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S5WI -"I "VV" " K tJMW" """ ""W '-w's "W ' ', --w'ww-'-w 1,-,-t HjlSl!;Ss ' " Ipsw5? 7 . isT -j - i - t V - : $J-- t, J fc V , 1' it A CASE IN EQUITY. BY FRANCIS LYNDG. ICpyrlcht. il9j. ty J. D. Upplneott Co.) V. A CIIANCB ACQUAINTANCE. Tlic trnln on the ClitunsecVnllcy ex tension lurched uneasily round the .nines in tho new trnck of the branch Ir.e, leailiiK a trail of sooty smoke annging in the foliage on the mountain sltlo mid stippling the pools in the river lth showers of cinders from the en gine where the railway embankment tktrtcd the stream. The afternoon sun find dropped behind the summit of lohn's mountain, but his oblique rays still poured into the valley through oc :nional gaps In tho ridge, projecting jrotcsquely lengthened shndows of the moving train half way across to the western slope of .Tubal mountain. A col brec7.c, fragrant with the breath of wild honeysuckle and picy with the ti'slnous smell of old-field pines, blew In it the open windows of the car; and rhorndykc, lying back in Ids seat with ml (closed eyes, tried once more to set u their proper order the events of the last few days hv New York. There was no particular reason why they should e assorted and labeled, savu one; the memory of them seemed to be slipping jwny from him. There were tunes when he could not be sure that he hnd .dgned his will; -when h could not re member what he had said to his mother at parting. And as for that pathetic little scene in the dimly-lighted drawing-room at the Jlorrihsons', it might lme happened ten years before. lie asked himself If it were possible that it was only two days since he hnd choked in trying to say good-by to Helen. It was beyond belief; the miles of distance had somehow become transmuted into years of time, and the memory of that evening, only two evenings ago, was al ready beginning to fade. Was it only because the change of scene and of cn .rompassment pushed the things of yes-tn.-dny aside to make room for newer mprcss!ous, or did the reason, lie in the prim fact of irrevocability? Thoni - dyke pursued these reflections so for Into the Held of abstractions that the man In the next seat spoke twice before he got an answer. "1 beg your pardon,'" Philip said, coining' back to actualities with a re luctant effort. "What did .you say?" "I asked if you were going up to Alia cuochee," said the voice. It was an unpleasant voice, remind ing one of the buzadng of bluebottles and other annoying insects. Thorn dyke looked around, and saw a wiry little man Avlth keen eyes, u thin beak liko nose, scanty black bido whiskers, and a straggling mustache drooped in mi evident but unsuccessful attempt to cover the faulty teeth. Foreseeing tedium In .the .face, he answered vague- "Yes; I bcllex e my ticket reads to that point." ' The human lly was not to be silenced by any such mild discouragement. "I supposed so," he buzzed. ".My name is Kench Jenkins Fetich," handing Thorndyke a card which ingeniously combined the name with a somewhat iingrnmmatical advertisement of the Mlacoochce Lnnd, Manufacturing and Improvement company, Guaranty building, -122 liroadway. '"Drop around io my oillce when you get settled, and I'll give you some pointers that'll put you right in on the ground lloor. What name did I understand you to Kay?" "I didn't say," contradicted Philip, meekly, passing Ids card across to tho ran of business. "Ah, Thorndyke; glnd to know you, Mr. Thorndyke. As I was saying, if jou'll come around"" "I have no idea of imcstlng in Alla eoochec," Philip interrupted, hoping to nicape. "I'm in Alabama lor my health, and 1 don't. expect to stay in town very long." "Oho, yes; for your health, eh? con sumption, I suppose. Well, well; in life we're In the midst of death, .and no man knoweth the day orhoan" Mr- Pencil seemed nonplused for the moment, but he milled immediately and went on w ith increasing zeal. "In that case, Mr. Thorndyke, what ictter legacy could u man leave his folks than n few solid investments In .ur promising young city? Why, my .lenr lr, as a stranger, you can huve ia idea of the vnst und wonderful re sources of this mnrielous region abso lutely no Idea- at all. And Allncoochce j the natural center for the whole coun try the point where nil the Industries ivlthln a radius of 500 uiIIck are bound .o vlustcr. Just run your eye over this nap; look ut that for a location! This art that's platted off is as level as a floor, and here's the railroad running itrnlght through the middle of it" he was leaning oer the back of the scat now, holding the map spread out before his unwilling listener "plenty of room for sidetracks oor here, you see, and for the shops that the road's going to build. Then here are the spurs down to tho rolling mill and the furnace on the bank of the river; this one goea up to tho coal mines nnd that to the Iron mines ncross the Little Chlwassee. This piece of ground's reserved for a woolen mill, and th.it atrip down there by tho 4-lver is taken for a swing factory baby swings, you know o sawmill, n planing mill, a sash nnd door factory, a" Philip made two or three wild passes nt his human bluebottle, succeeding finally in interrupting with a promise to call upon Mr. Fench at his office and pleading weariness as on excuse for not , Investigating the subject on tho pot. Pencil folded his map and rested his ?nse with the promise; but he kept up n running fire of encomiums on the new south nnd Allacoochce, which the effort at postponement had only changed from particulars to generalities, while Philip leaned back in the corner of the seat nnd gae himself up to nn ecstasy of loathing. While the endless tale of prosperity continued the light went nut of the sky, nnd it was quite dark whpn the brakemon thrust his facelnto the car to cnll "Allacoocheel" Thorndyke gathered up Ills belong ings with o sigh of relief nnd presently found himself standing under the glare jf an electric lamp on the station plat form, trying to hazard a guess nt the beft hotel In the place as tho names were shouted out by the knot of yelling jockmen. "Here you are for the Allacoochec Inn!" "P.lght dls-nway for de Mountain fiousel" -" - "Shut yo' fish-trap, nlggahl yass, mil, right hyali, snh; 'bus fo' dc Hotel .loliannlsbcrg." Notwithstanding the poet's doubting question, there Is always more or less in a name; nnd tlic Hotel . loliannlsbcrg gnined a guet that night upon no bet ter grounds than that the word awoke plcaumt memories In. the mind of u man who knew Europe rather better than he did his own country. As the omnibus jounced along over tlic un paged streets, Thorndyke amused lilin self by picturing the probable contrast between the backwoods tuern and its high-sounding appellation. lie was mther more than surprised, therefore, when the omnibus stopped In front of a Uircc-storlcd building standing In. a park-like inclosure and nblaze with gas and electric lights; nnd as tonishment rose into ndmlrntlon when a liveried sen nnt ushered him Into the magnificent rotunda lloorvd with mar ble mosaic and wainscoted In quarter sawed oak. Kverything about tlic place was cosmopolitan and modern, from the convenient telegraph oillce In the corner to tho sunvo clerk, who might have been a swlt Importation from tlfu best'Uppointed liohtelry in.New Yotk. "Glnd to welcome you to Allncoochce. Mr. Thorndyke," he said, hospitably, when Philip had registered. "We're a little crowded to-night, but I can glvu you a good room on Uie hecond floor, If that will answer." "Pin not particular, o that it's com fortable," replied Thorndyke, glad to havo lib forebodings dispelled. "Is Biipiwr served?" "Dinner, if you please," corrected the clerk, affably, summoning a cull-boy. "Show Mr. Thorndyke to his room "o. 83." And riilllp followed his coffee-colored guide to the elevator with an un comfortable conviction growing upon him that he hnd somehow stamped him self as provincial by suggesting supper instead of dinner. The meal was excellent and well berved; and the comfort of his room, after two weary nights in the sleep ing car, made Thorndyke a late riser on his first morning in Allacoochec. After breakfast ho went out upon the veranda to givo-tho feeling of appreciative sur prise a. chance to expand with n wider view. The Hotel Johanulsbcrg was owned by the Town company, nnd Its situation on a slight knoll at the foot of John's mountain had been chosen with a view to the prospect. Standing on the steps of the veranda, Philip saw a background of wooded slopes rising in green bravery to the line of rugged cliffs at the summit of Jubal moun tain; a middle distance of vnlley where the course of the Chlwassee river was defined by a bed of fleecy mist milled into semi-trunsparency by the warmth of the morning sun; to the left, be yond the narrower strip of mist mark- JU 'I asled yon Jf yon were going to Allacoochee. lug the windings of the Little Chiwns bce, tho bold forehead of Hull moun tain overtopping the town. These were tho frame for the picture which human activity was. etching into the level area inclosed by the two streams. Long vistas of btreets marked by furrows turned at tlic urb lines; open spaces dotted with the stakes of tho surveyor and heaped with piles of brick and lum Ikt; uncounted numbers of half-fin ished buildings upon which the work men clustered like swarming bees; the muilled drumming of hoisting engines; the strident exhausts of the locomo tives In the railway yord; the clung of hummers In u boiler shop every where the sights and sounds of restless in dustry and Impatient progress. Under such circumstances the gre garious impulbe asserts itself irresisti bly. Thorndyke looked about him for a possible sympathizer, and, by a proc ess of natural selection which is as un accountable as it Is inerrant, he pitched upon a young man sitting apart from the various groups on the veranda. Drawing up a chair, he began to un burden himself. "It beats anything I ever henrd of," lie said. "What is there behind it all?" Standing an a tnrgct for the gunnery of other people's surprise was no new experience for the man of Philip's selec tion, and he smiled good-uaturedly. "A good many people have asked that ques tion. I cau't answer It to my own satis faction, but others would say the coal and Iron; tho luck of important manu facturing centers in the south, nnd the consequent pressing need for one just here; the climate, and a hundred other things besides." "Are the coal and iron realities? "Oh, yea, very much so; tills moun tain behind the hotel Is a vast coal bed, and that one over there" pointing to the cliffs across the Little Chlwassee "is cquully rich in iron of fair quality." "Then the people nrc not merely crazy enthusiasts, nfter all." "That's as you please to look at It. So far us natural resources go, the place Is holid. There is any quantity of build ing material, marble, sand and lime stone, fire clay, timber, coal and iron. It n city may be built upon the mere pnence of raw material, Allacoochce Is a fact accomplished." "That implies a doubt; may I ask the renbon?" "Certainly, though I'm not atull sure I can make it plain. All the advantages I hai c named and a dozen more ure here, to be sure, but they 'i e always been here, and it remnlned for our friends the pro moters to find out that they would war i ant ull this," Including tho isible part of Allucoochee by a comprehensive ges ture. "More than that, the same ad vantages may bo found in plenty of lo cnlUIes in the south, some of them niuoh more accessible than tills valley. And then I have on old-fashioned idea that cities can't be created arbitrarily." 'I hey smoked In silence for a little while, and then Thorndyke took a card from his cafce und handed It to his com panion. "Let mc introduce myself," he said. "I just got in last night, and you may be able to tell roe what I want to know." "I am entirely at your service, Mr Thorndyke." The reply was prompt nnd courteous, nnd Philip rend "Kobcrt Prothcroe, C. L" on the enrtl which wns handed him. "My physician bus sent mc here," he explained, "and he tells mo 1 must live out of doors. How sholl 1 go about It V" "How do you wunt t go about It?" Philip laughed. "I'll have to confess Uint my plans nrc a trlt'e'indcflnltc. I hnd nn Idea that perhaps 1 might go Into the woods with the lumbermen or the turpentine gatherers." "You're still too fnr north for that; there are no lumber camps or turpentine forests in this part of the state, nnd if there were, I hardly think the life would -be whnt you want, ,fer trouble 1 pulmonary?" . "Yes; pulmonnry." Prothcroe reflected for n moment. "This country Is said to bo favorable for consumptives on better authority than that of our friends of tho pros pectus, I mean nnd If you nskmy nil vice " He paused and looked Inquir ingly nt Philip. "Yes; please go on." "I should say that you might find out what it will do for you by get ting lionrd at borne farmhouse in the valley. You could put In your time tramping about, and the scenery would give you nn ob ject. There Is only one difficulty." "What is that?" "Pannhouscs where you can get any thing to cat besides bacon and corn pone are not plentiful In this part of the country." Having lib recent experience with the railway eating houses before him, Philip shuddered. "I'm willing to rough It," he said, "but Pin notnnxlous to add dyspeiisla to my other ailments. Don't you supposo I could find a place where the bill of fare wouldn't be quite so limited?" "You'll find very few of thorn in tills mountain region; roughly speak ing, there are only two classes of white people a small minority of well-to-do planters and fnrmers, and a large ma jority of poor folk." "That's rather discouraging; nnd yet it seems ns If I ought to be able to find whnt I need. I don't expect much In the wny of nccommodntions; I'd be satisfied with good pluln country bonrd, such ns we get among fnrmers In tho north." "I know of but one plnce near here that nnswers your description. It's in a Scotch family up on the Little Chl wassee; but I hardly think you could get in thrrc." "Do you think not? I'd try not to bo troublesome; and if It would be a ques tion of money " "Xo, It wouldn't be a question of money." Prothcroe stopped abruptly and twisted his mustache. "I wish you hadn't said thnt," he ndded, frowning; "there nrc some few things in this world thnt can't lie bought with money: n foothold in Jamie Duncan's home is ono of them." "I beir.vournnrdon," Philip protested, 'flushing painfully nt the thought thnt Prothcroe had misconstrued his mean ing. "I only meant that I am able and willing to pay for what. I get; I " Something gripped his throat, and an uncontrollable tit of coughing strangled him nnd broke the sentenco in two. When he put a haudkerchief to his lips It. came nway spotted with blood, and Prothcroe saw it. "For heaven's sake! I had no idea you were thnt far along! Let me help you " He led Thorndyke to the elevator and through the long corridor on the uppei floor, milking him lie down us soon as they reached the room. "Is there anything else. I enn do fot you? shall I cull a doctor?" he nsked. Thorndyke shook hls'hCnd. "It's rather worse tlinn I gave you to under stand; my physiclun in New York nl lowed mo six months, nnd Pvo eaten Into one of them pretty deeply already." "Six months! Did the man send you down here to die?" "It amounts to thnt; but I knew. It was the only chance for mc." Prothero made two or three turns up nnd down the room, and then stopped with Ills hand on the doorknob. "I'll bo back after awhile to see how you are; In the mean time you lie still nnd just make up your mind you've got to win; it's more than half the battle. You're sure there's nothing I can do for you?" "Nothing, thank you, but you mustn't let mc Impose on your good nature. 1 can ring up the office If I need nny thlng." Prothcroe went down the hull talk ing to himself. "Poor fellow! I'm afraid it's nil day with him. I ought to be ashamed of myself for pretending to misunderstand what he said about paying his way; I am ashamed, nnd I'll prove It bv trusting the poor devil and Klsle." (TO BE CONTINUED. MEXICO'S HICH MINES. A.morloan Prospootors Aro Tnklng Hold of Thorn. Now ii. .StnliK of Sonorix nml Clilliiiiilimi Contain Knlinlunn Mure f rurc Silver mill Cop per Uren. (Special Los AngeUn (Cal.) Letter. Ilccent reports of "discoveries, or rather rediscoveries, of licit silver mines m tho adjoining Mexlcnn stntcs of So- nora and Chihuahua hne turned a Inrge number of prospectors in thnt direction, which will somewhat coun teract the rush to the nrctlc. Since tho exhaustion of the Ncvnda mines prospectors hnve pcrcolnted through Arizonn into Sonora and Chihuahua. A few rich strikes, followed by the usual general rush to the new Kl Dorado, will hasten the Incvltnble tho acquisition by the United States of these provinces, which hang like a ripe peach ready to Jrop Into the hnnds of anyone who is (llllng to grasp them. These states jrc, nnd have been for centuries, terror ized by Apnchc Indians, and the well-lo-do ranchers, as well ns the wretch edly poor who arc snfe from the depre cations of the Apaches, look to this gov ernment ns the only relief from the slundcrlng Indians. The ranchers realize that a stable government would :nhnnce the value of their property nnd die laborers feel that they would then have some incentive to accumulate property, and the mines could be worked In greater security. Indian ;aids have been tlic greatest drawback to the development of the mines. Yet .nore silver has been taken from the nines of these provinces than has been produced by the remaining states of Mexico; more than the output of Cali fornia In the "golden duys," or of Nc vndp In the bonanza days. These mines arc not yet exhausted, ("or three centuries, Mexico, or New Spain, sent about $10,000,000 yearly to the "mother country." This was the 'king's fifth," which he demanded as Another rcmarknble discovery was that of the fabulously rich Cntorcc Lnd rones (Fourteen llobbera) In Sun Luis Potosl. A negro fiddler (a rarity In Mexico), on his return from a fandango, cumped on the mountntn. In the morn ing he round hi the embers otuiacnmp fire n chunk of pure silver, lie hnd built the lire over the vein, lie wns not ennobled, but wo next tcurn that tho mine hnd been located by 14 robbers, ns the camp nas norne uie name oi Cntorcc for more than a century. A vallrond extends for about two miles under the mountain to hnul out ores. At this distance nn Immense cavern wns found, recently, in which was found primitive mining Implements. There Is a great dcnl of Amcrlcnn cap ital invested in mines In these two rich tirovlnces; also, considerable Kngllsh capital, yet It is by no menns scarce be cause of the Apache Indians who live by plundering others. The Mexlcnn government gives little or no protection to these provinces, nnd the wealth of the foreigners is nlso tempting to Mexi can robbers nnd unscrupulous officlnls. But, with nu Incrcnslng population, consequent upon rich discoveries, the foreigners will soon become powerful enough to settle the Indian and other questions, when capltnl will be safe and mines can be worked under mora advantageous conditions. In this man ner, but under different conditions, Texas was settled, nnd finally threw oft the Mexican yoke. Annexntlon fot- ln.il .llnnamlnd lit- lIlM Mnvtnnn KHP. Innrl llii rnnnnnat nf Pnllfnrnln. Considering the crude methods of milling In those days these mines cer tainly must hnve been wonderfully rich. The ore was carried up by the peons in leather sneks by means bf wooden lad ders. The shafts were not prospected to n depth beyond 20 or .10 feet, and when they became filled with water or cnvlng enrth. or when a rocky obstruc tion was struck, they were abandoned. These silver mines grcntly nlded Spnln in her conquests of territory nnd wars with other powers, lly their dis covery a large part of her uobIIty wns created, and with their riches cathedrals and churches were built and furnished A BAD COMPANION. TAKING CARE OF HIMSELF. lie llliln! l.lkr to Correct n I.nOr, Tint lie Unit To. The in nn with bronzed nkln nnd longl'li fiAir wns hniiRiiiK upon cvriy word that tho clnrmlnu young womnn upoke. She was tolKric, of nn actress whom she Rrcntly mi lium!. "I will never forcct how she looked." the young woman said. "She wns as beautiful ns Juno." Tho wrnllier-heatcn auditor moves! uncas- nM i.i ..!.i. i.r i ..- nH.lK .:.. 11 , mm iiicii pain; I iil'H jri I'uiiiiin, mini-, hut I ain't sure that I heard ycr remark jest right." "I said thnt she was ns beautiful in Juno." "It ain't fer me ter c rcct a lady, he be gan in apologetic tones. "1 nin quite willing to 1m- corrected when there is any reason tor doubt," she replied, in a tone with trncen of congMlmcnt through it. "Hut I do not perceive how this enn bo such n case." "I don't persume to contcrditt nobody," he replied. "I haven't no observations to ..!... f..ll.M ll... L1 ll. .U'l a... .- uiiinu mi mil iiinu uint mem mil v nu uu eounlin' fur tnstes." "Have you ever scon this net rcsst" "No, miss." "Then I don't see how you arc qualified to speak." "Might I make so bold nn to inipilre whether you wns ever ns fur west ns llritfsh Columbia?" "Never." "Then. mis, von rnti't re'lize that I'm staiulin up fur the lady's good looks ns much as you nic. e cant believe half of what these here miners that come enst tell ye. It ye nin't even been ns fur ns Ilritish Columbia, it slnn's to rvnson thnt yo rnn't have no idea of what a lonesome, ram shackle, frimp lookin' place Juneau is." Washington Star. Thr Kin.. i kiss. She frowned mcdl AN OLD SALT'S BLUNDER. lie .SufTrrnl lir Taklnir Ton Much for Grunted. "Experience," said the mnn who had been telling tnles of the sen, "Ih ii great thing. Hut it gets In tho way some times. I'll never forget the last ship wreck I wns in." "It must be terrible," snld the boy whom he was entertaining, "to be adrift In the ocean." "It Is rather trying to realize that land is miles nway, no matter whether you nieaure stdcwlse or strnightdown. Hut tills h-bipwrcck wnsn't on the ocean." "Hut you snld you had sailed the At lantic." "Yes; that's where I got my experi ence. Hut it wns on Lake Superior thnt I found myself with nothing to tie to except nn old wnshstnnd. It wns three days before I was picked up." "Weren't you nlmocit dead?" "Pretty near." "From hunger?" "Partly thnt. And I suffered some from thirst. Hut the most of it was humiliation. The flrstthinglasked for was a drink of water. I had suffered agonies. My throat was parched and my tongue felt like n herring. One of tho men in tlie boat looked nt me ns if he thought I was delirious, but when I repeated my request he took a tin can, leaned over the side of the boat and dipped mij up a drink. Tlien I realized for tho first time that I was on fresh wa ter instend of salt and there wasn't the k'ast excuse for n sane man's going thirsty a minute. Experience. Is a great thing, my boy. Never turn up your noso at iL Hut remember that it is as likely as not to run you into trouble If you haven't common t-enso as a com pass to steer by," Washington Star. 3KV7. - E-OC 2fc - .. . , J He begged lativcir. "A kis," she said, "is an expression of icntlineiit. Placed upon the hand, it sig nifies respect: upon the forehead, friend- imp; upon the lips, both and more or leithcr. Since you have nsked it, you mav ixprcus yoursell in one kiss, rrocccu. lie hesitated. Through respect and friendship love may (te reached. If he were too bold she . He nesitaled. He gared down into the crass tnd pondeied swiftly. He tried to rend her Hood, lie would place that otic kiss upon iier Ho henrd a trill ns of mnny birds. He looked up. She was whistling softly. Her hat was nulled down to her eves, cov (ring her forehead, and her hands were thrust deep into the jwickcts of her jacket Detroit Tree Press. In almost every case of' marriage one of the parties in time looks the rabbit to the suier s won. Atcmson uione. Jack Warn MnklnK Money In War of Ills Orrn Chooslna". ' "Why don't you give thnt son of yours rlinnee?" nsked one business veteran of an other. "He must inherit some of your su perior business (jUalitics and the time will come when you must have some one to look after your affairs. He can't manage them without the necessary training." "Don't you suppose that I have canvassed the whole situation? I have let that buy handle a small fortune, and the result have been so unsatisfactory that I have given him formal notice to look out for liimFelf," "Hut he seems to have nlcnty of money." "Tliat'a another thing 1 don't like. I hove cut off his allowance, yet he lives well and never enters a complaint. Last spring I thought I would, have to put up the office blinds for want of ready cash. My collater als were not available and creditors were ntishtntr me. The bov walked into the office one afternoon when I wns In the throetof de spair, snld: 'Things lookin' blue, governor!' laid down a certified check for $".20,000 and walked out. I owe him that yet, but am hohllnc it back til' I can sec that he needs It. Vhen I gave him money to bur wheat nnd told him how the market was liable to go, ho ignored my ndvicc and bought mil lions of eggs: right in the midst of hot weather, mind you. On learning where they were stored I notified the health depart ment and requested some of those in tlic vi cinity to bring proceedings when the nuis satire nsserted itself. I lcnrned incidentally afterward that he had a patent process for preserving eggs nnd cleared up a big pot of money. Wheat hadn't gone the way I pre dicted, but it wns his business to do as I told him. Recently he made f 15,000 ntsome shooting game. I don't know just what it wns, but one of his friends said that Jack hnd taken a long shot at a horse and won. I hope the rascal had to pay for the horse."- Octrolt Free Press. A treasure laid up is Ft. Jacobs Oil. It cures the worst Neuralgia. Slow I'ay. Pakscnger This is n very slow road. nraKcman very. "Do "Yes you suppose it pays?'' ; pays as it goes. Up-to-Date. PIko'h Cure for Consumption is nn A No. 1 Asthma medicine. W. It. Williams, An. Modi, HI., April 11, 1804. Aspirations without faith nrc powerful only for destruction. They enn kindle a revolution, but they cannot mold a new order. estcott. When did you nrrivc not to know St. Jacobs Oil will cure a sprain right off. Wearing glasses seems to go in families, like consumption nnd red hair. Washing ton Democrat. &?&&S-.;;:- MKXIUAN UOUau IN CHIHUAHUA. owner of the earth lu which the metnl was found. The bulk of this silver came from these provinces. When the proverbial dishonesty of Spanish offi cials Is considered, this estlmute may be ut least doubled. Spanish records mid statements of travelers, the records of missions and the histories of families who have been ennobled through rich dicoveries, verify these facts which con ley witli them a tinge of oriental ro mance. The Sierra Nevadas, which traverse Nevada and California, and which have electrified the world with their richness, reappear Mexico as the Sierra Madre, and forms the boundary line between Sonora and Chihuahua. Sonorn is the richer of the two, because it contains not only sliver, but also gypsum, sulphur, pumice stone and bait, the latter of which is necessary for the extraction of silver, and it has an equable climate and soil equal to thnt of California. On the Sonora side of the mountain is the long-since aban Joncd mine of Arazuma, or Avlshe, not far from Chihuahua the most wonder ful mine lu the world, from which was taken one piece of silver weighing 3,700 pounds, the largest piece taken from jny mine lu the history of the world. This is proven by mining records in the City of Mexico. This famous bo nanza was discovered about two cen turies ago, and for about 100 years it produced such immense masses of vir gin silver that It seemed for a time as if the white metal were to be debased sure enough. Not content with his one- APACHE CHIEF JtED SLEEVE. fifth, the king of Spain confiscated it, nnd, under government officers, the product gradually "petered out." Shortly aftervvarJs, the Apaches took (o the war path and almost desolated tho country; und for near 100 years tht most wonderful mine in the world :as remained ubandoned and forgot ten. On the western side of the range Is the town of Uatopilos a camp honey ;omed with veins of almost pure sil ver. "Boss" Shcppcrd, once well known lu Chicago and Washington city, has a jroup of mines here, and is scleral times a millionaire. The oldest and i ichest mine is Bueno Successo (Uood success) which was discovered by an Indian who had swam to the opposite side of the stream and saw flashes of illvcr on the banks, sparkling In the sun. He used a chisel to cut out tho pure silver, and when the mini) bad filled with water he quit work. He took out a fortune and wan ennobled. A laborer named Husta Mente discovered El Carmen, and was made a marquis. He was taxed about 25 cents on every five dollars, which built the cathedral at Chihuahua, the gold and sliver or naments of which Is lolued at $100,000. One of his descendants became presi dent of Mexico. with alturs of silier. golden crosses nnd bilvcr ornaments emblazoned with ru bles nnd diamonds, lu learning of the richness of the El Dorado she sent an army to conquer Mexico nnd destroyed a civilization superior to her own. After the Spaniards hnd thus proven the almost Inexhaustible richness of these mines the Apaches, smarting un der the butcheries and burnings ut the stake of their ancestors, urose nnd drove their oppressors out of the country their chief source of revenue. A hult century Inter the Sonorn mill lug fever broke out, and capitalist from the United States und from Eng land Hocked to the new El Dorado, which wiis the old. Then the Apache again took to the war path, uud almost depopulated the country. The mining fever died out for a quar ter of ii century, when American pros pectors from California, Nevada nnd Arizona begun to tlock in. There has been a steady stream of travel to theso districts ever since, and now Chihuahua nnd Sonora are largely "Americanized." A number of these prospectors have realized fortunes within the past tew years, especially since the mining laws were mude more liberal. Several Lo Angeles capitalists own silver und cop per mines in Sonorn. They are also In troducing the system of irrigation, which will supply water for the mines nnd nlso the fertile valleys for Ameri can farmers who are teelcit;g that sec tion becuuse land is cheup, und they prefer n frontier life to civilisation. Sonora has the best harbor (Uuuymas) on the coast, next to thut of San Frau cibco bay. And in theCJulf of California arc valuable pearls. Immense fortunes were nlso realized by the Spuuiards lu these fisheries, the king also gutting t, tifth uud the patron saint "Lady Ouad nlupc" another fifth. In addition to the Influx of miner numerous colonies have recently emi grated to these provinces. With our increase of population additional terri tory is needed, nnd the present genera tion muy see the ich mineral states of Sonora uud Chihuuhua "Texunized." J. M SCAN LAND. How Slio ClunslllcJ Iter. "Shu U such a plump, tine-looking girl," uld her admirer. 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