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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29

From tho San Francisco Post.
What kind of fish do you find most re-
muneratiye?' L asked the owner Of stall
IN the California market.
Him" was the reply, as he jerked his
thumb in the direction OF a monster green
turtle that lay en- his back blinking at the
ceiling.
DO you sell many of them
Never sold one of them yet"
Then how do you make money out or
them?"
Il rent him"
but he can't be used dozen times like
a church fair oyster.
Yes he can. L just rent him to the
restaurants when they have turtle soup
OF green turtle steaks on the bill of fare.
The restaurant man ties him upside with
a sign on his back: Turtle soup today
Then next day some other restaurant rents
him. and so on the week round. | get 80
cents a day for him as a drawing card.
That's $3.50 a week that l have made cat
of him regularly for eight months-say
S120 in round figures. 1t doesn't cost any
thing to feed him, and L guess he VIII live
longer than L will. / wish | had routes
tor ABOUT ten more turtles"
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A Retort of Cripple Creek Gold.

mad no money to develop it and he finally
sold 1t for $500. A few months after he
made the sale. one-third Of the FL I'aso
was sold for $4,000, and it is now consid-
cred very valuable property. 1t was Wo-
mack who first had faith In the Cripple
Creek gold region. He held the FL Paso
for long time before he sold 1t and he
worked on the cattle farm of Bennett &
Meyers upon which have since been To-
Gated some of the best Cripple Creek mines
in order to get the money to continue his
prospecting. He dug holes all over this
farm in his search for gold. The owners
of the farm laughed at him and told him
that ne must cover up his holes, as their
cattle fell into them. He did this and Wen.
on. From time to time he took rock down
TO Denver to be assayed and he found
that 1t ran as high as $500 per ton. After
the miners began to come to Cripple Creek
he gave away number of claims which
ne had on Gold Hill, and some of these
claims within year afterward sold for
S4O.O0O. By the time the camp was in full
blast he found himself worth nothing, and
now he says of himself that his old friends
pass him by with sneer and those who
have the most of the wealth which he has
discovered do not even say Have a cigar
Bob" FRANK G. CARPENTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29

Favorights. Ty umpires dat ty Pets has
brought wit 'em is all knowed here, but
every one err ty sluggers ty Favorights has
Drought along is a rank outsider. One by
one ty umpires fur ty Pets has been put
~ sleep. an l got some information jist
now which goes ty show dat de Favorights
mas been ringin' in sure things on us.
TWO of DER nine umpires is de middle
weight champeens of Illinois an Ioway,
respectfully, an tree of 'em is heavy
weight champeens of different sections of
de country. l s'pose ty rest is in de same
class, an we're right up agn wot has
been ty ruination Of SO much good sport
ty practice o workin' in professionals in
disguise ter do up gents dat goes inter ty
biz for ty sport OATS in it,
wrathy murmur arose from the crowd.
"Wot l perpose doin'." he went on, us
ter call ty match off right here. OF course,
ty Favorights'li objeck, but If dey insists
on playin' it out er clain1in' ty victory,
will ty gang stan by me?'
The audience was divided in its affilia-
tons, but by getting each faction to stand
up 1t was ascertained that the majority
sympathiZed with OFlynn's proposition
Overawed by stress Of numbers, the Fa-
vorites yielded without a combat, and as
the spectators filed away MIR. OFlynn sad
ly unused:
Oats ty way ty ting always goes,
sooner or later. Dere's eruption in ty
ballot box an eruption in boss racin', an
tyday has witnessed ty detblow of wan
o ty finest variations on ty noble game O.
base ball dat ever was invented"
PHILANDER JOHNSON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29

The Product Used for Fuel In Il
Power Houses in q California Tow

The Product Used for Fuel In the
Power Houses I'm IA California Town.
From the San Francisco Chronicle.
STOCKTON, August 1.-THE question of
power in Stockton was solved by the Stock
ton Gas and Electric Company today and
during the greater portion of the day the
entire system Of electric cars on the five
miles Of street railway in Stockton was be-
ing operated by electricity generated by an
engine using natural gas. Stockton's sup
ply of gas is large, and limitations Of it
have not been found yet.
Inc gas company owns daily output of
about 100000 feet, and as all of that is not
taken by customers burning gas for light
and fuel, fully half of the supply is turned
under the boilers at the electric works for
the purpose OF making steam. The amount
or power so secured from the gas was not
up to the expectations, or rather up to the
desires or the company, for they did not
Know what they ought to expect, and for
more than month Manager Adams has
ceen at work fitting up an engine to burn
gas and SO convert it into power direct.
The engine used is an Otto engine made
In the east. and is the largest one on the
racine coast. and the only Oh that was
ever used to run an elec tric power plant or
an electric lighting plant The engine uses
about 1000 feet of the natural gas an hour
and develops its full horse power, though
1t was not compelled to Use it all yesterday
tenn Is about 10 horse power
The engine was started at o'clock this
afternoon. and a few minutes thereafter
the work of running the car lines was turn
ed on 1t, one circuit at a time, until the
engine was carrying the whole load, which
she had taken up without jar or hitch
Fer several hours the cars were operat ed
by tRe electricity SO generated, and the
manager of the gas company received the
congratulations of the large company in
Guiding the city councilmen and others who
were watching the experiment.
With rIany hundred thousand feet of the
gas going to waste for ii cannot he figured
at more than one-fourth its value when
turned under 4 boiler to make steam, and
with so much power generated by only a
small portion of the amount, the company
figures that 1t can get power for practically
nc thing. The great well of the company a
the corner of Hunter and North streets was
finished today, and the boring outfit was
moved TO the corner of Anderson and Pill
grim streets, where the sinking of another
we'll will be commenced at once. The flow
Of gas found at the last well is not known
for on that proposition the managers Of
the company are silent. but it is reported
to be equal to the flow from any of the
other wells. and the fact that another well
is 10 be sunk Immediately leads the people
tC guess that the strike was good. The en-
CINE will be used for a few days on the
street car current and will then be put at
" rk one or more of the electric light
circuits.
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He Earned His Money.
From Tid-Bits.


A German in western town got into
trouble with quarrelsome man who had
been terror to his neighborhood and left
him dead. young and inexperienced law
yer undertook the defense of the German,
and just before the case was to be tried he
found, to his dismay. that the jury was
composed of eleven combative-looking
countrymen Of the murdered man, the
twelfth being German. A defense fund
YES Immediately raised, and the German
vas approached with a promise that, if he
managed to get the accused off with a
simple verdict Of manslaus liter. it would
be worth $1,000 to him. All he had to do
was to stick to the one word ''mansaugh-
ter" The verdict came in granddaughter
and the joyful lawyer for the defense could
not get the $1,000 into the Germans hands
too quickly. Shaking hands with him and
transferring the money, he slapped him on
the back and said:
You did nobly! You must have had a
terrible time making those men agree to
simple manslaughter."
Veil. I should say so-dey vas all for
acQuittal!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29
A Young Lawyers Drea nm.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
Two young Wisconsin lawyers net In
Milwaukee few days ago. They were the
brightest members Of the University Law
School class OF '33. One has been dabblng
in politics. been a delegate to a number of
conventions and is head and front of his
party in the city in which he lives. The
other has given his entire time 10 his pro-
fession and is laying by good deal Of
money. While the two We're on the street
talking politics, a friend of each came
along and entered into the discussion. RI
rally the friend said to the money making
man:
You see BIZ is getting to the front
the first thing you know he VIII be In the
lower house of Congress. While you re-
main ploddng barrister,''
Yes, that's true.'' replied Nathan. 'BilI
viii 20 TO Washington; be reelected three
or four times, laid aside, and come back
looking for a practice and a chance 10
earn some money to pay his debts: while 1.
my dear sir. Will have made my little pie,
and can buy-let me sea seat in the
Uni ed states Senate"
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Ing out ore and rock. / asked him whether
the mine was worth uything. He said that
he did not think that it was worth much, and
that Stratton would never get anything out
of ii. L went into the building, however
and Clipped off bit of the ore and put it in
my pocket That night l had it assayed.
1t ran 500 to the ton. | sounded Stratton
and found L could get the mine for $4,000
cash at an option of $4,000 | replied that
l could not make an offer until | could go
through the mine and make a number of
assays. and that while the first might
run good, that which 1 got later might not
be worth mining. This was agreed to. and
we had better buy the mine. when l got a
letter from him, saying that the panic had
struck Denver. He said that everything
was fiat, and that Moffat had written him
to go slow, and not to buy anything for a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29
PITTsBURG.s PINGREE GARDENS.
Over 100 Families Living on the Lit
tie Plots.


From the Pitsburg Dispatch.
The Pingrea potato patch experiment has
tren a success in Pittsburg. Over 100
families have earned good livings by till
ing the garden plots and Some few of the
Industrious farmers have succeeded in
making little money. They had much to
contend with. however, and the success
made only after great effort The
vegetables were planted out very late, the
potatoes in some of the plots decayed be-
cause of the wet weather and the weeds
grew luxuriantly. To add to this the gar
den committee Of the Civic Club for a time
was distressed financially. DR.. Francis lie
Moyne and Maj. Howard Morton have
worked theoretically. however and they
have made the plan successful.
The first disappointment was in the fall
ure of the "model farm" on the Schenley
estate on 9Th avenue. The Civic Club
thought this would be a splendid place to
exhibit the operation of the plan A large
acreage was divided into lots and assigned
to the applicants The city farmers found
that the soil was poor and that weeds
thrived better than vegetables. The po-
tatoes rotted in the ground, and the tiller
who had hopes for good crops became dis
outraged
The garden committee had prepared for
just such an emergency. Vacant lots that
had been left over after the assignment to
the poor were planted and titled by labor
hired by the Civic Club and those whose
gardens failed to yield were each given one
of the reserved lots. They thus lost no
time or labor. Many who had also taken
the gardens to temporarily tide them over
distressing period secured good positions
and their lots were reassigned to their
neighbors. These were worked on the
shares. the club taking half of the YIELD
Through the energy of Superintendent
A. G. Peterson the 100 gardeners worked
faithfully, cleared their patches of weeds
and each raised on an average forty
bushels to his little plot. This is consid-
cred an excellent showing for the first sea
son. after late start. All the families
have raised enough vegetables for their
living. and many have sold half the yield.
Turnips are now being planted in large
quantities These will be ready to harvest
in the late fall
The Civic Club had much trouble raising
money and they have decided to adopt an
idea advanced by S. S. Marvin. This is to
calculate the cost of blowing and seeding
the lots, and ask citizens to become re-
sponsible for the payment of expenses for
one lot or a dozen. 1t is estimated that
each lot will cost 49, and In this way the
plan will be successful.
Secretary Morton said yesterday that
much more land would be obtained for next
year. 1t will be plowed this fall so that
no delay will be experienced in starting IN
the spring. Many people We're being in
terested in the work and the success Of the
scheme for another year was bright
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An Unfinished Portrait.
Fro m the London Globe.

The most important painting executed
by Felasquez. the celebrated Spanish
painter, toward the end of his career and
by some considered his masterpiece. was
the large group at Madrid known as THE
Maids Of Honor" Into this painting Vel
asquez introduced a portrait Of himself
working at easel
King Phillip was nightly interested In
the progress of this picture, and visited the
painter daily during it's production AT
length in the course of one Of these visits
Velasquez laid down palette and brushes
and declared the painting finished
Not quite" said the king. Zone detail
is lacking" and taking up brush he be-
gan to work on the portrait of the painter
With few touches he sketched on his
breast the cross Of the Order of Knight
hood Of Santiago. one of the highest hon.
ors it was in his power to bestow.
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A Remarkable Conscience.
From the Cleveland Leader.

From the Cleveland Leader.
iii tell you the queerest thing you ever
heard" said Chief Dickinson of the fire
department the other day, land it is a true
story at that. In 1864, toward the end of
the war, 1 was at Fort Lincoln, at Wash
ington, the leader of the band of the 15Oth
Ohio Regiment. The war was hot, and, Of
course, We We're all intensely Interested in
the very latest we could git about it,
Newspapers were scarce, and when we
managed to get hold of one we regarded it
as a treasure.
'.One day 1 was fortunate enough to get
hold Of a copy Of the Philadelphia In
quirer, which contained lot of war news.
After 1 had read 1t 1 handed it around
among the boys, and finally loaned it to a
man named Breymeier. Yesterday who
should walk into my Office but Breymeier,
who returned the paper with thanks He
was looking over his old papers to get in
formation to assist the widow Of an old
comrade in getting a pension, and he ran
across the Inquirer. What do you think
of the conscience of a man who would
return paper after all that timer
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andS of dollars month. Some will whisper
how they sold mines for a song which are
row worth millions. and others will curse
their luck as they describe the fortunes
which have slipped through their fingers.
Half Million for ..Grub."
| saw man hauling logs at the town of
Victor. near Cripple Greek. the other day
who sold q NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. mine to pay
a grocery bill of $40 He vas earning S.
day. and he was working for the men who
bought mis- mine Ills name is Jerry Win
ctrll- Four years ago he owned a number
OF the best locations in The Cripple Creek
district. but now he is not worth a cent
The mine which went for grub is famous
here Ii is known The Last Dollar"
Winchen located it in 1891, and not long
after that. when he found himself in debt
TO the amount of so to II. H. Mills a gro
ccryn:an. nc gave him the mine to square
the Dill Mills was not satisfied with the
settlement. He objected, Dut Wincheil mad
no money ard he had to take it. Three years
later. however. he sold the mine for 5000
and the purchaser rcsoid ii d month or so
after that to Senator N3lcott and o. hers for
slohopp. Now it is producing quantities of
gold. and no one knows what il will bring in
the future.
saved 500. but Lost n Million.
1 sat at dinner in Browns Hotel in Den-
Yer the other day beside 4 fiorid- faced
lonG-hearded man from Colorado Springs
We soon began to talk of the mines OF
Cripple Creek. The subject of the Isabella
Company came up. and l asked him if he
knew anything as to the Cripple Creek
mines owned by it.
res, said he. Il should say I do. Their
best mine. YOU know is the Biena Vista
Ii pays almost all the profits OF the Isa-
ht la company. It's vein has been traced
for three thousand feet. and il has already
ptouuc-f more than sHD.mD worth of gold.
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horn. He was a rather superstitious fell
low, and he thought that this was an omen
that he was to dig there for gold. He at
| once named his claim 1.-The Deer Horn"
and set out the stakes which made it his
own. He had no money, and he was COM
PEELED to do all the work himself. He dug
ladder, he went down with a bucket and
laboriously carried the rock TO the top. At
ter time he rugged up wndlass and
thus hauled it out. After some weeks he
sent some of the rock to Pueblo to be
| sayed, friend advancing him the cash TO
pay for the assay. The report was that
the best ore contained 50 cents worth of
gold to the ton. In reading it, however, old
Sterritt mist ook the figures for IS instead
of 50 cents. THAT isn't at all bad" said
he, and he went on mining. At last. how
ever he came to the end of his grub"
and he walked off to his home thirty miles
away, to work at his trade as carpenter for
a week or so in order TO save enough
money to go on with his mine. While he
was away the owners of one of the stamp
mills examined the mine and when he
| came back they offered him dollar a ton
FOR all the rock on the surface Of his claim
Tor a distance of 100 feet in length, % feet
IN width and q feet in depth. This Sterritt
accepted, and he was soon making from
$40 to sl5 day. In the meantime a specu-
later jumped his mine. and he had to fight
for 1t in the courts.
The other miners. however. saw the In
JuStice OF the jumpers claim and they
burned him In etfigy and scared him so
that he did not dare to appear at the trial
While the suit was pending Sterritt ship
ped more than $12,0OG worth of precious
rock. and when he was offered $4,000 for
his mine he took it and left for his old
home in Indiana. During the same year
that he sold it the Deer Horn shipped
Si2b.No worth of ore. Within the past few
months 1t has been resold and it is now
10 be operated in connection with the Sum-
init mine, which adjons it on the north
lts new owners intend to put In the finest
OF machinery and they claim that the mine
contains fortune in its immense bodies
OF low grade ore.
Found Millions; Worth Nothing.
1t Is sad to know that those who do the
most for the world often reap the least
reward. Marshall, who discovered gold in
California. died pauper. The man who
laid bare the riches of the Oil fields of
Pennsylvania was in his last days depend
ent on charity, and Bob Womack the
prospector who first showed up the riches
of this Cripple Creek gold camp is now
| living in little log cabin in sight of mines
worth millions and struggling hard to get
more than a living. His story is that Of
many miners For twenty years he has
Deen prospecting. and now, at forty-three
having found millions, he is worth nothing
He came to this region ten years in al-
vance OF any one else and Staked out a
| number OF Claims. among others what is
now known as the FL Paso mine which is
! SAID TO be worth half a million. He owned
tnlS prospect for some time, but could
! not get others to believe in its riches. He
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29
Men Who Missed NiII,ons

And STILL as l have said, Stratton offered
to sell out a number of times during the
earlier days of the Independence. but at
this time there were none who had enough
faith to buy. Now it is said that he is
making such Improvements that he will in
time be able to take million dollars
worth of gold out of the mine in single
day. and that one of his boasts is that he
VIII soon ship car load of ore which will
be worth at least Sl01SD He has already
shipped $ID.ot0 worth of ore in day. and
ne is doing all he can to keep from allow
ing the mine to pay more than $4,000 a
month The Portland mine. of which
have already written, was once offered to
New York parties for $4,000. But the ex-
perts who were sent here reported that
there was only $4,000 worth of ore In sight
and the New Workers refused the offer
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IL ERE y tE I-,VN)
men in Cripple Creek.
and fully 10000 of
them are mourning
over the fortunes
they have lost. You
m q e I eV ery d a Y
miners who will tell
you how near they
came to owning the
Portland. the indie
pendence, the Victor
or other big mines
which are now turn
i,0 out tarc 90 tl,nt.,
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my employ discovered It, He was one of
those fellows who are always hard up and
one day he came to me and told me that
MS FAMILY were out of PROVISIONS. and that
he must have money. He spoke of ;ce
Buena Vista prospect and offered me a half
interest in 1t for SlJJ. | told MIN that
you'd give him the provisions, but | did
not want the mine. 1 said / did not beliey g
there was any gold in the Cripple Creek
region The result was that he went away
and sold the interest to other parties
Within two weeks those parties sold their
half interest for $2O.cUo, and a month later
my man got SIGGD for his share. The
Isabella mining stock at its present selling
value IS worth more than a million. 1t has
paid SltD,tsD within a month in dividends
and / could have gotten one-half of it for
500. on. Lord 1t makes me sick when I
think of IT,
How Stratton Came Near Losing the
Independence.
The Independence gold mine is said to he
the richest in the world. 1t has. II is said
from five to seven million dollars worth Of
gold in sight. and its owner who was
working at his trade as carpenter five
years ago, would not now sell ii for SO :
100000 cash. And still the Independence
mas several times been offered for sale and
the offer refused. This was in the first
days of its history one of Dave Moffat's
experts told the other night how near
he came 10 buying it. Said he:
1t was several years ago. before the
Cripple Creek region much developed
that l came here from I.eadvillle to see
what | could find for Mofat Eben Smith
mime for $4,000. and have. as you know
made about a million out of it, Well one
day L was walking about STATIONS mine
when saw a miner whom ! knew shovel