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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28
BY JULES VERNE
FOR THE DISPATCH

one servant were its only other occupants.
Her only visitors were Mr.. and Mrs. Barker,
the husband rarely, the wife frequently.
Mr.. Andrew Hollister, as he had prom
ised, often called to see the young wife,
being anxious to carry her any news OF the
Dreadnaught which might reach him
directly or indirectly. Before any letters
can reach their destination the maritime
journals contain lists of vessels spoken,
their touching at this port or that or any
other happenings at sea which might be OF
interest to shippers Molly would there
fore be kept well posted
The first few days were specially heavy
and sad Molly could not bring herself to
leave the house. Kate Barker went daily
to visit her and the two women lavished
their attentions on little Walt and talked
about Captain John. Ordinarily when she
was alone, Molly passed part of the day on
the balcony of her cottage. Her gaze was
turned seaward over the bay and far beyond
the Coronado Islands. The line of the
horizon did not limit her vision; she saw
beyond it, for had not the Dreadnaught
already passed far beyond it. In thought
she passed on board the ship, she stood by
her husbands side. At this moment
vessel appeared in the offing and stood in
toward the bay, and Molly thought to her
self how the Dreadnaught would be sighted
in this way some day and how she would
loom up as she neared land and how John
would be standing by the ships side, glass
in hand.
The time now came when little Waits
health might suffer from his being kept
cooped up too much indoors. The weather
became particularly fine the second week
after Captain Johns departure, and cool
breeze tempered the increasing heat. Mrs.
Allaire brought herself to emerge from her
retirement, and on these little excursions
was accompanied by the nurse carrying the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28

SilueT Bricks. through veins OF
solid silver Silver in specks all around and
about YOU from the hundreds of mines which
dot The sides of the mountains to the clear
tilve-y sky which hangs overhead.
This is bare outline of the great Mexi-
can mining city Of Zacatecas. Here every
thing is silver In the days Of Cortes the
mines were worked and from then till now
the work has gone on, giving hundreds of
millions 10 the world. 1t goes on still, and
under my feet the Aztees of to-day are work
ing away as they did in the past, and across
the way ] see the mules tramping their
hoofs off in the vitriol and quicksilver
with which The crushed ore is mixed in or
der to reduce it ior the market
Mexico's Wealth of Silver.
Mexico has given the world more than
500 600, 800 worth of gold and silver and
much Of the latter has come from here. This
whole region is full of silver. The mount
aims On every side, and, in fact, in nearly
every part of Mexico, are filled with ore,
end from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of
Mexico there is vast country of incalcul-
able possibilities Travellers and old Mexi-
cans tell me that the southern part of the
country is even richer in minerals than the
northern part, and al agree that the land
las not as yet been prospected. The west
eru coast contains undeveloped regions of
gold allj silver, and this will soon be opened
TO the railroads.
In Chihuahua, just north of here, there
are mines out of which S344 000 600 have
been taken in about 130 years, and seven
DAYS ride by stage TO the west of these are
lta I3ar;opilas mines, which are owned by
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28

Spaniards were overthrown and driven out
of the country in 1921, when the Republic
was founded At this time the most of the
mines in Mexico belonged to them. Dur
ing the revolutions which followed each
other in quick succession these mines were
abandoned. They became filled with water,
and the names and records, and in fact the
very locations of many of them, were lost.
Others of the old mines had paid very well
until the miners struck water.
The pumping machinery of the time was
such as to preclude their being worked fur
ther and they have from time to time in the
past been abandoned. Such mines are to be
found all over the great mining territory OF
Mexico and there are hundreds Of men on
the lookout for good ones. 1t Humboldt 5
figures are correct, there must be at least
1000 mines yet to be reclaimed, and the
search for these is active A number of
Americans are among the seekers. They
talk with the Indians,
Look Up the Old Legends
And now and then they find mine which
they can pump out with our modern pumps
and strike bonanza just under the water.
1 met Denver man who was going to a
mine which he had discovered in this way
in the State of Durango. He owned it in
COiupduH VIII IL. w oASObe oAu q
Kansas City man, and he told me they were
making it pay, though it cost them $50 q
ton to get the ore from the mines to the
railroad and to the Denver smelters.
Senator Tabor is having some trouble
with an old mine which he is redeveloping
He bought an interest in the mine for $780,
600, and agreed to erect reduction works,
and began to tunnel through the side of the
hill to strike the vein in that way. While
they were tunneling he did not want his
mill to lie idle, and began to work on some
refuse which the owners had thrown aside
as not worth bothering about. 1t paid SO
well that he kept at it, and now it is said
that the original owners are making great
fuss because he is not working on the mine
itself The probability is that the matter
will be settled without trouble, and that he
will make big thing out of this mine as he
has out of so many in Colorado.
What a Good Strike.
The fact is that q Mexican mine, to be
considered good strike, must be far better
than what would be considered good mine
in the United States Miners won't touch
ore here that would be looked upon as
splendid ore in California or Nevada A
Mexican mine must pan out at least $50 to the
ton or it is not thought worth operating.
In the United States if it is worth $40 a
ton, it is a good mine.
I had the idea that the mining laws of
Mexico were less safe than those of the
United States, and that Americans and
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28

working who had passed their three-score
years. All of the miners wear but little
clothing in the mines. They do most of
their
Work Barefooted and Barelegged
and the little clothing they have on is
searched before they leave the mines to see
if some silver has not slipped into it by
mistake. The average Aztec has little idea
of property rights, and he takes what he
can get as gift from God. In some of the
mines the men are searched by three differ
ent men, and they conceal the silver under
their arms, in their ears and under their toes,
and in fact in every conceivable manner
and place. Mexican honor is not built on
the conscientious plan, and the mine owners
take every precaution.
The mines about here are not quite as
old as those of Pachuca, but out Of them
has come great part of 81, 600, ,000, 900 worth
of gold and silver which Mexico has given
to the world 1t is estimated that the
mines of the country now turn out $40, ,000,-
900 worth of gold every year, and I saw
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28
MRS. CLEVELAND KEPT COUNT
OF How Many Hands She Shook In Minute
at a Reception.

OF How Many Hands She Shook In q Minute
at Reception.
Eew York Recorder.l
Mrs Cleveland, the wife Of the ex-Presi-
dent, has a large fund of humor in her
nature. A pleasant story Is related in con-
nection with Mr.. Cleveland's visit to
the South, where his wife accompanied
him. At the reception held in Nash
vile, Mrs Cleveland, while receiving
the public and shaking hands like veteran
ofice-holder, remarked in an undertone to q
friend: "How many do you think 1 can
shake in minute?" 'Don't know" was
the reply: mot more than dozen, surely. +"
"Humphl more than that; fifty if one. +"
"You can't possibly do it" "well," was
the reply, fyou just time me one minute.
ReadyP' And the next instant she was
shaking hands "for dear life"
''Timel'' called the friend. 'rHow
many7" was Mrs !Cleveland's inquiry.
"Forty-seven." 'Pshawl 1 can do better
than that; give me another chance"
And she smiled and shook hands with the
populace for 60 seconds more, at the rate of
65 to the minute. "I knew I could do it, %
she remarked, land 1 think if it wasn't SO
crowded up here could make it 70.''
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The most of the work in the mines in
Mexico is done by the Mexican Indians.
They make splendid miners and they never
strike. They get all the way from so cents
to 81 day, don't get drunk and work right
along. Here at Zacatecas there are thou
sands of them, and you will not find a
quieter or more orderly town of II, 900 peo-
pie in New England than this city of 30, 900
here in Mexico. An old Californian, who
has mined In both the Sierras and the
Rockies and who has large interests near
Guanahuato, tells me he thinks these are
better workers and better men than the
miners of our country. They are satisfied
with what they get, and they are more
polite than we are.
They are for many things cheaper than
machinery, and the Oldest of these Mexican
mines are run on the processes of a genera
tion and more ago. The ladders up which
the ore is carried by these Indians in bags
here at Zacatecas are merely logs or rafters
with notches cut into them about eight
inches apart, and the wonder is that men do
not fall daily. They do lose their balance
sometimes, I am told, and are crushed to
pieces at the bottom of the mine but as q
rule they are surefooted, and ssaw men
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28
A CIRCLE OF HILLS
Clad in Fragrant Forests and Enctos-
ing a Crystal Lake,
WHERE GRACEFUL SWANS GLIDE
And Thrushes Lead q Noble Orchestra OF
Waterfall and Breeze.
MARION HARLANDB SUMMER RETREAT
roonzxsroNpnscp OF THE prsrAron.a


PoMPToN, N. J., June 2E-There were
six of [us in the big ''sundown," and Mr..
Van Winkle was driving. He is a product
of the West Jersey soil, gaunt in frame, and
in mind so firm Of balance that the dis
covery of coal mine in his potato patch, or
the opening of belching crater in "Old
Windbeam," in sight of which he drew his
first deliberate breath, would not jar one
idea from the perpendicular.
Under the conduct of the Innovator, who
sat beside the driver, we had made long
detour on our way from the railway station
to the house of the friend whom we were to
visit. We crossed running water at every
30 yards, so the young man of the party
declared. Brown, brisk streams rushed
around bends where they had cut deep hol-
lows, and rippled over sunny shadows with
pebbled bottoms, hurrying to the river that
was to lose them in the sea. A wide mac
adamized road bordered by elms led past
the quaint Reformed (Dutch) Church with
the graveyard behind it, modern chapel
and an unmodern hip-roofed parsonage
nesting in the shadow of the steeple.
Across the highway was the summer retreat
of an opulent New Yorker, set back out of
the reach of dust and rattle, a noble grove
In front and broad lawns at each side
stretching away to the twin rivers that gave
name to the region, "Pompiton'.' in Indian
dialect meaning "The Meeting Of the
Waters"
Mr.. Van Wrinkle thus rendered the ira
dition upon the authority of his great-grand-
father, and we liked the story too well to
question it.
Memoirs Of an Early Dignitary.
Beyond the next bridge stood a spacious
dwelling: '"The old Ryerson place" said
our cicerone. ''The fust Of the name was
what they called in them days the Pol
troon.' Owned miles n miles o. land all
'roun'-he'n his sons after him. TIL Dom
inie knowed better'n to begin service b'fore
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28
A Bows Brilliant Record.

Good News.l
Mr.. Ketcham-How is your boy getting
along at school?
Mr.. Cheatem-Splendidlyl splendidlyi I
just tell you, my old friend, that boy of
mine will make his way in the world, don't
you fear. During the eight years he's been
going to school they have had 80 examine
tions, and he's managed to dodge every one
of 'em.
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people a mile and
a half above the
sea. A great jum-
bic Of f1at-roofed,
box-shaped houses
built close up to
cobble stone side
walks above a net
work of tunnels
which run in and
O ut across and
above each other
with all the wan
derings of Rosa
m o n d. s Bower.
These tunnels dug
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28
Motto of a Lawyer.

New York Herald.]
A lawyer who is well known to the fire.
quenters offs Warren street picture gal
lery" breaches what he practices. On the
back of his business card he has this verse
printed:
A little whisky now and then
Is relished by the best of men.
1t smoothes the wrinkles out Of care,
And makes ace high look like two pair.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28
THE LAND OF RICHES.
Modern Promise of the Long
Worked Gold and Silver
Mines of Mexico.
UNDISCOVERED TREASURE
And Workings That Win Be Sifted'
Over Again With Profit.
FORTUNES FROM NEW MACHINERY.
Primitive and WaSteful Methods Must Soon
Be Abandoned
LEGENDS ABOUT THE EARLY CRGSUSES
UNDISCOVERED TREASURE
FORTUNES FROM NEW MACHINERY.
LEGENDS ABOUT THE EARLY CRGSUSES

rooERBsPoNDEScR OF THE DIsPATcH.l
ZACATECAs, MEXICO, June %.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28

Governor Shepherd and out of which he is
taking great quantities of good ore. 30 far
he has put all of his profits back into his
mines, and he Is, 1 am told, developing
them on the same magnificent scale that he
improved Washington City. He lives in
~, H., IF d, U,s% ForfuDa
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-28
ReclaITning the Old Mines.

A great deal of capital is now going into
the redevelopment of old mines in Mexico.
Humboldt estimated that there were 3, 900
mines in operation in Mexico at the begin
ming of the century, and if the legends are
correct there was never so great q success in
Mexican mining as at the time when the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-14
QUICKLY APPREHEEDGD.

A Ran Robs hts late Employer OF sass,
but ID Found out Soon.
Yesterday morning julius Clark, the
new proprietor Of the Monarch saloon,
discharged one Of his barkeepers, q we'll
known young man, nomed Lippin-
colt, formerly in the same bust
ness here, but lately in Cincinnati.
About noon Lippincott came into the
saloon, where the other barkeeper was
on duty and did not know OF the dis
charge. Lippincott loaied around awhile,
and on leaving showed big roll oil
money.
In Tie afternoon Mr.. Clark missed
S25S from his safe. Last evening he had
Lippincott arrested, but no evidences
was forthcoming, and the prisoner made
such bluff that he was released. He
threatened suit for false arrest.
Later there were developments which
confirmed the belief that Lippincott wa
the thief, and on being confronted with
the evidence, he confessed, and restored
the money. /,
Lippincott was taken to police head
quarters, and Squire Davis summoned
Mr.. Clark swore out warrant for Lip
pincott, and he was committed TO jail II
default OF 81 600 bail. Squire Davis de
clined to FIX a date for the preliminary
hearing.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-14
ABOUT PEOPLE.
straDgers in the City aud Wheeling FOLDS
AhFaad

Strangers in the City aud Wheeling FoltI
Abroad.
Prosecutor Howard Is at Charleston.
Leo RIester is otfon weeks eastern trip,
L. B. Taylor, 81 PaEEerSbpsg, Is at the Hotel
BehleF.
Ma L. J. Durr OF NOrsantOwn, was in The
=. N. Thomas, Of KingwOOd, was at the MCLure
House yesterday.
P. II. Bennett. OF Fairmont, was at the stamm
Rouse yesterday.
G. L. Moore. Of Proctor, registered at the
Windsor yesterday.
Mrs, Cannon. OF Philadelphia, IL Visiting
friends in this city.
Six members Of the Rhea company were at the
StGmm House yesterday.
JIM. wArthen IA confined to his home on the
Island by typhoid fever.
r. l., Robinson aud n. J. Christopher Of Beth.
any, were in the city yesterday.
william Barton and wife, Of FaIrmont, regis.
tered at the McLure House yesterday.
W. +. Heron and G.. B: Sutton, Of the Pitts
burSh Tina, registered at tho Hotel Behicr yes.
terday.
Henry Graham, OF st. Mary's, and B. T. Bow.
erS, Of New Aartinlvllle, were at the Hotel Bob
Ter yesterday.
], n. watts, Of GAINESVILLE. o , OF the Watts
Mining and Car Wheel Company, was In the
city yesterday.
Mr., J. W. Cram and wife and WlDgate ?.
Cram, Of Bangor, Maine, are the guests OF Mr..
Job Abbott, at the Mcclure.
Mrs. N. b. eeott has gone to Annapolis, to
Epcnd sunday with her son, Guy, who Isl cadet
there She will also 80 on 70 New York for o
brief visit.
Mis- Kelly, Of Calais, Maine, who was the guest
Of Mrs Gilmore Browne, has gope 70 Washing;
ton City, where Ahe will spend the FemeindeF 81
the winter.
Mrs, Rlleu caldwell leaves this evening for
Chicago, where she will Join Mrs. frank @.
KAmmeres on southern trip Of SIX weeks OF
two months.
The New Orleans Times. DeMotrat OF last Sun.
DAY says: Mr.. J. Glesenkamp, OF Pittsburgh, Pa,
Il stopping at the 81. Charles hotel. lie Is nc.
comp6Ited by his wife, Mrs. Annie He's Giles.
eukimp, the haughtar Of Mr.. Christian Hess,
prominent merchant Of Wheeling, W. Va.
last Wednesday Rev. c. N. Afford, pastor Of
the Third PreSby teriRn church, attended the
wedding OF his sister, Mis- Hattie J. Afford, 70
Mr., Waiter LinSley Cowles, Of youngstown, o
The ceremony occurred Al Beaver Falls, Pa, and
vas performed by Rev. Afford, father Of the
brldS. aSsisted b. Rev. MesHs. Afford, Of this
city, aud AcElreG, d Beaver fall7.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-14

Mr.. U. s. Carlin. a well.known Wheel.
ing boy who has been In California for
some time, is now on his way home.
The San Francisco Cal Of February 2
has the following about his departure
from that city: Afsrewell surprise party
was rendered Mr.. q. s. Carlin on Satur.
day evening prior to his departure for
his Eastern home. The recipient OF the
entertainment has been for the past four
years located on this coast, and now
that be Is about to return to Wheeling,
W. Va, bis home, his numerous friends
had determined to give him a parting
greeting which would eYince their es.
TEEN in true California fashion.
The affair was held in Druids Hall and
iolity and mirth were the ruling
spirits" Of the occasion. Dancing, nu.
steal and literary exercises served TO In.
terest the many participants until the
signal was given for adjournment to the
supper table. After the banquet the
festivities continued and 1t was way in
the "weo sma' hours" when the party
dispersed.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-14
LOCAL BREyITIEs.
Matters of Minor Moment In and About

Matters OF Minor Moment IN anu ABOUT
the City.
MATINEE at the Grand to-day.
TIE GRAND this eyenlng-"The Boy Tramp
CLERK Hook yesterday admitted TO record one
deed OF trust. ,
r, y. BURT Is putting two'roomeu additioh
10 his house on the Island.
THE Bellaire Na,Tworks Is shipping 1900 tons
OF steel TO points down the river.
AvIxE ian setter dog, valued at 500, was
stolen from i. s. Burt, the land dtagSist.
MALE sugar has been brought out OF Its 10
tirGment and displayed as this years pFodueL
TgI West Virginia China Compauy's immense
pottery, on North Main street, Is 70 DO SOLD III
March. The plant cost SlG00O.
THERE was a wreck east Of houudsyllle night
before last and the late tfatn from sue cast Ria
not get III I'LL q. m. yesterday
CHARLES SPEARS, who broke his leg on the
South Side night before last, was taken care Of
at Police headquarters all day yesterday.
VAL HERuERr, Of the ISlaBd Hose house, has
not been or duty for three hours at q time since
The 10Th OF last May. This is good record.
JOHN W. sCIuEITzR was yesterday appointed
administrator OF the estate o. Harvey bIoekeIt'
deCeastd; bond 500; Louis Delorugge surety
JACK McGrNSls. a SaioonkeepeT from az, Up the
river, claims TO have been robbed Of slgO gold
watch In q house over the creek night before
last.
A MEETING OF the lawyers engaged In settling
the right Of Van Baker 70 an interest IN me
McWha estate, was held here the other day, but
no definite conclusion wasarfived at.
CHIEF OF POLICE ". T: BAKER, Of Danville,
RS T4Ss wbs S sort e 81 iOaSe EDWARD carp
gotten into here. carp ig one Of the yonnE men
who was sent TO the bill the other day by Mayor
scabrIght on charge OF yRsrarCy.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-14
RRLLAIIRE.
An sorts of Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City

the Glass City.
Henry Elton Is in Baltimore.
Ten Bsllaire saloon keepen were before Judge
briggs yesterday.
A BIZ lot Of road scrapers arrived yesterday for
the various new pixies.
Quite a number Of BellalFO people went 70
Wheeling last night 10 sc Rhea.
The high water came dangerously near the
brick yards aud coal banks In lower town.
Mr. John Rodelcr, Of Bodeicr Bros, came home
yesterday from very successful westean tip.
Samuel LOWder, who was killed on the D. &
o. bridge Thursday, had fsj, 09Q life Insurance.
The O. A. r. camp DIRE Ut the ElysiAn last night
was q very successful one and largely attended.
Elmer Tarbet goes this week to Pennsylyania
70 bring sheep home with him from one OF the
FLOODED lockS there.
TheStcAr1er Bon Hur landed here yesterday and
tpoS big lot Of hay for the teams along the r.,
o. v. d Co. railroads.
A new supply Of derrick tools, crabs. etc, were
for the J. G. GibHey Company.
The tracks are finished lnto the gravel pits Of
the p. o. v. & O. railroad, and train Of cars IL
being loaded there every day for ballGSting.
Mrs R. g. McGaughey was going abound yes.
terdAy almost distracted over the recent escn'
pade Of her husband, mention OF whom was
made yesterday morning.
GA. r. people from Wheeling, Martins Ferry
and Bridgeport were down last night 70 hear d.
II. Bowling, Of the @. A. r., Miss Willis, OF the
| Relief Corps, Hon, L, DantoEd aud Judge Cooh'
ran at the q. A. K. camp fire.