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workmen and their miles Of posses
sions with a power that resembled the
feudalism fast dying out in their ma
tive land. Fine mansions. with their
solidity and size embellished with
many elegancies sprang up in the
winding valleys with little tenants or
workmen's cottages clustering around
them. The ancient church of St.
Mary's was built as place of worship,
and here their mother religion solaced
them on the Sabbath, baptized and mar
rjed them and buried them in the little
churchyard where their headstones
still wear a look of ancient, aristccratic
pride. Samuel Mutt, proprietor and
first autocrat of the Coventry; mines
and FORCES, took William Branson, a
Philadelphia, into partnership about
172S, but their relations were not en-
tirely satisfactory and each established
iron works of his own. Mutt was gath
cred to his fathers in 1887, but under
the care of his widow Anna and. his
children, the mills grew and prosper
ed greatly. In his will Mutt bequeath-
ed to his widow and daughter, Rebecca,
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the principal rooms of the mansion.
On one side is an ancient garden. with
the old-tlme box borders grown waist
high in confused jungle of neglected
foliage. On the opposite end of the
main building stretches a long wing,
It's interior subdivided into kitchens
and many small chambers. where the
Workmen ate and slept. Close by are
kitchen gardens, the quaint spring
house, with it's underground gallery:
an ancient log barn-one of the first
buildings erected here-and groups of
small storehouses and outbuildings.
Below the mansion house extends a
group of mammoth barns, each with
It's overhanging projections upheld by
round stone pillars forming a protect
ed porch. These buildings were once
the stables and batting places of scores
OF horses and mules, for wagons had.
to be used not only to haul charcoal
from the forests and ore from the
neighbOring mines, but to convey the
manufactured iron to distant markets..
The body of one of the ancient wagons
is still preserved in the charcoal house.
It is picturesque affair, ribbed on the
outside and turned up at the ends like
boat. Shortly after Samuel Nuts
death, Warwick Furnace witnessed the
first manufacture of the famous Frank
lin stoves. Robert Grace, manager of
the furnace and one of the Mutt family
by marriage, was friend of BENJAMIN
L1ro ri in tha 70
and philosopher thus describes the
transa ction in his autobiography: 'In
order Of time I should have mentioned
before that having in 1742 invented an
open fireplace for the better warming
Of rooms and at the same time saving
fuel, as the fresh air admitted was
warmed in entering, I made a present
of the model to Robert Grace, one of
my early friends, who, having an iron
furnace, found the casting of the plates
for these stoves a profitable thing, as
they were growing in demand" These
stoves are now very rare. At first
glance one would suppose them to be
shallow open fireplaces, with very
broad, rounded hearths. A back plate
extends upward and forward toward an
overhanging cornice or curtain at the
front and top over the fire. Behind
this curtain is an aperture which car
ried the smoke off and furnished a
draught from the chimney through a
chamber behind the back plate. The
presence of this hot air chamber back
OF the fire increased the radiation OF
heat, making a greater warmth with a
less expense of fuel. ssnr
The furnace property has been held
by the Potts family, descendants OF
| Anna Mutt, from 1877 to this day
Thomas 9Rutter,. name also famous
among early iron manufacturers in
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tpropos and interesting of the ancient
furnace now long since abandoned and
almost forgotten, where the cannon
was made that fought for us during the
| revolution. 1t is quaint spot, hidden
among the peaceful environment of
hills and farms, yet replete with mem
cries ofthistoric interest. Close by the
| ruined forges-soIne of the old guns
may still be seen, and they point out
meadow where, in 1777 quantity of
firing pieces were buried to escape seiz-
ure by the British. Then, too, the
| furnace is among the first established
in Pennsylvania and was the place of
manufacture of the Franklin stove, an
| invention of the famous scientist and
philosopher, 81 popular in his day and
so highly priced by modern antiquari-
ans.
Historic warwick Furnace, around
which these memories cling, is situated
in Chester county, close by the pretty
rural village of Coventry. So nearly
has it disappeared that diligent search
is required to find the spot. The fur
naces have been cold and silent for
nearly half a century,, the hand of prog
ress has left them stranded far from
the channels of modern commerce and
a few more years will find them little
but a memory And yet they are al
most in the dooryard of Philadelphia
An hours ride in the steam cars to
| Pottsto own, in the Schuylllill valley
and an eight miles drive southwark
are the only difficulties in the way. But
| this jaunt, short as it is, transports one
thousand miles away from the pres
ent into a past replete with it's own
| romance and into a region pervaded
with an atmosphere of elegance and
aristocracy which in the olden time
resembled more the landed gentry of
old Eng gland than the universal liberty
and equality of free America.
On the northern edge of Chester
county a billy agricultural district of
great rural beauty is drained by French
c!e ek-a corruption of Friends creek
/ a stream which flows into the Schuyl-
kill at Phoenixville. -, ....
About six miles south of Pottstown,
at the old hamlet of Coventry, French
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appearing, for the material they con-
tain is: being widely used to repair the
public roads Of the neighborhood.
On the hill behind the furnace is a
large stone building in which the char
coal was stored It's walls and floor
are still coated with black dust and it's
lofty Interior is damp with the many
rains and dimly lighted by the sun
shine percolating through the thou
sand gaps in the crumbling roof
Down in the meadow, near the road
leading from the charcoal house, an
ancient blacksmith shop is now used
as a shelter for CATTLE A stones throw
further to the east the ancient man
sion house." still in a good state Of
preservation. and inhabited, nestles
among the trees like the citadel of the
erstwhile village and gives suggestion
of the places former Importance. It
is a great, rambling structure, ele-
waited upon high stone terrace The
private lawn shaded by fine old trees,
IS removed from the surrounding land
by the terrace and iron barriers. Upon
it faces long veranda connecting with
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creek divides into two branches. One
winds up to the romantic falls the
other penetrates lateral valley to the
south. About two miles up this valley
and surrounded by rugged hills are the
remains of ancient Warwick Furnace.
In spite of the generalsruin, enough re-
mains to give a good idea of what the
busy settlement must have been when
revolutionary cannon was made here.
| Iron was manufactured in this region
as early as 1717, the only forge in Penn
sylvania of prior date being that of
Thomas Rutter, on the Manatawny, es-
tablished in 1716. Samuel Mutt, of Gov
entry, Warwickshire, England, came to
America in 1714, and is believed to
have discovered the rich deposits of
iron ore which are found in the neigh
boring hills. In 1717 he took out his
patent for the first tract of 400 acres
of land and established his forge. Dur
ing the following years he rapidly in
creased his holdings of real estate
until at the time Of his death he owned
over 1000 acres. The region, then q
virgin wilderness, was named Coyen-
try, after his English home. AS coal
had not then been discovered in Penn
sylvania, the old FORCES all used char
coal in their 7etorts as fuel and the
nearby forests made this product
cheap and easy of manufacture. In
deed, the subsequent abandonment of
many FORCES was due tosthe destruc-
/ ton of the forests and the scarcity 0f
charcoal, coupled with the discovery
| Of mined coal and it's effectiveness in
manufacturing iron.
/ Samuel Mutt brought his first work
men for the Coventry FORCES from
England, and with them came many
OF the customs and peculiarities Of the
old country. The FORCES multiplied
and grew in Importance, the wealth OF
their owners increased in magnitude
and as the years went by the Eng
lish proprietors governed their English
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120 acres of land upon which to erect
furnace. It was then that Warwick
came into existence. This forge must
have given birth to a very considerable
village for the land about the old mill
and in the adjacent valley is thickly
streWn with the remains of workmen's
dwellings. They were little, one-and-
a-half story stone buildings, with
small windows, tall chimneys and low
Fsstoops" in front, each with it's strip
of dooryard and kitchen garden. Some
few of these are still in fair state of
repair, many are abandoned and fast
falling to decay, and still larger num-
Der are utter ruins, Wi tn perhaps a pile
Of bramble-covered stone. a solitary
chimney. with weather-beaten hearth
stone or a gnarled garden shrub to
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navy of Anticipated, leaky craft, laden to
the scuppers with a horde of dauntless
Adventures, burning to reach the prec-
tous places of the Upper Frazer. THESE
upper regions are wild enough even to-
day; forty years ago they were IN the
heart of an untrodden wilderness. CIV
Ilization had not penetrated further
than The guns of the British cruisers
could reach; even the log forts OF the
Hudson Bay Company were not to be
found in the remoter parts OF that re-
gion, SO aptly described years after
wards by Lord Dufferin as "A Sea OF
Mountains Gold was known to exist;
inland tribes bartered it with others
nearer the coast for powder and lead,
Or blankets, and it eventually made its
way to Victoria; but where it was
found, or ir what quantities, no white
man knew, unless indeed it was the
head factors of the company, and it
was part of their duty to withhold all
such matters from the world, that they
might keep the great northwest a
breeding ground for the fur bearing
animals for all time. But one day a
certain Jim Barker found his way up
stream dug gold dust from the bars by
the spade full, and then a dozen Hud-
son Bay Companies could not have kept
back the adventurers The rush had
begun.
There were no woods, or even trails,
save those made by the grizzly and
the blacktail; the Frazer and Thomp-
son were cruel streams ice cold and
full Of terrible rapids and eddies. But
when did danger deter the gold seek
er? The army Of red-shirted, big
booted dare-devils pressed on until
Caribou and it's rich placers had been
reached. Hundreds died on the way;
disease and priyatiOn played sad havoc
with the survivors; but the rewards
were in few cases beyond the dreams
of avarice, and the logged fellows con-
tInued to work like heroes all through
the short northern summer with rocker
and long Tom, ravishing the rich bars
OF the wealth they had accumulated
during the lapse of aeons. Wages were
-S25 a day, paid in gold dust. It was
barely living pittance. Everything
had to be carried over 400 miles of
rough trail on mems shoulders, as the
country produced nothing, after the
game had been driven away, except
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mark their former locations. The fur
mace was in the meadow close to the
brook. A mill dam higher up the
creek supplied water power through a
winding mill race, which still pours
it's crystal torrent through crumbling
fume. Near by is the massive smelt-
ing furnaces of stone, shod with iron,
it's vent hole intact, though clogged
with ashes and cinders. The masonry
around it has crumbled where exposed
to the intense heat from molten
metal. The mill building itself has
entirely disappeared and upon it's
site and close to the furnace a modern
creamery has been erected. Fifty feet
away, on the banks of the stream, are
huge heaps Of cinders from the fur
mace, but even these piles are fast dis
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NOTES OF THE HORSES,

Queen Alix, 2:03%, weighs 92e
pounds at present.
w. H. McCarty now has Claybourne
2:11A, in his string.
A European horseman recently Of
fered $4,000 for Vego, 2:10A. =.
Last Request, 2:11A, by Bourbon
Wilkes, will be seen on the turf again
this year.
Charley Thompson has added Monte
Christie, .2:181a, to his string at Fleet.
wood Park
klamath, 2:07A, has a half-brothel
named King Altamont, which will be
raced this season. 49, .r.s.
The two fast PAGERS, Sulphide, 2:09A
and Carbonate, 200, will not start If
public this season. s
Trainer Jack Bunny says Joe Patch
en-, 1903, earned $4,000 in purses anc
stallion fees in three years.
Ornaments full brother was sold b.
the owners of the Beaumont stud t:
J. S. Curtis, for $4,000.
The ex-turf queen, Maud S, 2:0SA
is now said to be in foal to Starklrk
a brother to Magnolia, 2:15.
Axinite, 2:17A, by Axtell, 2:12, acts
very nicely this spring. He stepped
third mile in 2:22 recently.
Analine, promising three-year-old
full sister to the PAGER, Online, 2:04
has been half in l.: 10 at the trot.
B B, 2:1271a,. the famous branded
PAGER, sold at auction at Boston las
week for $3.50. He was a close secont
to Hal Pointer the first heat Hal pacet
below 2:10.
Constantine, 2:121z, may race. a, LITTLE
this fall. He made his record in 1892
and was competitor of Kremlin il
one or two great races. Later the Lore
Russell horse outclassed him com
pletely.
Monroe Salisbury, who had troubl,
in getting his stable away from Cali
fornia, as the horses were taken pos
session Of by the creditors Of the es
tate, is now on his way east, and .has
added the fast stallion Doodle, 2:1211s
to his string.
Trotting horsemen have just passet
| the darkest stage Of the panic and few
there are who favor large expenditure
for entrance money, even as condition.
now stand. If opened for a free-for
all trottirg class little interest is like
| ly to attach, as that class at presen
lacks fighting talent.
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gold dust-but Of that there was great
store. Potatoes cost $50 bushel. flour
$40 pound; pair of gum boots sold
for $50; drinks were paid for in pinches
OF the precious husband some of the
!barkeepers had thumbs broader than
ever miller possessed. A few men made
fortunes, many managed to pay ex-
penses, but the majority went dead
broke.
Then the awful winter was upon
them. The mercury disappeared in the
Dub; the river froze almost to the bot
tom in the still reaches; deep snow
covered the land, and buried the shan
ties and tents of the pioneers Men
slckened and died like sheep with a
murrain. One historian met 1000 min
ers returning on the Bakerfield trail
destitute, barefooted, and despairing,
When the ice thawed in the spring the
canyon of the Frazer was a charnel-
house, streWn with the bodies of the
red-shirted gold seekers who had met
their fate in it's waters.
A few Ct the most hardy struggled
Through to the great bend of the Co.
Iumbia river, and sailing down its
Sbroad bosom eventually found their
way back to Oregon. They wintered
near the Arrow lakes, and with indom.
liable resolution continued prospectus
during the succeeding summer. Traces
of their operations are occasionally
found, but though they were in a coun
TRY far richer than Caribou, they knew
ut not. Placers there were none anC
the my steries of true assure veins an(
smelling ores were beyond their ken
They required gold in it's native pur
Hty-something they could wash ou
with pan and rocker and exchange 70,
uecessaries without further trouble. I
was not there, so they passed on.
Yet there were superior men anon,
them. One pioneer at least must hav
found rich float on Red Mountain. OF
the very site of what is now the lie Ro
mine, and evidently followed it UP t
THE outcrop of gossan, or @iron-hat,
that lay exposed for hundreds of feet
In a half-hearted way, as if he doubte
7the wisdom of wasting precious energ
con quartz lead, he drove a shalloy
trial shaft, but after going down a fe5
feet became discouraged and move
away back to the dance halls and ru1
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California Ostrich PIumes,

The Los Angeles papers say that in
the month of April the heaviest con-
Segment of ostrich plumes ever ship
ped from California was sent to Paris.
The industry is no longer an expert
ment in the long Pacific state. Al
ready the business has an investment
of 100000, which is likely to be aug
mented by a third during the coming
season. The sales of plumage this year
from the ostrich farms at Fallbrook,
Coronado, Anaheim, Pasadena, Pc
mona and Santa Monica foot up to
100000. The percentage Of profit on
the amount invested is large enough TO
make the business profitable.
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AN OLD CANNON SHOP,
FURNACE RICH IN REVOLT.
j TIONARY MEMORIES.
Where. Wash,ngton's Guns Were Cast
Samuel Nat3, tao Original Founder
Came to; America in 1914 and Found
: Rich Deposits of Iron Ore.

ROM :, the Philadel-
phia Times: Much
space is devoted by
the newspapers of
to-day to the won
derful new guns of
rec e n t s invention
and the mills where
they are manufac-
tured: If only by
way of comparison,
q .1ocorintion So
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MISSED A FORTUNE.

VEN the wild rush
to California in '49
hardly equalled
that to Caribou ten
years later. Surely
there never has
been such a fren-
Zied scramble for
gold as that which
filled the harbor of
Victoria, VancOu-
ver Island with a
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In Boston.

Burglars Wife Halloa, Bill! .ss#
Burglar Well, I'll be hanged!
Burglars Wife What's up?
B7urglar-I'm dashed if amt got
mixed up in these crooked streets al.
went an broke inter my own house %!
Exchange. 3. ..
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The Queen reigns over one cont
nent, 100 peninsulas, 500 promontories
i 900 lakes, 1000 rivers and 10000 is
lands.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-02
AWARDED TO BARRY.
Decision at New York in Favor of
the bantam Champion

NEW YORK, March Jimmy Barry, Of
Chicago, the worlds champion bantam boxer,
tonight met Jack Ward. of Newark, N j.
at the American Sporting club in twenty
round bout, at 10 pounds. Each boxer was
in excellent condition when the fight opened.
In the first five rounds Barry forced the
fighting and got in many blows, but Ward
took punishment we'll and In the sixth round
he succeeded in landing several hard knocks
on the Chicago boys head
Neither man could claim the seventh or
eighth rounds. Barry had the best OF the
ninth, frequently landing terrific blows on
tenth, eleventh and twelfth, but after the OPEN
ing of the thirteenth it became evident that
Ward was tired. From the fourteenth to the
eighteenth round inclusive, Wards work was
very clever, but he vas forced to assume
the defensive very often by the aggressive
ness, of the champion. In the nineteenth
Barry rushed into clipch., He jabbed his left
on the face and Ward swung his right on the
cheek and duplicated this a few seconds lat
er. Barry rushed again, but Ward saved him
self by lodging and climbing.
AS soon they shook hands in the last
round, Ward rushed and landed a light left
on the face Barry jabbed left on the face
and Ward swung a right on the ribs. Then
rushed, jabbed his left and swung his right
on the head without a irbturn. Barry sent
right and left swings on the head and face
Barry tried TO induce Ward to mix it up, but
Ward was too CAREFUL Barry jabbed a left
on Wards ear, drawing blood. They spared
until the bell ended the fight.
There were cries of Ward" and t'draw -
but the referee awarded his verdict in favor
Of Barry. rs, .-- -,,..
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the gymnasium, keeping his trainers
on the jump for en- hour finishing
with a rundown and a hot bath
Jim COrbett changed his routine
labors today. He cut out hand ball,
contenting himself with bag punching
and boxing. His bout at the latter
exercise was unusually interesting
Five men were in waiting to take turns
at the gloves-Jeffries, McVey, Ed
Green, Woods and Joe COrbett. Cor
bett spared with each of the men in
the order named without intermission
for two rounds each. For thirty-four
minutes he kept it up. Each man used
different style. Jeffries, who is the
strongest man on the force, does rush
ing work.
Many reports about Corbett's spar
rtnS with Jeffries have been sent out,
some writers claiming that Jaffries
gave the champion all he could 60 to
avoid his TuShes. AS a matter Of fact
JeftrieS' instructions are to rush and
corner Jim if possible, giving the cham
piOn practice at eXtricating himself
from tight places. He allows the big
fellow to corner him but usually gets
away without having the gloves put
on him. He reaches Jeffries when and
where he pleases.
In his bout this morning COrbe tt
landed apparently vicious uppercuts
which caused Jeffries jaws to come to-
gether with a snap. Unfortunately hts
tongue was caught between them and
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FITZ IN FINE FORM
SO SAYS THE DAILY BULLETIN
FROM THE COOKS RANCH
QUARTERS.
CORBETT WAS NEVER BETTER.
JIM SORRY BECAUSE HE HAS NO
MORE TRAINERS TO
WHIP.
NEVADA MAY PUT UP A BELT.
State Considering the Matter of Of
ferinE "a Reward for the Winner
of the Fight.
CORBETT WAS NEVER BETTER.
MAY PUT UP A BELT.

CARSON, New. March 1.-March
came in like a lion at Carson. A wet
snow. driven by colder winds. made
1t very disagreeable during the early
morning hours About noon, however,
the sun came out and in the after
noon the weather was quite mild
Though the conditions were not favor
able for outdoor work, Fitzsimmons
tackled on behind a cart, driven by
Stelzner, and came to town this morn
ing. The New Zealander feels first
class since his cold disappeared. He
said to the Associated Press CORE
spondent that all the talk about his
not doing enough work was silly; that
he was in fighting shape when he ar
rived IN Nevada. What, with his work
since then and two more weeks Of
training before I'm, he said, there need
be no fear that he would not be ready
on the day set for the fight. The Auburn
haired fighter did his usual work on