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perfectly level. That day I got up my
corners. l nailed each pair of boards to-
gether first, then set them erect at the cor
ners, resting each upon two nails driven
in for the purpose, until l had plumbed
them and driven the last nail home.
Then came the tug OF war. 1t was one
thing to make a plate, but quite another
and different task to raise 1t. With all
my strength | pulled at one side until it
rested on the proper posts. Then raised
the other. but by no eontrivance OF
strength or ingenuity could keep it in
place long enough to drive in nail.
The plate, let me explain to the unini-
tiate6, is the set of beams that run about
the four sides of a building up where the
roof joins the walls. My plate fell with a
crash when went to drive a nail into it.,
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-18
The House That Jill Built
How a Plucky Woman Gained a Comfortable HON
the Hillside at a Very Small Cost

ceeded to lay my sills. They were seven
feet long and my five joists were isx feet.
1t was while l was saving my ioists that
learned the difference between ripsaw
and a crosscut-saw. You can make neat
Job by saving across grain with ripsaw,
but when you are working in 3x4 Oregon
pine scantling the operation is attended
by some fatigue. LAID my sills, support
ing the free ends on short pieces OF scant-
ling, well anchored on big, fat stones. That
day I noticed that some builders at work
on a down town building had tied their
sills and supports by short strips OF board.
nailed crosswise to each. so tied mine in
a similar fashion. mention this because
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"Its the crazlest thing you've thought
Of vet and that's saying good deal.
"On the contrary it is perfectly reason
able. perfectly feasible and perfectly de-
ightful to think ef.
"Think of it then to your hearts con-
tent. but rest contenJed with thinking
Why, woman alivei You can't build a
house that would stand up over night.
"At any rate l propose to try" ana
with this fixed determination IN my MIND
I departed to gaze once more upon the
coveted spot where, semi-invalid and
blue, l longed to pitch my tent and estao-
ish a summer-house IN solitude and
peace.
Truly it was tempting spot, where one
might we'll long to dwell. Just there
deep canyon widened. affording vista OF
level valley, broad fields, distant ocean and
the nearer bay. a little above this par
ticular few feet of ground the wind blew
hurricanes at times, little below 1t the
swirling breezes kept upa constant whist
ling and rustling as they gathered to sweep
up the ravine, but just here was region
of calm, small, particular thermal belt,
SO to speak, where no wind ragged and no
fog crept in. Two great live oaks nestled
against the hill and seated with my back
against their trunks spent the entire day
feasting my eyes upon the glorious out
look and making plans, plans architec-
tural and financial. The former were by
far the easier to make and the pleasanter
TO contemplate. Tue latter were some
what obscured by the problem that would
intrude itself: Given bit OF ground, $40
gold piece and one pair OF hands-to
produce a house. I laid the gold piece
fguratively against the side OF the house
had in my minds eye. The ratio wasn't
even 16 to !. But knew had got to have
that house and that coulo have no more
money to put into it. 81 shall build as
big house as can for $40. " said at last,
"and content my self with it"
l sought carpenter acquaintance and
asked him about lumber measurements.
He listened TO my story, chuckling in
frank gIee. did not mind that, however,
for he set himself to work elaborately
upon what he called the "plans and
specifications for my one-story frame
dwelling" When he had finished, cal
culating down to the last screw in the last
hinge, he told me could build snug.
battened cottage 7x6 feet and feet high
on the ridge for SO 65.
''Then that shall be the size of my
house." I said, and gave him an order
forthwith for the necessary lumber.
You'll have to excavate," he had told
me, so I ''excavated." The ground was
not yet fully dried after the rains and
they told me it was soft. Perhaps they
spoke the truth; never yet struck pickax
into the proverbiaI neither milestone, so
am not prepared to say at that rocky
hillside is the hardest thing on earth.
Nevertheless, after two days work with
Pick and hoe Il decided in favor OF the
IEtter tool after throwing out two shovel
tNls OF earth). l had excavated five feet
into the hillside and had level space
about 5x6 defined on two sides by an
earth wall as high as my shoulder. Then
] decided that my house would stand if
one side was propped on stills. and pro
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II can only allow you three-quarters OF
day this time," said my carpenter ac-
quaintance, when he saw me posting down
the road. was too tired even to smile at
the sally, and l think he felt sorry for me.
But next morning l arose rested and
refreshed. My thumb was not even sore
not half so sore as the blisters on my
palms, left by the pick handle. How
blessed the systematic exercise that had
hardened my muscles, the long tramps
and rides of earlier days that had given me
a power to resist fatigue that not even in
validism could wholly destroy. / felt
better still when, on applying the gauge,
found my floor to be perfectly plumb and
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red yarn, and making very conspicuous
as well as valuable head-dress, for the
egret plumes bring $52 an ounce in the
New York market.
The Cocopah Indians believe that their
hair has great deal to do with their
strength and agility. They are great
runners, and often engage in long races
over the desert. Some of the young bucks
will strip off their clothing and orna-
ments and make run of ten miles and
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and the oldest resident. Nut is most
pleasant man to meet and good talker.
He is also good looking man and has a
head of white hair that would make the
fortune of Bishop and set of whiskers
that would assure him of the highest of
fee within the gift OF the Popullsts.
The ~ years that old Nut has spent on
this earth have been most interesting and
exciting ones to him. According to his
own story he has done about everything
there is to do, including falling in love and
going fishing with Daniel Webster. AL
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Pursued by the Fire Fiend
4 Man Who Went Fishing With Daniel Webster Has
Very Poor Luck in Building Houses

Victor w. Nuttmann of Niles is, per-
haps, the only builder in California whose
Houses have, with one exception, all been
destroyed by fire. The flames have fol-
lowed his work over a period of thirty-five
years and the only structure of his they
have left standing is the one he now oc-
cupies himself. As it is the last one left
he looks for it to go any moment.
Few people outside OF Niles know old
Nut" as he is called, but everybody
knows him down that way and gives him
all the respect due the oldest inhabitant
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creeks, lakes and rivers abound in the
volcano region, and when the local
ity becomes known it will become noted
Tor its production of tropical fruits, for
the temperature is high here almost all
the year round.
Horses and mules. moved by instinct,
can only with the greatest difficulty be
made to go near the volcanoes, and they
tread lightly and sniff the air suspiciously
all the time they are forced to remain any
where near. They seem to be afraid of
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fellows frequently have sour or five pounds
of beads on their bodies, and he who
exhibits the greatest quantity is nightly
respected by the young women of the
tribe, no matter what his natural attri-
butes.
Both men and women in the Cocopah
tribe are very fond of painting their faces
in all imaginable colors. Black, red, blue
and yellow are the colors most frequently
used, and the com binations effected by a
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the guidance of Luman H. Gaskill, who
is familiar with all the 'sert and noun
tain region OF Lower California, came upon
this carcass of q whale and were con-
siderably astonished. Almost anything in
the animal kingdom might have been ex-
pected in the region of mud volcanoes ex-
cept whale.
The question naturally arose, Where did
this whale come from? The common
California gray whale averages about
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headquarters under the house until, fear
ing for its foundations, l drove him away.
There were no tramps to molest or make
afraid, and no creatures more formidab BILE
than cows and coyotes ever passed
All about me were tall woods and deep
canyons, inviting to tramps and explora-
ton, with health, happiness and bene-
diction to be had for the taking in each
and all.
On the whole, if there is half-sick
woman in San Francisco to-day. tired and
worn with the incessant strain of city
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forty-fve feet in length. and this levlathan
was twice that size. Professor Welch.
scientist who was with the party, could in
no manner account for the presence of the
whale SO far from the gulf or ocean. If it
came from the gulf up the Hardy River
the whale was evidently an overgrown
specimen of the gray species. or if one of
the sperm family it had evidently come
into this mysterious part of the world
through subterranean passages.
The Black Lake at the volcanoes is said
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however, the dude of to-day is the bare
skinned buck of tomorrow, for the vice
of gambling is prevalent among them to
an amazing degree, and nothing is too
sacred to be withheld from the jackpot,
except beads. The Indian of the Cocopah
tribe who does not own one or more strings
of beads is poor indeed and liable TO be
regarded by his friends as "loose in the
upper story" In their nose, in their ears.
or around their wrists or ankles beads are
always to be seen. Some of the young
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part OF The country, are a small tribe in
number, but they are large in stature and
well developed, but ignorant. They are
disposed to be peaceable to the whites, but
allow no other Indians to squa. on their
territory. Prospectors have said that the
Cocopahs resemble other tribes in the
amount of clothing they can get along
without. But on occasions the Cocopahs
can array themselves in seemly garments
and unseemly paint until they appear
quite stylish, from tn cir own standpoint,
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to be unfathomabe, and the Indians as
well as intelligent white men believe that
it is connected by an underground passage
with the ocean. If whale should make
that passage it would be scalded to death
in the volcanoes and thrown up into
the stream that runs directly into Hardy
River. All around the carcass in the sand
at the edge OF the river oil stands in great
pools.
| The Cocopah Indians, who inhabit that
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free use of these paints stamp the Coco
pehs as leaders of this branch of art. The
men wear their hair long and it is never
cut. but the squaws crop their hair off just
below their ears. A Cocopah buck is as
careful of his locks, in his way, as is the
most accomplished belle among the
whites. A common practice among the
Indians is to twist their hair upon the top
of the head and plaster it over with blue
mud or clay. After several days the mud
is exceedingly hard, and week of con-
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at least. They exhibit considerable pride
when visitors go among them and hasten
to don the best clothes they have, realiz-
ing that better impression is to be made
on their guests by show of garments
than could possibly be made with the
naked form or with nothing but the SIM
pie breech-clout.
A Cocopah buck possessed of red shirt
and pair of overalls is classed as dude
among his jealous associates. Often,
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breaking through the
crust of earth that
separates them from
the internal regions
underneath. Men,
more foolhardy and
venturesome, go. to
the edge OF the spout
ing craters, dip their
hands in the strong
mineral springs aid
taste everything in
sight.
The tides of the
Gulf of California are
perceptlble forty
miles up the Hardy
River toward the
volcano region. The
river hugs the noun
tains known as the
Cocopah range, very
rocky and barren
hills. These noun
tains have become
somewhat noted as a
result of the stories
concerning rich dis
coveries of placer dig
gings in the hot
. .
canyons, but men
who know the region
say that the diff
culties of mining
there make it a pre-
carious calling. The
few prospectors al
ways to be found in
the mountains are
| compelled TO bring
water for drinking
purposes a distance
OF ten miles, and all
dirt from the pIacers
has to be dry-washed. d
A marvel of the
| Cocopah region is
the carcass of a wha e
100 feet long that lies
in q badly decom-
posed condition on
the bank of Hardy
River, a few miles
below the volcanoes
and Black Lake. A
party OF tourists who
visited the region q
! 80 ~ y n -
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sary to free the buck
from his earthen
skuilcap.
Travellers in the
Cocopah Mountains
have often seen the
redskins lying on a
sand bar in the river,
the backs of their
heads resting in the
water undergoing the
soaking process. A
prospeotor after wit
Messing a sight of
this kind gave it as
his opinion that the
phrase go soak your
b g a d I" originated
with the Cocopahs.
The long, slender
bodies of the Indians,
PROSTATE in the broil-
ing sun at the waters
edge and lying as still
as death suggests 10
the observer alliga-
tors taking a sun
bath. The scourge of
flies and mosquitoes
is borne without a
finch until the mud
is thoroughly soaked
out and the hair
washed, when the
thick hirsute mass
presents a very glossy
appearance. Then the
bucks twist it by a
Iaborious process into
small rolls, the size
of a forefnger in cir
cumference. In this
condition it is al
lowed to hang down
their backs. The
young fellows, and
the old ones, too, for
that matter, hold
their heads well back
in order to allow
their hair to fall
straight down their
backs. Their hair,
too, is often adorned
with plumes of the
W h t. e heron, or
4araf -raI .4L l.
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life, hardly knowing what to do with or
for herself; if she is strong enough to bear
solitude and is not possessed of more than
the ordinary feminine timidity / can
heartily recommend her to seek a lodge,
if not in some vast wilderness, at least
sufficiently '.far from the madding crowd"
to admit of aloneness and its attendant
peace, there to dwell. and, in the quaint
French phrase, MAKE heI soul for sea-
son." JILL GILLoTsoN.
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A fash of lightning is often mile long.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-08
BIKE RACES IN NEW YORK.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept THE BIZ
cycle races held under the auspices Of
the Ramblers' Bicycle club attracted
10000 people to the Buffalo athletic
field this afternoon. The weather and
track were perfect for good racing.
Among the professionals entered were
John S. Johnson of Minneapolis and
j. w. Parsons Of Australia. Johnson
succeeded in capturing the one-mile
professional, after hard struggle with
Parsons and Werwick Of Buffalo Par
sons was beaten for second place by
only a few feet. In the mile handicap
Johnson started from the scratch, but
was unable to catch the leaders, and
gave it up after the third lap. Clint
Davis of Buffalo from the ninety-five-
yard mark won the race. Parsons did
not start in this race.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-08
GREAT GOLD DISCOVERY.
RICHEST BODY OF ORE EVER DIS
COVERED.
The Old Faithful, Nenr hammock,
Produces the Precious AIetai-Ner
Mayiower District.
Especial to The Herald.)


BUTTE, Mont, Sept. 7.-Another
great gold discovery has been made in
Montana, and this time in a neighbor-
hood which furnished many millions of
gold to the world in its placers. E. l..
Thurston, the general manager of the
Old Faithful mine, a few miles from
the ancient town of Bannock, arrived
in this city today with news that a
most important discovery had been
made there during the past week. A
ledge of ore of unknown width was
opened UP, which is richer than any
thing yet discovered in the state of
Montana
The Old Faithful was worked many
years ago, but was abandoned until
recently, when a New York company,
headed by Mr.. Thurston, took charge
has been employed for some time, with
Indifferent results, until last week,
when the rich ore body was found
The richness of the ore may be judged
from the fact that seventeen ounces of
the rock yielded a quarter of pound of
gold, and it is understood that it was
not a picked piece of rock, either. The
company is a close corporation and
there is no stock for sale, but never
theless the fact of the discovery has
been kept a secret until the present
time. The reports of wonderful strikes
in the new Mayfiower district have been
confirmed by later Investigations and
developments. Old mining men declare
that it is the richest body of gold ore
ever known in the world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-08
VENEZUELAN QUESTION.
Additional Correspondence Soon to
BE Made Public.

BE Made Public.
NEW YORK, Sept. IA Herald special
from Washington says: Additional cor
the United States ON the Venezuelan
question has been put in print and Will
shortly be made public. 1t relates solely
to the question of settled districts, and
consists OF a communication from Lord
salisbury, in which he further insists that
the territory already occupied by British
citizens should be eXemptafrom considera-
ton by an arbitration tribunal, and a re-
ply from Secretary Olney.
In the latter note, Secretary OIney
askes Lord Salisbury to state whether oc-
cupancy alone gives settler clear title
to the property upon which he is located
ana IL so what length OF time should
elapse to give him such a title
Unofticia4ly it is known that Lord Sails
bury is framing another note in which he
again discusses the settled district QueS-
tlon and, ii is thought, makes some con-
cessdons. AS far as any one at the state
department is advised, the one main ques-
ton of granting the long pending bound
airy dispute to arbitration will continue
10 be a subject of negotiation for some
time yet. 1t is the firm belief of state de-
partment officials, however that the presi-
dent. in his next annual message to con-
gresS, will be able to show that arbitra-
t.oA IS IN sight if not actually accom-
plished.
Although it is not officially admitted, it
may be safely stated that the report of
the Venezuelan commission will not be
between the administration and Lord
Salisbury had been reached in regard to
the appointment of an arbitration tri-
bunal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-08
FILES AND REVOLVER.
The Pearl Bryan Murderers Pre-
pared to Escape.

The Pearl Bryan Murderers Pre-
pared to Escape.
CINCINNATI, O., Sept. IA negro
prisoner named Walker was searched
last night by a turnkey in the Coving-
ton Jail, and 3S-calilbre revolver was
found in his pocket. Walker occupied
q cell adjotnfng the ones iii which
Jackson and Walling, the Pearl Bryan
nrurderers, are confined. The jailer
suspected a. plot to break Jail and or
derd the cells searched. In WalLing' S
cell half dozen saws were found.
Both Walling and Jackson protest their
innocence but the jaileTs think the plot
was 10 have been carried out ait 6
O'Clock this morning, when only two
men would have been on goard.
A search of Jaclls0ns cell this after
noon disclosed two fine steel saws hid
den between the sole and lining of am
extra pair of tan shoes which belonged
to the prisoner. The revolver found in
Walkers pocket has been identified as
enc owned by Wailing before his ar
rest A rigid investigation will be
made as to how 1T got into Walker S
possession.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-08
GAUDAUR THE VICTOR.
stansbury Badly Beaten BY the Ca
madam Onrsman.

Sims DuTy bdU1y oealen Oy tAC III
madam Onrsman.
LONDON, Sept. THE single scull
race for the Worlds championship
and a stake of $500 between Jacob
Gaudaur, the Canadian oarsman, and
James Stansbury Of Victoria, Austria
liza, who won the championship by de-
feating Charles R. C'Wag') P. Hard
ing of Putney on July Is last, was
rowed today and resulted in victory
for the Canadian, who won with the
greatest ease.
The race was rowed over the old
championship course Of four miles and
three hundred yards from Putney to
Mort lake, and was witnessed by large
crowds of people, who lined the river
banks.
The start was made at 1:45 p. m.
Gaudaur was first to catch the water
and soon had a good lead. which ne
gradually increased, until passing
Hammersmith bridge he was nearly
ten lengths ahead, and quite that dis
tance in the lead at the finish.
Gaudaur was the first to get away,
but 500 yards from the start StanSbury
who was pulling steadily, crept up and
gradually passed Gaudaur, leading the
Canadian by a quarter of a length at
CIaSper's boat yard When Stansbury
river bank became greatly excited and
cheered themselves hoaIse. Gaudaur
rowed desperately and chung to his
opponent closely. Both men at this
stage of the race were pulling grad
ually.
At Beverley Brook Gaudaur had
pulled away from his opponent so that
he led by q. quarter of a length, and
was the same distance in the lead at
81 L,-o1 h.
this time dropped their stroke to thirty
to the minute, but Gaudaur was row.
ing with more power in his strokes
and was a clear length in advance at
Crab Tree. Continuing to row very
fast, the Canadian increased his speed,
and at the Harrodts wharf he led by
a Length and half.
AT this point Gaudaur took STAINS
bury's water, whereupon the Australians
spurted vigorously, obviously trying
for a foul. This move caused Gaudaur
to go back to his own side, losing
somewhat thereby, for when he
reached his own water he was leading
by rather less than a length. When
they shot through Hammersmith
bridge, which they reached in min
utes and so seconds, Gaudaur again
went over toward Stansbury's water,
and the Australian repeated his at
leHpI 10 lOul HIS OppOuSut, Ills lllllC
with more success than before. STAINS
bury put on a furious squirt and man
aged to foul the Canadian just off the
lead mills; but after this he was never
in the race. Seeming to be satisfied
that he was beaten. he held up from
the moment he fouled his opponent
and did not appear at any time there
after to exert himself much. Gaudaur
kept on with his powerful strokes, go
,.-1@x ,efIx- 4
increasing his Lead every moment.
Indeed, from the lead mills to the fin
ish it was procession. Gaudaur
reaching the winning post about 200
yards ahead of the Australian cham
pion. Gaudaur's time was % minutes.
1 second, and Stansbury's time % min
utes and 10 seconds.
Upon crossing the finish line STAINS
bury protested against Gaudaur being
awarded the race, alleging that the
latter had fouled. His claim was not
allowed.