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CHAPTER X.
WITHOUT BENEFIT OF CLERGY.
At 10:48 on the Saturday morning
Kent was standing with the general
manager on the Union station track
platform bciide the engine which was
* to make the flying run to Gaston.
Nine hours of sharp work lay between
the hurried conference in boring's
bedroom and the drive to the
station at a quarter before 11. Boston
had been wired; divers and sundry
friends of the railway company had
been interviewed; some few affidavits
had been secured; and now they were
waiting to give Boston its last chance,
with a clerk hanging over the operator
in the station telegraph office to
catch the first word of encouragement.
*Ka AJir(a/vmr KAQ rH HnOfln 't ?Pfl H
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us something pretty solid, I'm going
into this thing lame," said Kent, dubiously.
"Of course, what Boston can
send us will be only corroborative;
unfortunately we can't wire affidavits.
But It will help. What we have secured
here lacks directness."
"Necessarily," said Loring. "But
I'm banking on the board. If we
don't get the ammunition before you
have to start, I can wire it to you at
Gaston. That gives us three hours to
go and come on."
"Yes; and if it comes to the worst
?if the decision be unfavorable?it can
only embarrass us temporarily. This
is merely the preliminary hearing,
and nothing permanent can be estate
llshed until we have had a hearing on
the merits, and we can go armed to
that, at all events."
The general manager was looking
at his watch, and he shut the case with
a snap.
"Don't you let It come to that, as
long as you have a leg to stand on,
David," he said Impassively. "An interregnum
of ten days might make it
exceedingly difficult for us to prove
anything." Then, as the telegraph office
? watcher came to the door and shook
his bead as a sign that Boston was
still silent: "Your time is up. Off
with you, and don't let Oleson scare
yon when he gets 219 in motion. He
is a good runner, and you have a clear
vi avn.
Kent's after-memory of that distance-devouring
rush was a blurred
picture of a plunging, rocking, clamoring
engine gounding over mile after
mile of the brown plain; of the endless
dizzying procession of oncoming
telegraph poles hurtling like great
side-flung projectiles past the cab
windows; of now and then a lonely
prairie station with waving semaphore
arms, sighted, passed and left behind
in a whirling sand-cloud in one and
the same heart-beat. And for the
central figure in the picture, the one
. constant quantity when all else was
mutable and shifting and indistinct,
the big, calm-eyed Norwegian on the
opposite box, hurling his huge machine
doggedly through space.
But at Juniberg, 27 miles out of Gaston,
there was a delay. Train No, 17,
the castbound time freight, had left
Juniberg at one o'clock, having ample
time to make Lesterville, the next sta.tion
east, before the light engine could
possibly overtake it. But I.esterville
had not yet reported its arrival; for
which cause the agent at Juniberg
was constrained to put out his stop
signal, and Kent's special came to a
stand at the platform.
Under the circumstances, there appeared
to be nothing for it but to wait
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from; and Kent's first care was to report
to Loring, and to ask If there
were anything from Boston.
The reply was encouraging. A complete
denial of everything, signed by
the proper officials, had been received
and repeated to Kent at Gaston?was
/there now awaiting him. Kent saw
in anticipation the nicely calculated
scheme of the junto crumbling into
small dust in the precise moment of
_ fruition, and had a sharp attack of
ante-triumph which he had to walk
off in turns up and down the long platform.
But as the waiting grew longer
and the dragging minutes totaled the
quarter hour and then the half, he be
gan to perspire again.
Half-past two came and went, and
still there was no hopeful word from
Lesterville. Kent had speech with
Oleson, watch in hand. Would the engineer
take the risk of a rear-end collision
on a general manager's order?
Oleson would obey orders if the heavens
fell; and Kent /lew to the wire
again. Hunnicott, at Gaston, was besought
to gain time in the hearing
by any and all means; and Loring was i
asked to authorize the risk of a rearend
smash-up. He did it promptly.
The light engine was to go on until it
should "pick up" the delayed train between
stations.
The Juniberg man gave Oleson his J
release and the order to proceed with
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due care wDiie me suuuuei >>? suu
clicking a further communication from
headquarters. Loring was providing
for the last contingency by sending
Kent the authority to requisition No.
17's engine for the completion of the
run in case the track should be
blocked, with the freight engine free
beyond the obstruction.
Having his shackles striken off, the
Norwegian proceeded "with due care,"
which is to say that he sent the eight- I
wheeler darting down the line toward
. Lesterville at the rate of a mile a minute.
The mystery of the delay was
solved at a point half-way between
the two stations. A broken flange had
derailed three cars of the freight and
the block was impassable.
Armed with the general manager's
mandatory wire, Kent ran forward to
the engine of the freight train and
was shortly on his way again. But in
the 20-mile run to Gaston more time
was lost by the lumbering freight locomotive,
and it was 20 minutes past
three o'clock when the county seat
came in sight and Kent began to oscillate
between two sharp-pointed horns
of a cruel dilemma.
By dropping off at the street crossing
nearest the courthouse, he might still
be in time to get a bearing with such
documentary backing as he had beenl
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Bobbs-Merrill Company.)
able to secure at the capital. By going
on to the station he could pick up the
Boston wire which, while it was not
strictly evidence, might create a strong
presumption in his favor; but in this
case he would probably be too late to
use it. So he counted the rail-lengths,
watch in hand, with a curse to the
count for his witlessness In falling to
have Loring repeat the Boston mes
sage to mm during me long w#? hi
Juniberg; and when the lime for the
decision arrived he signaled the engineer
to slow down, jumped from the
step at the nearest crossing and hastened
up the street toward the courthouse.
In the mean time, to go back a little,
"YOU'RE TOO LATE!" HE BLURTED
OUT. -WE'RE DONE UP."
during this day of hurrying to and fro
Blashfleld Hunnicott had been having
the exciting experiences of a decade
crowded into a < corresponding number
of hours. Early in the morning
he had begun besieging the headquarters
wire office for news and instructions,
and, owing to Kent's good intentions
to be on the grcund in person,
had got little enough of either.
At length to his unspeakable relief,
he had news of the coming special;
and with the conviction that help
was at hand he waited at the station
with what coolness there was in him
to meet his chief. But as the time
for the hearing drew near he grew
nervous again; and all the keen pains
of utter helplessness returned with renewed
acuteness when the operator,
who had overheard the Juniberg-Lesterville
wire talk, told h m that the
special was hung up at th former station.
"O my good Lord!" he groaned.
"I'm in for it with empty hands!"
in one tne less, ne ran 10 me uaggugt*room
end of the building ard, capturing
an express wagon, had himself trundled
out to the courthouse
The judge was at his desk when
Hunnicott entered, and Hawk was on
hand, calmly reading the morning paper.
The hands of the clock on the
wall opposite the judge's desk pointed
to five minutes of the hour, and for
five minutes Hunnicott sat listening,
hoping against hope tha- he should
hear the rush and roar of the incoming
special.
Promptly on the stroke of three the
judge tapped upon his desk with his
pencil.
"Now, gentlemen, proceed with your
case: and I must ask you to be as
brief as possible. I have an appointment
at four which cannot be postponed,"
he said, quietly: and Hawk
threw down his paper and began at
once.
Hunnicott heard his opponent's argument
mechanically, having his ear
attuned for whistle signals and wheel
drummlngs. Hawk spoke rapidly and
straight to bis point, as befitted a man
speaking to the facts and with no jury
present to be swayed by oratorical effort.
When he came to the summarizing
of the allegations in the amended
netltlnn ho Hlrt it wholly Without
heat, piling up the accusations one
upon another with the careful method
of a bricklayer building a wall. The
wall-building simile thrust itself upon
Hunnicott with irresistible force as he
listened. If the special engine should
not dash up in time to batter down
the wallHawk
closed as dispassionately as
he had hegun, and the Judge bowed
gravely in Hunnicott's direction. The
local attorney got upon his feet, and
as he began to speak a telegram was
; handed in. It was Kent's wire from
| Junlberg. beseeching him to gain time
I at all hazards, and he settled himself
to the task. For 30 dragging minutes
| he rang the changes on the various
I steps in the suits, knowing well that
the fatal moment was approaching
J when?Kent still failing him?he would
be compelled to submit his case wlthi
out a scrap of an affidavit to support it.
The moment came, and still there
' was no encouraging whistle shriek
from the dun plain beyond the open
, windows. Hawk was visibly disgusted.
and Judge MacFarlane was growing
1 justly impatient. Hunnicott began
again, and the judge reproved him
mildly.
"Much of what you are saying is entirely
irrelevant, Mr. Hunnicott. This
hearing is on the plaintiff's amended
petition."
No one knew better than the local
attorney that he was wholly at the
court's mercy; that he had been so
from the moment the judge began to
consider his purely formal defense, entirely
unsupported by affidavits or evidence
of any kind. None the less, he
strung his denials out by every amplification
he could devise, and, having
fired his last shot, sat down in despairing
breathlessness to hear the judge's
summing-up and decision.
Judge MacFarlane was mercifully
brief. On the part of the plaintiff
there was an amended petition fully
fortified by uncontroverted affidavits.
On the part of the defendant company
there was nothing but a formal
denial of the allegations. The duty of
the court In the premises was clear.
The prayer of the plaintiff was grant- I
ed, the temporary relief asked for was
given and the order of the court would
issue accordingly.
The judge was rising when the still,
hot air of the room began to vibrate
with the tremulous thunder of the
sound for which Hunnicott had been
so long straining bis ehrs. He was the
first of the three to hear it, and he
hurried out ahead of the others. At
the foot of the stair he ran blindly
against Kent, travel-worn and haggard.
"You're too late!" he blurted out
"We're done up. Hawk's petition has
been granted and the road is in the
hands of a receiver."
Kent dashed his fist upon the stairrail.
"Who is the man?" he demanded.
Tim finllfnrH *' CfliH Hiinnl
cott. Then, as footfalls coming stairward
were heard in the upper corridor,
he locked arms with Kent, faced him
about and thrust him out over the
door-stone. "Let's get out of this.
You look as if you might kill somebody."
CHAPTER XI.
THE LAST DITCH.
It was a mark of the later and larger
development of David Kent that he
was able to keep bis head in the moment
of catastrophies. In boyhood
his hair had been a brick-dust red, and
having the temperament which belongs
of right to the auburn-hued, his
first impulse was to face about and
make a personal matter of the legal
robbery with Judge MacFarlane.
Happily for all concerned, Hunnlcott's
better counsels prevailed, and
when the anger fit passed Kent found
himself growing cool and determined.
Once free of the courthouse, Kent
began a rapid-fire of questiona
"Where is Judge MacFarlane stopping?"
"At the Mid-Continent"
"Have you any idea when he intends
leaving town?"
"No; but he will probably take the
first train. He never stays here an
hour longer than he has to after adjournment"
"That would be the Flyer east at six
o'clock. Is he going east?"
"Come to think of it, I believe be is.
Somebody said he was going to Hot
Springa He's in miserable health."
Kent saw more possibilities, and
worse, and quickened his pace a little.
"What do we do?" asked Hunnicott,
willing to take a little lesson in practice
as he ran.
"The affidavits I have brought with
me and the telegrams which are waiting
at the station must convince MacFarlane
that he has made a mistake.
We shall prepare a motion for the discharge
of the receiver and for the vacation
of the order appointing him,
and ask the judge to set an early day
for the hearing on the merits of the
case. He can't refuse."
Hunnicott shook bis head.
"It has been all cut and dried from
'way back," he objected. "They
won't let you upset it at the last moment"
"We'll glvt them a run for their
money," said Kent.
By five o'clock Kent was In the lobby
of the Mid-Continent, sending his card
up to the judge's room. Word came
back that the judge was in the cafe
fortifying the Inner man in preparation
for his journey, and Kent did
not stand upon ceremony. From the
archway of the dining-room he
marked down his man at a small'
table in the corner, and went to him;
at once, plunging promptly into the;
matter in hand. !
"The exigencies of the case must'
plead my excuse for intruding upon |
you here, Judge MacFarlane," he be-!
gan courteously. "But I have been1
told that you were leaving town?" !
The judge waved him down with a
deprecatory fork.
"Court is adjourned. Mr. Kent, and
1 must decline to discuss the case ex
parte. Why did you allow it to go by
default?"
"That Is precisely what I am here to
explain," said Kent, suavely. "The
time allowed us was very short; and
a series of accidents?"
Again the Judge interrupted.
"A court can hardly take cognizance
of accidents, Mr. Kent Your local attorney
was on the ground and he had
the lull benefit of the delay."
"I know," was the patient rejoinder.
"Technically, your order is unassailable.
None the less, a great Injustice
"JUDGE MACFARLANE. IT IS MY
OPINION, SPEAKING AS MAN TO
MAN. THAT YOU ARE A SCOUNDREL."
has been done, as we are prepared to
prove. I a in not here to ask you to
reopen the case at your dinner-table,
but if you will glance over these papers
I am sure you will set an early
day for the hearing upon the merits."
Judge MacFarlane forced a gray
smile.
"You vote yea and nay in the same
breath, Mr. Kent. If I should examine
your papers, I should be reopening the
case at my dinner-table. You shall
have your hearing in due course."
"At chambers?" said Kent. "We
shall be ready at any moment; we are
ready now, in point of fact"
"I cannot say as to that. My health
is very precarious, and I am under a
physician's orders to take a complete
rest for a time. I am sorry if the delay
shall work a hardship to the company
you represent; but under the circumstances,
with not even an affidavit
offered by your side, it Is your mis-1
fortune. And now I shall ask you to
excuse me. It lacks but a few minutea
of my train time."
The hotel porter was droning out
the call for the eastbound Flyer, and
Kent effaced himself while Judge MacFarlane
was paying his bill and making
ready for his departure. But when
the Judge set out to walk to the station.
Kent walked with him. There
were five squares to be measured, and
for five squares he hung at MacFarlane's
elbow and the plea he made
should have won him a hearing. Yet
the judge remained impassible, and at
the end of the argument turned back
I in a word to his starting point
"I cannot recall the order at this
time, If I would, Mr. Kent; neither
can I set a day for the hearing on the
merits. What has been done was done
in open court and in the presence of
vour attornev. who offered no evidence
in contradiction of the allegations set
forth in the plaintiff's amended petition,
although they were supported by
more tnan a dozen affidavits; and it
cannot be undone in the streets. Since
you have not improved your opportunities,
you must abide the consequences.
The law cannot be hurried."
They had reached the station and the
eastbound train was whistling for Gaston.
Kent's patience was nearly gone,
and the auburn-hued temperament
was clamoring hotly for its innings.
'"fhis vacation of yours, Judge MacFarlane:
how long iR it likely to last?"
he inquired, muzzling his wrath yet
another moment.
"I cannot say; if 1 could I might be
able to give you a more definite answer
as to the hearing on the merits. But
my health is very miserable, as 1 have
said. If I am able to return shortly,
I shall give you the hearing at chambers
at an early date."
"And if not?"
"If not, I am afraid it will have to
go over to the next term of court."
"Six months," said Kent; and then
his temper broke loose. "Judge MacFarlane,
it is my opinion, speaking
as man to man, that you are a scoundrel.
I know what you have done, and
why you have done it Also, I know
why you are running away, now that
it is done. So help me God, I'll bring
you to book for it if I have to make
a lifetime Job of it! It's all right for
your political backers; they are thieves
and bushwhackers, and they make no
secret of it But there is one thing
worse than a trickster, and that is a
trickster's tool!"
For the moment while the train was
hammering in over the switches they
stood facing each other fiercely, alt
masks flung aside, each after his kind;
the younger man flushed and battlemad;
the elder white, haggard, tremulous.
Kent did not guess, then or
ever, how near he came to death. Two
years earlier a Judge had been shot
and maimed on a western circuit and
since then, MacFarlane bad taken a
coward's precaution. Here was a man
that knew, and while he lived the cup
of trembling might never be put aside.
It was the conductor's cry of "All
aboard!" that broke the homicidal
spell. Judge MacFarlane started
guiltily, shook off the angry eye-grip
of his accuser, and went to take his
place in the Pullman. One minute
later the eastbound train was threading
its way out among the switches
of the lower yard, and Kent had burst
into the telegraph office to wire the
volcanic news to his chief.
TO BE CONTINUED.
MOUNT ETNA'8 VASTNESS.
The Highest Volcano In Europe Is
Ninety Miles In Circumference.
"Just come out. Yes, It is visible!"
So it was. But how different from
the Mt. Etna of our imagination? Its
very vastness dwarfed It. We had not
realized that the highest volcano In
Europe was 90 miles in circumference
at its base. The slope is so gradual
from base t6 summit that the first im
presslon is totally different from that
of an abrupt mountain rising 11,000
feet above the plain and sea and produces
something of a disappointment.
Then, too, this morning there is no
smoke. The snow scarcely comes
down more than 3,000 feet: the long
slopes below are clothed with forests.
But the summit is clear and glittering
in the sunlight. This for a few minutes
only. Then the clouds wrap
themselves round the head of our disappointment.
We hope the monarch
will uncover, and show himself longer
another day.
Taormina is rapidly becoming the
popular tourist resort of Sicily. Not
only Is it one of the best, but it is the
safest point whence to study the effect
of light and shade on the mighty
slopes of Etna and the long and jagged
coast line of the ever-foaming sea.
Places down below are malarial. This
place is high in air, above all risk of
malarial fever. It Is also extremely
picturesque?some one called it "madly
picturesque." It lies on a shelf of
limestone rock, one long street with
rib-like lanes ascending and descending
on either side. Above and behind
this one long street three tall. Jagged
peaks fling themselves wildly upward
against the sky, the "mountains altogether
gone mad and raving." If one
wishes to realize what may be meant
by "mountain Insanity." let hfm com"
to Taormina.
Two* weeks at Taormina and Etna
would not be gracious! Sometimes,
for an hour In the early morning, his
head remained uncovered. Then we
had to be content with a tremendous
mass of cloud, dark and far from Impressive.
He was a cold neighbor,
sending a chill air or a tempest or a
rain almost every day. One day, to
the delight of the Taormlnlans, he J
covered all the ground with snow.
After a night of storm, on the morning
of our last Sicilian day. he stood forth
in all the glory of his majestic greatness.
No single mountain we had ever
seen had presented outline so simple,
so grand. From the most distant unslope
of his base to the dazzling
whiteness of his summit not a suggestion
of cloud! All the eyes that
had waited so long were uplifted, fixed
upon him. Taormlna was not. Etna
was everything. How stupendous a
presence! What individuality! Not
one of a range, but standing there
alone; not beautiful, but more than
that?sublime; strong and mighty, his
head clearly outlined against the brilliant
sky! Nor is this the mood of an
hour. All the day he stood forth
shadowless. It was enough, all that
we could have asked or waited for.?
Sicilian letter in the Christian Register.
iHisccltunrous Smiling.
WHAT 8ULLY SAYS.
Cotton King Givos Wise Advice to
Cotton Planter*.
To the Cotton Growers of the South:
"If you wish to win your battle and
obtain a fair price for your cotton you
must reduce your acreage very considerably.
"You have surprised the world by
the manner In which you have held
your cotton.
"Surprise It again by cutting down
your cotton acreage.
"Do not be led astray by the present
steadiness of prices.
"Three causes have contributed to
bring about this rise of more than one
cent a pound.
"First. The urgent demand arising
from an unprecedented consumption.
"Second. Your courage and wisdom
In making the buyer meet your terms.
"Third. The belief that you would
cut your acreage to such an extent
that the supplies from this crop and
Ho rrnwth of IQOS-Ofi would make
a commercial crop no larger than the
world needs.
"The first two causes lose their
force the moment It Is known that
there Is a prospect for a moderately
large crop next year.
"Even If the mills take 12,000,000
fcaJfs during the current season, this
would leave a carry-over-of 1,500,000
bales. Hence the necessity of a smaller
crop this year.
"Do not let any rise In prices between
now and the end of the planting
season deter you from reducing
your acreage.
Such an advance would be meroly
anticipating that you were making
the decrease which your friends have
advised you to make.
"If the June report of the government
shows that you have failed to
make sufficient reduction the only
persons who would be gainers by the
advance would be the speculators who
sell their futures at a profit.
"The price of the cotton you produce
will be regulated by the actual,
not the expected, reduction.
"Don't depend on your neighbor to
do the reducing.
"In this matter of acreage reduction
bear In mind three suggestions:
"Don't rely on bad weather to cut
down the size of the crop.
"Don't put a large acreage Into cotton
simply because It Is too late to
plant corn or other diversified crops.
"It would be far better to let part
of your land lie Idle than to run the
risk of raising a crop so large as to
make possible another period of low
pncea conon.
"I am making this appeal to you because
I regard the next few weeks as
critical to the south and because I believe
that every man who is interested
in the welfare of the south should
urge the importance of a reduced
acreage. Daniel J. Sully."
MODERN SEEKER FOR GOLD.
His Methods Differ From Those of
Old Prospectors.
The yield from the gold mines has
increased 60 per cent in less than a
decade. In seeking the reasons for
this truly remarkable development one
is especially prominent?the great advance
which has been made in the
methods followed by the modern gold
seeker. The prospectors, says the
Scientific American, have taken advantage
of progress in geology, chemistry
and other sciences and have provided
themselves with mechanical aids
which are far superior to the crude
implements employed by the metal
hunters of the past.
Their examination has not been confined
to merely the bed of a creek or
the side of a mountain, but often is
so extensive that it embraces miles of
W ? rv?/vo?A/.ilnar fAlir pIqPQ
area. man; a pi uo^vuiin ...?
to the dignity of an expedition and embraces
a variety of apparatus, to say
nothing of a staff of geologists and
other experts.
In the old fashioned system, as it
might be termed, of seeking precious
metal the prospectors can be divided
Into two classes?those who are satisfied
to obtain the metal in any form
and the "pocket hunters." The latter
individual considers himself above the
other type of prospector, terming his
calling professional. Many a one has
spent the better part of his life in exploring
beds of streams and dry valleys
in search of pockets. In southern
Oregon the pocket hunters have
been perhaps more numerous than
elsewhere in the United States proper,
as this section of the state has yielded
a large umount of gold In this form.
Pocket prospectors depend upon the
pick, shovel and pan, as do their fellows,
but they seldom dig further Into
the side of the bank or hill than their
shovel will reach.
The ordinary prospector wades
along the bed of the stream or tramps
through its sand If it is "dry," here
and there filling his pan with the material.
Then immersing the pan in
water, he thus separates the sand from
the other matter and gradually spilling
out the sand, eagerly gazes at the bottom
of the pan to note any glittering
streak which may betoken the presence
of gold. If he is working along the
side of a hill where he believes the
ledge of rock may contain a vein of
gold bearing ore. he breaks off likely
portions with his pick, crushes them
as best he can and dumping the dust
and fragments into his pan repeats
the separation process.
In the examination of rock for metal
bearing ore, the arrastra of the Mexicans
and Spaniards has been used ex
tenslvely, especiully In California
and Oregon. This contrivance consists
of a vertical shaft or axis, which
supports several wooden bars fastened
at right angles to It. To the ends
of the bars are attached heavy flat
stones, which, by the movement of
the axis, revolve in a circular pit. The
specimens of ore are placed in the pit,
a stream of water Is turned upon them
and the arrastra placed In motion by
animal or water power. The ore Is
resolved Into a slimy sediment by being
ground In the water and passes off
through the sluiceway, which Is provided
with riffles for catching the
gold.
The modern methods for searching
for deposits of precious metal are so
radically different from those described
that It may be said a revolution
has taken place In prospecting In the
United States. In the Rocky Mountain
region the formation has been pierced
as far as 2,000 feet In the effort to ascertain
the existence of a vein or the
dimensions of one already discovered.
Some of the projects which have been
carried out preliminary to the opening
of mines represent an outlay of more
than $1,000,000 in the purchase of apparatus.
the employment of noted experts
and in the general magnitude of
the operations.
Among the mechanical appliances
which have been of great assistance to
the modern prospector Is the drill.
With it he can make borings In a
week where, If a shaft were sunk, a
year would be needed. If the formation
is to be examined by a shaft,
however, the cost of sinking it is reduced
to a minimum by means of explosive
cartridges, which are now manufactured
especially for such service.
They are ignited by means of the electric
current, and it should be said that
an essential part of the modern prospecting
outfit Is the chemical battery,
wnicn is or vaiue nor oniy ror hub
purpose but In the application of electrolytic
methods for separating: the
precious metal from the dross.
Few expeditions of any size are sent
out without an experienced geologist,
who Is usually provided with maps
and other data giving the best Information
available regarding the region
to be explored. Maps giving the extent
of the claims, the direction of the
veins and the general topography of
the region where the mine is to opened
are obviously of much value, and
a draughtsman is frequently included
In the staff, with material for
preparing the maps on the spot from
the data obtained by the investigators.
Besides the geologist, the services
of an expert chemist are also of great
Importance, and a laboratory in miniature
Is contained in the packs carried
by the animals. So complete is this
portion of the equipment that a fairly
correct field analysis can be made of
the specimens secured by the use of
the drill or by the other prospecting
tools. If the outcropping of a quartz
vt In is discovered, enough is broken
off to allow its character to be studied
both from a geological and a chemical
standpoint.
After examining It in connection
with the formation In the vicinity, the
geologist Is often able to indicate
where the surface can be bored with
the possibility of reaching the ore
bearing stratum at once. The value
of the ore from the outcropping and
that from the interior can be approximately
determined by the chemist.
To crush the ore is a slight undertaking,
and with the lead which he has
brought along the material can be
readily fused in a portable furnace.
In fact, he has the essentials for making
a "dry assay" on a limited scale,
for cupels are now made of such light
weight that they can readily be .carried
on muleback.
Taking the ingot of lead and of precious
metal he can easily oxidize the
lead by placing It in his cupel and
heating the latter to the required temperature
In an oven constructed of
material which he can obtain in the
vicinity. With his nitric acid he separates
the silver which may remain,
leaving the gold only to be tested for
Its value. The proportion of the gold
to a given quantity of ore can be
determined by his scales, but by using
his touchstone or black basalt he
can detect the quality of the gold by
the color which this substance makes
when drawn over the surface of
the metal.
In the outfit of the modern prospector
quicksilver has become practically
Indispensable. Its affinity ?for
gold makes It a most valuable agent.
Where the existence of placer gold Is
imagined, the Introduction of mercury
Into the test washer soon solves the
use of riffles and other crude appliances
which were formerly depended
upon almost entirely. After crushing
the specimens of test ore, the quicksilver
can also be used to ascertain the
quantity of free gold among the particles.
As the mercury can be ellmi
nated by heating: the composition to a
sufficiently high temperature, It is now
utilized In large quantities by the
modern prospector.
A FAMOUS SONG.
How "Abido With Me" Came to Be
Written.
Henry Francis L.ytr, author of that
matchless composition "Abide With
Me," for twenty years was a sufferer
from consumption. During this time
he was the minister over a parish
composed largely of flsherfolk In a
coast town of England. He labored
faithfully among his people, yet he always
longed to do something that
would have nn influence for the good
of humanity after his death?a longing
which found expression In a beautiful
poem. The story of how this desire
came to be fulfilled through writing
"Abide With M,e" Is related In the
Delineator In an Interesting paper by
Allan Sutherland, giving the history
and romance of the famous hymn.
"In the autumn of 1847 his physicians
Informed Mr. Lyte that It would
be necessary for him to relinquish
his work and spend the winter in
Italy. When the last Sabbath of his
stay In England. Sept. 5. 1847, arrived
he determined to preach once more
to his little flock and to celebrate with
them the Lord's supper. In spite of
the protest of friends, he carried out
his Intentions, although scarcely able
to stand In the chancel. In words
of melting tenderness he pleaded
with his people to lead holy lives,
and when he took his leave of them
there was scarcely a dry eye In the
church. The day had been well nigh
perfect, and In the late afternoon, recovering
somewhat from the strain of
the service In the church, he walked
slowly and feebly down the terraced
walk to the water he loved so well
and which he was about to leave
forever. The spell of the hour was
upon the minister. While the bright
sunset colors faded Into the sober
grays of twilight he slowly made his
way back to the house In prayerful
silence and went to his room. When
he Joined his family a little later he
bore In his hand the words that were
destined to move thousands. His
prayef had been answered. His last
evening In his old home had produced
that which will be a blessing
so long as the heart turns to Its
Maker for help In times of need."
>tV It takes sunshine In the soul to
ripen the fruits of the spirit.
A BATTERED DIME. !
I
Recalls Interesting Rsminiseences by '
Chief Wilkie.
A battere^ dime lying upon the desk 1
of Chief Wllkle, of the secret service 1
Is all that Remains of a famous coun- 1
terfelting case writes W. W. Price,
the Washington correspondent of the i
Columbia Record. "This coin," said
Chief Wllkle, "caused a panic In a
bank, disturbed the business Interests <
of a whole town, and put this bureau
to a great deal of trouble. After we
had run down the counterfeiting plot
from Its inception to this little coin,
we dropped the whole thing as quick
as a wink. Why? Because the counterfeit
was a genuine coin and there
was no 'plot.'
"The number of wild goose chases
the secret service has been obliged to
undertake on apparently first-class
evidence of wrong-doing, would, If
written out. make a good sized book.
Very often,, as In the case of this Innocent
and perfectly good ten-cent
piece, the people who have first
shouted 'counterfeit' have done so
with nothing better than a genuine
coin or note to back up their charges.
Knt so verv lonsr stro we sot a flood
of complaints from the cotton belt of
J the south. A quantity of 'dangerous'
standard dollars were circulating all
through Mississippi, Louisiana and
Georgia, we were Informed, and If
something was not done, and done
pretty quickly, business throughout
that section would be at a standstill
for no one would dare to take any
money. We rushed our men to the
scene of trouble at once and found
that the terrible 'counterfeits' were
plain, every-day, silver dollars. What
had aroused the suspicions In the
minds of the business people was the
fact that all the coins were brand new
and all of the same date. The explanation
was very simple indeed. The
sub-treasurer at New Orleans had run
out of silver dollars and had got about
$200,000 from the mint.
"Often a defect In a perfectly good
coin, such as a bubble formed in the
melting pot or a slip of some of the
machinery that does the reeding or
milling will give It a strange appearance
or will affect Its ring. Immediately
someone will Jump to the conclusion
that it Is a 'very defective
counterfeit, almost as good as the
genuine,' and we will receive a volume
of complaints about it
"A few months ago our agent at
LoulsvMIe happened to be visiting in
Washington. 'I believe that I will get
a lot of these new dollar notes,' he
said, 'and take them back home with
me. We very seldom see any new
money out our way.' He went down
to the treasurer's office and secured
fifty new bills, which he took home
with him. In less than a week we began
getting kicks from business men
and professional men who desired to
give us a 'tip' about the latest work
of the counterfeiters. After we had
received a few of these complaints, we
sent ttiem to our lxmisvme man. 11
was not more than a day or two before
he tumbled to the fact that he
was 'running down' the very notes
that he had put in circulation.
"One of the most famous of our
false alarms was given at Sheepshead
Bay. From a number of sources
we learned that there was a gang of
supposed counterfeiters at work of
nights In an Isolated house down near
the race track. Men were seen to
sneak into the house, which stood
with its barn at a considerable distance
from any other habitation, and
would remain working there until day
light. Strange noises, hammerings,
and subdued conversations came from
the mysterious building, and the only
explanation that could be given of it
all was that a gang of counterfeiters
were making money there and would
soon be flooding the country with the
spurious currency. We got so many
complaints and they came from such
apparently trustworthy sources, that
we Anally gave orders for the agents
in the district to raid the place. On
the eventful night the raid took place.
The operatives waited until the 'gang'
was well at their nefarious vocation,
then surrounded the place, and broke
In. As they entered the sight that
first met their eyes was a man shoeing
a horse. The 'gang* consisted of
a small crowd of men who were at
work on a 'ringer.' They were fixing
up this horse to run him at Sheepshead
track, but of course did not dare
to go ahead in the open. So they
waited each night until the race horse
crowd had gone home and then went
to work doctoring up their entry."
GRIZZLY BEARS ANO PANTHER8.
Afraid of Man, Saya Wyoming Hunt*
er?Danger Whan Attacked.
"In the mountains of Wyoming,
where I have hunted for years, you
can find most any kind of savage
animal that you get In America except
alligators. Grizzlies, black bears
and mountain lions are commonly
killed there," says Hugh Shlverly, of
Sheridan, Wyo. "Some of the men 1
that come out there to hunt think 1
that If they stir one hundred yards 1
away from camp they must be armed 1
to the teeth for fear of being attack- 1
ed by a bear or a "painter" and killed.
There's a heap more danger of getting
killed on account of leaving your gun
at home when you go down Market <
street. Some one might shoot you on I
the street in a big city, but It Is dead 1
sure that a bear or a mountain lion
will never attack you unless you drive
him to It.
"I've hunted through the best dls- '
tricts for big game In the country, and
I've seen a good many grizzlies, but I
t>? ???on nnn nf thorn am after I
a man unless he was cornered or <
wounded. If you run into a grizzly
bear in a lonely place you'll hear a I
grunt, something like that of a mam- I
moth hog. and then there will be a <
mighty crashing of underbrush as he i
makes off In the opposite direction as <
fast as he can go. All you can gen- i
erally see of a mountain lion Is a .
tawny streak as he makes off at In- l
credible speed. If he has any Intention
of being after you It must be i
his intention to go around the world I
and catch you in the rear, for If you <
are standing to the east of him he Is i
sure to go due west.
"Mountain Hons In the winter time '
will follow sleighs at a distance, walling
as they go, but there is nothing
In that to Inspire terror, for I don't
think they have ever been known to i
close In on anybody. Their terror of i
human beings Is the thing which
makes them hard to shoot In all the
time that I have been In the mountains
I have never heard of any one
being attacked by a wild animal that
had been left strictly alone. But I've
known men to be killed even by deer
when the brute was driven to desperation.
"Grisslles are the best game In the
world. When you once get their dander
up they are savage fighters, and
the hunter's life Is In danger every
minute unless he Is a good shot and
has a steady nerve. If you ever get
within reach of the grizzly's paw you
are a dead one. These stories of
men killing them with knives in handto-hand
fights are about as reasonable
as It would be to talk of stopping a i
locomotive by getting In the way of
the train. If the big fellow gets the
chance to deliver one blow it is all
over. There was a grizzly up our way
that the cowboys called Big Ben, who
killed about one hundred and fifty
steers before he was finally shot. He
would break a steer's neck at one blow.
and then he would pick him up and
carry him off to a secluded place.
Orisslies look awkward, but they are
mighty light on their feet, and they
can beat any man in a footrace.?
Louisville Herald.
THE LAW IN ICELAND.
Prisoner Could Not bo Looked Up
Beoause He Had Lost Warrant
In the midst of all the debate awakened.
especially in England, by Hall
Calne*s treatment of the problem of
his "Prodigal Son," as yet there has
been said not a word of the novelist's
praise of Icelandic customs and* morals.
The Anglo-Saxon world knows
nothing of such primitive honesty as
is known in that northern land, nor
does Europe.
Stephen Marshall, the "factor" of a
great London trading-house, stationed
now at Reykjavik, who knows the island
better than any other European,
declares that scarcely would It be
possible to exaggerate upon the native's
respect for any least outward
expression of the law.
Marshall says he was crossing the
wild country that lies between Reykjavik
and Akureyrl, the chief among
the northern trading stations, about
two years ago, when he met a man
riding his pony toward the capital.
"What is your name?" asked the
factor.
"Stefan."
"Whose son?"
"Thorsteinsson."
"Where are you going?"
"To prison."
"What for?"
"Stealing sheep."
"No one taking you?"
"Not the sheriff was busy, bo he
gave me his warrant and sent me on
by myself."
Whereupon the two exchanged snuff
and parted. . :<> '
Four days later, as Marshall was ??"
returning, he again met thla fellow,
evidently on the way back to hla
home.
"What?" he exclaimed, naturally
surprised. "Stefan Thorsteinsaon ?
Why, you said you were going to
prison."
"So I was, and I went; but they
would not let me In."
"Why not?"
"I somewhere lost the warrant, and
the sheriff at Reykjavik said he could
not receive me without It."
"But why then are you not already
at home. Tou should have made the
Journey In two days."
To this, the answer may sound with
a comic-opera note to American readers,
but in It, says Marshall, lies the
core of the whole Icelandic reverence
for the machinery of the law: Stefan
had lost two days' time looking for the
warrant which would have locked him
up.?Chicago Record-Herald.
T CWR.M A# Ta?4?Vi
ikioh otumbo.*~~vl divi ico vi. as idii
hospitality Mr. Macready had a full
supply; also of hotel attendants and
the peasantry. On one occasion he
asked the girl In attendance for
poached eggs. She looked a bit nonplused
at first, but after a little hesitation
replied, "There are no poached
eggs In the place, sir, but I think I
could get you some poached salmon."
In a poor little cottage of two rooms
he saw a married couple and seven
children.* Hearing a baby cry, he asked
to see It and explained that he
took an interest In babies, having one
at home. The Infant was produced
for Inspection, and the mother asked
proudly, "Is yours as big as that
sir?" To which he replied, "I think it
Is a little bigger." Instantly the Instincts
of the mother were roused and.
tossing her head, she said; "So well
It might be. That's only half of ours;
the other half Is with God. We had
twins."
At a hotel one of the party asked,
"Have you got any celery, waiter?"
"No, sir," was the significant answer.
"I relies on me chances." That man
deserved an extra tip. On another occasion
the dinner was especially good
and well served. At the conclusion
one of the party remarked, "You're an
angel. Pat." "I am, sir," assented Pat,
"but I fly low."?London Telegraph.
Statk Mbdicaj, Association.?The
doctors had a most enjoyable meeting
In Greenville. Many interesting papers
were read and the discussions
were full of suggestions. The Dally
News says:
"By a vote of nearly two to one
over that of his opponent, Dr. Davis
Furman of this city was chosen president
of the South Carolina Medical
association at a meeting of the house
of delegates yesterday at 1 p. m.
S. W. Pryor of Chester, who was
nominated In opposition to Dr. Furman.
was chosen first vice president.
Crown Torrence of Union was elected
second vice president; D. D. Frontls
of Ridge Springs, third vice president,
and Dr. T. P. Whaley and Dr. C. P.
Almar were re-elected to serve as secretary
and treasurer, respectively.
The following councilors were elected;
Edward F. Parker, Charleston,
first district; T. G. Croft, Aiken second
district: O. B. Mayer, Newberry,
third district; J. W. Jervey, Greenville,
fourth district; R. A. Brat ton, Yorkville,
fifth district; F. H. McLeod,
Florence, sixth district; and W. P.
Moorer, Georgetown, seventh district
Dr. Moorer Is the only new councilor,
all the others being elected for second
terms."
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