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FORTUNE'S FREAKS. ^,C? . ; ROMANTIC STORIES OF MEN IN THE COLORADO GOLD MINES. jr. Many Former Owners of Paying Properties Are Now Poor? Ups and Dowus of a ^ Miner's Life. THERE are 12,000 men in Cripple Creek, ami fully 10,000 of tliem are mourning over the fortunes they have lost, writes Frank G. Carpenter in the Washington Star. Yon will meet every day miners who will tell you how near they came to owning the Portland, the Independence, the Victor, or other big mines which are now turning out tens of thousands of dollars a month. Some will whisper how they sold mines for a eong which are now worth millions, and others will curse their luck as they describe the fortunes which have slipped through their fingers. I saw a man hauling logs at the town of Victor, near Cripple Creek, x the other day, who sold a half-milliondollar mine to pay a groo'erv bill of 840. He was earning $3 a day, and he was working for the men who bought his mine. His name is Jerry Winchell. Four years ago he owned a number of the best locations in the Cripple Creek district, but now he i6 is not worth a cent. The mine which went for grub is famons here. It is known as "The Last Dollar." Winchell located it in 1891, and not long after that, when he found himself in /I 4" I a f a f d.lH f l-l H ucyi I U IUC7 niuuuab Ul Vx wcr xjl. xj.. Mills, a groceryman, he gave uim the mine to square the bills. Mills was not satisfied with the settlement. He **? objected, but Winchell had no money and he had to take it. Three years later, howevar, he sold the mine for $75,000, and the purchaser resold it a month or so after that to Senator Wol- j '' BRINGING ORE FB01I A MINE. cott and others for $100,000. Now it is producing quantities of gold, and no one knows what it will bring in the future. 1 eat at a dinner in Brown's Hotel, in Denver, the other day, beside a florid-faced, long-beaded man from Colorado Springs. We soon began to talk of the mines of Cripple Creek. The subject of the Isabellu Company came up, and I asked him if he knew anvthins: as to the Cripple Creek mines owned by it. "Ye?," said he, "I should say I do. Their best mine, your know, is the Buena Vieta. It pays almost all the profits of the Isabella Company. Its veins has been traccd for three thousand feet, and it has already produced more than ?400,000 worth of gold. I had a ch&nco to buy half of that mine for $100, and did not take it. A man in my employ discovered it. He was one of those fallows who are always hard up, and ono day he came to me and told me that his family were out of provisions, and that he must have money. He spoke of the Buena Vista I prospect and offered me a half interest in it for 8100. I told him that I would #ivc him the provisions, but I did not , want tho mine. I said I did not believe there was any gold in the Cripple ^Jreek region. The result was that he went away aud sold the interest to other parties. Within two week those parties sold their half interest for 320, J _ iU 1.1.. i uu.;, auu u ujuutu inict my uiau gut $40,000 for his share. The Isabella mining stock at its present selling value is worth more than a million. It has paid 8100,000 within a month it dividends, and I could have gotten one-half of it for $100. Oh, Lord! it makes me sick when I think of it!" The Independence gold mine is said to be the richest in the world. It has, it is said, from five to seven million dollars' worth of gold iu sight, and its owner, who was working at his trade as a carpenter five yc? 3 ago, would not now sell it for $10,000,000 cash. And still the lndopendence nas several tzmes been offered for sale and the offer refused. This wa9 in the first days of its history. One of Dave Moffat's experts told me the other night how near ho came to bnying it. Said he: 'It was several years ego, before the 1 Cripple Creek region waa mnch develW oped that I came there from Leadville 9^ to see what I could Jind for Mo2at. PjjjH Eben Smith was with me, and we SiH bought the Victor mine for 865,000, and have, as yon know, made abont ggH a million out of it. Well, one day I SrajH was walking abont Stratton's mine, Wgm when I saw a miner whom I knew 8|j8B shovelling out ore and rock. I asked ?$ him whether the mine was worth anyKUB thing. He said that he did not think I that it was worth much, ami that! Stratton would never pc-t anything out of it. I wont into the building, ' however, and chipped off a bit of the ore and put it in my pocket. That night 1 had it assayed. It ran $200 to tho ton. I sounded Sirattou and l'oun-l j I could got the mine lor ?10,00J cash ! at an option of S7;;,0'"\ I replied that I conitl noi make aa offer until I j CtKtTTco through tue mine and mako j a number ox as-ays, and that while j firct. r.rf. tninrht rn.Il ffood. that I Q w which I got later might not be worth mining. This van agreed to, and I was just about to wiro Eben Smith that we hiul better buy the mine, when I got a letter from him, earing that tho panic had struck Denver. He said that everything was flat, and that Mof-. fat had written to him to go slow, and not to bny anything for a time. He told me to break off any negotiations I might have and go off fishing until the trouble blew over. I thought the matter would keep for a month, so I went fishing. Thirty days latter I came back, only to find that Stratton had struck good ore, and that he would BOB WOMACK's CABIN, POVEBTY GULCH. not sell at any price. He took out I several thousand dollars that month, and now?well, now every one knows that the Independence mine is worth millions." As I have said, Stratton offered to sell out a number of times during the earlier days of the Independence, but at this time there were none who had enough faith to buy. Now it is said that he is making such improvements that he will in time be able to take a million dollars' worth of gold out of the mine in a single day, and that one of his boasts is that he will soon ship a carload of ore which will be worth at least SI00,000. He has already shipped 350,000 worth of ore in a day, and he is doing all he can to keep from allowing the mine to pay ? ?>1 oa aaa ? mure vuau ^i4v,vv/v a luuuiu. The Portland mine was once offered to New York parties for $200,000. Bnt the experts who were seat there reported that there was only $37,000 worth of ore in sight, and the New Yorkers refused the offer. The next month the owners of the Portland took out $40,000, and sinoe then it has produced more than $2,000,000. It now pays $60,000 a month in divi I danrts. and T am told that it will, not ! withstanding its enormous expenses, pay thirty-six per cent, this year. The Victor mine, which wa3 sold to French parties for more than a million dollars, brought, as I have told you, the original finders only $50,000, and was refused by Wall street brokers at $270,000. This mine pays two per cent, a month dividends on a capitalization of a million. Similar stories might bo told as to other mines, and all about me I see the funeral processions of those who are mourning the "gold they did not get." During my ride to Cripple Creek I traveled with a very intelligent doctor named McDonald, who is getting fat off" the "ono lung" brigade who are marching through different parts of Utah in search of health. He told me how he was oflered only two years ago a one-eighth interest in the Anchoria Leland mine for $500, but had not the nerve to buy. This is the mine out of which Irving Howbart and others have made a fortune. Its stock is very valuable, and there is practioally none of it on the market. It was leased a little over a year ago to T. J. Malonev, but ' the lease ha? now expired. Maloney 6truck "pay dirt" as soon as he began working. Ho found one body of ore of 1900 ponnds which yielded him $36,000, and he has taken out, I am 1 told, more tnan $3uu,uuu wortn ot j gold. Had Dr. McDonald invested in ( the mine his $590 would have made him independent ot drug stores and patients for the rest of his life. Nearly every man who gets a mine at Cripble Creek has to fight for it. Stratton has had a number of law suits. The Portland mine was for a long time in the courts, aud nearly every good claim is contested. One of the queerest stories I hear is that of the Deer Horn mine, which now belongs to Stratton and others. It was located by an old carpenter named Sterritt. Sterritt had heard of Stratsen's succesp, and he knew that Stratton was a carpenter, so he thought if the luck was rnnning with the carpenter trade he would drop his saw and plane and go to mining. He was about sixty years of age, and he knew nn+.hinff fthrmfr, nr nrnonAnfinfy FTa D -- ~-w ? fvT P' ?" simply wandered aboat the hills in an aimless mannor, breaking up a piece of stone here and chipping off a bit of rock there. At last one day on Globe Hill, back of Cripple Creek, ha saw lying on the ground a deer's horn. He was a rather superstitious fellow, and he thought that this was an omen that he was to dig there for gold. He at once named his claim "The Deer , Horn," and set out the stakes which | made it his own. He had no money, \ and he was compelled to do all the ; work himself. He dug a ten foot hole, ( and then making a rude ladder, he went down with a bucket and laboriously carried the rook to the top. After a time he rigged up a windlass and thus hauled it out. After some i weeks he sent some of the rock to , Pueblo to be assayed, a friend advancing Jtiim the cash to pay for the assay. The report was that the best ore contained eighty cents' worth of gold to the ton. In reading it, however, old Sterritt mistook the figures for 88 instead of eighty cents. "That isn't at all bad," said he, and he went on mining. At last, however, he came to the c-nd of his "grub," anil he walked oil lo his home, thiriy miles away, to work at his trade as curpenter for a week or>so in order to save enough money to go on with his mine. While he was away the owners of one of the stamp mills examined the mine, ami when he came back they offered him a dollar a ton for all the rock on the surface of his claim for a distance of 100 feet in length, twenty-five feet in width tind tix feet m depth. This Sterritt accepted, and he was soon making from $10 to S15 a day. In the meantime a speculator jumped his mine, and he hud to fight for it in the couris. The other miners, however, gaw tho i injustice of the jumper's claim and they b&fned him in effigy and soared him so that he did not dare to appear at the trial. While the suit was pending Sterritt shipped more than S12,000 worth of precious rock, and when he was offered $40,000 for his mine he took it and left for hio old home in Indiana. During the same 7ear that he sold it the Deer Horn shipped $126,000 worth of ore. Within the past few months it has been resold and it is now to be operated in connection with the Samtnit mine, which adjoins it on the north. Its new owners intend to put in the finest of machinery and they claim that the mine contains a fortune in it? immense bodies of low grade ore. it lb suu tu auvn vuav vuuoo nuw ??w the most for the world often reap the least reward. Marshall, who dieoovered gold in California, died a pauper. The mau who laid bare the riches of the oil fields of Pennsylvania was in his last days dependent on charity, and Bob Womack, the prospector who first showed up the riches of this Cripple Creek gold camp, is now living in a little log cabin in eight of mines worth millions and struggling hard to got more than a living. Hie story is that of many miners. For twenty years he has been prospeoting, A RETORT OF CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD. and now, at forty-three, having found millions, he is worth nothing. He came to this region ten years in advance of any one else and staked out o number of claims, among others frhat is now known as the El Paso mine, which is said to be worth half a million. He owned this prospeot foi some time, bat could not get others to believe in its riches. He had no money to develop it and he finally sold it for $300. A few months after he made the sale, one-third ol the El Paso was sold for 835,000, and it is now considered a very valuable property. It was Womack who first had faith in the Cripple Creek gold region. He held the El Paso for a long time before he sold it and he worked on the ?attle farm of Bennett & Meyers upon which have since been located some of the best Cripple Creek mines, in order to get the money to continue his prospecting. He dug holes all over this farm in his search ij mi^ .f it. t ior goiu. iuB uwuers ui ma iariu laughed at him and told him *hat he must cover up his holes, as their cattle fell into them. He did this and went on. From time to time he took rock down to Denver to be assayed and he foand that it ran as high ae $500 per ton. After the miners began to come to Cripple Creek he gave away a number of claims which he had on Gold Hill, and some of these claimF within a year afterward sold for $40,000. By the time the camp was in full blast he found himself worth nothing, and now he says of himseU that his old friends pass him by witb a sneer and those who have the most of the wealth which he has discovered do not even say "Have a cigar, Bob I" THE TURKISH PORTER. The Hercules Whose Place of Business Is on the Street. The Tarkish porter is one of the most interesting objects seen in a tour of the Orient. Of Herculean strength and power of endurance, he is usually prompt and obliging, also honest so far as in him lies. He cannot speak the truth, and would not respect himself if he could for that is a virtue of the Frank. His place of business is on the streeta of his native town, where he oan be found at all hours of the day, clad in a loose soiled jacket usually gray, with ?ray gaiters, Turkish shoes or Bandals, the inevitable fez and a neckerchief bhat makes him look as if he were strangling. All the burden of conveying large small articles falls upon him and he tvill for a gratuity carry a piano as sasily as a trans, iie is tne most contented of the working fraternity one A TURKISH PORTER. meets abroad, whether he in found in the streets of Constantinople or in those of Stamboul, and the tourists make much of him because he is interesting. His occasional smok9 under I the shade of a mulberry tree, or his lazy sips of eherbert, being treats that renew his strength for the hard work by which he must live?if he is not able to sell merchandise. Being sturdy and industrious, the traits of the Turkish porter commend him to the public, hence a picturesque description of him by one traveler who named him the "Quaker of the Orient." Build C*|? the System. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell has jasfc published a pamphlet, in which he takes the ground that not only the use of glasses, but the general building up of the system is necessary in most cases where the oculist is called in. A \ prominent dentist follows in the same lines, anil eays that the beat way to cure constitutional and regular toothache is to strengthen the entire system and increase the bodily strength. In nil tho treatment of such cases a great advance has been made of late in the skill of tho ophthalmologists and oculists.?Philadelphia Times. The Congressional Library at Wash' ington has received a valuable addition to its collection in the shape of the letters of Washington collected by j the late Dr. Joseph Tonnera. OLDEST TWINS IN THE COUNTRY, They Reside lu Maine, and Are Eighty. Two Years Old. * Probably the oldest twins in tho country reside in the State of Maine. Tbey are Mrs. Mary Woods, of Bel- J fast, and Mrs. Almira Belden, of Palermo, who were born on March 14 eighty-f.wo years ago. French was i JET A : e EIGHTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD TWINS. t the name of the two women before * they were married, and they were the daughters of Nathan French, who went from New Hampshire to Maine, and was among the eirliest settlers in the town of Montville. They were born in that town, and there they grew to womanhood. During their lives they have never been outside of Waldo County, the thr^e towns in whioh they have lived being all within the limits of that county. Palermo, Mrs. Woods's home, is twenty miles from Belfast, where Mrs. Belden lives, and the twins frequently visit eaoh other. Mrs. Belden has been three times married, having outlived two of her husbands. bbo first marnea Timotny Jackson, of Montville. When bo died she married Nehemiah Smith, whose house was in Freedom, another small town in Waldo County. Her present husband is James Belden, a prosper* ous farmer of Palermo. She has three living children, and has always enjoyed good health. Her sister, Mrs. Woods, is a widow, and now lives in Belfast. Her husband was Phineas Woods, of Freedom, who died thirty years ago, and 6he has had five children. Of these only one is living, Kimball Woods, a. prominent citizen of Belfast. Eighteen years ago she went to live with her son and has been there ever since. The twins resembled each other greatly in their girlhood, and many amusing stories are told of mistakes in their identity made by their friends. Owing to illness Mrs. Woods ha3 grown slim and smaller than her sister, who is in robust health. BALLOONS FOR HAKBOR DEFENCE. " E A Frenchman's Plan to Hitch Them 1 to Submarine Boats. c Much more has been done in France y than in any other country to perfeot n a balloon which can be propelled p horizontally and oan be steered. Ex- a 1 fl BALLOON AND SUBMARINE BOAT. w periments in that line have long been conducted under the auspices of the French Army, and with saoh success that an airship of this class oan be made to travel at a rate of fifteen or twenty miles an hour for a short time. , A new use of the balloon is now suggested in the country where it had its c origin and has reached its greatest development. M. Fesce thinks that it might be employed for harbor defence " in co-operation with a submarine boat. ? The latter could tow the balloon about 1 easily, he thinks, if no attempts were ? made to eeoure speed, and, consequently, there would be no necessity lor equipping the airship with pro- ? polling machinery or with a rudder. Moreover, the occupants 01 tae two vessels could be placed in teleDhonic g communication with each other. The Frenchman proposes to use the balloon as an observatory, whence the position and strength of the enemy could be more readily perceived (he imagines) than from the conniftg tower of a submarine boat, and he would have the operations of the other twin directed from his aerial post. Only enough men to manage the boat and its torpedoes would be put inside of the submerged craft. If the balloon kept at a sufficient elevation to prevent its being bit by any of the guns of the enemy's fleet, and did not come within range of the marines' rifles, it n?Airn a noofnl ftdinnrtt. nf it.H - ? 1 ? ? marine consort in offensive as well as defensive warfare. Coal Deteriorates From Exposure. The result of recent analyses show that the loss of weight suffered by coal from exposnre to the weather is considerable. In some cooes it reaches 33.08 per cent., while the deterioration in quality for purposes of fuel or gas making reached a still higher figure.?Boston Budget. Taken at His Word. V;"'-, F He?"How would you like to own a a ?er?a little pappy?" w She?"Ob, Mr. Softly, this is so ei sudden!" t( A * ' FASHION OLIO. SOME OF THE NEWEST FEAT URES OF WOMAN'S WEAR. , Handsome and Serviceable Cape \ Made of English Covert Cloth? A Stylish and Fanciful Waist i With Bodice Effect. ENUINE English covert cloth 1 [ / in an exquisite shade of dove 1 color, with velvet in a darker < shade, is effectively combined 1 n the decidedlyjcorrect garment shown 1 n the first large picture and described f jy May Manton. It is suitable alike i ui tumpieung a visiting, caning or ihurch toilet. The cape of becoming ? ength is mounted over a short yoke 1 ining of circular shape, thus insuring c i perfect adjustment. The shaping is a iccomplished by eight gores, and may, c herefore, be cut economically. No t >etter design can be suggested in re- s CAPE OP ENGLISH modeling one of last season's modes, t 'he upper portion of the cape fits g losely to the depth of the shallow j oke. From this point the additional z aaterial is laid in deep underlying c ilaits, providing the fashionable flare z t the lower edge. The closing is ef eoted through the center'front by oat hooks and loops. An^terlining f lightweight crinoline body to he wrap, while a pretty lining of twooned silk is a pleasing-addition. Furber decoration is afforded by the oramental straps that extend from the ollar to the shoulder, and are decorted with bijou buttons. A distincive feature is the high flaring collar, iced with velvet, that will prove both rotective and becoming. All regulaion cloakings are adapted to the mode, ach aa Melton, covert, whipcord, billird cloth, broadcloth, etc., while eau de soie, rich brocade, satin or eavy cloaking silk will make up pretily in conjunction with velvet or fur. The quantity of material 44 inches ide required to make this cape for a idy having a 36-inch bust measure is [?o yards. A STTLISH WAIST. The newest feature is the bodice efsct introduced in the stylish and faniful waist depicted in the second larpe ngraving, and also described by May ' lanton. In the present instance the fc laterial chosen is plaid silk, the v round of deep indigo blue being de- c ghtfully blended in oolors of dahlia, reen and gold. The bodice, fanciful * olor and lower portion of sleeves are " f dahlia-colored velvet, outlined with * alloon bands, studded with jewels of 6 rridescent hue. The full waist is aranged over glove-fitted linings that lose in the center front. The back ts smoothly across the shoulders, the t STYLISH WAIST Wllfi illness being drawn to the center by a athers at the lower edge. The point- i: il bodice closes at the left under arui g 3am. A stylish accessory is the baud- V Dme collar, cut in deep pointed tab?, c nring at the lower edge, falling deep- ti j at front, back and well over the full f< uflfed sleeves. The neck is finished t] rr a nf.finrlinrr miliar, br>neatb a tie and si nwat bow of whito tulle. The sleeves b re close litting to above Iho elbow, a eing ono of tho newest model?, with w eep gauntlet cuff facings of velvet, p he design affords ample opportunity r< >r stylish decorations anil combina- tr ions of material. To tho observant 1 si oman its possibilities arc apparent. ! si ine Frenoh plaid, melauges, feather i lixtures, Scotch plaids in rich tones, | ith velvet or silk trimmings mpv be j mployed, or figured and striped ma- : cl ;riala combined with plain ^usds. ! ai OIBL'S DRESS OF ALL-WOOL PLATO. All-wool plaid in brilliant hues made this stylish and attractive dress, velvet, lace and ribbon supplying the decoration. The square yoke is composed of alternate bands of velvet and point de Paris insertion, which is arranged over a fitted body lining, and iloses invisibly at the centre back. The full front portion of the waist is gathered at the upper edges to form tuck shirring, whioh are arranged on the lower edges of the yoke. The back iias the fullness drawn close to the sentre at the waistline, while the front "alls in the pretty blouse effect so very Decoming-to youthful figures. A deep jirdle or sash that is stylishly bowed n the centre baok encircles the waist. standing collar, with stock of ribbon md lace edging, finishes the neck. Mill short puffs of plaid are mounted >ver the close fitting sleeves of velvet ifter the prevailing fashion, and are :ompleted at the wrists with decoraJ ? -3 ? *?? ivuo vi iauo * uooi viuu oil Li CUglQ^t J. UQ tylish shirt, smooth fitting at the top I COVERT CLOTH. icross the front and aides, may be gathered at the back or laid in box >laits as a preferred. Silk and wool lovelties, mohairs, canvas cloths, Muel's hair, fayette, serve and etanine are among tho materials that may w misses' all-wool plaid dress. le employed in making, in conjunction nth velvet, silk or plain material in a ontrasting color. The quantity of material 41 inches ride required to make this waist for a aiss in the medium size of 1-J yards. ?o make the skirt it will require of the amo width material 3 J yards. the "new sleeve." There can no longer bo any doubt hat the balloon sleeve is quite pa9se, [ BODICE EFFECT. ] s the fashion ecribee say. .but now n i * passing we will let our readers : ather from this dainty analysis of the Washington Star's New York fashion orreanondent: "It is one thing to elJ of the new elceve, it.j shape and ; ^rm. but quite another to see how tho , ransition is mauagcd; by doubled j rioulder capos of satin in self colors; { y wreaths of tulle or roiling hanging ( bout the arm; by littlo shoulder pufla ] hi eh mark the vanishing mode as tho j rojeetions above tho horses' hoofs j 2t.iin tho memory of his prehistoric , )es." Wo should say it is simply a J nail sleeve with u lifctlo bul^e at tiro ] lculder. 1 In Brussels, Belgium, there is ft :ook which is wound np by the wind, ad never by human hands. (i ,'.C . * ?- >. " |f POPCLAK SCIENCE^ ' ' Tt Is usually considered that at adnlt should drink about three pinti < of liquid a day. Bricks of glass are now manufactured in Silesia. Tbey are cheap and mora durable than mud brioks. The bones of aged persons having more lime in them than those of young people, are, therefore, more brittle. Chicago University has just received a gift of property worth 8500,000 to be used for a new biological' station. Cold boiled water tastes flat,because it has been deprived of air. To restore air pour the water quickly from one jug to another. . A strong solution of washing soda (sodium carbonate) in hot water -will be found to be excellent as a cleansing agent for dirtj Imps. A Baltimore man has invented a device for locating ennken wrecks. It is a bell buoy, which launches itself as the ship goes down and remain? anchored to it The synapta, a water insect, is provided with an anchor, the exact shape of the anchor nsed by ships. By means of this peonliar device the insect holds itself firmly in any desired spot. Bassia has a submarine boat, driven by electricity, that oan make ten knots an honr. It is nineteen feet long, weighs a ton, and the machinery is so oimnlo tViot nna man nan mftnaorA it w?^ ~ n- ? without speoial training. It does not sink more than seven feet and can stay two hoars under water. Professor Villard, of the Ecole Normale in Paris, has succeeded in making the newly discovered and obdurate ^ gas, argon, combine with water; it'required a pressure of 200 atmospheres -|j to coerce it into this combination. ySSM The compound is colorless and orys* '$ tallizes very prettily when kept 2? cool. y A new source of vanadium compounds has been found on the South American Andes. On one of the high plateaus a mine of anthraoite has been located, which, when burned, leaves an ash containing vanadium and silver. The vanadium 1a now being extracted for use in making aniline blaok and coloring porcelain. An Odd Search for Gold. Frank Dixon, the taxidermist oi Walnut street, who left this city three weeks ago to hunt for gold in Colorado, which he thought he could locate from gold dust which he .found on deers' teeth, hoe written baok that he is still on the hnnt and in no wise discouraged. Dixon's hunt for gold, and the way in which he undertook it, would' seem to many like a wild goose chase. Dixon was the only taxidermist in this city. Birds and animals came to him from over all the West to be Btufled and mounted. A year ago he received two deer's heads from Colorado to be mounted, and when Dixon skinned them he noticed a yellow substance oa the teeth. He examined the tee*J> closely in the light and thought h* saw a sparkle. He argued this way; ' TKii ^nnr nam a frnm P.rJ r>ra/1n thi> land of gold; they browsed on grass that grew where there was so much* gold that its dust got oa the grass and became inernsted on the deer's teeth; it only remains to find the exaot spot where the deer were shot, and jfhero will be foand the gold." Dixon took the teeth to a dentist and he says the inorastation was really a gold deposit, He took them to his friend Schnetter, a goldsmith, and he became as enthnsiastio as Dixon. Dixon then wrote to the man who had sent him the deer's beads and fonnd out where the deer were shot, away out beyond Denver in the wilds of Colorado. Schnetter and Dixon start* ed three weeks ago for that place. A letter received to-day from Dixon states that Sohnetter has started back for Kansas City, but Dixon, still full of hope, was about to start on a threeweeks' tour along the south fork of the White River. He had found no trace of cold, but the woods were full of grouse and deer. He bad examined the teeth of all the deer shot, and they were all inorusted with the yellow, shining deposit which he was snre waa gold.?Kansas City (Mo.) Star. Royal Fecnliarities. ' Charles I. wore a small, pointed beard, and thus set the fashion so often seen in Vandyck's postraits. The Czar Nicholas was said by the court physicians to have suffered for many years from ingrowing nails. Vitelline, the Glutton, who for a short time ruled tbe Roman Empire, had a waist measure of sixty-two inches. Tamerlane, the Tartar conqueror, had a olub foot. His real name was Timour Lenk, of Timonr tbe Lame. Edward I. was six feet two inches if ia caul fKof ffoo (vine nf Hirt Ulj^u ?UU *V iU UWI\A VUMV VMW middle fingers extended below hii kne68. Augustus was afraid of thunder and whenever a storm came on went to the darkest room in his palace. Constantino IV. is mentioned by contemporary historians as having the most handsome beard in his dominions. Henry VIII. was enormously fat and easily overheated. At the slightest exertion his face became purple. Genseric, according to the Roman historians, bad a mouth so large that it inspired terror whenever he opened it. William Rufns had a very long red beard, and in compliment to the King beards dyed red were common in the uuuru Oliver Cromwell had a monstrous nose, so red and covered with carbuncles that it originated several nick* names. A liemai-kable Courtship. A courtship remarkable for it* length is that of Abram Claris, aged sixty years, and Miss Sarah B. Will* iarns, aged forty-seven years, and the scene is Damascus, h quaint little Quaker village of Kentucky. Both arule and groom are among the wealth* esc raemoers ot tne society 01 friends iu that State, and for forty fears met each other oa Sunday at the 5ld brick church iu their quaint vil? age. The attachment between them Degan when Miss Williams was a rosy sbeeked girl of seventeen, but tho jnly love makiug was a sraila and a ninute's conversation at the church loor once a week, year in and year jut.?Atlanta Constitution. . I , ^ IfiMM