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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-05
TUE ANNUAL tNlNERS

TUE ANNUAL UNIVERSITY 'oN'oO"iio->'
Albany. March III is announced tna' 'he ahhua.
University Convocation. held uhder 'ne ausp'oes VI
s..s poord NJ Regents will take place this
aer ON Iune n 2S and 49, Instead OF during the nrst
vee IN July as formerly This is TO preven. comic.
m,i,b tho dftie,h annual meeting OF the Teacnere
,ssociaton 10 be he'd in the succeeding week
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-05
MIR. cLEvELAND's LITTLE JOKE.

Mr. Voorhees, at 1855, standing in the main
aisle delivered with unmoved countenance the
Presidents sardonc congratulations To Congress
on its approaching demise. ana stared
about blanky wher the resulting gaze
Of merrimcnt swept the Moor ana eai-
leries Mr. German smiled blandy AT
Mr.. Ceveand's joke. and other pemocrailc
opponents Of the Administration laughed with de-
rsion. ON the Republican side the President
obvious Jest was received with unrestIaineu
glce. VcePresidcnt Stevenson then h.aue MS
usual ornate return OF compliments for the sen
ate's resolution of thanks passed IN houi pre-
yiously and at the tap of the gavel the Senate
stood adjourned until next December.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-05
A MILITARY ORGANIZATIOE.

we hear great deal of talk about military
organization Of the police. Let me ask the people
VINO talk about 1t what military organization
H. The general in command Of force In the
"eid has absolute power Of detailing the men and
aasslgning them to their various duties but he
"as no power to dismiss a man or discharge
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08
MINING DECISIONS.

Denver Ores and Metals.
Assumption of Risk by Employe
In a case where the servant IS
one of mature age and experience,
the law never imposes the duty on
the master of becoming eyes and
ears for his servant, where there Is
oothlng TO prevent the servant from
using his own eyes and ears to
avoid danger. The law requires
that men shalt use the senses with
which nature has endowed them,
and when, without excuse, one
fails TO do go. he alone must suffer
the consequences; and he is not
excused when be fails to discover
the danger, if he made 10 attempt
to employ the faculties nature bad
given him. knowledge of the
danger upon his part, or the ex
istpnee of5such facts as. that by the
cxeicise of reasonable diligence. he
might have known, ordinarily con
sti.ufe an assumption OF the risk.
The rule that the mnster is bound to
use ordinary care in furnishing the
servant reasonably snfe place to
work is well settled; but where the
danger ID equally open and OBJ
yious 10 both The master aud ser
want, and there is no promise to
repair the defect, thera is ordinar
ily 80 liability on the part OF the
master Salem Bedford Stone Go.
v. Hobbs 80 n. E. Rep. 53S-Ap-
pelate Court of Indiana.
Liability Of Master Where the
spvaantis injured Il rough fail'le I
the master TO use reasonable care
to'provide safe working place, the
master cqnnot absolve himself from
Liability by showing that be bad
de!cgrted 10 an agent the duty Of
Keeping the place safe.-Muueie
Pulp Company v. Jones, 3S \. i
Rep. 5l7.
Measure of Damages for breach
Of Contract-Where parties egree
to furnish certain quantity ui
sulphide ores to smelling com
pany for treatm@nt. Int the CON
tract did not specify or provide for
any particular body Of ore, or ores
q any particular grade, quality, OF
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08
COOLGARDlE.
Denver Ores and Metals.

| Denver ores ana Metais.
L4te advices from Australia show
the Coolgardie gold fields, in desc
late western Australia, are MT The
height of their boom. No less
than 100 companies have been float
I'd in London, and 1000 leases
have been filed by Australians,
There is craze over stocks, and
saplsce srapssked which only phe-
nomenal returns can justify. II Is 4
rich mans camp, and the poor pros
pector, unless he was Oh the field
early, stands a small show Despite
the fact that camel trains are re-
gulsrIy run across the desert, the
supply of drinking water is utterly
inadequate, and boring for erteslan
water has not been successful.
Many prospectoYs have persisted
on the desert, and even In Cool
gardie itself many deaths have oc-
CURED from thirst. The mercury
at this season rises to 120 in the
shade, and the heat is made more
fierce by the absence of trees or
verdure. The condition of the
camp Is so alarming that the gov
ernment will probably be called on
to check the rush of goldseekers
unhl the water supply can be in
creased.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08

value, and the parties failed to
furnish a portion of the ore as
agreed, the contract was purely ex,
ecutary. and the smelling company
could recover no more than nominal
damage for a breach, unless they
should allege and prove the profits
they could have realized from the
smelling of such ores, of whatever
grade, baeed upon the smelling
charges to he paid, Patrick v
Colorado Smelling Co, 3S Pac. Rep.
236. = Supreme Court of Colorado.
The Supreme Court OF Washing
ton holds that q provision in an in.
suraDce policy that at is under
stood and agreed that during such
times as said mill Is idle or not in
operation, watchman shall be
employed BY the insured to be in
and upon the promises constantly,
day and night appearing on
small slip Of paper pasted on the
face of The policy, and having no
connection with the warranties or
clauses Of forfeiture in the policy,
is not such special warranty on
the part of the insured that It's
breach will forfeit the policy or
prevent recovery when the loss is
in no way attributable to such
breaeh. = Hart, V. niagara Fire
ins. Company, 38 Pac., Rep, 2l3
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08

Frenchmen left town the usual
effort was mnde to follow them, but
hs usual, the followers were elnded
Again the FreBchmen returned
laden as before with golden trens
ure, and when they went away the
pursuit was renewed with the for
mer result. For The third time
the Frenchmep visited Yuma,
weighed down with gold, and aot
away again unobserved in spite of
tn hungry vigilance of hundred
gold seekers. This time they LETT
$4,000 worth of gold bullion with
w. s. Hooper, merchant of Yuma,
and now manager Of the Occidental
Hotel of San Francisco. Departing,
they were never again seen ut
Yuma.
When the months rolled INTO a
year there was no doubt that they
had been murdered by the Indians
aud the whole country was overrun
in search for their skeletons, for
it seemed likely that the marvellous
mine could not be far from their
bones. Nothing was ever found
and ten years ago the active search
for the lost Erenchmen was aban-
doned. One of the most earnest
Investigators of this golden secret
was kirkland after whom Kirkland
Valley was named. He renamed
with the old Indians who hung
about Halomas aud Ynma, but the
only thing be ever learned threw no
light on the location Of the mine,
but removed All doubt concerning
the fate Of the l9renchmen. An
Indian told him that they had
been murdered, not waptonly, but
because they refused to take good
.adg4ce. -ysIe. said their gold dig.
gmg WAS watched with difayor by
the indiana, who kept warning
them to get out Of the country, ard
when they left for Yuma the last
time tbev were tod that their re-
turn would be attended by fatli-
ties. They disregaIded the in
formation and came back re-
enfor ced hy two other prospectors.
The whole party were murdered,
The news of the discovery has re-
vved iaterest in the lost Dutch
man Mine" supposed 40 be in the
Superstition Mountain.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08
DEATH XALLEY.
From the Pacific Coast Billion, Los
Angeles, Calf.

From the Pacific Coast Blli)n, Los
Angeles, Calf.
Such wonderful ne xspaper tales
have been told of Death Valley
that it is looked upon as the very
acme of everything that is desolate.
Your correspondent has lately visi-
ted the much written about spo:
and finds that many of the stories
emanated from the fertile brains oil
imaginative travellers, aided by
sensational reporters 1t is true
that it is almost barren waste, but
we failed to find In it the deadly y
upas tree, nor is the bottom paved
with the bones of those who have
gone before. 1t much resembles
the country surrounding it for
miles III extent, and is no more
dangerous to traverse.
The name for Death Valley was
obtained by the tragic fate OF n
party Of emigrants who, from want
of knowledge OF the country, be
came panic s'riken in this barren
spot more than forty years ago,
and quite number perished
Having no authentic information,
we can only give the story that is
current, and that is that betwee n
twenty and thirty persons died tor
want of food and water. That
many deaths have occurred here Is
atiested by the numerous graves
which line the road side; but al
many places in the valley we fouud
Gne water, and n herd Of horses
were fattenng on the wild grass al
Benefits Holes, point IN the
center of the valley.
Death Valley proper is a sink Of
the Armegosa river. 1t is about
fifty miles long and ten miles wide.
The river, so called, has a dry bed
for hundred miles The ilepres-
sion, which Is in purt below sea
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08
FRENCHMEN'S GOLD NINE.

The long sought Frenchman's
gold mine in the Harqua Halas in
Arizona, has been rediscovered &.
The roads leading thereto from
Bonanza Camp, thirty five miles
north, and from all points in the
district. are black with prospectors,
mules, bnrros and packets. Two
sacks of ore worth $70o, were first
found, and then couple of old
and decayed pack saddles, aud fin
ally the ore dunno close to the
mouth Of the long abandoned
mine.
The damp contains enough rich
ore to keep a mill in operation for
many months, while entering the
mine an enormous body is exposed
to view. OF all the famous lost
mines on the coast, none have been
more sought after. None have been
believed to be richer, aud certainly
none were less mythical, foramong
the old protpectors there was ab.
s3lutely no doubt Of it's existence.
Twenty-Five years ago, ffiee
Ffenchmen, whose names nobody
remembers, If any body ever knew,
set out from Yuma, il north
easterIy direction Iua few months
they returned laden with gold,
winch aroused the usual degree Of
excitement produced IN a frontier
town BY such an event. When the
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08

The Wallace, Idaho, Miner says:
During the past month fully i've
hundred men have been thrown
out of employment In the Coeur
d. Alenes, and with exception Of
about one hundred men who last
month got $2.10 and $2.504 a day,
all were receiving $3 or $3.50 per
day. With the exception of about
forty, practically all Of the ono
hundred men, had they aeted In
accordance with their own wishes
and those of their employers,
would have been working to-day
and most likely wonld continue
so all winter.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08
thony hopes to soon have mill on
THREE DOLLARS PER YEAR.

4hony hopes to soon have a mill on
the property.
Five miles south Of PanimiDt
canyon. the Redlapds Mining Com.
pany is operating what was known
as the Riley Mill, which al enc
time worked the ores Of e s.lys.
mine on the opposite aide OF the
valley. 1t has been purchased by
this company, and moved to their
mine. This Mill, OF ten stamps.
was formerly owned by Governor
Morton, of New York.
l.. A. Green has we'll l-developed
mloe, which is opened by a tun-
mel in l76 feet, and shaft 76 feet
deep. Quite number Of mines
have been located in the vicinity.
A few miles further south, ,z61uthet
Redlands company is operating.
At present no other mining II n
being carried on in the noun
tains contiguous to Death VALLEY,
although mineral lie known to exist
in many localities, but owing to the
heavy cost OF transportation, nons
of the mines have ever moved \
success.
In the basin of Death Valley
are large beds of salt and great
quantities of borax. OF the latter,
much has been proGtably mined.
and of this my next letter will treat.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08
THIS WILL RUIN THE GOLD.

The Mercer Utah) Mercury
says; In these days OF new process.
ses for which marvellous things are
claimed mining men have ceased
to be surprised at anything They
listen to the widest stories and
the most improbable reduction
schemes without batting an eye.
But the following story; we think
would stagger the best OF them.
1t at least has the advantage OF
originality. There ia man in
Salt Lake who claims that he has
discovered a vegetable compound
that "ripehs" gold. According to
his theory ore is ripened through
the juices of the vegetation which
grows about it, the rock may con-
tain many thousands OF dollars
worth of gold, but until it is ri.
pened by coming In contact with
these vegetable Juices it is not dis
covered by assayers or otherwise.
According TO this genius, BY treat
ing gold rock with his solution the
bearing capacity IS increased at q
ratio of about $4,000 to onei ore
that goes only trace, after baing
subjected to his tfeatment ". I mill
$l7, 900 or $i8,9e0 per ton. We
fear that gold is on the eve Of
characterization.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08

level, was evidently blow hole of
the earth, as the edges of the val-
ley are lined with basalt, tufa, and
other volcanic rocks As the cen.
turies rolled by Oh their way to
eternity, the great chasm was filed
up by the decomposition and the
wearing down of the adjacent noun.
taius.
The Panamint range forms the
western border of the valley, and
Telescope Peak ises abruptly to a
height of 10,6S0 feet. AS there is
u sheer ascent from the sea level.
it presents an imposing appear
ance. Something like fifty miles
away, Mount Whitney also rises
its snow crowned head to an alti-
tude Of over $4,000 feet, the high
est mountain in the United States.
In point of interest, Death Val
ley does not compare with the Ool-
orado esertarN,birh has also been
visited by the writer. In winter,
the thermometer gets some degrees
below freezing point, and 10 the
summer 140 degrees above in the
shade is common weather. IL is
then that it is dangerous to cross
the wilderness.
Passing from the Panamint Val
ley, through Windy Gap, and fol-
lowing down Long Canyon, we
spent four days in Death Val
lev, subsequently leaving by fol-
lowing up Furnace Creek, and
crossing into the Armagosa at Ash
Meadows But it is the mineral
wealth which surrounds.lt IN which
the readers of the Bullion will be
most Interested To the west, 20
miles distant, is the old camp OF
Panamint. The excitement occur
red here in 1875, and neodreds
made a pilgrimage to the new find.
The town OF Pammiht gained a
population of nearly 1000, and all
was hustle and excitement. All
lines OF business were represented.
| So great was the rush that teams
would have to stay three days IN
line to get up the canyon which
led from the valley to the town
Senators Stewart and Jones were
the inspiring spirits. The mines
were silver, then the ruling metal,
and great were the hopes for Pana-
mint.
But the excitement was short.
lived. Jones failed, and oil Pana-
mint failed with him. To day, a
watchman guards the big mill and
storehouses, and two or three stray
prospectors have the pick OF the
town for house. keeping. When
the population left in a body, all
heavy articles were left behind.
saloons were deserted, with their
fixtures on ths shelves, and to this
day, two billiard tables are stand
inc where their owners left them !.
No one ever claimed that the
mines are exhausted, but that ter.
.or Of the mining camp, a lawsuit
locked them mp indeiinitlya and
for long time destroyed their use
fitness. or late years, however
these complications have been ed-
justed. and patents obtained for
eighteen claims which, bdt Tor the
Isa pFice Of silver would now be
IN operation.
At the present time, a few scat
tering mines are being worked in
the Panamint range. Near Post
Office Springs, Charles Anthony of
Darwin, owns n mine which shows
good ore bodies. Considerable
work has been done, and Mr.. An
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08
WHY ARE GOOD MINES FOR
SALE I?

The answer may be found in a
simple statement OF fact. In a
great many instances the owners
are men whore lives have been
spent in poverty and daily strng-
gle for existence They know
they have fortune: they have had
enough of battle and strife. They
want to enjoy life. They have
dreamed of "good time" and they
want to realize their dreams. The
man, DO matter whether young or
old, who never before had dollar,
who suddenly finds himself the
owner of property worth many
thousands, has an uncomfortable
desire to see his fortune in shining
gold or crisp bank notes. lie wants
to take life easy. lie wants to
move out of miners cabin into a
home provided with the Iuxurie5 OF
life and he don't want to wait.
He has not been wealthy long
enough to want more. He feels
that he never will want more, but
what he has in the way Of property
he wants TO convert at once into
cash. It may be added that there
are now many prospectors climbing
the mountain sides, searching for
gold, who have owned great mines,
sold them and wasted tlleir for
tunes having good time.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08

This city sends greeting to Hon.
Nick GALES. He can call oni this
town in future for anything in the
way of political prefermPnt, and
the call will be cheerfully com
piled with, and there wil4 be two
thousand majmily in BIS favor
wl1vn the votes are conhted. Mr.,
Galles. is,ope of the most ,prQgyeg-
siye and desdtvirg young men IN
the territory, end be is sure of ad
vancemeut, - Albuquerque Citizen
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08

In December the average vslus :
OF the ore milled from the Tread
we'll mine, Alaska, was So 40 per
ton.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1895-02-08

DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Geld Medal Mldwinsrr Pair, San ffsnssseas
Arizona republican., 1895-05-03
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.
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THE lady bug is the friend of the fruit grower. They live wholly on in- sectS.
 THE root louse often causes apple scab, and ashes or lime Around the trunk will fix the root louse.
 IT is very seldom that an orchard is cultivated too much. The fault is usu- ally in the other directlon.
 THE hog is an exceedingly valuable i-sect destroyer among the plum trees, and plums are better than apples for the hog.
 SUCoEss on any line, as rule, is the result of study. There is vast deal of ignorance about orcharding among us Many of us grow fruit, or try to, as a game of chance. THE farmer need not expect a good small fruit patch if he merely plants and does not take care of the same. It must be kept clean and sprayoG: for the prevention of rot, mildew and kindred evils.
 FRUIT growing is a fascinating busi- ness and perhaps seldom meets the high expectations of the enthusiast. But fruit growing under favorable cir cumstances is reasonably proftab ble business.
 CRATES should have a space of eight feet wide, and if eight feet apart, in rows properly trained and tied up to two wires, and kept clean, will sur prise the average farmer in the amount of fruit they will produce.-r
Arizona republican., 1895-05-03
A FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
How Two Warriors in the Interior of
 Africa Settled Their Love Affairs.


 Africa Settled Their Love Affairs.
 Even in the interior of South Africa jealousy will induce men to fight. If two Matabele warriors offer the same number of cows to the father of a belle for her possession, arms are resorted to to decide the superiority of one or the other, and one of the combatants is usually killed in the contest. One of Mai. von Wissmann's officers accidental ly witnessed such duel and described it as follows:
 Toward sundown while resting near an immense powder of the Ingogo drift we were suddenly disturbed from sleep by yelling and a noise of clash;ng arms. Looking up I saw three Zulus jumping around and belaboring each other with thin sticks. asked my servant Tom what was the matter. He replied this was duel for woman. Upon sign of the umpire, who watched the fray, motionless, the sticks were changed for clubs, and another set-to with this formidable weapon followed. Suddenly another sign was given, the clubs were thrown away and both ran in different directions. About thirty yards from the former position both turned and lifted the assagais, throw ing them at each other. One of the Zulus had approached our hiding place, behind the powder. so that could al- most touch him. Just as he lifted his spear for second throw his adver- sary's assagai hit him in the breast. Without sound he collapsed. The other-the victor-returned to the kraal to fetch the woman, now his."
Arizona republican., 1895-05-03
WOMEN IN BUSINESS.

Mss ELLENE A. BAILEY, of New York, has invented and put upon the market about thirty useful articles.
 Mss ELIZABETH PoLHEMUs, a bright young California woman, about twenty years of age, is qualifying herself as a pilot for ocean vessels entering the har- bor of San Diego. In eight months she expects to pass the required examina- tion.
 MIME. CARRIE, business-like French woman, is the private secretary of Col. Waring, New York's street cleaning commissioner. Mime. Carre speaks and writes fuently English, French and Ger man and has some knowledge of Italian.
 Mrs. HARRIET DUTERTE, a colored woman, is one of the most successful undertakers in Philadelphia. She has carried on the business for about twen- ty-fve years. She furnishes hearses, carriages, and all the requisites for funerals.
 MRS. l.. A. STARKwEATHER, of Kansas City, one of the first women solicitors of life insurance, says she finds no diff culty in inducing women to insure. It is much easier than to insure men. Re gently in one month she wrote S211,- 900 on the lives of women.
Arizona republican., 1895-05-03
SHORT CLIPPINGS.

MATRIMoNY is the name of post of office in North Carolina.
 THERE is one nilch COW in this coun- try to every four inhabitants.
 THE ancient Egyptians considered if unhealthy to wash child until it was at least year old.
 THERE are twenty-one law firms in the United States in which husband and wife are partners.
 THREE-FoURTHs of the inventions used in bookbinding are due to the ingenuity of American binders.
 THE biggest gas meter in the world is at East Greenwich. When filled it con- tains twelve million feet of gas.
 THERE are not more than twenty-five Chinese women in New York. They carefully avoid the public gaze.
 SIxTY-FoUR old merchants are SUD- ported by the merchants fund of Phila- delphia. Their ages range from sixty to eighty-three.
 A CHASER" that is shot from a rocket and shoots around the heavens for fully ten minutes has been invented by man in Victoria, Australia.