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IRON FROM The DEEP.
Famous Mine In Quebec Beneath the
Waters OF Luc q La rortue.

Famous Mine In Quebec Beneath the
Waters of Luc a La Tortue.
Lake ores are abundant in northern
Europe, but so far as the writer's
knowledge extends Luc a la Tortue and
a, neighboring lake are the only in
stances of the kind in North America.
says Popular Science Monthly. The ore
Is extracted from our lake mine by
hand and by power. The shallow mar
gin is divided into sections and allotted
to suitable parties who may desire to
work then and who are paid at a speci-
fled rate per ton of ore raised. The
men generally work in company. Their
implements are a shovel, a strong cir1
cular sieve and a rough ~handbarrow.
When work is to begun the workmen
remove shoes and stockings and use
their feet in searching for ore, which
lies imbedded in the soft sand. except
ere cakes, being found in the lake.
Guided by their feet the workmen put
down their shovels and bring to the
surface a quantity of ore and sand,
Which they throw into their circular
sieve. This is then held below the sur
face Of the water until the soft sand
is washed away from the ore, which
Is then thrown on a scow provided for
the purpose Or carried to shore. When
a sufficient quantity has been collected
1t is carried to the railway near It
hand and loaded on cars. From the
deeper parts of the lake the ore Ia
raised by means of a steam dredge.
The captain CT the dredge moves over
the lake and, putting down a pole and
working it about ON the bottom, can
easily learn where there is a body of
ore suitable for dredging. The dredge
Is then removed to the desired spot
and work is begun. The ore and sand
are brought tip in buckets on an end
less chain and thrown into a long. re-
volying screen, adjusted and inclined
so as to deliver it upon scows moored
to the dredge. In its course down the
screen the mixture of ore and mud 10
acted upon by the water, which is
thrown upon it with considerable force.
BY this means the mud and sand are
washed out of the screen and the clean
ore is deposited on the scows.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
MOVING A
This Stupendous Task Was Done In a
California Town,

A"a" StupeuoOus TASK wa Done In Q
California Town.
A good section Of the mountain at
San Diego oyerhanging Morena dam
on n side was torn off the other day
by 100000 pounds of powder, lifted sew
eral feet straight up, and then pushed
bodily forward 40 or so feet, trembling
over the mighty gorge below the dam,
ana then f%li;ng with an awful roar
l25 feets, to remain hereafter for all
TIME as the hulwalk of the great dam
being built to impound water for the
city. The dam is 43 miles east of the
city. For two months or more prepara-
lions had been made for the monster
blast, in common with another blast
that is nearly ready. The plan is to cut
tunnels into the side of the mountain
at various points about the bed of the
creek, and to place in these tunnels,
hrst' great stores of black powder.
which ignitcs slower than giant POW
der, nj therefore, has more pushing
power and l.#s shattering effect. On
the surface and in places through the
mountain side were placed big depos-
It's OF giant powder for the purpose of
scattering the mass and lifting it up.
According TO plans. the black powder,
When it exploded, would hurl the mass
straight forward, making a bridge of
granite across the gorge and blocking
the stream. The plans were carried
out with the greatest care. Danger was
constantly feared from the great mines
OF powder, but all went we'll. and the
eiast was finally ready. At lot of in
suiated electric wires. connecting with
each deposit of powder, and attached
to e%xploders, were gathered into one
circuit in d tunnel across the gorge and
above the blast. where the foreman,
John Duggan, stationed himself to
press the button.
At 2:4o o'clock the signal was passed
along that all was ready. The work.
mon had posted themselves at a safe
distance and eagerly watched to see the
s%tupendous break in the hillside. Fore
man Duggan closed the switch, and a
wonderful scene instantly followed.
The side of the opposite hill, composed
OF great powders and masses of gran
lite in dikes. quivered, rose from it's
bed of centuries, and shot out thou
sands of little squirming tongues of
dust, that gave the whole hill a pecu-
liar fuzzy appearance. This was for
a fraction of a second. A growl, like
the angry diapason of the ocean,
sounded deep down in the hill, and be-
fore the spectators recovered their
equilibrium after the earthquake the
mass was falling. An incessant rattle
of rocks filled the air like a regiment of
musketry. Dust arose in pillows and
hung over the wrecked hill FOR an hour.
The falling of small rock continued
for almost as long. When the dust
cleared away it was found that the
blast had d%is!odged a mass of rock 400
feet up and down stream, and an aver
age of GO feet in height. completely
bridging the canyon. The engineers
estimated that the amount dislodged
weighed 150, 900 tons. The rock was
thrown exactly as the engineers had
planned.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
People L About.

James NJ. Hager, a well known law
yer and shipbuilder, died at ltishmond.
Me-. aged seventy-tive years.
Walter Scrymser. a wealthy retired
broker of New York, died Mt Elizabeth,
n. J..
w. ii. Quarles, famous in base ball
circles as a pitcher. died suddenly Mt
Petersburg. Va. from the effects of a
surgical operation.
q. Wells Rock, a well known whole
sale dry goods merchant Of Hartford,
Conn. died suddenly of hemorrhage Of
the stomach, aged seventy-one years.
j. ii. Brigham of Delta, Ohio, took
The oath Of office as assistant secretary
Of agriculture and Immediately as
sumed his duties. ID. Dabney, the
retiring assistant secretary, will re-
main in Washington for some time.
and will not II the presidency OF
the University Of Tennessee until
next autumn.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
Foreisn Goa.in.

NJ. Sails, founder Of lie Chat Noir, is
dead at Paris.
DR.. Steinitz, the chess player, has ar
rived Mt Vienna.
NJ. Sails, founder of lie Chart Noir.
Is dead at Paris.
John Biddulph Martin. who married
Mrs. Victoria Chafiin Woodruff. died
at Las Palmas, in the Canary islands.
Mgr. Petro, the domestic chaplain of
the pope. and Il priest attached to the
Portsmouth (Eng.J cathedral. is dead.
The hill adopting the gold standard
has passed the house of peers of Japan
aid only wants the signature of the
emperor to become Il law.
The English government will propose
10 deal with the question of contagious
diseases among the British troops in
India by placing the inspection and en-
animation of women In the hands OF
I'll doctors.
King lIumbert Of Italy gave Il bun
tluet last night in hol.Or of Admiral
Selfridge, who was received by the pope
earlier In the day. One hundred Amer
lean sailors have arrived at Rome and
were enthusiastically received by the
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
AN ANEcDoTE OF NELSON.
How He Wrote and Sealed a Letter
Amid Flvfnp Shalis

How He Wrote and Sealed a Letter
Amid Flying Shells.
Captain Mahan relates the following
anecdote concerning Lord Nelson's let
ter proposing a truce to the Crown
Prince Of Denmark, dispatched in the
midst of hostilities: The decks being
cleared of all partitions fore and aft,
and all ordinary conveniences removed,
Nelson wrote in full view of all on the
deck where he was, at the casing of the
rudderhead,' standing; and as he wrote
an officer standing by took a copy. The
original, in his W hand, was put into
an envelope and sealed, with his arms.
The officer was about to use a wafer,
but Nelson said:
mo; send for sealing wax and a n
de-"
Some delay followed, owing to the
mans having had his head taken OF.
by a ball. Send another messenger
for the wax" said the admiral, when
informed Of this; and when the waters
were again suggested he simply .reiter-
ated the order.
A large quantity Of wax was used,
and extreme care taken that the impress
sion of the seal should be perfect. Col.
Stewart asked:
why under SO hot a fire and after
so lamentable an accident, have you
attached SO much Importance to a cir
cumstance apparently triding?"
Had I made use Of a WAFER" replied
Nelson, "the wafer would have been
still wet when the letter was presented
to the crown prince; he would have in
ferred that the letter was sent OF in a
hurry, and that we had some very
pressing reasons for being in a hurry.
The wax told no tales"
1t was the same sagacious regard to
effect which possibly dictated the by
play Of refusing to see Parker's signal
Of recall.-The Century.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
FOR OVER FIFTY A

AN OH AND WELL-TR1ED REM
EDf:-Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sy.
rup has been used for over fifty years
by millions OF mothers for their
children while teething, with perfect
success. 1t soothes tile child, softens
the gums, allays all pain, cures wind
colo, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhga. Is pleasant to the taste.
Sold by Druggists in every part Of
the world. Twenty-Five cents a bot
tie. Its valn9 il inealcalable. lie
sure and ~ for Mrs. Windows
SoothingsRy Fs,r aadtake no other
kind.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
Accidental Hanpenlnx..


The Bradley block, on Ontario street,
fire. The tenants We're rescued with
difficulty by the police.
The disabled steamer Orthia. from
Glasgow for Baltimore, was lowed into
Halifax by the lndralcma, from New
port News for Dublin. The Orthia's
shaft is broken.
\ disastrous fire of unknown origin
broke out in Il brick business block on
Main street at Ottumwa, Iowa, owned
by the Seth Richards estate. and I'D to
q o'clock had destroyed property valued
at $1SO,OOO.
Tho engine and four cars of the
nortl-bound local on the Chicago l.
Texas railway. went down with the
bridge across the Big Muddy river at
Aldridge station. Ill. Engineer Joe
Forester and Fireman James Anderson
were drowned.
Flo Hoadley. Il travelling salesman,
residing at Toledo, Iowa, was standing
on the rear platform Of a Chicago Great
Western train, when. Just south Of
GladhrOOk, Il man held him up and tOoK
$40 and a gold watch from him. After
he was robbed the thief threw MIR.
TIoalley from the train and. the wheels
ran over his arm, which was amputated
shortly aftcrward.
james NJ. Hagar, lawyer and ship
builder, died ut his home in Richmond.
Me. aged seventy-tive years, from in
iuries received in being knocked down
by Il delivery wagon in Boston. two
weeks ago. He was interested in the
development Of railroads and other en-
tclprises i'll the South and West.
Moses A. McCoid's dwelling at Fair
field. Iowa. a burned to the ground.
McCoid was asleep in an upper room
and would have persisted but for the
intelligence Of the family dog, who
rushed to his masters room and made
such an upr0ar that McCoid awakened
and escaped, nearly overcome by the
smoke and flames. The dog was badly
singed.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03

in pink silk. The entire dress is made
over pink tafetta. and 1t may be men
TONED here that a great many people
object to making a lawn dress over
SILK, but when 1t comes to the matter Of
an embroidered gown, it will be found
that 1t Is much better to do 80. To
give this dress q still further tone Of
pink, there is a broad belt Of pink
MORE with double loops at the side and
around the neck there is a crush of the
pink MORE.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
MYSTERIOUS WAYS Of WARTS.
OnS that Was "Wished on" Of a Child's
Finger

Finger
The more I study into the question
Of warts" said a well-known physician
to a Washington Star man, "the o
convinced l am that there is but little
known of them. 1t is surprising what
Few references are made to warts by
the standard writer's. In many Of the
leading books on surgery there is no
mention at all Of warts, and as a re-
suit physicians are almost as much In
the dark about them as others. To tell
the truth. I have got more information
from old nurses about warts than l
ever did from my medical or surgical
lectures or from my reading. Hun
dreds and hundreds of times patients
have asked me how to get ridS5f warts
and my answer has generally been to
let them alone and that they would go
away as mysteriously as they came.
Of course, / could cut them off or burn
them on with caustic or nitric acid
but my experience has been. that two
or three came back for every n so
removed. A few weeks since l was
visiting the wife Of a southern senator,
who has two grandchildren with her
this winter. One of the grandchildren
had a big wart on the end OF the fore
nnger OF the right hand. and, of course,
nit 1t every time the child touched any
thing. l was asked II I could do any
thing 10 remove 1t, and I replied as
usual TO let it alone and that in a short
time it would disappear. This, how
ever. was but little comfort to the
lady. who said the child, a little boy
OF 4 years, was, she thought, in con-
slant pain from 1t. I then told her
that ii she wished the wart from the
little fellow and on herself it would
likely change places, and that it would
be necessary for her to wish very hard
to make a sure transfer. I had forgot
ten all about it till Tuesday last, when
I visited the lady again. Strange az
1t may sound. the wart had left the
g%randchild's finger and was on her
own. and giving her a great deal of
pain, too"
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
GOOD NUNS.
Spend an Industrious Winted in the
Logging Camp.

Spend an Industrious Winted in the
Logging Camp.
Ashland, Wsi., March Bottle Red
Cliff Indian logging operations OH
Lake Superior will probably be closed
down April 1 with Il total cut OF be
tween W and even and a half mil
lions. Six and a half millions have
already been banked and scaled. In
dian Agent Scott has received orders
TO cut all the burned timber to save il
from destruction, and If this is net
done by April 1 he will continue the
work until all the burned timber is
cut. Only one of the five camps has
been shut down so far and the daily
cut is about 10000. Every able
bodied Indian at Red Cliff has been
employed this winter. The work has
been a great success and the proceeds
will be a clear profit to the Red Cliff
ChiOOCWaS.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
RODE A FINISH.

He's made money, too, by backing EN-
on the course"
From personal experience l knew
that was true, and I could not help re-
fectiig that a man must be clever to
make money at a sport by which most
OF lis lose our little all and what we are
able to borrow. Yet such a man is, no
doubt, o than clever; he does not
mind what he does.
My idea is that the wealthy punters
are those who, if they cannot find win
ners. find something else of value, and
do not necessarily wait until it is lost.
But the last paragraph may be treat
ed as a philosophical depression, hav-
ing no relation to the story, which was
continued by my friend as follows:
Then Fatty after a brilliant coup,
got some racehorses Of his own. He
was tired of backing other peoples
gee-gees. and wished to try how he
could work them under his own pro-
prietorship and supervision. He had
no desire to W high-class horses. He
knew that money could be made out of
little races as we'll as out of big, only
with greater certainty. He had not a
+, soul above platers; his argument was
that you can win as much with a bad
horse a. with a good one If YOU can
back him with confidence to beat
worse"
'Tncontrovertible," I remarked, in.
terrupting the story for a moment;
but I never could find worse than
mine. Nobody vel had such bad ones
as those which l collected with great
care at a small expense"
mo n ever accused you of know.
Ing the game" said my friend, severe
~. You should only go out with {
barrel organ and a monkey, being tiet
to its tail. You might be clever enough
to take the pennies II the donors placed
them In your hand. closed it over then
tenderly, and swore you to secrecy
But Fatty was a perfect tradesman
He was after the nimble ninepenc
every time. He used to back hi
platers when it was good enough to d
SO; when not, he used to let other PEG
pie back them. and invest his none
on something else. 1t is a beautiful
game SO long as you can play it with
out danger from the mob or from tn
stewards"
Who wasssFatty.s' trainer:" I asked
feeling confident that position was nc
y sinecure.
WHY. surely you know" retorted til
historian. FATTY would. Of cours'
only have n sort of trainer-a ma
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
,opu:acc. .17ley visited the vatican.

pOpu:ace. they visited the vatican.
The Transvaal raid inquiry was con-
tinued at London. w. r. Schreiner
again being examined. He denied that
the beers We're animated by hostility to
Cecil Rhodes. Mr.. Chamberlain's ques-
tons throughout were strongly critical
Of President Kruger's government.
The Russian government, according
tn EEited States Consul General Karel
at ST. Petersburg, is acting with vigOr
to prevent the spread of the dreaded
bubonic plague into Russia. A sanitary
commission has been created with a
fund of 100000 rOubles to draw upon.
The chamber OF deputies las adopted
the motion for the conversion Of the
Madagascar loan Of 1856 and then dis
* usscd the issue of 3O,AO.OW francs, 3.
per cents. rcdee :nable in sixty years.
1t vas decided to divide this into a
loan OF 2O,OOO,U mo francs now and the
remainder later.
The grand duchess OF Saxc.Weimar
died ut Weimar. the capital Of the
grand duclly. suddenly. Of heart dis
ease. She was born April s, 1924, aud.
as Sophie. princess des Pays-Das, was
married to the grand duke. Charles
Alexander Auguste Jean. on Oct. s,
1Sl:. For many years her beauty, tai
en-; and accomplishments made her one
of the most prominent o,ne in ELL
rope.
The wife of Janos 1tigo, the Hungar-
ian gypsy musician who clipped with
Ill" Princes lie Chimay formerly Miss
Clara Ward of Detroit,. went to the
Hotel Terminus. Paris. Where the peo-
pie are staying. accompanied by a conf
mlssnry Of police. in order to establish
their adultery. 4 violent scene fol
lowed. Rigo insulted his wife, who, in
turn. retOrted with insults directed at
the princess.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
Two q the Blenders.

C%hillicothe, Ohio, March 21.-Uetec-
tive George w. Caldwell makes the
ltartlink statement that Kate and Jake
Bender. two members of the notorious
family who murdered nine people near
fhdspepdelce. Kan. over twenty years
ago. are now living in this county. He
has them located and viii arrest them
rs soon rs he hears from the authori-
ties in Kansas.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
Ex-county omclal Indicted

Butte. Mont, March 3O.-Charles q.
Johnson. former county clerk and re-
corder. was indicted. charged Will,
embczzling S3,156.7O Of county funds
which We're received by him as fees
and which he failed to turn over to
the treasurer. He has disappeared and
is believed to be on his way out of the
country. kilograms have been sent
to intercept him. He was a promi-
nent a. p. A. politician and served as
county clerk for four years. commenc-
ing in 1892. He was a candidate for
reelection last fall but was defeated.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
Charity,

The conditions in which thousands
of our fellows live and die challenges
society to put away for awhile frivol.ty
and gayety. Our present duty is TO
consider soberly how We can help thu
cause Of the poor. Philanthropy alone
will not sufhce.-Rev. @. r. Gebaur
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
Arrested DEVELOPMENT.

MIS-. Goodsole-"I can see, my poor
man. that You never had the advan-
age OF education or a good home. You
started early in life on the stony path
"a SAD case of arrested development"
Lonely Straggles-"I should t'ink it
WIZ, mum. l WIZ in Jail before / wux
"a a old."-Judge.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
Chcap and Filling.

seedy Willie Ito barkeeper)-Your
refusal. sir. to trust me to a paltry
drink of whisky fills ME with ~astonisli-
ment and indignation.
Barfeeper-All right, sir; you can
MI yourself lip with establishment and
Indignation. and it won't cost you a
copper. but if You want to fill yourself
with whisky. o will have to pay cash.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
What lie Wanted.

Shopkeeper: What can | show you.
sir?"
Absent-minded Professor: Il want
let me see, what do I want? Dear
me! | can't for the life of me remem-
per That 1t is. -. Well, we'll. 1t
doesn't matter; give me the nearest
thing YOU have to it,"
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
Another centn-x R..

Il think" lit was old Father
Time who thought he was thinkfng)
that it will not be long-indeed. 1
know that it will not be long-before I
finish another century run. l was q
cycler long before the bicycle was in
vented"
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
H NEWS RESUME
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS Of THE WORLD
The Nations CAPITAL.

inc N8t100'0 C0p1tA1. 7
Comprehensive Review OF. the
Important happenlass Of the
Past Week Called From the Tel.
egraph Reports-The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03

something for Brides 10 Do.
Easter brides will be extremely hard
~orked individuals. for their best
dresses must be all embroidered by
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03

hand, and, Of course, the bride herself
must do the work to have the gown
q perfect success. An Easter bride is
now at work upon an embroidered
lawn, with an East Indian cream
ground. The dress Is made with a very
large double box plat in front. Around
the lower edge OF the bodice there is a
thick shirring Of the cream lawn. Down
the front OF the plat pink roses are
embroidered. The shoulder puffs are
also embroidered in roses. Small, del
icate leaves of green surround the
roses.
The skirt is a very elaborate affair.
Entirely around the hem there is a
row Of roses very heavily embroidered
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
The Mother o, . Mighty Race.

they join thy name.
For on thy cheeks the glow is spread
That tints the morning hills with red;
Thy step-the wild deer's rustling feet
Within thy woods. are not more Meet;
Thy hopeful eye
Is bright as thine own sunny sky.
Ay, let them rail-those naughty ones
While safe thou dwellest with thy sons.
They do not know how loved thou art
How many Il fond and fearless heart
Would rise to throw
It's life between thee and the foe
They k:;cw not, in their hate and pride.
What virtues with thy children bide;
How true. how good. thy graceful maids
Make bright, like flowers. the valley
shades;
What generous men
Spring. k thine oaks, by hill and
glen:
What cordial welcomes greet the guest
BY the o rivers Of the west;
How faith is kept, and truth revered.
And man Is loved. and God Is fear'd.
In woodland homes.
And where the solemn ocean foams!
There's freedom at thy gates, and rest
HoA SoiluS OOWA-tTOOOeIl anu oP-
press'd.
A shelter for tia hunted head,
For the starved laborer toll and bread.
Power. at tiny bounds,
stops anu calls back his baftied hounds.
Oh, fair young mother! on thy brow
Shall sit a nobier grace than now.
Deep In the brightness Of thy skies
The thronging years iu glory rise,
And. as they fleet.
Drop strength and riches at thy feet.
Thine eye. with every coming hour.
Shall brighten. and thy form shall
tower.
And when thy sisters. elder born,
Would brand thy nams with words of
scVrn
Before thire y
Upon their lips the taunt shall die!
Bryant.
The Dickinson press., 1897-04-03
FATTY'S FAvORITE.

HOSE of us who go
racing (either for
a living or to be
lively hear q large
II II m her of good
stories during our
travels, and laugh
at them in .propor-
ton to their merit
and %p;quancy. Few
can be retold In
0iScritninotolv A.
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I'M WOMAN's CORNER.
INTERESTING READING FOR
DANES AND DAMSELs.

some Current Notes OF the Modes-SOme
OF the Prettiest Gowns for Evening
Satin.