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" -j. -IjKsrT "V r 'HI? KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, SUNDAY, UEOEMDEH 20, 1,995. I Fl Ir a (1 Hi Jr ( 1 J. c D la 11 K fl a 11 Jl Hi ui in ic a b. ol cl A Vi Ol tl tt 1" a rt 31 y Of 6 u tv tl at clg tlrr Bh six u KANSAS CITY JOURNAL 1 qTATlMWIIPfi lftl 1 lie ilonriMl ( cuapiiuy, I ultllslier, limriiil UiUI-tlnt, tenth -mil vVnlnut Ht. ' Nl siHSCrtlPTION RATKH Plngle t i If i if H.huij .....K rrt i euro by rAHim.ti. Dally nnj s mdsv 10 cents per week! 4$ vents per month BY MA It. IV ABVANCB. r ''Is. nr I in iny, 1 (if ............It g) 1 '"iiHv.omontlif.it inXp) J v n i " ii isv, x months.,.., 1 W 1 i - m lay, l month 0 r- ' i yi-nr . 1 W t ' month... ., H i tutl ami Agriculturist, 1 ii W ' ! ritONK NUMUBItS, I W -society ,t7 1 i i thn roKtnmr'e At Kansas City, A "i otnl nun Mall Mutter. Till MIIML IS THE IIOMi: NMVJIMI'EK IMIIMI IONS 1 1 in Pee 2S For Oklahoma nnd v 1 i I rm in- Cloudy, with occasional I' U r mii, coller. north wind. , f , iriFnlr In northwesli llirht I itlieasl portion, colder north V 1 j K i i- Pair; colder: norlh winds. GOOD MORNING. V 't f n . t that tho world is to eomo t i . i i t night. It Will probably bo XV I I' ' Tl. i i l of Kansas will undoubtedly 1 fi i i r Motrin for the enemies ho 1 I. ni r for one of thern, at lefist. r i us of the Monroe doctrine v i (! it Britain most respects are I it 1 n tl toes of the American eagle. If tho I ii I Mil gets through tho sen n . all it Ik likely to emerge with tli o t Kind of n, fiee coinage rider. A in n jumped from tho bridge over tl V - ppl ttt St, Paul, n distance c'l.W it and landed safely In the city Jul. It In due t li Kalian people to say that tlo i h iv n.'er manifested the sllght- "' h ;r t tit having dumped John P. St. John. A safe rule for President Cleveland: 1M sure x nt have the opposition of the Is 1 k Evening Post and then go nlic id. On sc jnJ thought?, Pruncc It Inclined to ngird Mr. Monroe's "keep off the Kr.i"V oidinnnce as u pretty good In btl'Utlin. If vv- unlerstnnd Mrs. Qulnby, tho world will ix-sitlvely make Its eIt to night. N : postponement on account ot the weith Camp is m.i) be under tho necessity of nuking Uart r for Havana. That Is about tho pili e asked tor pood Huvnnus In tills cuunti) Pi iple who believe In the unlucky thlrt (.ii superstition will note that tho number of business failures In the coun try last car was 13,013. Timmanj has fonnally Indorsed the jirtf dent's stand, on the Monroe doc ! tHn , but the country tegards It as a i Kocd st.nl nevertheless. If "the p iple want" McKlnloy, na Mr. , II inria nvs the people enn have liim. The Ohio p vernor Is tho last man to J il( ni h 3 ciuntrymen In a ease of this bjrt i . Or-- ' tl . peculiarities of Republican J tariff ' 'I. s that no factories are ever ! Fl ut .1 v n ir workmen thrown out of i mi ' " iii -is a consequence of their ; i ' ! Paard disparaging American J n i a J Miles belittling American Yr t is hardly to be expected tl t t r nn wpuld have exalted opln- lrr- f K, C r Ii . t 1 I 3 1 I r I inn Blue's private secretary ' " ib it Allison la the best man r ii tit The convention will be ' u' A platform will have to a of the house committee on l 1 1 solution vlrtualb finds the nut guilty of on lmpeach- iiul warns him not to com- tn. i n it ' ii have any ch inc. left over I i istm.is si i ng may be i knowlnc n Imton will " w i 1 M .13 on the i Ini 1 ilk way in in pui i'i! nigh (limn- ' ' n and hopt -. i ' . gntt will ilien other pressing mattera nslderatlon. 1 in I 31 a V r c n ' t c t li in ta r 5'" 1 II husotts man who tried to unt by (.hopping his debtor Ui an ax was promptly ar- i rutting up U not per- oid Bay state. in aging fen tin of bond ii it not' iii t aiding- the i titedne ii Impooe on the t i i d (kit is a i 1 .ont i ' 'i. ir r l r il it the gov- . . nuo will be . th. depart i i J ) " whose pay i i i i k tur want . t i il. , my bond bill paused the i hu chance Qt its (retting t m na-te are not roy. 'fhere J i t ling among neiwtora that t i in loo muclj bynd-rlddi-n u - HMW. Illlljl IIIIIIJ ' if with the effort to work t l i i'rf kind of financial mean- n tin iv ii congress is the tact that ii ! i r imtier of uongi eHgmeii are not in by with Wall atieet'a schemes ci " ' r r, - -i Carlisle is not satliflei with tin i ill til because It doesn't letlre the pr , k The secictary g detenolneil t n 1. tbo treasury note the soapegoat t v I Is and his partj's finuucUl cripi' .in 1 bluudeiv Y r nul "SViUUr writes that he It pr win-j imiiatient. Tills Is natural a I, in in j ill Is llkel to Hud time drag. Bi nif ibat. I'robably the best Mr. Yi nr ii do, !iotteir, Is to wait till tb' I nt tukia unutiiti duck hunt. "V ' i"ul examination of the tonimlt tf i t jjs the Uvenlirg Vurld,"shos tl t Mr Mlllci, of Ji.ui.sa.s, seems to have l ii o ! kid ' A still mfre caieful examlnatl n will sluw that Mr, Miller w a r t o i ' mk I The rr hilrti n itlou In K insas Is pot whe h r nl'rfe"rrufVi! hau saloons iut nlktthvr i i aikSK t'lent. in forma n - tnd e. i booilfituprare brttfr tlmn some rational and practical way of rwitrtrtlng the evil, on the iurtlon as Hum presented flor ernor Morrill Is dloimtled to favor the tifgiilUe, while .lohn 1. St John snorts for the nirirmative. II WAS IIM'I't'll II, NV ono who has watched th trnd ot rvenw In local mutters supposed for a moment that the chief aspirant for mnorrtlty honors in the Democratic ranks or his Krsonal oigan oh (Irntid avenue would hesitate to garbln facts to suit their f tuls in m iking a imlnt against the ltfpubllcan sdminlstratlou. This sort of peanut polities Is always ex Iecled from such sources, Hut while It was expected It was dis counted In the minds of all who have rend the pnpprs. Tlernnn has "run n. Muff" ns a watchdog for some time, but, like nil bluffers, he has overstepped him self nnd shown himself to be nothing but a very Kinall caliber politician who Is willing to take any sort of chance to further his political ends. So far ns Ills organ Is concerned the mention of its name Is all that Is needed to break the force of sny argument ad vanced by It. The combination of Ticr hun and the Star Is not one to conjure Willi so far as political success Is con cerned nnd the mouthing of the one when taken with tho posing of the other simply affords Innocent amusement for those who are accustomed to petty po litical b-p1ny. Tho administration has been foremost In advancing tho best Interests of Kan sas City and has safely guarded the finances of the city. It Is not niggardly when it comes to necessary expenditures; lielther does It use city funds for the advancement of political booms The fact that the Star Is not pleased with the administration and the further fact that Tlernnn assumes the ioIo of an old scold because ho flees the Republican administration getting credit for good work Is sutnctcut proof to all tight minded citizen that tho administration Is doing Just about light. Tin: 'Nwit on rm: ;ui:i:mi.igic. Mr. Turner, of Georgia, Is one of tho wise llnanclois who is convinced that the greenback Is an unalloyed evil that should bo got rid of with as little cere mony nnd loss of time as iosslble. lie didn't think that way bofoie the Intro duction oC ctickoolsm In the last con gress, but bo does now, and there nre others like him There may be a ques tion, in the minds of some of those who think themsoUes competent Judges In tho case, n.s to his equipment for the rale which he hns assumed, but lie says the greenback is tho root of the country's currency evils and that ho is opposed to the bond proposition because It does not provide for its letircment. The greenback came to the country In a time of solo necessity. It brought re lief at a tlmo when the best known llnanclois of the country said no relief was possible. It secured the confidence of the people from their ery llrst In tioduction to It. and It has been doing them good torvlco cei since. It Is the popular money ot the country. Every body knows It Is safe, and nobody can get too much of It. It came In the midst of a tcrilblo struggle for natlonel ex istence It was opposed, to be sure, but where did tho opposition come from' Did It not come from the very source of the opposition of to-day? Most cer tainly It did. But the greenback is looked upon by tbe people gonrally as a. sort of heritage of that struggle as though It were one of the things secured to the country by the results of four years of war. In fact, a part of the government ltsslf for the integrity of which every loyal citizen Is bound to stnnd good. It Is true tlmt Mr. Turner's feelings do not run that wav. Neither does any such sentiment find lodgings in the massive skull of O rover Cleveland, the chief enemy of the greenback at the present time It Is Idle for these greenback haters to spend time in trying to arouse a popular feeling against this mono. They know it Is a hopeless case, and that to continue opposition to relief measures on that line Is to endanger the prospect of securing any new measure of relief whatever. JNbTAMAMSOUS TEllfiU'IOATIOK. William Watson is an English versifier who is "mentioned" for the Iaureateship, vacant since the death of Tennyson. Tho Rev. Lyman Whitney Allen Is on Ameri can versifier wliose eplo won the $1,000 prize In the recent New York Ileinld competition. Mr. Watson ground out a sonnet when this war talk first began. Ho chid unllllal America and reiterated the overtures for a Joint promulgation of the Monroe doctilne first made tome fifty years ago His advice and exhor tation wore couched in the following, which, for "poetry" ground out at a couple of weeks' notice, Is not bad O towering daughter. Titan of the West, Ucblnd u thou-una leagues ot foam c cure, Thou tuward whom our Inmost heart Is pure Of ill intent, although thou threateneet With most untlllul hand thy mother's brmst; Net for one breathing space may earth endure The thouuht of war's Intolerable cure For suiti vague pains as t to-day thy rest But ir thou hast more strength than than Ldii'xt ipend In tasks of piaio, and nnd'st her yoke too Wine, Help us to smite tbe cruel, to befriend Tbe mi( i ui'lesa, and put the false to sliume. So dhiill the ages laud thee and thy name Bu lovely innuiiK nations to the end. But Mr. Allen "8-W" Mr. Watson and, as must be admitted by every pat riot lo American, went him one better. He was somewhat handicapped "by the two weeks' time Mr, Watson had had for pupa rat ion, but he very effectively answered the prospective laureate In tho following bit ot Instantaneous rhjme: O roial mother, empress of tlia liust1 lioe an, lent kcjiUir rules o'er laud and SCS, Thy fair undowered daughter greeteth tllC'l. The centuried bride of freedom, long re- Uuiard From fills! tie and bound by Nature's prleit To her great lord to serve hi in and to fee The nourlsber and guardian of the fret, Rath seen be .klate (or noble ends !n- created. Think'" t thou she loveth war, when sbe hath drained So late her cup of sorrow? vet when call The sqiu of rWduui sll In I- btaod U fire Respect, Just mother, what she )Mth main, talii.il. And thou and she together shall forestall The goldeo sue of earth's supreme de sire. Mr. Allen's poetic license Is n little skittish, but his heart is all right. 1'iec durn has from time iiumeinuiial Ix-m alluded to s a fenulo mid jt do s Violence to even the 11 n de Steele con ception to change her sex to masculine. The most that can lie conceded Is to ic fer to he-r us a new woman; and that Is u putty bU lonttssl'ii But Mr, AlUn bus undoubudlv the best of tho aigu ment and Ills sonnet wcrthlly upholds tlif honot of America. Mr., v Vl e Jru the if Mr.. uu r gi -.3 us bupertluous ad- shJS pKms'-nd "tibiniu ,"ini Uie suecotUsa and put the fnlse to shame" That's Just wlmt we're doing, Brother Wntson; Just What wo're dolnr Only It happens to be jour blnwsteit country, don't sou know, that Is displaying the cruelly of oppressing the succorless on false grounds of Justification. It would ot eoiirsc be lovely to have the ages lstid us nnd have our "tiotiift lovely to tho end." II ut we have a sort of Idea tlmt It Is slllt lovelier to rrttiln our own re spect snd be worthy of our own laudn- ini: coMitiir oitiiiNANor- The three Democratic pnpprs of this city have a stork of pet phrases which they use on the slightest pi evocation One set of these phrases relates to the city council and another Is used regard ing tho mayor. Thej have a special set for each department ot the administra tion and use them verj gliblv whenever things do not go to suit their peculiar tastes In city uiattcis. And It must be confessed thnt Re publican administration rnrcly plenses Pemocratlu newspapers Opposition to nil things doho by Republicans Is tho food uiwti which thny live. It cannot bo said with truth that they thrive on such food, but they manage to exist. Just nt present the cseclnt act which causes the aforesaid Damocmtlc papers to assume an attitude and look of hor ror is tho passage and signing of tho oidinnnce putting electric wlios under ground. And It Is queer, too. Hero Is an object effected which every news paper In the city has tlmo nnd again de clared to be nn absolute necessity but Just because It wns effected under a Republican ndmlnlstintlon these "mold ers of opinion" lose their pattlotlsm under the overwhelming Hood of partl sanlsm nnd denounce the council nnd mayor as n, set of thieves, boodler.s and all other sorts of bad men. Now, nil this would not amount to much were It not for the fact that these supposedly voracious nevvspapcis per sistently mlsplftco the truth and regale their renders with statements that vary widely from actual fact. In short, they mako facts to suit their predilections nnd then base vlllfjlng articles ngalnst the administration on these manufact ured facts. The conduit ordinance ns passed and signed is a good one. The major, in a strong lottor to the council, which Is printed on another page, sets forth fully every point and shows most conclusively that every right possessed by the city IS fully guarded and at the same tlmo that tho city is getting a goodly sum each j ear for the uo of Its streets by the comianlPS using electric wires. It was understood, of com so, that Tler nnn would bo opposed to tills measure. Antt his personal organ would fight It also. There has never been any question as to the stnnd that would bo taken by this aspirant for majoraltv honors and his mouthpiece. It must not be understood, however, that either Tlei nan or tho Star thinks the ordlnnnco Is wrong per so. It is wrong simply bc causo tho Republican administration gels the credit lor it. Thco. is one feature about this whole b'iShiefcS of opposition, howevei, which nils tho average citizen with disgust. Whenever any city official does nnv thing which docs not s.uit tho peculiar ideas ot Tiernan or the Star there is an Im mediate cry of "boodle." This cry can come only from a debased mind; from .i mind that knows its own unworthl noss; from a mind belonging to an in stitution which has had Its own actions biased by tho acceptance of Ill-gotten money. Such a mind can conceive of no other reason for taking a stand on any question, hence attributes bad motives to others because it Judges others by itself. The conduit ordinance Is now a law and the Journal can say to the people of Kansas City that tho council did well to pass It and the major did well to sign it. Every right of the city Is fully pieseived and no additional right is given to the telephone or telegraph com panies. Tho city has gained In revenue and In having made tho first move to ward placing all electrlo wires under ground. AJiOTIir.K ROM) JhSUH. It Is altogether probable that within a few days Mr. Cleveland will give notlco of another bond Issue, no matter what congress may do la the meantime. It Is accepted as a fact In financial circles that he has an understanding to that effect with a combination of bankers, and the belief Is current that the offering will bo ami; ped up without delay. There w .i 4 altogether too much con fidence in tho alleged prospect of a com promise between tho president and the Republicans of congress thnt would lead to an amlcuble adjustment of the dif ficulties which beset the treasurj'. The Republicans were, nnd are, willing to afford the relief, and they have gone to tho very verge ot honorablrt com promise in their efforts to glvo the toilet needed. Their courso has been marked by a spirit of broad atatosinanshtp and stable pattlotlsm In their treatment of the subject. Thero lias not been a murmur as to any doubt that Mr. Cleve land would meet them half way. They have studiously avoided giving any of fense, or the Bppearoncc of taWnsT partisan advantage of the situation. The programme mapped out contem plated providing for an emergency only, without taking advantage of the ex igencies of the moment to exploit party doctrines. It would have been well If they had been met with the same spirit on the other side; but It wbb not done. If the bond Usue should be made under the resumption law it will bring to an end all possibility of compromise, unless the Republicans shall take from the president the power to borrow more money under tho same uuthorlty. In fact, that should have been done befoie this, i.i;ri 'io 'i limit r.vir. The Indications are that the Tuiklsh question among the European powers. Is to take a test, and the Auncnlans are to be loft to their fate. The bluster and skuuy with which the subject was ap proached a few weeks ago subuldod ns soon as tt began to be muuifc-st that the dominating governments caied more uliuut the balance of jiovver than they did fur the few bundled thousand butferlng Aimeiiltuis. They iveie confronted with a prospect ot general war, and there was no way to uvold Mich an outcome unless some one of them would go almit it unselfishly und with only worthy motives. The sultan has proved himself to be too much for his combined opponents. He lis- tiuded upon their combined Jenl oUfelea until ho bus got them Just where he wants them. He has disarmed their power t do lilm Injury und has us sup '1 liluiMlf of (heir combined suppoit. And n w he tan go on killing the Clir -.ilaiis to suit his own pleasure. There Is u general concert on the part of European journals udylst) lUe rcl-, i egntlon of tho subject to the Irentmeht of time, rather limn risk a rupture now tlreal Diitnln 19 the Inst among them to venture Into a war nt the present time. And thcie Is no prospect tlmt she will lie In ntiy better condition to court con (Hot at nnv time In the future With her money spiend out nil over the world she can light nowhere without costing her Tople more than the tpene ot tho war itself, The evident purpose to belittle the Fttf feilngsof the Armenians at the linnds of the Turks Is a part of tho llcy which sreks to put the quest Inn out of European diplomacy for tho present nt least. Hut there Is ample evidence thnt the ieiirts of persecution and bloodshed hnve not been exaggerated at nil. The chnnces are that if the whole truth were known the entire civilised world would shudder nt the itory. So far as the tnlo bus been tnbl however, there Is ho use disputing It. The words of the writers who hnvo told It havo been verlflcO by tho camera, and even he who cannot tend may know of tho terrors that thee alleged gov ernments by divine right are harboring and encouraging. The fnct thnt Kansas politicians are now willing to tell the truth about pro hibition shows thnt the question Iirs cctisol to bo a pollthnl Issue. Tho fnll urc of the Republican party to embody It in Its Inst state pint form tool: the re form out of polities nnd forced It to stand on Its own turrits Wnrk or I he Million (lull. To th" Editor of the Journal During tho yenr commencing with 1S01 nnd ending with 1E31 It wns a waste ot time to attempt to Induce people to buy fsrms or to loan money In Kansas There wns a fueling of uncertnlntj, unrest nnd discon tent among our people The Populist partv had secured control of the senate nnd the legislature and hnd almost elected the gov ernor Thev sent W A Potter to the United States senate nnd in 1892 elected the governor. Not only did the people refuc to buy nnd caplt.illMn decline to loan mon ej", but a very large number of people l"ft the stite, and, strance as it may seem, tho Populist party did nothing nor offered nny inducement to keep the people with us. After they had got control of the state, every scheme gotten up by the leaders of that party during the four jrnrs that thev nnd eontrol was not t induie Immigration to Kansas, but to tiulll rnilroads thiough lea. whore they Wire Inn rested In lnnd, or to form colonies In Old .ielio or New Mexico, and get peopl to movo there I litivc never seen a cln ulnt or nn Invitation of that kind, gotten up bv thit ptrtv, in viting people toKnnsu- When the Repuh. Ilean party riime Into power one jenr ago men viero afraid to register from Kansas when from home. It Is a dilllcult tnk to chincc public sen timent, to ,lo conddtnee nnd to turn im migration to a state tint has been black listed b the people of America. This was the task, before tho lupublicnn party when they took control of the machlneiy of th state It must bo stated, however, in Jus tice to our people, Hint they were ready for tho change, and, without ropect to part-, the people In every ounty in the state, with virj few eNceptions, ii!ilted In every feasible plan put berore them to redeem Kauris One of the urn organizations es tablished to put before the pople of Amer ica the true facts nUmt Kansas wns tho Kansas State- Real Estate Asoclatlon The report Just published by that association, fiom sitj -seven counties In the ptate, proves that thej have not been Idle during the J ear I'arms have" been sold in overj one of the slxtj-i-evin counties, nnd a largo number of them to residents. This Is the Iv't ev!dnco possible that our people bavo faith in Kans u-, and pirtlculirlj In the counties In whkh they live. With them It Is not a cabe of selling out to get nvvaj from Kansas, but a cae of Investing vcrj- cent, nnd In tome Instances going Into debt so that the) might own more Kansas land. The report further shows that a large number of farms have- been sold to outsiders Prom this it will be seen that men have Investigated the statements made nbjut Kansas during the year nnd after satuifv lng themselves of the truth of sue-h state ments, have bought land, and aro going to make their homes with us A few farms havo lxen bought by speculators, but not many. In thirty of tho counties a large number of houses and new barns have bo n built and other Improve menu, made The niobt Important part of the leport Is like ly to be overlooked b tho general reader. 1'he ialIroad, In October, were making prepatatlons to carry the Immense corn crop of Kansas to the Eu-st. It was thought thej would not have ears enough to move the crop. But the railroads have not been taxed to their fullest capacity to move the corn. In fact, viry little has been sold Our farmers are keeping It and feeding it to hogs nnd e.attle Better evidence than this could not be given to prove that tho farmurs of ICanta-s. ns a lass, are m a good unnnclal condition. Some corn has neon bought by speculators, but not inm li In almost ever- countj- tho report shows that the people are in better spirits and havo great confidence in, the future. The slxtj"-sevon counties represent all the conditions of Kansas so th rt the sale of farms, the impiovcmcnts, and conlldi nee Is general. The Kansas State Real Estate Association takes great paln through Its members to give coireet reports, and they solicit the closest investigation of the facts sot forth In tlnir last Matenient, by people who are thinking of settling in Kansas. Slneo the Kansas Million Club train made Its exhibit, the liniulrlci3 for Kansas farms have been greatly on the lncieae, and agents In every county are receiving let ters, particularly fiom Eastrrn people, a.-k-Ing for Information. The most Interesting faet since the train exhibit is that hun dreds of people who once lived here have expressed a determination to get back to Kansas hb soon an they can do fo. Their eiperience has tuiiMit them that thi re Is no better place In tan 1'nlon than Kans is, Tho tone of the m no pres Is more cheer ful. I have ma lu a point of looking over tho papers of the state for the last three months, und satu.fiu.tlon with our nrestiit nnd confidence In our future Is the general sentiment of the Kansas newspaptn. 'there are nothing that speak so ationcly us facts A enroful Inve-tlg ulon will show that during iho sear Kansas has galne,i in wealth, in population, nd the conildenie of thousand of peiople who intend coining here to live The organisation nf the club last Sep tember to secure I OWCCO peopli foi Kansas in the next rive years was looked upon bj some peopl.1 as a visional y scheme Now, however, that the tide has turned, ilint people have commenced to come and buy our lands, it is thu mneiul opinion that It will not take the dub tlvo j-ears to ac complish its purpose und seur th million people a, JAMESON. Ecav enw orthjKas Ciilniiel frlsp nn I'Ui l ulturn. To the Editor of the journal. Through jour columns, so often and gen oroufcly tendered to the .Missouri tlsh com mission, I hog once more to talk with tin friend of piaitleal pisciculture, or tlth tanning In urlllU lal lakes. It has been nun murly three jenrs slnco the Hon. Joseph I. Oriswold and the un dersigned weie Invited by Governor Stono to accept positions cii this commission. At the cloe of his sph ndld administration of the utialrs of this elate pertaining to the duties of the otttce of chief executive, will close our labors al,o, now only a llltlo more than a year. I doilre to retrospect a little. When wo took charge of this work (with out pecuniary considerationthere Is no salary attached to thu otllce of MUsouil Huh commlrffcloncr otlur than that splendid 1 1 '.Mini, und con.cleiiilous tdtlbf.ieilon and giailncatloit whl--h lomcth to him who has. euu-eil one klugle b ado ot gruss to grow whuro none grew before, has not lived In vuin, and mu wen- t u-I-l.tlmt he who has caused one thousand lioli to wlm vvhcie none swam bufore, U amply rewarded for his pains) tluiu 1 ud never applied In the press of this Mute any articles upon the subject ot pra-.ll-.al pisciculture or fish farming Nor the press of uny other state, so fur us nil kiiouUilgo intends. There are now laving upon the tnblos of this commission almost lunumeiublc letter- of the- strongist commendation, us to the work performed by this commission during the lost tiireo jears. whose atten tion, tin.) say, had never been called to tills practical, reliable and Inexhaustible fish meat source pioductd in ai'UIUlai lakes oi ponds ic.UlK.rid upon the I inns. To the luess of the entire state Is this commission indebte I for invaluable assist uiue, ever and alwujs performed, with alac rity, and, with thu spirit of the extrcmest kindness for the commission, und particu larly for the industrj The fait Is, this commission rO'ui liavn made but Ultlu pro. rets without lh- aid of the press uud Its heartiest to- jp- ration The words "pra- Heal pisciculture," or "llib. tarmlu;," had, iicxc. beta frcca ia prlnl Until thev appeared In thfse letters, venrs since Peter Henderson wrote ami published several books upon gardening an-i llor'f iiltnre wlilrh ar slmplv Invnlu nble lo the i-i tnhle nnd lloivr world nnd without whl h no fnrmrr or llorlst s libra r onn be compute, vlr. Henderson's Our ib nlng for Profit Henderson s Hardening for PIefliire, Pricflcsl Plnrlrulliire Hand ll-xk of Plants and Walks nnd Talks Vpon the Pntm I hnve not onlj rend nil ot these books carefiillj but have studied tlioin ns text books upon the subjects ol wlilrh they Ueot This distinguished au thor and hutnnhftnrlRh. who honored me by railing me friend once suggesieil to me In fni t, it was more than a euir-estion- to write books upon the smne subjects, nnd from his high standpoint assured me of tlielr worth nnd popiilnritj: these sugoes. tlons grew out of a correspondence, which Insteil for tvventv or more jears and to the time or his dirtlh, which rad event osst ft floom oi-r thousands and thousands of ils pupils and admirers everywhere I dl-l not possess the out use of his most rompllmentary ctlmstj of mj acquaint ance snd fnmlllnrltv with these wonderful sources of kin 1 nut lire I3ut after acieptlng the position of fish commissioner I sun nn opportunity to do sometlrlng for the masses the so-cnlleil "common wp!e" fof whom 1 nm proud to bo one), thnt Is if there are n common people In Missouri of mj own state And 1 began a series nf nrtb les upon practical Pisciculture or flh fnrmlne, Impelled bv thn wine motlvrs which netnated htm to IK-rform a gool for the masses. It"siilt? There nre 2iv) acres ot artificial lakes In Missouri swarming with line came ilsh which wer not when this commission began Its Inlwrs three jenrs nuo to edu cate the masses up ti the practicability of farming in water I"t's see what that means? All nere of properly gathered water, eith er turface nr living spring, or bo'li, with proper conditions will pro-luce as mitnv I-ounds of tlsh meat (game fish not coarse) ns from iweul) to thlrtv acres will, prop er!) managed or cultivated In nnv of tho cereals upon which any of the superior domestic animals upon which man sub sists will Inrndlhle, but true' Placing the nvei.age nt twenty-live acres and the Missouri llsli lommisslon lias acjcled to tlio farmers' products IOVj multiplied bv X. Is equal to Vjuxincres of say corn, averaging thlrt) -live bushels to the acre, planted, cul rjvnled, gn Ui red and f-d, the- a til in al slaughtered, quartered nnd laid upon the kitchen block read) for steaks rnnsls, etc. But fnr more ilniii that, attention has been not only called, but aroused to tho practlc.ibllltv of llsli farming, which I pre dict will not onlv not die out, but will con tinue to grow nnd expand until everv ncre of thnt dur out land bv the rrenl living springs In dammed nnd over-IIowed nnd the splendid. Incomparable glnnt enpple Is Jumping up all over Missouri. Kansas nnd Oklahoma waiting to bo taken und fried nnd broiled The more attention Is called to It, the more the Interest in it will in crease It is not onl) a first-class meat. I ut It Is a variet), food There Is not near enough fish eaten, It Is a phosphorescent n brain food If, .Mr Editor, this .article strikes you ns being worth the space it would oecupv In jour columrs, and jou allow It to enter therein J villi feel eiicouinged to venture to offer others I hope the friends of pisciculture w-lll watch tho columns of nil tho papers ot Kansas Cltv, for these articles upon tlsh farming; for If the) ever undertake to pre pare lakes nnd thereby lm in a condition to live Independent of the so-called meat combines the) may prove of some Interest and vnlue to them Very respect full v J T Clllb'P, A Commissioner of Missouri I'lshcrlcs. iiomirisy iiaim:i iioum:. Tho Animal Carrlis Its Itlcler Into n Camp of llilevfs From the Eewlston Journal "When I was In N'i br.iskn, near the Saako River, north ot the Oreat Sand hill in is;," said a l.entston dtlirn "we hnl four camps, situated about eighteen mlks apart, and to go from 1 home's camp to Dunham camp It was neiessary to go thiough a long piece of pine wuods Tor n number of months every one who had gone through the woods alone never came ba- k One d i) It was necessary that 1 should go through with a lot of money and no es cort, and I set out on a- horse that 1 got from a stable keeper near Thorne camp "When I had nearly reached the woods, five miles out, my horse was taken ill and refused to go on C'learl) to rn medl- al ejo It hid been poisoned slightly by -ome one. Soon what Iioktd like a hunter came along on a horse nnd offend to snap, tak ing mine back to the stable If I would leave his near Dunham camp with a tr ip Ier. 1 ought to hav seen through this, but I did not. I got onto the powerful horse of the stranger and started through the five miles of woods. Half via) through, without an) apparent reason, the horse broke into a trot, and finally a run, and, dashing off the trail through the woods picked his way among the trees as nicely as If he had gone that way hundreds ot times Pull as I would at the bridle, he paid no attention, but ran the faster, when he had leapwi a brook und landed on the sand bejond the marks of footprints alarmed me, and I slippfd off at the risk of my life He ran on up a ravine nnd I hid fearing that It was a trap, ns it after ward proved. In a little while tlnee men armed with rifles enme back on the- trail, one riding tho horse now as calm as ti lamb I picked ni) luj to the road and got nut to the camp "Two weeks later nineteen of us followed a man who hired a horse nt tho same place I did It was taken 111. and the same trapper camo along on the same horse. vvhn the horse dashed into the woods as be had been trained to do, nineteen ot us dashed after him, and finally arrived at a mouruuln camp of the robbers. AVc tool: everj man seven of them and, well law was not well supported out there then, nnd no court snt nearer than 2i) miles. We didn't carry the rascals away fiom their own campllre. The- trained horse met the fate of Its owncis " AM. OVKK JIISSQUKT. Brunswick churches will hold union serv ices during tho wool: of praer. htockownors near Tipton lost -cores of cattle during tho recent high water. Bolivar is likely to have a new cigar fact or), If the talk doesn't all end In smoke. The I,ockwood Sentinel throws n Jn auctioneer along with the Fnle bills that it prints. Tho University Glee Club Is to be nt MMshnll Tuesday night and nt Boonvlllo Wednesday night. A Ilrunswlck man has made a cane. the material In which eonsists of 172 pieces of whlla und black horn. A mutual tire, lightning nnd wind rtorm Insurance company for the people of Coop, er county will be organized at Boonvllle Mond.i). Representative Bartholin has provided. Edward Itelchard, of Pranglln county, nn tl srj Washington Job us assistant door keeper of tho house, 'ivi1..,,v-fl1 'f.,a,S J!fm .ln "ninswlck has so! 1 5.-.',(v) worth of Chariton county farms within the past ten days. The rate aver aged about 120 an acre, 'iho corn that took the premium nt tho Bolivar corn fair recently averaged Mo) big fat kernels to the cob and was grown on land that sojd two years ago for U an acre. Men. Mnyhxll gives his most cordial In dorsement to that paragraph going the tounds of the press to the ufect that "Mis souri is a bllce from the Juiciest side of the earth." Colonel Swltzler mildly kicks In bis last paper buiuuse out of the 4,i"0 people of J oonvlllc, with the facilities aftordul by liliu churches, less than 10 per cent of the number uttended divine services on Christ mas da)'. lioy York, the 13-) ear-old boy preacher, talked to a crowded house in Brajmer Sui dny night, and tho I'omut tajs he proved to thoso present, lu u thtrty-mln-ulu sermon, that an old head rests on his joung bhoulders. The ("'niisiegnllonnl church .at Sednlia hns decided to have joung women as ush ers during tho corning )ear, and the elder ly slnneis among ilu male attendants mu lis weill make up their minds to bo satisfied with back seats. The boom for Ron. W, B. I.eeper, of Kingston, for tho R publican nomination for coiigiuss over In oiUn's dUtrl-1, Is being patted on the back might) encmirag. Ingly by some Influential papers la that part of tho state. People In me-l of grindstones down In Osagu count) will be Inclined to buy them hereafter. A toupk of men there vvcro bent to the pmltiutlar) for thieo je.irn reccntl) for having broken Into a black tmlih shop and btoleii one. The News encouragingly remarks: "Thire seems to be a disposition in and around New London to multiply und re plenish the tiirth. Br Hendrlx caught three Tucs.Iu) night all bojs. The vveath. er has no effect on the baby crop." At Proctor, in Camden county. If. T. Talbot, one of the largest tie buyers la that region, lost 23,XiO ties by the high water in the Usage .and Mr. Moore of Unn creek, has lo.st 125,000 Talbot keeps a general store at Proctor, which stands upon the highest point In the settlement, and tho water r-.a- hed his doorstep, C'uptalr Heryford, the well known Char, (ton county pioneer, who dbd ut Salisbury a few d3)s ugo, suffered continuously with hiccoughs for twenty-two dujs previous to his death, and llnall) succumbed as a result rf th li attack The cuptaln was tbe oldest i)ii-f rr-i' ni of t'liarlioa count), nviuj been born lu Salisbury, Ap.iii II, ISIS. ", THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN Whale bono Is worth ?,fO0 per ton. Berlin dentists uie glas for filling teeth Only one man In a hundred hss shoulders of the same height One of the most valuable disinfectants Is pure water, fresh and cold, llnndshnklnp came Into vogue during the reign of Henry II , In Hngland The 1st of September nnd the 1st of De cember In any enr fall on the same dnj of the week. Theie are no eons ln Japan The Jnps neither drink milk nor eat meat. Horses are scarce nnd dogs seldom seen Workmen In the emit works in New York, f'niinda, Ohio nnd 1'cnnsylvnnla never have cholera, diphthetln, jcilow fever or small pox. U Is estimated thnt the gold In the shape of coin and ornaments hoarded bj the tins tlves of India amounts to the enormous sum of B,2."-0,w-) 000. Nenrlv nil of Europ- nnd Cnnnd.a nre supplied with ours from the United Htntes They nre made from TJxns ash nnd the largest factory Is nt Galveston, Accidents nre fnr more liable to occur to the right nrm or right leg than to the left. Makers ot nrtlrtelal limbs supply inanv more appendages for the right side of the body than for Ihc left. Ienthor Is now used Instead of wood ns casings for pianos The mnlerlnl Is hand sotnelv embossed so ns to resemble exquis ite curving, and It Is snl-1 does not mnr or spit like a varnished stlrfnce M Idow's caps are decidedly old-fashioned, having been worn over slnco the dajs of Julius Caesar. Tiberius, by public cdb t, commanded nil widows to wear them, un der iienulty of lino and Imprisonment Pnder favorable clrcnmstnnces a power, fill human voice may be heard 15.M0 feet awn) and a brass band about the same dls tflnce. In tho Arctic regions conversation has been carried on over wnter ns fnr ns C,70) feet, He ivy cannonading has been heard ninety miles. It Is now claimed that the Chinese m vented the blcjcte more thnn 100 )ear ago and Hint the velocipede was seen In Eu lope oven earlier A stained glass window In an ancient church nt Stoke Pogls, En gland, shows a joung man astride ono of theso vehicles 'J be. tieispel nf Illltr. ("We nro unanimous In our hatred of England." Prom a late Interview with a lato statesman ) Ilutn England? Hate our 1.1th and kin That speak our common mother tongue, Tim speech thnt 11 impden thundered In, The tones that Burns and .Milton sung? Hnte England? Hato our ancient home. Whose evetv ncri- knows a story, Prom Caithness' crags to Cornwall's foam. Of Keltic pluck and Saon glory? Ilato England7 Rate tho land of Vane, Of Cromwell. Chatham. Wellington, Of Wesley, Howard, .Mill and Bain, Of Dickens, Scott and Tennjsonf But who is this that preaches Hate? I think wo know tho accents well The fallen archangel of our state, The scolllng civic lnlldcl, Who built a great renown of spite, Who called the Chiistlan statesman, fool, Who based bis law of right on .Might, And cast away tho Golden Rulo. So. while the bells of Christendom Tell earthly homes and emp) rcan Tint Christ, the Prince of Peace, Is come, Tho lowly, loving Galilean, A new Messiah clears his thront. Bad tidings of great woe to tell. And utters with discordant noto The Gospel of the Reign of Hell. Millie thoughtless followers, mid the murk Of promised war, revise the stmln: Pence e'en to tho unspe.aknblo Turk, Good will to all but Englishmen. Hate bulbing" Ave: hate greed? Amen; Hate tvr.antiy nnd wrong? Forever, In Briton or Vmcrlcnn But hate nil England? Shame! No, ncvcrl Hnto lust for land, and hato no less Tho greed that seeks Its gain ln gore: Stnnd f.ast, as England's taught us, yes, Against aggression evermore. KANSAN. et there. Judge- As the steamboat was about to leave the dock a messenger boy rushed on holding aloft ln his hand nn envelope and calling ln stenorlnn tones, ".Miss1 Pltr! Miss Pit-! Is thero a Mls Pltr on board''" Nn on-- claiming to bo a misfit, the cnptnln called out, "You hnd beter try another boat. My passengers are all pairs." suM'tonui: si.i:n. Ottawa's Palv.atlon Army provided a 1-ounteous Christmas dinner for 201 destitute people. Iola never falls to seize with avidity any thing new ln the world of art or letters. Tweutj-flvc" copies of ' Undo Tom's Cabin" wore sold thero last week. Morris county commissioners are taking corn at 23 cents a bushel on account from thoso who were supplleel with seed groin, b) tho county last spring. A man w ho has a big apple orchnrd near Tongauoxlo has snapped 1,100 of hLs trees with cornstalks ns a. means of protecting them against tho attacks of tho rabbits. Prank BoberLs, of the Oskalooa Inde pendent, iclied largely on butteicd water melon for bis Clirlstmns toot this jenr, and It doesn't eeem to havo been entirely s.atlsfactor) . It's mightily pleasing to his hosts of friends throughout tho state to hear that J Ij Pott) John found the Olatho postmos tershlp ln his stocking when hu woke up Christmas morning. Carpenter, the nrt connoisseur who edits tho Count il Grovo Republican, observes In cidentally that "plctuies of Santa Claus don't look right unless ono leg Is longer than It really ought to be." There w is a reunion of the Sheridan fam ily at Barney's home In Pnola Ohrlstmns day, nnd the long tought vital spnrk of Kansas Democincv, of the puro and unde nted sttlpc, Is cold to have been rediscov ered. John Grler, who ran a small hotel at Norton a few jenrs ago and Is now propil etor of many of tho Rock Island rating bouses In Kansas nnd Colorado Is paid to hnvo bei ome a millionaire by a. iccent Crip ple Creek strike. Pied Punstoi Is back nt his Allen county homo for the holIdn)H. Early next month, ho will return to Ne w Yoik and complete the ilnanclal part of his cotteo plantation project, and ho ej.pects to have everything In readlni ss by the 1st of Ectiruarj-. A two weeks' series of dally gospel meet ings villi begin In Pnola Thursday under thu auspices ot two of the local pastors and a "musical evnngellst " While there's llfo thero's hope, anil Billy Greuson may jot be tnatcJied as a brand from tho burn ing. rShcrlff Ham, of Jefferson county, Is mak ing a kick because somebody folonlously deprived him of sixty pounels of suusages nice ntly The sheriff evidently Isn't sat-isll-d with nnj thing li ss thnn the whole bog He ought to quietly shoulder his loss und quit squealing about It, Atchison Globe: Eeavcnworth doesn't want uny war, with her sweet lieutenants oft In tho fiont. tho Leavenworth girls would bavo to dance wltli woodcii-legged men from the Home We don't sec how nn)ono could havo the heart to stand up and shoot at a sweet lieutenant, Ellis Clarke, of tio Ottawa Republican, breathed a sigh of Intense satisfaction n.s he threw away tho old nail that hail so long fanned the connecting link between his suspenders and his trousers, the other day, nnd proceeded to Jot down tho Item that "Tho dolley senson Is over now, und fellows who were placing a great deal of responsibility on one button will soon havu relief." Some of the papers nre questioning the n"e tiraey of tho lola Register's recent com plimentary allusion to the prosperity of Johnson count)', wherein it was stated that tin Olnthu bank deposits averaged over $100 per capita for tno population of the county seat. It would onl Imply deposits to the amount of something- like M-jOo"", and thoso substantial Olatho banks have un doubtedly got them. It would bo -lllllciilt to iiy too much In praise of Johnson county. Munhattan Nationalist: Western Kansns Is the- greatest place on earth for the rapid devojopmiiit of statesmanship. Ah soon as a man gets his nume Into the Kansas City nnd Topeka napeis a few times, he begins lo Imaiiino thnt ho Is the c)nesure of all ties. He looks out over tho broad, tractless jilalns, with its fe w hundred struggling Inhabitants, and then some largo Ideas ronvo Into his mind. 'This part of the statu ought to have a senator," ho sa)s, and then ho packs a few things Into his new grip und strikes for Toptka. Theie he meets tome of the soft voiced whisperers nf Copcland count)-. Re lets the confiden tial fact leak out that the people of his liistrl-1 are urging him to make the race for tho United States benatorship: he hasn't niwlo up his mind jet. but be thinks the Mi- t ought to bo repi.sented. Then the soft voice I men till the gentleman from the iuii gross rc'tiiuu iuii ui carconaieu gas, nnd pretty soon ho Is ready for the shears and dinning nun of the sneclal corresimml. u u eras. When ha leaves for his home a few da)S later, the nowgjiapcis are referring to him as "a coming man " nnd his boom Is tn the procets of Incut. itlon. It begun at Topeku. but with careful nursing it often rc&ti tho nan's own, Jw SCIENCE GLEANINGS, An attitude ot J.0-X) feet Is very Inclement to microbes nnd hence It Is found that the atmosphere or menntnin tops Is gener allv free from these germs. Tho mnln source of supply for platinum is In the Ural mountains, Russia. The largest nugget ever found of this melnl weighed Ivvonty-olRiit pounds. About leao species of eoleoptera, or luetics, have already been described by en tnmotoglsts and It Is estimated that thero nre lenst as mnny more unknown to scl ence A submarine cable Is to be laid from the mouth of the Amnron l.t miles up thn firent river. R Is expected to contribute argely to the development of the com merce of Brsrll, Marble Is nmv manufactured from chnlk by a chemical process The product can tn stnined to Imitate nny of the colored varieties cif nsturil marble and Is suscep tible to s high polish. Out of ! trees struck by lightning In a foiest near Moscow S02 were while poplars. In view of this fact the planting or this tree as n protector ngalnst lightning J res ominended to farmers The Hnest Ivor) comes from Africa, that found near Hie equator being the must sought after. It Is said lo 1 e a curious fn t thnt the nearer the eeitintor the smaller the elephant, but the Inrgcr the tusks. Bacteria In Ice frequentl) spread disease among a community. Ico from the river spree hns been found to contain nenrlj 2 00 of these obscure organisms to tho ruble centltnclei end eve-it hailstones aro found to be liifeeteel with them. In the great Calumet nnd Hecli copper mlno In Michigan thero nre over seventy miles of drifts. One vein has been workel for two miles nnd In some of the shafts the llflv-llfth lovel has been reached, these levels being generally ten feet npart A curious discover) has been made on tho shores nf llrlttnnv, nt n point where the surf and tho action of the tides have prc clpltateel n large bodv of enrth Into the sen. The Inndsllde disclosed n largo num ber of trees, which hn-1 evidently been main centuries under ground, and wore In a stnge of transformation half-way be tween wood an-l conl The newlv perfected Maxim gun which reccntl) arrived ln New York from Liver pool, hns been sent to the otdnance de pot tmelit at Washington. This machine is considered to be- the most elc idlv and de structive smHll nrm ever built, it weighs only li? pounds, but It enn hurl ten bullet everv second or GOO rounds a minute. Onco In operation It Is claimed that It cannot be leached or captured. Inveslgntlons un"i taken recently bv a photoginplilc socletv In Germany show that the longir a mail and wife live" together tho more marked becomes tho rcsemblnnco to each other. Photographs of seven t) elght couples were taken -and a like number of pictures of ndult brothers nnd sisters. A careful examination of these showed that tho married couples were more like ench other than the brothers and sisters of tho same blood. The metal glttclntim is emerging from Its position as n chemical rarity nnd Is com ing to tho front much ns aluminum did some few )eais ugo It Is even lighter than nluinlnum, which Is remarkable, but Its chief value consists In tho fact that Its electric il conductlvltv is ns high us thnt of silver, nnd consequctitl) higher than that of copper. It Is less extensible than Iron and moic durable At present Its initio 13 about $1S per pound, which Is pro hibitive for large quantities, but this la only one-tenth of tho prlco of platinum, weight for weight, nnd one one-hundred-nnd-.slxtleth of the prlco of platinum, vol ume for volume. A Berlin ph)slclan has published somo curious llgures In relation to marriage and longevit). His investigations show that among men between tho .aires of 3) and -H tho death rate Is 27 per cent. Among mar ried men between the same ego It Is only IS per cent. Poi fortv-one bichelors who live to be JO Jeais of age, seventy-eight married men triumphant!.) nrrlvo nt tho same peilod The difference gets alt tho mole marl ed as time goes on. At fu jears of .age thero are twentj'-two hachclois to fortv-elsht married men; at 70 thero are cloven bachelors to twentv-seven who wero man led nnd by the time they reach 90 the married men aro three to one, for thero aie nine of them to every tluce bachelors. 'I heiroliglil) tip lo Date. Jinks "No use working mjself to death .any longer. I'm working to become a Wall street operator" Winks "Well, I'll "ell vou my seat ln the Stock oxhango for $10 000" Jinks' Huh! I can n t a seat ln congress for half that "Now- oik Weekly. ot EITnrve scent. Gladys "So Charley has at Inst popped the question, eh' ' Gwendolln "Popped Is hardly the word. I bad to draw It out" Pink. COI.OItARO MINKS. (Colorado Is now shipping zinc ore to Jop Hn, Mo , for treatment Tho mines around Ournj- shipped nearly 4,000 car Ioad3 of ore ln ISM Gold receipts at the United States mint at Denver on December 2ti weie SS3 000. A Colorado town with less thnn three, mining exchanges is consldeied behind tho times. It will require about forty jenrs to clean up tho ore bodies In tho Virginia mines nt Ouray. Predictions! nre made thnt Eendville will produce JiS.OuO.OOO ln lbtiO, and Cripple Creek rJ0,Oi COO. Nineteen Colorado mines have paid to the, prosmt time dividends to tho amount of US 4C0.300 Pine Creek, it is claimed, will prove, with o, little more dc-velopinent, onu of tho rich est mining dlstilct.s n the state Owners of tho Holy Cross properties ln Eagle count)- expect to ship within a jear tvo Ooj tons of oro worth $3.", per ton. The mineral belt of tho West Creek camp is twenty miles long and ten miles wide. Denver is llfty nUtcs distant and Cripple Creel: thlrty-tlv c. Tho new shaft on tho Carbonate King nt Cripple Oreek Is down 11" met, disclosing a body ot ore three feelavldc", tome of which went 157 gold per ton. Some of thee richest gold ore ever taken out In Western Colorado lias been recently unioveiid ln the Gold King, Gold Queen and Arcade mines nt Oura). A company has be en organized la New Yoik to invent 111 Colorado mlms As It reifulres some cot-h to sec uie these bonan zas, tho cupttul has, been wisul) lied at $10 WW.ojO. It Is proposed to sink the big shaft ln the Geysor mine at Sllvi r Cliff 2 0) feet de--per. Alre.aely tint bole Is down 2,1M feet. The Geyser Is tho richest silver mine In the United fotates. I'.iik county hns mado a largely lncre.aseel showing in ore output, gold production and general development over Inst year, and tho Indications lire tlmt the Jear li'J'J will ba the best In her history Good oies are now being shipped from thn Mavrplt district near Tellurlde. Prom bjx; to ten carloads of snud corbonates are sent out every week, some of the ore running several ounces In gold and very rich In lend, Tho Big Six mine, nt Lea-lvlllo has been steadily working all the jear with a largo lncreoso over ISM ln rhlpments There are four feet of ore in sight, which carries eight ounces ot gold and twenty ounces of tdlver per ton. Tho Guston mine, In Ouray county. Is one of the great dividend payers of thu btnte. In its palmy dnj-s It was a marvel ous producer, tome ot the oio running a high as U,W) ounces of bllver to the ton. Now the ore shows more gold, and In thn ninth level and b'lovv, tho j'ellow mewl occurs In shining ilakes In snowy quaru. Ono of tho big Institutions of Colorado Is the Virfcinlus mine nnd Itevenue tunnel at Ouray Tills properts h is been operated continuously slnco w3 Tho tunnel, which was besun In lShS h is a double track and Is biipplled with t l st modern electrical uppliances. The v rklngs of tho mine ex. tend four or flvi m I s, and piobably i3,W eei bos been i xii mjed on the plant. The uiu is lien in C.OI11 It Is pointed out ns a curious fact that mining looms elovelop at Intervals of about ten jtatt. Thus the California ko(i fever came lu 18TO; the Plke'h peak silver excite ment in liu); in IWu the great Cornstock mine created a fuiore, and the Ixauivlllt Ikkjiii came In 1K.0. In IfeW the South Af itean movement began, but In this country the fever was delnjod until thu present by reason of depressed financial conditions, Captain De l.nmur, a well known mlriinj expert, makes tho following simple class! Jlcatlon for the benefit of inve-uirs. ij.i tnjs: "I call mints those mineral clilnij win re more mone) can be taken out month ly than Is put in. I cull prospects unopened ore bodies containing commercial vulue. The; rest I call simply mineral locations. If Investors would bear these distinctions in mind they would not go so fur astray " A dispatch to the Denver Republican from Copper Rock, Col , suja: Ml. Casper 'v identr, who Is operating the Summerville group, has retuiruel to Kansas City to fcpenii the hoIlda)b with hU family. He U much pleased with the outlook lu the Sunv mervill and is drifting up the hill from the bhaft on this villi, opining up a large body of mill dirt: also u. fair sl.ed streak a.me,U"R ore-, JIe U ule diving tho drift ort the Jcilow Bo. und has a nuall streak of smelting- pre which assa)s thirteen ounc a of gold iM.r ton, but the chief val ue in tho mintral In this district is in liiTfe bodies of mill .117 vv I. Icl, abound hen Mr. Wlibn r returns It Is liU Intotw ? l ?- ""- "" "-other Ufty feet, I"- I f rj -r - ; wrTd-ws:-ri2,:cii r