The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-11-07

slouehed hat in the building on his 4
head, the party>greeted him with ''brav.
o" and n hearty laugh. and Grant. look
ing with amused establishment al him
self, declared he was ready for Flannl-
gan's bail
When the ladies appeared in mems
suits the laughter was turned upon them.
Mrs. Fair al been down before, and
Governor kinl>ead declared Significantly |
that We all knew the reason why, for in
her launty sailors suit she made "A pretty
picture. The general saw the point. and /
stepping up, cigar in hand, said, Il want
10 offer this young gentleman a cigar"
Who has said that Grant was reserved /
and silent? On the summit of the Sier-
ras and sallingover the blue depths ofthe
Tahoe, he WAS always appreciatiye and !
asking all sortsOi questions. and today, |
in his miners suit, and when sure he |
had escaped curious crowds, ,, 100 feet |
under ground, he was as chattV as "A boy i
and with dry hunoT which did not need |
Grant behind il to make it good He had |
been sure that Mrs Grant would not 90
down in the mine until finally Mackey
| offered To bet 81 eco that she would go.
In the same joking way the bet was
| taken by the general, but he did not
have the money. 1t would be useless to
| apply to newspaper man for money,
he said, and no one else would loan il
| 10 him; so, Offering some old japanese
| coins Tor security, We started down. But
Mrs. Grant did go; and descending in an
| iron cage, we commiserated the general
on his loss.
WELL he said, IA thousand dollars is
a good deal ofmoney to lose, but guess
it will stop Mrs. Grants shopping
awhile, and it is the first bet 1 ever heard
of where both sides were winners
| Down Glide 81 cONnnfh1H- in pna
OF your hotel elevators, to the first level,
500 feet below. Here we leave our
overcoats, which we had put on for
the cold ride down the shaft. As the
general starts of, he calls back to his
son:
Bud, bring some cigars"
You cannot smoke here" says Mrs
, Grant.
) well, I'll try" answers the general
in so emphatic tone that some one
} raises laugh by adding, IF it takes all
summer"
: Through subterranean and deviou.
:, paths we follow Mr.. Hugh Lamb, the
obliging foreman. We examined the
: vast bodies of ore which we encountered
y and General Grant splasheS through the
:, water, knocks pieces of the ore off will
; pick, and is full of curious question:
about the cost of mining and milling thu
character OF the rock, the yield pc
!. month, etc, etc. We are getting SO IA
o. down now that the natural heat of tn
earth is becoming unpleasant, and Mrs
a Grant, who does not seem to enjoy il
q says:
= "Oh, why can't we have somethin.
/ else for money, and save all thf worl
. and trouble? 2"
IS Because then it would have to be pa
: per money" answered the General
Mrs lpaR, 1. IL. Al.
9 surface, but the General saws she mus
~ not put them to that trouble, and, as al
d good wives should, she yields, and w
,r leave the ladies in the cleancSt place W
= can find, and go on down. We are 500
|, where the thermometer marks 90 dC
d grecs, Fahrenheit, and the sweat pour
"a off us. We examine the immense sv,
n TEN of timbering, and learn that il la
p required over two million dollars to pu
4 this gigantic mine of gold in shape fo
II work We examine the pumps, and Tia
p steam drills with their noisy clatter ar
stopped and run so that the General ma
"a see how they work. Mr. Mackey, VIII
y, has been through this many times, say
-. II is not warm, but the rest of us swei
a. and gasp. The General is delighted wit
p the good sweat" he is having, and ge
N ting the attention of the crowd, he say
= to Mr.. Fair: There are two ncwspape
.c men here and plenty near at hand. Fin
II the hottest place you can and let us leav
N them there and let them get used to wha
-e they must come to-
n The newspaper men say never q wore
Il Again we take the cage, where il seem
= as cold as winters day, and down tw
g hundred feet deeper into tile earth we %
y Here it is 100 Fahrenheit. WorkmeI
n bare to the waist, come forward, saving
n General. we have got you here, an
g. you Will have 10 shake"
81 like to shake healthy mans hand,
n the General says, as he looks ut thei
n splendid muscular development
p. The water coming from the earth is 5
-. hot here that you cannot bear your han
:, in it, and men can only work few mir
n utes, when they are cooled off with ict
~ The General thinks il would be goo
!, plan 10 sentence convicts to work eigll
q hours day down here. ANYHOW, h
n says, red in the face from heat, and nor
~ ping his face with the sleeve of hi
!, blouse, this is tile place TO leave tn
# newspaper men,"
>. would you leave the politicians, too !?
4 asks Governor Kinkead.
~ YES, but there amt room for all tina
n ought to be put here the General IT
q plies, without smile, and maybe h
? meant it. But we cannot stay here long
q and your correspondent cannot dwell
! longer on this account.