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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-01-22

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or the metals known TO the an
clients probably gold Was the first
discovered. 1t abounded in the
sands of many rivers of antiquity,
which have long since ceased to be
auriferous. From the readiness
with which 1t was to be got in those
early times, one may imagine how
such prodigious quantities OF gold
were collected as are spoken OF by
authors who describe the wealth
Of Solomon, the statues, tablets and
vessels of gold dedicated by
Semiramis, and the riches OF Cre-
sus. Roman conquerors brought
the precious metal home with them
literally by wagon loads. These
great accumulations were usually
the results of conquests. So it
was with the enormous treasures
gathered at Babylon under Semir-
amis, at Jerusalem under Solomon,
at Sardis under CrBsus, again at
Babylon under Darius, at Alexan-
dria under Alexander, and after
wards at Rome, while she was at
the summit OF her power. Inas-
much as gold iD those days vas
used solely for the purpose of orn-
ament, it was less likely to be
widely scattered through a multi
tude of hands. The first mention
Of gold and silver is where Abia-
ham is described as very rich in
cattle. silver and gold Gold
seems to be referred to in the Bible,
and generally in ancient books, az
conspicnously associated with lord
ly wealth. Funnily enough, the
IN etul is ascertained to have been
used at Rome 300 years before
Christ for securing artificial teeth
in their places Cloth was also
made OF it. Pliny speaks of Agrip-
pima, wife Of the Emperor Clnndius.
seated at her husbands side during
a naval sham battle, clothed in a
robe of gold, woven without admix-
ture of other material. Though
the auriferous sands of rivers and
alluvial plains furnished most OF
the gold ancieutly, mines were
worked also. The Pharaohs of
Egypt drew great quantities OF the
yellow metal from mipes in that
country.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-01-22


The Phoenix, Arizona, antigua
ries are very much interested IN
the discovery of an aboriginal fort
in the valley Of the Gila, about 80
miles below Prescott The dis
covery was made by some miners
who became lost in the desert and
wandered by 1t. 1t Is the largest
and most peculiar structure found
in the valley up to this date, and II
is expected that it will furnish
some clue to the history and lden-
tity of the original inhabitants.
The ruins lie about A miles back
from the Giia river, and cover
about mile square. In the center
is the tort, still in a remarkable
state of preservation, and 1t would
to-day be impregnable without
cannon. 1t covers an area OF about
six acres. and is built in peculiar
way. The first table is about 20
Feet in height, and is made of dirt,
with wall of boulders laid IN
cement around the outside. On
top of this, and of the same height,
though only half the size otherwise,
is the second table, walled up as
the first. On this is a smaller one
of the same height, and on top of
this is the fort proper, constructed
of stone and durable. The edges
of the lower tables were used as
gardens, and around the walls are
hundreds of boulders brought from
the river. doubtless for the purpose
of casting down on the heads of a
foe. In the top fort are many
skeletons and human bones. and
in all probability the place was
besieged and the people died OF
starvation. A ditch A miles in
length runs by the base OF this
structure, and brought water from
the Gila. Ii is well-defined and
about 20 feet in width, though it
is stopped up and no water rnns
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-01-22
NEW CORPORATIONS.

Socorro Bridge & Transports-
ton company -Incorporators.
Geo. II. Thwaits. H. p. Dicksn-
son, II. b. Hamilton; capital
stock, $4,000; principal place of
business, Socorro.
Hanover Improvement company
-Incorporators. I. q Condor.
Colorado Springs; II. f. Grier-
son, of Las Vegas; Lawrence
Perkins, r.. p. Perkins, G. Gray
Dinsmore, of New York, capital
stock, $4,000; principal Office ut
Hanover, Grant county.
The California Iron, Steel and
TIN Plate company-Incoropra-
tors. I. X. Gable, &. l.. Hubbs,
Jesse Anthony, of Albuquerque;
capital stock, $1,000 600; orga-
nized to operate in New Mexico
and California.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-01-22

Of agents tor En- ,lish capitalists,
or often profess to be mining en-
gineers. As such they work into
the confidence of the vendors OF
property, and seldom fail to get u
division. They are very good men
to let alone, and the country they
come from Is good one to avoid
il one is trying to sell good pro-
perty on fair basis.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-01-22
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED.
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE.

block Of stock, and he advertised
it thoroughly. 1t was before the
the Barring failure, and the public
bought largely.
The American vendor was happy,
and calculated on going home with
$4,000. A meeting of the company
was held; stock was allotted, and the
100000 paid for the deed to the
property. Then the vendor called
for an accounting, expecting to get
his money, and was met with the
statement that "the companys
expenses must first be paid" and
under a blind and cunningly drawn
contract the vendor found that
they were first to be paid before he
got anything. These expenses
were what the company saw fit to
make them. They included 70
per cant commission on sales to
the promoter, enormous solicitors
fees, tremendous fees and salaries
to every one but the American
vendor, and large sums paid to
other promoters, the correct name
for whom was blackmailers. The
upsho. of the whole thing was that
the American vendor got nothing,
while the promoter and his con-
federates got over three-quarters OF
a million dollars. The promoter
finally, carrying his swindling to
it's end, took the $4,000 in stocks
as security and loaned $4,000 to the
vendor, with which he paid his
debts and came home.
Every American does not get
swlndled that badly in London,
because some are too smart to be
caught. But every English pro-
moter will try to swindle as much,
and will not consider his action dis
honorable. 1t is simply business
as the London promoter views 1T.
A still more provoking thing
about these kind of deals is that
when the purchased property fails
to pay dividends on the tremendous
over capitalization of the company.
the fault is all laid to Americans,
who are denounced as swindlers for
selling to them worthless property.
But the English public does not
appear to be able to avoid this
bunco steering, swindling way OF
doing business. With each revival
OF business, which comes every
four or five years, when investments
are freely made, they pitch in aud
swallow all the bare or gilded
hooks in sight.
Another branch OF business car
ried to perfection in England is
blackmailing every new enterprise.
The fnapclal papers are "hold ups"
Out OF every new scheme brought
cut they get a divy, or give the
scheme black eye. There may he
! few exceptions to this rule, but
,hey are very few. Then every
promoter who talks TO the vendor
lbout the schcme, demands a divy
Is the price of him not opposing it.
There are mel in financial London
vho make this kind of blackma,ling
heir occupations. There are En-
,llsh sharks, who are also playing
heir trades in this country, bleed
ng or trying to bleed every Amer
can project that goes to London
or q market. They are suave
elloas, who SAL under the guise
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-01-22
The strength of the Chilian land

The strength of the Chilian land
and sea forces in 1892, according
to the Chilian Times of Valparaiso,
will be rs follows: Army, 5000
men Of the three arms-Navy, six
vessels of the first class; two trans
ports; two training ships; four
hulks; four despatch boats; and
ten torpedo boats.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-01-22

Miners superstltions are pretty
well illustrated on the Anaconda
mine In Colorado, where there is an
excitement over the report that
the spirit Of Michael Carroll Is
having things Its own way on the
100 foot level of the mine. SO
great has the temerity of the men
working on this level become that
the superstitious have refused to
work thereon. Those who claim
to have seen the apparition say
that in addition to strange noises
being heard on the 700 foot level,
the spirit perches itself on the
timbers In the slopes and gives
orders as to the manner in which
the work is to be performed. Mike
Carroll was at one time foreman of
the mine, but last winter he died of
pneumonia. At times he was u
severe boss, and in an alteration
with one of The miners a few years
ago he struck and killed him with
an iron bar. The spirit of the
victim is also said to be haunting
the mine and has been seen in
company with that Of Carroll. The
matter leaked out through the re-
fusal of some of the men to descend
to the level mentioned.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-01-22

through it. 1t Is one Of the most
desert parts of the territory, and no
one has ever found it before. A
party Is being organized and will
inv estigats It.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-01-22
ENGLISH PROMOTER
THIEVES.

THIEVES.
Denver Mining Industry
"What is the foreign market fol
minesy is a question that is asked
a half dozen times day. The pro
per answer Is substantially tn,
description of honor among thieves
there is none." English capi-
talists are not tumbllng over one
another to get a chance to buy
mines or any other property
Since the Barring failure in London
a little more than year ago, the
English public has not been il
hamor to take aDything"-to use
an English expression unless il
be drink; and when the English
public does not take hold Of invest.
ments, there is no sale for anything
in London.
Americans, as rule, have a
ridiculously incorrect opinion OF
how sales are made in London.
They suppose that one needs only
to 60 over there aud hunt up few
of the rich capitalists that abound,
and sell them any good thing.
London is tull of Americans who
went there with that idea, and who
are "broke." 1t has taken year
or two of time and cost them all
their money to discover that things
are not done in that way IN Lon
don.
England is country where the
middle man reigns supreme. He
calls himelf "promoter," by which
he means that his business il that
Of organizing companies and find
ing market for stock or shares in
the companies. No money is ever
invested except IN shares. The
promoter is more or less successful,
according as he has good ac-
quaintance or following, and as he
understands how and where to
catch the public. He is smooth
individual. He carries the motto
"there is no friendship in business"
to Its logical conclusion. He is
always ready to make game OF
his sisters, his cousins and his
aunts, and is the only man on
earth who is willing to swindle his
mother. Like Sir Butte Crawley
in Vanity Fair, he would take
pleasure in cheating his own son.
The average American swindier is
a white-souled innocent compared
to him.
Companies are always brought
out in England In the one stsreo-
typed fashion. Englishmen do not
like change in the methods OF
doing anything, and a new way
would not succeed. They are like
the ecclesiastic who would rather
90 to hell in the orthodox fashion
than to go to heaven as a dissenter.
AS an illustration of how the
thing Is done, we can cite one actual
instance, that is a fair sample OF
nearly every other instance An
American went there with pro-
perty under bond, for which he was
to t,ay the owners 100000. To
this he added an equal amount as
his commission. His mistake was
that he did not add a million.
After some weeks of trying he sue
ceeded in interesting a promoter.
After three months of lying and
making promises which were not
to be kept, the promoter
got the commission reduced to
$50, 900, and the vendor agreed to
AXE that in stock, under the
promise that his stock should be
he first stock sold, after enough |
vas sold to pay the 100000
purchase price of the property.
Then the promoter went to work.
de organized q company with a
,apital of 100000 to purchase the
He used the names OF
lords and Sirs, etc, etc, each of
whom sold the use Of bis aams tor
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-19
QUEER elEcnoN SETS PAID.
~"'csso Republicans Amusing the victoriou,
Democracy.

Chicago, Nov 12.-Some queer
election bets were paid today. Miss
Alice Poole, the petite president of
the Columbian Bicycle club,
wheeled James S. Graham, a tall,
heavy man, down Drexel bulevard
q distance OF two blocks. Mr..
Leuttlch, a street car conductor,
wheeled his democratic gripman,
George WEIGH, three and one-haif
miles from the limits barn to the
city hall. Ed Johnson, of Austin,
bent across hogshead and re.
ceived three terrific kicks from
butcher kellogg, and said they
were awfully swift. He ate his
dinner from the mantel. He had
also lost his noustache on another
bet, but compromised by the pay
ment Of Us. F. A. Kettle of the
Waltham watch company, must
not smoke for a mouth, but must
spend one hour each evening in his
smoking-room Of his club. Cor
poral Finnegan and Private Blake
of the First regiment have been
counting the same girl, They left
their rivalry 10 the election. Cor
poral Finnegan will not only be
left to WOO the girl, but his rival
must wheel him to the door four
times, and depart without explana-
ton.
G. r. Sherwood of the Farragut
club will draw A. S. Crapser from
the clubhouse to the Auditorium in
a hanson. P. l.. Felting, a promi-
nent paint manufacturer, has his
grand moustache cut off today by
George Manon, who had risked and
not lost his fiery red whisksrs.
George T, Williams, secretary of
tho Union Stock Yards company,
was compelled by the terms of q
bet which he lost to give away his
overcoat aud not wear another this
winter. Manager McDough Of the
Siberia company bet with Manager
McVicker and in consequence will
stand for three hours in front of the
winner and chew gum constantly.
DR.. w. C. Brinkerhoff will wheel
Manager Sharpe of McVicker's
Theater five daily trips on Madison
from State to Dearborn.
Bareheaded and in his shirt
sleeves w. M. Kohl, of Jacobs
Academy of Music, will push a
wheelbarrow containing L. H.
Simons from Halstead street 10
State. Dave Clayton announces
the loss of his handsome nous
tache; Joe Boyle won it and intends
to have it framed. Will Schafer,
Of the Victoria hotel, will wear q
straw hat all winter. One of the
most peculiar Of all election wagers
is that made by two well-known
north.side gentlemen. The loser ID
to drink quart of whisky in three
hours in the presence ofthe winner.
A RAPID elRlN0 GUN,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-19

Vienna, Nov. 12.-Experiments
with the Mannlicher rifle by gov.
eminent experts has proved .
weapon in every way satisfactory.
It fires 12O rounds q minute and 10
sighted at 200 yards. On .
smaller bore than previous Mann
licher the bullets have increased in
velocity, the weight Of the cart
ridges Is lessened and tho recoil
reduced to a, minimum. Shots can
b. fred in rapid succession, or at
any desired interval. Experts pro-
nounce the mechanism Of the new
weapon sound and simple, and
though it pours out hailstorm of
bullets it does not become too hot
to handle.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-19
a GREAT LIVER MEDICINE.

DR.. Gums Improved Liver Pills are o
sure cure for sick headache, bilious com.
plaints. DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION, costiveness.
iorpid liver, etc. These pills insure perfect
digestion correct the liver and stomach regu.
late the bowels. purify and enrich the blood
ankle the skin clear. They also produce a
good appetite and invigorate and strengthen
the entire system by their tonic action. They
only require one pill for dose and never
grippe or sicken. Sold at as cts. box by
Adam & Smithson, druggists.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-19
The FIFTY.THIRD CONGRESS,
II Will Be Democratic in Both
Branches.
The Senate viii be Reorganized-It
Will Stand Forty.flve Democrats,
Forty Republicans, Four Fusion.

Washington, NOV. lZ.-On the
4th of March, 1898, twenty-five
seats in the United State senate
will become vacant. The control
of these senatorial vacancies was
at stake in the recent presidential
election, and it is now evident that
the democratic party has captured
enough of the vacancies to insure
supremacy in the senate regardless
ofalmost any possible combinations
between republicans and populists.
Assuming that Montana, Califor-
MIA and Wyoming will send demo-
cratic senators, the democrats at
the beginning of the fifty-third con-
gress would have as many senator's
as the republican and populists
combined, and thus would be able
to organize the senate by the cast
ing vote Of Vice President-elect
Stevenson. It is reasonably GER
tain, however, that the democrats
can rely on the support Of some
populist senators in any of their
projects, whether for the removal
Of the present force of republican
employees or revision ofthe tariff.
Of the the twenty-five senatorial
seats vacant on March 4, 1893, the
democrats will name the occupants
Of thirteen, the republicans nine,
the populists three, one being SEN
ator Stewart of Nevada, who has
gone from the republican party.
The democrats lose no seats they
now hold, and gain five from the
republicans, one each in California,
Montana, New York, Wisconsin,
and Wyoming. The populists gain
senator's from the republicans in
Kansas and Nebraska. besides SEN
ator Stewart of Nevada who will
succeed himself. Some doubt still
surrounds the complexion Of the
legislatures Of California, Montana,
Wyoming and Nebraska, but late
returns all say that tho democrats
have gained the legislatures in the
first three named states and the
populists in the last.
The election just held will also
have an important bearing on the
control Of the senate the last two
year of President-elect Cleveldnd's
admistration, for q number Of those
elected last Tuesday will hold over
to vote for senator's two years hence.
The terms of twenty senator's OK
pire March 4, 1895. They come
from the states Of Alabama, Ar
kansas, Colorado, Delaware, Geor-
gia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa. Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, North Carolina,
Oregon, Rhode Island, South Caro-
lima, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, West Virginia and Wyom-
ing. The democrats appear, also,
to have an advantage as respects
these vacancies.
Az disclosed by last Tuesdays
election the states Of Colorado, Del:
aware, Illinois, Montana, Ne
b-a-ka and Wyoming are, at least
doubtful, and any addition At this
time 10 the doubtful list would DO
Of republican states. All Of the
nix state named as doubtful are at
present represented by republican
senator's, 10 that all Of them must
be retained for republicans to re-
main az strong two years hence 40
now, providing, Of course, that the
whirligig Of politics does not bring
about a change in their favor that
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-19
Caldwell, Idaho.
PoPuLisTs HERE TO STAY.
General Wssvsr Ssys His Party Will Go March,
LAG On.

Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 12.-Gen-
eral Weaver, the people candidate
for president, says his party is not
a temporary affair, but is going to
stay in the field and be a factor in
every campaign in the future. He
says all over the the work Of organ.
izing will be pushed steadily.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-19

OF Interest to the Ladies.-The
scalp may be kept white and clean,
and the hair soft plant, and glossy,
by the use Of Ayers Hair Vigor.
This preparation never fails to re-
store to faded and gray hair its or
iginal color. Sold by druggists
and perfumers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-19

To prevent the hardening Of the
subcutaneous tissues Of the scalp
and the obliteration of the hair fol-
licles, which cause badness, use
Halls Hair Remover.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1892-11-19

It is said that since the election
all the titles in the south have been
moved up a peg. Every major"
is "colonel," every colonel" is q
general" and every general" is q
governor" After that they must
60 back to private citizen and be-
gin all over again. The human
imagination fails after governor.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-03-18

r PROBABLE DRowNING:-Last Tuesday,
about noon, Isaac Stone, of Oakville, left
his home which is known as the DR.. Leonard
place, in boat for hunting trip up East
river, going without any companion. He
did not return when expected, SO at late
hour Tuesday evening party of about
twenty men was made up and search insti-
tuted but no trace was discovered until
Wednesday, when the boat and cne oar
were found floating in the river about a
mile from this city, near Adam Radir's
place, but no indication of the whereabouts
of the man or his gun. A short distance
from where the boat was found some of the
party espied the hat of the missing man.
On the rear thwart of the boat footprints
were found as though some person had stood
on il, and from these circumstances it is
thought that Stone must have risen to his
feet to shoot at something and that he was
knocked over by the recoil of the gun, or
that perhaps the gun burst, disabling him IN
such manner that he was unable to save
himself after falling into the water, as he is
known to have been an expert swimmer.
Parties are now engaged in dragging the
river for the body, but have not yet dis
covered any traces except the boat and the
hat. Mr.. Stone was very popular man in
his community. where he has resided about
five years. He was thirty years of age and
married.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-03-18

It seems that the little money making
machine is being used by confidence men
in some places in very loud manner. A
short time ago an Ohio man paid 5000 fol
one, believing it really made money, in an
other state one was sold for $3.50, and in
some places they were disposed. of rapidly
at S25 apiece, showing what lot of green
les there are in the world. It is probable
laws will be passed against the machines
in some states. The confidence scheme OF
the machine has not reached Oregon; but il
it does there will be plenty to bite, one
might judge from the way every new fake
is patronized.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1892-03-18
Circuit court for Linn county convened i

Circuit court for Linn county convened in
Albany Monday. The docket is the longest
ever<up for hearing at one term of court in
that county. It contains III cases, though
many of the cases are small ones. which
should have been heard in the justices
courts. The state of Oregon VS.. Frank S.
Ingram, for murder, is the most important
case to be heard at this term. The twenty
five cases against the Farmers & Merchants
Insurance Co., of this city, will probably be
decided at this term of court. In addition
to these there are sixteen divorce cases tc
be heard.