th Moos Creek mlulag ilia- -

rl- .' trict, Th nam of ths clalaa It tUo Sen- -

Ufy- - ! at. It vh flnt located In 1870, when

L' '' Ultl wcrk WM dnc ou " A "wJ wttkt ego It was relocated, and muoa devel- -

t'"i f spank work baa beau dona on varleua parta off ' k ths claim. Places of the ore from the lead hav

J bttn exhibited htra which assay 25 tr cent.7 ' ' I oopp.r, aad It It declared that ths lead It itv;'!. !' t anty fett wWa. Th lead can b traced fori ,' i r; nearly tart miles by croppUis that project In

, place atvral feet tkov the turfact. It la In aJ; bJ(h"tnayback"rIdteabaut etfht miles tsutb

v '' j otXttoteLakt. Clalea hav bee stake along

,' I ths rides for teviral aailis. It It a rugged, moun-- j'

; if tatnout eonntry, Ttry difficult of access. Mucht it dlflloalty will bs txperlsBosdlnstttlar thssrsi ,' y out U a pelat fer thlymaai.f ji i i Tba Mayflower mine, near Whitehall, la look- -

J1' 3 tot; well at a depth of atO feet. Ths or body. ha been twice lost after hundreds at thousands

'f ', I of dollar la (rold ore had betn taken out, but: k with farther dsvclopmeat It was again caught

(''! ' below, and the thetry that tha mln was merely

', a blc surface poctel has been long tines abaa- -

,, 'j daned. Tho company has decided to sink to aV

l depth of 1.000 feet.r Qeorts O. Dunham has acquired for a New

:l- - Tork tyadltats a srsup of copper prospect nearf Bt Mary's, In the Olackfoot country. Mr,

t ' Dunham Is coufldent that a new copper districtj ; will he opeaed up. It regards tba surface Indl- -

', ' cations as most premising.. : A stamp mill It to be erected at tht Bonanza

j Chief mint, near old Montana City.I' ) Tht Hope mint at Uasln has been clostd:' ;, down uatll ths wax It 0Tr. Tno company hat

'f exptndod 923,000 on tho property, and, not5 i wishing ta Incur debts, will await theUnullna- -

' , tlons of Eaattrn capitalists.';');' A find of rich sllror ort it roported from thei j ; Little Jxjttle claim la Ohio Qulch.; Tha main entry In the Orldger csal. vain ia

( Carbon county has been drlv.a far a distanceI of 1,600 tatt. Soma ranches adjoining the prop- -

' j arty hare been purnhastd for tawnslts purposes. and ererythtng ladlcates that Itrldrer will soon

I I bo on of the camps of the State,. , , Blmsn Q, St.arns, whs represents a New York, : tyndloate, has purchastd for $3u0,000 tbs Herr

!' coko plant of the Montana Coal and Coke Cem- -

j t pany. The price Includ the store at Dorr,', There It a complete coklns plant and tha coal

, , nines, which Include 0,000 acres of good coal1 j land. All are Included in ths deal.

, CALIFORNIA.Los AxaEtxa. June 11. Another big strike

has been made ia a California gold mine, the' third this year. This time It la In the Blaok

j Oak mine, near SoultbyTllIa, Tuolumne county., I The other two wer in the Kerttoae, Amador

county, and la the Owln, Calaveras county.Tba strike in the Ulack Oaks is on tho 700-foo- t

t. level and the tr attayt 9148 per ton. It Is on;. the same vein a tht or on ta level abortf,

- which measure. 4.60 feet In length and 13 feetla width, and pra.ents a backing ot 100 feet to

; that ledg. It 1 not yt known what la the, tiro of la new strike, but ttlmating It at much

less than the ltdge aUoT and at only two-thir-?' ; It assay value, tha deposit would be worthf $1,500,000. Th chances are that lta value IsB at least twice that atnouat. Tho ore In th

i E lsvel abore tubs only $30 per ton, ao that this' atrik items to vrtient another lnstanc of are

value tnereasinc with depth. The lllaalc Oak'. 6 mine waa bongnt for a very small eum about1 f fifteen years ago by Its presant awners. after Itr . $. had been worked some time with ladlffrnt' f, nieces. They developed it slowly aad it did,i ft net begin t pay until about two year ago.i 9 Now 11 bid fair to take It place amoac tba hlg

, fc mine of California, The owners are W . O. andJ , B W. P. Boots, who owa ene-tblr- and C. 8. Dwe, 1 i and Oeorga W. Campbell, who owa

I 1 Th Denver mine, Outt county, has Btrucki I I an tight-foo- t ledge or higb-grad- e ore 400 feetv ' J below tut surface, the (uuuel belnir In 1,000

(; i K feet, Budlclent devtlopoients hare been mado4 ' H on the lodge to show that It la permzuont. Th', t fc mill Is running regularly and tho, f company will nut up cbioriuatlon works this

h summer.i t Th Crosiman mine, at Ilescuc, El Darado, 2 county, hat a ledge which measures from 40 to: I 100 feet. Tha quartz now aasag an arerage of;i 58perton,and It ItholdsouttothoSOO-foo- t levolj r tha company will erect a mill. A

, Scotch companj has bonded and will push worki I upon the Ilosklns orouerty, comprising the

va an Gruse Quleb cl.ilms.; i The' Klnyon, at Kandiburg, Kern countv,

J a hat tnadeauloan-upo- f twelve tens of ore wklchi rallied a little over flbO per ten. The owners

of the Wedge mlae hTe not purchased the J. 1.. I C. and tha Excelsior, but bavaaooutred a bond

upon them from J. J. Ilrowa of Leadrille. ThoJUadger mine at ltHdeuicber hsa t.

T vela assAylug V-- 3 per ton. TheH Butterfly has a ihlrteen-foe- t ledge carrying ore

which mills from iGO to V500 per ton. I J. iBrooks has near Johannesburg some excellent

' deposits or fireproof paint, Lut Is not able todertlop tho prosertr. A rich ctrlko baa, betn

f made in tho Wheel of fortune in ths PlutoI :Mountains.

Tbe Champion mine, Nevada county, passedIt dividend last month on account of tho tem-porary closing of ths lurx mill, nmde neces-tar-

by tmpiovemenls. 'i'li oi Lodv in tbexulnegrade.

1 lore. but;jo far as developed it It low

- Eastern capital has secured a working bondT on tbe Hay Jlorse initio, in the i1h.

t trlct, gan Ulcco counts. There urc three .bafts, on the nine ubU'h show an ore body HO feet; wide, COO feet long, and 113 fert iletp, 'Hid

fflf i new ranipauy tlllpnuip water from the C.il-- 'i. orado Itlver through nlirhteeii miles of pipe and

erect a twrat)-..am- p lulil..' In Hli.sta rounly placur uilulng, wlilck lias

Mi held chief an ay there over since the eat ly days,' It at lat giving ?U e to iuarU niinlug, and

I , development U sbuwing tlit tho surface yieldk u only us Indication o( tbe wealth bol.r.v. In

m the Old Diggings district, are th rxteknlvom e art) oftbn Mammoth, Mbt''ti recently

, ' furnished 100.00D tuns to the Mountain Coppert Company, with scaicely a peieeiitllilt diiulnu- -

Mf Uon of tbe ore body In eight. The illad atone)' mine, at French Gulch, has turned out about

B500.00U. Thu Ml kmaiit uiltie Is uroduUiiirM plenty ot ?nd tbo.N'iagarii hasH yielded VJ.OUO.OUO and ght's proul.e at si 111

H greuler yiald at grruer depth. Tho Shuoadsproperty near ('hiirutoKti, which had been

m abandoned several yearn. Is being opened again, I by McLe.n & Co., who have found a six-fo-

1 ledge which assay weil. The Uoyd mine, nearm', Fort I)ln:ee.;is jleldmg or which mills H0 per

- tnn. Th outnut of th Mountain Copper miner bit been lncruiid to supply th snisltlug cu- -: paclty. On tho oppouli udo nf the mountain

K from the vrnseut works a large nody of oru,H'' keventy-llv- e feet wido, hat been cievtlopod,m The big smeller, ti Ivn.wlok are In full opera- -

i tlon and ground U being propared for exten- -

K glon ot the roasting surface.H The Maaoot mine, Tuniumne county, haj am. llx-loo- t voiu of ore yleldliit 3 Pir ten In freem , gold uud In tulpburets. 'lbs RepublicanM- , mine, near Jacksonville, ha. uncovered, almostm- - at the surface, a vein of pout grado ore which

r , run from avcn to twenty-tw- o feet in width,' NrvAna.

m. VlRQINIA f'lTV, Juun 11, -- It Israperted thatB I : th fameus Hal & Nurcross suit is about to beH couvreiul.ed. The last drci as of the court ren- -F i

' dered Judgment fr over 9)100,000 to tbe stock- -

IjH I holders, and bjw their attoraoy ask. that ibisIjH be stricken out. merely stipulating that thode- -

fondants pay'tbo entire cojta. ike court hasB taken tbs matter under adUement. It Is gen- -

V rally believed that ibis Indicates a sur re- -

H suit of compromise.IjH , The Xlaganlla.mine, at llelamar, has shipped

' another carload, the aecond this year, of goldIjH ore of tha valu of Vi'Ji per tou. The propertyH , 1 now la ooadltlon to make regular ship-

H menu all summer, Tbe haul to the railroad Ismm A o expansive that n or Is shitped worth less

M 0,an 'J0Q er. ton. Th vein Is halng steadilyi

i , prospected, and a mill will be put up next sea- -

mt n--

mt 'lhe Victor mine, near lovelock, has beenH tampled by four experts, and the returns bhow

mm" from 42 to O'J.S ounces ef silver and V! to !S inmt' i gold psr ton. A milling; ot nine tons gavo 111K ; ounces ot silver and (0 In gold pur ton.

mm Ths Eureka ssmplliig works have shut down,mm? owing to the competition of tbe smelters, 'I hemt Humboldt riulphur Company will btgin ship- -

mm? ping sulphur as eoen us the wagou roads are icmWl condition fer hauling, .Mr. M. Sotirlun boml- -

mt d the sulphur mine, near Ilaltle Mountain andma ' will oea begin work on tbsin. Mix Newmm ' Fas mites n Lander couoty hare been boughtm: -- ? '!' l'L Eastern capital bus bonded thumW Bunset mine, i.eartiold Crork, embracing elevenWg claim and some placer ground.

V. Juno l'.V-Tli- e hrdraullo plantsmm' aloag Gold Crrek, near Juneau, uro in upcra- -

B, tlon, aad ths clean-u- this season prmnlses to befH large. Tho l.aat Chance placer Uelui In thisB, i district, which was idle Ust season, will soonresume.

jj- - Tht American (lold Mlnlug Company, anH outgrowth of the old Kowelb. Company, Is mak- -

H Ing lmprovemtnts on tho property in ShouuWhm Creek, among them a r drill,

' which will assist In development. It it e.mm i tnated that thtre are 20,000 tons of or InbH. ' sight In th Quean aad Uladtr mines, tb prep- -

WW' , ny of ths new oempaay In this tllstrlcs, andBatatau

It Is the oorpos ot th company to keep a lorereservt hsad of the thirty imp mill.

Th north shore of Uattlnaaux Cbanntl fromtbt Trsadwell mill toutn prtttnts a tctne of un-usual activity In tbs way of ld mill oonttrno-tlon.th- o

plants for over 600 new stamps beingpiled upon ths ground and dally receiving accea-slon-

within the next tlx months more stampswill bt dropping on gold ore within a radius ottwo miles than can bo found in any other teo-tlq- n

of the Onion.Protptotort who have been engaged all spring

In southeastern Alaska are returning withtamplet of thtlr.new dlecovcrlct. The findsthut far made are copper and gold, which ap-pear to predominate In this section of tho Terri-tory. Optratlent havo been confined mainly totho shore lines of tbe rivers. Inlets and bays,nhore tht conditions are favorablo for economicworking. Tbe grade, however, Is usually low,but tht deposits are generally largo, whloh compensateslfor this shortage.

WASHINGTON.8EATTI.R, June 12. Itepresentatives ot the

Ilrltlsh American Corporation have betn In'It-publl- o

district for the past week examining tbeJtepubllu mine with a view to purchasing It.Th price aaked for the property Is said to be113.000,000, ami ths salo Is contingent upon thatests that ars now being mads of the ore.

In Hwnnk dlstrlot the p mill removedfrom I'eihastt Isnearlng completion and willbt dropping stamps Dy July 1. Tho gold millIn .Slate Creek district will also start up at thefcauia time.

WTOlIINQ.Dhkyennc Wy June 12. The mining tea-to- n

It opining with considerable show of ac-tivity la Wyoming this ytar. This Is especiallyDotloesblt In placer raining. One of tht prin-cipal plactr districts in ths State It tht tour-mil- e

district aleng tbt Snakt lllver in Carboncounty, txtendlug across th atate lint IntoIltutt county. Col. In this district the RockSerines Placer Company It. runulnat Its 'plantat the mouth ot Fourmlio Creek night and duywith good results. Owing to shortage ot waterthe company has heretofore been able to operatebut tlxty days In each year. Additional waterrights have recently been secured by which thoproperty can bt operated this year for at leasteight tuoattis.

The West tilde Plactr Association, owntngplacer grounds la thu district along Dry

Qulch, a pultlag Its plant In shape and willstart waablng in a few day. The (travel onthis property Is rich and will pay well to work.Much diOlculty has Wen experienced In thopast In cleaning gld from lb bed rock. Theformation Is ajconglonierate, and. laiydraallck-Ing- ,

the geld, whloh Is extremely line, settles Inthe conglomerate and It 1. impossible to washIt out by tha ordinary methods. A new systemwill be used this season by which It Is expectedthe dlfllculty will be overcome.

Extensive work is being done In the districtby ltobert Law and associates on property on'limber Lake ur.ax. mis company is nowrunning Uv plants and employing twenty men.Th gravel Is very rich, the company beingable to save from 30 cents to si.30 a cubic footon.tlie ground now being worked.

East ot the Kournille district, along Savory,Spring, and Jaok oreeka near tha (Irand

district, a threat deal of placer min-ing ft betas done by small companies and Indi-vidual prospectors. On Urush Creek, In thisaectlon, J. II. Mulllsonj It (applying for a patenton 720 acres of placer ground on which ho hutboen working In u quiet way for a few monthseachjyear for the past twenty yearB. On por-tions ot this ground the pay gravel beds are130 feet to bedrock.

Placor mining Is being pushed vlgorouslv Inths Albany county Holds along Douglas Creekand Its tributaries near th Wyemlag-Colorad-

line. On .Muddy Creek In this district theDouglas Consolidated Company's property, nowunder bond and lease to J. A. Adams and asso-ciates of Denver, is being epsratad night andday. The ratults art not made public, butMr. Adams says they are very satisfactory tohit company.

UTATT.

Siir Lake. Juno 13. Alrtady thlt yearnearly 93030,000 hat bten dlatrlbuttd In divi-dends by Utah mints.

The Washington mine, near Frisco, has madeIts second shipment.'! era that average aboutCO per cent, lead, 130 to 140 ounces silver, andfrom $12 to tf IB In gold.

Th Northern Light Company has levied an-other assessment ot 10 cents a .bar. Fromthis the company will realize JMO.OOO. withwhich to pay on Indebtedness ot $33,000. Thamine la equipped with a Urst-clas- s plant, but haspractically no or la sight.

The Unci Sam mlae, at Tlntic, has fifty mooworking and la shipping twenty-fiv- e tons otor dally, assaying 00 per cent, lead and 40 toCO ounces allvor.

The Highland Hoy mine, at Bingham, havingdeveloped Into a great copper producer, themill built for th treatment of gld ores hasbeen closed down, with every probability thatIt will never more turn a wheel. Tbe mine stillyields gold, but. as copper predominates. It hasbten deemed advisable to hold all the ore fortreatment In the company's proposed smelter.

Astrlk hus been mad in the Erie mine, atDlagham, now under leaso and bond. Thediscovery consists of two feotof ore of ship-ping grade, th lowest assays from whlchamountto $34 ia gold, while soma tests hava given 20per ceat. copper.

IDAHO.InAiio City, Juna 13. Tho boat for the big

dredge to be used in placer minlng'at Placervllle has been launched. The machinery Isarriving, and will be In place In about six wotka.

Mr. yilbcrhoro ot Chicago, who owns tho oldAstor gold quartz mine on More Creek, fivemiles above this place., has run a tunnel andcut the ledge. Tbe tunntl U now tight feet Ingood ore, and tha opposite wall hat not beenreached.

Herman and Bert Jotes have struck ore intlio Accident tunnob a Ball north of Idaho City.They discovered the nino a little over a yearago, and surface ere milled orer 5100 per ton.

The company that lately bought the Bruisergroup of gold quartz mine at Orimea'a Passis now ul work g up the property.

K. P. Plowman has r.ached ore in the driftat tbe .Surprise, Oawbrluus district.

Several men who owa placer ground on Snakor.Ivcr. a short distance below Urand View,have bexun ivork.

Several men have located and arc now work-ing p'.actir olalm. on Mare Creek, above IdahoCity.

'I be mill for the Iron Crown mine on New-tom- e

Crek, Idaho county, hus arrived. It Istbe lvCl.dall pattern, and guaranteed to crushtwenty to, of ore a day.

Mr.itton Creek, at Wurrcn. lately over-flowed, doing considerable damage to thedredt'o company':! property.

ML.C SL'l'EKIOR.Hocriiton. Mkh., Juno ID. Every cent's c

in the pneo of louper means nearly$1,000,000 pt annum to and Hucla.Hie trraat increase in prodvi"tlon achieved byfbl. mine In best .buwn by tbo follow lug table,glvini.- - th product in pounds ot refined cupperfor th calendar years 1SU2 to ls'JT, Inclusive:iso rjrt.4no.ail litis 7H,4MS,nnolaus uu.K.,ia lttun a,l55i.73Blbu4 7U,'J44,dbi)llbb7 hS.bUU.VOS

Although 18U7 showed but a small gain overthe prmcdini; year, Indicaiians favur,n 18U9production ' . exeats of "JO.OOO.OOO pounds,and by '.lie enit of tho century this mine llibe uiuklng 100,000,000 pound, annually witheans.

Tbe Tcutimseh is still pegging away in Itsshafts on tho Osceola and I III umet conglom-erate lodes. The Teeuni.ru has u. narrow stripJust Kouth of tbe Osceola, ruuninir across thecopper belt. Indications at, the bottom of thshafts are .aid to bo a little more encouragingof lute. So far the showing has boen scarcelya xatuructury one.

Work nn tbe new smelters of tho QulncyMining (,uipnny Is being prosecuted In everydepartment. The plant will be as modern andcomplete as money and experience can secure.

AltlZONA.Trcnoj, Ariz., June 8. K. F. Thompson,

who has Just returned from a trip to the Vir-ginia camp, says a large amount ot ore has beeuexposed there by the small amount of workdont. Cook Brothers ami lllythe have agroit

and tho'clalms recrntly located by It.. Thompaon show free gold. Virginia prom-

ises to be one of tbe big mining camps of Mo-have county,

In the Cumberland mine. Pine Flat, a smallforce of men Is wi.rklng with llatterlui results.At tbehottom of thi) snuft, 100 feet In dupth,four feet of $'J3 gold rack is exposed,

nlttTISH C'OI.UMIIU.Seattle. Juno 12. --At a depth of 170 feet In

the east and west drifts of the Van Andashaft, an oru body fourteen feet

in width has beeu encountered, tho tlrst grade otwhich la nix fret In width, rnrrying vulues ingold, silver, and copper us bl.-- as tm, whilethe width of tho low trade ore Is rignt feet,with value, down to $5 unit $20.

The B30.000 bond on tho Haven wrnup,tho Van Anda, having expired, the

property again reverts to the original onuers.Loss of the ledge in tho innin shaft Is the cuusuof tbe forfeiture of the first piyiueut. In thelovcr tunnel, however, the pay ort struck is asstrung uud well defined us ever, and it canbe utilized when tho smelter is lu operation.

At Ytnlr the Big l'ateh v lne hat been bond-ed to Mackenzie & Mann, thu British Columbiarailroad cuMliaetors. for M3,ouo for thirtydaja. Thure hat been u large amount nf workduno on this Property, and the ledge, which isfour feet wide, is nearly ull ore ilch In freegold, the highest aseas going y:i,3(K, and thaaverage about Hi. Ill this dUtrkt n frcatdeal of development work Is underway In thsPoreuplnt. I'niiin Jack, Hidden Treasure, Ju-lian, and ether properties.

Mmc the Boundary Creel; branch of thoCanadian Padtlu has become uu assured I not,the mine, la Boundary district are attracting agroat deal of atleutlon. lbo Boundary Min-ing and Milling Company, by reason of thisnow road, havo beeu enabled to dl.po.o of thucontrolling Interest in their property to a largeEngUsh comcunv, and their mine at llrecnwood will be opened up lu good shape this sea-son.

Near Princeton, on tbe Una of this proposedbranch linn, the Copper Farm group Is beingdeveloped and I. showing a splendid ledge ofcopper fully 100 feet In width. The high-grad-

or of this ledgt assays 40 per cent, i.uppor and20gold.At Trout Lake there It contldertblo activity

In'.tho way ot ore sblpmeats and gtneral devel-opment. The Silver Cap, having lust receivedreturn of a200 pr ton on a fifty-to- shipment.It preparing another consignment ot seventy-fi- r

tnt.Ths North, Star, In East Kootenai, 1 shJp- -

ping recnuulr.'ard tha output tht itaaon willbe fully 2.000 tons.

MEXICO.El Tabo, Tx June 14. IT. M. Dresser, rep-

resenting a mining syndlonts of New York, haJust arrived In El Paso from a buslnes tripthrough Mexico.

lit report that heavy Investments ars nowbeing mado In Mexican mlnet, and tho Indica-tion, aro that large shipments of ore from thatcountry will bn madt this year.

The San Cristobal Gold Mintt Company ntZacatecat, Mex., started lu new 30 stamp millon June 1 and will beeln shipping bullion toNow York on July 1. On hundred and tntyflvo men are employed at this property.

Tho Guanajuato Consolidated Mining andMilling Company at Guanajuato, .Mex., willhave lu nsw mill completed in October, Some300 men are employed In tho mines of this com- -

Giatmar, Juns 11. Mlnlntr activity Is In-

creasing rapidly In Bonora and large quantitiesof mining supplies are being shipped in. A nowbody of high-grad- e ore live feet wide Is said tohave been uncot ered In the San Mlguellto mine,near tho bead ot tbe Frontera Hirer, In Sonora,recently purchased by Thornton ot NewMexico. A smelter It to bs built at once uponthe property of tbe New Yurk and Sonora Com-pany at Laa Cruces. Tbe shaft Is now down230 feet and a rich and strong ltdge has btendaveloped.

Ths San Pedro mines of the Corralltot Com-pany, near the line of the Sierra Madre Hall-way, are now shipping large quantities ot oreto the Juarez sampling and concentrating works.

The Lustre Mining unci Milling Company,operating near Magistral, Durango, la plan-ning to add n cyanide plant to Its ctilorlua-tlo- n

works and mill. This Is a goldprodurer, owned by PlttsDtirg peoplo, and makesan output ot 100 torn per day. 1 Dlrrotamine, near Nacosari, Sonora, hat been leased bvF, II, Garcia to an American company, whichagreea to open tho property .to a depth of 300feet,

The San Juan mine., on Lo9 Angeles Bay.Lower California, arc yielding oro running 4UJounces In silver and $3 In gold to tho ton. 1 heeempany It paying good dividends.

aorjsn.voKs .v.Eir vonu.Tbe Knislre tjtata llaa Made a IteeBrd In lie

electing Mani af Them,

In the early days of Now York's politicalhistory the reelection of Governors (George Clin-

ton was tho 11 rst elected by popular vote) wasnot unusual. It was thought generally that ouogood term doser ved anothur and porhaps several.After tho retirement of Qcorgo Clinton, JohnJay wns Governor of New York for two years.Daniel Tompkins was Governor for four terms,De Witt Clinton was Govornor for four, Euos T.Throop was Governor for two, William L. Marcywas Governor for three, William II. Seward wasGovernor for two, bringing down the record totbe days of William C. Bouck, "tho farmerGovernor of Schoharie," electod in 1842 and suc-ceeded by Sllut Wright.

Itts afaotln which tbo frlonds and supportersof therenominatlon of Gov. Black find encour-agement that Ilepublicau Governors of NewYork nominated for reelection to a second termhave almost uniformly been successful nt thepolls. Edwin D. Morgan was oloctcd Govornorof Nsw York in 1S5S. and be onjoyed afterwardthe distinction of being "New York's warGovernor," United Stall s Senator and Chair-man of th Hepuhllcan National Committee. Hewas a candidate for reelection and was reelectedin 18(50. but his successor In ofllce, Horatio Sey-mour, was a Democrat, The next llepub-llca- n

Governor ot Now York was HeubenE. Fenton, elected lu 18GL Ha wasa candidate for reelection, and was re-elected In 18GU, and was succeeded byJohn T. Hoffman. Hoffman was a candidatefor reelection and was reelected in 1870, and hewas succeeded by John A. Dlx. Cornell, Repub-lican, was not renominated and his successorwas a Democrat. 11111 was elected Governor in1885. and tbe prospect of bis refilectlon In 1838was regarded as dubious when put up at theBuffalo convention, but his majority was largerat the second election than at th first, Itos-we-

P. Flower was not renominated after theclose ot his term and was succeeded by a Repub-lican. Levi P. Morton won not renominated attbe close of bis term, having formally with-drawn from the field to bocomo a candidate forthe Presidency In 189G.

With tbe single exception ot Gen. Dix In 1874the Republican party since Its organization InNow ork has never nominated a GovernorIn ofllc for reelection without success. To tbefailure of the Republicans tu renominate Gov.Cornell In 1882 is ascribed generally their de-feat in that year. Those who advocate the

on the Republican ticket, of Gov,Ulack tlnd In these precedent a subject ot en-couragement. A Governor In office. Democrator Republican, makes usually during hit term"a record" of administrative service, by whichbis party Is bound. If it renominates him forelection. It stands by that record as madeand appeals to the support of many con-servative voters who woula be lukewarm In ad-vocacy of a new and perhaps untried candidate.If a Governor In ofllce H not renominated, thostandard bearer et his party succeeding him asa candidate Is put at a disadvantage ot beingcommitted to the policies the olllclal repre-sentative of which has not been deemed by hisassociates worthy of another term. The olnceof Governor of New York has been held only bythirty-on- e individuals in 121 years, althoughtbe term ot office has been usually two yearsonly.

MUX'S BCjLiirs ox trosTEy.

Criticism t7 a Mao tk ratest Arprla-tla- aar Man'. Attlra,

"Nothing In the whole Held of woman's dressdistresses me so much," said a man who Is notordinarily observant of such matters, "as theflat scarf and the shirtwaists. These large flatties, hanging like breastplates from women'snecks and flapping to and fro as they walk, arethe most malignant manifestation of the tailor-mad-e

fad and its consequences that I have everseen. The unsuitablllty of such a necktie to ashirt waist seems to bo lost on them. No manwsuld ever think of wearing such a scarf with aflannel or an outing shirt. Those heavy thingsar reserved by men for more formal occasions,yet women have taken thrm up this year as thoarticle, for regular summer wear.

" My experience hB been that the smaller thowoman is the larger her scarf is likely to be,and If she happens to have tbo sort of a figurewhich makes tbe scarf project forward and re-main in that position the inapproprlateuess ofsuch neckwear for women Is more apparentthan ever. If women care nbout tbe wishes ofmen in tbo matter of dreis they ought to takeort those large neckties. Nothing can excusethem. Thero aro plenty of substitutes, andeven it thero were not an average man wouldprefer to neo a woman with nothing but a pieceof ribbon tied about her neck ruther than one oftboeo Iniquitous flat scarfs.

"One point about them is amusing from theway In which It shows their Indifference to theprooor way of weiring men's clothes afterthey tako to them. These flat scarfs shouldhave tnelr edges hidden liy a waistcoat or Insome other way. But a small matter like thatdoes not Interfere with the way la which theywear anything that has hitherto belonged tomere man. They wear them Just as they please.That Is tholr rule, and that makes It correot."

Sr.CUKT OF BAJtHOV'S SUCCESS.

attrlbatra III. Ntarl aa a Playwright to Ilial.rslbln llandu riling.

Vlctorlen Sardou has lately attributed his suc-cess as a dramatist to his handwriting. Withsome seriousness he has been telling his friendsthat after having tlrod many managers withoutsuccess, ho finally sent " La Turelne dra Etudlants" to the Odoon Theatre in the hope that itmight make some Impression there, It hadbten placed on a table along with half a dozenmanuscripts from unknown writers that wer tobo returned without being read. Thoy were on atable In tho room in whit h rehearsals were held,and by chance the glanco of Mile, lierenger,a beautiful a tress of tbot day, fell on the pileof manuscript, 'ihuughtlcb.l) sbu turned sev-eral in tho puges over, and her e)o fell on thubeautifully written pages of Hiirdou'a work.

"Wbut a wond.rful hnndwritlngl" sho said.Some of tbo actors with hot- - glanced at tho

writing. So did the manager, and he decidedto read thu work which was ao carefully andclearly written. Tho result was that the playwas accepted and the writer saved from tbetroubles which wero Impending at that time,Ho it n millionaire but ho was very nearstirvatlon then.

Tbo moral of this story for contemporary as-pirants loses some of Its foun from lbo fact thatall plays submitted are usually typewritten, hothe losst qualified beirluner ia equal toMr. In at least one respect. Thu newbtgiiiner ran write u play that In at luuitone sense of the word will "road well." ThatIt may not act well proves the limitations of thutypewriter.

.: QVlCli i.ir.yuu METHODS.

Cluesls Seated on tba t Ircunarerenrn or n Clrrillar Takla wllb Mailer lil.

The now quick lunch establishment saves sor-era- l

minutes by the arrangement of the guests.A circular counter is situated in the middle otthe room, and about this the lunchers sit. Tnowallers In the centre aro able to place whateverbe wants In front of tbe diner so soou as be sitsdown, nud If they aro familiar with his tasteseven the delay ot a moment ran bo avoided.

These places nre open all night and aro wellpatronized during tho early morning hours,which may go to show that the quicklunihersare addicted to the habit nt all hours and arenot the victims merely during tbe hurry of theday. Compared to tbe twlf tness of that estab-lishment, the "draw one" hou.es aro lookedupou aa antiquated.

SIEGE OF THE WALLOW.

iMIMI'.a'flr.rTfiaOJv'il HTORXOTJ BJIATJSrjtONTIKHSUAN'B HEED.

Iltralsm with vrklca Aass i hapmaa nithedMl. Lire ( Site a Nnldler'a Reals Won WhFouabt Indians la U'aler Up to the ChinPeril ar Petals with a Meiasge from milra.

Mr, Hat Masterson ot Donvcr, a gentlemanwith considerable experience of fighting men,remarked the other day that bo knew ot noparallel to tho heroism of Amos Chapman,

"To light Indians was bad enough," Mr,Masterson tald, "but to be corralled by them Ina buffalo wallow and held there by them, andwater up to your neck that It hell with the ltdoff.

"I kntw Chapman quite well. He had beenon the frontier a long timo. Ho wat from theKasL He had hunted buffalo, traded with In-dians, fought with them in 1809, and finallymarried a Cheyenne. Ita wat not more than30 )eari old, tough, sure shot, good interpreter,fcarlaas rldor, and aa brave at a man could be.

"It wat In September, 1874, that Gen, Miles'command was ramped on tho Red River, inthe Texas Panhandle, where It hod followed theretroatlng Indians, or rather the main body ofthem. Pralilo Dog Dave and I were seloctedas tho two tcoutt to carry dtipatobea fromGen. Miles to Major Compton, whoto commandwas located on McClelland Grek, about lovtn-ty-llv- e

miles to the north. Soino ot the de-

spatches wer really intended for Camp Supply,In the Indian Torrltory, still further north, butour instructions were simply to deliver them toMajor Compton. Dave and I hoped to be senton to Camp Supply with thorn, for we neededtome now and warmer clothes, as It was be-

ginning to be cold nights."We wero nut clad in buckskin and boads,

as scouts aro usually piotured. Our clothingsimply consisted ot a pair of cheap overalls,calico soft hat, and a pair ot boots. Wobad lived in them all tummtr, and thought itabout timo to change them. WereaehtiUComp-tun'- s

camp without Incident and cursed our luckwhen wo reoslved return despatches to Milet,while ours wero turned over to Billy Dixon andAmos Chapman to tako to Camp Supply. Laterwhen w learned what they went through uotook It ull back.

"If. was known that there was a maraudingband of the red devils somewhere In the vicin-ity, but, llko the Irishman's ilea. It wnsailllU-cul- t

matter to put a linger on them. Theymight be In ouo sput one day and fifty miles ormoro away the noxt. It was contldtrcd best totend a scrgeunt and five soldiers with tho scoutsfor greater security, and, as was customary,they took: au unbeaten trail to their destination.

"Now, It happened that this roving band otreds, numbering fully 300 warriors, had beenlaying a flvo days' siege to Jack Callahan'stwcnty-flv- o Government supply trainin the sand hills of the Wachlta Rlvor. Thetrain was bringing supplies from Camp Supplydown to Qon. Miles. It was surprised at thltbad placo for a fight, and wat forced to go Intocorral. Tnla It dont by putting two wagonstogether In A shape, Birlnglng the rest downtbe sides, and closing them up at tho other endV way. The mules and horses are kept com-paratively sat In the Incloauro made by tnwagont, while tho toamstera and soldier gatwhat protection tbey can from behind thowheels or by digging rifle pits beneath thewagoni. There they can thoot with llttl dan-ger of belnc bit. Such a corral can ttand oftan array of Indians until tho water gives out.The Indiant attacked tha train for five dayt,killing one Llouttnant, two soldiers, and tornof the' animals. Their loss wat heavy. Sol-diers ot Company IC, Sixth Cavalry.Capt. Kings-bury, from Camp Supply, had; appeared uponthe scene, driven oil the Cheyenncs, and re-lieved tbe besieged.

"Chapman and Dixon, wltbltbolrpittlo escort,had crossed tbe Wachlta, some tbreo or fourmiles below where the pack train had been heldup, but, of course, know nothing of its presenceor that of tho Indians. On a rolling prairicountry such as they were In It Is a dlrllcult mat-ter to see any great distance on account of thtknolls nnd hollows. They were coming out ofa small draw or canon, whon suddenly thevespied tbe savages, who were almost directlyupou them. There was but one thing to do,and that was to get out on the open prairie,wharo there would be a chanco to tight. Tem-porary protection would be afforded by get-ting bohlnd things in tne canon, but it wouldonly be a matter of a short time when theywould no surrounded and shot at from all direc-tions. As experienced luon. thev knew this.A dash was made for the prairie, and thoyreached It In a shower of shot. It Is Impossibleta ulioot well from tha back of a rapidly movinghor.o.

"It was the plan to find a buffalo wallow. He asflat as possible In it, and shoot until dead. e

auch n place was found the scouts and sol-diers dismounted, so ua to shoot better and keepthe Indians from getting too close ; beforethey could get Into cover. A cauplo of deadIndians will stop n hundred live ones fromcoming too near. One soldier held the bridlereins of the horses while tho rust of the men retreated them uud shot at the advancingbust. 1 he Indians likewise dismounted, so thatthey could also shuot better and not be suchgood targets. It may seem strange tbat sucha large body ot Indians would nut muks Justone charge and overwhelm the white men byforco ot numbers, out that Is not the Indianway. They will not taku a risk It thoy can helpIt. They will not trade anywhere near evenwith the white man when life is at state.

"Before a buffalo wallow could bo found thosoldlur holding the horses was shot and killedand tho animals stampeded. Then there wasa ruco for life to the nearest hole. Some thirtyfeel from one anotber soldier was shot, hut notMlltd. lie lay there and jailed in thu agony otfear and pain.

" 'Don't let them scalp me, boys! For God'ssake don't let them get inl' ho shrloited. Therest had safely got Into the wallow.

"It was with tbls appeal ringing in his earsthat Amos Chapman, without u word to hismates, but Just a yell, 'I'm coming,' sprang upout of the wallow, his in hand, ranto th wounded man, seized and sought to draghim back. The Indians tired a volley ut tilniand made a rush toward him. I don't knowhow many shots were fired at Chapman, but tbeonly place be wat hit was below the lsft knee.Tho bone was shattered to splinters, oftbe bullets hit tbeiljlnicsoldier and hastened hisend, Chapman's leg gave way under him likea piece of rubber, but he never weakened or lotgo. Reaching ahead with his good leg and with(be knee of the left, he dragged tbe eo.dler aloufwlth his left bund, piece by plec. firing his iruuwith his right.

'The men In the wallow kpt up a fusilladeand the Indians were held back. Painfully butpersistently Chapman dragged himself and theliitta along. Sometimes he sought to rise, hop-ing tbat the leg would bold, but it doubled un-der ldm. it did not tako many minutes tor nilthis to happen. Chapman nnd tho woundedsoldier reached the hole, where the latter diedlu a llttlo while. Now, if that isn't uu eia.n-p- l

of heroic bravery, then 1 don't know whatis. One might criticise his Judgment, hut nothis briueiy. He could not and would not eothat soldier slaugbleiod and sculped, and puthis own life In peril to prevent It. Hud hobeen killed, tho Ihns of ull tbo others wouldhavo been phued In still greater Jeopardy bythe loss nf a defender, hut. those things warnot thought of, 'I here waa but one Idea, and thoIntdsni It wus conceived it wus put Into execu-tion. Dixon would have done the same thinghad not Chapman been quicker. When I thinkof such things to day 1 btliero that men likeChapman should havo a monument. He gota cork leg from tho Government nnd aSecuudLiculcnantH pension when he retired.

"I cannot iro intu the details of the unevenfight thai followed, for 1 was not there, uudJuly know tho story from what Dixon and Chap-man afterward told ine. The ordinary buffalowallow, which Is mado by buffaloes rolling andwallowing around lu the soft earth, la about adozen feel in diameter and perhaps two or threefeet iloep. The men cut away tbo dirt fromaround the edge with thulr knives and throw thelooiu material up In front. Tbls affordedgreater piotoetiou. at only the head wasex-pu-ed- ,

and then only when flriug, which had lohe ktil up,

"They aloud lilt that big baud ot cowards allthat day.and.lt must haw- - beensouielliluganfiil,'Ibe shooting uu thu part of the Indians wasalmost i outiuuous, for thorn wuru a lut of ihi-iu- ,

and tbey hud plenty nf uiiituuullion, as I hey cap-tured a lul on the horses, Three inure of thasoldiers were killed, the sergeant was shutIn .i ii, nnd, in fact, the only ouu tuesi ape witha whole skin wni Bill Dixon.

"Just to lllu.tialu what curs Indians are,they Just laiupod around that hilllalo wallow,hiding behind tbelr burses, shooting, whileborne of them ycllod lu Kngliah to Chapman tuloine out and light. Just think, they wantedlinn to stnu 1 up and be shot ut by thu 300. Theywere anxious to kill him lor hehad married one of their aqiiuus and wasaalusl them.

"Thut night there ras a terrific nlnstorm,"hide filled the wallow to l o brim with water.The Wounded men had to keep tboir heads aboverater to as not lo drown, while they hud lo keeptheir gun and ammunition dry and bo con-stantly on tbe watch for an attack. I needrot.dwell upon, tbe horrors ot tbat night and ofthe sufferings of these men, whu retted theirbodies upon those of, lb dead ones below, andsut through tbs long hours In th water, thickwith tu blood that oozed from their wound

'.;:i'i.

and (rem tha remains of their companions. Itntuvt hava been a fearful experience.

As Dixon wat th only one uninjured, hscrawltd out of the wallow during tbe wont ofth storm and started touth toward MajorCompton command for help. 11 had notrouulo In passing ths Indians, for they warsinttnt upon protecting thomtolvoi from thedownpour. Indiant do not like water. Dixontravelled fully thirty miles on toot that night Inthe drenching rain, and at day broke ho tookrefugo In a clump of wild plum butties. Dur-ing tho forenoon ho taw a body of horsemen Inthe distance, buOt was aouie time befom hsassured himself that It was a pnrty ot soldiersput troutlng. Ho llred his gun and attractedtheir attention.

"Tho party at once started back to tho rescue,but torn precaution had to be taken. Dixon,wlth,.,!m,ltknul0 Instinct, brought them backto within a few rods of the wallow, but It wasduik, and there was danger of being mis-take- n

fer Indians, who. Cy tho way, hadcicarod out for reasons known to themselves.

wi? ome timo before Chapman could bethat It was Dixon calling him and not

tbo Indians who bad trl-- d to lur him out bytalking English."All that day the men had boen In torture,

fn'l t"l thoy wro a long way from the hospi-tal. Chspman rode : aaventy-flv- e miles onhorseback to Camp Supply, wher tho log wnamputated below the knee. He waa out In amonth, hut alwava had lo mount his horseafterward with bit right leg, as the Indiant do.H bd Hen Clark escorted Dull Knife's bandof Chsj snncs down from the Dakotas to ths In-dian reservation In 1877. chapman Is livingwith, tht Indians now, and Hilly :Dlxon ha aranch at the old 'Dobey Walls.' '

OtfJl roZZTlCAL COLOXXUDrjoB treat lut tht tVar nutlarta to Ilea

OCT Men Like ritthnsh I.ee.LtucoLN, Neb., Juno 10. Tbe frlenda of Col.

William Jennlngt nryan of the Third Nebraskaare worried these das. They havo come to thoconclusion that their Idol has madeaatrlousmlstaki In essaying a military career, and theywould be very much obllgod If some one wouldpoint out a way by which ho could forego Itsdangers and delights without loss of prestige.And It Is pretty safe to say that the gameopinion Is shared by tbs Colonel. He has neverentered heartily Into tho military project.He was simply th victim ot overpersuasion.When It looked as though it would be a quickdash of volunteers Into Cuba, and the overturn-ing of Spanish authority there, he wat Inducedto believe that only by joining the nrmy couldhe hope to avoid being overshadowed In tbenext Presidential campaign by some Democratof tho Fltzhugh Lee stamp. Mr. Bryan stoodout against thase advisers for a time, and It wasonly with half a heart that ho consented to Gov.Iloleomb e importunities to he allowed lo com-mission him to raise a regiment,

Ihu work was entered upon, however, wlihenthusiasm. The first check came when Bryanfound his desire to be eloetod Captain of hishome company, of which ho was n simple pri-vate, blocked by tho college boys, w bo wauledtbe ofllees themsolves. Meanwhile, he pur-chased books of tactics and set out to master lutheory the art of commanding a regiment. Somepractical demonstrations by his Lieutenant.Colonel helped him uloug when he was stuck,but he speedily wearied of the routine.

About this time the press comments begancoming In; also letters from Demo-crats in various partB of the country protestingagainst proffering himself as a target for Span-ish bullets when they had work for him to do.His own party press protested that he could dobetteracrrlce in the Congress campaigns tbls3 car, and some criticised him for attempting ncareer for which be bad had no training. Someof the criticisms he received were in lino withhis own previous Ideas, and these have com-bined to alarm hit frlendt and worry the Colonel.

Col. Bryan hat found it quite dlfllcult to main-tain hlmtelf In a dignified way in tho public cy

o that It might not be turned In anothor direc-tion when the convention of 1000 came around.He wus Induced to believe that to essay a mili-tary oaraer would not only dispose of possiblerivals with military careers, but enable himeasily to retain his prestige. He now realizes amistake was made, and that Is why he it silentand tad these days.

soldiers iy WAsniNOTOK.

Climb th Meaument ror ItecreaUon aad Gasa Cearreas lha Vallerle.

.From tht iraSAfnofon Star,Th stairway leading up to the top of tho

Washington monument ha beon Impassablewith toldltrs fr a couple of week past. Noton In ten of the soldier will ride ud in tbe ele-vator, and tbe soldier who does take the ele-vator It called a ".lob" by hit comrades. Themen who have had their halt thrown out of thwindows of tbe monument by skylarking com-rades haven't appeared to enjoy this game verymuch, especially the searching for their chap-eau- x

after tbe descent.It is not a characteristic of men who comprise

an urban population to run to llres. The sol-

diers who arc now flocking through tho .treatsot Washington don't pretend to metropolitanways. This explains why so many ot them,when they tee a fire engine racing along thettreet, take to their heels and follow It. Therehasn't been a miniature blaze In Washington forseveral weeks past that has not been witnessedby a knot of panting soldiers.

Thousands of the soldiers have rested theirweary limbs in tbe seats of the galleries ot thetwo nouses of Congress since tbe camp wasestablisbed across the way. The men occupythemselves chiefly In picking out tha Repre-sentatives from their own States, and whsnthey have focused them In their vision they donot take their eyes off them while thoy remain.It Is not to be supposed that the Representa-tives on the floor do not know that the soldiersfrom tbelr districts are watching thrm stu-diously either. Tbe Representatives know thatsoluiers write letters home, especially when thoyhaven't much else to do, nnd a good many oftbem have done a bit of attitudinizing for thebentlltof the lads In blue. Allot the soldiersbae exhibited a very great interest In T. Heed,Speaker.

"Well," drawled a soldier from the South afew afternoons sgo, after carefully sizing T.Reed, bpeakcr, up for half an hour or so, "Ireckon lie's got the spunk all right, but Iwouldn't car to have him try me by a summarycourt-martial-

CATHEDRAL OF 11ANIT.A.

II Teak Twelve Year t Caanpleta It at aCloroae Million Dollar.From the St, ou(j t.

Church conditions among ths people of thePhilippine Islands are not Ideal. Spain, whichdemoralizes everything she touches, has usedthe Roman Cathollo Church thero for politicalends, and many priests nre notoriously far fromwhat they ought to bo as spiritual advisorsand also aa men. Dy the law of tho Islandseverybody Is Roman Catholic. No otherchurch services of any kind are allowed.Thtre are church buildings In every town,and the churches are the flnoit buildings,as a rule, in the town. Tbe Roman CatholloCathedral is the finest edifice in thu cityotManila. It is under the care of the Jesuits, usare many of tbe churches on the Islands. It wastwelve years In buildincand cost $1,000,000.Tho verr finest and hardest woods In the Philip-pines were used for the finishing, nnd the struc-ture It of a bluish lint marble. There are ex-quisite carvings, some of which have recentlybeen made.

'1 ho education of tho young on the Islands Islu the care of the Roman Catholic Church au-thorities. There ure no endowed schools and nohospitals. Tbe children io In school only onehour per day for two days each week, and studyalmost nothing save Church History and a fewverbs. Writing Is not taught, and reading istuugbt only tn tbe uppor classes.

All marriages have to bo celebrated by tbepriests. Homo time ugo a marriage was performed between Ilrltlsh tuhjeete In the BritishLegation, nnd o much trouble came from Itthai u battle well-nig- ensued.

Insredlaata of tVeat Tlrfflnln "Muonahlne.'From tht niladtlvhtix Timet.

"As I rode down tho mountain one morning tothe sawmill," remarked a lumberman returnedfrom the wilds of Weat Virginia, wbere theHutlleld-MiCoy- s do their share toward makingevery prospect pleating, Kc, " I caught up witha young mountaineer whom I hadseen nbout tho mill a numborof times, but whowould never tuke a Job, anil to my knowledgehud never done a day's work slurs I had beenllvniK I here. Ilo whs a fellow,and as I rode alung with him I joked him aboutthe girls nnd poetry and that sort of aluah, emlthen Sinn I. .quarely at him in sway sumomountaineers do nut hc.ltute lo resent most

liriiri)tii)i" Jim,' I put right at him, 'don't you

make white liquor around here somen here I"'Woll, Colonel,' ha leplied with n laugh, 'you

ain't guiii' to gh me nwa). an' I reckon Imoughl at well as nut tell you thet of I don't Icome plntedlv nigh It, But I won't tell uothln'more, Colonel.'

"'Oh,' 1 laughed, 'I dqn't want to knowwhere the still is, but 1 would llko to kuowwhat you make it of.'

"'There ain't no eecrecl In that. Colonel,' btgrinned, ' fur it's ptirly much the sumo ez fer etLelu' good's concerned. 1 reckon ourn't aboutez good ez thut It. and we make It outen corn-me-

and warier come lo a bile. Then we put Ina llttlo Ivy er laurel niebbe you'd call It, andsome shaviu' toap lo givo it a beud, and,Colonel, It's tht U'tln't.t whiskey you ever seed,'

"Which explain, a good many things,' con-cluded tnelumberman. T'lntbowayof tbe scrapsthat took place around that neighborhood when-Tt- r

Ibe men had a day off."

AVXOUODXX.KB tit DBUAKD,

Their t7s Is laereaalasr. Thane HarfenseaPlay Wandtr.

Tho point of view la a meat thing. Thlt ap-

plies to everything In general and to bortelettcarriages In particular. Opinions on the subject,obtained from Interested parties, run up against

sch other with such force that thsre Itn'tenough leftot them for an outsider to patch upthethowof an opinion for himself. Here It anextract from a letter to the lirttiitrt' Oaxrtte. apapor patronised by horsemen:

"The ludicrous failures of horseless carriagesthe last year or two would seem to put a quletuuen the manufacture ot the lumbering, g

vthloles. They wore ungainly, un-

wieldy, and laoklug In power to propel themover any but the best roads and streets. But thateal of an Amorlcan inventor seems unquench-able, and there la always tu bo found somemanufacturer who has such faith In his skilland enterprise tbat he Is slow to abandon a planones undertaken. Tho mors novel or dlfllcultthe work tht greater the renown and profit dothey expect from succtts. 1 ho Idea of a horse-less oarrlage, or at the English have betternamed It th auto-ea- r, has not been abandonod.

"It It claimed tbat American manufacturer!have now invested In plantt andmattrtalt atleast (3,000,000. Although Francs Is the homeot the auto-car- , American manufacturers aretilling more of tholr producti In Franca, Eng-

land and Germany than In thlt country. Strangeto say, the demtnd Is growing. There are fourfactories now in the East. Tbe uas ot coal oil andgasoline seems to have proved a failure, and theynow expect to succeed with electricity.

"A Hartford company claims to have solvedtht problem ot motive power and Is making vehi-

cles of the general appearance of a Stanhope, fin-

ished and upholstered In the best style. Storagebatteries are uted weighing 850 pounds, and theentire weight ot the vthlcla It 1,800 pounds;this to carry but two ptrtont. The coat ofcharging a battery It about AO cents, requiringthree hours' time, snd a run ot thirty miles on agood road can bs mads with obb oharge. ThatIt to say, tho thing require! ti much time totake on it power a It Is able to run. Tbscost of such a vehlole Is $3,000. Verily, aman who will Invest In such a pleasure vehi-cle mii!it have an abnormal love of a nov-elty or be wofully wanting in knowudge of thevalue of a good road hortt at a means of pleas-ure or service. Wo have given the best showingthat can be made for tho borsoless carriage fromthe claims of an expert sent out by tho strangestcompany In ths business. He thinks It unfor-tunate that Inventors snd manufacturers were aofoolish aa to make absurd displays and contestsIn public and at agricultural fulrs before thoyhad fully mastered tho motlvo power andmochanlam ot the vehicles. It will lags yearto overcome the effect of these fiascos."

To all ot which the automobile men simplysmile and say " Sour grapes 1"

"'Strango to Bay,' as tbls writer remarkwith such evident astonishment," said a dealerIn horseless carriages to a Son reporter, "thedemand Is Increasing. As for bis reference to'lumbering, vehicles,' he simplyhows that he knows uothlnr of the latest

forms of the automobile. There isn't particleof noise or odor nbout it, and aa for comfort. ItIs like riding in a cradle. Wo make the vehiclehe describee, but we haven't an exact counter-part in stock now. This ono weigh mor andcosts less. It weighs 2.200 pounds and costs62,300. The machinery Is the Sams, however.

"I have boen out In this carriage in all kindsof weathor and It has never broken down. Lastwinter 1 was out In It when we want throughmow banks so high that we pushed them aaldaa If we were on a snow plough. Tho batteriesare In the back of the carriage and the dynamoIs In this cylinder between th back wheels.The carriage Is lighted by electricity. Her arthe buttons, you see, down under the front seat.One for each side lump, one for the headlightand one for this aearchllirht with tba lonr carA.In case of any trouble with machinery at night,this enables one to find out Just wher thtrouble I."The operator sits at the left, to as to havebis right bund on the rod which guides the car-riage. At his loft It tho lever for regulating thpower. There It a powerful foot brnk and an-other lever for reversing. Any one can learn Ina few minutes how to operate the carriage. Thcost of running It It less than two cents a mile.If one goes at the rate of ten miles an hour. Ifthe owner baa his own electrlo plant, runninghis carriage will cost him only half a ceat amile. The normal capacity la slightly over

power, but this bs doubled at will.There Is a meter which sbows at any time howmuch power remains, ao that one need not becaught out where one could not get back. Bytaking out tbe key, hers at tbe side, yon canleave the carriage standlnr, and no on, unpro-vided with a similar key or plug, can start it byIts own powor."

The dealer confirmed the statement that hehas sent carriages abroad. Anotber dealer an-nounces that he Is manufacturing 1.000 horse-less cabs for use In New York next year. Adealer In carriages, not horseless ones, admitstbat the electrlo automobile Is a wonderful im-provement over those which were operated bygasoline, so far as noltelassness and certainty go.Nevertheless, be says he was never In a horse-less carriage which did not stop during the ride.

"It went on again after more or lass of a pause,but It alwayt stopped for breath at least once,he tald. "That would be a rather trying di-lemma If one were rushing to a train or late fora dinner engagement or potting after th doc-tor In a case of life or death."

In renlv, the dealer says that ths gentlemanhasn't tried the latest Improvement amonghorselots carriages and guarantees to run or-dinarily on schedule lime. So there It Is. Thepoint ef view makes all th difference. Butmeanwhile the manufacturer go on making thanew vehicles, and, as tbe wondering horsemanremarka, Strang to say, the demand la Increas-ing.

Moral EfFaet af DTaamlte Oaaa.tht St, Loutt

Wabiunqtov, June 10. The talk ef tbe navalofUcers Is of the performances of theVesuvius with her dynamite guns.

" No man escaped with his life who was within200 yards of where ono of those charges fall,"said Admiral Jouett, " And men far beyond therange ot Immediate Injury were left mentallyhelpless and useless by the shock."

Tbe moral effect of these terrific dischargeshas been very great, the naval offlcers say.Tbe shock Is such as Is certain to demoralize allBoldlera within its Influence. WhenBrazil had nn Insurrection on hand a tew yearago an Admiral came to this country and sawthe operation ot tha experimental dynamite

He took back an outfit. The navalrader of the revolution heard of the Gov-

ernment's Intention to shoot dynamite. Hesurrendered, saying he was prepared totake bis chances with powder and shot andshell, but be was not going Into battleaguinsi a aynamue cruiser. Tbosenaval expertswho have been waiting to see some of tho newthings tried have rather wondered why thedynamite tubes were not given a trial. To-da-y

tbey are satlalled. The Vesuvius has made herlnetTaorablo uud distinctive mark on thedefencesof Santiago. The nredlctlon is ventured thatshe will be put to frequent use, and tbat tbeSpaniards will rapidly acquire a dread of herbeyond any feeling of fear thoy have for battle-shlp- i

or criilaers. There Is a paralyzing, numb-ing effect to these discharges of high explosiveswhich does not attend the ordinary shell.

Kleclrlo Light Furnishes a Toad Ills Meal.From tht Kantat City Star,

In a hole In the stone retaining wall of a lawnat the northwest corner of Prospect avenuo andIndependence boulevard lives an unusuallylargo and well-fe- d toad. An oleclrlo aro lighthangs over the corner, and at night It attractmyriads ot bugs and fllen. It Is then that thotoad leaves his hole auil hops out ucross thgrunltold walk to where the Insects, blinded bythe light, fall upon ths pavement nnd crawlaround. The toad sits, bis ryes sparkling Inthe electric light llko beads of Jet, till a beetleor n moth falls ne ir lilin, and then bo bop cau-tiously near to It, His long, red tonguo shootsmil Willi tho quickness of u flash and tho Insectdisappears duwn lift throat. It takes a goodmany bugs lo make a full meal for this toad,and often ho Is on the pavement, for more thanan hour. Tho load is thero eiery night andpassers by atop lo wnteb him. He keeps out oftho way of pedestrians, and when he koos backto his crovlco in the atone wall he moves lazilyand with short, d hops.

An Army r Turtles I.ert llltli and Ilrj,Froin the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Canai. l)o nt. 0.. June 17 -- At a point southof this idly, alongtliii Tusc.iruwas electric linebetween In icaud L rii li.Mllo, arusw mips whichcnir considerable urea. Yesterday workmendrained the unter from them into tbe Tuscuru-wa- s

River by means of two ti iiubsuwurs. As thewater wus drawn off hundreds of turtles, largoand small, were left high and dry. Honmof themure rher tenapiii of largo sin, while othtrsaro of tho h variety, 'I he snuiiip is lit-erally snnrming with thrm. mid lbobanks of thu swamps are lined with lover, nftii'lle tlesii. who arc capturing them by whole-sale without unv .ipiiirinl diminution In theirnumbers. Many have eiawled onto tho trackof the electric line and hu r been killed by pass-ing cars. Some lurga llsli bale also beon turnedup. Kniiriuaus river cats, salmon, perch, andbass havo been captured along with tno grist ofturtles.

Demand far llrlll.k rlaga.Ottawa, Onl-- , June ID. Ilrltlsh flags seem

Just now to be somewhat popular In the UnitedState j cities, to Judge from the present Urge de-mand here for lliem. Local manufacturers Inthis city are booking many largo orders fromAmerican firms andaro continually ia receipt ofrsqussU for quotations ot prints.

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HIS POWER OVER HORSES. V

VXEXrLAINEh F2SA.T3 OVA rLAZKJf tmtJmax is rxNKEVEt,A, mmk

rabl Mrtnaarma't Abllltr la Appraeh jHnnd Cnnlar Wild Animals Ascribed by Q

ana Natives I .llaarlr Hla Method nrstalli- - LWM

Ing a Herd Ilia He I'.o Meeraerlaaa t H"It Is not until you have got beyond tbe coast M

levels to the pampas country that you catoa JWttha stern realities of Venezuelan llfo," said WmmWesley C. Malcolm, who for many years bought Buibides nnd rubber on commlrslon In South wUAmerica. "Near tbe sea lovele, where most for- - mXMctgncra make tbelr homes, you And tho soft, mSXluxurious, charming manner of living for which tHnWtbo people of Venezuela aro noted. When yon Ba'havo travelled two or Hire days' Journey la-- InEland from Caracas or Angostura, and have com Hlto the pampas country, you aro among quit IbVIkdifferent people and surroundings. You And iaEuthere, as In the lowsr Orinoco Vnlloy, the jag-- mmauar, the boa constrictor, and tho crocodlU, and. mmrbesides these th puma, tho giant rattlesnake,and the deadly matacaballo. Thore upon tht nanlflplain and savannas tha llanorot, tho cowboy !mmof tho pampas, watch ths herds of half wild nmW?cattle, and round them up ln,tbo rodoo for brand- - laanftlng or thlpment. These llauoros are tho light-- LBVlng men of Venezuela, and whoever can start a anH- -

revolutlan with them at bis back Is fairly otr- -tain to win. Mm'

"It wa among stiou scenes and people that I ),met Pablo Metanarmo, tbe horse tamor.in mltho Apure Itlver country, at a little vlllag Wcalled Pnrnnho. Mr horso strayed uway in tha Vfnight, and when I told of my loss the head man I .

in tho vlllago aont tor Pablo Motaunrmo. In a Ifew minutes Pablo appeared, n stoutly built, 1 'chocolnlo-tlnts- d man, with long black lialr. Just I 1a llttlo kinky. By thi; I saw that ho was a IIxambo, of mixed negro and Indian blood, lit H

wat not on alert or Intelligent looking man , J IIrather th contrary and tho only peculiarity Ithat I obtervod In hit appearanco was In hit Etyet, which suggested those of a sletpy wildboast. When the head man had told him that he Vwanted him to tlnd the horse, ho went lo wher mthe animal had been picketed, examined th ' Btracks, and followed them a thnrt distance. fh"

"'U ha strayed away of his owa will,' hi ftlaid. 'U has not bean stolon.'

"Then I dtscrlbed the hone to him, and hi ft'tald: I!

'"If ho Is alone I will bring him back to-- mday. If b ha Joined th wild horses ' KHe shrugged his shoulders and held up success- - Hivaly two, three, four, up to seven Angara, slg- - 11nlfylnc tbat 1 might get the hors at any tim Itfrom two day to a week. I did not feel much ft,-eaconraged, for my horse had originally been a fit.wild horse of the pampas, and I knew that he awould b hard to catch In any event. Pablo Wirode out of the village halt an hour later on an Wiold scrub of a horse, and bt canto baok at sun- - Hfidown leading my horso and driving before him alltwo other estrays that be bad p!ekd up on the l)(.way horn. He had captured hi in tlfteon milea MLaway, near the place where he cam unon him. ('The horse was fresh and evidently bad let tha Hi,sambo catch him without a run but bow thla Whad been brought about Pablo would not telU WhTbo head man told me that undoubtedly all h t IBhad done was to circle around to the further IWside of my hone when he came In sight of htpi, HBthen plckot his own horse and lis down near r .,' Ofthim, and wait until my hone came up to b " "flcaught. rfcr

" 'Your hone, being a pampero and at large. Ilkwould not approach you or me, or lot us catoa, UJhim until we ran him down with relays,' tho Bbead man said. 'But with Pablo It is differ--ent. He ha bat tocall th animals, and thoy 9will come.' JB

"This episode made ma acquainted with Pablo HaMetanarmo. and a I wo In thi region for a Hconsiderable part of the next three years, I Basaw him often, and hard a great deal more of Hibis exploits in beast taming. II lived most of WMtbe tine at the Dalgado ranch, on tho tluaaa- - HIparo River, which wa my usual stopping placewhen I rode north ot Caraoas. His principal Bjjduty on the ranch waa to track up and captura nfstray horses and cattle tnat the other llaneroa Hcould not find, and to cut out from th wild- - L .

horse herds valuable domestic horses that bad , Wirun away and Joined them. This work ho per- - JB3formed occasionally for othar ranch owners CY;living sometimes a hundred miles away. When lliTegular business was slack he would go out to 111hunt wild hones or other wild creatures on hla antown account. In catching wild horses ho illwould ride to wher they were, but once on th 93ground he conduoted operations on foot. Hi Iwprocess, as seen by othen, was to approach grad- - i I'mually to the horns he had selected, and establish fv)an acquaintance. It always resulted In hi illhaltering .and leadlnir the animal homo. Some- - M,','times this was done in one day, oftenor it took K,two or three. It was Bald that a week wus tha ., 1longest time it had ever taken him to captura f Mlthe wildest bone. When he led tho horso homo I Bfth animal waa no longer wild, but tuino, andhe could aaddlo and ride him with little trouble jiHAny Judicious rldtr could handle thu horso after (UKthat, IBB

"It Ii little wonder that among thi Ignorant HHllanorot Pablo's art was laid to the uso of maglo !

or the possession ot a talisman. Tho more in- - vBHUlllgont ranch owners were equally at a lot f--wf

to explain It, When asked about It thevshrugged their shoulders and sometimes spokaof Oarmlento, the sambo, who In his day, they mmsaid, had done greater feat than Pablo a. Aafor Pablo, he kept his own counsel probably h VJcould not have told the secret If no had triedand wont on capturing wild horsos, Jaguar and Hpuma cubs, big snakes, and eaglets. In a matter- -

way, for hla own amusement and (profit. His pets accumulating about the ranch 9Jmade life rather trying there at times. A Jag- - (uur oub with lta eyes juat open is ns lovable a - Hpet as a kitten, but it grows like a weed, and its anatural instincts crop out vary soon and tnff" iHhalf-grow- n Jaguar running up and down tbft r'fltries, or rehearsing the springing act, with yoi I 1as nn object, from unexpected places. Is to! 1 Wmuch company for a man of quiet tastes. OncJ I VI

or twice a year Pablo would bundle bis pet if IInto a wagon and set off for Angostura or Ij V- - IQuayra. when merchant Captains are alway I

ready to buy strange animals on speculationto sell to.manacerles In bhiropa and tho UniUcStates.

"Pablo and I beeamo friends and perhapsbecause I wat a foreigner, not likely to try toileal hit trade, be took me with blm on one ofhit hene-huutin- g trips. In this case he wasafter, a domtttlcated norti that had got among;aZband of wild horses. We found the band, and iapproaching thorn from the leeward, under 'cover of a mata or grove, got within two uillttof thtm. Here we hobhltd our horses' leg,tearing them free; to walk, but not to run, andturned them loon. I remained at the grove, I

while Pablo itrolied toward the wild band. I

keeping our two horses along with him and go- - I

lng to slowly.that thty fed. on the Brats as theywant along.

"It waa slow business, and I got tired onougb '!

watching him from tbe sbadt through a HoldClass. I could tee that hit idea wat to approach '

the band in a way that seamed accidental aif ho wer not looklnx at tbem or thinking ofthem. Most hunter of every kind know thlatrick. Timid animals, so long as they thinkthey aro unnoticed, will let a man approachvery mar them before they take to flight. Withthe two horses feeding along near blm, some-times turning to th right, sometimes to thsleft, without teeming to have the wild band In j

viow, he kept closing tbo distance bctwtentbem, Irom time to timo dome of tho wildhorsos would lift their heads and look. Then jPablo, who sesmtd to know In Hum what thev -

would do, would be teen moving to one aldo ortbe other, but not advancing. When tho wildheroes began tu feed again he would movetoward them,

"In about six hours he had got within aquarter of a mile of them. At this point thstnlllon that lod the hand trotted out towardhim to Investigate. Kor un hour Pablo re- - (

mained In one place, stirring about a little, ly-ing down, getting up, turning round, pulllnirup grass, all with so slow and ovon a motionthat the stallion, watrhlutr him suspiciously Vfrom 200 yards away, took no ulurm and, aftertrying to entico tho two hobbled horeca to blm,trotted back to the band. I

"You urobnbly know of tbo shyness of wild lhorses, the most dltlbiilt animals lo approach 'In the world. VVhat I saw I ablr Meluuurmo ttlo would seem lncrudihl If tout unvwhero hut lIn the country where It occurred. On tha 4wwA rnzuelan pampas there hao been two men. 'irtiat least, whu have been known to tlo thls-a- nd f Vprobably others tbat I have not hoard of, Pablo f iMetanuriiio. having his two horses, walked alwIt band. All tiic horseat this lifted their brails and gared ul him but fenninot one moved. He wulkod as If ho meant IBto pass through Him band, not turning his head. (Ills euur.o touk him close lo one ot the horses. IB1 could not with u Hold glass at two miles IHaway seo how he did It. Hut the other horses Mall drew together round theatallluti except una, ttVbut Hint one the 7auibo held bv a laaso, Tho HV1,',."'": bro1k'."' ".'."' lllu r,,' "I the hand was floir the wind. '1 he two hobbled bor.ea tried aflto follow them, as homes will ilwnya do in a WMetauiprdii.andlhecapturctlhorseBtruggledliard.buitlielussoehiikeil himdewii. It was only for IMMa mliiiitu or iwu, then tho wild band wns well tflawav, and the horse, Ihe otiu Unit Pablo had iflcoum for.fiuleted down and the zauiuo.nmndlng tflw'llil all Vir '"'"'" cumo buck tuo (

"Pablo looked llko n man who had gone iHthrough a battle, ah soon as ho had Vocurod Mmthe 'bones, tying thu re upturn! one toho threw himself on the ground t,j bloJ, fo"t fl!eVUH V1'.""1 f""' t11"'"1-'- ' ' watched, wlihif,'.?? knees, wlillo lie alept, for I WM

!i&i'l.'t''i!' mlm ,,e Jafur i' .the: wood. Bal.r,'mi "", K oiirlireiikfast of Jerked iHC"IT,'0' "V1 wo WL',lt back to tho rnueh. 211After seeing tho xambo catch I 111

5oEUa.al,'0..s "M'lsin hoVTo'coJSl'ni-riM- . who useribed It to Nrfldiabolical poarer. or, rnlher, I do exn'nlri it In 111

2dJnWa''..ao'1 ,h"1 '' .'"'" nn haolio know). illknew in tho matter was tbat he could do thii HI

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