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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
Pretty Fair shots.


In an English paper there appeared
recently the veracious story OF two
brothers who lived in the Rocky noun
tains. They had two rifles, one bullet
and a key of powder. With this outfit
they managed To kill on an average
twenty-seven head OF buffalo day.
The way they managed was this: Broth
er No. j would stand on one side of
buffalo and shoot through 1t. the bullet
going into the barrel Of the rifle of
Brother No. >. who stood on the other
side. Then Brother No. would fire
through the next buffalo into the rife
of Brother No. l. and 50 on until the
days sport was over.
Some one who saw this story has
written TO say that he is acquainted
with u man, a cousin. he thinks, OF the
two mentioned, who also lived in the
Rocky mountains at one time. He had
one rife. one bullet and a keg OF pow
der. yet he managed to kill thirty head
of buffalo a buffaloes were plenty
then-and the way he did it was this:
He was not only a champion shot. but
champion runner, and when he fired
through buffalo he would run around
and catch the bullet again to reload
with. and so on until he exhausted his
Dowder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
A MnlIonaire,s Hard Fate.

How sadly deficient some people are
of any sense of humor when the subject
is themselves! Take the Duke of Devon
shire, who delivered a speech at the
opening of "Passmore Edwards
House" for epileptics- SO long as he
kept to the epileptics the duke managed
well enough, but before he sat down he
must needs get on the subject of him
self and the sorrows of the poor mil
honaire:
1T might perhaps be considered pre-
sumptuous for one who was reputed to
be rich himself to offer advice to other
rich men which he had not taken him
self or was not himself prepared to fol-
low, but perhaps he might be allowed to
point out that there was some difference
between those who happened to be in
the possession of wealth inherited from
several generations and those who had
created their own fortunes. Their prede-
cessors, in cases like his own, had gem
orally contrived to find quite as many
channels by which wealth flowed out as
by which it flowed in, and those who
had for the benefit and advantage of
their successors created great estates, en-
failing much labor in administration
and many responsibilities, had not left
to their successors legacy of unmitigat
ed advantage.
The spectacle of the duke inviting
the commiseration of his audience for
the cruel fate which compelled him to
keep up Chatsworth and Devonshire
House instead of founding homes for
epileptics is indeed excruciating. West
minister Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
A LinuId Clue.

An excellent liquid glue that is very
tenacious and almost dampprOof can
be made by dissOlying glue in nitric
ether and adding few pieces of caout-
chouc. The solution must be allowed
10 stand few days and frequently
stirred. AS the ether will only dissolve
a certain amount of glue there is no
danger of getting it too thick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
Parasites of the Tiger.

In speaking of the minute parasites
which are found in the hairy part OF Il
tigers foot a scientist says: They con-
stitute one of the most wonderful GU
riosities L know of in the animal world.
The parasites are so small as to be al
most invisible to the naked eye, and
yet each is perfect counterpart of the
tlger-head, ears, jaw, legs, claws,
body, tail, all are there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
WHEN LovelAce CAME TO WOO.

The feet of time make fast their pace.
And We, like players in a play,
Strut mp and down our little space
And act our parts rs best we may.
Alasl Alack and well dayl
The stage is digit in somber hue,
Where once that stately vogue held sway
When Richard Lovelace came to WOO.
And much we marvel as we trace
The feuds and fobles passed away,
While pomp of power and pride of place
Troop down the years in grand array.
In court and camp, in fete and fray
PICKLE and hippant, stanch and true,
Such Were the gallants, bold and gay,
When Richard Loyelace came TO WOO.
In doublet fine and frills Of lace
The lover sought his suit to pay;
With such u form and such a face,
Who could resist his plea, l pray.
And then that tender roundelay,
So like "A wood doves plaintive coc,
Sweet Lucy could not say him nay
When Richard Lovelace came TO WOO.
ENVOY.
DO, Kentish towersi your Iordly race
Had swords TO draw and deeds to do
In that eventful year Of grace,
When Richard LOVelace came TO WOO.
-Lucius HARDWOOD Foote in Overland
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
HAVE you
the Matter with YourEyes?
Have You Catarrh in Any Form? Are You Deaf, or
Have You Ringing in Your Ears. If SO
Read the Following

We have recently added to our In
Urinary a new department for the
special treatment and cure of all dis
eases of the eye. ear, nose and throat.
This department is under the able
management Of one of the most skilled
and scientific experts upon diseases
of the eye. ear. nose and throat west
OF New York City. He has no peers.
and but few equals If you have
crossed eyes, granulated lids. inflam-
nation of the eyes, liberation of the
eyes. scum, film or cataract, failing
sight, eyes blur or water, or any
affliction of the eye. CONSULT TIE
ONLY EXPERT, DR.. j. A. MILL
CAN, of Chicago, who is now ASSOC
ciated with DR.. j. Alvin Horne, who
can cure your eyes to stay cured, and
will remove your cataract or
straighten your eyes without the use
of the knife. If you have catarrh of
the nose, throat or ears. or deafness
from any cause, consult this eminent
gentleman and expert, who will give
you his candid opinion about your
case, and If durable he will kindly
tell you so and advise you against
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
Meat In Norway.

You don't see fresh meat in Norway
any more frequently than in Japan.
There is an abundance of ham, bacon
and other cured meats and odd things
like reindeers' tongues and launches
from polar bears sent down from the
arctics. but very little beefsteak. roast
beef or mutton.-Chicago Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
The oueen,s Needle.

Queen Victoria is in possession of a
curious needle. 1t was made at the cell
ebrated needle manufactory at Redditch
and represents the Trajan column in
miniature. Scenes from the queens life
are depicted on the needle, so finely cut
that they are only discernible through
microscope. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25

In 1880 the value Of materials used
in the cotton mills of this country was
$IO2, 900, 600. while in 1890 the value
bad risen to $155, 900, 900.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
Local MARKETS.

Coru-oId soc; new soc.
Hsy-Ti@o.hy, sla; prairie, Gle.
Coats per son
Potatoes-T5c.
2i5zc.
Eggs-i7c.
Hens-6c per pound.
Spring Chickens-7c per pound.
TurkeyS-Sc.
Cattie-Butchers pay for eorn fed steers
4nc05kc; COWS and heifers, Shc04c; calves
Scale.
Sheep-l<5c.7
= Spring Lsmbs-s2. 5o04 head.
Hogs-e5.so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
Right For Once.

Two Scotsmen, one an Aberdonian
and the other a man from Inyerary.
were engaged in a hot debate on the
correctness of their respective modes of
English pronunciation. At last he of
the Granite City clinohed matters by re-
marking with whitening contempt,
"Weel, at ony rate, dinna ca flush
sfeesh - W
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
Chicago Live Stock

Chicago, Oct. "A.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
$1,000; sales ranged at $4.15@5.60 for
pigs. S5.10m6.25 for light, $5.7OG5.S5 for
rough packing. $5.I5@6.5 5 for mixed. and
S5.9ON6.5O for heavy packing and ship
ping lots: bulk of the sales at $500
go.
day. 5000; quotations ranged at S625
06.S5 for choice to extra steers, $3.50
go for good TO choice do. S5.O0d5. 90 for
fair to good do. S4.35aI4. 30 common to
medium do. S4.OOG4.50 butchers steers.
81. 6O66.5O fed western steers. 81 20d4.30
stockers and feeders $150G4.60 cows.
81. 50d5.00 heifers, $2.5064.5 80 bulls and
oxen. $4.O0G5.25 stays. $3.2OG4.25 Texas
steers. S3.75d5.60 grass wester nsteers,
and S4.50M6.25 veal calves
Sheep and Iambs-Estimated receipts
for the day. $4,000: quotations ranged
at S2.15M4.00 westerns, $2.9O64.10 ma
tives. S3.O064.S5 western lambs and $500
al 90 native lambs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25

Every West Point cadet signs an obli-
CATION to serve four years in the acad-
envy and four in the army after gradual
tiou,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25

Produce: ButteT-EXtra creamery,
y jac per lb; extra dairy. lSM19c; pack
ing stock l2izc- Eggs-Fresh stock. l6
a 1Sc per doz. Live Poultry-Chickens
hens. 6Izc per III; springs, 7d7i5c; ducks,
Ease: turkeys. 767lsc. Apples-New,
S$.0O@5.00 per brl. POtatoes-5Sm62c
t1.r
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25

spending money for useless treat
ment.
Glasses fitted free of charge
Consultation. examination and
advice absolutely free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25

is the only cure for Poison Oak, Poison
Ivy, and all noxiOus plants. II is COM
posed exclusively of roots and herbs. Now
IS the time to get the poison out of your
system, as delay makes your condition
worse. Don't experiment longer with
salves, washes and soaps-they never cure.
Mr. S. NJ Marshall, bookkeeper of the Atlanta
(Ga) Gas Light Co. was poisoned with Poison
oak. He took sulphur, Arsenic and various
other drugs. and applied externally numerous
lotions and saIves with no benefit At times the
swelling and Inflammation was so severe he was
almost blind. For eight years the poison would
break out every season. His condition was much
improved after taking one bottle of S. s. S, and
n few bottles cleared his blood of the poison and
all evidences of the disease disappeared.
People are often poisoned without
knowing when or how. Explain your case
fully to our physicians, and they will
cheerfully give such information and adj
vice as you require, without charge, and
we will send at the same time an interest
ing book OH Blood and Skin Diseases.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25

your face around this Office again.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
East BnnaIo Live stock.

East BuIIdIOa N y, OCT. q.
Dunning & Stevens. Live Stock Com
ission Merchants. East Buffalo. y. y.
quote as follows: Cattle-Receipts. 2
cars; market steady; veals. 5000. 80.
Hogs-Receipts. 2S cars; Workers, $6.506D
$50: mixed and mediums, $6.35q6.5 so:
pigs. $5.S0@5.95: grassers, S6.00d6.40;
roughs, $5.5OT5.75. Sheep and Lambs
Market very dull for lambs and lower;
tops. $4.6O04.15: others. $3.O0G4.50; sheep
top mixed. $3.15G3.25; others, SI.25d3.00;
wethers and yearlings, $S.40GS.6o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25

Milwaukee, Oct. "a.
wheat-Ouiet; No. 1 norther. 71c: No.
northern. 6912@701sc; December. T1lzc.
Rye-Ouiet; No 1. 55ixc. Barley-Quet;
No. 2. 53655c: sample. 45@57c. Oats
Queit: No white, sS1kc. Corn-De-
.-ember 563kc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-10-25
st. Louis Grain.

81 Louis. OCT. "A.
wheat-Steady: No. = red cash eIeva-
721kc: May. 7514c; No. hard. 691< 67O1zc.
Corn-Higher: No. cash. 57Ssc; track,
sS1&G5s@tc: December. 513sc; May. 592sc.
Oats-Higher: No. ? cash, SIC; track.
3I@ dSSc: December. 37c: May, 39i4c;
394c: No white S9G39hc. Rye
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-18
PURITY OF THE PLACER GOLD
A Montana Miner Asks Why One
Nugget May be Richer
Than Ann. ,ar

A short time ago a miner who has
worked placer properties in this state
pretty much all his life asked the Living
ston Republican why one nugget of gold
was often of a better quality than an
other, and the paper produced. the fol-
lowing:
1T is a fact well known to gold miners
but perhaps to but few Others, that in
the same gulch or river channels the
smaller pieces of water-worn gold are
purer than the larger ones. It is also
true that the exterior layer of the water
worn nuggets is finer than the interior.
This phenomenon is readily explained.
Native gold always contains silver. In
other words, gold is the king of metals
and silver is his queen. On an average,
about one-tenth of a nugget of gold con-
sists of the white metal. Silver is much
the more delicate metal, and is much
more easily corroded than gold, and is
readily attacked, for example, by sulph-
uretted hydrogen, and by common salt,
both ordinary ingredients of surface wa
tiers.
such substances act upon the silver
close to the surface Of nugget and dis
solve it away, or convert it into COm-
pounds which wear away as the nugget
is rolled forward beneath the heavy grav.
els at the bottom of stream.
These facts are not altogether COM
monplace today and yet the more essen
tial of them have been known since an
cient times. Thus Pliny announced that
river gold is refined by thestream itself,
and by the attriction accompanying the
movement of the metallic particles down
the stream"
Oviedo, the companion Of Columbus,
had a curiously sound view of the whole
history of gold. In his History OF the
Indies" printed in 1885, one finds state
ments to the following effect:
Gold is generated in the entrails OF the
earth, but it is born at or near the tops
of the mountains, whence the storm wa
ters and other forces sweep it slowly
downward into the gulches and ravines.
AS it progresses in its journey it loses Its
| originally rough and crinkled conhgura-
| ton, becoming rounded and at the same
| time purified so that in one and the same
stream bed it is found in greater purity
! in proportion as the distance from Its
| birthplace (the einl,increases, but also
| in less abundance"
: Hence, he concludes that much time. in
| fact many years, arosreQuisite to enect
! it's transportation through the action OF
water. Oveidos wording isseven more
quaint than this paraphrase, but his
| ideas are as modern as the latest grao-
uate could desire. And after fall, medic
val miners are the Intellectual ancestors
| of modern biologists.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-18
MINES and MINING .:=:=:~ IN THE NORTHWEST

one that brought the camp into it's pres
ent prominence. The Anaconda mine,
and others of the great properties Of to-
day. as we'll: were bought developed,
and worked in the fullest confidence that
they contained silver values constituted
their greatest worth. There was n0thing
to indicate. and no magma ton sol wild
as to guess that at a comparatively
slight depth the greatest depOrits Of
copper yet known to the wirld were to
be found.
THE year 1SS: marked the discovery
and opening of the Anaconda as the first
copper mine at Butte. At that time the
dark red and brown quartz. then being
developed for it's gold and silver. carried
only traces of native copper or very linz
tied appearances of the oxide. While
preparing to mill this ore the main shaft
on the Anaconda was driven downward
until it suddenly entered the rich copper
ledge. now famous throughout the world,
at depth of about 500 feet. This led to
other and similar discoveries in the camp
Immediately.
Previous to 1882 an average Of so per
cent Of all the copper produced in the
United States came from the mines bOr
dering Lake Superior. In the following
duced 51.6 per cent, Arizona q per cent.
and Butte PA per cent of the domestic
copper. The percentage of the Butte
output continued to increase steadily.
and in 1887 it became greater than the
yield from the Lake Superior mines.
This lead has ever since been advanced
until 1898, when 60 per cent of all the
worlds copper was supplied by the
United States. Butte furnishing Al per
cent, Lake Superior 30 per cent, and
Arizona q per cent Of all the domestic
production. Thus Butte furnishes
quarter Of the copper product Of the
world, nearly one-half Of which is the
output of single company, the Ana
conda.
The scenes on the Anaconda Hill is
ever a busy one. Both surface and I'm
foreground workings at all the properties
are most comprehensive. Conferred
about the shafts are mammoth struct-
ures for housing the gigantic hosting
engines. air cOmpressors and steam gen
Grating plants. Near by are the carpen-
ter and machine shops, where the min
ing timbers are framed and the maehin-.
cry repaired or rebuilt. Electric gener-
atng stations, ore bins. waste dumps
and railroads are also much in evidence.
The great warehouses and yards are
filled with immense quantities Of mine
supple of every description, whose
value reaches into the hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars. At the Anaconda prop
critics in 1896 the machinery for new in
stallations and requirements of old cost
$4e1 ,612; timbers, $429.SS6; the candles
al, 761; fuel, 1907 $751; labor, $3,376.5o2: Oil.
S1G,976; powder, $147, 296; tools, S37. 421;
fuse and caps, $4,000.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-18

The world and 81 per cent of the copper
of this country
In 1900 the mineral output Shaved
little change being $6S. 723. 100 in value,
| The copper increase was about 1o,Oo0.000
pounds and the gold increase 14,, 900.
The following are the figures: Copper,
A1.246.250: silver, 81 ,607 500; gold $4,-
$50, U00 lead. $909.4l0. The increase in
the gold product comes mainly FROM the
use of the cyanide process. In later
chapter the report says:
These enormous values have prac-
tieally originated at Butte the greater
portion Of the production having been
restricted to 4 small area. not exc eeding
square miles in extent. The mines are
in the Granite mountains just above the
city. and have made Butte the most busy
and prosperous place of equal population
| in the world. Its commercial Importance,
as the out growth of its mining activity,
was such that ten years ago the three
greatest rans-continental railway sys-
TENS of the United States We're attracted
to it's gaes. and sought to share in the
great traffic here centered.
Butte was first settled in 1864 This
was due to the discovery of placer gold
in Mssoula gulch, now part of the city.
The output and Importance Of these
placers was duplicated elsewhere in
neighboring camps of the state, now for
gotten, where the ground was richer and
the conditions more favorable. If the
local history of Butte had been unevent-
ful prior to the exhaustion of it's gold
bearing gravel. the discovery and work.
ing of the silver-bearing lodges on the
hill brought little or no increased inn
portance to the camp. The. most inter-
esting fact of this second period was the
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-18
CORA D. SHAFT GOING DOWN.
Vein of the Gold Hill is Believed to
Pass Through the Well Known
Property.

Joseph Wenrich came in yesterday
from Parrot, near which place he and
Thomas mckinley. formerly sanitary in
spector in this city, are developing the
Cora D. mining claim. Mr.. Wenrich
states that the shaft on the property is
down 665 feet and sinking. will be con-
tinued until depth Of 100 is attained. A
crosscut to the ledge will then be driven.
The indications for striking a body Of
good ore. says he, are very favorable, as
it is believed the vein of the Gold Hill
passes through the ground. The Gold
Hill is owned by Hugh 1 Wilson, Thomas
r. Kinds and others of this city and Is
producing from three to five carloads of
gold ore per week. 1t was bought by the
present owners only short time ago.
the purchase price being about $780, 900.
Senator Clark worked the mine under
lease and bond for several months, but
did not strike the vein on which Messrs.
Wilson, Kinds ct al, are operatingf. The
vein is from fifteen inches to three feet
wide and the gold value in the ore Is suf-
ficient to enable the owners of the prop
erty to realize handsome returns from it.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-18
MO" 'A"AS f 4R7' INDUSTRY
It is Set Forth in the Recent Report
of Labor Commissioner
Calderhead

The present condition of the mining
Industry in Montana. and the possi-
niitias Of its future the set forth in an
interesting way in the seventh report
OF the Bureau of Agriculture. Labor and
Industry of that state J. H. Calderhead
commissioners in charge. This report
contains 600 pages. is literally llustra ed
and is of value to anybody interested
in this great state.
A large portion of the volume is
minerals of the state.
"One-half of the era of the state may
be c.assed as mineral it is stated land
it is safe to say that there is not one
half of one per cent of the mineral acre
age containing valuable mineral de-
posts that is being worked. New mines
and new districts are constantly being
developed. however. and the next decade
VIII witness an increase in the mineral
production of Montana that will eclipse
the record of all mineral locations on
earth
In 1899 Montana produced tn values
of gold. silver, copper and lead Sos 457, :
301, an increase of over ST.. 900 900 over
the previous year. The copper product
of the world for 1899 was 46S, 463 long
tons. or 1,049,357.12 pounds. and Of this
the United States produced 1856, 40 1856
pounds. which is thirty-seven per cent of
the entire product. OF this copper Mon
tana produced 245, 6O2314 pounds. or
70 l. per cent of the copper product of
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-18
DEEPEST SHAFT in THE WORLD
It is Within Few Feet of the 5000
Foot Mark or Nearly
One Mile

The deepest downright shaft in the
world at the present time Is No. ).
Tamarack says the Houghton, Michigan,
Mining Gazette. The depth attained by
that shaft at present is 1850 feet from
the cvollar or some distance below the
lowest levels of the Red Jacket shaft,
which had the reputation Of being the
deepest in the world up to the time when
No. Tamarack passed it. The miners
in the shaft finished sinking Thursday.
They have cut three plats below the vein
and made a stump Of 20 feet below the
last plat to catch the water.
Yesterday the men We're at work in the