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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-19

person for such money as they had
lost.
Surely, I cried in wrath, when he
had finished, this letter was written
by a man without shame, and 1 pray
that he may find his grave in the stom-
achS of hogs and vulturesr for 1 for
got myself in my indignation against
those that could speak thus of the SEN
or, who had shaved day and night in
their service, giving himself no rest.
do not trouble, Ignatio," ne said
with little smile, ''it is the way of the
world 1 have failed. and 1 must take
the consequence. Had 1 succeeded
there would have been a different
story Still think that, if ever 1 meet
this man again, 1 will kick him for
telling lies about me. Do you know,
Ignatio, that, with the exception of
one thousand dollars that remain to
my credit in Mexico, l have spent all
my own money that 1 had saved upon
this mine, and of that thousand dollars.
eight hundred are due to you for back
pay, so whichever trade 1 take to next
| shall not begin as a rich man."
BE silent, 1 beg of you, senor," 1
answered, for such words make my
ears burn. What! am I also a thief
that l should rob you, who have al
ready been plucked like fowl for the
good of others? Insult me once more
by such thoughts and 1 will never for
give you"
And I left the house to calm myself
by walking among the mountains,
little knowing what [ should hear be-
fore entering it again
ITO be continued
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The
GROCERS

ing the founder of great wealth for in
dividuals, as we'll as communities,
while he, as a rule, dies a pauper.
This was the fate of Comstock, the
discoverer of the world-famed Com
stock lode of Nevada; also of Eber-
hardt, the discoverer of the once IA
nous Eberhadt mine of White Pine,
for which at one time the owners were
offered $6000,000.
The prospector. as a. rule, cannot
stand prosperity. AS above remarked,
blows in his raise" and off he goes
on his mission.
He goes on wild goose chases, fol-
lows up mythical stories of some dead
Indian or mountaineer of some rich
mine found years ago and covered up.
Every mining region has it's lost
mine" Utah has several of them
Thousands of dollars and hundreds of
lives have been lost looking for lost
Mines"
In my rambling career U have run
down two of these lost mines," and
didn't even find the necessary cOndi-
tons for a mine to exist in the local
ity where the mines were @said to be
situated.
1 made five or six trips to the Uintah
mountains looking for the mythical
and fabulously rich mine gold placer
of old man Rhodes.
Mr. Rhodes was one of the Mormon
battalion; was discharged in Califor-
mia; engaged in placer mining for a.
time with success; returned to Utah
and, as was the custom, turned in his
dust" to the church to be coined
The old man settled in Rhode valley,
now Kamas, some fifteen -or twenty
miles east of Park city.
He was a great hunter and spent a
great deal of his time in the Uintah
mountains bear hunting. When he
would come in off his hCats he would
exhibit sundry sacks of gold nuggets
which some of his friends supposed he
got in the Uintah mountains, while
others were of the opinion that the
nuggets were some the old man held
out when he came in from California
There. has been expedition after eXpedi-
ton into Death valley looking for the
"Old Bryfogle mine" and many men
have persisted on the burning desert
for want of water
This is one of the old "lost mines
the history of which is familiar to most
of the miners of the Pacific coast.
Thus it is the prospector will brave
the dangers of flood, snow and water
less deserts, in fact there is hardly any
obstacle he will not attempt to over
come in search of what someone has
said is the root of all evil.
L dropped into prospecting and min
ing principally for revenue-fOr revenue
is agreat incential to humanaction-and
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Copyright, 1891, by H Rider Haggard.)
written for The Salt Lake Herald.I
HEART OF THE WORLD.

introduction An English
man named Jones is superintendent of a
mine not far from the Usumancjnto river,
the upper reaches Of which divide the
Mexican state OF Chipas from the re-
public of Guatemala. He becomes in
terested in antiquities; learns of an In
knowledge of them; visits him, finds him
in a chapel; they become great friends.
When Don 1gnatio is dying he sends for
Jones and makes him his heir Don
1gnatio gives him a written account of
how he and his friend James Strickland
visited the city, Heart of the World. The
story is translation of this paper.
CHAPTER /.
Is autobiographic-tells where he was
born. When about years cid troubles
arose in the country; Ignatio's father
taken.by the Spaniards; see him in prison;
the priest Ignatio's receives from him an
armlet is given Injunction to see that the
boy has it when of age. The father is
shot The boy remains with the priest;
ana wants to become one himself; IS told
birthday the priest tells him all. The
boy is the hereditary ruler of the Aztecs;
IS initiated into the mysteries of the
hereditary chief. Forms a plot to free
Mexico Of the Spaniards and travels for a
number of years, all over the country
journeys finds two Mexican bandits as
assaulting two Indian women; one is a
widow, she is killed: the other her sister.
1gnati0 kills both bandits. He marries
the young Indian girl. Just before the
time fixed for the execution of the plot,
1gnatio's wife was placed, as a servant.
in the house of the man who ruled
Mexico. that she might spy upon him.
She falls in love with the Spaniard and
betrays the plan of uprising. Ignatio
and others are arrested. The Spanish
leader tells him If he will hand over his
gold his life will be spared. He does:
Others who had been BETRAYED wreac ked
their vengeance on the wife. lSnatlo
becomes a Wanderer for twenty years or
more; finally returns to his village in the
mountains and turns his attention 10 the
study and management of mines. 1t was
while thus employed that he made the
acquaintance of James Strickland, who
was de, tined to accompany him to the
city, Heart Of the World.
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"REMINISCENCES OF
A PROSPECTOR.
ARTICLE 1.

There is a charm and fascination
about prospecting and mining that
none but those who have "been there, y
can realize or appreciate.
The life of a prospector is fraught
with many perils, hardships, priva-
tions, pleasures, sorrows, Universities,
and occasionally with a little prosper
ity.
The professional prospector is mi
gratory creature. He seems to have
no permanent abiding place. The
world is his home, and to explore and
prospect the craggy peaks of the noun
tain ranges in search of their buried
mineral wealth. seems to be his mis-
sion on earth.
This year may find him prospecting
the rocky peaks of the Wasatch, or the
waterless desert ranges of western
Utah or Nevada.
Next year you may hear of him in
the snow clad peaks of Idaho, Mon
tana. British Columbia or Alaska.
The next year he may be in Cen
trail or South America or Africa-and
he would take a trip to the moon If he
could get sportation. Like the
wandering Jew he is always on the go.
Some mysterious power seems to impel
him forward TO explore ana prospect
the secret recesses of nature for the
precious metals. But, unlike the myth
ical Jew, he dies and his comrades
bury him in some secluded spot, near
the magnificent peaks whose heights
he has so often scaled in search of the
precious metals.
With few exceptions the prospector
has been the pioneer and founder of
the great mineral states and territor-
jac of 10 Missouri river
He invades some wild region, makes
a rich discovery and is followed by a
mining population and this by an agri-
cultural and stock-raising community.
Towns and cities are built up and fac
tories established. Later on comes the
railroad and telegraph, with all para
pharnalia and comforts of modern civ
iliZation. Thus our commonwealth
has been built up, the prospector be-
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partly from an Unborn or innate desire
| to ramble in the wilds of nature and
/ engage her beauty and sublimity ere
| they had been marred by the vandalism
/ of civilization. My first visit to a min
! ing camp was to Stockton in 1866. where
II found General Conner and some of
/ his officers trying to snelt lead ores.
] Being a tender foot" | was naturally
very inquisitive. I asked the man who
seemed to be in charge, how he was
going to get the silver out of the lead.
He very graciously explained to me that
! he had two taps to his furnace, the
upper a lead tap and the lawer a silver
tap, and that tie specific gravity Of
| lead being less than that of silver it
would float on top-as oil on water; then
he would draw off the lead, then the sill
YER. | being an unsophisticated tender
[ foot didn't know but what he was
| telling me the truth.
/ How much a tender foot prospector
! learn or imagines ne learns in a few
months and what he really learns after
! twenty years experience in prospecting
and mining are illustration in story
I from Arizona. An emigrant dropped
| into Arizona; went to prospecting;
found some mineral float; took it to
| town; showed it to a fellow who looked
wise. The prospectOr asked his opinion
of it; the fellow who looked wise
answered that it was rich; that it
would assay $500.
The prospector asked him how long
he had been mining.
| Oh, about two months, was the an
swer.
| The prospector showed his find to an
other worse looking fellow, who gave
! it as his opinion the ore would assay
! $500. The prospector asked how long
he had been mining. His answer was:
| About six months
! Later the prospector met an "old
/ timer" in miners uniform-heavy
nailed boots. jumper. overalls and a
slOuched hat. The prospector showed
him his find and asked his opinion OF
it. ut is good looking rock. If you
want to know what is in it you had
better have it assayed."
! How long have you been mining?"
( asked the prospector.
"Oh. about twenty years." was the
answer.
, My first active experience in mining
was in Montana in 1865. which will be
F., detailed later on. PROSPECTOR.
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Cropping a cats ears keeps her at
among bushes and grass drops of water
fall in her ears, and she prefers to stay
at home rather than spend the time
scratching her head to get the water out.
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THE OTHER WAY ROUND.

Tagleigh-What did that bank cashier
abscond for? Was he behind in his ac-
counts?
Wagleigh-No He was ahead. The
bank was behind. New York World.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

The earth has not been put in a
scale and balance against a known
Meight, but the mathematicians have
calculated its weight. Professor
Maskelyne first attacked this sub
ject in 1872, when. by repeated ex'
periments, he determined the at
traction eXerted at Mount Schihal.
lion. in Perthshire, Scotland, on /,
plumb line, which it caused to devi.
ate nearly seconds. Playfair, Caven'
dish, Hutton and other scientis ts
then determined that the structure
of this mountain made it have dens.
ity, as compared to the mean density
of the earth, of five to nine. Their
the comparative density of Schihal
lion to water was ascertained, an6
that of earth TO water being know
as about five and a half to one, it was
not hard to calculate the rest, know.
ing the cubical contents of the earth
1t has been stated as 5.S42 trillions
of tons of 2,240 pounds each, or &
value in pounds avoirdupois repre-.
sented by thirteen and twenty-fom
ciphers.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
Military Use of Alumni um.

The German war department has
ordered that the cooking utensils and
other metallic vessels furnished to
the soldiers shall be made of alumni
mum. The reason given for the order
is that the physical standard OF the
men is much lower than 1t was before
the new army law went into effect,
and many OF the men now mustered
into the service are not able to carry
the heavy loads with which the troops
are burdened on the march. ALUMNI
mum vessels are much lighter than
the iron ones hitherto used. For the
same reason experiments have been
ordered to determine whether an
aluminium helmet can be devised
which will give as much protection
as the brass ones now worn by the
troops.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
SALE.

92o acres Of timbered Land. princir.r
pm" ami cypress, on Cypress layonp ps' st
miles from kejthvill-. La. '"W W
E403 acres upland, well imp-ovsd..
dwelling lSlX rooms. kitchen sarro-.
room and tenement houses. 90 ssuli
and gin house: 1O0 or SO0 arr.s gu Oain
fence; the finest stock farm in tba S."1 SSas1
ten miles northwest from ShravenorS,' S'SS
% acres with dwelling and .tdrnS.
al MooriuG-port. La. '1O4ss
- acres; good dwelling and naco,..-
ouihou>es; % acres timber: half mia ,.alI
Shreveport Junction. 'Ol
Teu-aCre lot 10. AleDdala ruth +,
Provcmcut>; just across the street fraE
the celebrated mineral well of Co IOY 7 "
Horau. Shreveport. Nv"
Two houses with four and halflo,,
Christian street. ''|
Two houses and two lots on Cas,.
street. "D''
House and lot on Crockett street
House and lot and a half on Williams.
street; undivided half OF house and Ia, !.
Common street, between Texas and M
lam. ~
Undivided half of lot on Beaurer,,s
street.
Undivided half of two houses and tb,s.
lots Oh Sprawe street.
And many Others at prices and m
terms 10 suit the times, for which spnl1
70 r. T. COLE
+lj Market street. Shreveport Ia
Rams will also buv your Property ~
loan YOU money on it.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
A LONG ISLAND MILL.
1t Ground Wheat for the Westchester
Enrmers Id Nclrs Arn.


One interesting landmark Of the
last century remains In q suburban
region fast yielding it, rural charm
in the face Of the city's advancing
vanguard. says the New York sun.
Hctwccu two and three m.'es north
east of New York c.ty'- limits. and
pcrhaD- q mile and q half beyond the
line of ambitious little Mount Yer
non, Stands Reid, mill, overlooking
the broad, fiat marshes at the edge OF
the sound. The mill il approached
by one of The most picturesque roads
of a picturesque region. 1t runs lor
mile or more along the valley of a
little wooded stream and crosses the
latter dozen yards before it meets
tidcwater A few hundred yards
eastward is q rude beach and farm
yard leading to the Old mill. An old
Dutch house, still retaining It's wide
porch and broad, low caycd gables,
faces mill and mill stream. High
tides rise all about the house, sub
merge its flower garden and flood its
cellar
The mill, a th~ec-and-a-half story
shingled structure, Ovcrhangs the
tide race NJ which it, wheel once
dipped and turned. The mill was
built in 1889 by Shute and Stanton,
local millers of that day 1t was
driven by the tide, and for several
generations it ground the wheat for
the neighboring farms. Robert Reid
became the owner of the mill about
the middle of the last century, and
was reputeG an honest though some
what testy miller. One NaldrOn
aftcrward became owner or leasee,
and in l162 town committee was
appointed to regulate Miller Wal
dron's toll charges.
The old mill continued its work
with various fortunes and successive
owners until within the last few
years. When the region round
about ceased to be a wheat growing
country the mill ground Western
grain into flour, and the crooked
little stream leading to the sound
brought upon its tide vessels that
bore grain and @rist.
Reid's mill is now slowly falling
into ruins. The wreck of its whee
and other machinery is visible at the
rear. Many of its shingles near the
ground have been torn of as relics OF
to kindle fires. The great oaker
beams remain seemingly sound. Ar
oyster man now keeps his tools Of
trade in the large ground-lloor apart
ment of the mill, and in the water
just outside he has fenced space
where newly caught oysters may be
fatt,ned.
Every high tide brings a mass OF
seaweed and marsh hay about the
mill The short, stone built, 18th.
mus road that leads to the mill door
still resists the action of the tides,
and the visitor OF to-day may drive
quite to the doorstep, as Westches-
ter people were accustomed to drive
a century and a half ago, when the
new shingles of the structure were
not yet weather-s tanned.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
Called to Mind,

AprOpos of the old story: "And
now," said he preacher, turning the
hOur-glas; which in those days was
placed upon the ledge before him as
a reminder to be merciful, "we will
have another glass together" James
Payn says "his metaphor was singu.
larly appropriate, for he was suffer-
ing from the intoxlcation of pulpit
elOquence. And this Mr.. Payn fol,
lows with a story of Robert hall,
who was asked what he thought of a
certain preacher. "A remarkable
man in his line, sir; soft preaching is
his line; a remarkably good she
preacher. ."-Argonaut.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

A VERY grave mistake Is made by
persons out of work and in want who
60 from small towns to large cities
in the hope OF bettering their con-
dition. As Il rule the villages have
less excessive and unusual poverty to
relieve than the great centers of pop.
ulation, in proportion to their re-
sources. Able bodied single men,
especially, should make their way
toward the country rather than the
cities. Many farmers who cannot
afford to hire anybody for regular
wages could give one or two men
apiece a chance to earn their board
and lodging by work in clearing up
fields lately timbered, or in making
improvements in farm buildings and
fences.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

MRs. MARTIN O'NEIL wept bitterly
when for az RtrociOus murder her
husband was sentenced to ten years
in prison She had recognized him
as a brute. declined to live with him
and !audably sought divorce. Bat
he killed a defenseless woman and
the wife came back to shed tears
adown his neck. The case is merely
cited as interesting to student, of
psychology.
The Progress., 1894-01-20
AN AUBURN MIRACLE
AN ACT OF HEROISM is FOL-
LOWED BY DIRE RESULTS.

Edward DonneIIy Saves a Life Almost at
the Cost of HIS Own-After Years of
Suffering lie is Restored to Health-His
Story as Told to Reporter of the
Auburn Bulletin.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

AND now it's San Domingo that is
looking for little game of revolu.
tion BY way of pastime. It's won
der some smart Yankee doesn't start
business in the way of furnishing
revolutions to order for our Southern
neigh bors.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

THIS country is likely to have no
aid from England in clearing the
ocean of derelict vessels which are
now so great danger to commerce.
The secretary of the British admir-
atty responded to a call for cO-opera-
tion with our government, that t
could not give any aid. This I'M
willingness to help in what it did not
originate has always been character
istic of John Bull. 1t has, however,
given this country the greater
honor in doing the work alone. 1t
was the United States that first pro-
claimed the doctrine of neutral rights
and freedom of the high seas. SO.
too, with the general postal union,
which now includes nearly the whole
civilized world. Uncle Sam can af-
ford to take the lead in clearing the
high seas of derelicts. When the job
is once done the owners of English
merchant ships will compel England
to do its part in keeping the seas
clear OF the avoidable dangers which
now threaten life and property.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

THAT labor seeks employment, and
not charity, is greatly to its credit.
Every man with two strong arms
and willing hands in this country Of
boundless resources has an honest
aversion to being thought an object
OF charity.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

A baker estimates that every Amer
lean will consume two pies a week,
and il the statement is correct the
American stomach is weekly tortured
with 1870. 900, 900 pies.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

THERE is such a thing as being
overzealous-not to say premature
in the defense of ones domicile and
household effects. The prevalence
of a burglaristic epidemic justiiies
caution on the part of the citizen,
but it does not warrant indiscriminate
shooting. The case of Thomas
Matthews and Daniel Ambrose is one
in point MIR. Ambrose, under the
influence of wassail, wandered into
the backyard of Mr. Matthews and
caroled joyously. Mr.. Matthews,
disregarding the fact that house
breakers do not, as rule, announce
their presence with shout and song,
jumped at the conclusion that Mr..
Ambrose was burglar, and riddled
his anatomy with bullets, causing
wounds from which he will be laid
up long time. This is all wrong.
Bandits do not travel with brass
bands, nor do burglars sing after
the Ball. while operating on back
doors. Caution is necessary, there
fore, in order to avoid making mis-
takes.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

THE referee in an ta-.er- prize
fight became personally interested
and waIloped one Of the principals.
Unfortunately the police iutertered
before he had time to attend to tho
other.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

IT is pitiful to see Mr. Gladstone
forced to defend the robbery OF the
British taxpayers, who are asked to
pay the duke of Saxe-COburg and
Gotha $4,000 a year, while he is
drawing salary as a reigning sover-
eign in another country. You would
not have his highness cease to be
an Englishman," said Mr.. Gladstone
in reply to Labouchere's protest
against the grant And yet this is
exactly what his highness has done.
He has expatriated himself, and
given his submission to the emperor
of Germany, but with the avarice
characteristic of his family he is
willing to take money from the Brit
ish people merely because he is the
son of his mother His highness has
not only ceased to be an Englishman,
but from an American standpoint he
has ceased to have much claim to the
title of gentleman.
The Progress., 1894-01-20

THAT was queer plea made by
Prendergast's lawyer in the Chicago
murder trial that if the prisoner had
been in Washington during the sill
yer agitation he would have killed
the president instead of numbering
Carter Harrison and throwing a
black pail over the closing scenes Of
the great worlds fair. It is an unu-
sual thing for lawyer to base his
defense on the plea that if his client
had not committed the crime in
question he might have been guilty
of even greater ones, but there is
good reason for doubling the justice
of such plea Its object is, of
course, to prove the prisoner insane,
but to the thoughtful mind it indi-
Gates simply that he has far too
much method IN his madness to es-
cape punishment for his misdeeds.