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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
4 BURIED CITY Or GOLD
Treasure Trove in the Sierra
Nevada Mountains.
UNTOLD RICHES SWEPT AWAY.

The Remarkable Story Told by an Old
Prospeetor-Cheate in the Moment of
Triumph A Thrilling Underground
Ride ON a Torrent.
AS the train swept around curve and
we looked from our seats in the smoking
car at the heights towering above it, Colo
mel B. waved his cigar toward the snow
capped mountain tops of the Sierra Ne
vadas. "There is many a secret still buried
in those grim old giants breasts. There
are still thousand stories to be told of
them and those that have tried to wrest
their riches from them"
"a The colonel was in reminiscent mood,
End with very little urging he continued:
In 1871, after had abandoned all hope
of getting a fortune out of mining, an old
friend named Bellew walked into my Office
one day, told me wonderful story of a
lost river, an entombed city and untold
wealth, and then, to corroborate his story,
showed several enormous nuggets of near
ly pure gold. Bellew offered to "let me
in" on it and asked me to pay a visit to
the place with him. thought the man
had become demented, but promised to dc
as he wished.
We arranged to visit the cavern the fol
lowing Gay. we nau maze some SIX miles,
when all at once we felt the earth tremble
violently. We felt two more distinct
shocks before we reached our destination
Before we entered the cavern Bellew pro
duced half a dozen torches and a little
light canoe. We squeezed through small
opening in the side of the mountain, and
lighting the torches made our way K
where the river entered a low rooted
channel. The canoe was placed in thu
water, lantern lighted and we got in, but
lay quite fiat in the bottom of the boat. A
shove sent the canoe into the middle of the
stream, where the current caught it anC
cent it whirling along
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
WAVES $50 Feet High.

The waves that hurl themselves against
Lots Wife, one of the Mariana islands,
dA9nch it to its topmost pinnacle, about
$50 feet above sea level. A tremendous
surf sometimes runsat Baker island, even
without any strong wind, or perhaps the
wind blowing from a contrary direction.
An unbrol5en wall of water twenty-five
feet high and one-quarter Of mile long
rolls in. threatening to deluge the island,
and affording one of the grandest sights
imaginable. These waves are said to be
due to the southwest monsoon blowing
strongly in the China seas, many miles
away. Chambers Journal.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

The Bay of Fundy forms a cul-de-sac
at which the Atlantic ocean seems to
have taken a special spite, and at regu-
lar intervals pours into it an enormous
amount of water Take the harbor of
st. Johns as an illustration of what this
mighty tide must be. In most parts of
the world tide of ten feet is considered
something abnormal, but at st. Johns it
rises twenty to twenty-four feet in good
weather. In stormy weather the mo-
notony is varied by the high water
mark being pushed up even ten or fif-
teen feet higher.-St. Louis Republic.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
A Oneer Outft.

Mr.. bennett, of Cape Elizabeth, Me,
who supplies the cottagers with milk, eggs
and garden truck, has rig that consists
of year-old bull with ring in his nose,
bearing crooked yoke On his neck, har-
messed to fiat bottomed cart which will
float in the water The animal is driven
by Mr.. bennett like horse Reins of
rope are attached to the ring in the bulls
nose They pass up over the horns through
rings attached TO them. With this queer
team Mr.. bennett makes the trip to the
beach two or three times a week, fordiDg
the Sperwink river at high tide. The bull
swims the river like dog, and the cart
floats like boat and will sustain the
weight of bennett and his load of produce
safely
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
VIEW YoRKs WATER TOWER.
A Department chief Explains How the
Appnratns L. Worked.

Apparatus l.. Worked.
In principle the towers are very sim
pie. There is an iron tube so pivoted
over one end Of truck that its top may
be raised TO a height of sixty feet above
the street pavement. The upper end
terminates in u nozzle. Connected with
ne bottom of the pipe is very large
hose. From two to four engines may be
coupled to this hose and their united
streams forced up through the pipe and
out of the nozzle. The nozzle is con
trolled by man on the truck, SO that a
solid y inch stream may be directed
through the top windows of a six story
building with ease and certainty. The
newest tower in the department differs
from the older oA's in several important
details.
The old tower had to be raised by hand
power. and it was slow and tiresome
job. Moreover, the old tower was made
in sections and had to be screwed to-
gether by the men. The new tower has
a twenty-eight foot pipe suspended in
side of slender steel derrick that is
twenty-five feet high The derrick is
DlNClcu OVER Illt III WdIu WuCtAo Va buO
truck and when not IN use it, with the
pile inside, lies prone upon the truck.
At fire the derrick is erected by means
of what may be called engine power
the piston rods of two cylinders, which
are very like steam engine cylinders,
connect with the bottom of the derrick
Instead of steam, however, carbonic acid
gas, which is generated in retort sus-
pended near the rear axle of the truck,
| is used.
This retort is partly filed with soda
and water, and when the time comes for
raising the tower a small quantity of
vitriol is spilled into this mixture The
gas is generated in sufficient quantity
to create a pressure in the cylinders of
above 100pounds to the square inch, and
it is this power, exerted through the
cylinders, that raises the derrick. The
pipe is elevated above the derrick by
means of stout metal rope working
over pulleys and hand winch. The
stream from the tower can be swung
around in any direction and thrown up
or down through wide arc.-John R.
Spears in Scribner's.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
Undergraduate Perversity.

1t owed its existence to a passage In
"Charles O'Malley," in which Mr. Frank
Webb disguised himself as an Inherent
organist and went about the streets of
Dublin playing ON hurdy-gurdy and
collecting coppers. The government
ought to have dealt very generously
with our novelists, for few men have
sent so many into the army as Charles
Lever or so many into the navy as Capt.
Marryat. / have known more cases than
one Of university men who have initiated
Levers whimsical notion of a practical
joke; several university men have gone
about the streets with blackened faces
as Christy minstrels.
A little gamin of the streets was, how
ever. too sharp for the undergraduate,
although he was got up in the most APP
proved hurdy-gurdy style and worked
away Justify at the organ handle. The
short street boy followed him for some
time with great admiration, but with a Sc
rious doubt in his mind. Then he walked
up to the itinerant musician and said:
You're not hurdygurdy man. Look
at your boots Look at your hands III
20 and tell the proctor" The discom
fitted undergraduate s1edaddled to his
rooms. and sent his very moderate earn
ings to hospital Temple Bar.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
Gen. Ben nutIer,s wealth.

Any list of Boston millionaires would
be incomplete without the name of Ben
iamin f. Butler, who is estimated by
close observers to be worth between
So, OOO, 900 and $6,OOO,OOO. He is really
more identified with Boston than with
Lowell, though he has his magnificent
residence in the latter place. His law
offices in Ashburton place, Boston, are
the finest in the city, and there he may
be found early and late when not in
court or travelling, for, unlike most law
yers of Boston, he has large practice in
New York, Washington and Chicago,
where he has copartnership offices. His
law practice is worth 100000 a year.
He lives well. is very generous and his
famous yacht America is one of the
finest. The bulk of his fortune has been
made by investing in manufactures
Cor. Richmond Times.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17


The roof lifted all at once and we sat up.
The lantern showed us a dim shore, to
which Bellew padded. / found myself in
tbs midst of city of overturned, pre-
tentious structures of stone, and around
them lay the skeletons of people Bellew
led on to the largest building of the collec-
ton. This knew TO be a temple. We en-
tered, stumbling over several skeletons, all
with golden ornaments about their necks,
legs and wrists but / had no eyes for
these, for before me lay an image on its
face, which the dim light of the torches
showed me to be of massive gold from the
top of its ugly head to the feet.
It was gold, gold, gold everywherei
was actually dizzy at the sight, but Bel
lew led me out to the ancient bed Of
stream just outside of the city, where l
saw nuggets of gold as thick as pebbles in
q brook, some of them-I am telling you
the solemn truth-as large as my head.
"What did 1 tell your" said Bellew.
1.-THE river that once occupied this bed
washed those down from the heart of the
mountain"
"Then gold was as common to this peo-
pie as stone with usY"
mo They had plenty of it, but when
they were alive the river was still running
here underground, so they did not draw
from it, 1t was left for us to reap the
fruits of that landslide or earthquake
Now you've got a sharp head, so tell me
how we are going to move all that gold"
/ was thinking of this when without
warning / was thrown down on my face
i staggered to my feet and looked about
IRe. Bellew lay near me insensible. L
Caught him by the arm, screaming: Get
up, man, and run for your lifel The noun
-, / hnlt Ind nc
! shouted to my companion l saw an awe
striking sight. The bed of the ancient
river split right down the middle, and l
saw mighty gush of water thrown fully
twenty feet into the air. Bellew staggered
TO his feet, and as he did so the torrent
caught us, whirled us, still clinging to
gether, down the slope to the other stream.
Then came another shock, and for a mo-
ment the stream actually appeared to be
tilted up on one end and TO flow back
ward. This settled it. l sprang into the
canoe and Bellew followed. The current
was against us, but padded with might
and main.
When at last we saw the blessed light
shining in at our entrance | gave shout
of Joy and fairly hauled Bellew through
it into the welcome day. We spent
the night at the mining camp and next
morning Bellew proposed our return 70
the cavern. was still too shaken to go,
but he insisted that he must go, 50 he did
while | waited for him at the entrance. In
about two hours he returned, and ! saw a.
once that he was nearly out of mis- mind.
81 can't find it, he said, Il can't lind It.
Fob, the gold, the pretty yellow gold! On
must find it'll | am rich, rich, rlchl DC
You hearP l am the richest man in the
worldr'
tried to get out of him what he had
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

One of the most difficult things to
manage is, not unfrequently, the matter
of visitors Comparatively few persons
can visit the sick without doing more
harm than good. Bedridden people and
persons confined to their chambers or
their homes by chronic ailments may
often be greatly helped by friendly calls,
by various little tangible expressions of
sympathy. and in general by sunshine
brought from the outside world, al
though even in such cases wisdom is 10
quired. Companion.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
An English ouack NIuIcted.

A patent medicine man in London re-
Gently put out an advertisement in the
American style offering $500 for any case
Of influenza his medicine would not cure
A Mrs Carlile used it according to direc-
tions, got no relief and brought suit. The
court of queens bench has just decided
that the doctor must pay the $500 and all
the costs, which in England amount to a
good deal 1t is fact not generally known
that in England an advertisement has the
force of a written contract.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
ninhtherin Fostered in schooIs.

Dr. Thorne, the eminent london surgeon,
has arrived at some interesting conclu-
sions with regard to the spread of diph-
liberia, which he has embodied i@ a report
to the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons. He shows that, apart from age
susceptibility, diphtheria is specially Incl
dent to those attending the elementary
schools. Among the special facilities eX-
listing at these places for the dissemination
of the infection by and among the scholars
DR. ThOrne remarks that school attend
ance has operated to foster and maintain
those ''sore uhroats" which so often form
the connecting links between one and an
other fatal prevalence of diphtheria; that
"reminiscences of the disease have been
notable among those frequenting schools,
whether as pupils or teachers; also the
daily aggregation within the school prem
Uses of those who are at the age of greatest
susceptibility to diphtheria has again and
again led to sudden development of the
disease, and this in a form most rNtent for
mischief and for death
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

During the present century three girl
queens have. before the advent of Queen
Wilhelmina, almost simultaneously as
cended the throne of European ma
ton: Maria da Gloria of Portugal, Isa-
bella of Spain and Victoria of En-
gland. The two first had the mis-
fortune of attaining TO the regal power
while still mere children. There has
been a wide difference between the his
tories of the spoiled daughter of Spain
and the headstrong Portuguese damsel
and that of the grand and conscientious
maiden of Is who was called upon to
reign over Great Britain. BY her close
affiliations, through her sister, the Ouch
ess of Albany, to the English court,
Queen Emma viii probably profit by the
example set by the Duchess of Kent in
the education of her daughter. Cor.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
Three hundred wives in One House.

Old Ismail, father of the present Killed.
i've, had in his different palaces three
hundred wives at time; but so wretched
was his life with so many women to
please and stand between that he offered
fifty pounds and a gold watch to any
man who would take one of them off his
hands. But as no one was found cour-
ageous enough to do it, he emigrated
with the entire three hundred to Siam
boul, where, 1 was told, they are all
living under one roof and eating at one
table.-Mary ]. Holmes, in Ladies' Home
Journal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

"Gunny," the crack Kansas City
catcher. was in a laxative mood the
other night. The subject he took for his
discourse was The Baseball Hand"
That's my only game finger" he said,
as he held up the third digit of his north
paw and pointed to huge knot at the
middle of the finger; but l am lucky
compared with some fellows know. The
worst hand ever saw belonged to man
whose name | can't recall. As we were
sitting around "a table one day he held up
his hands with the remark 4 broke those
all in one game and there they were, ten
fingers knocked completely out of shape,
gnarled and knotty, with not "a single
straight one in the lot"
what kind of hand should good
PLAYER have!' was asked.
''Well, a ball man to be good ore has
to have hand that is short, thick and
stubby. kansas City Times.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17

A heating apparatus called 'stuba"
(stove) was widely used among the higher
classes of Romans as far back as the be-
ginning of the Christian era. The stuba
was fixed and immovable, besides being
in several other respects wholly unlike
the stove with which we are 50 we'll ac-
quainted. In Germany and in Scandi-
navia they were much used in bathrooms
and hot houses during the middle ages.
They were usually constructed of bricks
or tiles, and were of immense size, some
times large enough to cover the whole
side of 20 or 30 foot room, often ex-
tending into the room 10 or ~ feet, in
which case the smooth, fiat top was
used instead of a bedstead, the heated
surface imparting an agreeable warmth
in the nights when covers were quite
rare.-St. Louis Republic.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
An Elastic Language.

A Frenchman who has not been long
enough in this country to talk our lam
guage with ease was telling an expert
ence he had while in search of informa-
ton. lie must he allowed TO relate it in
his own words: Il like re language
Americaine 1t Is so strong. SO true, so
descripteeve. go to re man Eat cut my
hair, Eat shave my barbe. vat you call
my beard. | ask, Vat is Jacques re
Rippair| He say, jacques re Rippair is
"a dandee. Zen. ven gets home to my
house | takes my dictionnaire and |
looks for Jacques re Rippair,' but find
him not Zen look for 'dandee. and |
find that re word is dandy and Eat il
means lady killer Zen, when to my
friend | say, Jacques re Rippair is a
man vat kills ladees.' he says Right you
are like re language Americana, il
is so eezee to understand. Boston Bud
get
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-17
ne Know the Rnsiness.

Dirty Tramp Madam, am starving, but
/ wish you to know that am gentleman.
Lady of the House-How are you going to
prove it,
Dirty Tramp-First let me have some soap
and a place to wash myself, and then will
thank you for what cold vituals you may
have TO spare
BE gets bath and hot dinner.-Lowel
Citizen
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21
OF ITS OWN PARTY.
The Globe Evidently Didn't Know
That Pratt IL Democrat.

The Globe Evidently Didn't Know
That Pratt is a Democrat.
Minneapolis Tribune Sept. "a.
A dispatch from Renville, Mimi, to
the democratic organ of the Mime
sofa democracy, says that in a
speech at that place Ignatius Don
nelly read the following letter in sup
port OF his statement relating to GER
tain features of the grain business,
showing that the price OF wheat is
fixed by the Empire Elevator com
pany. The letter reads:
Empire Elevator company, incor-
porated, general grain dealers-ele-
vators on I. & M. and H. & D. divi-
sions OF c., M. & st. P.
Dictated by II. W. P.
Minneapolis, Minn.-To Independ-
ent Grain Buyer. Sacred Heart,
Minn.-Dear Sir: We understand you
have commenced buying wheat at
Sacred Heart, and inaugurated your
business by advancing prices over
the list. We desire to say to you
that if you make any money in the
grain trade at Sacred Heart it will
be by following our list prices, as we
will stand no nonsense in that
market. Nothing but straight for-
ward work will we submit to. Yours
truly. 81. w. PRATT, President.
If our readers, and especially Mr..
Lewis Baker of the Globe, will tax
their memory, they will remember
that this Mr.. Horace Prattis APRON
inent Democrat. and that he was q
member OF the State Convention that
elected delegates to the convention
which first nominated Grover Cleve-
land; and our--recollection is that he
was a delegate to that national con-
vention.
A Tribune reporter asked Mr..
Pratt about the letter yesterday.
He was 10th to discuss it, but finally
said with much significance:
II gave that fellow some good ad.
vice. He didn't see fit to take it. Ii
he had done so he might have made
some money. We we're in at that
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21
Where The Wealth Is.

1t is a popular, but fallacious, idea
that gould and silver mines are the
chief wealth producing sources Of any
nation, and particularly ofthe Unided
States. The yields of such famous
mines. as the Comstock, with it's
S175, 100000 of gould during it's life,
and the discovery Of new mines, are
heralded to the world by the press
until the average man has his atten.
ton so taken up by then, that he
thinks OF them as the great source OF
wealth. Since 1893. the product of
gold in the United States has been
about one billion dollars, an average
of ten millions year, In 1891, in
only ten states OF this Union (trav-
ersed by the Burlington Route lines)
the productios Of wheat for that sin
ole year was 200 million bushels,
Valued at two hundred million dol
lars. Five such years would equal
the value of thegold mined in humid
red wears. Do you see where the RI
ches of our country are? To reach
the true Eldorado, take the Burling-
ton Route, which runs trains daily to
all principa! cities ane towns OF these
States. Call on your home agent for
tickets. or address for any INFORM
alton W. J. C. Kenyon, Gen. Pass.
agent. st. Paul, Mimi.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21

Within the past two months the en-
tire militia forces fthe states of Penn
sylvania, Idaho, New York and Ten
nesseo have been called into the field
on account oflabor troubles. This in
free America! Is 1t a condition or a
theory we are confronting? Is there
notsomething radically wrong?-New
Forum
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21
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station paying established prices for
Grain, and this fellow came in to irrl-
tate the market and keep things agi-
tated. He did not make any money
nv his efforts. If he had taken the
sound advice conveyed in our letter
he might have made a little; as it
was he madenothing."
In other words: Mr.. Pratt admits
that they ''froze OUT. the independent
wheat buyer.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO
LUCAS COUNTY,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City Of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will paw
the sum OF ONEHUNDREDD DOLLARS
for each and every case OF Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use OF Halls
Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day Of Dec
ember, A. D. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON
seal Notary Pubic.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally and acts directly on the blood and
amucous surfaces OF the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.-
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21

people may be enabled to vote intel
iigently; vote right, that the revol-
ution may be a bloodless one.-Chi-
cago Free Press.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21

OMAHA union printers are pursuing
the right course in the organization of
peoples party clubs. The charges
made by Republicans to offset the
effect OF Rat Reds non-unionism,
that "the large Democratic papers are
generally rat Offices" are, no doubt,
true. The only congenial political
home for organized labor Of every
kind is in the peoples party.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21

Organized labor was never so sur
nd m AS now. In fact, even I'M
orranized labor begins to see that it
t. must do something to be saved.
There's areyolution on. Onwlth tue
campaign of education that tne
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21
!, "A Machine for Pulling Stumps.|

lions $s
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-21
The Two Old Parties Identical.

At Warren, MINI. Judge McCafferty
of St. Paul, a Democratic Stump
Speaker, told his hearers that if they
could not vote the Democratic ticket
they must vote the Republican
ticket THAT both parties must work
to defeat the Peoples Party.