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DEATH M THE PIT.
ANOTHER FEIGHTFUL JUNE DIS
ASTERS WALES,'
One
Hundred and Fifty Colliers
Thought to Have Lost
Their Lives.
Three Hundred Unfortunates Entombed by
an Explosion in the Morsa Mines
in Galmora:anshire
The Work of Eescue Greatly Eetarded
live in a Hew York Tenement Build
ing Promptly Squelched
Several Harrow Escapes
The Casualty
Eecord.
WEATHER BULLETIN.
- Sigxal Omen. Wichita, Kan.. March
10. The highest temperature was CO c;
the lowest 45. and the mean 52, with
fresh south westerly to northerly winds; .03
inch of rain, followed by warmer, cloudy
weather and low barometer.
Last year on Alarch 10 the highest tcm
pcratuie was 52. the lowest 19 and the
mean 34, 1S colder than this year.
FuedIj. Johxson, Observer.
War Department. Washington. D. C,
March 10. S p. m. Forecast until S p. in.
Tuesday:
For Kansas: Light rains, followed by
fair weather, northwesterly winds, colder.
For Missouri: Colder Tuesday night,
northwesterly winds.
ANOTHER MINE H0EE0R.
One Hundred and Pifty Lives Lost by an
Explosion.
London, March 10. A terrific explosion
occurred today in the Morsa colliery in
Glamorganshire, Wales, which it is feared
will be attended with much loss of life.
One hundred miners are entombed and
communication with them is impossible
for the present. It is feared that all of
them have perished.
Later advices from the Morsa colliery
are that .300 miners were entombed but
that many have been rescued from the
workings nearest the main shaft. Most
of those taken out are unhurt, although
several received fatal injuries. Heavy falls
of rock prevented the explorers from reach
ing the more remote workings.
The latest estimate is that 150 lives have
been lost.
Eight bodies, terribly mutilated, have
been recovered from the mine. Great ex
citement was caused in the pit by a ru
mor that appeals for help could be heard
from the entombed men, The rescuers
are constantly succumbing to the effects
of the gas and are obliged to make a
tpeedy retreat.
A NAEEOW ESCAPE.
prompt Action Saves Many Lives from a
Tenement House Pire.
New York, March 10. l'he cry of fire
awoke Ludlow street once more in the
night. It came from 137, a human bee
hive, six stories high, which sheltered
tlnrty families m its front and rear. The
horde of tenants, chiefly Hebrews, were
last asleep when Policeman Baker found
J. Salzeri fishs store in the basement on
fire. It quickly soread to Henry Bleak's
notion store and Elias West's grocery
on the ground floor. Baker gave the
alarm that sent the firemen hurrying to
ward the spot and yelled "fire" until ho
was hoarse. Halls and stairways filled
quickly with smoke and the tenants were
lorcea" to tike the fire escapes, not stop
ping to put on a rag of clothing. The
iron ladders became choked at once.
The fleeing tenants were driven back
to the rear only to find the
fire roaring up there as through a
roll chimney, making escape impossible.
S.Ilirschercbon threw his baby from the
second floor fire escape into thearmof a
fireman who caught it living, and then he
lowered his wife and three other children
to the street with a rope. The fifty ten
ants in the rear building were at a dis
advantage. Unable to reach the street
they rushed to the roof and were joined by
a crowd from the front, who camo over
thebridces. Strung along the coping, in
agitated, despairing tones men and women
Shouted for help. The most desperate
jlmibed over thcedgelof the roof and made
ready to jump.
The roof of 137 wa the full height of a
thtee-story house below. Undertaker Hoel
lerger, who Hives there, shouted to the im
perilled tenements not to jump.Tlie firemen
were coming and ctting ready their lad
ders. By the time thev had raised one
long enough from the undertaker's roof to
i each the top of the burning front tene
ment, the iron bridge that spanned the
yam groaued, under the sudden rush of
many leet across it. But it held and the
fireman brought the tenants down
safe. A single family had been
It-It, A. Goldstein. hi- wife
loss and children, aged 4 vears, Fannie,
aged o years, and Jacob, the baby, was
the last, to quit their room on the second
floor of the front building. Their cries
were heard below, and Firemen William
llkmson Gaffney and Flinn groped
their way tl.rough the darkness, fol
lowing tho sound. They rescued the per
ishing family just in time. Tho whole
carnage by the fire, when it was all over
was sen cely 2,000. No one knows how it
originated.
FIRE IN A POINTING ESTABLISH
MENT. Topeka, Kan., March 10. Fire broke
out about midnight in tho old Common
wealth building on Jacksou street, uow
occupied by the Kansas Newspaper Union
for a busiuess office, press room and com
posing rooms. The fire department
quickly reuonded to an alarm, and when
he seriousness of the fire was discovered a
second alarm was sent iu, bringing out
nil the force of tne four fire stations of the
city. The lir- had originated in the "wet
ting down" rooms and had snread to press
and roller rooms and up the elevator shaft
to the composing and make up rooms be--fore
tho department got to work. After
au hour and a half's hard work the fire
vas extinguished, with a loss to the
building and contents that will reach
F-,oOO to $3,00.', all covered by insurance.
MURDER OR AN ACCIDENT?
Kansas Citt, Ma, March 10. When
Mrs. Michael Morgan returned home from
church last night she stumbled and fell
over the prostrate body of a man lyinu at
the bottom of the stairs. She ran hastily
lo the basement of the honse, where her
nncle. ex-County Judge Hugh Lynch, was
snterraining friends aud iuformed him of
her experience. The judge accompanied her
o the bottom of the stairs where he lit a
natch and flashed the light in the face of
the prostrate man. It was Mrs. Morgan's
husband, stone dead. H neck wiv
broken aud his kull was crushed. The
police are looking for evidence of foul play
although Mr. Morgan's friends believe ho
simply stumbled at the top of the stairs
and iu Lis fall received his fatal iujurv
Mr. Morgan was xvell known in business
circles, hold ins a responsible position with
a prominent dry goods house here.
WAREHOUSE TOTALLY DESTROYED.
Kansas City, Arc, March 10,- The
warehouse of the B. C. Clark Crockery
company together with all its contents
wns destroyed early this morning:. -The
fire had gained such a headway when dis
covered that the efforts of the department
to subdue it were futile. The firemen by
hard work kept the fire from spreading to
the adjoining building. The loss is S102,
000; fully insured.
T. B. Bnrnham. president of the com
pany and active manager of the business,
is a resident of Laaven worth.
GROUND INTO A PULP.
KANSAS Cm", March, 10. John Davis,
colored, an employe of Armour's packing
house meddled with the shafting this
morning. His hand caught in one of the
belts and his body was drawn into the ma
chinery and ground to a pulp. His fellow
workmen carried his body to his home
where they resisted tlie attempt of the
coroner to hold an inquest. After some
difficulty they consented to the removal
of the bod3 and the coroner held the in
quest. The jury returned a verdict in ac
cordance with the facts.
FIRE IN CINCINNATI.
ClN'ClXXATr. O., March 11. A few min
utes before 1 o'clock this morning flames
burs:; out, as if by au explosion, from all the
upper stories of Storm & Meyer's clothing
house, at the northeast corner of Third
and Vine streets. Before the fire depart
ment could get out the flames were through
the roof, and at the present writing the
building is doomed. Not a thread of
clothing can be .saved. The loss will be at
least S00,000. It is probably well insured.
The building is of stone and six stories
high.
THE TRAIN MEN KILLED.
Ltxcolx, Neb., March 10 By a rear end
collision on the Burlington & Missouri
Itiver road near Harvard early this morn
ing, Conductor Norton and Brakemau
Miller were instantly killed. The train
had broken in two and they had just con
nected it up, when the engine ot another
freight crashed into the caboose. The
men on the other train saved themselves
by jumping.
ABOVE HIGH WATER MAEK
A Threatened Plood on the Mississippi
Will Oause Great Loss.
St. Louis, Mo., March 10. Boports from
the lower MississipDi river are to the effect
that the flood iu that stream has become
alarming high all along the coast; that the
levees are breaking at various places aud
that there is great apprehension that a
large section of the country on both sides
of the river will be inundated. The latest
report is that the levee at Sanpiugton
Hook, six miles above Arkansas City,
Ark., broke yesterday aiternoon. The
crevasse was forty feet wide at last reports
and was still widening. The water lacked
a foot and a half of being
to the top of the leveo and the break was a
complete surprise, there being no appear
ance of weakness up to within a few min
utes before tho break. Within twenty
four hours the whole of the river front
from the crevasse to the Louisiana line
will be flooded. The whole of the Texas
basin of Louisiana, consistiuo: of four or
five parishes, will undoubtedly be covered
by water. The river' at Arkansas City is
forty-seven and fiye-te'nths feet on the
guage, four tenths of an inch above high
water mark, and is still rising. The pres
ent outlook is that there will be a foot
more of water, and that there will be a
heavy loss of property.
THE BUCCANEERS OF OLD
Flaunted their skull aud cross bones,
their ensign, defiantly at the masthead.
Your modern pirate, not on the high beas,
but upon the high reputation of standard
remedies, skulks under various disguises.
His hole and corner traffic has never to
any degree affected Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, although that standard invigor
ant and corrective has long been the shin
ing mark at which his shafts have been
directed. Cheay local bitters, composed
of fiery unrectified stimulants, with au
infusion, or extract possibly, of some tonic
bark, are still sometimes recommended as
identical with, or similar to, or possessing
virtues kindred to those of America's
chosen family medicine. These perish
speedily, while the great subduer and pre
ventive" of disease pursues its successful
career, overcoming malaria, dyspepsia,
nervousness, kidney troubles, constipation
aud rheumatic ailments, not only on this,
but on many continents.
ANGRY DEBATE IN THE COMMONS-
LOXDOX, March 10. The house of com
mons today agreed to a motion by which
Mr. Smith, the governmeut leader in the
house, will resume the debate on the gov
ernment motion asking the house to ac
cept the report of the Parnell commission.
The motion was made necessary by the
counting out of the house on 1'riday last
during the debate.
Mr. Gladstone's amendment was finally
rejected by a vote of 3G9 to 20$. Mr. Jen
ning's amendment will be taKen ud to
morrow. Iu the course of his speech Mr.
Sexton said he had a letter marked
"private'' from F. Lord Salisbury to
Piugott.
Mr. Balfour, rising, declared that a viler
calumny was never uttered than the in
.sinuatiou that Lord Salisbury was con
nected with the forgeries. He had the
prime minister's authority and dared him
to read it.
Mr. Sexton retorted that he was ready
to submit the letter and others with it to
a committee of inquiry.
Mr Balfour, continuing, denied that
the government assisted the Times to Dro
cure evidence in America. He accused
the Parnellites with withholding from the
commission every source of authentic
evidence. The government made no
charges against the Parnellites and he
failed to see why the government ought to
apologize.
Sir W. X. Vernon Harcourt niain
taiued that the forged letters helped
the government to pass the
crimes act. The country, perhaps,
had become wearied of the debate, but that
was because it retarded the government's
action against the acquitted men as vin
dictive and ungenerous Coining to the
Carnarvon negotiations. M. Baltour inter
posed to the euectth:itl.iOrd Salisbury had
toid Lord Carnarvon that he might m.-o
Mr. Parnell, but that he must say nothiug
laughter.
JUST AS THE MEN WANTED IT.
Chicago, 111., March 10. All the switch
meu of the Chicago & Northwestern rail
way in Chicago struck today to enforce
their demand that au objectionable- fore
man be removed. The managers of the
road acceded to the demand and transfer
red the foreman and the switchmen re
turned to work.
The resumption of work, however, onlv
lasted u very short time, when the men f
IS'&SI articles, of agreement have
McCarroll, who had made themselves c b- I beeu "-iYed arul articles signed and re
noxious to the switchmen. When tt.r-; turned. They are for a meeting May 7 be- I
committee came to notifv General Super-j
intendent Sanborn of the second demand
and appeared before him hesurprised them i
by iuforming them that Ogden and Mc-J
Carroll had alreadv been discharged.
It I
it thought now that the trouble is avoided.
A ST11IKE WITHOUT CACsE.
Milwaukee, Wis., March 10. Atl the
switchmen employed here by the. Chicago
& Xorthwestera road, numbering about
fifty, struck in sympathy with the'Chicago
strikiug switchmen. Master Ford, of the
Milwaukee brotherhood, was notified
of the demauds of the Chicago meu and
asked to call out his men. which
ne am at once, in
men Stonned irnrk 1
even beforo they knew what the trouble i
was about. Trains were grentlv de!aed. ,
and bv t o'clock there was
oiocsaue at
the station here. The engineers who were
asked to help cet trains out refused. The
striking switchmen hung around the
yards, but made no demonstrations fur
ther than to encourage the i?no-mwr in
their refusal to move trains Freight '
trnfile Is practical! v at a standstill. '
At 10 o'clock, on receipt ot order from '
Chicago, the strike was declared ofT and f
the men quickly-went to wo' l
THE PASSENGER AGENTS.
Eepresentatives of the Country's Lke3 En
Eoute to City of Mexico.
Chicago. III., March 30i--At 10 o'clock
this morning the finest andUmost perfectly
equipped train that capital and invention
have ever produced pulled out of phe city
of Chicago bearing 150 representatives of
the great corporate interests of the coun
try and having as its destination the City
of Mexico. The magnates who are to oc
cupy this moving palace for the next four
weeks are the general passenger agents of
the railroads of the United States, Canada
and Mexico and their mission is that of
cultivating ana improving the commercial
relations between the three Americas, be
lieving that the locomotive is the greatest
civilizer of the age and having more faith in
practical energy than in the efforts of
diplomacy, the railroads themselves have
finally attempted what countless interna
tional conferences aud conventions have
failed to do; and it is fondly expected that
the annual convention of the American
Association of General Passenger and
Ticket Agents, to convene in the City of
Mexico, March 18, will conduce to the de
velopment of international railroad inter
ests, and to.opening to the eye of capital
those manifold enterprises now undevel
oped because of lack of concerted action
between the varied interests which must
equally contribute to the success
General Passenger Agent Charlton and
Somerville, of the Chicago & Alton, have
devoted all their energies to the program
and itinerary of this expedition. The
special Pullman vestibule train which has
been placed at the disposal of tho associa
tion by the Pullman company, consists of
bagsaga car, composite cats containing
bath rooms, barber shop, etc., two dining
room cars, three Pullman compartment
cars and five Pullman sleeping cars, with
an observation car iu,tke rear.
The lines which this train passes over
en route to the City of Mexico, arc the
Chicago & Alton, the St. Louis Iron
Mountain & Southern, the Texas & Pacific
and the Mexican Central. The general
passenger agents of the south and west
join the party at St. Louis. At the Mex
ican frontier the association will be re
ceived by the governor of Chihuahua and
the statesmen of prominence and banquet
ted at Paso del Norte. At the city of
Zacatacas again the governor of Zacatacas
will meet the party withv his staff and en
tertain the visitors durins their stay
within their state. From this time forth
the program is one of reception and kindly
encouragement from governors of the va
rious states aud other prominent officials
of the country until the arrival in the city
of Mexico, where the convention meets on
the ISth.
Do not take any chances of being poison
ed or burnt to death with liquid stove
polish, paints and enamels in bottles. The
liising Sun stove Dolish is safe, odorless,
brilliant, tho cheapest and best stove polish
made, and the consumer pays for no ex
pensive tin or glass package with every
purchase.
a mob well:resisted.
COLl'MBCS, S. C, March 10. A mob of
several hundred orocured a small cannon
and rode into the town Paragould today
for the avowed purpose of attacking the
jail and taking therefrom " and
lynching Georgo S. Turner, who shot
and killed his brother-in-law Edward
Finger, on Friday. When the mob ar
rived in the public square Mayor Heune
niau, at the head of the police force and
with a pistol in hand, "repulsed them,
spiked the cannon and locked it up.
Alter making further hostile demonstra
tions and threats of returning later the
would-be lynchers finally dispersed, but,
further trouble is feared.
Poor, pretty, little, blue eyed baby! How
he coughs! Why don't his mother give him
a dose of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup?
Unon a fair trial I find Salvation Oil the
best cure for rheumatism I have ever
known. It gives relief more quickly and
always does its work. Joshua Zimmerman,
Wetheredville, Md.
A CORNER IN READING.
NEW YoilK, March 10. The most excit
ing incident in Wall street for sometime
occurred today when the big New York
and Philadelphia pool iu Reading spung a
corner on the shorts and compelled them
to pay 2 per cent for the use of the stock
fnr fin" fljiv iMir.Hnrr t'na rrife frr otrr1r r
12, mi advance of 4Y ner cent from Sat- I
urd.ty's closing price. Tho tradina ju i
the stock from the opening was enormous.
Over 50,000 shares changed hands within
the first hour und before the close, over
2S0.000 shares were dealt in, over three
quarters of the entire of the exchange.
You will derive more benefit from
Hood's Sarsaparilla now than at any other
season. Try it.
THE LOTTERY SCHEME AGAIN.
BlSMAUCK, X. D.. March 10. Interest in
the revival of the lottery scheme is general
today. If t he session terminates on March
18 tho bill must be re-introduced tomorrow
to make it possible to get it through. At
torney General Goodwin said he would
send in his opinion upon the duration of
the session. He can decide eituer way and
be right as far as precedents are concerned.
If he includes the holiday recess in the
120 days the session terminates on the ISth,
aud if he does not it terminates on May 0.
If he is satisfied the lottery bill is comiug
up he may decide that the legislature can
remain in session in order to beat the bill.
Every mother should keep Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral in case of croup and sudden
colds.
CLERGYMAN SENT UP.
LOXIKXN", March 10. A clerical scandal
at Bristol has caused much comment.
Canon Baynes was arrested at that place
on the charge of stealing a trunk from the
platform of the railway station. Wi:e:i
arraigned he admitted the truth of the
charge against him, but urged menfil
weakness as the reason for his act. He
was found guilty aud sentenced to four
months' imprisonment at hard labor.
BRITISH GRAIN TRADE.
LONDON, March 10. The Mark Lane
Express in its weekly review of trade says:
Euglish wheats nre held firmer. There is
a fair demand for Hour. Foreign wheats
nre weak. Spring corn has declined under
the large shipments from America. Lin
seed has dechuecTSd. At today's market
English aud foreign wheats were depressed
aud difficult of sale. The wet weather
affected the market. Flour was firm ex
cept American, which was depressed for
sale. Oats, barley and rye fell Od.
MYERS AND BOWEN WILL MEET.
Bloomixgton, IU , March 10. Billy
Myers said tonight: "I have determined
to nommodate AndvBowen with a finish
fore t
S3.0C0
fore the athletic club in .New Orleans for a
purse, four and one-half ounce
cloves. Marquis of Queensbury rules. The
West End club guarantees us protection
before and after the contest, so I have
waived determination noc to fight in i
Texas." 1
ILLINOIS G- A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Onvrr. III.. March 10. The state en- '
campmentG. A. IL will meet in this city j
tomorrow. Among tne aistinguisneu vis- (
itors exuected are Governor Fifer, General j
Alger, General Post and General Gest. Fix i
thousand delegates and visitors are ex- ,
nocted. The leailinsr candidates for the I
nfficn nf ii-iml mmnvmilprnri" Po!nnl W i
T, liistin of thUritv. and Colonel W. IL
Knltnn of Chicago. '
A 31G LONDON FAILURE.
Losdov, Alarch I0- The firm of Brown
& Wingrove, melters and refiners and
dealers iu bullion, have failed. Their lia-
bill ties are iSW.OOIL
Oyer's Sarsaparilla will rtaipve that
tired feeling, and give new Hie and
enercv. " , "i
"OLD DAFS EUfiESTOIT.
i
HE EVIDENTLY BELIEVED IN TELL
ING A GOOD ONE WHILE AT IT.
His Experience in a Blinding Snov Storm.
Abandoning a Dead Comrade, Horses
and "Wealth, and feer Returning Even
for the Bust Ixslt Behind.
"Old Dan7 was an eccentric character. No
one know his true name. He would not di
vulge it to even his most intimate friends. His
signature to whatever it chanced to be note,
bond, deed or letter was invariably "Old
Dan." Under that name he served ono year
as mining recorder of Red Cedar Mining dis
trict, and there are today filed within the
archives of the secretary of the interior at
Washington city abstracts and certificates
bearing- the signature "Old Dan." He was
once a candidate for justice of the peace, but
a young and rising lawyer defeated, him on
the ground that "Old Dan" was not his true
name and therefore all his judicial acts would
be void.
1 first met him early in tho seventies in
Utah, at a lonely spring widely separated by
miles of desert from any other habitation,
where ha was engaged in herding a few head
of gentlo cows. He indignantly repelled the
appellation .of "cowboy," and claimed, like
Gurth, to be only a common "cowherd," not
to Cedric, tho Saxon, but to a Mormon
bishop. I was in the mountains prospecting,
my outfit consisting of two mules, one packed
with grub, blankets and tools, and the' other
I rode. One hot afternoon in June I ap
proached the spring where I found "Old Dan"
reclining in the shade of his cabin. I asked
ot nim tne privilege ot watering my "canvan"
from the spring and resting a while in the
shade before crossing to the opposite range.
This was readily granted, and when I pre
sented him with a. long plug of soft smoking
tobacco our friendship was cemented and ''Oil
Dan" became very communicative.
CLEANED UP 340 POUNDS.
In the course of our conversation I asked
him if ho had ever engaged in mining. "Yes,"
ho replied, "once, in Coutani. Myself and
partner, Joe, went into that camp when it wa3
first discovered. We were very lucky, and in
less than five weeks we dug out 340 pounds of
good, clean gold dust; but it did us no good.
We could have taken out a great deal more,
but winter was approaching, and as there
was no grub in the camp we had to get out.
So we put our gold dust into good, strong
twenty pound sacks, and loading it on three
cayuse horses, and having one each to ride,
we struck out for Wallula.
"The second day out a fearful snow storm
struck us. The wind blew at the rate of 1,000
miles a minute, and the snowflakes were as
big as a bed spread. Soon all trace of the
trail was obliterated, and we realized that we
were lost and wandered aimlessly in the blind
ing storm. Joe's feet and limbs began to
freeze, tho horse on which we had tho heavi
est load of gold dust stepped between two fall
en logs and broke a leg, and we made camp,
J 6hot the horse to relieve him of his suffering,
ana attempted to build a nre. tint it was no
use. It was impossible to start a fire in that
whirling, twisting, driving bnow, for nothing
would burn. AHthat afternoon and night
we huddled around thedead horse in the vain
endeavor to keep warm with tho scanty blan
kets wo had. The next morning the storm
broko away to some extent, but Joe's feet and
legs were frozen as stiff and- solid as icicles.
I would have given half of our gold dust to
have been in a place of safety. However, as
there was no use to lament, we had to make
the best of it and try and get out if we could.
I got the horses together and packed them the
best I could. I tied poor frozen Joe on to his I
saddle dorse Dy means of strips or bauds torn
from our blankets. Ono hundred pounds of
gold dust we had to leave, as our horses could
not pack it through tho deep snow. All day
long we struggled and toiled in the blinding
tormand driftingsnow. As night approached
the storm became more furious and violent
than ever. I was in advance of the train;
Joe was bringing up the rear.
JOE'S AWFUL FATE.
"I called a halt in order to consult Joe
what was best to do, and what do you think
I discovered? Why, Joe was deadl As dead,
cold and stiff as a crowbar. A mass of solid
frozen flesh and bones frozeQ so hard and
stitl that no stui maintained tne upngnt posi-
tion on his1 horse in vhich I had placed and
tied him in tho morning. I lost no time in
cutting Joe loose from his saddle, and laid his
icy form by the roots of a tree. The snow by
this time was coming down thicker and faster
than ever. Our horses bunched themselves all
up together, and ju less than an hour were
completely buried in the snow, and I would
have shared the same fate had I not tramped
the snow down and kept on top. All night
long I kept up this constant tramp, tramp. I
tell you, it was worse than tramping through
Georgia. The next morning it cleared up,
but the snov was forty feet deep. I realized
that it would be impossible to get my horses
out of that sea of snow, and I would be in big
luck if I got myself out. So I dug down to
where the horses were buried and succeeded
in cutting open one of tho sacks of gold dust
and took out a few handfuls and put it in my
shot pouch. I also got a small piece of bacon
and some crackers. With these I started to
find my way out. After two weeks of in
cessant toil and struggles I reached a small
settlement more dead than alive. The people
were good to me, and I soon recovered strength
sufficient to travel, and 1 made my way down
to the seacoaat, where I took a sailing vessel
for 'Frisco, and from there came to Utah,
where you now see me."
"Old Dan,' having refilled his pipe, began
to puff away. In answer to a question of
mine ho replied:
"Xo; I never went back to find our gold
dust, or to see whether poor Joe had thawed
out or not. I suppose it is all there yet, and
some ono will find it one of these days. Xo, I
have not mined any since I left Coutani."
'Have you ever prospected any for silver
ore in these mountains?'' I again asked.
"Yes; once. Two years ago I went down
into Death Valley to find the Breyf ogle mine."
"Did you find it''
"Yes, I found it, and a big thing it is.
Why, sir, it crops out as high as this hou
and is over three hundred feet wide. You can
trace these high croppings for a mile right
along through the level desert; and rich I you
nover saw anything like it. Tne wholo ledge
is one solid mass of horn silver, into which
you can stick your knife as easy as you could
into a bar of soft lead."
"Did you locate up I mildly inquired.
"Xo, sir; I did not locate it. I was not
huutmg for silver miae-s just at that time; it j
was water I wanted- I had been without
water for eight days, and my tongue was pro
truding from my mouth two feet or more.
Xo. young man, gold will not bring warmth
and food in a snow storm, nor will idlver
bring water in a desert. Xo more mining or
prospecting for me." San Francisco CalL
A Long Island florist has been brought up
into a police court for shooting at hu wu
because she declined :o continue working in
the fields, plowing, harrowing, eta., and be- j
caus? she finally reoellef against cleaning cut t
I the stables. The florist remarked that she !
was his wife and he -would do what he liked
with her. but the police juaucodo-s not seem
OMOtEK"
Whoever marries in China nn his fafter,
mother, grandfather or grandmother is ia
ja:i gets eighty blow?, unless by special com
mand of such narent. in which case there
shall oe no feast. Marrvinr: one cf the same t
nam is canishwi hv nxrr blows. Fcra'blv '
taking awav a woaan and raarrpng her is
punished by tfc captor being strangled, and j
if the cantor rives "her to another ptrson the
ponohmeut is the same. Any government
ofllcial marrying a musician, comedian or
one below his :at$oa rets sixty blows and
the marriars is rofcL A tniest; marrvfcz
gets eighty blows cbd Is expelled. San Fr&a- j
i So Alt ' i
ffll Mffi
We have just open
ed this week quite a
nice line of the latest
Novelties in Ladies
Spring wraps. Wing
caps are very popular
for certain people
while the new Coach
ing Paletot is special
ly adopted to ladies of
good form, but for the
loose, careless wrap
the Zonora circular
must not be passed by.
We pride ourselves on
the fit and finish of
our garments. The
Arcade does not de
sire to convey the idea
that it is the only store
in Wichita, but the
Arcade does insist that
no house in these parts
can or does sell Drv
Goods for less than we
do.
ARCADE.
IIMTJIG- THE SEA OTTER.
HOW THIS COSTLY FUR IS GOT
TEN IN WASHINGTON STATE.
X'ercbed High Above the Bilious tho Sar
ins Hunter Watches with His liiflo and
Glasses Unwritten Law That Is Care
fully Observed.
It is not generally known that some of tho
most expensive fur producing animals are
killed off tho coast of tho now state of Wash
ington, and it is remarkable that the extent
of territory where these animals are taken is
so oxtremely limited, being only from Da
mon's point, at the northern entrance to
Gray's harbor, up tho coast to Point Green
ville, a distance of about tweuty-four miles.
The animal referred to is tho sea otter, the
fur of which is manufactured into the robes
of tho potentates and princes of the Old
World.
Unlike that of tho seal, tho fur of the sea
otter requiresno plucking of hair or coloring;
in fact, the most valuable skins are those
which are speckled through with a silver
tipped hair, which is known as the silver
tipped fur, the addition of this hair adding
23 to 50 per cent, to the price of the skin.
There are now several hunters engaged in
killing sea otters at the place referred to, and
the modus operandi of taking them was very
interesting to me.
THE "CROW'S NEST."
The hunters build themselves derricks about
forty feet high by taking three slim poles or
pieces of timber, each about forty feet in
length, and bolting them securely together
at one end for tho top, they spread them
about twenty-five feet apart at tho bottom,
giving tho appearance of a huge tripod. These
a: set on the ocean beach, about midway be
tween high and low tides, the foot of the poles
being imbedded in the sand from two to three
feet. Tho structure is then thoroughly braced,
and a ladder built to the top by nailing pieces
at convenient distances crosswise on the in
land.
About eighteen inches below the top of the
tripod, cross timbers are secured to tho legs,
and upon these cross timbers a floor from
four to five feet square is laid, and on the
oceanward and two adjoining sides walls are
built up from three and a half to four feet in
height. On the land side, a door is construct
ed to allow the hunter easy ingress and egress
to and from his "crow's riest." On the top of
tho tripod, which c-tends about eichteen
inches above the floor, a seat is constructed
and around the inside of tho wall a row of
shelving is placed.
At low tide, when the wind is propitious,
the hunter hies himself tot his crow's nest,
armed with a good pair of glasses, a Sharpo
rifle and a lunch, and for six locg hours he
fcans the lino of the ocean just outeide of the
breakers, where he most expects his game to
appear. When the tide first Legin to flood
his range is about COO yards, Lut as it runs
iu the range is shortened to 200 or 300 yards.
Even at these latter distances it requires clow
calculation to know just how to shoot to
overcome the ri&e aud fall of the ocean swell
and the effect of the wind upon the bullet.
It is said that not one out of 1C0 shots of the
best marksmen is effective. When the tide
is full the derrick stands in the midst of the
breakers, and a land lubber like myself fels
a httio squeamish looking down from the
dinzy heights on the rolling waters below.
The shooting is generally done on a ood
tide, so the animal, when killed, will wosn
ashore, and even teen it is sometimes three or
four days after one is killed beforo it is
beached. Undoubtedly many others are
killed and never do come ashore.
WEA3 O? IDE.VTXFJCATIOV.
Each hunter marks his bullets with a mark
known to the other hunter?, and when an
oiler is found oa tho Learh the first duty t
tee finder is to look for the bulks and ascer
tain v. ho is the rightful owner, for tms tin
is respected among the hunters as sacredly as
marks aim urands are among stockmen.
VTfcen an otter comes ashore with no bullet in
j, frequently occurs, the buiiet having
nona cj- hroceh the bedr. and no notice
having been given, it is regarded as a "twk
car - Ia stockmen's parlance, and bekrar to
the finder.
Sometimes an otter, on receiving a death
jaor. sinks: but the hunter generally knows
when he has hit ms marr. By observing tie
water wjta eo$ gzisies, us can ciscern, evea
at the greater distances which they shoot, the
coloring of the water from the blood of the
animal and if he does not come ahore oo
-I-at tide, notice i a: once jivea to tits otier
hunters, who ar thsa en the al-srt to find
n Bet I opsat tnat beach combers., to in
fhaps of STe&Hfay Indira, jec away srtia
naarsa ott-r fcilitd by the white benter.
I have had occasion tasay tune to p aioa-
he beach at oayligh-. dcrittc the bscUsg
sess, bet I lwaj found the S trscSu of J
thr awtih jit aLtad of me, printed there 1
" l k5a -
Tea hdSzsiJxni the
Ja oner m csosa, I
OPENING SPRING SALE!
Thousands of Dollars
Just Opened at
io pieces Brilliant Sicillians,wof tlf 50c, for
c. 12 pieces 40-inch New Colors, Hen
o5
riettas, worth 65, for
Special sale of 42 pieces. New Sateens.
This week we will offer these New Sateens
at only I2c. They are immense.
Scotch Zephyr
worth 20c, for 15 c.
1 o dozen can't be broke down corsets only
95 c. These corsets are exactly the same shape
as a P. D., the q-enuine French model.
N. B. We have just-received 25 dozen .of
the Grasshopper Tidy Holders that will hold
your tidy on your chair at only 10 cents.
Ladies call and see them.
Fast Black Hose. We open a hummer
for ladies at 25 cents and ior children only
15 cents.
THE ARCADE
Accordian Plaiting Still Free by Madame Russell.
going out; nun coming in tnrougu tne surr.
Sometimes they go fifteen or twenty miles to
sea and stay out several days. But when
they hunt along within a mile or two of the
shore then there is blood on tho face of the
moon, and the white hunter "waxeth wroth,"
for the Indian scares away his game. When
taken, the otter is skinned whole, as it were,
by cutting across the haunches and stripping
the skin down the body and over the head.
The skin is then turned, the fur in, aud a
board shoved through it. It is then tightened
by driving a wedge shaped piece down on
one side between the board and the skin, aud
another contrariwise on the other. All the
grease is then carefully removed and tho skin
is dried aud laid away ready for the market.
An average skin is about five feet long by
twelve inches wide, double, or, when cut,
twenty-four inches wide, and, in the hunter's
hand, is valued at from 390 to $120; but
these prices leavo a handsome margin to the
fur men who handlo them. In Russia an
overcoat mado from these same otter skins
brings from $1,000 to $L',000, while in Cnina
oven more is sometimes paid.
The season for killing sea otter ex:eiids
from May to October, and eo scarcu is this
game becoming that four a season is consid
ered doing well by any hunter. In fact, some
pass the season without taking any.
Tho hunters have a rule among themselves
which is strictly observed that only one
derrick can bo allowed within a range, i. e.,
about a half mile, thus giving tho whole
beach a regularity of appearance not else
where observable. Portland Oregonian.
One Sale in Threo Yeah.
"I found the other day a drummer w ho had
been on the road three years and had ruAde
only one sale," he said, as ho leaned over tho
cigar case at the JumbalL
Xobody believed huu.
"What did ho sellP asked a listener.
"Suspension bridges." Atlanta Constitu
tion. A Rotton Landmark.
Turn into Bullfinch place some day in the
indent quarter of Boston, and pull the bell
of Xo. 2. but see that you do it reverently,
for tho threshold is sacred to tho memory of
many footlight idols who nre now pased off
into the silence. Thi3 is tho moxt famous pri
vate boarding place of theatrical tar in
America. It is Miss Foster's house and hhe
herself is one of Boston's typical old ladies.
Tho house is full of mementoes, from paint
ings by Jcfforson to cast off costumes of JIc
CulJough, and every nook and cranny speaks
of William Warren. I found Annie Pixley
here in th room where Warren spent his last
years. "Ke died in this bed," said Mis Pix
ley; "where my trunk Is stood his coffin; it
u. a privilege to occupy tha room aftor him."
Cor. Philadelphia Pr.
A I.lllpnti.-in nallrosid.
A wonderful railroad is tho on which con
nects the towns of Bedford and B'illvue,
Mo. It is nine miles m length, and i prob
ably as unique as any on th globe. The dis
tance is not ko astonishing, except when tho
gauge of t-sn inches u considered.
In the short distance traversed by the pigmy
it crosse" eleven lreains, with bridges from
five to thirty-five feet in height. Th rail
weigh but twenty pounds to the yard, about
the size of those used In the mines of .Missouri
and Illinois. The cans and etigines arr con
structed to a to be very near the ground, in
suring greater safety. The cars are provided
with single feats oa ucb n&c of the aiA.
Toe car itself weighs but four torn, the
weight of an ordinary car b-dar; twenty to
twnry-x too?. Tb 'ngmes, without tie
tender, welch wtio tons, and rami iith two
pssnKerorfreij:hi cars as the rate cf twenty
miles an boar. There a smaller railroad
than tblt in the United State ta on is
Backs county. Pa., bat It is only kft a as
expensive toy by a ncafsrroar rrbo & tnaAe
a fortune out of oiL Albany Arg.
A Salman' TTall. j
It U fjettms: to be a common praetxee witij j
a crt&in claw of womea to tray rUbr Jars' '
dres patterns, and af tr makia; tsp tfce drm i
and Hading they have s yard or two kit over '
to bring ia las remnant zd &. tor tfc
money on it. TL other day we had a hae f j
good which w cat up into twh ji4 dm j
patterns and sold by th y&sttm. Ob of ;
our customers, a woman i very conafona- j
hie eircwmrtsncp, caiae m sa beegst nx
patterns. A few dyt aft-srward w- r-
Utnteri two poes, wjtfa fwo wad a half yank
m each, cod was"d th taoory for ifata w.
rather, he wasted credic for them, for. at jt
b&pfi4, she bad a aoeottRi wU k, i
tfc. tnsbkd t to trace tfce traswufcoa. Ht
had to h- co-sfroBd wb tLe boofc, taoegr.,
ftcd cocviwxf m ktfrr zzjuxiy wfcat '
-te fasd Loosht Lefor sbft jjar sp tfce s-
trtupi ecpMxntaff at ear txpMi?, I
The wont iwirz twt J-i gntrrctsc&br.
t - wttwi u tktX a a prutis! ala. su"to-!
rsly by mnisf iii jt ixfvixn to
I by jr-r?v - larvj--' in FmiTctpaii bt-
?t
worth of NawGtaods
the ARCLKDE. . .
50c.
Ginghams,
20 pieces,
M hro Frot ifUU Spawn.
It is probablo that the frost fish has mado
the Rantau its favorito and special spaw ning
rendezvous ever smco that river has htm
doing businew for itself. Tradition says that
Old John Iman, who in the early part of the
Seventeenth century built tho llrst home in
Prigmoro's swamp, and, where the Albauy
street bridge now is, ran tho first ron f prry
in New Jersey, was one bittrr February
moniing ferryiug a passenger across on thi
ice, when, happening to lock through tho
crystal clear covering, ho saw that tho river
had turned to molten silver and was runumg
up stream with u volunio and ihtencc that
indicated a bad leak homewhero in the lower
Iwy. John was not uue of the kind of vl i
men who btomo paralyzed with astonuii
ment. Ito was practical. lie took a maul
and broko a hols in the ice to m-o what thus
silver would assay to the quart. Ho then
discovered that tht silver sheen wat the jws
sageof n fpw billions of froft fWi on thtir
way to the spawning jrrounds, which nem
then near w here Bound Brook now iu. Nw
York World.
An admirablo arrangement looking to tho
quick and bafe emptying of the houo has
been adopted at the Tretnont theatre, iu Bos
ton. At any time, by simply touching a but
ton in any one of the eight handy places in
different parts of the theatre, seventeen wt
of folding doors, leading to as many jexits,
open simultaneously, actuated by electrical
apparatus.
A Human TViikn4.
"I can't bear that man Hadbwn," wdd
young Keepltup, "he'g always talking about
what ho and hi family used to be." "Ot.,
well," i(d tho deacon, persuasively, "you
nnifct ber wl'h him Reraemlvr. to wero in
L'ewareoi Imitations. tberoisOlnv One
Bran
toiilly herr- M'urr.
Sevres is Uo inoil cokUy of modern
wares. When a hottei of tbo Four Hundred
serves tea in it the has reached the (ummit of
elegant hospitality.
"I paid $200 for tho dcn,'' proclaimed a
portly lady whose wealth has not lost it flu
edje of uovolty, on jh pouri-d tho fragrant
souchong for her favorito nephew one after
noon. "Then let me tl you, aunt, they're net
gonume; you enn't buy Sevrw at thiit fig
ure.'' "Pray, Mr. Impertinence, why can't IV
"While I was In Pari I thought 1 would
Kirpriso you, so I ran oat to tb factoiy at
Sevres, meaning to buy tome after dinner
cup from fin hands."
"Good boy."
"What wera the price, do you 'uppovr
"Eighty or ilOO a down, probably."
"Six hundred dollar a do7n for quit
plain one, end 60 percent import duty to
bring ttm home. Xo, unt, I did noimvel
my favinps."
Xext morning the portiy bu7' brtMhtn
feiopprxl befor a lar-r ctaLlWucrnl and ta
portiy lady alighted, in i iravjibl tja-r.
"Art tfaos cup yoa iokl cic g-aulns gmotf"
"RJy, mailjun"
"Are they hsrrer
-II yoa prs me, lhr go by that sua;,
aad thtry tun a rry wnuUt at war, Ucorati
iu tvr- ps.urB. feat ibry w--s truuiii m
1'arw. Ttore ' practscwUy no ml Bvra ui
the market "
!oii.h ' A jsclt59 in tho lady hnf -wax
surfed tuotrutir to th goer, hlvensj- it
rontv-U ! mxC, with the plcturxqu
UiMj'usg waie aB'i tfc aouiottU'm, an
lowes.. 'tie tarvieat wma will b r
avjnfcT'I iog ia it snani of ccia te
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