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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
Copyright, 1899, by c. j. Cutelife HYu.

leanse there seems no other way to ex-
plain the keenness with which she
hunts after personal danger. At pres
emit she is intriguing against President
Ouijarra's government. Well, we all
know that Quijarra is brigand. just
as his successor was before him. The
dency of Chile will be brigand also.
1t is the custom of my country. But
interfering with brigandage is a tick
Gsh operation, and Quijarra is always
scrupulous to wiring the neck of any
one whom he thinks at all likely to in
terfere with his peculiar methods.
81 should say that from his point of
view said Kettle. che was acting
quite rightly, sir. -
81 thought you d lcok at it sensibly,"
said Silva. "Well, captain, here we are
at the top of the stair. Don't you think
you had better change your mind and
slip away now, and go back to your
quarters2'
t'Why, no, SIR" said Captain Ket-
tie. ''From what you tell me, it seems
possible that Miss La Touche may
shortly be seeing trouble, and it would
give me pleasure to be near and ready
to bear a hand. She is a lady for whom
I have got considerable regard. That
supper, sir, which we have just eaten
and the wine are things which will live
in my memory"
He stepped out on to the roof, and
Donna Clotilde came to meet him. She
linked her fingers upon his arm and led
him apart from the rest. At the farther
angle of the gardens they leaned their
elbows upon the parapet and talked
while the glow from the street below
family lit their faces and the firef1ies
winked behind their backs
81 thank you, captain, for your
offer" she said at length, "and &C
cept it as freely as it was given. 1 have
had proposals of similar service before,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

rante Cochrane was only ferry to take
us across to fine war steamer that was
lying out of sight elsewhere. and they
swallowed the yarn and stepped in over
the side. | can't say they've behaved
like lambs since, but once or twice.
when the whole lot of the brutes have
been raging against me, I've been very
nearly happy. And afterward, when
I've got spell of rest, I've picked up
pen and paper and knocked off one or
two of the prettiest sonnets a man
could wish to see in print. If you like
cir, I'll read you a couple before you GO
back to your whaleboat.
"I thank you, skipper, but not now
Time is on the move, and Donna
Cletilde is waiting for me- What am
to tell her?'
ssSay, of course, that her orders are
being carried out and her pay being
earned"
''My poor fellow" said Silva with
sacrificing yourself uselesslyl What can
you, in small sailing vessel like this,
do with your rifles against splendidly
armed vessel like the Cancelario? p
''Not much in the shooting line,
''That beautiful agent sold US even
over the ammunition. There were kegs
put on board marked cartridges, but
when I came to break one or two, so as
to serve out a little ammunition for
practice, be hanged if the kegs weren t
full of powderl And it wasn't the stuff
for guns even. 1t was blasting powder,
same as they used in the mines. Oh,
sir, that agent was the hottest kind of
a fraud!'
Silva wrung his hands. Captain,
he cried, "you must not go on with this
mad cruisel 1t would be sheer suicide
for you to find the Cancelario.
"You shall give me news of it again
after I've met her, said Captain Ket-
tie. For the present, sir, follow out
Miss La Touches orders and earn my
e13 a month. But if you re my friend,
Mr.. Silva, and want to do me a good
turn, you might hint that if things go
we'll 1 could do with a rise to GA a
month when I'm sailing the Cancelario
for her,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10

pet
but they came from the wrong sort 1
wanted man, and I found out that
you were that before you had been at
the dinner table five minutes.
Captain Kettle bowed to the comp1i-
ment. ''But.'' said he, ''if am that, 1
have all of a mans failings."
81 like them better" said the lady.
ethan half mans virtue And as a
proof I offer you command of my
navy"
"Your navy, miss3''
cit has yet to be formed said
Donna Clotilde, land you must form
it But, once we make the nucleus,
other ships of the existing force will
desert to us, and with those we must
hight and beat the rest. Once we have
the navy we can lombard the ports
into submission till the country thrusts
out President Quijarra of its own &C
cord and sets me up in his place.
"Ohr' said Kettle. 81 didn't under
stand. Then You want to be queen of
Chilef e.
president
But president is man, isn't her
'Why2 Answer me that
'Because-well, because they always
have been, miss
because men up to now have always
taken the best things to themselves.
Well, captain, all that is changing. The
world is moving on, and women are
forcing their way in and taking their
proper place. You say that no state has
yet had woman president You are
quite right. 1 shall be the first.'
Captain Kettle puckered his brow
and locked thoughtfully down into the
lighted street beneath. But presently
he made up his mind, and spoke again.
"Pn accept your offer, miss, to COM
mand the navy, and I'll do the work
we'll You may rely on that. Although
I say it myself, you'd find it hard to
get better man. 1 know the kind of
brutes one has to ship as seamen along
this South American coast, and I'm the
sort CT brute to handle them. By James,
yes, and you shall see me make them
do most things, short of miracles But
there's one other thing. miss. ought
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-10
A Loser.

''Tm going to quit gambling. It costs
too much"
''Why, you know you win more than
you lose"
eyes, but to keep even, would have
to win twice as much as l lose. You
see, whenever 1 win, I have to give
half to my fe."-Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
concentration in New Mexico.

The new concentrating mill at Pinos
Altos, Grant county, built by the
Hearst people, is now running and pro-
ducing nearly 100 tons Of concentrates
a day. The company has yer 100 men
employed. Development is practically
at an end and work is being prosecuted
with a view to securing returns from
the ore mined. One shaft has reached
a depth of 800 feet. The smelter at
Silver City, operated by the company,
is running night and day. The invest
ors of such large sums in Grant coun-
ty are beginning to reap the fruits Of
their expenditure.
Perhaps the richest strike on record
in the Santa Rita district has been I'M
covered on the Heath property. A vein
of ore eight feet in width and running
seventy per cent. copper and consider
able silver has been followed for some
distance.
Work is being prosecuted by the Man
gus Mining company on a large ore
vein which is yielding 500 ounces sill
yer to the ton.
News comes from Water n that
a rich strike has been made in the
Buckeye mine, owned by Governor
Otero, Chief Justice Mills and others.
A broad vein carrying a large proper
| ton of copper and some gold has been
uncovered.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
Scabby Legs.

This is a condition of the legs caused
by the growth and irritation of an in
sect. that is sometimes found living be-
tween the scales of the shanks, says
American Poultry Journal. You may
find lust a slight %roughness with a
few insects. or the shanks may De
twice the ordinary size and of a dis
gushing appearance. The rough spoIs
consist of scales. dirt and a few in
sects. If you scrape off a little OF this
collection and put it under a magnify
ing glass, you can easily recognize the
insect that causes the trouble. A httie
Mains taken will cure this disease. An
ointment of sulphur one ounce, vase
line ten stablespoonfuls, well rubbed
into the rough places twice a week.
for two weeks, will make life mlser-
able for the parasite and heal the irri-
tated parts. Set no hen with scaly
legs unless you desire %unsightly hanks
in the chicks. A single hen with sealy
legs is liable to pass the disease to tne
ether birds in the yard. The legs OF
tbe infected bird getting against those
Of other birds on the roost may cause
tbe spread of the trouble. If you wish
70 he sure of no future cases, apply
tbo ointment to all birds. Do not nave
even one case of scaly legs on your
nlant. 1t is an indication Oh d nap
hazard ~poultryman.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
rhs Calhoun-Aiax Decision.

The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal. in speaking of the decision recent
ly rendered by the Colorado Supreme
Court in the Calhoun-Ajax case, says:
"As a whole, this decision, reaffirm-
inga and fortifying, as it does, the fam
Gus and fundamental doctrine of the
completeness and invulnerability of
the title conveyed by a patent of the
United States, and the equally import
tant doctrine of the rights of a valid
subsisting location on those public min
eral lands to which the United States
mining laws apply, is so highly sane
and wholesome hat we most earnestly
hope for its confirmation by the United
States Supreme Court, to which trib
unal. it is said, this case will be car
ried for final adjudication"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
AID FOR

-
Proposition for the superintendent OF thu
Mint TO Examine Claims for Poor Men.
a movement has been started in this
city, says the Denver Republican. to
secure the appointment at the head of
the mint in this city of an experienced
netaliurgist and mineralogist, a part
OF whose duties shall be to examine
prospects for poor miners and either
aoVlsei them as to the best methods of
development, or show them that fur
ther work would be Improbable. In
other words he would be expected tc
perform for a nominal fee the work
noW done by professional engineers.
whose charges are out Of reach of the
average prospector,
This is exactly on the line of what
is now done in Australia. In that coun.
try, when a new district is discovered
the government, on the application OF
miners interested, not only sends q
competent engineer to pass judgment
on the district, but on his recommended
uon sinks a Shaft or drives a TUNE,
to prove up the ore bodies. This work
is done without any cost to the miner
II shafts are frequently sunk as fan
as 800 or 1000 feet, with enough drift
ing to determine the extent and char
acter of the ore dispositions. The
miners then only have to follow the
lines marked out for them, and If the
ground proves commercially worthless
they are saved all the expense of de
yelopment. In the province of Vic
toria alone the provincial government.
eXpends annually about 100000 il
development work of this character.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24

Whether it will be better to have one
litter or two each year is a matter
which each hog raiser must decide
according to his own conveniences,
says a government bulletin. When
comfortable shelter is provided and
good winter pastures can be secured,
October pigs are usually as profitable
as those which are farrowed in the
spring. By the time they are ready
to wean, oats and vetch should be in
good condition for grazing, and the
young pigs will soon begin to eat arti-
chokes so they need not be confined to
dry feed. By spring they will be
large enough to kill for a local mar
ket, or they al be kept growing
through the summer with very little
expense. By December they should
weigh at least 300 pounds each, and
be ready for market. In every town
there are butchers who are always
watching for opportunities to buy pigs
weighing from 100 to 200 pounds for
the local trade, and October pigs will
often bring high prices for meeting
that demand. March or April pigs
come at a season when they need little
care. and can be carried through the
summer at a very small cost. By De-
cember, if they have been we'll fed
they will weigh from $50 to 300 pounds
each, and at eight months will be
fully as profitable as the heavier octo-
Der pigs,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24

they move around SO constantl. that
the victim is seldom able to point oNs
the one who feeced him after he dis
covers he has been robbed. When a
pocketbook is taken, the proprietors OF
the panel-house and the woman who
got the money disappear and a new set
take their places. so that the stranger
is d~umfounded when he leads the po-
lice to the house, and discovers a num-
Der of indignant women. who VOW they
never saw him before and threaten to
arrest him for SANDER. When he goes
home the robbers return. and business
goes on as before.
Such is C~hicago's 'levee." without
parallel in the world from many stand
points. A grimy, fostering place OF
evil. without a redeeming quality, it
looks as though it would be wiped
out at last, after its thirty-five years
Of triumph over Law and order and de-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
Valuable strike in boulder.

The best showing for a big mine, ST.
far as surface showing on & big vein
will go, is just south of the Boulder
soda springs, six miles west of Bould-
or. Cannon, Bane & Co. are cross-cut
ting a vein fifteen feet wide, and have
cut four different stringers of tellurium
ore. The first one is on the granite foot
wall. two feet wide. The next six
inches wide, the next II foot, and
have cut into another of eighteen
inches in the breast of the tunnel, but
not through yet. The mill test from
these different streaks ran $685. and
sample assays from 81 TO $50.
The floor of the tunnel is ON water
level and from all indications they are
right on top of a big ore shoot.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
AN IDOL DEvIL-HuNTlNo.

Curious Ceremony Practiced In China ia
Heal a Sick Woman.
A gentleman writes from Wuhu.
China, under a recent date: A old
woman here had beer ill for some time
and the priests were called in to decide
what was the matter. Their decision
was that she should be shut up for
three days, as the devil was around.
They also decided that the devil must
be caught and destroyed. So they sent
over the river and secured the services
Of the noted idol, Ri-Lunguang, the
second dragon king. He reached here
safely in the regulation Chinese chair
with four bearers, and they began first
Of all to find out where the medicine
was to heal the old woman This was
done by going round and round until
they were too dizzy to stand, and the
way the idol fell showed the direction
in which they were to hunt. They
searched half a day. At last, nearing
a dirty pool Of water, the idol took a
Iurch, and away the whole lot went
head first into the pool. They came to
the conclusion that the elixir of life
was in here, for they waded around
that pool for half an hour or more
and time after time fell in. Once they
lost the idol for a time in the water.
They put him in a tub, but OH sad to
relate, the idol was too heavy, and
down went tub, idol and all. After
some time they rescued him and
brought him to land. After this they
asked the idol for further instructions
and he told them by mods that they
must search for the devil. The idol
added that he was in the pond So
they got a broom and swept him out
and he ran for a graveyard near by.
They soon located him on the top of a
grave, and then they drove pitchforks
into the ground and poured a circle o,
lime around. Then a fisherman's net
was spread out over the grave and the
net was rolled up with the forks, and
Mr.. Devil was safely tied up inside. Ht
was led off in triumph to a neighborinf
field, which the idol had pointed out
and in which there was a strawstack
This they quickly ignited and threw
the net, devil and all in. and will
great shoutings and burstings of fire
crackers he went up in smoke"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24

compelled to keep the aucL. s.
much to their disgust h,. H.
allo" them to pasture on il.
There Is hardly a BIT or pasturs %,
the chicks. and for awhile a sseraoa
a. rye would have to Give nm 49,
struggle Tor the chicks would eat IN
'ne gay nearly all the growth the rva
.ouiu make in twenty-four hours hnt
II Is coming on nicely now tbanLs
10 tne warm rains. If you have never
watched chicks. you have no idos -
Dusy they will keep on a patch Of rye
al DAY Were the ground In condi-
tlon and had no rye or clover mas
lure, l would not hesitate to sow now
Ior II would probably make pasture for
h poultry next spring before grass
starts up much.
During every warm SMELL this w,nte,
the rye will be there inviting the noul-
try to eat, and they will not wait for
the second invitation. Then in the
early spring what a feast! It will
not only result in our getting a larger
number of eggs, but they will hatch
better and stronger chicks, ducks and
turkeys. By all means have a patch
of rye If you haven't a patch of clover.
especially for your poultry's use.
We sold all of our young gobblers
and the largest of our young turkey
hen the first of the month. receiving
Sh cents per pound. We received but
IA cents last year. The way prices
are running now we sold them well,
We will keep the young hens for the
February market. Our experience the
past two years in turkey raising has
been such that our plans are now tc
procure enough old hens, SO that they
may sit after laying their first litter
unless too early in the season; lei
them sit upon, hatch and raise theil
W young, but not without our SUI.
pervision. To be sure they will need
to be watched to the nests, eggs gath
cred and taken care of until they arr
set; then after Matching they will
need to be penned a week or two, but
after that they will be comparatively
little bother, nothing like as wher
chicken hens raise them, and they
make a better growth, also are fret
of disease.
EMMA CLEARWATERs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24

on the streets for the money to pur-
chase brief forgetfulness of their mis-
cry. That accomplished. they want
nothing more. Men and women, filthy,
ragged and repulsive, herd like swine
in these two barns at night, and scat
ter forth in the daylight to beg the
money for the precious morphine.
There are about forty panel-houses
In the "levee," houses to which a
stranger is lured for the sole purpose
of robbery. The ome who do this
work are sharp and clever in selecting
their victims and in escaping after do
ing the work, but several of them have
recently been indicted and sentenced.
and that has had a quieting effect on
the others, at least for a time 1t is
extremely difficult to convict the wom-
en- who operate the thieving places. as
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
Rye for Poultry

hor POULTRY.
farmers Review: There is
-. 700 little written of rye as a
n ,'su for poultry. why. it is
.ell' for surely there is moth
sn er and easier had, also it is
su ior all kinds of poultry
h same time it is making
IN = FOWLS and possibly the
wa. ioosening the ground for
mo~ : crop. Its fertilizing quail
not be so good but it does
anu without a doubt makes
M. iooser. There is no one
nv can sow a patch in his gar
snow and after it gots a start
wis nave the run of it. I'm
AND poultry is in very great num-
H. ne rye patch small no harm
allow them the run of it all
Except the ducks and geese.
90 1u Ieet pat the soft ground
H. nard and then after it is
on Oiaues do not seem to grow
nos SsiVkiy after being nipped off
nos or geese bills as when they
Aeu by chickens OF turkeys.
se's a start there is nothing
Y tn,~' NEVER for laying ducks than
Il ssn aeo into a rye patch. Four
n OatO, " e sowed the garden and
Snd M 70 rye after narrowing the
losone rye was broad-casted,
i rra ssu' and now (Nov. 49, it is
h. ~ Notwithstanding the short
/ ana %e mad the week after it was
(bul,ss maj almost a hundred head
Iuma nave had the run of it all
\ on There is a little over two
ban which was planted two and
bushels of rye. We were
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
A T AT LEApvILLE.
1t Is Not Properly Distributed to Suit the
Miners.

Miners.
While Leadville is in every sense of
the word a wet" camp, says the Dem
ocrat, and there is hardly a Shaft but
what needs a full complement of
pumping apparatus, there is in some
portions of the district the problem of
water where it does not exist in suti-
Gent quantities for useful purposes.
On West Fryer hill the leasers in order
to get enough for steam purposes have
to have the water hauled TO them in
wagons. In other portions there are
cases where the mines to get enough
for steam power, have to melt snow
and the engineer is engaged part of his
time in shOveling snow into a tank
which also receives the exhaust. The
old Lucky Weber shaft on Brooklyn
heights for some time past has been
used as a well. 1t has a first class
brand of water which is lifted in a
bucket with a windlass and furnishes
an ample supply for domestic purposes
to the people of that neighborhood.
The Hoffer shaft will be utilized by
the Loder furnace for a supply for
the additional furnaces to be put up,
for steam and as a carrier.
The Bon Air water is conveyed to
the Union smelter for steam purposes
The Ibex uses its water for a con-
veyor of the ashes away from the
boiler rooms.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
SHOT u OF TURN.
How Did BE Know h Other Fellow
Would DO It1

How Did He Know the Other Fellow
Would DO ItT
A former member Of the Gordon
highlanders, the regiment which has
distinguished itself so highly in the
present war in South Africa, relates
the following anecdote in connection
with one of the Gordons who fought
in the Anglo-Boer war of 1881, says
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
Just before the battle of Laing's Mex
the highlanders and a force of the
Beers were lying, under cover. oppo-
site each other. The h~ighlanders had
beer ordered to remain still and hold
their fire. Presumably the Beers had
received similar commands, for, with
the exception Of n burgher and one
Gordon, who could not refrain from
taking pot shots at so much of each
other as they could decry, the men
on both sides were silent. For some
time the Boer and the highlander re-
ferred to conducted a duel. First the
Boer would bob up from behind his
shelter. fire at the highlander's cover
and drop out of sight. The highlander
would jump up. reply. and then hur-
riedly hide himself. About twenty
shots had been exchanged in hat way
when exclamation of pain burst from
the lips of the highlander. His left
hand had been shattered by one of the
Beers bullets. THAT serves We RIGHT.
Mackenzie" said his sergeant. Eye
waur telld tae be quiet" "Hoot.
mon" replied the highland; hoo did
1 ken he was gan tae shoot cot o. his
turn"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24
p-reOocious k

have been handling Jerseys LOT
about 70 years, and have had severai
cases where young heifers have given
milk before ever having calves says
q contributor to Rural New Yorker. Az
one time, a yearling heifer was suckeu
INV some calves and brought 10 ne,
milk in such quantity that we miiAeu
her regularly, and used her milk out
7 could not state the amount as II waS
inf in with hat from the rest OF tse
herd, She proved to be a .non,O /,
er." and was sent to the butcher olS hat +
have q heifer now, just a year oiu' ina
has so much of an udder that severH a.
haye asked whether she was no In,
na,s She would, evidently give MN nnd
w would take it. Last summer l nat
nno beifers whose udders filled SO tnas
: MIXED them several months pei la
oolving but I do not eonsioer 'n
U,sohle when it can be avoided
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24

values are more evenly disseminated,
when condition renders handspring
imprActicable.-Mining and SCIENTIFIC
Press.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24

The Hamilton mine in Summit couIb
ty gives employment to twenty-three
men and the ten-stamp mill is kept
fully Supplied with ore from the mine,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-24

Defaultlug Cashier Surrender&.
Charles Kendrick, the alleged de-
faulting cashier of the Citizens bank.
Sioux City. Iowa. has returned to that
town and s~urrendereS