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The Coconino sun., 1900-04-07
AN ARIZONA KLONDYKE.
Excitement at Jerome Over a Gold Strike
 Other Rich Finds Being Made.

A report from Jerome Monday says: This city is almost depopulated Every livery rig in the city and a special pas senger train has been carrying people toa point eight miles north of Jerome on the United Verde X Pacific railroad, where an enormously rich vein of free gold was discovered by section hands. The ground where the quartz is found has been prospected for many year, and heavy cuts made through il by the L. V. X P. railway Very little work has been done on the disc, ,very claim. A sample assay shows S23. 900 d ton. The quartz is white.
 A later report says: One hundred men left Jerome this morning for the new gold fields. The country for miles in all directions from the strike has been located All the locations are being worked. Further developments on the Clure-Weeden group shows tha. as the ore body goes down it still car. ries the original value.
 Experts and practical miners main tain that the strike will prove all that Is claimed and more. Other prospects being worked prove that there is gold elsewhere than on the claim first opened. There are at least twenty people outfitting at Jerome tonight to work the claims located. A saloon and gambling outfit left for the district to-day. Ore is being sacked at the Cure Weeden mine for shipment. Five tons for a test will be shipped to the sampler in Prescott this week.
The Coconino sun., 1900-04-07

Cleanse the liver, purify the blood. invigorate the body by using DeWitt's Little Early Risers. These famous lit tie pills always act promptly. Pioneer Drug Store.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20

a person of moderate means and small
family, wishing an average amount of
room. There are five good rooms, all Of
fair size, in addition to the hall, bath
room, pantry and closets. The house
can be heated by furnace or stoves.
From the porch you pass into the
hall, from which you can enter the par
lor, dining-room, two bedrooms or
bathroom. The parlor is octagon
shaped at one end, giving more light
and ventilation and better view. The
pantry is so placed that the passage is
through il from the kitchen to the dim
ingroom, and is fitted up with large
cupboard. locker, pastry table and
-four bins.
A cellar extends under the entire
house, I feet deep. The height of
ceiling above is 10 feet. The founda-
above foundation is of wood. The tim
bers are sound and we'll seasoned; stills,
by s feet; floor joists, 2 by s feet; for
porches, by feet; ceiling joists and
rafters, 2 by feet; studding, by 4
feet. All to be spaced Is inches from
centers. The floor joists are well
bridged. The floors throughout are of
selected fencing flooring, well seasoned
and dry when laid The doors are all
stock made. Outside and sliding doors,
"a inches thick; all other inside doors
1% inches thick; all principal doors
having transoms over them. All win
dows to be hung with weights. The
plastering is to be of three coat work of
best materials and workmanship. The
interior finish is of white pine, finished
natural throughout. The closets are
shelved and hooked in the usual man
ner. All outside work usually painted
has two coats paint in colors to bar
monte with the surrounding land
scape. The house is very coy and
would make comfortable home at a
cost of $1,000 to $1,000.
N A pAvNIS
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
CONSTRUCTING A SILO.
Some of the Things to he Taken Int
CONFEDERATION by Those About
to Build One.

Let it be air-tight. Your wife would
hardly expect fine favored fruit for
her table had not the glass jar been
Theoretically sealed.
The slaves forming the silo must be
beveled, tongued and grooved. Any
height desired can be reached if the
ends of the slaves are properly joined
together, the best known plan for do
ing this being to use metal spine,
which when finished is wholly con-
cealed and makes the stave from bot
tom to top as good as if of one solid
piece.
Use round iron for hoops. extra
heavy size at the base, medium in mid
die of silo, and little lighter at the
top. Locate hoops some nearer to-
gether for large silos than for small
ones, the average distance apart be-
ing about two feet.
On 16-foot diameter silo each hoop
needs two draw Jugs and correspond
ing nuts. Two Tugs answer usually on
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
MODERN ROAD LAWS.
state Legislatures I'm Every Part Of
This Great Country Should he
Asked to Pass Them.

Workers in the good roads movement
in this country are hoping for mate
rial advancement of their cause as o
result of the rapid introduction Of
automobiles. The impulse toward bet
ter highways caused by the bicycle is
likely to be repeated, in intensified
form, now that new device calling for
smooth surfaces has been perfected, es-
pecially as the higher cost of the auto
matte vehicle is calculated to cause its
owner to demand proportionate con-
sideration. The serviceability of the
automobile increases in ratio with
the smoothness of the way. The cleo
trio vehicle, having limited capacity,
is especially affected by rough roads,
which increase the demand upon the
batteries for a given length of run.
The road-use of these contrivances is
rapidly becoming their chief feature
and hence the hope that influences too
strong to be ignored will be felt by
state legislatures to induce them to
pass modern road laws calculated to re-
form the highways. The process of
teaching the rural voter by object les
sons that his best interest lies with a
better road, and consequently more
liberal system of construction and re-
pair does not produce the results re-
quired. 1t is slow work to drive the
truth through the sloth and prejudice
which have contributed to the eyolu-
ton of the worst system of country
roads in any civilized country. Too
frequently the farmer still holds to the
narrow tire and kills his horses and
loses his markets and wastes his profits
to haul his products through the mire
or over rough ways that rattle his wag-
ons TO pieces long before their time. 1t
has become apparent that the farmer
must be helped despite himself. and
the good work already done by the de-
partment of agriculture and the League
American Wheelmen and by individual
bicyclists must be furthered by the
"chauffeurs." The owners of automo-
biles will soon find it to their in terest
to take a hand in the propaganda and
with this help the good work may
progress to the point of extensive addi-
tons to the decent highways of the
country during the next few years.
What is needed in every state is stiff
law, putting premium on smooth
roads and a tax on bad ones, establish
ing a system of rebates from the coun-
ty taxes on all wagon tires three inches
or more in width and providing the ma
chinery for the uniform enforcement
of such a statute Even the most be-
nighted community can appreciate the
Logic of road tax, and with intelligent,
honest supervision to see that the road
work is properly done most of the
denominations now called by courtesy
roads should speedily give place to
hard, smooth. well-kept highways,
bringing business to the farmers and
opening up the country to settlement
Star.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
ROUND SILO WITH ALL OPEN
FRONT.

each hoop. They might be of cast iron,
but malleable are better, safer.
The lumber should be thoroughly
well seasoned and of good grade.
Some kinds are more liable than others
to shrink and swell. Let this be
thought of. Experience has shown
that cypress and white hemlock give
good results.
The willing boy or hired man may
be ambitious to handle the brush.
Let them occasionally spread coat of
suitable wood preservative over the
inside surface of the silo, and paint the
exterior.
For removing the ensilage from the
silo there must be openings in the form
of doors, or an open section. Doors
were formerly used until something
more economical and labor-saving was
devised. The silage being such a heavy
product and so concentrated, it is econ
omy in labor and cost of handling to
have the silo that is made with con-
tinuous opening front. This allows
the discharge out of the Silo at all
points down the front of the vessel as
the feeding season advances.
Ensilage originated from the felt
need of having a low cost succulent
cattle food for winter feeding. Sowell
has it served that purpose that when
the midsummer pastures become short
the silo is coming to be well regarded
also for summer and Autumn feeding
This should be remembered when the
size of the silo is chosen.-Farm Jour
nal.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
e. A. PAYNE.

ical impurities and needs no prelim-
mary cracking. grinding and washing,
as does the ordinary crude rubber. The
botanical name of this shrub is
Synathereoeas MeXicanas, and it fur
nishes gum the remarkable yield OF
40 per cent. of its own weight, while
the method of extraction, and the adj
mixture of residual portion of the
solvent give as a new composition a
brownish black viscid gum that is not
only free from all mechanical impur-
tiles, but may be brought by evapora-
ton to any desired consistency, and is
at once ready for use in the arts with
out any preliminary washing and
cleaning. 1t is abundant, cheap and
may be treated either in green state
or in dry state, so that it may be cut
and baled and stored for any length of
time and shipped without affecting its
yield of gum.-Scientific American.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20

The Ostaslatische Lloyd. the Ger
man organ of Germany's interests in
the east. in speaking of the society
of the Boxers" which has recently
been so frequently mentioned in con-
nection with anti-foreign riots in the
celestial empire, states that its origin
is of quite recent date. In the first
week of May, 1890, this patriotic
league" was founded by Tshu-hung,
prominent bandit chief. At first. prob
ably to render detection more difficult.
it frequently changed its name Orig
inally starting under the designation
of RED Lamp Shade" (Hung tong
tshan), it successfully figured as 'Neil
of the Golden Bell" (Tshin tshung
shang), 'Shirt of iron" (Tie pu sham
and Tatauhui, or Great Water Sect"
From its succeeding name, Lin liu
tshuen. or "Willowwoods Fist" its
English name of Boxers" became
widely known. This was at the time
when first imperial troops were sent
against the rebels. Then the name
was again changed to Tho tshuen, or
patriotic Fist" while at present it
is Tho kuan, or Patriotism and Peace"
Chronicle.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
RUBBER SUBSTITUTE.
Obtained from a Mexican Plant
which May Become of Great
Commercial Value.

An Italian residing in Mexico has re-
Gently devised a new composition in
tended as a substitute for caoutchouc
in the manufacture of rubber goods.
While residing in Mexico he observed a
shrub growing in Central Mexico, ard
known to the Indians by variety of
names, of which Yule is one. The shrub
grows wild on the rolling land and at
tains the average height of three feet.
An examination of the shrub led him to
experiment with the same with refer
ence to ascertaining what use might
be made of it, since it grows abundant
ly, may be easily cultivated, roots read
lily from cuttings and may be cut two
or three times year and Immediately
begins to grow and shoots up again to
form new wood 1t does not belong to
the plants which yield milky juices,
being a comparatively hard wood and
growing as a small scrubby bush, but
there is found within its bark and
wood large amount of gummy mat
ter, and uIon comminuting it by cut
ting finely, grinding, or pounding the
same and macerating it with hydro
carbon solvent such as gasoline,
uaphtha, ether of petroleum, oil of
turpentine, or the like, this gum is
softened and extracted from the wood
and when extracted does not harden to
capitalization, but still holding
small portion of the hydrocarbon re-
mains as a viscid, sticky mass that
fulflls all of the physical conditions of
crude rubber. 1t may be vulcanized
perfectly and is superior to most India
rubber since it is free from all mechan-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
AN ARTESIAN WELL.

the table. The illustration shows an
artesian well belonging to w. Il. Green
wood, of Rush county. Ind. This well
is 1919 feet deep and flows IS gallons
per minute. The overflow has been
taken care of so as to make fish pond
three roGs wide. nine rods long and five
feet deep. The soil is a yellow clay
above gravel and Mr.. Greenwood has
experienced the same trouble of many
others in making the pond hold water.
We would suggest that the water be
drawn out and that foot of clay be
put in the bottom and well puddled
and pounded down before filing the
pond again. As to the kind of fish best
adapted to certain water. the United
States fish commission at Washington
will send anyone a blank form to be
filled out with the conditions which
prevail and will then advise as to the
best varieties of fish for stocking
Orange Judd Farmer.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
Plain Strawberry shortcake.

Take one quart of flour, half tea
spoonful salt, half cupful butter, two
cupfuls of milk and two teaspoonfuls
of baking powder; sift the flour.
baking powder and salt into a
bowl; add the butter. and chop it very
fine with chopper in the -four, then
mix it with the milk into a soft
dough; divide it into two equal parts
and roll each part to the size of a
jelly plate. Butter a deep Jelly tin
and put in one layer, brush it over
with melted butter. Put on the other
layer and bake in quick oven. When
done, remove it from oven, separate
the two layers with a broad-bladed
knife and spread them with butter;
mash some fresh Strawberries with
silver fork; cover the bottom LAYER
with the mashed Strawberries and
sprinkle thickly with powdered sugar:
lay on the other layer with the crust
side downward; cover with a thick
layer of strawberries; sprinkle with
sugar and serve with vanilla sauce,
sweet cream. or the following sauce:
Beat two eggs until they foam; add
two cupfuls OF milk. stirring con-
stantly; sweeSen TO tlste. and flavor
with vanilla eXtract.-Ledger Monthly
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
Cuban Land Measurement.

Land in Cuba is not measured by the
acre. A planter buys a "cabalera" of
land, not an acre. When it is said that
cabaleria of land is in the form of a
circle. it will be seen at once that there
is unlimited room for dispute. These
circles overlap each other, and chunks
are left out, and the result of land
transaction is bewildering.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
Taxed for wearing Male Attire.

In France women are allowed to
wear mems attire, but they must pay
for the privilege. The amount of the
tax which a woman pays for wearing
masculine garb is about ten dollars a
year, but her Willingness to pay the
tax does not insure her the right to
wear these garments. As matter of
fact, the right is conferred by the gov
eminent as tribute of great merit
n. Y. Sun.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
MAKING A FISH POND.
plus Water on Farms Having
Artesian Wells.

Many farmers who have an artesian
well or small stream could. without
great expense, make a small pond for
cutting ice If stocked with fish il
would in a few years add some to the
income of the farm. besides being q
source of great pleasure and profit to
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20

than a lofty structure. There are other
advantages in home of this descrip-
ton. 1t is warmer and more comfort
able in the winter time and requires
less fuel to heat it. In summer it is
usually shaded by foliage, which shuts
off much of the intense heat of the sun.
Rich ornaments and details are of
necessity prohibited in the small and
inexpensive cottages, and really do not
belong there, but it is natural pro-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20

1t has been discovered that the hu-
man voice is produced by "A different
muscles. Fourteen of these serve for
the emission of 1880 sounds, and the
others aid the production of some 1885,
900, 900 different sounds-that is, these
A muscles go to produce millions Of
different tones.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
DESIGNED AND WRITTEN

THIS is a very desirable, neat, con-
yenient and roomy, yet cheap, cot
tage. The plan has five good rooms
and bathroom, besides closets. Con-
structionally the house is good, the
materials being of first-class quality.
The frame is of pine, sbeathed with
shiplap overlaid with building paper.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20
ESPECIALLY FOR THIS PAPER.

pensity in most of us to strive to get
as much as possible for our money, and
in house building, perhaps more than
in any other undertaking, are found
opportunities to judiciously expend or
waste money.
This building is 1914 by so feet. 1t is
designed to meet the requirements of
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20

The outside finish and siding are of
pine.
There are many things to be taken
into consideration on the designing of
houses for different parts of the coun-
try. A low house of good outline is al
ways attractive, no matter how SIM
pie the design may be. 1t seems to fit
into the natural surroundings of a
landscape much more appropriately
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20

The well-treated COW eyinces dispo-
sit,on to put her owner and her calf on
the same footing. That is the best she
can do by her owner.-Rural World.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20

The average price of butter the past
year was two and half cents a pound
higher than the year preceding.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-07-20

In feeding the calves there should be
no guess work about the quantity or
the temperature of the milk.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-02
GEO. K. TAYLOR CO.

here, and it is certainly time that
something is done to abate the nui-
sance.
The miners at the local bank are off
to-day. Tney will probably not go TO
work until the Wheeling steel plant re-
sumes operations.
The Sixteenth Century Club took an
outing to Wheeling and Maultown yes
terday. They dined at the Mcclure
House and spent the night at Maui
town.
Persons living on Second street and
Jefferson avenue are very much annoy
ey by the boys going home from the
glass house about four o'clock in the
morning.
Billy Bryan, the baggage master at
the B. e. o. depot, received two buck
cts of frogs legs from Minnesota yes
terday. He found a ready sale for
them at twenty cents per dozen.
A. ]. Jones has been pasturing horse
on the open lots in the vicinity Of
Eleventh street and Lockwood avenue
to the detriment OF the gardens down
there. Yesterday Marshall Miller went
down, and with tho assistance OF Of
ficer Stillwell tried to capture the
horse, but Jones opened the stable
door and the horse sought refuge with
in. The marshall vows TO catch that
horse yet, even IL he has to take on
Ger Potts down.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-02
REDWOOD NAIL FACTORY


May Resume Next Month, After :
Long Idleness - other BenwOod
News Notes of interest.
1t will, no doubt. be remembered
that several weeks ago, the Register
exclusively announced that the Wheel
ing Iron and Steel Company's nail fac
tory at Benwood. which has been idle
for number of years, would very
likely resume operations. and upon re-
liable authority it can now be more
definitely stated that the old plant may
be started up during the coming month
with bright prospects for steady run.
1t is said that the company will en-
ter into the manufacture of steel nails
and quite large number OF men and
boys will be given employment. The
plant is equipped with over one hun
dred nail machines and many OF them
being out of working order, because
of the long idleness, are at present be-
ing necessarily repaired and improved
by a force of men specially engaged
for the work.
Officials of the iron and steel works
decline to either confirm OF deny the
report and others interested in the
local field of labor insist that it will
not be long until the hopes of rival
of this important industry at Benwood
shall be realized.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-02
MOUNDsvILLE.

Charles Williams, of Wheeling, was
in the city yesterday.
Henry B. Yoho, of Franklin district,
was in the city yesterday.
A special term of the County Court
will be held next Tuesday.
Miss Callie Bennett, Of Twelfth
street, spent yesterday at Bellaire.
Ohio.
Rev. D. w Ruble and family are
visiting their former home in Harris
vile, w. Va.
Miss Mary Bowly has returned from
Asheville, N. c., where she was at
tending school,
The men employed at the sand bank
north of town have struck for $3.50
per day. They are now receiving SLIPS.
Miss Frances Neuhfer, OF Oil City.
Pa, has accepted her old position as
artist for the Moundsville Art Com
pany.
Leroy Clemens, representing the
Prudential Insurance Company, OF
Wheeling. was here on business yes
terday.
The boys indulge in vulgar, profane
language in a manner that would not
be tolerated in any other place than
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-06-02

Well, now, what do you honestly
think of our new train service?''
Mr.. Sam Sherman, general passenger
agent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie
road, addressed a party of local news
paper men and a number of especially
invited guests, upon their return from
a trip to Cleveland yesterday morn
ing.
They can't beat it unless they
cheat" was the response in chorus.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie has just
inaugurated buffet car service, and
Mr.. Sherman invited a number of gen.
tlemen whom he knew to possess a
keen sense of appreciation for good
thing, to make the round trip as his
guests. The praise which they ac-
corded the new service was entirely
merited. Each of the three special
trains consists of two handsome new
day coaches and buffet parlor car
The buffet car is handsomely uphol-
stored, and equipped with all the con-
veniences which go to reduce the dis
comforts of railroad travel to the min
imum.
The buffet department is conducted
under the personal supervision of the
road, and possesses the rare combina-
ton of best quality and comparative
cheapness. In order to popularize the
service, the company made a cut in the
prevailing prices upon Pullman buffet
cars, averaging about one-third and
added facilities for hot dishes which
are not found upon ordinary buffet
cars.
There are evidences all along the
line of the determination of the present
management to improve the standard
OF the road. What has already been
accomplished Is evidence of what can
be done through intelligent effort in
the right direction. Not only Is there
an improved train service, which in
cludes a shortening of time between
stations, but what is much more i'm
portant, there has been a remarkable
improvement in the road bed. The
company has been engaged in filling
bitches and cutting hills, in line with
its determination to provide a maxi
mum grade of II per cent, which all
railroad men will understand to be
very low. There is one stretch of track
three miles in length, in which there
has been fill of from 10 to II feet
This work required an immense
amount of earth, and was very expen-
sive 1t is not yet finished At an
other point tunnel has been replaced
by cut, at an expense of $4,000.
All the old wooden bridges on the
road have been replaced by substantial
steel structures. The new heavy rail
is being laid as rapidly as big force
of workmen can accomplish it, and
within a short time the old light rail
will have entirely disappeared.
In Cleveland the company has a bet
ter located station that any competing
road, and is going after the passenger
traffic in earnest With such a compe-
tent man as Mr. Sherman at the head
of this department, the recent growth
of the w. & l.. E. passenger business
is readily understood. The new train
service will be another factor in build
ing up this branch of the business.