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TALE OF 17 .Day Laborer WI io He aire-He Also Sal i Xe ir IV Hy dy i uti in comfortable circum- ? stances, II. A. \V. Tabor surprised many people who predicted that he j would end in a ditcii without a cent to bless himself. Throughout his career, on .:' the most romantic in tho whole history of the wonderful wealth-pro dticing west, he consistently disap- ' pointed phophecy, whether of good or evil, so it is not to be wondered at that his death should have 'm en under ; unexpected circumstances. This man who at firBt dug ditches, then was a millionaire many times over, then went back to digging ditches as a means to earn his bread, and who, three years ago, hadn't a cent of all his great fortune left, and lived 'Uer- 1 ally by thc sweat of his brow, found himself at Ol* years of ago postmaster ? of Denver, with an income that put j him beyond danger of want once more. A short time before his death he said that his days of money-making were j over, and that bc was quite content to ' have euough to live decently upon. J In 1800 Tabor appeared in Califor- j nia ?iiilch, Colo., where men were | finding nuggets that were the wonder of thc world. ?le was then about .UM years old, and had been a stonecutter j in Massachusetts, a farmer in Kansas, and a member of the Legislature then;, and finally a sort of superior tramp until he struck thc diggings. Then, having come too late to locate a claim for himself, he went to work for an- , other mau at $."> a day. Before long , he had enough saved up to start a lit- 1 tie store, and when he was ready to move to a new field he owned about $1,000 in hard earned cash. Ile start ed for Oro, Colo., against the advice of his friends, who warned him that he would lose all his little capital in that then little known locality. This was the first prophecy to go wrong, for Tabor didn't start out as a pros pector. Settling at Oro, which was then beginning its boom, he opened a general store, selling food, imple ments, tobacco, clothing and notions. Oro grew to be a town of 7,000 inhabi tants. As Tabor accumulated monoy it was predicted that he would soon succumb to the mining fever and go into the business on his own hook. But he stuck to the store; stuck to it even after Oro began to decline and its best friends saw that it was a burst hubble. In those hard years the storekeeper lost most of what he had made, and his wife, a hard-working, faithful Irish giri, took ?Q boarders to help him aiong. For more than ten years the Tabors pluokily stood by the store and saw tho town dwindlo from 7,000 to 70 people. Then the hus band mado up his mind that it was time to move, so what remained of thc Htook was packed a mile or two up thc gulch, where there were rumors of good strikes, and business was resum ed at the new place. This new place was subsequently Leadville, by Tabor's naming. It is ?aid that the name was given in this way : Several old-timers were talking of a name for the place when it had ?become certain that there was to bc a permanent settlement there, and sev eral suggestions were made. One hopeful spirit suggested Qoldtown, * 'after tho metal that's common around hore." It so happened that tho night before there had been a general shoot ing at the saloon and bullets had flown in all directions, with fatal results to three of the men concerned. Having this in mind, Tabor spoke up: "If you're going to call the placo after the metal that's plenty, what's tho matter with Leadville?" he said. And Leadville it became. Soon he began to grub-stake needy prospectors, who, with the outfit furn ished by him, would go back into thc hills and hunt for preeious metal, whioh they usually didn't find. Ta bor's friends said it was bad business, and predicted his ultimate ruin, bat he kept adding to his business, and, despite thc items charged to profits and loss on account of his grub-stake business, he prospered. It was gen erally supposed that his aid to the prospectors was not regarded by bim as an investment, but as a charity which ho could afford to dispense where it was most necdod; and it is certain that he saved many men from want and hunger in this way. Every body know that these items of profit and loss were all loss, and as usual everybody knew tho thing which was not. For one day in 1878 there carno to the storekeeper an Irish prospector and a German tailor, badly smitten with the gold fever and without means, whom Tabor Btarted on "their search with a good outfit. They went up. on tho hill and dug until they were ex ceeding weary of digging >>.nd attained to no gold-only a speoies of curious looking gravel, heavy in tho spade and uot pretty to look at. When they be came finaiiy convinced that no gold was in reach at that point they aban doned the claim and went away, the Irishman taking with him a bag of the U30RS LIFE. ?caiiie a, jRoal M.illion 11 tlie CT. S. Scn;ite. ././. ?SMII. ?ravel, saying that a.- he had dug so much of it. IM; would just (ind out what it was that made it so eternally heavy to hoist. Thc assayer to whom he took it told him it was silver, almost pure. The Irishman and Ger man survived the shock, went hack to the claim, and sold out for $100.000 apiece. This was the Lillie Pitts burg minc. One-third of it belougcd to Tabor as his stake for the grub, lie was regarded as an inesponsiblc idiot when he refused $100,000 for his -hare. There was plenty of time, however, for those who so regarded him to chaugc their minds during thc days when thc claim achieved thc nea little output of ?8.000 a day. Tabor filially sold his part of it for a million, and said that as he'd done tolerably well on his profit and loss account he'd just keep on io thc min ing business for a while. This was a source'of unselfish sor row to his friends, who knew that an innocent sort of a chap like Tabor would get swindled right and left if bc tried to increase his capital ia gold instead of soaking it away. The first person who thought Tabor would bc a good subject for a confidence game was called "Chicken Hill" Lovell, ex mail carrier for thc district. 'Chicken Hill" bad a claim on Fryer hil! not far from the spot where the two prospec tors located thc Little Pittsburg, and he bad worked for six weeks without taking anything out in exchange for his labor except tones of unprofitable soil. One day he helped himself to some pay dirt from another and luck ier man'? claim and dropped it in the mud \ein he was working. Theu ho sent for labor, showing him thc dust aud offered to sell out for $150. Un hesitatingly, the innocent Tabor paid the price. "Chicken Bill" went down to town and bought drinks for himself for a week. At the end of that time bc was looking for some oue to blow him off to a carbolic acid cocktail, for Tabor had dug five feet deeper than he had gone and had struck gold that had not been transplanted. Before thc vein was worked out it brought in a million dollars. That waa thc way thc Chrysolite minc waa discovered. People said this was bullhead luck, and Tabor was a good fellow, but didn't know enough to go in when it rained. After he had organized a few stock companies and -Dine out far ahead on all of them public opinion had another opportunity for a aecocu guess. Among those who thought that Ta bor was "easy" where Foley and Wil gus, owners of thc Matchless claim, which showed some color, but not enough to convince them that it was really much good. They convinced Tabor, however, so successfully that he gave them $112,000 for the prop erty. It was reckoned to be worth perhaps $25,000, as claims were going then. As Roon 6* the sale was com pleted tho former owners went about telling everybody how they had "fool ed good old T?.bor.;' The curious cir cumstance of a subsequent offer of $3,000,000 to Tabor for the Matchless saddened the remainder of their exist ences with the knowledge that under some circumstances honosty is the best policy by a huge percentage. Then there was the Maid of Erin mine which Tabor and a Maj. Dubois bought for $20,000 ; a dead loss, said Lead ville. Two months later they sold out to an English syndicate for ten times that amount; the luckiest hit ever made, as Leadville put it. But the syndicate didn't like the looks of thc claim after they had bought, and rais ed such lamentations over the matter that Tabor said he didn't, want to swindle anybody and he'd take tho mino back at the same price. There upon Leadville, which hadn't learned any better yet. wrung its collective hands and said that somebody ought to look up a nice quiet lunatic asylum for poor Tabor, where he'd borostrain cd from dissipating his fortuno in such a manner. A y ?ar or so later some body tried to buy that same rejected mine for $2,000,000 and was greeted with a cheerful laugh. Thus far all had prospered with Ta bor to which he put his hand. People called him thc luokiest man in Col orado, and as soon as he got thc title his luck changed. It is a singular cir cumstance in a world where evil deeds arc not always visibly punished that as soon as he deserted thc wife who had been a true helpmeet in the days of his adversity, Tabor's affairs un derwent a change for tho worse. He got a divorce from her-though no fault of hers-and with $300,000 which he settled upon hor as the price of his release, she went to live in Den ver and dropped out of his life. His money-$7,000,000 approximately was now scattered all over this conti nent. Much of it was in Honduras, muon in the northwest and somo on the Pacific coast. Ue invested heavi ly in Denver property, and some of the handsomest houses there was built by him, hut all had passed from his pos session before his death, tioing to Washington, he married there the young woman for whom bc left his wife. Thc marriage was made famous by Eugene Field's poem of the $10,000 nightgown, which was alleged to be part of the mine-king's troussea. From that time he became thc butt of the western newspaper paragrapher, a sore trial to him. Ile had been in politics and had been elected Lieuten ant-Governor of Colorado, and had run for 1'nited States Senator, but had been defeated. Subsequently he was appointed Senator to till an unexpired term of one month, but his public life './as embittered by the enmity of many men who had known him in Leadville and could not forgive him for his treatment of his wife. Tabor built opcruhuUwOs aim hotels, but lost money on them. There is not space here to tell of the steps by which he was reduced to beggary, but the end came in 181*3, when lie was left with nothing. At thc agc of 03 he took a pick and went to work. His second wife stood by him in bia mis fortunes us thc first had done, and they lived .as other laboring people do. For a year he worked thus, declaring with unbroken courage that he would dig out another fortuue for himself and his family. Then Winfield Scott Stratton, the Cripple Creek mining king, gave him $15,000 to start life with anew. President McKinley ap pointed him Postmaster of Denver, and there ho finished his life; but to thc end many of his old friends of the mining days would have nothing to do with him. The Making of (?lass Eyes. Thc world of manufacture contains many departments that the public knows little about; take, for example, the glimpse into a glass eye factory, given by the Pot'ten/ Uazctte: One of thc quaintest and most in teresting of industries is thc manu facture of glass eyes. Thc demand for these counterfeits of nature is so great and constant that a large factory employing scores of hands, is kept busily engaged in their supply. They are produced at the rate of over eighty a day, or twenty-six thousand a year, and range in price from five dollars to fifty dollars each, according to the care demanded in their production. For j ractical purposes and scanty purposes a glass eye valued at five dollars meets every reasonable require ment, and, considering that the aver age life of these eyes is only a year, tho replacement is au appreciable item in the year's estimate. For this pur pose tears are a luxury to be avoided, as they destroy the enamel more quickly than any other form of wear and tear. Thousands of these cheap, ready made eyes in every tint of gray, blue, brown and even green are kept in stock, and form ratber a ghastly array in thc large partitioned trays in which they are exposed for seleotion. The regular customer is spared this ordeal, for a sample eye is invariably kept, so that the worn - out optic may be re placed by the next post. The modern glass eye is distinctly a work of art, requiring great skill in its production, and is very different from the crude and expensive substi tutes used in remote ages. The Egyptians, in the days of the Pha raohs, wore eyes of gold and silver, and, at a later period, of copper and ivory. The Middle Ages introduced poreelian into their manufacture, and a century ago it was thought finality had been reaohed by making them of glass. Now, however, enamel is used exclusively, and from this material eyes are made which, even to close scrutiny, baffle detection. In the first stage of manufacture the eye is in the form of a long, thin stick of enamel. This is subjected to intense heat under a blow-pipe, and gradually moulded into an elliptical shape-an elongated sphere. A little colored enamel is then placed in the centre of the oval and by gentle heat and skilful rotation, the iris is formed; a point of darker enamel being added to represent the pupil. A layer of crystal formjj the cornea, and when the eye ia cool it is skilfully hollowed out to form a concave oval. After careful polishing it is ready for the wearer. _ _. - An old woman asked s sailor where her cow had gone. The sailor replied, "Gone to the devil, for what I kijow." "Well, as you are going that way," said the old woman, "I just wish you would let down the bars."_^ ^ b_ , Blood Cure Seat Free. By addressing Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Ga., any of our readers may obtain a sample bot tle of their famous B. B. B.-Botanic Blood Bilm, the g cutest, grandest, best and strongest Blood Remedy made. Cures when all else fails, pim Sles, ulcers, scrofula, eczema, boils, lood poison, eating sores, distressing skiu eruptions, cancer, catarrh, rheu matism. Free medical advice included, when description of your trouble is given. This generous offer is worth while accepting. Sample bottle sent all charges prepaid. Large bottles, (containing nearly a quart of medi cine) for sale by all druggists at $1 per bottle. B. B. B. is away ahead of all other Blood Remedies for curing Blood Burners. Try B. B B. Newspaper English. Thc New York Press, in thc execu tion of an ambitious and praiseworthy purpose, has prescribed certain rules for the guidance of its corps of editors and reporters in choosing the English wherewith they undertake to enlighten the pubJic. Its model we suspect, is the celebrated "index expurgatorius," which William Cullen Bryant caused to be posted in the office of the New York Ecenintj t'ont. Thc late Kev. Dr. Moses I). H?ge, of Ltichinond. was fond of preaching i about "high ideals." Ile argued that j all human effort falls far short of por- i j fection, that unless men are actuated J by the loftiest aima they can accoin I plish no great good. The editor of j thc Press seems to have adopted for lilerury things the principle which Dr. H?ge recommended for things spirit ual. Certainly there will never be another edition of The Press printed if it be required that it shall be free from thc works and phrases prohibited by thc rules of thc office. Neverthe less, we "glory in thc spunk" of our contemporary in attempting to have a newqpap ?r in which profound respect is shown for pure English. The Dispatch has waged a desultory warfare of that description for many years but has never yet been able to produce a single copy into which er rors have not crept. They "slip in" in all departments of the paper; none is exempt from them. How much of this erring is due to the all-too-copious definitions and citations of the big dictionaries; how much to the press ure for time under which writers for j thc daily press labor, and how much ! to the iuborn frailty of the average writer, we do not know. But we haven't yet given up all hope; that is to say, there are some things which we still "kick"' against. And it con soles us to know that sonic of the ex pressions which plague us also vex the editor of The Press. We find that he has to wrestle with writers who use "don't" for '.'doesn't" and "every" for "all;" who split their infinitives; who stab "parties" in "the fracas;" who do not know the differ ence between "learn" and "teach;" who marry thc man to the woman; who say ' well posted" for "well in formed;" who speak of 'persons" as "parties;" who "render" a song and "tender" a dinner; who are oblivious to the difference between "transpire" and "occur;" who write "Mrs. Gen eral" and "Mrs. Colonel;" etc. These are but a few samples out of scores of errors in the use of English which worry the soul of ourGothamite contemporary. In the M SS. which from time to time come under our own eye we find an astonishing number from persons who will insist upon saying, for instance, "that neither of thc two gentlemen have been summoned." Others never fail to arouse our sorrow by saying that the "widow of the late John Smith" is sick, or dead, or married again. Still others who wish to be exact state that "the will of the late John Doe has been admitted to pro bate." "Buried from his late resi dence," is another favorite expression, and "nee Jane Jones" is common. Another is in the use of the far more vivid, but less authoritative, word "busted" for "burst." We contend that an address, or "card," er advertisement appears un der, not over., the signature of Mr. So and So, but we find few who oblige us with their MSS. (or for the matter of that few books or newspapers) that agree with us. So, too, we prefer to hold an inquest "upon" a body, rather than "over" it. But, alas! we dare not "holddown" our contributors with too much se verity, lest we find them calling in re inforcements and turning upon us and exposing our own shortcomings. Nev ertheless, we hold that it is well for all papers to have high ideals, and though none will ever attain perfec tion, or anything like it, all will be the better for doing the best they can in that direction.-RicJunond Dis patch. Sour stomach, fullness after eating, flatulence are all caused by imperfect digestion. Priekly Ash Bitters cor rects the disorder at onco, drives out badly digested food and tones the stomach, liver and bowels. For sale by Evans Pharmacy. - "My son follows the medical pro fession." "Where did he study med icine ?" "Oh, he isn't a doctor ; he's an undertaker." "What's in a name?" Tho word "bitters" does not always indicate something harsh and disagreeable. Prickly Ash Bitters is proof of this. It cleanses, strengthens and regulates tho system thoroughly, yet it is so pleasant the most delicate stomach will not object to it. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. - The Preaoher^-4,And so yon are always glad to havo mc call, are yon? Well, I am glad of that. 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' replied the doctor. "How long will it take to get well?" "Oh, I guess about two months," said the doctor. "Quite s .re, sir-it is a bad case?" "It is ? Dsitively the worst I have ever seen." "Then I will leave it with you,"and call for it again when cured," solemn ly said the patient, slowly unfastening his arm, which was an artificial one, and painted for the occasion. - "Well, dad," said tho returned soldier boy, "I'm mustered out !" "Good fer you !" exclaimed the old man. "Thc ol' mule is stan'in' in the furrow, an' the plow's in the groun*. Git yer breakfas', an' then muster in, Bill -muster in !" Many a woman throws away the flower of ber youth-her beauty, her amiability and'her capacity for wifehood and mother hood- without realizing it. There is no sadder sight than that of a yonng woman who has for years been bearing up bravely and silently under physical tortures that would drive a man to the mad-house. Thousands of women suffer in this way and ask neither aid nor sympathy. 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