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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-14

some more, some less, have been thrown
in all directions and the chamber is by
many feet deeper and wider.
Now comes the work of the blockers,
who take out the ore and earn H.50, and
the muckers, who hammer 1t up at 81. Is.
Next the trammers load the cars, which
hald a ton, and push them out to the
shaft and turn them over to the landers,
whose name explains their work. They
are paid $1.60 a day.
There are contract trammers who are
paid 8 cents a car and company tram
mers who make by the day $1.25. The
company TRAINERS have the best of 1t,
as one man can run from u to 80 cars in
the 10 hours constituting the days work.
A UNIQUE PUMP.
In the 45 fathom level the water had
become troublesome, and one of the men
put in a pump which is a puzzle to the
miners and a question TO the engineers.
Beginning at the surface Of the 20 fathom
level is 31-2 inch pipe extending down
so feet. BY the side of it is 1 inch air
pipe, which turns at the bottom and runs
up 3 feet in the larger pipe and forces the
water to the 20 fathom level. In the 45
fathom level the pipes are % feet under
water.
This was all lucidly explained by Mr..
Epperson, shift foreman, and Mr.. Jacobs,
timekeeper, but not so clearly understood
by the listener.
Mr.. Epperson has been mining for eight
years and in all that time has only had
one week of daylight
But after all underground work has
it's compensations. 1t is cool in summer
and warm in winter. The element OF
danger which is necessarily a part Of the
life tends to make the men more kindly
in their feelings toward each other than
they might otherwise be. Then, too, each
man tries to get as much light out Of the
darkness as possible and there are some
good singers and story tellers even under
ground.
Hazing is strictly forbidden, but there
is many a practical joke played, though
it is not always a new man caught.
Withal, it cannot be denied that one
breathes freer in the open air and well
comes the light of day. even If there is
not tree or flower to be seen.
Three miles from Mary Mines is Hiawas-
see, a typical mining town, and decidedly
the most desirable spot in Ducktown.
The houses are better built and there are
more of them. On the main street are
stores, residences, a white tent Haunting
the sign, photographs taken while you
wait" Farther up the street bank, and
opposite It a single notifies the public
that within will be found an attorney at
law.
1t is here that the Tennessee Copper
company has its main store. Mr.. Bell
manager of the commissary department
speaking Of the suit lately brought against
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Ducktown definite is a struggling town
on the A, X. & ". railroad, absolutely
unattractive and unlnviting. Ducktown in
definite is tract of land about ten miles
square, and includes the mining towns
and works operated by the Ducktown
Sulphur, Copper and Iron Company and
the Tennessee Copper Company.
The first view of Ducktown is startling
nothing but bare hills-not tree or other
sign of vegetable life for miles around.
At Mary Mines there are two shafts
opened, a new one and an old one, and
two hosting engines
The old shaft is SUNK to three levels, or
floors, and il is on the 20-fathom bent that
one gets the best idea of a copper miners
life underground.
The building covering the shaft con-
tains the engine for running the lift and
near it is the timekeeper's office and sup
ply house.
Before stepping on the cage, as the men
call the elevator, it is wise to put on a
macintosh and pull the cap, to which is
attached the little mining lamp, well over
your head. The signal is given and the
lift drops swiftly down, the air grows
cooler each second and 2O-fathom level is
reached and utter darkness.
About the mouth of the shaft. for Is
feet, is a flooring of iron slabs and from
this the drifts lead, north, south and west.
Until the eyes get accustomed to the
blackness nothing can be seen but the
lamps of the miners moving to and fro.
Gradually your sight comes to you and
the wonders grow.
The drifts are narrow roadways leading
to the chambers and slopes Along the
drifts are laid the tracks for the tram cars
which convey the ore to the shaft. In
some places of the drifts the ceilings are
over 20 feet high, in others not six. Here
heavy timbers form the roofing and there
the earth itself.
After what seems a long walk in the
darkness, which makes walking anything
but a safe pleasure, a chamber is reached
from which comes the thud, thud of a
drill at work. The machine is run by
compressed air and operated by two men,
the machinist who gets SLIGO per day, and
a ohucker, his helper, who receives Is
cents less. 1t is these men who do the
blasting. After the hole is drilled a fuse is
fitted with a silver illuminate cap of 80
pounds pressure and 80 per cent nitro
glycerine.
The cap is dropped in the excavation,
the fuse lighted and the men, with a
warning shout to others, retire to safe
distance and wait in strained expectancy
for the report. 1t comes, a deafening
roar, rolling up and down the drifts and
reverbrating from slope to slope.
Then the men gather to see the result.
The aspect of the chamber is changed;
huge pieces of copper weighing 800 tons,
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NAWES OF THE WORLD.
English and American Ships Versus
Russian, French and Spanish.

In the October number of Pearson's
Magazine appears timely article entitled
'Anglo-Saxons-Sove of the World,
which is intended to show the general
strength of the proposed Anglo-Saxon al
lance as compared with the strength of
the most powerful alliance that could be
formed against 1t. The last comparison
we shall make, says the author of this
article, is. perhaps, the most important.
1t is between the military forces-on land
and on sea-of the Anglo-Saxons, those of
Russia, their greatest rival, and those of
assumption being that this is the greatest
possible combination that could be formed
against the Anglo-Saxon empire.
Comparing first the land forces of the
three empires-the figures given are to be
taken as the utmost that each could raise
in case of extreme need-the Anglo-Saxons
in spite of the fact that their standing
army, compared with the ornaments of
some of their rivals, is not large, could
put in the field 81, ia 900 men; the Russians
19, 42S, 900, and France and Spain just over
II. 600 900 between them, bringing the total
for the allied empire to S,516,OoO men.
No comparison that could be made of
the number of men in the navies of the
three empires or Of the number of war
ships belonging to each, would do justice
to all three empires. AS far as the actual
numbers of men are concerned, the adj
vantage is on the side OF the Anglo
Saxons; but, on the other hand, the num-
Der of ships in the navy of the Anglo
Saxon empire would be less than the num-
Der in the Russian-F'rench-Spa en-
pire
1t must, however, be remembered that
the quality of the ships in the navy of the
Russian-E rench-Spanish empire is infer
for to that of the ships of the Anglo
Saxon navy. The impossibility of sat
isfactory comparison of the power of the
rival navies by the difference in the num-
Der of their ships is, therefore, obvious.
The method which we shall now employ
to illustrate the respective Importance Of
the navies of the three empires has at
least this recommendation, that 1t affords
justice to both sides.
1t rests on the difference in the number
Of guns carried by the navies of the three
empires, and may be considered as very
fair criterion OF their respective powers.
The Anglo-Saxon battery contains 1898
guns; and, considering that these are bet
ter manned than those of Russia, France
and Spain, they would probably have lit
tie trouble in overcoming such opposition
as might be offered them. This is the
only number Sob, and those of Russia,
France and Spain together, only 1898.
With these figures before us, there Is
little reason to doubt that the con-
summation Of an alliance between the
United States and Great Britain would
bring into being power greater than any
that the world has seen in modern or in
ancient times.
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The Soutb's Copper Fields.

the company, said:
There were forty or fifty farmers from
Georgia. Tennessee and North Carolina
who claimed that their property was in
jured. Some of the claims amounted to
more than twice the value Of the damaged
farm. Some, no doubt, were perfectly
true but the mines have brought more
money into this part of the country in
one year. than all the farms in it would
have done in twelve years. An Injunction
was filed to compel the mines to shut
down. However, the injunction was
thrown out of court in August and the
work still goes on.
at is true that the sulphur smoke kills
all the vegetation, but there is more mon
ey underground than on the surface at
Ducktown, and the people seem contented
and healthy.
AT Isabella the men are digging iron
from the face of the hills. One shaft is
sunk for copper and here, too. are the
furnaces and shelters of the Ducktown.
Sulphur. Copper and Iron company.
Near McKay's are the roast sheds and
smelling works owned by the Tennessee
Copper company. There are 80 roast sheds.
and II Is here that the sulphur is burned
from the ore, causing the smoke to settle
on the hills and valleys in such heavy
clouds that on a still day it is hard for
even a Ducktown miner to find his way.
After the ore is roasted II is put in cars
and sent to the furnaces. from which 1t
comes a molten stream into huge kettles.
from the kettles it is poured into convert
ers, where the Stag or refuse is skinned
off, leaving the ore, which is 30 per cent
pure copper.
These works are run entirely by~efsc-
tricity, and the power house is a model
of it's kind, fitted with converters, blow
ers and a buckeye dynamo.
To visit Ducktown, to see from the out
side the life of the people and their man
ner of earning a livelihood, is interesting
and even holds a marvellous fascination,
but to live at Ducktown in sight of the
naked, road-scarred hills. blotted over
with squahd, grimy houses; to be always
out of sound of birds voice; to be wrap
ped in a smoke as dense as London's
densest fog, or else to have the suns I'M
shaded rays show pitilessly the treeless
waste, is to live without many things
that make the world bright and beautiful.
MABEL DRAKE.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-14

1t is especially appropriate IN this Wo-
mans department to write OF woman
whose nature and life illustrated the
sweetest and best qualities Of woman
hood. Such a woman was Mrs William
F. Slaton.
A predominant characteristic Of Mrs.
Slaton was her devotion to her
home, her husband, her children. her
grandchildren, her kindred. her frienos.
AS a mother. she was most loving and
loyal. and that love was ever an ihsplIa-
ton to those dear ones about her. she
was the center OF the family circle. At
the family gatherings she was the enleL
object of tender attention.
A pretty incident in connection with
one of those reunions Is told during these
last sad days.
If was last Christmas when the large
family circle-parents and children ana
grandchildren gathered at Major ana
Mrs. Slaton's for the customary christ
Frequently. on these occasions there
was a bright ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS mot
toes in the place-cards. or bright ques-
lions and answers Of liter
ary flavor. This last Christmas,
however. the feature of the feast
was found in the verses which Mrs
Slaton read. 1t was little surprise
which she had kept closely even from the
daughters of the home-circle TO whom
she usually told everything After all
were seated at the long and brilliant Ia
HE. she rose in her place, her slight f1g-
ure trembling somewhat with eagerness,
her sweet face moved with even unWon-
ted tenderness.
IT have something I wish to read. she
said. smiling. and then softly and clearly
she read these verses by Emily Brown
Powell:
o. mother of babies strong and fair
Tell to one who has none
Which of your dainty darlings there
Golden or auburn or chestnut hair
To you is the loveliest one!
Ask the mother bird on her nest
Up in the rocking tree
Which of her birdlings to her looks best
Which of the nestlings under her breast
She loves most tenderly.
Mother love answers readily
Mother love fond and true,
A miracle each are my birds to me,
No matter what color their feathers may
be,
Nor how they may look to you!
Those sweet verses are now forever en-
shrined in the hearts of those children.
That they find an echo in the souls OF all
mothers there can be no doubt.
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Republic of Columbia Home of RevoLation.

republics need to place them in posi-
ton whereby their trade can be con-
trolled by the United States Is the COM
pletion of the Panama canal. The Mica
raguaE canal, of course, would help
some. but not so much as the one project
ed and partially built across the isthmus.
with the building Of the Panama ca
nal the Americans would rush into the
country. They would invest their money
and wonderful changes would be apparent
in a short time. The government Of CO.
lor1bia is anxious to get IN touch with
the United States. The people like the
Americans and are anxious to have them
settle among them
Many of the mines owned by the ma
tives are for sale, but if man does not
want to buy, he can go out and prospect
and locate something equally as good.
1t is not like many other mining coun-
tries where they say that gold is where
you find 1t. There gold is nearly every
where in the mountains and in paying
quantities Even with the crude machin-
cry used by the natives, hundreds Of them
are getting rich.
"Of course a poor man has no business
going to Colombia expecting to work for
some other person IN the mines. An
American cannot compete with the ma
tives.
'In the big gold mine TO which have
referred, there are 200 women employed
in wheeling orc. They are paid cents
per day in gold. The men in the mines
work for 20 cents per day and the common
laborer for from s to y cents. Out Of
this they all board themselves, so you
see that a Iaborer can never expect to
get rich
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railroads penetrate the interior. the ag-
riculturaI wealth of the country viii be
almost beyond calculation. In addition TO
grain, the country produces wonderful
crops Of coffee, sugar cane and fruits OF
all kinds.
'"The country does not raise sufficient
grain to feed the inhabitants. Most of the
flour comes from the United States and
at this time the mills of Minneapolis
seem to have the bulk of the trade
'.As strange as It may seem. the United
States has not reached out for the trade
of Colombia. Nearly all of the stores in
the cities and towns carry goods manu-
featured In England and Germany. Most
of the dry goods come from Manchester
and in this connection let me say, that
there Is one merchant I'm Medellia who
has $3.50 900 on deposit In the banks of this
English town. Many of the travelling
statesmen Of England and Germany re-
side in the cities of Colombia and drum
the trade as industriously as do the On
aha travelling men the Nebraska towns.
They all speak Spanish, the language OF
the country. know of one English sales
man who sold $4,000 of goods in six
months. and I presume there are 30 who
did as much business in the same length
of time.
'sThe trade of the country is enormous
when YOU take into consideration that
there are scores of cities of 5000 and
more. Take Medellia. There are 100 towns
that are tributary to 1t and depend upon
il for supplies. These towns range from
20 900 iuha bftants down to small villages
and are all out in the interior Of the re-
public. Down along the Pacific coast
and along the Caribbean sea, large towns
are more numerous, so il can readily be
seen that the trade is well worth work
ing up for the future, as well as FOR the
NEED THE PANAMA CANAL.
zone thing that the South American
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FAMOUS NAVAL TRIALS.
Courts In Which Figured Various Nau-
tcaI Celebrities.

teal CelebrttieS.
The sessions of the Schley-Sampson
court of inquiry have revived all manner
of anecdotes regarding the famous naval
courts of the past. says a Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press.
One of the favoriae examples is that OF
Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero Of Lake
Erie. He had controversies with Captain
Jesse b. Elliott, one of his subordinate
commanders at Lake Erie. and with Cap
tain John Heath, of the marine corps.
The latter ne forced before a courtmar-
tial after knocking the young man down
In his cabin.
In 1917 a court of inquiry was held in
Washington to examine the charges of an
ensign against Captain Jacob Jones, the
grim first officer of the Philadelphia when
that ship made her heroic fight in Tripoh
This court is still a matter of merriment
to navy men who are fond of looking over
the records Of the past. The ensign charg-
ed that Captain Jones had struck him.
and that when he demonstrated all the
satisfaction he received was that if he
got in the captains way again he would
be "heaved overheard Captain Jones
explained in his reply that he pleaded
guilty to being overhasty. but that he
did not really intend to drown the youth
He limited. however, that it was for the
good of the service to give the young
sters such talk occasionally-that 1t kept
them in their places. Captain Jones was
found guilty and sentenced to a private
reprinand. Tradition says that this rep
rimand was administered when the pres
ident of the court invited the brave old
sailor out to drink the health of all con-
cerned in the inquiry.
Lieutenant Junius Boyle's case is one
of the most amusing in navy records. He
was of Celtic extraction, and gloried in
the honor. He was accused of overgen-
erosity in the matter of rotations 1t was
proved that he. not only frequently in
dulged in the cup that cheers but he IN
sisted in giving numerous warm drinks
to his crew, to the great Generalization
Of the Tackles"
In 1921 Commodore Isaac Hull the COM
nNnder Of the Constitution in the war Of
1872, was before court Of inquiry which
sat at CharlestOwn. Mass, navy yard.
He was accused Of using the funds and
materials of the government for his pr!-
vate use, but he proved every charge
false, and was acquitted with the highest
praise of his stewardship.
A venerable woman living here Mrs.
Beverly Kennon, was vitality interested in
a court of inquiry held in 1924, when her
husband was before the navy authorities
for a public controversy held with Captain
David Porter, the second sailor in the a.
lustrious Porter line. This trial created
wide attention.
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A Scotch genealogist announces that he has
traced the descent of the late President Nc
Kinley back to Macduh, thane Of Fife, who
slew Macbeth. The line, traced through the
MacIntoshes and the Farquharsons of Braemar
to one Finlay Farquharson, called Finley Nor,
on account of his great size and strength.
Finlay MGR was killed at the battle of Pinl1e
while bearing the royal standard in 1547. His
four sons took the name MacFinlay or Mac
Ionnly which in English is MacKinlay. The
MacKinlays settled at Annie in Perthshire. and
about the end Of the seventeenth century a
MacKinley of Annie. known as James, the
trooper" went to Ireland, where the spelling
Of his name was changed to Mckinley. The de-
scendants OF 1.-The trooper came to this coun-
try and the late presidents descent in that
line is traced in his biography written by
Robert p Porter
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HIGHEST Of Waterfalls.
Land Of Sunshine.

The highest waterfall in the world,
geography tells us, is the Cerosola cas-
cade, In the Alps, having a fall of 2.4O0
feet; that of Arvey, in Savoy, is 1,100 feet,
and the falls of Yosemite valley range
from 200 to 1000 feet. But higher yet is
the waterfall in the San Cuayatan can
on, in the state of Durango, Mexico. 1t
was discovered by some prospectors, ten
years ago, in the great barranca dis
trict which is called the Tierras Descon-
ocidas. While searching for the famous
lost mine, Naranjal, great roar of wa
ter was heard With great difficulty the
party pushed on, and up and down the
mighty chasms until they beheld the SUI
perb fall that is at least 5000 feet nigh.
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THE W0RLD'S WORK,

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Who Should Como South?
Sonfhern Field.

Southern Field.
great many people have heard cotton and
the south associated so often they have come
Ia believe that there Is no other crop pas
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OASEo H. As
n..,,.h, 1Ths Kind You Have Always Buu4
''', Il &s1HAzzzu
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A merchant who was a God-fearing man
was very successful in business. but his
soul did not seem to prosper accordingly;
his offerings to the Lord he did not feel
disposed to increase. One evening he had
a remarkable dream. A visitor entered the
room and. quietly looking round at the
many elegancies and luxuries by which