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Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1894-02-23
MINING DECISflNs.
Denver Ores and Metals

A provision In mining lease tDa
il the sp CITED royalties produc,
less than 81, 900 for any year th,
lessees shall nevertheless pay tina
sum, and that If they fail to do s,
because of inability to fno
sufficient ores, the lessor may ter
inmate the lease, requires pay
OF at least $1,000 year, whether
Sufficient ores can be found or not
SO long as the lease is not deter
minated -Lehlgh Zinc Il Iron 90
vs. Bamford; United States Su-
prems Court.
Whea Relocasions Of Mining
Claims Cannot bs Made. - Mining
claims are not open to relocation
until the rights of the former
locator have come to an end. No
locator OF 4 mining claim can
avail himself of the mineral in the
public land which another has dis,
covered until the prior locator has
in fact abandoned the ground, or
sndsr the provisions of the mining
law, has forfeited his right thereto.
IN
United States Circuit Court, Decis.
ion OF Nevada.
Value of Expert Testimony as
TO What Constitutes Vein or
Lode. The value of the testimony
of experts as to what constitutes a
vein or lode depends to great ex-
tent upon the strength or weakness
of the reasons given in support OF
the conclusions reached. An ex-
pert witness testified that he
would not call any discovery or
rock bearing minerals a vein or
lode, unless gold or silver was
found in sufficient quantities to
pay all the expenses of extracting,
removing and milling the ore
therefrom, and leave a profit to the
owner. The statute is not suscep
tible OF any such construction,
The words "vein or lode" as used
in the United States Statutes, and
as understand by miners, are ap-
pllcable to any body or belt OF
miseralized rock laying witkin
clearly defined boundaries, sspsrat-
ing it from the country or NO
mineral rock. Books vs. Justice
Mining 90; Uulted States Circuit
Court. 5S Feb. Rep.
Liability of Presence of Gas in
Mine. 1t is the duty of the
operator of every coal mine to
provide ample meaus of ventilation,
and to cause air to be circulated
through the headings and working
places, SO as to dilute, render
harmless, and carry off dangerous
and nexious gas If kaowa to exist,
or il liable TO exist 1t is also his
duty to enploy . competent min
ing boss to keep careful watch over
the veutilating apparatus and the
airways, travelling ways, pumps
and drainage, and TO see that
proper breakthioughs are made, as
repaired by law, and that all loose
coal, slate or rock overhead in the
working places and along the haul
ways be removed or carefully Sc
cured, so as TO prevent Sis1ger to
persona employed " tie mine, and
to provide props and timbers for
the mise, and perform other duties
required Of him by tie law.
Omission of these duties is nsgli-
gence in the operator, and renders
him liable to bis employs for in
jury resulting frsm such omission
Of duty. While the general rale
Of law is that an employe, knowing
of defects in machinery, appli-
ances, or in his working place, and
stiilc ptinuing in service, sssumes
risk, and cannot recover from bis
employer damages fer iBjury aris.
ing from such defects, yet the rule
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1894-02-23

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The evening world., 1894-02-10
At THE BROOKLYN PLAYHOUSES
Lillian Russell to Appear at the
Columbia Theatre Next Week.
A New Play at the Bijou-"A Tenn
perancc Town" ut the Park.

Lillian Russell will appear at the
Columbia Theatre, in Brooklyn. next
week in her latest success, The Prln-
cess Nicotine The opera VIII be pre-
scented in its original form. II will be
given n fine setting, and the ballet will
be under the direction of Sig. Francloli.
In the company will be Digby Bell, Sig.
Perugin', Ar. G.. Whelan. Charles A.
Bigelow. James A.. Peakes, Lucy DAILY,
Marie Dresslsr. George DENIM. Grace
Belasco, May Duryea, Lillian Thurgate
and Marie Celeste. One hundred persons
comprise the chorus and ballet.
"A Man Among Men" will be pre-
sented for the first time in Brooklyn at
the New Bijou Theatre on Monday night.
The play was written by william c.
Hudson. and is aid to tell a very inter.
estlng story. Several realistic stage set.
tings will be shown. The play will be
interpreted by a company. among whom
are William Harcourt. Charles Nevins,
Theodore BahSock, Walter Il. Woodall.
Adele Belgrade, Amelia Bingham. Mary
Davenport, Gertrude Dawes and Gussie
Hart.
The attraction at Col. Sims Park The.
atre for next week will be Hoyt's "A
Temperance Town" which played a most
successful engagement at this. house sew
e MbIch weeks sesiod ago r, mns or Gnas,d company.
Richards and Caroline Miskel. Will pre-.
sent the play.
Thomas q, seabrooke and his opera
company in The Isle Of C%hampasne"
Miss Elvia Crolx viii sing her %original
role OF Diana, the belle of the isle
Other old %favorites will appear.
flDnrn- House nnNt uapk This lC fhf
ex-burgiars. spike Hennessey and
Kid, Mccoy, who will. by blowing ur
tinue to destroy the illusion that safes
are burglar-proof.
Frank Mayo, will be seen in his idyl OF
the backwoods, "Davy Crockett" al
Mr.. Mayo will present other plays during
the week.
At the Gayety Theatre Sam Devere's
company vii. hold forth. In the com
Blocksom and Byrnes, the Quaker city
Quartet. the Nendomes, Ryan and Rich,
field, Goldie and st. Clair, May Went,
worth, Agnes Bernard n others.
Many mothers are convinced that thei,
children possess undoubted talent for tn,
stage, but the facilities for their appear
ance are meagre. To give the youngster:
sol and Rance Austin, who will appea,
at the Novelty Theatre next week in "B,
the World Forgotten" have arranged tt
have a mt of the brightest of thu
children appear in tableaux.
The bill at Huber & Gebhardt's Casino
next week will include Delmore. Will
new songs Morton and Revelle. in &
sketch: Morrissey and Proctor. 'kiC
glove dancers" j. Patten, vocalist: Bes
sic Searle, contradict; Fred Piper an
Minnie Schult.
Siberia" one of the best of the OLE
time melodramas. will be seen at tn
Bijou Theatre the week OF Feb. 10.
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The gate had grown so rusty that II
was some time before he could force 1t
open. A hasty glance around the church
yard told him that neglect and decay
were rapidly doing their work. The place
was a greater picture of desolation than
ever. He stationed himself where he
could best watch the northwest corner
Of the building, leaning his arms on a
headstone, and concentrating ms whole
attention ON the spot where the appar-
itlon had before shown itself,
For n long time he so remained. TIL his
eyes began to ache with the nNity of
their gaze,
At length there appeared on the sur
fac" Of the ground not more than two
sort of wreath Of vapor, as II seemed,
gradually gathering consistency n
moving very slowly alunS the ground to-
wards the lower iii at length IT took the
scmhlanCc Of trailing garments.
II was in the act OF disappearing as
it had done before, when with "A peculiar
wdvy motion of IN" drapnry 1t suddenly
distinctly visible, as though the mys-
FERROUS wcarer of the dress we're standing
Just behind the ~ivy-covered corner.
a cold dew seemed to break out on hi.
forehead. Nevertheless he felt impelled
TO advance, as though some hidden agen-
cy witlin him, more powerful than his
own will. were using his limbs for It's
own purpose.
Ani stiIl. "a he got more abreast OF
The tower. as well AS nearer to II, more
and more of the ghostly drapery became
disclosed, til Al length the tall figure of
a woman. with Il hood drawn over her
face, stood close beside him.
Cortran, as though in Il dream, heard
a voice he did not recognize as his own,
Vet "A voice using his tongue and his lips,
say. In n hOarse whisper:
I'm heavens name, what troubles
you?"
slowly the hood fell from the figures
face. a face unutterably sad and mex
pressihly sweet, and its Shadowy hand
pointed to the wall Of the tower. Then
the lines of the shape grew indistinct am
II melted away. COrtram staggered Tor
ward and marked the spot towards
which the hand had pointed by tearing
down a twig of ivy.
He then, with a SILVER, hurried home
ward, but "A deadly faintness came over
him. and ere he had gone many yards
he fell down in a s%oon. When he came
TO himself the NOON was high In heaven,
ard II was close upon midnight. 49,.
AS he crPpt home to his lodgings. sun
and cold, he determined to come next
day alone md th~oroughly examine the
spot ne had marked-having the pro
foundest conviction that he was on the
verge of some discovery. Accordingly,
after a good nights rest, feeling no III
effects from his adventure CT the previous
evening. he went once more TO the little
churchyard-
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place would not work a cure.
so about a twelvemonth after his first
visit to II, he found himself once more
In The Ashchurch lane on an evening late
in June.
He had been some days in the parish
and had employed the interval In getting
as. much Information as he could out Of
oldest inhabitants, but that amounted
to little beyond what he Ind already
learned from Mr.. Connor's letter to his
uncle.
OF late years even the lane leading to
the church had been reliGiously Stunned
by the parishioners. and a ghost. IT is
pain. cannot be seen without somebody
to see II.
One additional piece Of evidence. how
ever. he had Glt at quite accidentally.
II happehei that one day he had called
upon the village doctor, whose acIuaint-
nnce, In his professional capacity, he had
The doctor was n squarcly-huiIt, weather
beaten man, as prosaic and matter-uf-
fact as n man could be. The converse
ton turned pnon Mr r3nnsr, -, com
son, and attended, him for some years
10, twelve AMI a half years ago"
II you always remember so ac-
parturc, Dr. Cawson2"
''Why- no! But there Were peculiar
circumstances
40 tell me what they were"
'lf you will promise not to laugh at
me. II fell out that afternoon that
had been paying some professional visits,
and was returning home by A~shChurch
lane on foot. ! remembered thar In n
corner OF the Churchyari there grew an
herb. which | had often found useful, 10
| Jumped over the gate 10 gather some.
| was busy doing 50 when ] remembered
| had another engagement later on ami
must make haste. CHANGING at my watch
! found II was iN. just then, in the
dim light, | saw the white train OF a
woman's dress disappearing round the
corner OF the church. 1t was SO real, to
my mind, that | felt sure ! should have
seen the whole figure II | had raised my
head earlier. l had heard Of the same
sort OF thing having been noticed be.
fore. and am not ashamed to say that
got back into the lane II home as fast
as ever | could. When | reached my
own door ! found hat n messenger had
been sent by Mrs, Conner In my alb
sonce to say | was urgently wanted, as
Mr.. Conner had been suddenly taken
worse. | went Immediately, but was too
late. lie had i,ci at 4OJ,"
And have you any theory about II,
doctor-any explanation" The doctor
shrugged his shoulders and the CONVEX
sation changed.
Thinking OF this, among other things,
Cortram slowly proceeded towards the
church. He felt a strong presentment
OF some coming event approaching him
with the slow step OF fate.
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she broke off at the top OF her speed,
ting the gate behind her The stranger
heard the patter OF their feet hurrying
down the lane, and smiled the superior
mile OF an educated man.
Some superstitious fancy he said to
himself.
at full length thereon, and gave himself
up to the full enjoyment or the lovely
Summers evening. The pure physical
pleasure OF II. TO one who had SO lately
been an invalid, vas most grateful and
soothing.
The Intense quiet of the place, amid the
sound sleepers beneath the sod. It's touch
ing air of desertion and its ,uncared-for
aspect, the history of the abandonment
Of the church-all appealed strongly, to
his imagination, and he was soon lost
warned by a cold gust OF evening air that
he was hardly strong enough yet to FISK
being out in the dew, he rose TO go.
He was amazed to find that he must
getting dusk, and his watch told him that
Il was $50. He turned to take one last
look at the church. and as he ,did so
caught a gI,mpse CT Inc IN wh'se c, u 6s Az.
appearing round the northwest corner
OF the tower.
He had a strong distaste for any;
thing like Intrusion on the privacy OF
one who was possibly visiting the grave
of a relative, n he accordingly left
the churchyard without again turning
his head.
But he was conscious that 1t cost him
a strong effort to do so owing to a most
extraordinary craving. which he could
not for the life of him explain. to look
round the corner Of the tower. on mis-
emerging from the lane. he saw the
cheerful glow OF the blacksmith's forge
some way ahead. Salter had done some
work for him, and 1t might, he thought,
hn nc t.all 40 agE the lnDn of 81 tOnpOAl
for the rest of the way home. In heigh
and build they were much alike. 80 he
turned In Mt the half door of the forge.
"My sakes!' said the blacksmith,
heartily, why. It's Muster Cortram.
Glad to see you sir. out an ABBOTT,
though tits maist too sharp a even
ing, and you not quite set oop, as we may
HTrue, Salter, and so I've come TO
ask you to lend me an o~vercoat.'.
Right o are. sir, and welcome,
too; but set We down and have a warm
And the blacksmith. mindful OF the
duties OF hospitality. drew his shirt
sleeves down owe his mighty arms:
and proceeded to light a pipe by way OF
company to MIR. Cortram's cigar.
"'Tis a quaint spot this close by you,'
said the latter. as he struck a light and
passed Il over TO Salter.
"Meaning?" ausried the smith. a. he
The evening world., 1894-02-10
HAUNTED ASHCHURCH.
a Stain on o. WOman's Name ReHnOVed
after Many Years.

1t was a lonesome little country
church, quite deserted and rapidly fad
ing into decay. The nearest house was
that Of old Joe Salter, the blacksmith,
and that was fully half a mile away.
II could not be said that the little lab
nc possessed anything of architectural
beauty or interest; a plain, oblong build
Ing. with as quare. thick-set. squat
tower. 1t had no chancel.
1t was hard upon fifty years since
regular services had been discontinued
at Ashchurch, owing to the building
and endowment Of a handsome. new
church, near the centre of population
and better adapted to the requirements
OF the parish.
For about the first half of these fifty
years the cracked old bell of Ashchurch
still rang occasionally for the funerals
oi OLD residents of the parish. for the
churchyard was not declared closed
"hen the Sunday services ceased.
but the time came when the authori-
ues decided that h%enceforth all burials
must be In the new cemetery.
op to that time the aged church had
oeen kept In some Dort of repair, and
had' at n rate. been water-tight. But
from that time the efforts made to keep
II SO had been spasmodic and mad
SITUATE and year by year 1t became more
and more dilapidated.
Inc IVY now grew In unchecked lux
france not only over the walls. but over
.ne roof. As for the tower. It became a
,erlect bush OF creepers under which the
SSrm OF the masonry was concealed. like
Ia. OF an Esqu!mau In his furs,
me once trim laurel hedge put forth
sseuy arms and embraced within It's un-
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wieldy and irregular width many Of the
moss-grown gravestones. Grass grew
coarse and rank on the churchyard
mound OF green turf showed signs OF
care n loving tendance; but. as a rule,
the graves. like the church itself, looked
neglected and desolate. and some were
hidden by ~foxglove and nettles.
A stranger, accidentally detained in the
parish by the effects of a fall from his
horse, being convalescent, had strolled
aimlessly down the narrow, winding lane
which led to the church, and, coming
suddenly upon It, had been struck by its
forlorn appearance.
Leaning over the rusty-hinged church
yard gate he deserted a woman and a
sturdy girl hurriedly wedding one of the
smallest green mounds of Its rank
growth of dock leaves. His attention
could not be arrested by the headlong
haste which characterized their per-
Torrance OF a task over which love
usually fingers long.
As he was DESTROYS OF learning some
thing of the history OF the church and
of the cause Of Its present state OF
decay. he. with some difficulty, opened
the crazy old gate and went towards
them. But though he succeeded by din
of questioning. in e~licit!ng most OF the
facts, OF which the reader Is already In
possession, he found the woman far
from communicative and evidently anx-
lous to be gone. Once only did her
natural love Of gossip prompt her to Inn
part unsolicited information ..
''volks ~hereabouts du say" she began
"ez how she had a hand But here,
al though frightened at her own impulse.
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He found the branch OF ivy hanging
down with dropping leaves, and after
some cropping he discovered a chink In
the wall into which he could thrust his
wooden box, with clamps OF iron at the
c~orners,. and tightly, shut. With the help
OF "A chisel which he had brought with
him he burst it open.
Within there lay a paper folded and
sealed. He opened and read 1t. In mod
ern English II ran as follows:
Mabel cord, taking her unawares with
a knife in the back, on the Sd day Of
August, l742. when she was going around
the corner of Ashchurch Tower, to visit
text for getting her into a lonesome
place, being firmly set to take her life: I
R S9ThSssm her on in tb a n nSls d sISe, u Gas b the
me! | have split the blood of the pur-
est and sweetest wife ever man had, on
foul and most unworthy suspicion. which
drove me mad. | have this day found
proof Of her utter innocence. i cave
this confession where the next conner
will not fail to find 1t. In FIVE minutes
| shall swing dead from a limb OF the
hornbeam. And nay God have mercy
on my soul"
Cortram folded the paper carefully
ter replacing the box in the chink OF
doctors house; He caught him as he
was starting on on his rounds va, .v..
'AAN fNAN
heard of one George Cord, who commit.
ted suicide in A%shchurch some hundred
years ago."
Yes. they say a rich young squire OF
that name hanged himself on a tree In
the c~hurchyard."
WAS any reason a~lleged?''
1.-The tale goes that his heart wa
broken by an unfaithful wife. who left
him and was never seen or heard OF
more" ~
at was a lie. and 1 car prove It,"
The doctor stared.
Come TO my room after you have
been your rounds. and I will tell you AL
The doctor and Cortram took such
steps as were possible to clear the mem:
DRY of George Cords wife of the cloud
which had so long rested upon II.
Her husband must have meant TO
place the little box in as conspicuous q
position as possible, but II had dropped
out OF the trembling fingers further into
the chlnk than he had intended, and the
ivy had crown over it. The, poor bones
under the hornbeam were given Christi
Ian burial in the husbands grave, n
the dust of the murderer and the muir
dcred commingle in peaceful rest.
II was the last funeral In the cd
Ehostly trailing garments seen .sweeping
round the corner Of Ashchurch TsWsss
inc AIkosss -
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held the match over the bowl.

held the match over the bowl.
.Ashchurch.
Salter let the match drop. ~
What. Have you been there at thiS
hour o night, . j.
Hour OF hleht, lhueen! Why II Is
barely dusf. ana What Is more. some
lady or other is propaDly there sun a..
This time the biacksmith droppeu ms
pipe, ana IL was sinhshen ashinst 'ne
anvil In the fall' Inc man was paie as
death: $3.50,
what ais you, safer my mhh'
Here, nave a cigar.
,Salter took no notice or me pronerei
cigar case; WIN an enort ne nrew nm.
SELF up TO ms full heiRht; anu IN me ueep
shadows ana strong llgnts OF the l3rse
ne looked like, Il prophet OF tht oIue'
time as ne said. most earnestly anu SOL
EMMY:
"Mr. Cortram, sir, go we nome, 10 We
now. and pray to-night when we SEE Yer
prayers, as in coorse We, do, that no
harm may come this night TO you or
any av yer family"
Mr.. Cortram respected the mans emo
ton, though quite at a loss TO guess
its cause. and, without bothering mn,
further about the overcoat. walked
briskly home.
Next day he sailed forth as usual
in the evening for a stroll, but had not
gone far when he met a mounted mes
senger from the telegraph ofiGeS OF the
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strong interest. 1t ran thus:
Her ves,ure. dInIy seen a,,r,
To him who sees an evil star:
Himself who sees, he shall he hltst.
And gives her weary spirit rest,
His mind was SO possessed with the
conviction that the two first lines of the
~doggerel described what he had himself
recently experienced that he felt no sur,
prise at the time, on reading at the head
OF the letter in which the par per had been
Enclosed the word "Ashchurch' over the
date.
The letter turned out 10 be one writ
ten to his uncle by a former resident in
the parish OF AshChurch, who had been
many years dead.
II gave a long account OF the Ash
church ghost, quoting several cases OF It's
white robes having been seen In the mo-
mcnt OF thsir disappearance round a cor
ner of the church-always the same
corner, VIZ, the northwest, and, in each
case, some disaster was found to have
bcfallen the person witnessing the spec
trial appearance At the very OF
the ghostly dress having been seen.
Strangely enough. COrtram had never
heard his uncle mention The subpect,
and. up to the date OF his accident, some
months before, he had never even heard
the name OF ~Ashchurch. on turning 10
! his uncle dairy he found, within a week
of the date OF the letter. the following
entry:
Went to Ashchurch gh~ost-hunting, 10
prove to poor 60 lner what fudge IL all
The next entry was a fortnight later
Not so sure about fudge. | certainly
saw something; but 1t was probably a
wreath OF mist"
And three days further on:
George died the very night and the
very hour In which ! saw that some
thing"
George was a cousin
1t appeared from Mr.. Corners letter
that the rhymes oil the bit OF paper
were a cop from an old parchment
found in a chest in Ashchurch tower.
letter and the copy OF verses. His uncle
had Let him all his property, and he,
therefore, wound up his own business
and settled down, as best he could, 70
The life OF a country gentleman,
But he felt that the association OF
A%shchurch had taken m powerful a hold
OF him that he could not shake II on. lie
had a feeling that. in some inexplicable
way, against which. his viii seemed pow
eriess 10 contend, he was being draw TO
visit the place again. lie long battled
with the feeling as being morbid and
childish. But anilns that he was grow,
Ing hippish and sleepless. he determined
TO try whether h actual sight Of the
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A Wise General.

Prom TRUTH
Mechanically the deuce dom you
shut the door?
Insurance Agent-Do you think I'm fool
enough to cut off my retreat?
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