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THE HOUSE OF
A THOUSAND i
CANDLES ;
y MEREDITH NICHOLSON I
Astfer ! "TBt MAIN ClUICt," XtltA
OVMIIQI " F.K.
trlhl M lr Sutw-Mtftlll i
CHAPTER III. Continued.
An resentment I felt on flmt hear
In tho terms if my grandfather's will
had passed Ho hail treated ins an
well kii I deserved, ami thn least I
' couM di waa to accept the venally lie
had latil iihii me In a sane ami amla
tl spirit Thin tram of thought oceii
1 pled me an wo traniHil along thn high
i ) Tho trout now led away from
th lake ami through a heavy wood
Presently, on the right loomed a ilnrk
barrier, ami I put out my hand nml
touched a wall of ninth alone that
row to a height of about eight feet
"What la this, Hates'" I asked.
, "Thl It (lloiiarm lantl, lr The
wall was one nf your grandfather's
Ideas ll'n a quarter of a mll long
nnd cost hltn a pntty penn), I warrant
you Tli itmiI turn nit from the
lake now, but tho Glenarm property la
nil lake front."
So there won n wall alioul my pris
on limine' I grinned cheerfully to
myaclf. When, n few moment later,
tny guido paused nt nn arched gatuway
In the long wall, drew from hla over
rent n hunch of keya nnd fumbled at
tho loci: of nn Iron gnto, I felt the
vptrlt of ndventurn quicken within mo
Tho Rata clicked behind us and
Hates found n lantern nnd lighted It
with tho enao of custom
"I uo this gato becauso It's nearer,
t Tho regular entrance Is farther down
.' ' " " tho road Keep close, sir, ns tho llm-
1 .. - bor Isn't much cleared "
The undergrowth was Indeed heavy,
nnd 1 follow il tho lantern of my guide
with dllllcutty In darkness the place
seemed as wild and rough as a tropl
cnl wilderness
"Only n little farther." rose Ilatna'
' . voice ahead of me. nnd then: "Them's
I J -, . the light sir." and. lifting my ees
I as 1 stiimhleil over tho nol of a
I great tree, I saw for tho first tlmo tho
J j" dark outlines of (llenarm House
? "lloro wo are. air'" exclaimed
,l Hates, slnmplnK his feet iiKin a wnlk
j 1 followed him to whnt I nstumed to
I bo tho front door of the liouso, where
a lamp shono brightly nt cither sido
of a mnsslva entrance llntcs Hung It
open without ado. nnd t stepped quick
y Into a great hnll that was lighted
dimly by candles fastened Into brack
ets on tho walla.
"I hopo you'vo not oxpectod too
much, Mr. Olonnrm." said Hates, with
C n tone of mild apology. "It's Tory In-
hk' IlHiIumshi rr-r'"'" for living purioies"
mJft ,"- ""Welipwrrvc-gm-..nik tlie'host
QMgpMr1MSJsrorlt,'aI'iinBwered, though without
''vJBss" much cheer. Tho sound of our steps
echoed in tho well of a groat stair-
, case. There was not, ns far as I could
see, a stugto artlclo of furnlturo In
tho plnco.
"Here's something ou'll like better
air," and Hates panned far down the
ball nnd opened n door.
A single candle, mado n little pool
of light In what I felt to be n largo
room. I was prepared for n disclosure
' of barren ugliness, and waited, In
heartsick foreboding, for the silent
' fruldo to roeal a dreary prison.
"Pleoao sit here, sir," said Hates,
"while I make a better light "
Ho moved through tho dark room
t with perfect ease, struck a match,
lighted a taper and went swiftly nnd
softly about. Ho touched the taper to
ono can llo after another. they seem
3 cd to bo everywhere, nnd won from
tho dark a faint twilight, Unit yielded
f slowly to n growing mellow splendor
' of light. I havo often watched the
: ' acolytes In dim cathedrals nf tho Old
World set countless candles nhlazo on
4 magnificent altars, nlw a) s with nwn
-? for the beauty nf thn spectacle; but
1 J In this unknown liouso tho austere
sorting man summoned from tho ahnd
uws n lovllnr nnd more honllderlng en-
' chnntment Youth alone, of beautiful
things. Is lovi Her than light
i Tho lines of tho wall receded as tho
$ light Increased, and tho raftered cell
I lng drow awny, luring tho eyes up-
I ward, 1 roso with a smothored ox-
yj clamatlon on my lips nnd stared about,
8 matching off my hat In reference, as
i tho spirit of the plnco wavo Its spell
4 about mo. Kvcr) where thcro wore
J books; they covered tho walla to tho
) celling, with only long I'ronch win
3 dows and nn enormous fireplace break
jjj lng tlio lino Above tho fireplace n
j masslvo dark oak chimney breast
J further emphasized I bo grand scala of
9 1 tho room Prom every concelvnbla
3 place from shelves built for the pur
Jj pose, from brackets that thrust out
JjT . long arms nmong the books, from a
great crystal chandelier suspended
from tho colling, and from tho breast
of the chimney Innumerable candles
5 blazed with daitllng brilliancy I ox-
claimed In wonder and pleasure as
, Ilatos paused, his sorcerer's wand In
1 hand,
1 "Mr. Olenarm was very fond of can-
1 dlo-llght, ho liked to gather up candle
sticks, and bis collection Is vory fine.
Ho often called thla 'Tho House of a
' Thousand Candles' There's only about
1 a hundred hero, but It was ono of his
conceits that when tho house was fin
lahed there would be a thouaand lights.
1 Ho had qulto a Joking way, j our grand-
I fathor. It suited lila humor to call It n
!
I
' t nn I 1 )d 1 In own plots I
I fain i he il I i r- lied staring In
tevvUib iinent
Oil lamps might be more suited to ,
our nwn taste, sir lint your grand I
father would not bare them Old brass
and rn iier were spi-rlaltles with him, '
and In I ad a particular taste Mr Qlin I
arm I ..d In glass tsidlesilcks Ho
held tha the crystal was moat effec
the of all I II go and let In tbe bag
gageman and then serve you some sup
per He went somberly out and 1 exam
ined the mom with amated and de
lighted eye. Il was 60 feet long and
half as wide Tbe hard wood floor was
covered with handsome nigs, every
piece of furniture was quaint or Inter
esting t'srved In the heavy oak panel
ing above the fireplace. In large Old
Kngllsh letters, was the Inscription:
Cbt Spirit ct nun It trit CAttJIt ct itit Cord
and on either side great candelabra
sent long arms across the hearth All
the books seemed related to arcbltec
tore, (lerman and Krench works stood
side b) side among those by Kngllsh
and American authorities 1 found
arcbaeolog) represented In a division
where all the titles were 111 11 or Ital
Ian. 1 0ened several cabinets that
contained sketches and drawings, all
In careful order, and In another I found
an elaborate card catalogue, evidently
the work of a practiced hand The
minute examination was too much for
me, t threw myself Into a great chair
that might have been sikiII from a
cathedral, satisfied to enjo) the gen
era! effect. To find an apartment so
handsome nnd so marked by good
taste In tbe midst of nn Indiana wood
staggered 1110. I was so lost In con
temptation that I did not hear a door
I Liked the Fellow's Humility. He Served With Great Deference.
open behind mo The respectful,
mournful voice nf Ilatos nnnounccd:
"There's a bite ready for )ou, sir."
I followed him through the hall to a
small hlgh-wninscotod room where u
table was simply set.
"This Is what Mr. Olenarm called
thn refectory. Ho took his own meals
hero. Tho llbrnry was tho main thing
with him. Ho never lived to finish tho
house, morn's thn pity, sir. Ha would
havo mado something very hnndsomo
of it If he'd had a few years moro Hut
ho hoped, sir, that jou'd siu It com
pteted. The work was near his heart,
sir."
"Vcs, to bo stiro," I replied
Ho brought cold fowl and a salad,
and produced n bit of Stilton of un
mlstaknble authenticity.
"1 trust tho ale Is cooled to 5 our lik
ing. It's jour grandfather's favorite,
If I may say It, sir"
I liked tho fellow's humility. Ho
served mo with n gruvo deference nnd
an accustomed hand Candles In crys
tal holders shod an ngreeablo light
upon tho tnblo; tho room was snug nnd
comfortable, and hickory logs In a
small fireplace crackled cheerily. If
my grandfather had doslgncd to punish
me, with loneliness as his weapon, his
shade, If It lurked near me, must have
been grievously disappointed. I had
often oaten my bread alonn, and 1
found a pleasure In the quiet of tho
strange, unknown house. There stnlo
over me, too, tho satisfaction Hint I
was at last obotlng a wIbIi of m
grandfather's, that I was doing some
thing ho would have me da. I was
touched by tho traces everywhere of
his Interest In what was to him the
art of arts, there was something quite
flna In his devotion to It Tho little re
fectory bad Us nlr of distinction,
though It was without decoration
Thcro had been, wo always said In the
family, something whimsical or oven
morbid In my grandslre's devotion to
architecture; but I felt that It had
really appealed to something dignified
and noble In his own mind and chnr
aoter, and a gentler mood than I hail
known In years possessed my heart.
Ho bad asked little of me, and I do
termini d 'I at In that little I would not
rail I
Halts save me mv coffee, put!
mati his within reach and left thn I
room 1 drew out my cigarette case 1
and held It half-opened In my hand,
when the glaas In tbe window back of
me cracked sharply, a bullet whistled
over my head, struck ' ipposlte wall
and tell flattened and marred on the
table under my hand
CHAPTER IV.
A Voice from the Lake.
I ran to the window and peered out
Into the night The wood through
which we had approached the tioiise
eemed to encompass It. The branches!
of a ureal tree brushed tbe ne. u
was tugging at the fastening of tho
window when I became aware of Hates
at my elbow.
"Ild something happen, slrr
Ills unbroken calm nngered m&i
Some one had fired at me through n
window and 1 had narrowly escape
being shot I resented the unconcern
with which this servant accepted tho
situation
"Nothing worth mentioning. 8omo
body tried to assassinate mo, that's
all.' I said. In a voice that failed to bo
calmly Ironical I was still fumbling
at the cnlih of the window. '
"Allow me. sir." and he threw up
the sash with an ease that Increased
111) Irritation.
I leaned out and tried to find soma
clue to in) assailant. Hates opened
another window nnd surveyed tho dark
landscape, with me
"It was a shot from without, was
It, slrr
"Of course It was; von didn't sup
ixme I shot nt til) self, did you?"
He examined the broken pnno and
picked up the bulli t from tho tablo.
"It's a rlflo ball, I should say."
Tho bullet was half flattened by Its
contact with tho wall. It was a cart
ridge hall of largo caliber that mlfht
have been fired from cither rlflo or
pistol
"It's very unuaunl, sir!" I wheeled
upon him angrily nnd found him fum
bling with tho bit of motnl, a troubled
look on his fnco. Ho at onco con
tinued, as though anxious to allay my
fears. "Quito accidental, most llksly.
Probably boys on tho Inko aro shoot
ing nt ducks "
I laughed out so suddonly that Ilatei
started back In alarm.
"You Idlotl" I roared, celling him
by the collar with both hands and
shaking hint Icrccly. "You fool, do
tho people nrt mil hero shoot ducks nt
night? Io the shoot waterfowl with
elephant guns nnd fire at peoplo
through windows Just for fun?"
I threw him back against the tablo
so that It leaped away from him, and
ha foil prone on tho floor.
"(let up!" I commanded, "and fetch
n lantern "
Ho said nothing but did as I bads
him. Wo traversed tho long, cheorlca
hall to tho front door, and I sent him,
before mo Into tho woodland My noJ
tlons of tho geography of tho region
were tho aguost, but I wished to ex.
amino for myself tho premises, that
evidently contained a dangerous prow,
Ir I was very nngry and my rags.
Increased as I followed Hates, wild
had suddenly retired within himself,
Wo stood soon beneath thu lights o(
the refectory window. 1
The ground was covered with leave
which broko crisply under our feet.
"What lies beyond hero?" I de
manded. '
"About a quarter of mllo of "woodsl
sir, and then tho Inko." !
'Oo ahead," I ordorod, "straight td
tho Inko " '
(TO HE CONTINUED)
Relief In the Da by 'a Cries.
"Why doesn't your wlfo sine to tbo
baby when she cries?"
"8bo used to, until sha discovered
that Hie neighbors preferred to bear
tho baby." Cleveland Leador.
1
il-GBITIDDi1
i'OUNO r-.DItn WEDS DAUO'-I
TEftPI SECRETARY OF STATE.
S A BRILLIANT AFFAIR
$
ffKi. Vice President and Other
Di'itVaglihed Guests Present
W tinlon Is Purely a Leve
a Match.
Wtslington In the presence of
J?' 1 and Mr I loose v. -It. the'
'Vks-ItT Ment and Mrs Fairbanks 1
the Jsi.es of Hie supreme court and
I Mir ,Vos, several sonslors, repre
sMtttk, and other distinguished
gixsU.Mias Ktlltt) Hoot on Wednesday
baes) 1 he wife of I'ljsses Hlmpsnn
Or sat M Lieutenant t'liltod Htales
Hurts rorns
fa wedding wan generally rerog
nl'ej 11 Die capital as being tbe sec
Ml! Is mmIuI and official Importance
that taken pise during the Moose
JTSll sliiilnislrnllon. there being only
less tat, rest In the marriage than In
tbattimh centered about the mar
rlsssei Mtw. ItiHiiH'Vilt to Mr long
wottl,
TV 1 ride Is the onl daughter of
SkNImv of tiau- ami Mr Klllm
lleol , iiiii tin groom ns ever)one
knovi ft, un his nntiii Is the grandson
of Otni ial Draut his father being
Otuml I-1 id, rick Dent llrant of tbe
Tta st-V. 1
MRS. U. 8. GRANT.
amy Lieutenant 11 run l Is n nephew
of Mrs Potter Palmer of Chicago,
Hie ceremony was performed by
ltrr Ilr Htrykcr of Hnmlllon college.
wla was for several year a tho pastor
ef U10 Fourth Presbyterian church at
Huh and Superior streets, Chicago,
uj who was a collego friend of See
rrUry of Btnto Hoot, a friendship that
ll to bo mado tho closer by tho mar
fate of tho secretary son to tho
JjDegs president's daughter.
T Tho tying of tho bonds united two
roung peoplo who nro very much In
lero with each other Thcro la not a
whisper In any quarter that position
or nnmo had tho least thing In U14
world to do with tho engagement.
Tho former Miss Hoot has always
rsthor shunned tho gayer llfo of the
capital, and Lieutenant Grant has
never bocn any too fond of IL Ha Is
studious, nnd so Is his bride nnd both
are of domestic Inclinations It was
n good old fashioned American wed
ding, with Cupid's heart engaged In
every detail.
1 Tho cards of Invitation In tho wed
ding read ns follows:
Ths Hserelsry of Rials and Mrs.
Hoot request ths ptsssurs
of the twmiMinr of
st tho msrrlss of llislr dnuahtcr
. imiTH
to
I.tr.tlT. UI.YIWIifl fl (HUNT, II,
United Htalss Corps uf niihliirtrs,
on lli atlrrnnon of Wednesday, the
!7lh of Novsinbrr, nt four utlotk
at ItdO llhode island avrnus, In
tho City of Washington
Present at tho wedding were Klllm
Knot, Jr., and Miss Allda Htrykcr.
daughter of I)r M Woolsey Htryker,
(resident of Hnmlllon college Mr
Boot, who Is tho oldest son of the
secretary of stale, will marry Miss
Strykcr Just ten days from the day
that taw bis tlsttr married to Lieu
ttnnnt Grant.
''Tho Invitations to the wedding were
restricted as far ss Washington was
concerned to tho persons who "must
bj Invited" The local Invitations were
stout 20 In number nnd they Includ
e3 only the closest family friends and
those persons who hold such onitlil
positions that they had to of iiece
illy be Invited to be present
The ouUiftown Invitations greatly
outnumbered tlioso glvn In Washing
um, but there were eumpaiatlvely few
Ot the out of -town guesls presonL The
A Wireless Addenda.
' 'Mr Ilacon I see a Jaianese eleo-
F trlclan has Invented a wireless system
whleh Is asserted to be superior to
sflylhlng now In use ... .
Mrs Hacon Orarlou me! Aro bus
tilt oomln' In stylo ome moro, really?
1 Yonkers gtamsman
1 World's Submarine Cablea.
Thla world contains altogether 1.7M
, .!" cable. ,tul.? 1WK
- illM In length and Cropped W0IW1
watery bed a oost of WS.000,000.
t - - m.H,wMmMrnnu
w ' 1 1 ' v "t s'ate and hll I
i i I i n if matter wuk to
ne tin . nil 1. i mpany an smnll
n IK' .I. in I Hi, n remony marlied
hi atli iidlng si nHilty
Of the glooms Until) there were
pn-nenf his futher and mother. Oeneral
and Mm Omni, his aunt. Mrs Nellie
llrant ftirlorla and Mr Potter Pal
mer, mil. sewrnl nf hi first cousins,
one of whom, Mrs Rartort' daughter
Vivian, not long nso married Frederick
llisnevelt Hi owl, a cousin nf Preet
dent Roosevelt, and . although
rather Indirectly, a connection Is es
tablished between I he Hoot and thn
Roosevelt families by the HootOrsnt
marriage
The Hoot residence, where the cere
mony took place, belong to former
Vice-President lvl P. Morton, who
occupied It for months lietween the
time of the leaving or Count Uaetlnl,
who leased II for the Russian embas
say quarters, and Its renting for rest
dence purposes by Hecretar) Hoot
While the wadding party waa eompara
lively small, the house la big enough
to hold a multitude It stands on a
triangular piece of ground with Scott
circle at one end, Fifteenth street st
the other end and a street on each
side
Lieutenant (Irant nnd Miss Hoot
were married In the great south room
on the first floor of the residence, a
room which la as long aa the house
Itself It Is huge drawing room
known In the day when the CotiuteM
('sain I presided over social affair
In the residence as the "yellow room '
Miss Hoot had no bridesmaids Hev
eral of Lieutenant Orant's classmates
nnd other army officer friend were
present at the wedding, and Ids cous
in, Potter Palmer, Jr. of Chicago, was
his best man
After the wedding Lieutenant (lrant
and hla bride left for a shott honey
moon trip 'limy wilt go to Clinton.
N Y, In be present, December 1. at
the wedding of the bride's brother and
Miss Htryker Prom there Lieutenant
(Irant will take lilt brldo directly to
Hoslon, where In thn suburb of llrooV
line there Is n pretty llltlo house
awaiting their occuiianey.
Tho house was selected by the brldo
whose mother recently has Interested
herself In furnishing It completely for
housekeeping Lieutenant (lrant was
ordered a short lime ngu from Wash
Ington lo Hoslon (o carry on his en
gineering dullest under the direction
of Major Kdward Hiirr, who has
charge of the river and harbor work
along the Massachusetts coast
Mis Hoot made her debut In N'nw
York sirernl seasons ago nnd has
twice been a cabinet ulrl. although
she was extremely )oung when her
father was secretary of war In Presl
limit McKlnlev's second ndmlnlslrn
Hon flhe Is a gifted linguist, nn ac
complished musician, and Is devoted
lo outdoor sports Hho Is an export
horsewoman, nnd her smart trap Is
familiar to all tho uptown sections uf
Washington.
Lieut. (Irani has scrvod as military
aid at tho whltu liouso during tho
Inst two seaaona, acting with Capt.
Pltihugh Lt-o, Jr and I.lout, Philip
Hlierldan.
Ho la n nephow of Mrs Potior Pal
mofof ,Chlr'ghtsmffther Tx-lnaTMlss
Ixuilso Honnre. sister of Mrs. Palmer.
Ho Is a brother of Princess Cnntacu
teno of Russia, who was Miss Julia
Dent flrant, nnd tho only child of tho
Grant family horn In tho whlta liouso
Lieut Ornnt's early education was
obtained In Uiiroix) while his father
was minister to Austria Hungary and
LIEUT. U. S. ORANT 3D,
ho then spent four years In n stato
mllllary school founded by Kmprras
Maria Theresa Ho entered Columbia
college In New York on his return to
tho Hulled Mate and was graduated
In 1 Still, when ho nt unco Joined his
father In Porto Hlco, whero ho had
his first experience In warfnro At
the end of a year he entered West
Point, graduating sixth In his clnss ot
1902 He was ordered ut once to tho
Philippine, where he did good servlco
for three years, and, returning In tho
Dulled States, waa nidsred to Wash
ington barracks
I Plagues of Nerve Sufferers.
There It a class of well-defined
I "pluiblat," a they are rolled, with
which nerve sufferers uie plagued.
I "MnnnplHibla," or fear of being alono;
, "csstropbobln." or fear nf dosed In
crowds or of broad open spaces; "In.
spaces: a "goraphobla," or fear of
somnlaphobla," or fear of not going
lo sleep, nnd many others The ono
great remedy for all these and similar
mental miseries, 'writes Dr. Bsinuel
McCnmb In Good Housekeeping, It
autu-suggeallon
uis, much u4 uu ttoiuHONiioUanu
H
MINKS AM) .MINING H
The petroleum of the Appalachian nLS
nil field Is transported almost entirely gggtssl
y pipe-line companies IH
Within half a mile of the old town H
of Leesburg, Idaho, the Gold Illdg jH
mine bs developed an enormons do- jM
posit of gold bearing quart IH
Tbe proditetlon of gold and silver In H
the United State from domestic ores B
In Itud, according to the latest fig- H
uro. waa Gold. 91.S73.00, sllvir, jH
S3I,SM.400 igsssss
The Virgin River Oil company Is B
now selling oil from Its well In south- gB9
em Utah lietween October 18 and N'o- gsffii
ember II last, this company sold a wn
tots I of 172 barrels of oil for IM3. fjTH'
The moat Important factor that has &
caused depression In the silver mar WIa
ket Is the heavy falling oft m tbo d WStt
nisnrt from India, a country whlrh BBS
ordinarily buys tbe lager part of tbo ?
world a supply tsW'
The Cniesua mine and mill at I (alley IHv
hat closed down on account ot not MB
being able to secure snrnclent coal. gggQ
The rioting Is to he only temporary, gB(
and they expect to lie running again tsul
In about a month SaK
One of tho greatest of the tindevel- Hgts
oieil resource In tbo Saluhrla alley tH
In Idaho Is mountains uf high-grade H
Iron ore. All that la needed I capital iH
and the lightly illrettod effoita of rue- HH
fmalllar with thla class uf ore ufl
The llabblt's Pont mine. In Ihn H
Gravel Range district on silver creek. jH
fifty mile southwest ot Salmon City, fH
I equipped wllh n nrsl-clssa ten-etamn KlB
Dill, run by stesm power, which la EH
tiow practically being used lo sample H
U10 deimslls wllh. ggH
Assuming that the demand for Iroi H
ore during the present century mny H
rsnge from fttl.OOO.oOO to 100.000,000 M
tons per year, the take Huperlor dla- H
trlcl would last for from twenty flvo H
to fifty enr more. If It suppllod tho tM
entire United Htales. H
The Yellow Jacket district of Idaho H
It quiet, and there nra hardly any mln- H
lng operations In pivgrets llisro worth H
mentioning nt this time, although tho jH
district contains some very fine pros- H
peels Hint warrant further develop- M
went and niernllon H
llie Tlntlc Mine Operators' astocla- Vfl
lion, which was formed about a year -V1
sua fur the purpose of taking cote ot H
the prixlucers' side uf questions as far H
as the district of Tlntla waa con H
cerned, bids fair to grow and expand H
Into n national nflalr Vfl
The National Hank mine at Uullfrog, H
Novuitu, Is taking out ore whlrh will LVJ
average belter than 1100 lo tho ton H
practically at the grass roots This H
material Is being uncovered 23C feet H
north of tho shaft un a vein which H
dip about 20 degree south and west H
and out ut tbo main working uf tho H
property H
In tho old LceshuiB basin placer dls M
trlcl, fifteen miles west of Snlmou M
City, soma promlsng gold uro devcl- H
opments havo bocn made In the past H
year. At tho old Oarretson mine, test M
mill runs rocently mado on a xono ot H
mlnorallied granlto that It sixty feet M
wldo thowt nverago values ot II to 10 H
An eminent Swedish geologist hns H
prepared a report on tho Iron re- VJ
serves ot tho world, In which ho de- KV
dares that "It will surprlso a great H
many lo learn Hint wo aro llkoly to M
run short of Iron Inside of a single
century If wo keep up the present rate
of consumption. As a mailer of fact, H
wo aro mora likely to Incresso tho H
consumption thnn we nro to reduco
sal
In order (0 constitute n mining part- H
nershlp under tho provisions of see- H
tlons 1900 to 1309, Inclusive, ot the H
n-vlsed statutes, It Is ossontlnl that H
thn rxMiwnors actually angaged In H
working tho inlno or In tho business
of operstlng tbo mine Tho co-ten- H
ancy of two or moro persons In a mill- H
lng clslm Is not of Itself sufficient to H
constltuta such tenants mining part- H
It Is uver two years since thn prlco
nf silver was as low as It Is at pros- M
ent. A mora remarkable fact Is that H
during tho past cloven mouths tho H
prlco lias been cut nearly 12 cents, or H
from 70 rents per fine ounce, 011 Jan- LVJ
unry 7, to fig i.g cent on November H
9 Tho probability Is thnt for tho ro- H
malnder of tho year quotations will H
ronllnua uround CO cents, for various H
reasons H
In a siwech before the Tenth Mln- H
lng congress, held at Joplln, Mo, No- H
vomber 11 to 10, tho director of tho H
United Htales geological survey ro H
fcrred lo the enormous growth of the H
mining Industry In the United Htates , H
within tho Inst twenty-eight years, ' M
which cavers the life of tho bureau. H
When tho suivo) was organised the H
! value ot tU" mineral output of the H
country amounted to uboul 200,000- Bt
I 000; la 1907 It promises to exceed 12 U
! 000,009,000. m
Two uf tho largest reduction plants PJ
' In southern Idaho will be fully In- a5
stalled at Atlanta ready fur business 8j
by tho first of the year The crushers H
and rolls nt the Monarch will havo a H
cnpaclty of 600 tons a day, and tho S
llugdud Chase Is Installing a 100-ton B
mill.
Work has been suspended on tho In- B
dependonce mines, near Ketchum Tim J
managtment In Chicago concluded It B
was boiler tu suspend operations un- K
til their drafts are again paid In cur- jjf
rency by the local bank, as tbey werw JJJ
forced lo pay a premium of 0 per 1R
1100 to got currency Hf.
At the foot of tbe Ieosburg range, 'fi.
within two miles ot Salmon Clt), U
Idaho, the old Polls rd coal mine has Kj
recently been purchased b) Mr. II. tl. at
King, who has put It la (he hand of fl
a cant bl 0ieiBtor and Ii hat lug II do-
I velop-.d In a flrst-cUri, practical mau-
bll.r thin ,n, olM die. Ysii can in gHgaH
a OO Ouioy, llilnalm iBekgaWsssi