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The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
HOW TO FIND POCKET.

First-Remember that the gold in
the surrounding surface is the only
guide OF a pocket
Second-Never dig a hole on quartz
ledge with the expectation of finding
pocket unless it will prospect at the
start
Third-When tracing for pocket, if
the gold is smooth. leave it ut once.
for it's ten to one you will never find
it.
Fourth-1f your trace runs to deep
bed of clay, don't lose ;much time in
looking for the pocket.
F'ifth-Beware of serpentine traces.
Most all will prospect and not pocket
Sixth-Remember fifteen or twenty
colors of gold as fine as flour to the
pan, and an occasional coarse color as
big as pinhead. is better trace to Il
pocket than a single piece of gold
worth 81, even If it is rough.
Seventh-The best place to look for
pockets is in a coarsegold district. The
pockets are larger and as easily found
Eighth-Recollect that nine out of
ten pocket ledges do not crop out near
the pocket.
Tracing-C Commence by panning the
top of the ground. 1t will prospect bet
ter there than deeper. unless you are
near the pocket or on fiat ground. Then
go deeper. even to the bedrock. If on
descending ground. face up hill pan
ming from right to left as far out as
you can get gold, and where you get
the best prospect; move up the hill
from that point, panning from right to
left as before, and move up on the best
prospect. Keep this up until you get
above the prospects; then go back
where you got the last best prospect,
dig small hole half way to the bed
rock and take Il pan. Then take one
on the bedrock, and If the last pros
poets best, rest assured you are near
the pocked. From there trench up, and
if you don't find the ledge and pros
poets give out, trench across. and you
will be certain to find the ledge; If you
do not find the pocket, trench both
ways along the ledge, panning every
inch, and you will be certain to find it.
unless 1t has been distributed over the
ground you have traced by the rocks
decaying and rain washes. Where a
pocket throws out trace, you will find
1t at the top of the bedrock, If there is
any left.
When you have taken out one pocket.
note the formation around it; follow
that and you will be likely to find an
other or dozen. 1t u not advisable to
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
The Southern Girl Not Athletic.

Tie Southern girl does find time ~,
READ. and write, and talk, as we all
know, although she can not fence and
dive, and pays no attention to cricket
or polo. She is apt to take more in
terest in the little curls on her brow,
the magnolia tint of her complexion,
and the picturesque droopiness of her
shady hat han a score in golf, p bi-
cycle gyml hama or rowing match.
These Lnii,gS necessitate inelegant
haste and bustle anG the raising of
voices, all IF which the Southern lover
of grace disapproves. Give her fan
and pretty froclS, a red parasol and
a young man to talk to, and the aver
age Southern girl is willing to let her
Northern sister take all the violent
sports ana all the glories thereof, She
may fade faster than does her open
air sister of the North, and she may
not have as sound constitution. as
broad shoulders and as deep a chest,
but She keeps her hands small and
white a.hd she doesn't learn how to
be rough in voice or manner.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
FisbinG an Art in China.

Nowhere in the world is the art OF
fishing so highly developed as in
China. Rivers, creeks, stagnant pools,
the great ocean and the little tank,
lakes and garden ponds, all furnish
their quota to the sustenance Of man.
Even rice grounds are turned into fish
ponds in winter. The inhabitants of
the waters are killed with the spear,
caught with the hook, scraped by the
dredge, and captured by nets. They
are even dived for by birds trained for
the purpose Eels are fed in tubs and
jars until consumers carry them off.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
Earl with Long Name.

The Earl of Rosslyn, who was taken
prisoner by the Beers and whose re-
cent message from Pretoria gave the
impression that the city was about to
surrender, is lieutenant in the First
Ftfeshire Volunteer Corps. When he
signs his name officially it is James
Francis Harry st. Clair Erskine. He
was captured with the Irish troops
while in the Orange Free State en-
route to Kroonstad In noble circles
of England he is considered to be I'M
"eccentricity." He is only 80 years
Of age, capital at amateur theatricals
and disposed to take to the stage for
livelihood.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
WHAT IS DOING IN
THE MINING WORLD

sink straight down very deep unless 1t
will prospect or the formation runs
that way. which can be determined by
black rock, caused by the stringers Of
iron and quartz running towards the
ledge; where they strike the ledge
pockets are liable to occur.
Pocket chimneys-like those on the
mother lode or any gold-bearing region
do not run straight down, but angle
on the ledge. Pocket shoots are often
not more than one foot wide. and even
less. BY the time your shaft is down
eight of ten feet. you will have cut
through your shot and left it on the end
of your shaft. The same system de
scribed to find pockets holds good in 10
eating chimneys on milling lodcs. ii
they contain free gold or even gold
bearing sulphurets. Mining and Scien-
rific Press.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

An explanation has been given, in
the house of commons, of the reason
why American capitalists were al
lowed to take large slice of the new
British loan The war had greatly de-
pleted the stock of gold in the Bank
of England Meanwhile there was a
great abundance of gold in this coun-
try. The result of disposinS of part
of the loan here was to draw gold to
London. 1t is all simple enough; but
the fact remains that it is only very
lately that this country was rich
enough to take foreign loans. Perhaps
the most significant feature of the af-
fair is that capital at interest now
earns so little that the possessors OF
it are content with per cent if the
security be unimpeachable.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
4 Kicb Strike at Ward,

One of the richest strikes of ore ever
made in Ward district WAS made there
last week at the Il. and NJ. mine. In
the S00-foot east level Il croSs-cut had
been started some twenty-siN feet
from the Dl'' shaft and running
south. A. ~ , lead was cut which
opened Up t. .tody of ore thirty-eight
inches in width. Returns from mill
run We're received to-day by Superin-
tendent Martin BosSen which gave the
astonishing values of from 5000 to
S1.i00 in gold per ton.
The ore is strictly II telluride product.
carrying tellurium. sylyanite and free
gold. In appearance ii is Il dark, slaty
color in i close grain pinkish quartz.
Telluride ore is not entirely new for
this district. although it has been con
sidcred chiefly confined to the tellur-
ium belt a few miles east of here.
Excitement runs high over this great
strike as it demonstrates the fact that
the largest and richest ore bodies of
the Ward district are found with
depth.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

In France, Monsieur Dufour has sue
7eeded in making thermometer tubes
of pure quartz. Not only are these
tubes exceedingly transparent but
their resistance to heat and other ad-
vantages make them superior to glass
for thermometers intended to measure
high temperatures. In such thermom-
eters, melted tin takes the place OF
mercury. and the scale reads from
about 465 degrees Fahrenheit up over
1000 degrees. 1t could be run up to
1900 degrees, for quartz does not soften
below that temperature.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
Church and Rectory Together.

"A new idea in ecclesiastical arcni-
lecture is to be carried out in New
York. In putting up the new edifice,
of the Church of the Archangel in ST
Nicholas avenue, Harlem, the plan is
to include the church and rectory un.
der the same roof. 1t is said that this
is the first time such a thing has been
attempted in that city and perhaps
anywhere. The entire building will
cost $4,000: The front of the struc-
ture will be the rectoTy, with the
church at the back. The entrance to
the church will be through and under
the rectory.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
WOMAN GRABBED SNAKE
And Sawed Its Head on y Barbed
Wire Fence.

Ana sawed Its HEM oH On barpeo
Wire Fence.
Genoa IN. " correspondent Chi
cago Inter-Ocean: Mr.. and Mrs.
James Bastedo of Syracuse are vis-
iting Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Parker,
who reside on n farm near this viii
lage. Mrs. Bastedo started out to
gather red raspberries in the COW
pasture late last Thursday afternoon.
She did not return at supper time, and
an hour later Mr.. Bastedo and MI.
Parker started to search for her. When
they arrived at the pasture they shout
ed. The pasture contains about thirty
acres. They heard her voice in reply
coming IRON the farther side of the
field, ana nastened in that direction.
The men found Mrs. Bastedo backed
up in corner of the fence. She cried
to them not to come very near unless
they were armed, as there was an i'm
mense snake coiled in front of her and
Watching. Each man picked up
club and started for the snake. 1t
heard them approaching and made
rush for Mrs. Bastedo. Quick as a
flash it coiled around her and tried to
strike her in the face. She caught it
by the throat and frantically sawed its
head off on the buckthorn wire fence,
Ihep she tainted The snake was
dragged to the house and measured.
1t was blaeksnake 13 feet 9 inches
long. Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Park
er, MIR. Bastedo and J. w. Shaw were
cutting wood in the same field. Mr..
Wood was about 100 feet from the 9th
ers when he gave yell, caught up
club and struck at something in the
grass The men ran to his assis ance.
Just before they reached him they saw
large snake coiled around his legs
and body and trying to strike him in
the face. Mr.. Parker caught the rep
tile by the throat and held it while
Shaw cut off its head with an AK 1t,
too, vas blacksnake, IL feet . inches
long.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
American Steel on the CIyds.

The latest invasion by America
manufacturers to excite Great Brita1
Is that of the makers of steel plate
for the sheathing of ships. The Lon
don Financial Times says that Clyoj
shipbuilders are now making CONTRACT
with American makers at as low
price as &c lbs per ton. as again
98 Is sd asked by the British NAM
facturers. With such prices as the
it is said to be impossible for the BIT
ish to compete, and the Americans
said to have taken orders for 4O"
tons. Just at this time the Clyde ste
workmen have made a demand fol
fifty-three hours week, which is Del7
resisted by their employers. Any
sation of the supply of British steel
the shipbuilders would naturally
crease the market for the Ameri'
product. The London Financial Tin
ascribes the lower American price
natural advantages. such as chea'
coal and iron,
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
EroEerS Expelled.

The Chicago Stock Exchange has not
yet had to deal with the question re-
Gently settled by the New York body.
A broker in New York called brother
broker liar. which was a violation
of the rules. But he carefully protect
ed himself, as he supposed, by The
qualification, before 10 and after !
o'clock"-that is to say, outside d
business hours. The governors prompt-
ly suspended both members, A for call
ing B liar and B for provoking the
accusation.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
Measured Chinese Wall.

The great wall of China was re-
Gently measured by Mr.. Unthank, an
American engineer. His measurement
gave the height at eighteen feet.
Every few hundred yards there is a
tower twenty-five feet high. For 1900
miles the wall goes over plains and
mountains, every foot Of the founda.
tion being solid granite and the rest
of the structure solid masonry.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

Siberia has recently furnished new
game-bird for the epieures of Europe.
1t is called the Siberian partridge, and
is found in the mountains south of
Cmsk in southern Siberia, but its Or
snal home is said to be Manchura.
Its principal food consists of wild
nuts, which gives an exquisite flavor
to its flesh. These birds. which have
begun to appear by thousands in the
markets of London, are shot durin-
the winter and forwarded to Englana
by way of the Baltic sea.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

The editor of an anarchlstic news
paper in this country hailed the mur-
der of King Humbert with an editor
ial paean of joy. He frankly conceded
that Humbert was kind and estimable,
personally, and that he had not been
guilty Of depressing his people; yet
this man rejoiced in his death merely
because he was a king. What sort OF
q man it is who breaches such doc
trines-what sort of men anarchy
breeds-is we'll brought out by the
comments of Chicago paper on this
editor; HE is not a worker, but
dead beat He spends most OF mis-
time consuming beer and giving utter
ance to the desire that people may be
killed. He is not even brave man.
When he was last wanted by the po-
lice he had to be dragged out from un-
der the bed where he had hidden.
This. Is a Just arraignment, not merely
of an anarchist, but OF anarchy.
The remains Of another giant dino
saur have been found by Prof. Riggs
of the Field Columbian museum OF
Chicago. on the banks of the Gunntson
river, near Grand Junction, Col. BY
accident, he unearthed one of the bones
Of a diuosaur. and subsequent excava-
ttons have brought to light nearly a
perfect skeleton, which will be shipped
= Chicago to be mounted. One bone
= nine feet long and others are 80
1arre that It u almsst beyond the
otrsnffh Of one man to lift them. Half
lef ~ skeleton already has bssn tases
fom ~ ground.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

The widespread Impression that peo-
pie living in primitive condition pos
sess more acute vision than civilized
men enjoy, receives little support
from the Investigations of DR.. Rivers
during the recent British expedition to
Torres Straits and New Guinea. The
visual powers of the people there were
found to be superior to those of nor
NAL Europeans, although the degree of
superiority was not great. Inc ma
tives of Torres Straits could see better
in the dark than most Europeans can
Their sense of touch was also slightly
superior. and in the discrimination or
weight they were more accurate than
a practised European. DR.. Rivers as
cribes their acuteness of vision to
their habits of constant observation.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

Twenty historic spots in Port
land, Me, are to be marked with tab
lets prior to the return of the absent
sons and daughters in Old Home week,
Revolutionary days, the birthplaces of
Henry Wadsworth, Longfellow, Thom-
as B. Reed, Nathaniel Parker Willis;
his sister. Mrs. James Parton ("Fanny
Fern, Alexander S. Wadsworth and
Sargent S. Prentiss.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

The dowager empress of Russia has
always declined to accept the guard
of Russian detectives during her visits
home. On her present visit, however,
this custom has been altered at the
command of the reigning czar and
much against the desire OF the en-
press. She is now followed by eight
Russian detectives of the international
service.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
Friend of the Netvsbo ur.

Miss Harriet Ives Gammell of New
port, R. L., is one of the richest young
women in the world, yet she is by no
means purse-proud. At her marriage
which took place last week. she had as
wedding guests 200 newsboys and mes
senger boys. Miss Gammells fortuna
is $40, 100000 The average earnings Of
each of her guests are not more than
$500 year At that rate they would
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

not contain tea.
Nor. cn the other
hand. does it con E
tain what in this
fair land is called
Senatorial C o | d
tea The contents
are simply the
Persian sovereign 5
favorite iced mil,-
eral water. The
innocence of this
beverage is more
than balanced by
the distinctly un-
conventional way
in which the soft
drink finds its way
to the Shah's in
t erior economy.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

The largest time ball in the United
States is being erected on the roof OF
the Fourth street end Of the bourse in
Philadelphia, the task being under the
supervision of Lieutenant Hughes
The ball. which is four feet in diane
ter and weighs go pounds, will be
hoisted to ghe top Of an iron column
100 feet above tidewater five minutes
before noon each day and dropped
electrically 40 feet to an air-cushion
exactly at noon by the naval observa
tory clock in Washington. The object
of the time ball is to enable all the
mariners in Delaware and Schuylkill
1ivers to regulate their chronometers
before sailing.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

married a man of
title-Lady Edith,
who Is now duch-
ess of Northum-
berland. Four mar
ried plain country
gentlemen, one is
the wife of the
bishop of Peterbor-
ough and Lady
Victoria is unmar-
ried.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
MOTHER" MARY JONES.

labor. This kindhearted, philanthrop-
ic woman is so loved by the rough del
vers of the coal mines in the anthra-
cite regions that with them her word
is tantamount to law. Mrs. Jones is 56
years old, silver-haired and beautiful
Her voice has been sweetly eloquent in
behalf Of the workers whose cause she
has adopted, and her appeals have won
unstinted sympathy for her simple,
hard laboring friends. She lives at
Wilkesbarre. Pa.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

Fred Dilcher of Nelsonville. o., is
member of the executive board of the
United Mine Workers Of America, and
the organizer for his district, which
includes eastern Ohio and the anthra-
cite regions of Pennsylvania, is the di
recting head of the coal miners strike.
Dilcher is known as ''the baby"
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

The Trans-Siberian railroad will be
completed at the present rate of work
ing in about two years, the cost prob
ably considerably exceeding the orig
inal estimate of S75.500,0 900.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

After looking at this sketch, made at
Ostend, one almost could believe that
Victoria's good and great friend would
eat pie with knife, The artist who
made the picture says he showed it to
the Shah. who was greatly amused
thereat.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
FLOAT.

The Scott Mining Syndicate of Lon.
don has purchased the Britannia mine
on Howe sound. British Columbia. the
consideration being S2,0OO.O0O. The
property embraces seven claims and
was formerly controlled by an Ameri
can syndicate.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
THE MARBLE TIMES
AND
CRYSTAL SILVER LANCE
MARBLE. COLORADO.

kentuckys whisky product for the
year Just ended was nearly 22.000,0ov
gallons, an increase over last year OF
nearly 1000, 900.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

Millmen of experience think that it
Is rarely necessary that the stamp
should weigh over 1000 pounds, and
some look upon that weight as the
maximum for efficiency. A lighter
stamp with sufficiently higher drop to
insure sufficient momentum is gener-
ally preferred. In this, as in every
thing else about n stamp mill, the ore
is the thing to be suited. Whatever is
best for the ore is the best to use. And
this can only be determined by individ-
ual experiment
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

Lord Rowton. who is the literary
executor Of the late earl of Beacons-
field, has been visiting the queen, and
1t is rumored that she has directed
him to put of the publication of Bea-
consield's memoirs till after her
death.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

The contented man is never poor;
the discontented man never rich.-
Leighton.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
EosY the Shah Drinks.

one Of the Indispensable articles
which the Shah takes with him on his
travels is a silver teapot which does
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

James M. Sherwin of Grafton.
has voted at every election In
town--local. state and nationals
1882. II he lives until November
win cast his eighteenth presides
vote.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

The United States cruiser Baltimor.
is home again from Manila, having
come under Admiral Watson, by vay
of the Mediterranean. Her first ston
was at Greenock. Scotland. The Bal.
timore is the flagship OF Rear Admira,
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

ough investigation of the vessel than
is usual. The surgeon of the Balti
more told DR.. Doty that he would not
certify that the sailors had not visited
Glasgow, because they usually went
everywhere when on shore leave. DR..
Doty permitted the Baltimore to go to
the naval anchorage off Thompklns-
vile, with the understanding that she
was under quarantine, and that no per-
son should be allowed on board, nor
any of the ships company on shors
without his permission.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

Most of the gold in the old copper
plates may be extracted by heating the
plates over charcoal fire, placing the
lower side of the plate next to the fire
heat to about boiling point of water.
then remove 1t from the fire and scrape
with broad chisel. This will remove
most of the gold and silver amalgam
which melt into base bar. II the
plates are very old and brittle by be-
coming saturated with quicksilver. the
only method is to melt the entire plate
and refine.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

earn 500 100000 in 333 years and eight
months. To help to celebrate her we'd
ding to that lucky Englishman, Thorn
as Shaw Safe. Miss Gammell invited
the 200 news and messenger boys to bel
her guests at an outing at Island Park.
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
ArgYIe'S DauGhfer.

Of all the late duke Of Argyle
RI n II oh forc nna oD1u
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26

watson. This IS
the first time the
cruiser has appear
ed in home waters
since the battle of
Manila. Owing to
the existence of bu-
bonic plague at
Glasgow at the
time of the ves-
sells stay at Green
ock, Health officer
Doty of New York
made a mona thor
The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1900-10-26
Idol of the Miners.

Mother" Mary Jones, Queen of the
Mines" and the idol of the miners. oc-
cupies a unique place in the world of
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-05-24

II YOU want the best insurance, In
the best company In the world, let
me explain to you the liberal policy
contracts as ISSUED by the New York
Life Insurance Company.
r. e.. Tabor,
dli6 w3l Special Agent.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-05-24
COLORADO LYNCHINC.
A Negro Swung to a Telegraph Pole
in the City Pueblo.
TAKEN FROM GUARDS
The Negro Shot and Killed Two Little
Girls and Seriously Wounded
His Wife The Mob Mum.
bered About 1900.

Pueblo, Colo. May 23.-Calvin Kimb-
lcrn, the negro who shot aud killed two
young white girls and seriously wound
ed his wife, early Sunday morning. was
lynchcd at 1888 O'Clock this morning by
an angry mob Of 1890. Kimblern was
captured Tuesday afternoon in Denver
and brought here by the officers.
Upon arrival Of the Rio Grande train
a mob of determined people surrounded
the train nc the Eighth street depot,
overpowored the officers and took the
negro from the train. put a rope around
his neck aud dragged him TO the corner
OF Eighth and Santa Fe avenue. q dis
lance Of about three blocks. Tho rop1
was quickly put across a telegraph pole,
diagonally opposite the Grand hotel aud
the negro strung up The rope broke
twice, but third attempt was successful
and the crowd dispersed in an orderly
manner.