The Washington weekly post., 1900-12-25
F00LlNG THE SIMPLE.
Tale Of n Mean Trick Played by Employer
Upon Employed.

UPON
From the New York Mail and Express.
The New York newspapers are filed
nowadays with advertisements OF stock
companies organized TO develop the zinc
mining industry in what is known as "the
Joplin district of Southwest Missouri.
This district is enjoying its third distinct
boom. The first occurred upon the orig
inal discovery of zinc ore near Galena,
Kans., and Joplin, Mo-. shortly after the
civil war. The second boom occurred
about fifteen years ago, and the third
boom Is now on.
The district is unquestionably rich In
zinc ore, which runs nearly % per cent.
higher than the zinc deposits in Cornwall,
Wales, and Belgium. During the second
hoom zinc ore was shipped from Joplin to
the smelters in Wales at a fair profit.
simply because of its richness. Now that
Eastern capitalists have taken hold OF
the mines and have put in improved ma
chinery, a long season of prosperity for
the zinc miners seems assured.
During the second boom a young man
of st. Louis by the name of Daniel Taylor
was one of the owners of a mine which
claimed distinction chiefly because of its
rame OF 1.-The Great American Bull Pup
A snow white, full-blooded bull terrier,
kept chained in the pump-house, was one
of the employees of the mine, and his name
figured on the payroll every week. Young
Taylor was the son of George Taylor, ex-
mayor of st. Louis. He enjoyed an in
come of some $4,000 a year, and is now
married to one of the wealthiest young
women of ST. Louis, and is a leading
member of the Missouri bar.
Dan Taylor had just come from college
when he became a partner in the Great
American Bull Pup. He was an athlete,
| hard as nails, with good understanding
of the manly art or self-defense. Ihe
mine superintendent had been complain
ing because of a lack of ''Jgs with whlch
TO separate the ore. and had represented
10 Taylor the necessity of at least one
more zig and a competent "Jgger;
why" answered Taylor, lust look at
that big husky chap. out there on the ehd
| jig. He's loahng. That man could easily
clean up twice as much ore. WHAT'S
more. I'll make him do 1t.
A jig, be 1t understood. is composed OF
! two boxes. a spring board and a handle.
| First, there is a large box filled with
water. A smaller box, with an open top
and fitted with a grating at the bottom,
| is suspended over the big box at the end
of a long pole or handle. This handle
rests on a cross bar, higher than and
little TO the rear of the big box. When
| the handle is lowered, the smaller box,
] filled with crushed ore, rocks, and mud,
/ is lowered into the larger box and sub
/ merged in water. The business end of the
/ handle is grasped by the jigger man, who
| stands on a spring board. He holds his
/ hands above his head at arms length,
/ and perfectly rigid. As he teeters on the
spring board the box filled with ore works
/ up and down in the water in the tank;
/ the ore, being heavy, sinks to the bottom
( Of the smaller box, while the mud goes
J "a h.. HHwnra hA d
! the rock chips come TO the top. By show
cling out the useless rock chips from
/ time TO time only cleaned ore is finally
/ left in the jig box.
! A jig box will contain many hundred
pounds weight, and 10 operate one re-
J quires an abundance of muscle and good
wind.
Jim Stuart, the jig man pointed OUT by
| Taylor, was a "scrapper' of local fame
/ with an ambition TO spread his reputation
/ lie and young Taylor We're about of a
! weight. Taylor stepped up 10 Stuart and
I talked boxing and prize fighting to him.
i Stuart became interested, and then TAYLOR
/ casually remarked that he had won the
I college lightweight championship and had
taken Hnlshing course from a we'll
/ known professor in ST. Louis
I'D like 10 fight or to spar with you"
/ said Stuart.
'All right" replied Taylor, "we'u have
/ A little so some day. I'm pretty rough
sometimes: and you want 10 get into good
We'll. sayr' exclaimed the indignan,
/ Stuart. You fine-haired city chaps make
me tired. Condition, Just feel those
muscles, and the jig man held out his
/ right arm.
Taylor felt of the arm critically. Twas
/ hard as iron-nearly There was no doubf
about II, stuart was as "fit" as he would
1 ever be.
Pretty fair" said Taylor. 'But you'll
! have 10 exercise q little for few davs
+ 10 get in the best OF share and then I'm
/ take. you on You've g0J big muscles. bur
/ they're Just a little soft"
/ Taylor walked away Stuart looked af-
! ter him angrliy, thought better OF IL and
/ went 20 work with savage earneStness
/ For three weeks Stuart worked at that
/ iis. "gifiin' his muscle up" as never man
! worked al a JIG before. Every few days
! Taylor would drop around with q sweater
/ rp 10 his chin. When he came In sIght
/ around the bend. 100 yards from the ii,
/ house. he would break into a Jog trot
/ Stuart thought Taylor vas out "hltfln'
/ up his wind" ard that he had been run
/ ming the three miles between the town
/ and the mine. Taylor put of the nght
/ from day 10 day with various excuses
and all the time poor Stuart was plugging
I away al the jig box for dear life How
! long IL would have lasted is q q;Iestfou
/ but after about three weeks during which
Stuart DID two mems work. the ore In the
I mine ''pettred cut"
! The Great American Bull Pun closed
/ down, aud Taylor returned 10 81 Louis
/ without ever having had that little "go'
/ with Jim Stuart. Jim believes 20 this dav
/ that Taylor was afraid Of him; but Tay-
/ loT. only chuekles when reminded of lI
/ and says.
well. We didn't have 10 hire an extra
Jig hand. die we?'