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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-16
The SLOGAN Mines Putting Out
Their Ore.
BIG SHIPMENTS AND PROFITS.
Thousands of Tons Will Come to
Bonner's Ferry for Shipment Over
the Great Northern.

The activity exhibited in the
SLOGAN mining district at present is
a harbinger of much good to this
section of the country. Though the
price of silver is so low as to pre-
vent the profitable working of many
mines yet the better claims in that
wonderful belt can be successfully
operated and handsome profits
realized. The shipments of ore are
now fully under way and each trip
of the State of Idaho brings from 25
to 100 tons of high grade ore to
this port. The following from the
Spokane Chronicle shows the cause
of the present activity:
"The SLOGAN mines promise to
make record this winter. Nearly
dozen of the biggest properties
are now being developed and are
either shipping ore or preparing to
make large shipments during the
fall and winter. The owners say
that they have no fear now that the
prices of silver and lead will fall so
low as to stop production, and their
only perplexity has been in regard
to a 1n.ssltet for tlie ore. The arriv-
al of an agent for the San Francisco
smelter who isn't afraid to buy all
the ore in sight, has about settled
this difficulty.
Word was received yesterday
from P. J. Jennings that his men
have begun Stopping from the lower
tunnel of the Surprise, and are
sacking the ore as fast as possible.
They propose to sack 100 tons and
have it on the wharf at Kaslo with
in thirty days ready for shipment
ment to the smelter. A great deal
of gray copper and native silver APP
pears as the ore is broken, and it is
estimated that the 100 tons will
net $4,000 profit after paying all
expenses.
The managers of the Noble Five
have sold 100 tons to the San Fran
cisco smelter, and say they will
have it on the Kaslo wharf before
the end of next week. This ore
will be brought out over the Great
Northern and is expected to pass
through Spokane some time next
month. There are still 200 tons Of
choice ore in sacks lying on the
dump ready to send to the market.
Altogether the men who are in
terested in the principal SLOGAN
mines are feeling pretty happy just
at present over the outlook for the
fall and winter"
In addition to the foregoing the
Blue Bird and the Dardanelles are
now making regular shipments and
the No. /, at Ainsworth, is also
sending out fine grade of Galena.
A representative of the Tacoma
smelter is now in the Slocan coun-
try making arrangements for ship
ments to that place and with the
two leading smelters on the coast
competing for the mineral product
there is every reason to expect a
1:unl,r tina liz Ell md ,rintnr
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-16

the value of manual training, and
they are all the more ready to APP
preciate the introduction of this
new departure in their public
schools.-Review.
The Newtown bee., 1893-06-09
Specimen Cases

s. H. Cliffor, New Cassel, Wis. was troutaoa with neuralgia and rheumatism, his stomnek was disordered, his liver was anected tos en alarming degree, appetite fell away and n was terribly reduced in nesh and stronk<&. Three bottles of Electric Bittes cured him.
 Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, m.. hnd z running sore on his leg Of eight years' rf1zid ing Used three bottles of Electric Iz111 and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arni6a n62VS and his leg Is sound and we'll John Gron1 CatAWba, O, had i've large lever sonoS oN 1iS leg; doctor1 said he WAS incurable. 0So 6 tzs Ezectric Bitters snd ono box nI1 TT 7 & n3ca Sa1vo cured him en11re1y. CIT n1 5
 HeW1ey's drag gtoFe. 3!z7 i:1l E.
The Newtown bee., 1893-06-09

!. BALLAp-sUrrosEp TO BE WRITTEN IN 1892
The Newtown bee., 1893-06-09
You've get the largest variety of OK

"You've get the largest variety of OK ford ties of any shoe store in Bridgeport, i" said purchaser at H. N. Ayres. "And I've been into them all, trying to find some thing that would suit me- The variety is something immense and repre- sents many hundreds of dollars and hours of time occupied in the selection of same. He has them at all prices and gives s guess coupon on the number of pins in the cushion in his south window-enti- tling the nearest correct guesser to first class railway ticket to Chicago and re turn-with every s1 worth of good pur- chased. Prices as low as the lowest, goods as good as the best at Bishop block.
The Newtown bee., 1893-06-09

tThe following balla q was read at the Cen tennial celebration in Danyers, Mass. It was written by Fitch Poole, Esq.
The Newtown bee., 1893-06-09
FIRST-CLASS ROADS.

Where, oh Where are our "frst class roads:' Where, ohi where, can they be? With sides cut short and ruts cut long, As every man can seei Where, oh where, are all our roads: The ''third-class," none can see, There're full of snakes, frogs and toads, Where Ill are "having spree" The roads, and the men are sinking down, The roads, are the deep sea, The McGinty's are deep in old salt town, Where all "old fogies' should be.
 -IG. W. Bradley
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-13

trees which would be hardy and OF late
keeping quality than the seeds of early
apples which were not hardy. The late
apples will prove most profitable.
Several years ago Massachusetts or
chardist planted a new nursery, hoping
to produce some new varieties. He
used the seeds of Baldwins Before bud
ding he selected about a hundred of the
most thrifty, broad-leaved most promis-
ing trees to remain, and come to bear
ing in their natural state, the most of
which were taken up and placed in an
other field for an orchard They all came
to bearing but there was not a Baldwin,
nor anything that resembled it, among
them. All could be improved by graft
ing to standard varieties. No doubt these
trees proved superior for stocks to the
common run of nursery stock, and the
fruit produced by the gratis would be
likely to be more uniform in size and
keeping qualities. Any man who intends
to set large numbers of apple trees will
find it for his interest to plant a small
nursery for his own to supply the trees
raised after a few years, and can afford
to take pains in selecting the seed to
plant for his nursery.-Dr, H. Reynolds
in American Agriculturfst.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-13
A New Competitor.

California follows where Florida leads
in almost every product which the two
States raise for the market. Just row
our far western competitor hasconceived
the idea that she can become great to-
bacco State Wheat, one of her chief ag-
ricultural products. has fallen SO low in
price that the farmers are beginning to
turn their attention to other crops, and
tobacco appears to be coming into favor
with them. Some OF the newspapers out
there say that it has long been known
that the tobacco plant fourishes we'll in
most parts of California. Specimens of
it may be seen in many localities. But
up to this time little attention has been
paid to it as practical field crop Its
culture and curing call for 9 good deal of
labor, and the relatively high cost of la
Dor in that State has been one of the rea-
SONS why the plant has not received
much attention from the farmers. Cot
ton has been little grown in California for
the same reason.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-13
Artificial Manures for Fruit Culture.

The subject of fruit growing for
profit is one that has during the last few
years been attracting increasing atten-
ton, partly owing to the hope that it
may prove a means of lettering the con-
dition of the cultivatOr of land, and
partly to the growing demand for fruit
as an article of food. Evidences of the
growing importance Of fruit farming is
supplied by the activity which may be
observed in the manufacture of chemi-
Cal manures. 1t appears that to-day the
balance Of opinion is against the total
replacement of natural by artificial ma
nures, but many high authorities agree
that a large proportion may be SO sub
stituted with advantage to the crop, and
with economy to the cultivator. We are
interested in observing that chemists Of
good standing are recognizing the fact
that, with profit to themselves and adj
vantage to horticultural industry, they
may devote serious attention to the
chemical aspect Of cultivation. 1t is
significant that Mr.. Fl. Drummer, the
president of the Liverpool section of the
Society of Chemical Industry, chose for
his chairman S address the other evening
the subject of artificial manures for
fruit culture. And we congratulate the
society on an occasion like this, that
they can turn aside from the discussion
of matters which, perhaps, are only in
teresting to the scientist strictly SO
called, to the consideration of subject
which is really Of national Importance.
Mr.. Drummer, in the course of his long
address, referred to his own experiments
made on the cultivation of strawberries.
He stated that, by employing chemical
manures, far less potash, phosphoric
acid, and nitrogen is required per acre
than is the case with ordinary farmyard
or stable manures, as, owing to their
soluble form, they penetrate the soil,
more rapidly and deeply.
With regard to the requirements of
one acre of land planted with apple
trees, it was stated that twenty tons of
farmyard manure would be necessary
once in three years, whilst the necessary
ingredients contained therein would be
supplied by the yearly use of 500 pounds
Of kainit Containing Is! per cent. Of
potash), 1910 pounds of superphosphate
containing Is per cent. of soluble phos-
phoric oxide, and $50 pounds of nitrate
of soda, Or total of the three years of
26 cwt of material From these data
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-09-13

it is evident that in certainty of effect,
in convenience of handling, and in dis
tribution over the soil, chemical ma
nures possess distinct advantages.
1t must not be supposed however, that
Mr.. Drummer is entirely biased towards
manuring by strictly chemical means
and methods; he does not recommend
the complete discarding of farmyard
manure but rather the adoption of some
system of rotation Of manures, such as
that advanced by Wagner Of Darmstadt
for the cultivation of vines in which
farmyard manure is supplied in the first
year and supplemented by chemical
manure only in the second, third and
fourth years.
1t has been urged against chemical
manurcs that they render the soil poorer
in organic matter whilst farmyard man
ure has the reverse effect, but it has been
shown by Joulie (Mercure Scientif1gue,
Supplement du Moniteur Scienti fue,
y
vests produced by use of chemical
manures have a larger proportion of res
idues III roots and otherwise in the soil,
and consequently that there is no i'm
poverishment, but an increase in the
quantity of organic matter.
By the use of chemical manureS each
ingredient can be adjusted to the require
ment of the crops, which is obviously
not the case with natural manures; whilst
Nillo has shown Willie on artificial man
ures, translated by w. Crookes, p. 1859
that more than One-third of the nitrogen
contained in the latter is lost to the soil
on account of the decomposition which
the manure must first undergo before it
can exercise any beneficial action. The
cost of carriage and distribution on the
land is also favorable to the employment
of chemical manures.
Superphosphate is the most suitable
form of phOsphoric acid for the fruit
grower, and it further has the important
advantage of supplying considerable
quantity of a soluble lime-salt necessary
for the building up of healthy trees.
Finely ground basic-slag is also likely to
prove Of great value, since it contains
Is per cent. of phosphoric acid combined
with lime in fairly soluble form. The
latter should be applied in a larger proper
tionate quantity than the former, and
will be found especially useful in pre-
pairing the ground before planting your
fruit trees KANT affords the cheapest
form of easy soluble potash but it only
contains about - per cent Of potash and
as much as 40 per cent of sodium chic
ride Common salt). Nitrate Of soda is
the best and most economical manure for
fruit cultivation; sulphate of ammonia is
less itable.-Gardencrs Chronicle
A. New Competitor.
Arizona republican., 1893-01-21
"Yes, by goin' to it."

"Yes, by goin' to it" "Ah, but how can go to it?"
 By ridin' or wallSin'." Pm half inclined to get down there and shake you"
 "Wush you would. Aint shuclS none sense l had the chills. Like to shake with the chills-does me such power O good to stretch" VI didn't think that such a human being as you are could be found living on this earth"
 Wall, ain't Twin none too peart at present, but you jest wait till black. haws gifts ripe"
 Do you know where the Fort Smith road can be found?" l asked, plead ingly.
 He looked up innocently and an swcred:
 "Yes; fust in one place an then in another"
 l turned away disgusted, and had not gone far when l heard the old fel- low Adding froliclisome tune and I fancied that it was his way of laughing at his own drollery.
 Believing that I should soon come upon some unmistaken mark of civiliza- tion and hoping that might then meet some one civil enough to answer ques- :ion, l continued to ride, but evening came with its dismal whisperings and still the forest was trackless. The sun went down in curdled threat, and soon dark cloud overspread the sky. l de- nounced myself in the unmeasured terms of anger for not having choked directions out of that brainless travesty on human life. Rain, slow rain that meant an all-night assignment, began to fall, and was just about to dismount and feel around for hollow tree when l saw weak light fumbling it's way through the gloom. With thrill of thankfulness l rode toward it, and soon
Arizona republican., 1893-01-21

change III lnt odChNop'iS' hhi tiic sopottcr has ralied up his few belong mos and quietly disappeared, or, hay ;n, struck truce with human prog ross, he has put aside his long rifle and has yielded to closer relationship with ,be blow. Like most of the features of o new nations rudeness he will after awhile exist only as a tradition. The Iofty historian, in striving to catch the snirit of great events or seeking to naint in strong colors the strange con 5itions of the past, will scarcely notice tbe Arkansas sQuatter, with his coon skin cap and his pretense of never yield ing to surprise; but the squatter's wild music, more and more toned down per baps as the years pass, will whistle and fiddle its way from the past to the future.
 Icame upon a genuine squatter not long ago. while travelling as a uewspa- per correspondent. had been in the Cherokee nation and had crossed the Arkansas line when it occurred to me that didn't know whither was going. In truth. was lost; and, after wander ing about in the woods for nearly a day, Icame to a small cabin surrounded by a pole" fence. The first survey re- yealed no sign of life, but a closer look discovered a gaunt old fellow sitting on the ground with his back against tree. I rode up to the fence, and, somewhat -..-.1.l ,- C., ,yh,t F1,.,,, ,,f e,1,,t..;g.,, might be most acceptable to him, I be- gan to search my stock of cordial greet ingS, when the old fellow looked up and with drawl asked:
 "Ridin' or jest a-goin' somewhar?"
 Well, had thought of going some where, but am simply riding now"
 "No, you ain't! you air jest settin' thar on a hoss."
 You are right, I acknowledged, and then added: How can l strike the Fort Smith road?"
 With a rock, reckon, an mebbe if you was ter git clost enought you mout hit it with a stick!"
 How can find the Fort Smith road, is what mean"
 Then why didn't you say so?"
 Iwaitcd for him to give me direc- tions, but he said nothing. Indeed, he appeared to be nodding.
 How can find the road?' asked.
 By lookin' fur it, reckon"
 But where shall look?"
 "l reckon on the ground would be the best place"
 "Oh, come now, you are perplexing," "GaS, so is a black bat"
 You seem to be alone" said, think ing that the better plan would be to propitiate him.
 Would be ef it want fur one thing" Whats that?"
 "Thar's dog round yonder behind the house"
Arizona republican., 1893-01-21

bDlN OR JEST A-GOIN' soMEwHAR?" Where are all your people?"
 Scattered about in the woods"
 How many children have youP" don't know egzackly, but wife she Iows to count 'em befo' long" girlS?" Don't know as to that; but they air putty badly mixed"
 How old is your oldest?"
 About fifteen years older than the youngest"
 we'll how old is the youngest?"
 Wal, he want bon till alter the red cow fell ofr'n the bluff"
 When did she fall off?"
 oh' bout six months befo' my young est chil' was bornd."
 Ah' you are quite character" Sos a goat" ,p My dear sir, I am lost and should axe you to tell me where I am."
 Here you are." {. res that's fact, and what want here" e'' away iii v,n niue away, or lead yo' hoss and Come, tell me -" Don't wanter come; ruther set whar after awhile" "T cr. n
 ,orn9 hSSs all you want to; they are safe hou "I you tell me or will you not, aDDN Uy looking on the ground or in road?" nA" 'iie ror' oini'i'
Arizona republican., 1893-01-21

l LOST AND ALMOST DROWNED coming to sort of fence I halted and shouted a lusty "hello!" 1 A door was slowly dragged open. A mans voice cried: ! "Wall?"
 My dear sir, I'm lost and almost drowned. Have you a dog in the yard?"
 Vas. What'll you give me for him?''
 "Graciaus alive, don't want him"
 "Nuther do l, much" ! But ! do want to get out of this rain" ! That's nachul" ! Decidedly. Will the dog bite me if I get down?"
 Wall, he mout, as he ain't hal nuth- in ter eat sense yistidy."
 But cant you keep him from biting me?"
 he grabbed holt"
 Look here, didn't see you this af- ternoon?' Yes, reckon you did"
 ''I thought you were the same man. 7" '"So did l." Say, is it possible that you are going to sec me ride away in this rain?"
 Don't believe kin; most too dark |"
 "You are an internal scoundrel, that's what you are"
 "Well, you mout be maxim up yo mind too fast. You ain't dislIivercd all my fine p'ints yit."
 "As l said once before, didn't be- lieve that such huTan being as you existed on the face of the earth"
 Wall, feller kain't allus tell what he's 'goin' to strike. No man ain't so wise that he mouten't Earn suthin' the next day"
 "Tll try you one more time. May come into your house?"
 "W'y, O course. You air puffeckly welcome"
 I jumped down and was soon inside the cabin, where I found gaunt wom- an and l don't know how many chil- dren.
 "Now I'll go out and take yo' hoss an feed him, and, nam, you skeer the stranger up bit to eat"
 They gave me the best they had--in- deed, they insisted upon my taking the only bed in the house while they slept upon the floor. In the morning they fried me a chicken, great culinary compliment to a guest in thesbackwoods of the south, and when asked the old fellow for his bill he looked surprised.
 "W'y, you don't owe me nuthin'," he said, "an' l don't want you ter try ter make me take nuthin', nuther."
 I thanked him profusely and had mounted my horse to ride away, when it occurred to me that had not secured the direction to the Fort Smith road.
 By the way" asked, (which direc- ton did you say it was to the Fort Smith road?"
 Didn't say," he answered with his aggravating drawl.
 Are you going to see me ride off this way, and that, too, after showing me such kindness?"
 "Hattcr see you ride off that way or some other, I reckin."
 An idea struck me and I got down and went back into the house.
 By the way" asked "how can find the Fort Smith road?"
 His manner had undergone a com plete change. "Go right out yonder ter that blasted oak tree, take the path runnin' ter the right, ride straight ahead an you'll come to the road"
 The crossing of the threshold meant world of difference to him. Outside that cabin, all men were the legitimat prey of his annoying drollery, but, in- side the house, they were friends whom he was delighted to serve.
 OPIE READ.
Arizona republican., 1893-01-21
THE TYPICAL SQUATTER.
VI. corld Fosily Have Exhausted i4O the Patience of Job.
..,to of His Cabin Everybody Was His victim. once Inside the Guest Be- came His Friend-The Man
 Pictured by Opie Read.
Special Letterl
,I,a.....L..y,7 |l1Igg RKANSAS once

was the home of the typical squatter, There were squatters in many other parts of the country, but it fell to the lot of { h c Arkansas squattcr to be made famous by an a m u S i n 2 s { ory a n d a piece of rollicll- ;nn Yp,,ctp Thn railroad and the sawmill h a ve
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-11-30

The following editorial is from yes,
terday'a (Wednesday's) Charleston
Daily Gazette, the leading Democratic
organ at the state capital, the most in
duential Democratic journal in the
great coal producing Kanawha valley,
and the recognized personal organ Of
the Democratic governor of West Vir-
ginia, Hon. W. A. MacCorkle. For
these reasons, AZ well as for the reason
that It correctly represents the honest
sentiment of the people Of this great
coal producing state on the question OF
free coal, it Is produced here, and will
doubtless be read with interest, The
Gazette says:
Mt is now definitely known that the
tariff duty on coal ia to be removed.
That is, If the bill as agreed upon by
the Democratic members Of the ways
and means committee is adopted by the
houIe and senate. This means that
West Virginia is to be deprived OF one
its best markets for her coal.
at means that the Democratic party,
so long the pledged friend OF industry
and progress, has, through its repre-
sentatiyes on the BGys and means com.
mittee, deliberately aimed TO undo what
it has taken years OF labor and millions
OF capital to accomplish.
at means, il the measure is finally
adopted, the virtual closing Of many
West Virginia mines, reduction OF
wages, at present barely sufficient TO
support the miner and his family, and
more want aud suffering than We eau
ever know.
"With regard to Mr.. Wilson, it
doubtless means long stretch OF pri-
vate life, for the coal interest is stronger
in the Second district perhaps than any
other in the state, and he is understood
to stand almost or quite alone among
West Virginia's congressman and sena-
tors in advocating the abolition OF the
coal duty.
at means more. Unless We are
greatly deceived, il this bill is adopted
as reported, it means West Virginia's
electoral vote for the Republican nom
inee for President In 1895. Indeed,
perhaps it would not be too much to
say that it is an assurance of national
Republican supremacy for many years
to come.
"And surely the Democratic party
need never again hope to successfully
appeal to the people Of West Virginia
for Enforcement No, never again.
Thus all the struggles and sacrifices the
people of this state have made to free
themselves from Republican rule, the
victories won on many a hard fought
field, arc to count for naught
"God save the party"