Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-06
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

I'm not in the iron business, saia & A.
Thompson o. Duluth at the Arlington. but 4
will give you few facts about iron that viii ,.
OF interest The possibilities % iron prolae-
ton in my couniy-Levis. ~hich. By tho wsv,
IL as big territorially a. Connections and Rhode
Island combined-Are amazing. In th. Ner-
million range % hills L. found Re.s-m.r.
hGma,ite ore Of the finest quality in the worla,
since Il contains 80 per cent % metallic iron
when II per cent IL chemically pure. Itn verv
bard. and steam and compressed air drills are
used TO mine it. Besssmer ere must contain
certain per cent Of iron aud less a certain Der
cent OF phosphorus 80 that IL will work prep
erly In the Bessemer process
In the Messbi range. for quality. quantity
and physical charactoristics - found crs
most remarkable. fs g-aaular and sand IA.
and is seooped mp with steam fhovsl- the only
instance OF such . method o. iron mining IN
the world. The ore cover. property tsentv-
nVe miles In extent They Dig test pits ana
IN one property alone ssvorsv shsfts have
been sunk showing absolutely insAh.ustihls
Quantities. The Mesabi range iies south II the
Nermillon. and one Of the theories Of d. psea-
liarity IL that 1, once the same ore a. 4 ths
Nermilion range, but reduced Nv glacial 49,
ton. IL lies IN place. oulv eighteen inches
below the surface. and canta,ns as p.r c.nt
metallic iron. All II this ore r. called Tat ore
because Of lite richness. N labor was A. ch..p
with us as In England Ne could mine thi.
Ressemer ore. reduse u 70 pig hin Them 4,
England and sell them IN Shsnell under
English quotations. The hig fsets Of lac
boats go west with coal as ballast sofnesirrrs
free Of freightsCe, never Over so cents ton aua
often at IS cents ton. aud g. back loaded
with ore. With this combination 81 the cheap
est and best Bessemer ere and fuel ~ a mint
mum cos, we can sec no reason shv nulufh
shonld not become the great steel center OF tie
world
do they make money ont - small things IN
hotel?" exclaimed she New YORK drummer
with the lynx eve ami cai-like tread. "Wsu.
may fail to'ehAree up slO day to the house
for expenses not incurred n thew don't IN
give YOU an illustration. Out IN a CITY wher.
they going TO hold side show called a falr
there's one particular big hotel OF many. A
space IN the basement h. devoted 20 the boot
blacking department Every shine l. regis
tered on an indicator. There are about tEruty
chairs have seen as hugh NJ $50 -hincs regis
tered IN one dny. IL never faIls below 40 Ne
Will say that 500 Is a falr daily average Al ton
cents a shine the days receipts ar $50. or Ss.D
"a week. q, 500 month and sis so . vear-fhs
income Of a fortune Ct ss0O 600 a. 8 ,cr cent
and all from 30 trifing thing As boot biack-ug'
The mountaineers down in NV sta.e. sail
Col. A. 4. Buck. United States marshal Tor The
northern district OF Georgia % a STAR repre-
sentative at the Hamilton. are very fond %
cheap whisky, and. as a consequence. our courts
handle between 500 and COO Illicit disabling
cases annually, il being Of the heaviest dis-
tricts in the south in this respect.
These people look upon moonshiniug a. an
inherited and constitutional right We hunt
them very vigorously. but there IL no diminu-
ton OF moonshiners. Clean out one county
leave il for year and there are hundreds Of stills
IN operation again. An amnesty vas granted
them several wears ago aud zoo moorshIn.rs
were released from indictments OF freed from
prison. Most OF them went back TO wnrs a
once. wife will make whisky while her hue
| band Is in jail. They make the WHISKY
In hand plants under trees. anywhere
where good spring water - attaina-
bic. These plants are portable aud the
rnoonshiners move from place to place % eluds
the deputies. j have been In ufice since less
and 1 have not had a single deputy Killed,
though several have been wounded and many
guides or informers assassinated. The moon
sinners ambush and shoot them The hunting
OF moonshlners u very perilous. lylng ont At
night and IN all weathers. and the ray Il hut
go and =95 = month. some have their mash
tube and worms In their cellars. and there a-e
but few who have regular buildings or sheds
and these only IN the mountain iA-tuesses. Nv
moving from place 20 place they ESCAPE us Ter
| no sooner do We hear u plant aud make nr-
| Engagements 20 raid II than Il has been removed.
ine. sen tne whisky DIV smugCling ~ into towns
| and we make many Of these captures"
1T makes all the difference in the world"
said the stout. bald gentleman with the benovo-
lent countenance, ''how a fact or a principle 90
truth is communicated by one pers0n %
another. Herein lies the success Of orator.
OF two men with equal learning one will bold
his audience while the other bores il upon the
same subject. This reminds me 81 a little ~
cident in a western city.
Three men were standing at the entrance q
a hotel. A man came out aud said % them
! quietly: There's a big smoke on the second
floor. l think the building IL on Ere. The
men ceased their conversation a moment.
stared at the man and then resumed.
In another minute there n racket ous-
side and another man in his shirt sleeves win
! bhlglng eyes, wide-open mouth pale face, dis
hevele6 hair and frantic manner shot out %
the swinging door nks proiecule from a can
non.
".Fire! FrREM FIREwr
That was all be said: no more. On fact than
the quiet-voiced man. Well. cir. the WAv thc.e
three men started for their rooms falling over
one another, scramblng and acting generally
like madmen. was comical II trHnspired there
was a small fire. lots of smoke and no danger.
/ but il proves that there is a great deal In hog
one expresses himself 20 others"