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La Junta tribune., 1899-02-25

Treasury OF Remedies for the
Mind" is the inscription in the library
at Alexandria. Egypt. Weil-chosen
libraries are more than remedies; they
are preventives OF moral and intel
lectual disease. Mr.. Andrew Carnegie,
when boy. was invited with other
working boys to spend his Saturday
evenings in the private library OF n
rich man. They we're even allowed
to take the books home with them.
Realizing the good work this man was
doing, young Carnegie resolved that II
ever he were able. he would establish
free libraries for working people.
This resolve he has carried out in
three cities and towns of Pennsylva-
MIA, one in Iowa, and nine in his ma
tive Scotland: and he now offers to
give one to Washington. And II l
live" he adds. there will be more. ;"
Such royal gifts are not within the
power OF many; but who has not few
books which light the fires of aspira-
tion in some impoverished young life!
La Junta tribune., 1899-02-25

The best citizen never seeks to evade
jury duty.
The Yale expositor., 1899-05-26

Money to loan on improved farm
property at lowest rate of interest and
easy terms of payment.
Drake q Rapley.
The Yale expositor., 1899-05-26
HARVEY TAPPAN.

General Practice,
Probate Law.
Settlement of Estates.
Real Estate
Homes in Yale. Vacant Build
ing Sites. Vacant Business Sites.
l have correct maps of the Vii
lage of Yale, and Counties of St.
Clair and Sanilac. Abstracts of
nearly all OF Yale property.
The Yale expositor., 1899-05-26
NRAKE & RAPLEY.

Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law,
And Solicitors in Chancery.
Settlement of Estates and General
Probate Practice. Have for sale
some of the finest farming land in
Michigan, as well as city and village
property. Money to Loan on
Real Estate, at the very lowest
rate OF Interest, with the easiest
terms of payment.
Marriage Licenses Obtained.
Insurance written I'm first-class
Companies.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

a capital of 1000. 900 francs, to carry on
work on a systematic basis and on a
large scale, for a very long period, and
If it succeeds the industry will no doubt
receive a great impetus therefrom.
Mr.. Beaumont's journey was under
taken partly through curiosity to visit
a Httle-known country and partly in the
hope of learning something of the meth
DDS and prospects in vogue, especially
those of the new company, from which
such great things are expected. The
company's operations are centered about
the town of Diamantina, a place founded
by a band of st. Paulo and Portuguese
adventures in the seventeenth century.
Diamonds were discovered in this locality
about the year 1928. Between 1872 and
1906, the period of the most active pro-
d%uction, the diamond mines produced
1,030, SO5 ~carats, at a cost which averaged
40s. per carat between 1772 n 1895, 72s.
Cd. per carat between 1896 and 1900, and
32s.. w 1901 and 1906. During the
same period gold was extracted amount
ing in value to G197, 41O. From 1772 to
1S43, under the administration of the
Real EXtraccaO,' eighty stones We're
found of an ottawa Us carats) or more.
The gems extracted, after the largest and
best had been set aside for the crown,
were sold by contract at from about 37s.
to sos. a carat.
For sixteen years at the beginning of
the present century the banking-houseS
Of Hope in Holland and Of Barring in
London controlled the mines, the output
of which was assigned to them in repay
ment of a loan of Il, 900, 5000 forms. Then
the government took hold of the admins
t%ration, and continued to do so until 1S45.
In that veal it was decided by decree
that the lands should be put up at auc-
ton every four years, the reserve price
being 80 reis (2d.) a "braca," but its pro-
visions were never carried out, being
modified by the law of 1852, which recog-
nized the rights of all those who already
effectively occupied mining lots on pay
ment of / real per "braca quadrada."
The term of occupation might be indefi-
nitely extended. Lands not yet occupied
We're to be put up at auction, the reserve
price being 1 real per "braca quadrada."
Between 1872 and 1S43 1854. 700 carats
were taken out by the "Real Extraccao."
Since hat date mining has been carried
on exclusively by private individuals,
and mostly on a small scale. The total
production of Brazil up to 1880 is esti-
mated by M. Garceix at 2h tons. 1t is
impossible to form an accurate estimate
of the present production, but it is prob
ably about 40, 900 carats a year, including
the Bahia diamond fields.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

On a sultry summer evening Thomas
Cranborne was sitting with three other
men on a veranda that faced out on Lake
St. Clair, in a suburb of Detroit. Gran
borne described himself as "a copper
man; he was, in fact, a young mining
engineer, whose business was IN the re-
gions of northern Michigan, where cop
per is plentiful.
OF the other three men, one was a man
with a heavy blonde mustache. This dis
tinguished looking person also had ugly
bags under his eyes that told of over
fast living. He was accustomed to de-
scribe himself as mere driftwood,' but
he also said that in times past he had
been an officer in the British army IN
India. His dress was now marked by an
absence of ARE for appearances which
certainly had nothing in it suggestive of
the British army'S reputation for smart
ness"
But in the strong contrast to the shah
by Norfolk jacket and the mean-looking
felt toWelling hat which this "driftwood"
wore, was one piece of jewelry that
flashed in the late sunlight as he lifted
a tall thin-stemmed glass to his lips.
This piece of jewelry was at first sight
an amazing combination of white and
green splendors; on closer examination it
proved to be an large en-
erald, set in the center of a great cluster
of diamonds on a ring which the drift
wood wore on his right fourth finger.
The whole outer side of the ring rose like
the dome of a pagoda. or, to use a more
homegrown smile, like the smaller half
of an egg, and at the apex of this dome
or egg-the emerald was set deeply in, as
if pushed heavily down into a bed Of
diamonds.
One thing that was evident to almost
anyone who examined the ring closely
was that the diamonds in it were not set
IN any fashion known to either American
or European jewelers.; there was not a
speck of metal visible in the interstices
between the brilliants, only dark spaces,
as if each tiny diamond were held by a
rivet under it. And, above all, the who
ring flashed with a glitter of white and
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
A GIFT OF EASTER EVE.
By EVEN

won't I, though?' said Fielding. IT
would part with it tomorrow, but every
body seems afraid of it-or else afraid of
the price / ask for it,
will you take a thousand dollars for
it," Cranborne asked, while the two old
er men eyed him with shrewd interest.
"Will you pay it?' said Fielding with
a start.
IF you hand it over to me now the
young miner answered, Il will give you
fifty dollars in notes and a check IN a
Detroit bank for nine hundred and fifty"
Fielding set about pulling off his ring
while Cranborne rang the bell and sent
a waiter for a blank check, giving the
name of his bank in Detroit.
You're not afraid" Fielding asked
him once more, as if he really felt scru-
pies about turning over the curse to this
young man.
mo, I'm not afraid" said C~ranborne.
Mining engineers are not given to SUI
perstitions,' said the gray beard who
had spoken before.
Il have plenty of superstitions,' said
! ~Cranborne, but / like to try expert
ments. l am going to play a Christian
superstition against a heather that's ALL
1t was no business of Fielding'S. If
this young man from the northern mines
chose to ruin his prospects in this world
and the next by wearing that uncanny
mass of splendor that had been taken by
theft out of some dark mangO-shaded
shrine of idolatry, it was nothing to him,
He had candidly told the true story of
the ring. Now he was in possession of
a good, substantial thousand American
dollars, and his mind made up for the
United States, prosperity and cocktails
He, however, as well as the two elder
ly Michiganders who We're present at this
transaction, noticed that Cranborne did
not put on the ring.
'Oh, I have 40 intention of wearing
it, said the young miner, laughing. 1T
Won flash in the sunlight for eight
months more. hen l shall try my ex-
pertinent
Back went Cranborne to the northern
hills of Michigan, where they smelt cop
per, and there he stayed all through the
fall and winter hat followed.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
Easter With the pope

Good Friday is the saddest day of the
church year.; Christmas is the gladdest;
but Easter combines all the elements of
other great church festivals with many
added glories besides.
In Rome, as might be expected, Easter
Sunday is celebrated with elaborate cere-
monies. The day is ushered in by the
firing of cannon from the castle Of st.
Angelo, and about 7 o'clock carriages,
with ladies and gentleen, are beginning
to pour toward ST. Peters.
They are eXquisitely dressed, for the
beautiful robes of the pope and the gor-
geous altar cloths suggest a degree Of
elegance which is quickly caught by the
congregation, and, indeed, by the whole
city, for in Rome all are Romans-and
Roman Catholics at that.
The magnificent basilica is richly deco
rated for the occasion, the affairs are
freshly ornamented and the lights
around the tomb and figure of st. Peter
are blazing after their temporary extinc-
ton.
According to usage, the pope oficiates
this day at mass in St. Peters, and he
does so with every imposing accessory
that can be devised. From a hall in the
adjoining palace of the vatican he is
borne into the church, under circum-
stances of the utmost splendor. Seated
in his Sedia Getestatoria, his vestments
blaze with gold; on his head he wears the
nara, a tan, round, gilded cap, represent
Ing triple crown which is understood
to signify spiritual power, temporal
power and the union of both.
Beside him are born the "fabelli," or
large fans, composed of ostrich feathers,
in which are set the eye-like parts of pea
cocks feathers, to signify the eyes or Wig
lance of the church. Over him is borne
a silk canopy, richly fringed. After Off
clatlng at a mass at the hig altar the
pope is with the same and to
the sound of music borne back through
the rowde church to the balcony over
the central doorway.
There, rising from his chair of state.
and environed by his principal officers,
he ~pronounces a benediction. with in
diligence and absolution. This is the
most imposing of all the ceremonies at
Rome at this season. The crowd is
most dense Immediately under the bal
cony at which the pope appears, for
there papers are thrown down contain
ing a copy of the prayer that have been
uttered, and ordinarily there is a scram>
BILE to catch them.
On the evening of Easter Sunday the
ZONE ana other exterior parts of st.
Peters are beautifully illuminated with
lamps. His holiness retire. late on Eas-
ter night, as though to make the most of
the grandest church day of the year.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

And then, in the early spring of the
following year., the same Cranborne
aliShted from a train that pulled into a
big depot in a Kentucky city. 1t was a
Saturday night, already after 10 O'Clock.
Cyanborne flung his valise into a hack.
and, instead of going to a hotel, direct,
ed$the driver to a private residence some
distance out in the suburbs of the city.
The house was in darkness when that
! hack drew up before it's front gate, but
that made no difference to the new ar
rival. He rang the bell in a way that
showed Enthusiastically his intention to be
admitted.
Miss Efie, sir?" said a sleepy servant
WHO at length answered. Miss Etfie is
gone out to a party, SIR
"Where?'
AT Mrs. Goodlin's. sir"
That was enough. CranbOrne knew
Mrs. Goodlin. He had not been invited to
the party, but that was not to be expect
ed, when he vas supposed to be in Mich
igan. a he was unshaved and attired
in !ough-and-ready travelling dress made
no difference in a case Of eAtltLna urgen-
cy, as this was.
In the event. Mrs. Goodiiu was very
glad to see Mr.. Cranborne, but that. too,
was not of much Importance. he begged
her to let him speak in private with Miss
Etie Stark.
AS a matter of fact. Miss Effie Stark
was just then speaking in private with
another man. But Mrs. Gco3'tn, after a
moments reflection, decided to break in
J upon that tete-a-tete She did it by say
ing: Excuse me, won't you? Fife, Mr.,
Crarioolne has juct appeared and wants
to see you at once
The other man bit his lip and inwardly
swore, while, outwardly, he was giving
his arm to Mrs. Goodlin.
Don't think me crazy, Etfie.' That
was how Cranborne opened the conversa-
ton. 1T is after II o'clock now. and
had to see you before midnight. I in
tended TO start a week ago. but ever SC
many things delayed me in Michigan
And then the train got stalled and we
missed connection at Cincinnati.'
Etfie, between one emotion and another
made a very pretty picture of a young
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

lady blushing. But she had nothing
ready to say, though her lips We're part
ed as if to speak.
T had to see you today" Cranborne
went on. Not a day sooner or a day
later. This is Easter eve. Let me tell
you what | am driving at at once. There
is an Old belief in Greece that l have al
ways wanted to test the truth of. They
say there that if a gem or anything Of
that sort has a curse on it, you can de-
stroy the curse by giving it on Easter
eve to "a girl who is very good in
deed, and who loves you"
OH" gasped lLtie.
Eyes. that was why I wanted to see
you before midnight C~ranborne went
on. Then he took that splendid trophy
of emerald and brilliants from a little
deerskin bag. Now l~isten,' he said.
THE man from whom ] bought this told
me that it was cursed, and had brought
him only misfortune ever since he first
got hold of it. So, you see. if you take it
and wear it, it will bring you misfortune
unless you owe me-
"Is that alp" said Efie.
yes"
Il think I'll risk it," she said, looking
down.
Five minutes later she was looking for
her escort and her wraps. Mrs. Goodlin
noticed that she kept her left hand con-
cealed under a glove which she had
, wrapped about its fingers.
C~ranborne left the city again in Easter
week. In the following summer he met
Fielding once more-at Chicago this
| time.
"Hullo." said Fielding. Here's my
gallant deliverer. What luck did you get
out of that blasted emerald, old chap?
I'm on the top wave myself"
II congratulate you,' said Cranborne
THAT blasted emerald as you call it,
has brought me nothing but the best of
fortune
You don't say. Well, I congratulate
you, then. But you didn't wear it,
No said C%ranboIne, II let someone
else do that. BY the way, I'm going to
be married in October. Congratulate me
again. ! tried an experiment, that's all.
i always did like experiments
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

green that strongly suggested the gor-
geousness of Asia, and all the more
strongly beause of it's being on the fin
ger of the shabbily dressed ''driftwood."
Crarborne could hardly keep his eyes
eff the jewels. AS a ~mineralogist. he na-
turally was interested in unusual speci-
mems of precious stones; as a youth of
strongly developed artistic tastes, the
rare perfection of color in the great en-
erald fascinated him.
Il am hating here" said the drift
wood" whose name on the hotel register
was Fielding. Il am hating here, like
Israel of old, between two opinions. Be
fore NE is the queens dominion of Can
ada-and ,abbiness-at my back is the
United States of America-and the posi-
bility Of prosperity, if that possibility eX-
lists any where for me. One beckons me
across the lake to Canada, the other is
drawing me into the great vortex OF the
United States. Which is it to be? Cam
ada and shabbiness, or the United States,
wealth and cocktails?"
LAS for shabbiness,' Cranborne slowly
drawled, II don't see how anybody can
help looking shabby with that ring on
! his finger, Fielding. The magnificence
of it is enough to make Solomon in all
his glory look shabby"
well, now, do you know" said Field
ing, looking at the ring, there is a deep
inner meaning to that remark of yours,
young man. I believe that this blessed
Burmese jewel has kept me shabby for
years, and will yet. In other words, 1
suspect the thing of being cursed.'
Where did you pick it up?' asked a
gray-headed man of the party.
Il didn't pick it up" answered Field
ing quickly. "A Tommy Atkins picked
it up in Burmah, in 49,, when and where
l didn't ask him, though I suspect he got
it where he didn't ought paid him a
hundred rupees for it, which he expend-
ed, / believe, on beer and died inconti-
nently. But ever since then l nave been
on the decline, and l attribute my pres
ent condition as a piece Of driftwood to
this brilliant object.'
And yet you won't part with to" said
Cranborne. That's human nature all
Over.'
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
THE DIAMOND FIELDS OF BRAZIL.

81. James's Gazette: 1t is not generally
embere that Brazil was at one time
the most important MISUNDERSTANDING
country in the world. We are reminded
OF this fact by the second secretary of the
brltsh iegation at Rio, who has just
sent home a report on a tourney To that
part of the country, Minas Gereas.
whence, this mineral has been obtained
In greatest quantity. Mr.. Beaumont tells
us that though the quality of the Brazil
ian stones still makes them more valu-
able than any others, diamond mining
has of late been comparatively neglected,
the industry being now. for the most
part, carried or by single individuals,
"garimpeirOs," or small associations,
working with rude and obsolete machin-
cry. A company known as the Boa Vista
has recently been formed in Paris, with
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
TRUTH CRUSHED TO EARTH.

A western editor was running the
motto, I'VE Tell the Truth" at the head
of his paper. The other day he was COM
PEELED to encounter several gentlemen
who objected to the truth being told, and.
as a consequence the motto disappeared
and the following notice was printed:
Until we recover from the injuries re-
Gently received, this paper will lie just
like the rest of them."-Grafton On. d.
Record.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
A DARK VIEW

Optimistic wonder why they always
put the death and marriage notices in
the same column"
Pessimist-'That is perfectly proper;
they aim to keep the calamities to-
gether."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

81 could never see anything great in
our trip across Rubicyon,' said Wash
ington. Nov. when ! crossed the Della
ware I had to contend with a great mass
of ice"
yes" replied Caesar; u look at the
risk l ran of meeting a frost when I
reached the other side" And even one of
the Roman senators smiled.-Philadel-
phia North American.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
LIGHTS AND SIDELIGHTS.
THE BELLS ON WHICH THE c

First Cook reading)-Wanted, to go
to Connecticut, a first-clas cook. Good
wages.
Second Cook-Niver on yer loife. Sure,
isn't that where they make alarum
clockS?-The jewelers. Weekly.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

Bilings-A man nevr learns to really
know his wife until after they are mar
ried, no matter how long they may have
been engaged.
Darrow-You're wrong there. Some
times the girls have little brothers.-Stray
Stories.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

The Burlington Route runs a through
sleeper from Butte to Omaha, st. Joseph
and st. Louis without change.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01
THE DEPARTING CONGRESSMAN

We're going home. Oh, glad refrain.
We soon shall leave this toilsOme spot
And some of us will come again
And some of us, alas, will not.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

The men returning will declare
Success from merit never swerves;'
The rest, that genius everywhere
Must look for less than it desrves."
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

Papyristite, the wood-pulp artificial
| stone of FIR. Gehre of Zurich, is very hard
| and light in weight. 1t is a n%on-con-
ductor of heat and noise, is inexpensive.
and is especially intended for roofs and
| floors, although 1t nay be expected to
prove useful for other purposes.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

The sensation of taste produced by AM
electric current passing through the
tongue is found by Zeynek, a German
electrician, to depend on voltage. Sud-
den changes of current and voltage pro-
duced changes of taste sensation, SEEM
ing to prove that the phenomenon of elec-
tric taste is an electrolytic one.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

The idea is gaining ground in France
alcohol from beetroot, etc, can be
made to compete with petroleum for
lighting purposes and that this use of
would give great encouragement
to French agriculture.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

AT THE VATICAN WILL PLAY EASTER CAROLS OF JOY.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-01

European meteorologists have reached
the conclusion, contrary to current belief,
that there is no connection between VIM
ter temperature and the neigh or the
barometer. as it is quite as often cold
when the is below the average
as when above.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-09
INSURRECTION IN BOLIVIA
Troops Nassacred by Indians Under
Direction of q Priest

Washington, May 6.-The department
Of state has been informed by our min
lister at Topaz, Bolivia, under date Of
March, 3, 1899, that on March 1st,
Colonel Pando sent from his army TO
Sicasica 120 men commanded by Egu-
ino to, Ayopaya, there 70 confer with
Mr.. Crellama as to the best means for
simultaneously attacking Cochabamba.
On arriving at the town Of Mohoza,
Eguino demanded a loan Of 200 boli-
vars from the mayor. These demands
being refused, the priest and mayor
were imprisoned. Meanwhile, how
ever. the priest had dispatched couriers
TO the Indian villages asking that the
natives attack Pendo'S men.
a large crowd OF Indians came and
in spite Of aN measures taken 70 pacify
them the arms Of the soldiers were
taken away, the men subjected IL re-
voting treatment and finally locked IN
side the church for the night.
In the morning the priest. after cele-
brating the sO-called mass OF agony.
allowed the Indians 70 take out the un-
fortunate victims, two by two. and 10j
We're deliberately murdered, each pair
by different IrtueS Seventeen ss-
capped death by having departed the
day previous on another mission.
Each day brings news OF rislngs o.
the Indians in different sections Of the
northern part Of the country.
A large party OF whites arrived IT
La Paz today. fleeing from Indian
threats.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-05-09

New York, Ny 6.-Mrs. William C.
Whitney, wife of the former secretary
of the navy, died shortly before 1
o'clock this afternoon.
The change for the worse in Mrs
Whitney's condition came on last
Tuesday, ami it became evident to her
physicians then that the end was not
far Off
Mrs. Whitney was thrown from her
horse while fox-hunting in Aiken, S. c.,
several years ago, She tried to pass
on beam and fell 10 the ground. She
was uncCUs sous when picked UP. She
was placed = a plaster cask and remain
ed in it for a long time. Everything &
possible was done for her, but she re-
mained absolutely helpless from the
tire Of the accident until she died. She
was conn, ,etely paralyzed from the neck
down. +3a34U
Mrs. Whitney was the second wife OF
ex-secretary Of the Navy Whitney, and
he was her second husband, her first
husband having been Captain Randolph
OF the British navy.
The neral services will be held in
the Garden City, Uong Island) Cathe-
dral probably on Monday. Bishop Lit.
tlejohn. Of the diocese OF Long Island
will officiate.
The entire Whitney family was at her
bedside when : died, including Harry
Payne Whitney and his wife.