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A-elr.arv .'3.04.15 r . r..3 -,20.S9736 2 C' .: .tht re r .4 \1, 17 7. 7 av rotll..... . .. .190.45 - -- - - 13 s - 9,44 934 -November. ont~hiv re-porrs. .$5.263 40 P)Iy rol.. . . . 3'.406 6 2 - S,670 02 D~ecember. MIontly reports. .66.07 9 2 Pay roll......... 3,371 7 9,459 69 Total amount of scheduled i' ll. . ...... - ...122,18 23 ParmOent interest onNichol son notes not scheduled 4,400 Dueit at beginning of year 3,171,111 $129,847 34 afte royr. h.. .. .. . . 5 --13483 69 W~yet nesretonprs Nhol-aprca on to tes oteesohee. arios0 00t Iritatucegin of yeair3,17ies. W.29B.847v34 alneon he at ftheSeate We esie t exres o.Surkapia n oteonfi ar of the ouse.nti Notn for o PrinCothingisacead or Funte hand the cmttee n eessr Siringut s their oduthigsaper This:s peially ubmtted.osan reas. ise 1anfactrer Loeahz On theergency Notic the Seatest outhern art1usith House . anh Ga. Four Cotnts kc Prices.siawde Fukenturedat-e antal necsroghl lible houtse, whose ofterns appays 'fesan jstecat tuey asay to Piaostsn thating thes writeLuddes &pBtes fort bealoceedigl lowce and tEay arestall ngth eergenwhc.Ntc theen lats oute dui ouseae ahGa. ine thi ssen wrtee term fo the rci cout Pices this isnt on wide awke-neverigey. left here thorougrn nthing tompn writ Ludepute Sherf .Catalous andrics couEaynsetlon n1oe.t Terms wharichbr the Va., whr leasurmtedteai.eor ug Aortdipatch fromghreton Co. G.,A PjtErnateid Noveber t of theko iareitcout in this couty n atfew s:-k afn cman wan claiengto Sherhif .u C.if und hsu nsel, CYonk he edhdittm o ailorcefor Judgeha all er re married iss Porterie -iled casie Rofbbtes. ko ce-tod'y iln yCabbt, and aoe re'k arreted at th cRemiga b Raia -taton turdaste up t ofn ae Yrin ro 1artnas.i The ris ornersfaeld ene illemudern and robbings a Anisamhjor o gellanasayt 31aan tas. 40dv Ifraion Cof et andm ws tle.22phedc to Iavan S and soldicers wv~re arento Ra toV watc h Ricoa in. trin MatWhens The prisoners were , slr ofa poldinhadurersin3.00 as fordin of pohesciu. This moe is supposed to have been the -rIc.lisC of the robber'v. Mr. Janmes M1. Smith of Columbia. S '.. writes: i~ear Sir-It eivne me reat pleasure t. say tnat tne uid North State Ointment bought of you has entirely cured me of eczema when eerything I had used previously failed izgive any relhief. It is a great medi cie. and I1 would not be without it in youe. I use it for almost every ing where any medicine is needed. and have gotten the best of results every time. Respectfully. James M1. Smith. Where Oh. Where? 'he Springfield Republican says: "i'x-e'nsion Commissioner Corporal Tane is in favor of opening the sol diers' homtes to C- afederate veterans, an the St. Paul I' neer Press is free to thati the uorth went too far in ra tf in the 15th amendment and giving th ballot to thme negro! Where is the batck man likely to be found when the THE PIIOSll A TES. State Inspector Jones Makes His Annual Reoport. ROYALTY PAID TO THE STATE The Industry Has Improved a Little. Full Facts and Figures About the Phos phate Funds. The following is the annual report of the State phosphate inspector: To 11;s h:eelelncv W. 11. Ellcrbe. -ov ernor, and chairman board of phos phate cmisoes Sir: I have the hInor to subujit this my annuail report as Stite 1hosphate inspector for the iscal year ending l)e eember 31st, 1S98. The condition of the State's phoa phate industry January 1. 1s)S, was far from encouraging. The mining lant:! of all the large companies had been elosed down. with the exception of the 13eaufort l'hosphate company. The pric2 of roek was ab:)ut the cost of production. and sales were hard to ei feet. About February 1st, the situa tion improved. and there was a demand for our river rock. This demand has tinee continued at advancing prices, and our shipments would have exceed ed last year but for the advance in ocean freights, caused by the enormous hipmeuts of cereals and the war with Spain. The price of hot air dried rivir rock on January lt, 1898. was two to two dollars and twenty-tve cents per ton. f. o. b. On December 1st, 1898. one of our companies refused an offer of two dollars and sixty-five cents per too f. o. b. COMPANIES RESUME. The Coosaw company resumed min ing operations during the month of Feb ruary. The Central Phosphate com pany (successors to the Farmers' Min ing company), resumed work about April Is'. STORW O 1898. Our coast was again swept by two disastrous storms, on the 28th of Au ust and October 2d, coing great damage to the mining fleet. The Beau fort Phosphate company were the hea viest sufferers. Their two dredges, "Oglethorpe" and "Tomocheechee. were badly wrecked: their hands pick ing flats were blown ashore and damag ed. The dredges were towed to Sa vanah for repairs. Little mining was done by this company in September ana none in October. The loss in produc tion to the several companies on ac count of the storms would aggregate about 8,000 tons. To this add the loss in production of the Coosaw company during January and part of February, say 6,000 tons. together with the Farm ers 31ining company's plant for Janua ry, February and March say 10,000 tons, and we have an unavoidable ag gregate loss of about 25. 000 tons during the year, But even with this loss the production of the State's mines showsI a gratifying increase of 2.3.002 tons over last year, 1898, as the following statement of operati-ms for the year will show: OPERATION.S FOR THlE YEAR. Tons. The total number of tons of rock mined during the year ending December 31, 1893, 1s.. ... .. . .. - - ---.. 99,.315 As against last year.. .. .. .. 76,313 Increase in production.. .... 23,002 The total number of tons of rock on hatnd December 31, 1898. is................ 33,015 A s against last year1897.. .. 26,65'J Increase of rock on hand of.. 5,356 SHIPMENTS. Tons. The total number of tons of rock shipped during the year ending December 31, 1898........... .. -94,998 24 Against last year. 1897. . . . . 95,237 A decrease in shipments of .. 1,138 76 Of the rock shipped or sent to market there have been shipped: To foreign ports...... .. .64,174 50 Coastwise ports...... .. .11761 Charleston and Beaufort . .18,162 74 Total shipments.. ..... .. 94 098 24 ROYANTIES. The amount of royalty due the . State for the year ending Dec. 31 is............$25,179 81 The detailed amount of royal ties is as follows: Rloyalties. *The Coosaw company on shipment of 6,621 tons at 50 cents.. .. ........... . 5.310 50 The Coosaw company on ship ment of 28,780 tons at 25 cents.... ............. 7,19500 The Beaufort Phosphate com pany on shipment of 15. 886 50-100 tons at 25 eents 8.971 02 The Empire M1ining company on shipment of 1.918 tons at 25cents.. .. .. ....... 490 James Reid, by Thomas Tal bird. State's attorney- on shipment of 169.74-100 tons at 25 cents.......... .....4244 Receiver for Farmers' Mining company on shipment of 3,449 tons at 25 c-ents. 82 25 Total royalty on shipment of 9498.24 100 tons.S ... 25.171L I1 *'he 6,621 tons shipped by the Coe saw company at 50 cents per ton wa. the balance of the rock on ha-nd April 1st, as estimated by the comupany. See THE FARMERS' MINING COMPANY. Statement of roy alty aemunt: Oct. 16, 1897. To balantce due the State.... .......8 10,384 0 To be accounred for by re ceiver ef Federal court. November, 1897. To 2,411 tons shipped at 25 cents per ton.$600 25 YYear 1898. To 3.449 tons shipped at 251 cents per ton . .. . 862.25 1.462 SI] T otal royalty due.. .. ..8 1116 50 A Very Sad Case. On Tuesday morning of last week Mrs. Waring, of Georgetown, who has been stopping at the Nixon house at umter, S. C., was found in an uncon ious condition in her moom by the cambermaid. At a glance it was seen that somethine unusual was the mat ter, and a physician was summoned immediately. She told the doetor that she did not want to live and there i no doubt that she fully intended to end her life. A letter was found ini her room asking that N. S. Gibson, o Florence. and 3Mr. Waring, of George How it Is to L >d: Ou: xnd by Wi:m AN iNTERESTING DQCUMENT What Nam s are to bo Stricken From the Rolls and those Who Are to be Added. The Coo.t ::l -u aneev Of 1:-! :,h;4 ip :. o t rso re-ferece ti. pen:i..ns. a :Trov~d .darebi 2. 18J7. Aiu Act amnltlry The penin bartd a - rzanizedli 1117 uill mcc t a r ro ird h 1' -': law ont thethird . i0XX i:: .I:iInry. at a con Vileient platc inti t'enhip. for the puLoe Cf ex:Nii:in: the; toIhjip r.'ls of their r -; stiv i i-. n:- ips. and fur pa'bipt5 ny - : appliies fio pen iitons nut rieron before t "wnship hiard.- Iapplications miust have the approval of ithIIe town ship anld county bords before the ta te boa rd can aiP roIVe. Io t.wn-hip boards nuy Uni frtn the rl f ie sioners the in': r iune (if any party or parties whieb.1 in th-ir jitIniment are not entiticl t, a pensiin under thte ta. civinr the reasin theL:r'a wntit. and also crae th m s of th-e e of whom they know: to :>:uea'. J bL iay (.d to the roll onl: uchi nme of ne ap plicants am tima ile applications. Those already on the 1e .-in need not prepare nor fil!, new aiatiea ions. All new applicalions not properly and correctly ;iled in each particular. althn,:,h approvd Iy towiship and county boards. will Ib disapproved by the State b rd. The county boards are requestei- not to forward to the State Board t he am-i e pofe en!ioners disapproi 1-V the t:ow!.hip or countty bord. C p ete county and towr slip lists as (I; p i for 17 are here %ith sent to the L ' hip btoards. from which the n ar teeted to make up the list of tho i- * -Ont inuted on the roll: the sam will 1) hauilbe nd to the county board fo : eir a pyrova. Township and ceiinty boards will no tice that tie law provide three classes. - B" an ( - . (with fire sub-di Tisions of -''C.") is fllows: Class A.-Tiose who have lost bath hands, or both leg. or bh eyes. or wbse absobuLe disabilitics arising from wouIius ar c-riivalent to the less of either, and whose income does not exeed -2511. This does not include soldiers whose disabilities arise from diseases or causes arising since the war. Class B.-Those who have lost one arm or one leg. or whose disabilities from wounds are equivalent to the loss of an arm or a lez, and whose income does not cece 82 Class C-(No. .)-Those soldiers and sailors dimabled by woundhs, but not suffiient to be pla~ced in Class B. whose income- do not eceed :20. Class C-(No .)-Theose who ha1ire reached the age of t. years and whose incomes do not eceedC' -100. Class C-(No 3.)-W\idows of those who lost their lives while in the service of the State or C onfederate States. and whose incones dto not eced $250. Class C-No 4.\-Widowvs above the age of f60 years, whose itncomeis du not exceed $100). Class C-(No. 5.(-WVidow s of pen sioners. Tihis class is not mnctroned in the printed Acts s:tnt Out. but by the Act approved 0th December. 1S80 . Blanks for the reports of township and county boards in accord with these lasses and sub-divisions have been prepared and will be mailed to auditors for distribution amiong the boards. Class A gets Sf5 per month, or $72, and will be paid this amount; Class B, 8'4 per month or 48; and Class C. with each of its sub divisions, $:3 per mionth., or 536. After Class A shall have been paid the balance will be pro rated be tween B and C on the basis'of 51 to $3. This money will be sent to) the clerks f court as heretofore, as has been pro vided in the Appropriation Acts each year, and will be sent just as soon as the roll for the State can be corrected and verified. Towvnship boards cannot be too care ful in these muatters of "income"' and "physical eondition -- It is a very por man whose gross inco-n e from labor. rent. and other sourcs. does not ex eed Sl1t0, or piooir lands, if any, which ill not prtoiduce this amount gross. Proerty suihicient to ptroducie $100! in a plicant' or his wife's name debars himn or he. Wher.'e soldier., or widoVrs ispose of their proierty- by giving or seling' t ,their c.hildren they are de brred from., recetiing a pentsion. The question of service to the State in connieton with the various classes c- reserves et!!ed ito the service of the State just at the e'.c of the war swill deopend much upin tie evidence sub mitted to the- State biard. WIhen real ervice wats rendlcee thte pen io should e alioWe . A n cit i/n of 'ihe State. ver ye vars if a1'I. .n othewis .itimut re:alf otis o e 't t - Phi utse t! 'o. an fully the fillow n. ~t -.-:i !:i l n co!Ulz hoarin uii, a . *1 ior ea l e il. ap rt llv r approving ' i r*. d i..po ii in caVeh age. To~~aip , r u-t Brst ap - i -aa i *i re '- .Ii-1 XV! i geu .iyi c ai oleli ' , u. e s t~ tre Hre: of 2nitte. .ktt~tiae . A.lBire r. A Desprate- Negroal Shtl .1 re i. i:- of 1 i s i CAries Kae F. .io'ih hoher.c jal.c-iae-d IVitft'i til. - tti n -ork. tteat!' lipee iI" iNegro. ate A iec-iale ro t tihia Ala.f.rs: herf .beephae i' uitkin ofDLlas -unt. sht ther e timo'eu lat househt wChri Nlon. ::nerwh hetead wasnt rein t arrest. l e ben ad ien tin ichrge:id tith shtin wa hit thre imes ao-Te inet li biLnre .taougafte torie beien rosarcie fo h eiieas FARMiING IN THE SOUTH. '. . terprise on the Part of t: Ath'ata Journal. T. A*..t.L r f Wdesday ba., an ar ie on the sjimation of the Iarioeme clohi arier. rom ii. hi ne clip the follow The farnier, as Sama Jonci says, is inl i, mijidle of t-o bad fixes. lHt id beteen vary ing condit ions of nature, w hich he cannot control and the caprice of the markets, which is beyond the com1iprehension or control of human beings. A prominent man said that it is harder to run a farm than a business establishment with the same capital ia volved. Business principles are well c hiabished and comparatively simple. 'ie cotuditiuns that control the resuit uf rring are complex and ever chang Inm nver exactly alike two years in ae U1on. Yet, difficult as it is, the iroblev of the farmer's success must b' solved. Upon it the prosperity of all ('lasses depends, and in the business itclf a large majority of the people fo the south are directly engaged. This 1ic.tion is worthy of the earnest and sympathetic study of all classes, and no nIe is without a personal interest in the : ubIject. With this view of the situation The Journal has instituted a searching in ve:-tigation into the condition of agri culture in Georgia and the south. The services of an experienced agriculturist have been engaged, and the counsel of many more will be sought and laid be fore the public. Leading farmers in every county in Georgia will be consult ed and the best informed agriculturists ill other states will be brought into the discussion. What is needed is the practical suggestions of experienced and successful men and in the multi tudc of such counsel wisdom will be found. The journal earnestly invites the attention of all thinking men, par ticularly of men experierced in agricul ture, to the solution of this problem, which is the greatest before the people of this section for solution. Concise and pithy communications on this sub ject by experienced and practical farm ers are invited." This is a subject in which every body has a deep interest in ccmmon with the farmer. And as the Journal says, there is more advice dumped upon them than npon any other class of people. And theories do no good. The reform must come from the farmers themselves, from within outward, and not from the outside. The investigation proposed will get facts which we believe, will stimulate thought and action among the farmers and do good. Free Delivery on Farms. Congressman Stokes has introduced a very important and practieal bill in the House providing for free delivery of mail on the farms The title of the bill is: "A bill to extend free delivery of mail along star routes." Under its terms all future contracts for carrying mail on star routes will include this in creased service. The star route contractor will have this in mind when he puts in his bid. The additional service will be slight, the additional cost to the government correspondingly slight, but'The benefit to the people will be very great. Car riers, as a general thing, deliver mail now'along the line of their route by priv ate contract for $1 or less per an numi, to each family served. Of course, taking it in gross for everybody it could be done for less still than for a few. It is confidently expected, however, that instead of such service as is pro vided in this bill being a sharge upon the government it would be a seuree of revenue. That has been the history of all increases of mail failities in the past. The increased cost of the ser vice has invariably been more than off set by the increased revenue ineident to butter facilities. This bill of Dr. Stokes provides that mail boxes shall be placed along the star routes on the roadside, and for eon en ien ce, numbered consecutively from the initial noint of the route. Those desiring their mail deposited in these boxes will leave with the nearest post master on each side of them a written request for delivery of their mail to the carrier, designating the number of the box in which it is to be deposited, and thereupon it becomes the duty of the carrier to deposit said mail in the box without charge to the addressee. Thus every person living on or near a star route would get his mail every time the carrier passed without expense or loss of time in going to the postoffice. it is easy to see that my multiplication of the star routes, radiating from the several railroad offices, a very cheap and effective free delivery system could be realized-one that there is every reason to expect would become at once self sustaining. For the present, the people who get this service would have to furnish their own boxes, but the bill contemplates that ultimately these shall be furnished by the government, if the service justi fies it. The cost in large numbas wuld be small to the government; but that is what is being done in many of the city districts, says Congressman Stokes, and "I am in this asking only that the country residents be fed out of the same spoon that the government uses to dish out benefits to our city cousis." Dr. Stokes does not offer this bill as a substitute foi the free rural delivery with which he has been prominently identified in the past, but as a supple mental proposition - a sort of transition stage. A general system of rural free delivery is bound to come in the evolu in of our postal system. It may be in the form already inaugurated here aud ther'e throughout the United States, or' it may be through some modification f this star route system, or it may be through a systen of postal wagons radi ating from several railroad offices. But whatever may be its final form, as ap proved by experiment, it will be a per manent systew: and will be self-susaain in;. Tfhe plan suggested is now being sue eesfully worked in this and all the other counties of the State on a small scale and we see no reason why it could not be made general and work equally a well. We believe that Dr. Stokes' bill will solve the free rural mail de livery problem, and that in a short time it will be in general use on every star route in the country. 'We hope the bill will be speedily passed by Congress. and the experiment of delivering mail free on the farms will be tried at once, IF the soldiers in Spain's Cuban armies knew what was good for them they would remain on the island, beat their swords into pruning-hooks and grow up with the country. There is plenty of room for them there, and the tropical sun might in a generation or two roast the most virulent of theii P~eninsular qualities out of them. It ripens the spirit of inisular patriotism as it does bananas, with extraordinary rapidity. and they would become good and loyal Cubans almost before they CHOOSING BRIDESMAIDS. Prospective 13r.hA Should Select Girls WhoWa 'r. ell with Grace fully-Pcisel fieads. "In selecting bridersnaids," said she; of the emerald aud diauud ring to tN New York Coimerial Adve-iber writer, "it is not bwaut y that coutin so much as style and carriage. M.\os brides take a great deal of pride in ~heir brideatmaids' costumes and wamz them to show to the best advantage. It is very i-nportant that a brides. maid should walk well. The -- edding marches are more suited to grand opera stages than church aisles, and while Elsa's or Lucia's attendants can walk in gracefully to such music, the most graceful of girls is apt to sway and fal ter trying to keep time and step with tLe same strains. I've watched bridal processions and I've seen radiantly pret ty girls lose all effect of their good :.oks by a ho6biing walk. A brides nraid should glide, not limp or h2op. The beauty of a faultless frock and the stateliness of a picture hat vanish when the wearer is awkward and obviously !: at ease. The bride herself is helpe< by her long train, her drcoping head and the leaning on her father's arm be fere and on her husband's after the cer tmony, but the bridesmaid wears a short gown, carries her head erect. walks up and down beside anether girl, and so has her own grace alone to depend upon. A girl who walks well. wKhose head is well-poised on her shoul ders and whose hair arranges well makes a good appearance as a brides maid, and-well. all mie are like that." COWARDLY SPANIARDS. The Dispicable Conduct of the Viz enya's Crew at the Battle of Santiago. The contrast between the two nations stands out very clearly in connection With the Vizcaya, says .ra Nelson Iollis in the Atlantic. The torpedo boat Eries son ran close alongside of her, and ser' a small boat to take off all that were alive of her crew. A few boats from the Iowa assisted. The Vizcaya was on fire fore and aft; the ammunition on boar'] was exploding, and the guns that ha.-] been left loaded were going off one af ter another in the intense heat, to say notb ing of the proximity of the shore. The ',osition of the little craft has been de scribed as perilous in the extreme. Our men risked their lives repeatedly t, help their fallen enemy; but no soone' were the Spaniards transferred to the deck of the Ericsson than they urged immediate withdrawal without regard to their comrades who had been left bchind. To the honor of our navv Lieut. Ushur remained until every liv ing being had been rescued from the burning ship. A similar scene was en acted around the two torpedo boat de stroyers. It was a case of mad panic on the one side, and of perfect coolnesz' on the other. One officer of the Viz eaya afterward stated on board the Iowa that they were obliged to close the gun ports on the disengaged side of the ship, to prevent the men from jumping overboard rather than face the Ameri can gun fire. CRIMES OF COOLIES. The Low-Lived Mpngols Are as Cn ning a. Foxes and as Cow ardly _as Wolves. They are a queer crowd, these coolies, whether on land or sea, says the Lud gate Magazine. Cunnng as foxes and :owardly as wolves, they resemble the pariah dogs of their own -:ities in point of inability to hunt any prey save in packs. I heard of an instance where a gang of them, employed as nivvies in the cutting of a railway, killed their sverseer with shovels and fled into the bush. Nobody was ever hanged for the ::rime, because some 40 of them were in i.--and that would have been rather a large consignment to condemn, even in the far east, where human life is so :heap. There are 250,000 Chinese in Bang kok alone, and they do not appeal to >ne's cordial emotions--very much the :ontrary. And should this catch the eye of any intending visitor to the far east, I would urge upon him the un wisdom of venturing to spend a night on a Chinese junk without so much as a revolver to defend himself with. Oc 2nsionally a European is discovered by the marine police floating on the wa ter with his throat cut. In such a case it is highly probable that he had been foolhardy. as I was. But different peo ple are born to different ends, and the Chinese contempt of the European is frequently justified by facts. TALLEST IN THE MORNING. By Evening Most People Have Shrunk Balf an Inch-How Men Get Into the Army. "The singular fact that people are , bout half an inch taller in- the morning than they are in the afternoon has en abled many a fellow to slip into the army," said an officer who has seen a geod deal of recruiting scrvice. "Time and again when the examinations wvere being conducted at a tolerably early hour men have been passed in my pres ence who were barely up to the regula tion height, in fact, they were under it a shade, and the thickness of a card board would have resulted in throwing them out. I am perfectly confident that if these same met' had been re measured just before taps in the even ing they would have fallen so far short that they would never by any possibil ity have been accepetd. I hav~e heard it said that a man can put neariy an irtch in his height try staying in bed for a, couple of days and mena-while tak Irng several hot baths, but I have never sen the thing tried. The average morn ing and evening variation I hav-e found iy a good deal of experimenting on myself and others to be a little less than half an inch." A COL ORED debating society in Jones recinct had this weighty subject un er discussion the other night: "Which s the most useful, the san or the noon?" After considerable wrangling n both sides, during which they waxed warraz and eloquent, the judge, an old egro, promptly decided that the moon was the most useful, as it "shined at ight when the people needed light, while the sun, he only shined in the aytime when they could do without it." TUE Braddock, Pa., physician who is nterested in statisticts of American ero-worship finds that he has peronal y ushered into the world five Deweys. hree Hobsons, one Schley and one iles, and in the households of his pa tients 20 dogs, 17 cats and 9 goats an wer to the names of the heroes of [898. ________ __ Taz York Yeoman says if Tillman ad done nothing but appoint Babcock uperinsendent of the insane asylum. .he would not have been governor in vain. Dr. Babcock is one of the leadiug ex pets in the United States on insanity, n a native South Carolinian and loves his state and the work for her poor un Makes the food more delicious and wholesome ROYAL SAIONO POWOER 00.. NEW YOAiIC APPROPRIATED HIS CLOTHES. A DESERTED CITY. But the Soldiers Gave Them Back and Cheered for the Young Tale af the Dissolution of One of the Correspondent. Strangest Towns on This Continent. Here is one to the credit of Richard Harding Davis. After the battle a In Nevada county, Cal.. repose the heavy traveling bag or trunk was found remains of one of the strangest towns with no owner at hand to claim it, says on this continent. Meadow Lake is the a Nashville American correspondent. American Pompeii, whose entombing Several negroes of the Tenth cavalry I lava is the sum-it snow storms. which regulars opened it and found a variety , sometimes bury it 25 tes ooep ) a of fancy shirts, trousers, stockings and level. and whose anrual exnuwg is ruch like. These they immediately con- brought about by the .:-.ner a-.says Escated and began to bedeck them- the New York He'd. ielves with. It was in the summer of 1865 that the Shortly after Richard Harding Davis name Meadow Lake was formally given came upon the scene from another part to the town, previc t:s'y e:cd Lxcel of the field. He saw he had been de- sior and Summit City. Until 1858 noth spoiled, but entered no complaint. An ing had been done in the way of pros Ilicer of the regiment, however, began pecting that particular locaity. to make inquiries. He asked where Henry Hartly, an Englishman, who the clothes came frota and was told. visited the vicinity in June, 1S63, in Turning to Mr. Davis he inquired: search of game and chanced to discover "Are these your clothes?" Mr. Davis fragments of gold, imparted his discov *owed in the affirmative. "Then, men, cry to his friends. A company was ,ou should be doubly ashamed of your -formed and soon after other companies :onduct. You not only did wrong in and the building of a city was started. ipening the trunk at all, but you have With the close of the fall of 1865 .nade a brave man your victim. When 1he new city contained about 150 %- e were fired upon from ambush by houses completed and a number of oth the Spaniards Davis here was right in ers in course of construztion. Then all front of our column pointing out the 3wpes were blasted. The adventurers Spaniards for us to shoot at. A so,- av-oke to the sad reality that, though dier was shot down by his side. He there was plenty of gold in Ecadow picked up the gun and began firing im- lake, it was so combined with some mediately. He has just returned from siubstance unknown to the metallur the pursuit. Take off those garments. gists that it was effectually locked Mr. Davis, in behalf of my soldiers, I from the hand of man. apologize for their thoughtless con- All dreams, the black art, science duct." and metallurgy were set at naught. There was a cheer given for Richard One after another, as they abandoned Harding Davis, which the big, broad- hope, the disappointed gold seekers shouldered. war correspondent ac- ui'ned their backs on Meadow Lake knowledged with a smile, and the in- and went down the mountain. cident was ended. More than $2,000,000 had been pourea into that bottomless abyss of California IN THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. 1:nown as "dead work," to pay for milla. roads, buildings and mining. - The Possibilities Developed in the For years the solitary inhabitant .: Extreme North in Late Ieadow Lake was Hartly, the English' Years. man who was mainly responsible for The close of the century discloses for t__eitec _oteton the first time in the world's history a practical purpose to develop the re sources of the Arctic circle, says Lqs- Three Semi-Wild Tabbies Pouce lie's Weekly. The discovery of gold in Upon a Hawk That Invaded a the Klondike has sent a fiood of immi grants into a territory which was sup posed to lie almost uninhabitable. And I. C. Barnett who lives near Media, now scientists of Great Britain are rak- has in his possession the body of a ing a careful investigation of enormous deposits of iron ore, some distance from Luliar manner, reports the rhiladel Stockholm, Sweden, within the area in eluded in the Arctic circle. These new ore fields are apparently of limitless extent and of the greatest possible try raising Sinc3 he has owned the valuetnt idt e fam threeold cats left by the former valu tothe ronindutryof Geattenant have hung about the place in a Britain, which is rapidly finding itself e unable to compete with the cheap prod- o ucts of American ore. These Swedish all fr e oveturs and took rppthei deposits are said to be among the most abd in th e n H o as they valuable ever discovered on either on- id nt har Hwhicken s they tinent. nomoetd Following the discovery of gold in h te dy hl aretwso Alaska, this may be taken as an indica- hsbr ofrpaigsm hnls tion that the mineral wealth of the Arctic regions may ultimately lead to the establishment of a large population hro i hceshdldtgte in thosc parts of the world nearest the adseigygetyaiae.Te north pole, w1/ch have hitherto beenledioeedaarehw jutp little explored, because of their inhos-paigtmkeaso.Bantws pitable climate. 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