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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

THE story telegraphed from Cleveland,
O., that Stanley, the African explorer,
purposed to give up all the presents he
had received from crowned heads and
others, consisting of diamonds, etc, to
General Booth for the Salvation Army
is piece of fiction. At Akron, where
he lectured, he stated that he did not
know any thing about it and denied the
story in all its details.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

IN the British House of Commons
Mr.. Henry Matthews. Secretary of
State for the Home Department, reply
ing to questions as to the legality of the
baccarat games played at Mr. Arthur
Wilson's house at the time of the Dom
caster race meeting last autumn, where
the scandal which disgraced Mr.. Cor
don Cummings occurred, and which in
volved the Prince of Wales incidentally,
said that he had been informed that the
playing referred to was not a contra
Vention of the laws against gambling
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19
Crushed Heneath an Engine.

OMAHA, Neb, Feb IA Union Pa
cific engine, just out of the shops,
jumped the track at the foot of Farnam
street and fell over on its side, crushing
and killing Jacob jersey, the engineer,
and severely injuring William Martin,
a car tagger, and William Hayes, a
switchman. The fireman escaped with
out injury.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

In believed be caused by poisonous lninsms
arising from low. marshy land or from oeczyinx
Vegetable matter. and which. hreathed into the
lungs. enter and poison the blood II o healthy
condition Of the blood Is maintained by taking
Hoods SarsaparillA- one II much less liable 70
malaria. and Hoods Sarsaparilla has cured many
severe cases Of this distressing Affection even In
the advanced stages when the terrible chilis and
fever prevailed Tryft
And If you decide 10 take HOODS SarssparinA
DO not be induced 20 buy any substitute.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

ROBERT BONNER says that Maud S.
will be bred the comjbg season for the
; first time. She viii never be driven
against her record again. Sunol will
be given three trials next summer to
break the worlds record of 2:OsA. It
is claimed by Marvin, her driver, that
. she can trot mile in 2:O4 and quarter
Of mile in 80 seconds SO gait.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

REPORTERS of the New York Herald
have asked the Democratic members of
twenty seven State Legislatures how
they stood as between Cleveland and
Hill for 1892. The poll resulted: Cleve-
land, 1,515; Hill. 1919; scattering, $40.
The New York Legislature stood:
Cleveland, 2; Hill, 81; doubtful, Al.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

THE railroad men of Illinois have
formed an association to combat what
is known as granger legislation, which
threatens to reduce their wages by re-
ducing railroad earnings
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

The Alabama Senate has passed the
House bill to redistrict the State into
nine Congressional districts, the num-
Der to which the new apportionment,
based on the late census, entities the
State. The Legislature has divided up
the black districts by attaching black
counties to white counties, so that a
solid Democratic delegation is assured
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

The lower house of the North Dakota
Legislature voted to Indefinitely post
pone the bill for the resubmission pro-
hibitory law.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

THE Highland Improvement Company
has begun suit for a quarter section of
land in Duluth, Mimi, under title al
legged to have come from Sophia LANCE,
a Sioux Indian woman
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

The lower house of the Indiana Leg
islature has passed bill making it a
felony to conduct bucket shop or rent
a building for that purpose.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Indian lands in Northern Mime
sofa are reported almost denuded of
timber
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19
SHERMAN Is DEAD.
The Old Commander Finally Sur.
renders to Death.

a Gallant Struggle For Life and Peaceful
End-The Great Soldiers Last Hours
Sketch of His Life and
Deeds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19
Hoods
SarsaPariIIa

SOLD BY All oruCEists- 81; for Is Prepzred only
By C. l. HOOD CO.. Apothecaries Lowell Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-19

elected by the committee at the time it
decided to remove Mr.. Chase, the COM
mittee chose Levi Dunn bauld, of Lyon
County, member of the House of Rep
resentatives and chairman of the House
Committee on Elections, to succeed Mr..
Chase as chairman of the committee.
Mr.. Randolph. secretary of the COM
mittee, also resigned and w. D. Vim
cent, of Clay &c inter-, was elected in his
place.
The body of Peter Weber, who mys-
teriously disappeared from Fort Leav-
enworth some time ago. was found in
the Missouri river week later by
| couple of boys. The surroundings in
dictated that Weber had committed
suicide by jumping off the bridge. He
was worth considerable property, hav-
ing several valuable pieces of real es-
tate and $4,000 in bank.
The police of Leavenworth recently
attempted to confiscate a keg of beer
found upon the premises of Carl
and town, when Mrs Mueller, armed
with long cheese knife, and Mueller
| with a shotgun, repulsed the officers.
The furniture store of Alderman
| Mellinger, of Emporia, was destroyed
by fire recently. Loss, from 8, 600 to
| 5000. Fully insured.
James Redpath, well known in Kan
sas early history, died recently in New
York from injuries received by being
run down by street car.
W. 81. Mcbride, of Osborne County,
was confirmed as Superintendent of In
surance by the Senate after session of
several hours There were only three
votes in the negative He succeeds b.
w. Wilder, whose term expires July !.
The post-office at Copeland, Thomas
, County, has been diseoptjnued.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

pulse Of the iron industry in Pennsylvania
warned the lake carriers that they must get
larger vessels and faster engines, so it also
gave an impetus to mining genius and scien-
t1f1c invention. Methods were too primitive
even in the day of Mr.. Tilden's ventures in
the Lake Superior region. Not over ten
years ago 1t was thoughtAQuite impossible to
that is done with comparative ease~and the
other contrivances hauled into thatGogebic
forest make it a pleasant task to lit ], ,000 600
tons year out of the Norrie pit.
Here are few examples of Lake Superior
mining ingenuity: The deepest mines, and
those that extend farthest away from the
foot of the shaft, are lighted by electricity.
The genera ors, of course are outside. An
electric pumping plant was recently in
stalled at the Hamilton mine. The pump,
which is located ]. 1926 feet below the collar OF
the shaft, has capacity OF 100 gallons per
minute. The generator is located away Oft
in the electric light station OF the Iron
Mountain mine. But perhaps the greatest
mechanical triumph among the miners will
Angeline in order to secure the deposit of
ore known to exist beneath the bed of the
Lake. The feat will be commenced shortly.
LOTS OF MONEY IN IT.
Does It pay? There can be no doubt about
that. This is regarded as a year of more de-
preston than usual in the ore business and
yet l heard of two instances of big divi-
dends. One was the Chandler mine, which
showed earnings of 100000 besides large
acquisitions of new property. The other
instance was the Minnesota Iron Company's
6 per cent dividend, equivalent to distri-
button of $3.50 coo.
But by this time the train of cars for Ash
land docks has received its load, and am
called to jump aboard.
perhaps thi. does not look to you like
much of load" remarked Mr.. NJ. SchranlS
Superintendent of the docks. "lt may sur
prise you to hear that each one of these cars
contains 20 tons of ore, and there are % cas-
on the train. Now, if you were to see one
locomotive hauling % other locomotives,
be very apt to say that was remarkable
load for one locomotive to pull. Well, the
locomotive on this train is at this moment
hauling heavier load than p dead locomo-
tives. That is what this long string of cars
amounts to, SIR" L. e. SToFIEL.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
THE AURORA IRON NINE

Leaving the steamship at the docks,
train of empty ore cars carried me back to
the mines. The region is sparsely settled.
The Chippewa Indians have an extensive
reservation not far back of Ashland, but
they are poor and lazy, and make no at
tempt to advance in civilization. The
country for the most part is an unbroken
wilderness. There are no farms, and, save
for numbering camp here and there, you
seldom meet white man. This is on the
edge of that vast forest territory from which
Wisconsin is still supplying the wood mar
kets OF the country.
APARADIsE FOR sPoRrsMEN.
The scenery is rugged and picturesque
Deep ravines, bold mountain knobs, and
almost impenetrable glades make it hard to
believe that only an hour or two before you
left the smooth, rolling beach of the great
est inland ocean. Here the hunter for elk
may find paradise in winter, and the fish
erman glory in summer. In beautiful Lake
Gogebic, in Tomahawk Lake, or in the
Eagles Waters, are abundance of the
mighty muskallonge, the gamy bass, or
brook trout.
In the midst of this untamed tract Pitts
burg capital has scanned the earth for its
treasure. Pittsburg iron manufacturers,
together with syndicates in Ohio and Michi-
gan, and the Illinois Steel Company,
dumped their thousands into these woods
as the mightiest pioneer. And, after riding
through 35 miles of wilderness from Ash
land, you suddenly come upon the fruits of
that golden pioneering. The Montreal river
is the State line dividing Wisconsin from
Michigan, and on both sides have been
opened up enormous iron mines. Thousands
of laborers people these pits, and, though
you do not see much of them above the sur
face, the huge piles of ore are the evidence
of their living presence below.
TREASURE AT TREES ROOT.
Just six years ago, when this Gogebic bed
of ore was discovered, there was much ex-
citement about it in Pittsburg. The man
who claims to have made the discovery is
at present living in Ashland. His name is
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

Captain N D. Wood With other explor-
ers he was traversing the fastness of the
Porcupine Mountains, when he came upon
tree that had been uprooted by storm.
To its huge roots, lying upturned in the
woods, was found a soft, red metallic sub
stance 1t was the valuable hematite ore.
On that spot the famous Colby mine was
opened shortly afterward. One of the
photographs accompanying this article is
of that mine.
In its first year, 1885, the shipments of ore
from the Gogebic region aggregated 100, ,O61
tons. Two years later the output reached
1000, 900 tons, and in 1890 it had swollen to
the magnitude of LIZA, 556 tons Up to the
tory, under the magic wand of King Iron,
has yielded round 10000, 900 tons of ore
Every ton is worth 81 at Pittsburg. The
magnificent total of 10000, 900 tons multi
piled by 81 conjures up the picture of
gold field quicker than dirty iron rangel
A MILLION TONS A YEAR.
AT the head of the big producers in the
Gogebic ran re is the matchless Norrie mine.
She is discharging high grade Bessemer ore
at the rate of 100000 tons year. The
only other mine which can compare with
this in the United States is the Chaplin pit,
in the Menominee range, Michigan, which
sent in 1890 the aggregate of 669, 1872 tons.
The other big producers are the Minnesota
Iron Company mines and the Chandler
mines, of the Vermillion range, in Mime
sotS; the Ashland, Pabst, Colby, Iron Belt,
Aurora and Germania, of the Gogebic
range; the Florence, Drummond, Iron
River mines, of the Menominee range, and
the Pittsburg and Lake Angeline, Cham
pion, Superior and Cleveland mines of the
Marquette range.
The two photographs show open mines
All the others in the Gogebic region now
are closed pits reached by shaft, just like
the ordinary coal mines. Some of these
shafts are 600 feet deep. Explosives are
literally used in loosening the ore, and
then it is shoveled into deep iron buckets
in which it is hoisted to the. surface above.
Great stock piles have accumulated around
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

States Government and the government of
Michigan combined took the first steps
toward the construction of the canal which
was to give Superior navigable outlet
southeast. In 1856 the first steamer was
successfully locked through from Lake Su-
perior to Lake Huron.
In my previous paper I made the state
ment that the sister steamships John Har-
per and Alex. Nimick would carry between
them at one trip 5000 tons of iron ore
Now, in 1855, the total iron ore shipments
OF the lakes were ], ,457 tons, or less than the
cargo of one of these boats. In 1856, they
aggregated 1857 tons: in 1857, e, 1874 tons; in
1855. 3O,327 tons: in 1859, $4,000 tons; in 1860,
10000 tons. Why, the shipments of all those
six years combined will not equal what iron
ore the city of Pittsburg alone receives in
one year now! But big ships only got at the
Lake Superior ore piles in 1872, when the
second and deeper canal at Sault Ste. Marie
was completed.
GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY.
When the big ships came, then the iron
ore industry commenced in earnest. 1t had
only been toyed with up to that date. Since
then it has Doomed" High-water mark
was reached in 1890, when the shipments out
of the entire region for the single season
reached nearly 5000 900 tons They were
divided as follows: Marquette range, 1856,
423 tons; Gogebic range, 2, ,534, $40; Menomine g
range. 2,l5S,0l0, and the Vermillion range,
s7OslS tons
This ore is loaded on steamers at Ashland,
Marquette, Escanaba, Two Harbors, and
Gladstone. In 1886 the Gogebic range was
last on the list. In 1890 it was second, and,
as Besseper ores are much in demand,
Gogebic bids fair to take first place soon.
This year the blast furnaces in Western
Pennsylvania blew in late, navigation did
not open on the lakes until nearly May, and
owing to the active movement of wheat on
the lakes the rates OF freight on iron ore are
tO r,CI,n fI,nf el,i,,
ments may cease this fall unusually early.
So that, with the season Topped off at both
beginning and end, the totals for 1891 may
not be as high as heretofore.
THE IMPROVEMENTS IN MINING.
To get 10000 tons of ore out of mine 20
years ago would have been considered a
miracle. Hon. Samuel j. Tilden got far less
than that from his pioneer New York mine
in the Marquette region. AS the quickened
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
WHAT THE NEEDLES TOLD.

many OF the pits, though the ore OF inc
Norrie and other large producers being OF
the Bessemer class Is quickly gobbled up.
WHAT THE NEEDLES TOLD.
But the above relates to the Gogebic
range only. A party of Government en-
gineers were surveying in the neighborhood
of Negaunee, on the Upper Peninsula of
Michigan, on September 19, 1874. They
noticed that the needles of their compasses
varied greatly. That set them to thinking,
and after they emerged from the wilderness
they reported that there must be iron ore
up there in great quantities, at least they
believed that was what disturbed the mag
netic needles. An exploration was made
in 1645 under the direction OF z. M. Everett,
who still lives at Marquette. The company
back of him had been organized at jackson,
Mich, and the explorers were guided to
the spot by an Indian named Manjekljlk,
who, it is alleged, was to have thirty
second interest in the company for giving
up his secret A suit is still pending In
the Supreme Court, brought by the heirs OF
this Indian, to secure this interest that was
denied him.
Thus the first iron ore in the entire Lake
Superior region was discovered. The Jack
son mine was the pioneer mine, and 1t was
afterward ascertained that it was located just
about on the spot where the surveyors
needles had been observed to fuctuate. In
those days, however, the means Of mining
were primitive, and the Government canal
at Sault Ste. Marie had not yet been thought
of, and Lake Superior
HAD NO NAvIGABLE CONNECTION
with the other lakes. But, even at that
early date, iron was destined to lead the
procession of commerce on the unsalted
seas, and point the way for the opening of
its path. The jackson company got down
to work in 1S49, and in 1852 the United
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
AN OLD STYLE GEOGRAPHY.

Curious Questions in q Text Book kWrfttsn
in the Eighteenth Century.
Rengfo-Philosophical Journal.l
A curious relic of pedagogy1n the middle
of the eighteenth century has been brought
to light in Germany. 1t is a geography
edited by Gottlieb Enderfelder, rector of
the Friedland High School, for the enlight-
eminent of the students under him. He begins
imparting geographical information by
means of answers to supposititious ques-
tions.
o. What did Satan show the Lord on
the map? A. All the kingdoms of the
world and their glory.
A few pages further the learned rector
turns to the details OF the science in ques-
tions and asks:
Q. Which wine receives it, name from
leather sacks. A. Sec.
Q. Why? A. Because It Is carried Ii
leather sacks.
@. What do the women of Bayonne pet
instead of lap dogs7 A Pigs.
@. How are the streets of Genoa butlt7
A. So narrow that two women in their big
skirts can hardly pass each other.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
TEE CLEARING HOUSE RETURNS.
One Reason Why Pittsburg Doesn't Getthe
Rank It Really Has.

Rank 1t Really Has.
In some cities business firms have printed
in the left-hand top corner of their checks
the sentence: "This check must be passed
through the Clearing House." said promi-
nent business man to a reporter the other
day. That means that if it had been paid
to . neighboring house, banking close to
the bank of issue. or even at the identical
bank, the Clearing House formality must
be gone through just as though it had been
made payable to firm 1000 miles away.
This really explains why some cities have
such enormous bank clearing returns in pro-
portion to the volume of business trans
acted, and why Pittsburg is SO severely
Handicapped in the matter.
Here the Clearing House is only used
when necessary for legitimate transaction
of business, and checks representing tens of
thousands of dollars daily never pass
through it at all If that little Clearing
House condition were placed on every
check printed for Pittsburg banks and its
terms enforced, our clearing returns would
increase so, if not 100 per cent, as matter
of course
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
A NOVEL SORT or RUEL
Greas Heat From Air Directed Upon An IN
candescent Substance.


New York SUM-
The recent advocacy by some Of the use
of atmospheric air as fuel is pronounced one
of the most remarkable results of modern
experiment with one of the essential eIe.
ments of the universe. As is we'll under
stood, air is mixed with coal gas and with
hydrocarbon vspors, and the compound
when burned generates a much greater heat
than if the air was absent; so, too, power
full air blast is a great economizer In smelt-
ing and reducing ores.S
The new fuel, however, Is the air ITSELF
which in a powerful blast is directed upon
an incandescent substance-say, coal made
white hot, pure carbon, or any other mate.
rials that can be made to glow. Coal hydro
carbons, or what not, may be employed to
give the initial incandescence, but once the
blast strikes the luminous body, the utmost
intensity is secured of heat, apparently by
the combustion of the air, and may be main
tanned for an indefinite period; this is ac-
complished by merely preserving the incan-
descence of the surface-a result brought
about by slight manipulation Of the sur
face thus in an incandescent state, and with
some slight renewal of carbonaceous mate
rial
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
The Course OF Empire.

The poet informs, is westward. Emigrants
in that, direction should be provided with
Hostetters Stomach Bitters as an antidote
to malaria, the bane to newly settled clear
1ngs. Moreover, the peerless fortifying
agent neutralizes the perDicious effect of
damp and exposure, mental ana bodily
lists, miners, navvies and mariners use it
with advantage.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
WORMS IN THE FLOUR.
They Come apd Afterwards Go In an Alto
together Inexplicable way.

together Inexplicable Way.
Every miller in the United States would
like to know where flour worms come from
and how they manage to disappear, says the
St. Louis Globe-Dcmocrdt. You take the best
-four that ever came from a roller mill, set
aside for few weeks in al air tight barrel,
then open the barrel, and the probability is
that YOU will find in the -four a number of
small worms about an eighth of an inch
long. Head up the barrel and wait awhile
longer and the worms will disappear.
Nobody knows how they got in, nobody
can see where they got out, nor does their
presence impair the quality of the -four. 1t
is one of the mysteries of the BUSINESS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
MILLIONS IN ORES.
The Untold Treasure in the hoins of
the Porcupine Mountains
UPON WHICH PITTSBURG DRAWS.
The Matchless Norrie Mine That Produces q
Million Tons Year.
HOW THE IRON WAS DISCOVERED
rwR1TTEN FOR THE D1sPAronJ
Article No. 2.

ROM the deck OF
the steamer John
Harper, seven or
eight hours before
we arrived at
Ashland, Wis, a
distant view of
t b Q Porcupine
Mountains W a s
obtained. Locked
within their loins
is that great mag
netic iron ore bed
which has added
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

billions to the wealth of the nation. The
range slopes off from the shore of Lake Su-
perior to the southwest, SO that the docks
at Ashland lay from 80 to 40 miles north of
the big ore mines of the Gogebic region.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

The popularity of Salvation Oil is not
astonishing when we hear Of its many cures
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

STORE and office furniture to order.
HAUGH & KEENAN,, 80 Water street.
5u
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
WONDER OF THE DIVINE LOVE.

Do not think that God has no love for the
unloving, that He turns in the least away
from any man who looks out and not up,
and loves his neighbors more than he loves
his Father. Do not think that God does
not take account of every good thing that
He can possibly find in the remotest corner
of the most forgetful heart. God knows the
whole soul of every man that breathes. God
alone can tell-better even than the man
himself can-how much real love for Him is
hidden away in the deeds of mans life.
But do not think that God will ever care
more for mans money than He does for his
motive, that He will ever look at the out
side and not at the inside, that He will ever
e1alt mans love for His little circle of
temporary neighbors above the love which
He Himself asks of the heart, and soul. and
mind of every man, that He will ever re-
verse the order of the two great command
ments, and set morality in the place of re-
ligion
Wonder of wonders, that God should so
love us! What is there in the world more
wondertul-except the faintness of our love
to Him! GEORGE HODGES.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11

many of the pits, though the ore Of the
Norrie and other large producers being OF
the Bessemer class is quickly gobbled up.