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The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-21
WHITE OAKS BLACK HILLS

W dll6 VA NO bLAOA hALLO'
In review Jt the mining indus
tries of the Black Hills, the Dead
wood, ID. T., Pioneer publishes the
report OF some Of the largest pro
ducers Of bullion of that locality.
Referring to the Homestake prop
ertles the Pioneer says: " AS will
be seen by the report, the average
has been over six dollars and when
we state the mills connected with
the above group crush over 1000
tons of ore per day, at total cost
of, mining and milling, not to eX-
ceed one dollar per ton, the profits
are apparent" The same review,
in reference to the Father DeSmet
property, says that the reduction
of these ores costs about two dol
lars per ton.
The mines above alluded to are
among the best paying, and largest
producers in the country, and the
ore from them only averages some
thing over six dollars per ton, but
owing to the use of improved
machinery, and on an extensive
scale, these ores can be mined and
reduced at large profit.
The mines around White Oaks,
wherever mill tests have been
made Of the ores, have produced
from fifteen to thirty dollars per
ton. The veins are from three to
six feet wide, and the ores are as
easily worked as those mentioned
at Deadwood, and yet we are una
BILE to produce bullion at a profit.
This is not the fault of our mines,
but the lack of capital to introduce
the proper machinery for the cheap
reduction of the rich ores which
these mines are ready to yield.
There are at least half a dozen
claims here, either one OF which
could, within one month, be put in
shape to furnish ore sufficient tc
keep 20 stamp mill running con
tinuously on ore which would not
yield less than $40 to $15 per ton
While it is true that in the Black
Hills the water supply is mole
abundant than in this immediate
locality, yet with one fourth the
expenditure which was made tc
supply the Homestake properties
with water for their operations, al
we need could be had. This nigh
not bring our mills SO close to ou
mines as those are, but the increas
ed value of our ores over those il
the Hills would more than pay TO
their transportation from the mine
to the mills.
In view of the experiences an,
results elsewhere, we, IN Whit
Oaks, certainly have nothing t
cause us to doubt the ultimate rt
suits of mining here. We hay
the richest MINES in the world an
only need proper reduction work
. to proye it. And these will com
when we get rid Of the frauds an
| scoundrels who have sought to az
quire fortunes at the expense {
honest people, and who are nc
only ignorant of the business the
engage in, but Indifferent as to tn
business methods they pursue
. When this class are out of the wa
, we may reasonably expect the il
q PRODUCTION Of good mills, by mi
f men OF experience, erected upo
, sound business basis, and as hon
T. est and legitimate enterprises
= Upon tins consumation, both min
: and mill owners will find then
f selves entering upon an era of pro
' perty, and begin to reap ric
harvest Of gold.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-21

Gen. Abe Buford, well known
in kentucky horse circles, and a
graduate of West Point, committed
suicide at the residence of his
nephew. B. +. Buford, at DanyIlle
Ind. on the 9th inst
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-21
IMPORTANT TO MINERS

the agricultural kansan, who
runs the General Land Office, has
been fighting the miners on one
side and the L. S. Supreme Court
on the other, the past two years,
and hattered himself, until reccn-
fly, that he had gotten away with
the baggage. He has proved how
ever 20 be mistaken.
In the March term of 1882 the
Supreme Court held Gin the case of
st. Louis S. IL r. Co. VS.. Kemp &
INITIAL; error to U. S. Circuit Court
Of Colorado that any number of
contiguous mining locations, under
one ownership, constituted one
mining claim, for which the owner
or owners might make one appli-
cation, obtain one survey, make a
single entry, and obtain one patent,
and that the work required as a
prerequisite to patent might be
performed anywhere upon the sur
face of the consolidated claim, pro
vided it was done for the develop
ment Of the lode or lodes, contain
ed in all the original locations. or
might be performed at a distance
from the surface Of the claim itself,
as in the construction Of fumes,
bitches orroads to facilitate the eX-
traction of the minerals contained
in such consolidated claim.
The Gen'l Land Office pro
nounced against the decision, on
the ground that compliance there
with would lead to certain hype
thetical " Inconvenience" limited
at, but not described by Mr.. Nc
Farland, and July 1888 issued a
circular, to which was obtained
(apparcntly by indirection) the ap
proval ofthe Secretary, refusing tc
accept entries OF more than a single
lode claim under one application
Several New Mexican cases were
taken up upon this and kindred
points, and many from other min
ing States and Territories.
Among the cases taken up wa:
one from California, involving al
the points in the controversy, (GolC
Blossom Quartz Mine, Ophir, Pla
Ger county, Cal. and this case wa
selected for a final test or appea
to the Secretary of the Interior,
The Commissioner in this cas-
haughtily denied the right of al
peal on the ground that HIS dec.
sion III the matter was final, an
refused to send up the papers t
the Secretary. A new set of pG
pers was prepared and sent to tn
Secretary direct, who thereupo
ordered the Commissioner to sui
NIT the whole case tor review O
the appeal.
The text of the vital part OF tn
Socretary's ruling is:
q" When a mineral applicant eI
ters claim pursuant to the leg;
- requirements, such claim thereupo
t ceases to be a part of the publ
/ domain, and is no longer subiet
to the operation Of the laws GO
erning the disposition of the publ
lands; In such case there is pa
performance Of the contract of salt
= which entities the entry man
specific performance Of the who
contract without further action O
his part. The right to pateI
once vested is equivalent to
patent issued.
That the owner of contiguol
locations, who seeks a patent, nu
present separate applications fc
each and obtain a separate surve,
, and prove that upon each the r
quired work has been performed
, wholly untenable.
. 1t is to be presumed that her
r after the General Land Office wi
= allow the miners to have VIII
were two wears arO decided TO
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-21

No more predictions will come
from Vennor, the weather prophet.
He has followed Prof Tice to an
unknown world, his death having
occurred on the Sth inst, at Mon
treal
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-21

James D. Fish, ex-president OF
the Marine National Band Of n. \.
was indicted, last week, by the [.
S. Grand Jury for violation of the
banking laws
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-06-21

CO Proof of Labor blanks to be had
fresh from the machine. at this Olllcc
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05
Charles Readess Grave.

Charles Reade IVES buried in the
same grave, side by side, with lady
who, together with her husband, had
been an almost lifelong friend of his,
and to whose memory he erected a
marble tomb with the following inscrip-
ton, composed by Mr.. Reade himself:
Here lies the great heart of Laura
Seymour, a brilliant artist, humble
Christian, char. woman. loving
daughter, sister and friend, who lived
for others from her childhood. Tend
erly pitiful to all Gods creatures, even
to some that are frequently destroyed
or neglected, she wipel away the tears
from many faces, helping the poor with
her savings and clothing tae sor-
rowiul with her earnest pity. When
the eye saw her it blessed her, for her
face was sunshine, her voice was melody,
and her heart was sympathy. Truth
could say mole, and sorrow pines to
enlarge upon her virtues; but this
would i'll accord with her humility, who
justly disclaimel them all and relied
only on the merits of her redeemer.
After months of acute suffering, borne
Will Seutie IoSISH SHatIoH, aHu Will SoIIOW
for those who were to lose her, not for
herself, she was released from her burden
and fell asleep in Jesus Sept. q, 1879,
aged SO years. Blessed are the merci-
full for they shall obtain mercy Matt.
%. This grave was made for her,
and for HIMSELF by Charles Reale, who e
wise councillor, loyal ally and bosom
friend, she was for twenty-four years
and who mourns her all his days
Mrs. Seymour was in her time an
actress OF me celebrity.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05

lCI1clnndUl enquirer interview.
"It will not be very long before the
first writers of this country will sell
their pens to advertisers. Just now
more attention is paid to the newspaper
and other ads, to space and style of
type used; but I see indications that
before long the matter itself will receive
first attention. The idea is being
worked by some houses now, who pub
lish few lines of interesting matter,
with taking heading, ahead of their
ads; but their ventures are only the
pioneers. You mark my words, the
advertising columns of your newspapers
will presently be filled with stories and
poems from the first pens in this and
other countries, which will hold the
readers attention to the end, and still
be advertisements.
"Do you think, then, that Alfred
Tennyson would write an advertisement
for clothing house,"
II do. He sold some verses on
Spring to an eastern juvenile publica-
tion la month, not because he cared
for the journal at all, but merely be-
cause they desired the verses as an ad-
vertisement and were willing to pay him
stiff price for them. Why, one of our
Cincinnati soap manufacturers has the
first artists in this country at work
turning olt picture advertisements for
him, and artists as class are quite as
proud as literary men. When the time
comes the new departure will put
money into the pockets as well of the
| advertisers as the writer's.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05
A Journalists opinion of the Stage
Leander Richardson

LednJo1 IGIcDdIuSOH.i
These are stage scandals. There are
a good many of them. The person who
is familiar with the profession can
scarcely 1T down to write about half a
dozen pie employed in the theatri-
cal g : without having called to
his nj do en- instances which
tony1nees him OF the rottenness
of sta e surrounding. I don't think
any tne who has followed nv writings
for any length of time, and lived
through the terrible ordeal, will accuse
me of being particularly prudish, and
therefore l ought to be heard when I
say that ii I had daughter, and she
went on the stage, I should feel just as
badly about it as though she had
adopted another calling with worse
name. 1t is not that the stage itself is
lotten so much as it is that the calling
gives opportunity for rotten things to
approach it. Boys and girls, have
been fooling around theatres for long
time now. and I know 'em fore and aft.
Counsel your childEen and your friends
to go to the theatres as spectators as
often as they like, but never get stage
struck.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05
mexican .sFreedom Of the House,,

lCn1AuaBua LeLGeT.i
Arrived at my hosts house he greeted
me most cordially, assured me again
and again of his friendship, and con-
Quoted me to school-room to see his
daughters. There were five, all pretty,
the eldest lovable. They ranged image
from to II years. They stood in line,
in schoolgirl fashion, as if about to
make recitation. Bushes sui
fused their countenances, but they
cast at me many q coquettish glance.
The father looked at them manent
proudly and then introduced me, after
which he astounded me by telling me I
must make q choice of one Of his
daughters for betrothal to her. |
thought he was joking, and made some
remark in pleasantly, when he repeated
his statement, and demeaned himself
SO grayely the while that I was con-
vinced he was in earnest.
I scarcely know how the scene termi-
mated, for became very confused and
did great deal OF unnecessary talking,
just as young man does when partly
intoxicated he thinks of some plan for
pleasure that his better sense bids him
to forego; but think I lied to the gem
tleman by telling him I had wife and
children. The next day he informed
me the betrothal was an act of courtesy
toward an ultra-favored guest, was
extended to highly distinguished per-
son as rule, and signiied nothing
more than that the person SO honored
had the freedom of the house"
The granting OF this privilege is indeed
an honor, for no one but near relative
to Mexican woman may, unaccom-
panied by near relative, enter any
part of an aristocrat's residence where
the females of the household resort.
Even the parlor, therefore. is sacred
from intrusion unless one be accepted
on the intimate footing accorded one
betrothed, who then becomes as q
brother Should he violate the trust
reposed in him, nothing on earth would
be more contemned His punishment
would be sure, and his life would be
the price of his wrong.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05


Writing of the Trappists of Gethse-
name, Ky, correspondent says:
When Monk die, "No useless coffin
incloses his breast, but, wrapped in
his circular, with his cowl drawn over
his head as in life, he is buried. Each
grave is covered with myrtle and has a
black wooden cross bearing the name
of the cells dusty inmate. At the foot
of each grave is little stool, where the
father who conducts you kneels to pray
for the soul of the departed. At the
end of the row is a new, open
grave. which will receive the
next body, and which constantly
helps the father to remember
DEATH" There are no qualifications for
the Trappist order. Any man who will
obey the rules. may stay seven years,
giving his laboFto the community and
his thoughts to Col, and if he does not
like it then he may withdraw. If he
concludes to stay he takes the perI etual
VOW The sin-sick and the weary are
all here. Few desert, while many have
been for years buried to the world and
its little commissions. Some of them
do not know who is president, and the
echo of Guiteau's pistol-shot died at the
outer walls. The abbey contains fine
library of religious works, among which
is Bible printed at Lyons in 1882"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05
A Very Strange Disease.
FDos&;cb A1I;..l To,,xI

The recent bereavement in the royal
family will naturally turn the attention
of the medical public toward the consti-
tutional affection to which the illustrious
deceased was subject. There is no dis
tinct mention of hamophilia in any
classical or medieval writer. Hapmhilia,
as rule, attacks the males of a family,
and leaves the females exempt; but
genealogical records show the strong
tendency which this disease possesses of
dissemination into other families
by intermarriage; sisters of bleed
ers' marrying have been repeat
ed1y found to become the mothers
of boys who were "bleeders"
like their uncles, and of girls who were
not "bleeders," but who bore male
"bleeders" after their marriage, and fe-
male children who perpetuated by mar
riage the disease from which they were
personally free.
A similar kind of perpetuation of a
disease common in males through fe-
male members of affected families, has
been observed with regard to Ouch
enne's neutrality-suspicious. paralysis,
diabetes insipidus and color blindness.
The pathology of hamophilia, or the
hamorrhagic diethesis, is still obscure.
DR.. Percy Kidd, in one case, detected a
peculiar appearance in the muscular
coat OF the arteries of child aged g.,
who died in the Ormond Street hospi.
tai, in 1877, of hemorrhage from the
mouth after having been "bleeder"
for four months.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05
Cables and Their Cost.

new OFk
Tie cables at present in use, with
their cost, are: Anglo-American, four
cables, cost So 100000; Direct United
States, one cable, ST 900, 900; Pouyer-
Quert;er, one cable, So, 400, 900: Gould's
American, two cables, $13,000,000. The
cable lines leased by the Western Union
therefore represents cost of $64, ,4OO,-
900, or $8,050,000 each. For this ex-
penditure they have four old cables,
laid in 1863, 1872, 1873, and 1874,
and four newer ones, laid in
1880 and 1881 respectively. In
order to pay per cent. on the capital
invested, the Western Union companies
require So, $780, 900 net earnings per
annum. The joint companies have to pro-
vide renewal fund for very old cables,
whereas the new company will require
very little for years to come. The
joint companies have to support four
boards of directors, four Office stats,
and other machinery amounting to O er
81 900, 900 per annum.
The volume of cable business en- q
tariff of one shilling per word has been
estimated at 30,000,000 words per
annum, Allowing to the joint COM
panies 10000, 900 words, their revenue
would be S., ,000, 900; their working ex-
penses being, say, ST 1,250,00o and their
renewal fund $4,000 their net
earnings would be only s2,250, 900, or
81 per cent. on the capital. A new
company with two cables, doing the re-
naming 100000 words business at q
shilling tariff could earn 80, 100000.
Allowing working expenses of $280,0O0
and renewal fund of the same
amount, this estimate (which has been
made by The London Pail Mall
Gazette) would leave net profit of
nearly $2,000,000, or over % per cent.
on the capital.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05
Her FinancierfnG
IChicago Tribune. |


Mr.. Vereker had occasion to leave
home for couple of weeks lately, so he
signed dozen blank checks and left
them with Mrs. Vereker that the house
keeping might not come to an untimely
end during his absence, and that the
old lady might have wherewithal to
console herself during her grass-widow-
hood. When Vereker returned the
other day re found notification from
the bank that his account was over
drawn. Considerably exercised he
called Mrs. VS. attention to the fact.
Here, my dear. on must have been
spending money like water while I was
away. I find my account is oyerdrawn."
90, that's impossible" replied the lady
q have several of your checks on hand
vet"
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05
MAKING RUSTs IN WAX.
A Work Requiring Time and Pa
thence Interesting Details.
INaw York Sur

New York Sun
The bust made IN clay reproduces the
full outline of the head, with the hair
and beard as worn. After the bust is
finished the paris representing the hair
and beard are shaved off, and plaster
of paris cast of the bust is taken. Into
this mold the white wax, especially pre-
pared to enable it to resist heat, cold
and dampness, is poured. It comes
out pale Indication of how the sub :ect
would look if every spear of his hair
was plucked from his head and every
sprout from his face. Th beet is
then taken to the hair shop, where the
artist who was present at the slit ng di-
rects the nice work Of providing the
wax bust with hair that shall not take
away all traces of resemblance to the
original. Natural hair of the exact
shade is selected, gray being inter-
mixed If required Each hair of the
head, beard and eyebrows is inserted
separately with needle-like instrument
The work requires time and patience.
For the beard coarse hair of the re-
quired shade is prepared, and curled if
necessary. The shaven chins and
cheeks of the dark haired men are
"pinked" with small sharp instru-
ment, black coloring matter is sifted on,
and the face is wiped. Only the par
ticles of black substance in the little
holes remain, and the face has the ap-
pearanee of having been closely shaven.
The glass eyes, carefully made in imi-
tation of the original, are inserted, and
the eye-lashes put in. The artist who
attended the sittings paints the wax
head. This is work of considerable
nicety, for there is great diversity of
complexion in persons of types that
would present very little difference to
the unprofessional eye. Few fair per-
sons could exchange compilations with
out greatly altering their appearance
The same is true of dark persons in
about the same degree. AS in making
up faces for the stage, it is desirable
to magnify the most distinctive charac-
teristic-to make pale person a little
paler, to give forid person little
more color; to make person of dark
complexion trife darker than in life.
Otherwise the public would not find
present in satisfactory degree the
characteristics which they have OBJ
served and have remembered as being
distinctive, and have magnifed in their
remembrance.
The hair is cut and the whiskers are
trimmed under the direction of the art
ist. Care is taken to cut and trim
down to the dimensions shown in the
photographs and sketches.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05
A CORNER ON ICE.
Ringing the Various Changes ON .
Pail Of Cold Water.
[D9troit Free Press

D9troit Free Press
The first man to strike the corner
where the porter had thrown pail of
water over the flag stones and produced
glare of ice, was an insurance agent.
He slid to the right, clawed TO the left,
clutched at q sunbeam, and went down
with the exclamation: Hanged IL
DON'T" He rose up to jaw and threaten
and collect q crowd and almost lick
somebody, and he went away stirred up
for all day.
The next man was tailor tall,
spare and solemn. His toes all of q
sudden turned out, his left leg was
lifted, and he spun once and half
around before he went down with the
remark: ST knew 'twould happen!"
He got up to hurry along out of sight,
and it was easy to see that he had cal
,culated on about so many falls for the
winter.
The next was feshy man with
smiling face and an air of good nature.
He didn't lose any time going down,
and when he struck he realized that he
had hit something. And yet what he
said was: rs it possible!' He got up
slowly, forced a grin as the boys chaffed
him, and looked back three times to
make sure that he hadn't made
hole which would prove man-trap for
other pedestrians.
The next was bank clerk with
pencil over his ear and preoccupied
mind. He was swinging his right hand
and rushing ahead when he suddenly
Ill e -. IT. al H.
morning sky. His first thought IVES
that somebody was celebrating Fourth
of July his next was to scrabble up and
search for an asylum where he could
hunt up his collar button and splice his
suspenders. Not word escaped him
until he was block away. Then he
remarked: cat six per cent. it would
be $854.17."
The next man was a strapping big
fellow with an ulster on and red silk
handkerchief hanging out of pocket.
He began short of shuttle as he struck
the spot, increased it in minute to q
breakdown and finally went down
with a whoop that was heard half q
block away. He was up in q moment.
Diagonally across the street he saw
man in an ,ypress wagon. The boys
called to him that he had lost his red
handkerchief, and that his nose would
sadly miss it, but he would not wait.
He strobe across the street and up to
the wagon, and as he hauled off and hit
the driver a stinger on the ear he
growled out:
"There, hang you! That's makes us
event"
"What event. shouted the victim as
he rose up and adjusted his cap, but
the other was gone.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-07-05
A Poisoned earave-Robber,
Chica % Times. /


A prisoner in the Jail at Louisville has
a curiously deformed nose, which is the
result of grave-robbing, business in
which he was engaged. Several months
ago he entered cemetery with the pur-
pose of "snatching" "stiff" for med
ical college. The Subject" he ex-
humed was slightly decomposed, and in
removing the corpse from the grave to
the wagon. Gaddy got some of the
poisoned blood on his hands. He was
careless and in hurry, and didn't take
time to clean his hands. He had not
gone far before he did something to
cause an abrasion on the nose. Thought
lessly he touched the wound with the
poisoned blood on his fingers. From
the contagion septicemia ensued, and
Gaddy's nose became physical wreck.