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DELTA CHIEF. VOLUME I. Colorado's Mining Outlook. From the Denver Tribune. In noting the production of the Colorado tu.iks for 1MSJ, u New York paper of recent dite assumes that tha P:a!l )i:i> been reached, u ul, infer.mtia!ly tli w u steady deerea.se muv »>e expected. There is nothing iif the reeocJjB of the past four years, certainly nothing in the present Aspect of atluirs to justify this conclusion., < >n the contrary the condition of practical mining In all sections of the various in ning belU is much better than for the past * two year*. By this it is meant that they are iirmfueing wore money. The prospect fora lu'ge iiuiiiou crop was never more encourag ing-. All the signs of the season indicate a «• r-iderablc increase over the very gratifying retirns of last year. Kvery pe:sm at all I .ii i.aC With the subject knows this to be r 10. Neither the tonnage nor the yields of J. -iulville ores have declined. If there l>e any chan ire. it i* in the direction of greater l uring-, w.i I ■ the value is about the same. I’nl s Mime extraordinary new developments lie ur the return for. Lake county will not lie materially dio'.-reat from that of 1#S'J. Reck oning from th basis, w** have every reason t. anticipate « g au yield of twenty-eight to thirty millioun .<»r 1*83. A \a*t amount of development work ha* been uiTunipIisliei the past w inter in districts hitherto burdened with heavy snows and very severe weather, and large bodies of val uable ores expoaed. But in considering the future let us abandon generalities and get . •town to solid facts. For nearly twenty years it has been known that o it of the ricncst sections of Colorado *lay in tie- Sun Juan mountains. For ten year* a aa wen occupied and the rali.ea par tially *p ..el, but under dUBeullitt winch %jvtul. rv . extended operation* almost iinjHw , »ible. Owing to its remoteness from the cen ters of trade, and without the railway faeili t «* enjoyr<l by the northern tier of counties, it 1ms made at the beat but au insignificant showing in the bullion returns. though psw-oina mineral resource* of great extent arid of cju.-J value, they coulil not lie profi tably extracted, lirnoe, until when j» ■n«*irjtel by the lie* fjrund- road, tit is pro 1 tie region bad no. uiig more than a negative standing among the more f* r uitate districts. I nul the la*> half of 1 ail estimates of the Full.oil crop were nercaar ly upon the -.•va.ltng conditions m the counties of Lake. S mm.t, i bar Check, (Lipin, Boulder, aid tark. When the lootings were compiled it «"•> furnished by the srt*i’ou« jti ; uncied. I. st year tb« six count'* - comprising the * Ok •* J**an produced $l,714,76u, mast of it during the Inst two quarters, after the coin p! -tKui of the railway to Silvertoii. In !*#l to esc district combined returned onlv In tHKO the amount wu-**o small it scarcely found a p ace In the statement f »r that y«*»r. These ugur«*> convey au inbili- C' ot • pitorje of the rapid advancement made u. the rule >S (hr new conditions intro «lue.d. The diijy trains sent there with supplies for the people return laden with r»en gt*ld am! s.li. r on* for the siuclters, or Witli btttl'OM protlu •ed on toe gp-niid. It is far better f«*r liw* eotrutry titan the midden di-r triylf u new district l y prospect jog. b*-ean*c the m.u.** are well ojtenod and • Mpa>de of maintaining the supply indefi nitely. In the statement of 1 *.n1, ami proha tdjr for many years to <-oine, this Mo tion must Ik* crpltod with millions im-tead «4* a l«-w thousands ail..heretofore, tutd assuming tj-.Bi the northern eouutiiw will remain the -tame, tin «.li necessarily furnish a heavy inrittw*. Th .x- who believe, therefore, that the limit of gold and silver production in < 'olorado has Ihh-ii attained, ev.d -ntlys leave the San Jua i couulics out of their estimate, and it is too big b» be ignored. California's First Silver Mines. Prom the Minlni Pews. A k'V ddvy #j»o I I'Rmr ncrw* your tiou of "hnrly History »»f the i ointtocx'' Dn:<!tnlwr Itftti, As ihe wriUt «f that nrtidf Mew* lo be anxious to establish true InMorical tacts, 1 will make n few additional remarks. It wa* in the spring of IMB vhrnComttock presented to K. A.Urn. thru t^uAifer* imui«r UtDiTnl, lit his offlct* in Suit Frnuebco, u piw blaok ore from Wa*dioe. Alien the kfimr to Mr. Killaly, a miner Aom |frr\l d«*| Monte* McxioJfc ami to ni •. I toll i of usjironouiUMii it at ortcc very rich Mil|»liurrt ni ailvrr, an u-wiv ««» insist. -1 iwi. Killaly UNik flu* sjwciuicn 10 hi* oflic and there wv made the which "u* lx ttt«*r;i .sI.iMM nn«l $4 .<*»•• jht ton. Shortly alter I levurl that K l l Inly wa* dead. Tin* about t!»»** rirh discovery ltad killed him. Major Allen promised to mi* to go to Washoe to <-taming l omitopk'* dsscov* ••nr. Imt I declined ami returned to Arjmnn. It I do recollect right. you may find seine nol<» on this In Ht'ikSi Mining Ma-J&n*, l>u!>il*h<*d at that time. hi rc;rnr»l t<» the lir.t working of ailver initio* on the I‘untie slope. after the coiiutn riime into the poMCMainu of the United StnUe, there in no doubt (hat it «a» in thnt port ot Ariiona south of the (ilia river. In tiie year IK'd i eume with Col. A. 11. (Irny on the pre tiiiiinanr atirver of the Southern Pacific ratlroaif across t*lie country south of the (iila, at thnt time known a** the (kidsdeu purchase or Mcsillu valley. In the month of June we arrived In San Francisco. The interest in the Southern Pacific wn<* then at high pitch. The iufbrnmtion given by u* did not tali to create aouie excitement, particularly our afciten»'*nt about the niiiierul wealth, although wi on I n t 01-er substantial po d of tin a. large c dhn ti n of minerals, gathered on tiie trip, including *|M*ciuiei>* of nil ver and copper «n«, were buried l»y the hoy* in the ( otorndo de«« rt, an useless stuir, when the highly intrroattna ptiek*mnlc that carried tin provision* and frying-pan* declined to accompany iih any fiirtiivr. F.iiterprising men like* Midor It. Allen, Uuitttl .State* army; J. l>. Oil-.on, William lUnntling, A. S. Wright unit other* contended to mind out an exploring party under direeiioti of K. K. iMiuhur. In October we completed our out fit in Attgclc*, and Marten, twenty men strong, towanT FortsYtiinn. 1 will give you here trie names of gome of the company: ,41. K. I»untoar, MeKlroy, F. ItonMndt, P. Hrarty, <I. Kihbcrs, Ooarga Williams, Joe Yancey, pr. Webster Porter Alfonso Carson, Charles •Tiiklfkf pic road by Tinya Alta, we discover ed tint the Ajo copper mines, about Ptifeilc* wiwtli . MI »•' ' ÜBM, wh re we left <%■» mpn tO bold possession as liest they coin#* tmiu of us continued to hunt for the Alluiai iimiiitniii* .ml the celebrated .liver n,A.«. I'lunelm dc lu I’lntn, of which It I. DELTA, DELTA COUNTY, COLORADO, MARCH 7, 1883. ! stated in Ward's Mexico, that a piece of native silver of 2,700 pounds had been taken out by tl»e Spaniards. After several mouths, of search we discovered this mine, finding first a piece a pure silver of about four onne 's. A few days after a piece of nineteen pounds was taken out of old shallow dig • gings, overgrown by stout oak trees. AtKmfc tl-.L« time our party at the copper mine was attacked early in the morning by i a company of Mexican soldiers, headed by the Prefect and other authorities, who demanded 1 the delivery of the mine, as situated in j Mexican territory. (The boundary line had ! ; not lx*cu run then.) Thev threatened to take I it by force if not surrendered iusgle of two I hours. Mr. 11avwood’s spirited answer, ! “We don’t think of surrendering; if you want i ' to tight let us begin before the sun gets hot,” ■ settled that question. The troops retired to ! Presidio del Altar, Sonora, just in time to re- I cel vc the news of our discover* of the long lost 1 I Planoha de la Plata. Immediately our party ! , was onlered to leave the country. Knowing our latitude, and living well aware that we had no right in Mexican territory, wc thought | ! prudent to comply. i From the A jo copqer mine the first lot of I I exceedingly rich ore was shipped to San j Francisco m 1856,-by the Arizona Exploring aud Mining coin pony. The name of this ! company has lea n i nairamental in conferring the name of “Arizona” to the Gadsden pur chase. 'flic Arizona mountains proj>er are situated in Sonora. In Sun Francisco 1 pro cured auo'her outfit to work mines near Tuc»on. Worked first a copper mine about thirty-five miles w«-*t from there, then a silver mine nmr Sar* Xavier del Bar. for which a company wa< organized in 1856. ' The vrho’e outfit for this, which after much i delay arrived at Yuum, was afterward lost with man and beast in the desert between Maricopa wells and the copper mine. Only one men escaped. This crippled the enter prise so mu-h that it came to a standstill. A1 suit this time Mr. Herman Khrcnberg. who had been for some time on the. Gila a l in Sonora, had fornu-d in New York the : . »uoru Exploring and M : uiug compaav, of which Samuel <‘olt, of Hartford, William Foletnao, <\ 1). Poston, Major Hartley were directors. This company arrived vita Mr. iVton, Ehrenberg aud Hrunkow, \1. E. t iu 1857 in Arizona, aud took up headquarter* in . the descried town of Tubae. Shortly after 1 joined this company, we discovered, besides I many silver mines in the Santa Hita moun tains, those at Orr-i, Folorado and Arivae. There at tin* Heint/.clman mine active mini:).- ■ •qsirations wen.* commenced at once, and very rich ore taken out. A lot of tons, taken in 1KV» to San Francisco, yielded at | the works of Warn, Fzney A Warwick, £450 |H*r ton, otharore smelted at the miue £1*00 '■ p r ton. We were then buying lead orea for j flux from the then rtwntly opened Patagonia 1 m'ne, worked hv old man Douglass and j oilier*, lit lfvVs Mr. Guido Kust-i brought i out a laris- lot of machinery for the Hemt zelm iu n i te ftrr lucthoi of silver on *, by the Itarrcl procea*. From that t.me the s country became more and more settled. Rich Mexican Mines. The Ttifccon dtiten rejK»rt» the <li*ri>tfrT of ■ wtaie new min<- m the State of t'himiHiiua, ( i f fjiluiJou* rich now*. It lirwribe* the hj»wi- j im-tt* ii« follow*: '‘They hare, with one ex- ‘ replioo, the appearance «»f fractured bare of ! oonrM'-irrained silver, the exception being a ! lump nearly tu I»icr «»* a manVclenched hand, ir»U wh ch. »hi n broke i, nbowx nit exoeci i g tine grain. It ba» n mint \aluation of , i*cr ounce. On ftome piece* the quart* )ia> licen repeatedly fifMUiml without effecting a f»e|«*ratlo« of tile acvoral |»art«, an tenneiom in the filver. The ore from the San Nestor ia j alt** rich in go)d. The vein i* ►Mid to !e IS j inrhea w ide »v*th m value aggn%*«ting Jfcio s OO*i to the ton." i'll' l>t* lie hu« u similar width, i twelve dnehr« of which, it is claimed, will j 'average s£l,ollo. The other *ix inches i* a Ida- h jxdanquc. that in *p)it ami lies* again*! cither wall. It haa a value of alxiut ] jo r ton. In the ►an:c veil* i» 1 occttiv a half inch atreak of altmwi pure ailve . The San Maximo In narrower, the hnutdeax jiart of the v in not eirce ling twelve inch m .n width, hut SIB,OOO |mt ton mnv l*e con ►ldered pretty good jmy ore, even if the ledge dob pi noh to a foot, more or lews. Another Worng Poker Invention. From the K«nm« « It y Time*. Th<*v t*-l I n ncwMorv now on Senalor Tabor of ('oliirwlo. Il i« related win n Tub <r was <*n the K minis iVifii' Iruin going ingbn t** take In- s* at, lie m<t a Hebrew drummer who hud known him some time by reputation. To .pass the time they ensured in h tin me of seven up. The plnv wan even until the cl«*e of the second emue when the drummer wcivol four kings and an eight *|*ot. A queen was turned un. “(Ircnt tiodd!" said the drummer. “Mr. !>abor I rhhi il vas hok-r. If ve vu• Movin' lx»ker 1 v**sl l*et you my whole bun-dell. “Mow much is your bundle?'' asked the noMe Senator from Colorado. “Two hundred and (lftv foliar,” replie<l the drummer. “Well," replied Tulmr, “if you will give me tin* queen, which is turned, I will go yon.” “ fun,” Kidd the drummer, ami Tnltor pick ed tin the queen. “Pnteos ash nan," whispered the drummer, allowing his hand to u man in the next neat. “1 should smile, 1 ’ answered the man la conically. “Vood yon like to bet some more, Mecvtvr I>abor?" ‘asked the (Himtucn'ial tourist with an insinuating smile. “Yes," said the mild e Senator, “I haven fair hand; 1 will make it “I haf only fiftv." replied the drummer, and he made his bet good for ifstOO. **\Vh«t luif you got, Moester nabor?” “f our man," answered Colorado*® favorite eon, showing the fatal one hihUs. Thu drum »ner was perfect lv parnlvjteii and wan unable to speak. while the noble Senator stowed the J) d in liis togs. Slow ly draw ing a eignr ii*oiii liia pocket, Colorado's favorite wiu* about to light upend withdraw when the drummer recovered his sense of s|H*ceh. Leaning forward he said, 4, Ket ish nil right, M center I labor. You haf w«a» the mouey agon an*, but tJreat Goddl Mr. 1 labor vot had her g-veen to do mit four neos?" A process has l*cen discovered in Mississip pi by which sweet potatoes rail Ik* kept over winter without difficulty. The water is evaporated, leaving the sugar and starch by another process, nttd formers arc thus enabled to either store away or dry them as preferred. Gunnison Coal Fields. The Crested Butte coal fields, says the Gun* nison Sew» Prew t have attracted considerable attention in the mining world since the first active working of them began, a little over a year ajo, when the Denver & Itio Grande reached the banks. The excellent looking coal at one of these mines attracted consider able attention, and coking began immediately in pits. It was not until about ten days since tliat the .large coking ovens now used were constructed, and even now a large portion of the coking is done in the primitive manner. In company with J. K. Robinson, the superintendent of the Colorado Coal A Iron company, a reporter of the RerUu>~Prt** visited the coal mines of this company, sit uated just south of town. This company has recentjv built fifty hew coking ovens. ’They are built of fire brick and incased with stone. Heretofore the major part of the coking, as stated, has been done in pita after the original plan. With the improvements the company will he able to increase the daily production, and at the same time do much Iwtter work. Arrangements are now being made and con tracts Yet to put in 100 more of these ovens immediately. The ovens are all connected with a large track running along the top of them, which enables coal to lie drawn to the ovens by a mule. The coal used is the slack or screened coal, the lump coal being loaded on the cars for market. The process of coking is simple in its de tail'*, especially when these improved ovens are use*!. The ovens are fir-t heated red-hot. then three charging iarrie* of the slack coal i .tumped into them, and it is permitted to bake for forty-eight hours. The ovens are then permitted to cool off somewhat, are then watered out and drawn. The oven still beii.g heated, the first charging fires the ovens for the second. Every fortv-eight hours each oven turns out two und a half tons of cok«*. The capacity of each oven, as worked at the present, is nlstut one and one-fourth tons of coke each twenty-four hours. As s-on as tlie new ovena are coraplet *d the coking capacity of t his' com pan v will he 175 t-»n* each twenty-four hour.-.'-, ilr. Robinson informed tlic rejM.rter tliat it was the inten tion of the company to increase the facilities for mining as Wi ll a* coking, and that within three months the company will be second in the State in the amount of coal turned out daily. 4 1 the i»reM*nt he employs 150 men in the min** and at the ovens, but this force will be largely increased within a few weeks. One thousand tons of lamp coal is shipped each week, and over 30Q tons of coke. In addition to these mines of the C. C. A I. company then- is the Anthracite mine owned and operated by the Anthracite Mesa mining compare. Their banks are situated some four or five miles north of the Butte and an* I wing extensively worked this winter. A breaker ha* recent! v been added to the operat* ing machinery of these banks and extensive preparations made for miniug this excellent ipuuity, ol coal. The company employs i.bout li. r > men and ships coal to all part.* of lhe State. For bltvksiui'hing purposes there i- no 1 setter e**al in the I'nited Stales than this niiii'-d from the anthracite banks at this place. It will lie but a short time until if is extensively u*ed thmaghont the Wot. Condition of Trade. The last trade reports from Boston and New York made an unfavorable exhibit owing to the disasters bv floods in the Middle State-. Yet the New York florW says the signs of the times are highly encouraging. Its twin f is baaed upon the annexed state ment : Notwithstanding alt these drawbacks, the i export trade of the country is in a lictter ©on dition than last vear. l-'rom tins |*»rt the shipments of produce and imn liandise reach- j ed u money value of tor the week, | which ended on Tuesday last, against $5,820,- I for the wivk in ISS2. For the week which ended February 14th, the exports of wheat and flour from seven At Inn tie |M*rtH were 2,202,6Gf» hushela of wheat, against P 4.1.422 in the eorres|mnding wwk of 1»2. and 1,10/3,527 bushels of corn, against 404,300 bushels. The exports of cotton from nil parts ..f the Foiled States tor the week which ended on last Friday night were 102,- Wsl lwles, against w.t*lS bales for the corres ponding week in lSr’2, and the total exports of cotton since Septemlwr Ist. have K*en 3,(132,7>1* hales, against 2,102,t»78 bales for the same period- of last year. The outward movement of provisions also compares favor ably with that of last year. The prices for some of our domestic products are higher than in ltv**2, and when* they nrc lower the difference is more than made up by tlu* in* creased quantities exj*orted. The latest cable ndvices not only corrolmrate earlier dispatches as to the uit favorable outlook for crops abroad. hut state that the deficiency will prohaMv la* even greater tliun has bvn an* t.eipat'.Ml, and that Kurtuv will In* more de pendant upon the Fnlteu States for food sup plies than for many years past. This is im* ]Mwtant, a* it w ill tend to a rapid distribution of any surplus we may have left over from the crops of 1.582 pending the harvesting of this year’s yield. A Taxas Goat Ranch. From the* Galveston (Texas) Now*. The editor of the livable Jlr*}*rian has made n visit to the f».'Au\h' Nueces «»non. Including the ' Angora ranee of S. J. ' mold *fc Hrus. Hem the canon widens out for « distance of seven mile'*— to (hot. it is the widest and most beautiful spot in the canon. These gentlemen own and control about lAO.OOO acres, embracing the rich volleys of . Maverick creek on the west and Ranch creek on east, whk'h are only mlnntufe canons putting into the Nueces valley from cither slde.fhmish ing an abundance of grass and water the year around, and which is used as a summer range, while in Kinney county they have another much ! where they winter their sheep until after the 1 lambing season, keeping the'goats on the home ! .ranch during tlio kidding season. Six years ago : last July the.*** gentlemen ‘fcommenced with 875 j goats and 1,400 head of riHeep. Now they have 4,000 of the former and of the latter. Their losses In sheep will arittmAfto about the same in money vahto as their Ymtehasos, while on the goat question they are $2,000 ahead of their losses U'sldes their increase. Dilrtng this fterlod their losses than disease and otherwise lmvo not l>een over two per cent, on Utcir goats. They nut seven different flocks which give steady employment'to seven herders, besides a vlcloro, who su|ierlutehds tho flocks, as well as extra hands to attend to ot£cr work on the ranch. In the shearing, lamb ing, and dipping seasons of course the number Is j greatly augmented. On this ranch the goat* have been improved up by best of thorough-bred billies until now the grade run-s from one-half to fifteen-sixteenths. Last spring their goat clip amounted to 1,200 pounds, which was sold in Xew York at ah average of forty cents. We have often beard the question asked, what profit is there in goats? In common goats the profit lies in the. hides and tallow, whieh always command a good price, and the supply of good meat in a shape that will not spoil in warm weather before it can be used up. By using Angora sires a flock can be graded up so high that the wool is 'ore profitable than that of sheep, while the e ...mal itself is hardier, more prolific and less exp* iisive. The Diamond Country In Africa. [‘‘ln the Land of Misfortune.”—Ladv Florence Dixie.] The soil, when brought to the summit, Is carted away and strewed on the ground, where it is left for a fortnight or three weeks to pulveri se in the sun. At the expiration of this time gangs of Kuflirs, superintended by a white man, break the large lumps into powder, and this in turn is cart ed away to be placed in the washing machine. It is during the process of first breaking that some of the largest diamonds are discovered, and the overseer has to keep a sharp lookout on the workers in consequence. In spite of the terrible penalty incurred by any one detected in the act of secreting a good find, thefts are very rife, and many a diamond finds its way into Kaffir possession in spile of the sharpest vigilence. During the process of washing the gravelly sulstance, which is full of garnets as well as the diamonds, sinks to the bottom of the machine, while the earthen substance disappears in another channel. When it has been thoroughly washed through two or three times this gravel is collected and strewn on t/tbles, where searchers, with steel instruments somewhat resembling very broad knives, care fully turn it over in minute search. Then it is that the precious jewel is discovered in all man ner of sizes and shapes, when it is placed in a , small tray, on which another oveerseer keeps his watch Ail eye. I was given several little heaps of gravel to dissect, and in half an hour had suc ceeded in discovering about twenty cr thirty diamonds of very fair aizc, and some so perfectly i-hapcd that they had every appearauc ef having just left the cutter's hands. Before the White Settlement. Demo rest's Monthly for March. Thousands of years before Columbus sighted Hispaniola. a dense population covered the coun try now known as Arizona and Xerf Mexico. They were a semi-civilized j»eople, fax advanced beyond savage life, as is shown by the remains of their pottery, temples and dwelling houses. They seem to have been conquered by warlike savages from northern regions, probably the ancestors of the fierce Apaches and Comanehea, who have caused our little army so much trouble in the past. Colonel Stephenson has just returned from exploring the homes of the Cliff dwellers. It seems that on precipices thousands of feet above tnc idaiiis below have been found the remains of villages where generations must have lived and di«l under the most extraordinary circumstances. The houses could be reached only by the ino>t export gymnasts who were fsrtvd to climb over a thousand feet up the cliffs to reach their habita tions. Some of these villiagcs contained, evi dently. thousands of people. How they procured food and susUiiued life in these inaccessible lo calities is a mystery. Those Cliff dwelling were probably places of reittgv for the jwople of the plains when defeated by their srvajro assailants. Major Powell, and the chiefs of Hu other bureaus of tlic scientific department of the govermnem. deserve great credit for bringing to light the ar chavdogical and ethnological marvels of our .south-western territories. These ought to Was interesting t<> our people iu* are the sites of the ancient cities in Asia Minor to the antiquarians of Kumpo. Young men of means and In the pur suit of knowledge, would find many antiquities that would interest them greatly, in Arizuua and N«W Mexico. _ How Tramps in Detroit Earn Their Menis and Drinks-Shrewed Practice. The following sketch troiu Ihc I>cirolt Pm Prm. 1 is Interesting in showing how the law is made to j provide a sustenance for dishonest Justices of the | lVmv and loafers who hang about those Justice*' courts: “Have you heard of the assault and battery scheme T’ I 4, lt‘s a recent invention, and is having an im- : men*e run in Justice ’s court, tfo over there , now, or any morning, or. for that matter, almost • any time of day. and you will find ton or a dozen | hums sitting around playing a game of Mieawbcr. j After sitting around until they begin to got hungry—they're always thirsty—one of them will | go over to the justice’bdesk and make i complaint ! against another for assault and battery." "And swear to itf* "Of course, why not* There's nothing under the wide heavens those follows wouldn't swear to. t The complaint made, the justice issues his war ; rant, n constable takes the paper over to the \ waiting culprit behind the stove, an 1 nakesthe arrest, two of the gang volunteer to a« as counsel, ; six of the remainder arc sworn inasjurymen, and ' the ‘trial’ proceed*, it doesn't take long, for it is lunch time. The complainant testifies that the i prisoner pushed him, the defendant swears that he did not, the ‘lawyers’ submit the case without argument, and the learned judge renders his ver dict, a favorite method being to pronounce the defendant guilty and suspend sentence," "What next?" "Soup and a drink, after which the justice ! makes out his bill ibr the auditors to approve and ‘ the county treasurer to pay. The Jurors get fifty i cents apiece, the cousiablo one dollar and j mileage, and the Justice four and five dollars. The number of assault and battery cases that ' Justice la disposiug of daily would seem do imii- I cate that the city is peopled with Slugger Salll- J vans." , A mass of log* broke loose in a way in Wi-cousin while a man Mieli a position that his escape the wooden aviilnuehe was |H'mti<>u ho fell fiat between t wen* frozen fast, and the lons of without hurting him. Canadian paper* njn.rt bird it! considerable muuU‘rsJ^K^u|^C|?^|; ! 1 the English sorrows. | XTJMBER 1 All Sorts. Texas lias now 6,000 miles of 1 railway complet ed. There are over 9,000 blind persons in the state of Arkansas. Orange tree are being planted all along the Mississippi coast. In London there are now thirty-nine theatres giving performances. The brown ladies of Azion, on the African Gold C-oost, wear bustles. Gen. Fremont's son, who is named after him is a master in the navy. The Texas cattle drive for the coming spring is estimated at 220,000 head. In the year 1882 the Hot Springs railroad carried 25,000 passengers. Rabbit hunting by moonlight Is now a fashion able sport in various portions of Illinois. Dakota has 21 national and 87 private banks, with an aggregate capital of $10,000,000. Misfortunes never come isingly. The great flood and Mrs. Langtry struck Cincinnati on the s»ime day. The plaintiff in an Indiana breach of promise suit is a wi«low of thirty-four, and the defendant a boy of eighteen. In drilling for an artesian well at Chesterfield, Iowa, a stream, of milky substance was struck, which is believed to be magnesia. The government hires a vault in a safe deposit company in St. Louis for the storage of silver dol lars, and has about $4,000,000 in it. A three-year-old boy in North Carolina was scalded to death a few days ago by a cup a hot coffee which he pulled upon his head from a table. . In the Egyptian war one English bullet in every hundred did damage. In the Franco-Ger man war more than thirty German shots in a hundred hit the enemy. In Charles City. Ia.. the marshal is authorized by ordinance to arrest all young men under the , age of fifteen found upon the streets after eight o’clock at night. The Melbourne Argvt states that the wreck of a vessel of about 300 tons has been discovered at Fay river. New Guinea. Th-* natives report that the crew, numbering seventeen, have been eaten by the Keewai tribe. Tha dying words of young Com csasderRawscn, leader of the Highland Brigade, to Sir Garnet WoUely after the victory of Tel-el-Kcblr, deserve a place in history. They were: ' General, dkl I lead them straight?" ‘ A Virginian named John E. Cross dreamed the other night that he was out on a chase and aa the stag turned to bay. sprang violently from his bed, and, striking upon a chair, received injuries, which it is feared will prove fatal. One of the oldest men on active duty in the treasury department at Washington is CoL Geo. • Kcut, of Bangor, Maine brother of the late Gov ernor Edward Kent, ofthat state. He is now nearly eighty-seven, but is as hale and sprightly as most men of fifty. A W ashington Territory official says that there are four pursuits which a man can follow in the northwest with more show of success than else where—viz., wheat raising, mining, lumbering and fishing. The wheat belt extending from Boise, Idaho, to Wall a. W. T., contains 50.000,000 acres of land. The scheme of reclaiming land by filling in the Back, bay of Boston has proved a profitable enter prise for the state. The receipts from the sale of amount to $4,757,000 and the outlay has-been only 31,650,00ft Besides this profit, fifty acres have been added to the deep-water area of the harbor. Jinj,,, Phipps, the notorious Philadelphia Alms House plunderer, is still in prison In Canada, but is “a* well as might be expected under the cir bumstances." He is treated w ith all the consid eration dr.e to a man who wears the unique dis tinction of bavins stolen the roof of the building intrusted to his core. How to Jndge a Ripe Watermelon. The amateur melon grower la 'often puzzled to known when hi? watermelons are ripe, ami in de termining this lact is liable to lose his finest specimens. The fruit is dry and tasteless if plucked from the vines after it Is over-ripe. It is also unwholesome when gathered in a half ripen ed state. When a watermelon is ripe the flesh inside will crack when pressed upon, emitting a sound distinctly hoard; but this bruises and spoils the fruit. The dead curls are sometimes taken as evidence of ripeness: but this is not always re liable. for curls aud sometimes the while vimv will die while the melon is green. The surest testis by color and sound. When ripe the color of the rind becomes more dull than when grow ing ; the texture of the rind is more firm, and not spungy As while growing. The sound, wh *n thumped sharply with the middle finger by the experienced, is the quickest aud most reliable evidence. To become fltmlUar with the sound of a ripe watermelon, the inexperienced hits but to thump his boot or shin', which will give the correct sound of a ripe melon. The country is threatened with another diary publication. A Washington correspondent says Senator Sherman has got all the letters he has re ceived during the last twenty or thirty years care - ftdly filed away In scrap book*, with an index most complete. Further, that the lcttfra from his brother. General Sherman. U. S. A., must bo very Interesting. They number thousands, and were begun when the General was at West I‘idut, find have continued ever since. The love of tho !• ret her* for each other is well known among their friends. Neither has a thought that is not sofiie way connected with the other. Tho letters of general Sherman to hia brother during tho |fc»r will make mighty Interesting rcadlug if they Kr printed. They were t written in camp—sorae- Bjnes before a battle and sometimes after one— Eut they gave the writer's idea straight from his [heart, aud told what he thought the sumo as ho i would commune with himself. If the General was any more frank tu his letter) %0 his brother than ha wsu* in his published * , wemoix»*‘ many military gvnteiueu of eminence ratWt be tremb ling.