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them do so now. Numerous springs
of asphaltum appear along the coast
at Santa Barbara. Ell Moro and Cap
istrano. These springs run into the
ocean, and the troubled waters are
smooth for several miles with this
thick, black scum. Asphalt is discov-
cred by traces of the dark fluid oozing
from a mountain side to lower level.
1t exists in the form of 'spring," is
odorous, and thickens when exposed
to the air. It burns brightly, and the
flame is very hot. Mexicans cut out
chunks and use them for fuel. The
mining of bitumen is now becoming a
very profitable business, since it has
come into more general use. The eli
mate of California is favorable to
asphaltum demonstrating neither
too hot to soften, nor cold enough to
harden the material. Itmakes a noise
less pavement, and an easy speedway,
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and is generally used at the public re-
sorts and in the rural districts in
habited by wealthy 'coionists.'
1t is singular, or at least seemingly
so, that gold exists only on the west
side of the Sierra Nevadas, and silver
is found only on the east side-an ar
rangement Of nature which geologists
have not explained. Also, that gold
occurs in its virgin state, While sill
yer appears in various ores. Gold ap-
pears in quartz veins, and in the grav-
els and. clays of rivers and shallow
streams, which are diverted from
their channels by prospectors. In the
gravels and clays. the larger particles
are usually found at the bottom of the
strata or streams on what is called
Bedrock" This term was originated
by miners when they wished to say
that they had reached the bottom of
the mineral strata, and that it was no
use to go further. In the river beds
platinum is also found, and more at
tention is being given to this vaIua bic
metal. The more general use of other
metals has extended greatly the field
of placer (Or surface) mining, es-
PGS1dI4S DIS II ISHuI4SS |Si t1LlIe Cd p
ital.
With silver are also found lead and
copper1the lead is used in its smeIt-
ing. There is always found, also, few
grains of gold with the silver, but so
few that they are not worth counting
Biologists hold that the western
side, or gold-bearing part, of the
Sierra Nevadas is of comparative re-
cent formation, and that the eastern,
or silver-bearing, side is of much older
formation. In proof of this they cite
the fact that the eastern ridges where
silver is found consist of granite rocks
of a harder formation than the sIat
of the western side where gold alone
exists.
The greater development is now di-
rected to the coast range, which has
heretofore been practically neglected
several other valuable minerals be-
ing found in the search for gold. An
Their reason for active development in
that part of the state is that the eli
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mate is milder, and work can be car
ried on in winter. Or the coast is
found the best and mildast climate in
the state, and it is more conducive to
labor of all kinds especially mining.
The coast range is of volcanic forma-
ton, biologists also hold, and conse-
quently is rich in minerals. As proof
of the volcanic theory, they cite the
numerous earthquakes that have
shaken this section, and with a grea lie +
violence than any other part Of the
state.
Death Valley, however, is p-Ospected
mainly in the winter, as the summer
temperature is 100, or higher, and no
shade. Rich mines exist in the rocky
ravines that course that burning val
ley, and when the projected railroad
is finished water can he transported
to the mines, ard lie ore can be
brought out in larger Quantities and
much cheaper than now.
Almost ineNbaustible borax mines
exist in the valley, and millions of dol
lars worth of this commodity have
been taken from them. Water is hauled
in by wagons, and every pound of
provisions for the iaborers also. Moth
ing eatabIe grows on this barren
waste, and everything soon decays.
The wagons are immense structures,
and it requires team of 40 horses to
pull loaded wagon through the
heavy sands. Salt and soda deposits
also exist there in large quantities,
and these places are being more active
ly developed
Borax exists nowhere else in Cal
ifornia in such paying quantities as
in Death Valley. Since the develop
ment of these deposits began the price
has greatly decreased, and viii no
doubt continue to decrease.
J. NJ SCANLAND.
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Gigantic Cannon Exhibit.

The Krupp cannon foundry is pre-
pairing the greatest individual ex-
hibit in the history of expositions for
this years Westphalian arts exhibit
ton, which opens at Dusseldorf in
May. This will be the first display
arranged by the great cannon builder
since the Chicago worlds fair. It
will cost more than $5,OOOOOO marks
100000. The exhibit will be re-
plete with types of monstrous war
weapons, the chief of which will be
the 3Oh-centimeter coast defense
gun, built for the imperial fortifica-
ton board. At one end of the Krupp
pavilion will be the prov of a Ger
nan battIeship bristling with guns.
Archbishop Simar, of Cologne, has ar
ranged to exhibit at the Dusseldorf
fair collection of Catholic art treas
ures valued at 100000 marks esq.,
52O.OOOl.
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AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.

Detroit, Mich, Jan. 13th.-A sensa-
tionaI statement is made by Mr.. Ben
jamin Major, whose home is at the
corner of Jane and HurEbut Ave, this
city.
Mr.. Major says that he has found a
remedy which will positively cure all
Kidney and Bladder troubles. He suf-
fered himself for long time with these
diseases in the most painful form, and
during his illness experimental with
a great many medicines without get
ting any relief. Finally he tried Dodd's
Kidney Pills, and to his great joy was
cured completely.
The statement he makes seems to
have ample confirmation in reports
being published every day of wonder
full cures by this remedy.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
FOUND AMERICANS BUYING
LAND AT SASKATCHEWAN,
WESTERN CANADA.
A Michigan Farmer Visits Saskatoon
and Is Well Pleased.

A Michigan Farmer Visits Saskatoon
and Is Well Pleased.
Mr.. S. K. Lent was a delegate sent
from the farmers of Allegan County,
Michigan, to Western Canada, to re-
port on the prospects for successful
settlement. His report is as follows:
I went from Winnipeg to Edmonton,
thence east one hundred miles by wag-
on. I found the country in that vicin-
ity rich, black loan, varying from IL
inches to feet deep; the crops are
simply something enormous; wheat
and oats by actual measurement often
standing 5 feet in height. I have been
a farmer for 40 years, and consider my
self fair judge of the yield of grain,
and I saw wheat that would yield so
bushels per acre, and, oats that would
yield 100 bushels per acre; not one
alone but a good many. AS for root
crops and garden truck, in no country
have I ever seen their equal for all
kinds except corn and tomatoes; the
nights being too cool for these to
ripenwell. AS a stock country it has
no equal. East of Edmonton, on the
head waters of the Vermillion River, I
saw hay meadows containing from 10
10 1OO dCE6S, Tue grass Slduu4nS 40Cl
high, and would often cut to 4 tons to
the acre. From Edmonton I passed
through some fine ocations, namely,
Wetaskiwin, Lacombe and other
points.
From Macleod I went to Regina,
thence to Prince Albert, PAT miles
north of the main line. For the first
so miles is fine farming country, but
the next hundred miles is more of
stock country. Then at Saskatoon,
Rosthern and Duck Lake I found some
very fine farming country, so good
that found a party of Americans
from Minnesota buying land for them
selves-one party buying II sections,
and the other 20 sections of land for
themselves, which they proposed to
improve at once.
I have Travelled over 90 different
States and Territories in our Union,
and never in my life time have I ever
seen such magnificent crops and es-
pecially as fine stock country.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
THE MINING WORLD.
Just Now It Is Deeply Interested in
California.
All Sorts of Minerals Are Now Sought
After by the PrOspectOrs-WOn-
ders of the Famous Coast
Range
Especial San Francisco letter.

Especial San Francisco letter.
II ECENT inventions, the discovery
X of improved processes for the
smelling of ores, and cheaper
transportation have made mining
more profitable, and there is more
activity in that industry on the Pa
cific coast than for many years past.
There is more territory being prospect
ed, more capital invested, and less
''wildcatting' than since the golden
days of the ''bonanzas," when any hole
in the ground would sell at high price.
Mining is now more on a business ba-
sis, and efforts are directed towards
digging the ore out of the ground, rath-
er than assessing the stockholders. An
other cause of the advance in this in
dustry is the more general use of cleo
trio lights in the deep mines and a
better system of ventilation, thus Sc
curing better work, and cheaper labor.
In the Glow grade mining camps,
where the ore is worth only ten dollars
a ton or less, mining cannot be con-
Quoted proftably with high-priced la
Dor, consequently, many of the Glow
grade" camps were abandoned as soon
as the high-grade metal had been taken
out. These mines are now being re-
located, and districts that were hereto
fore Improbable are being worked
and more thoroughly prospected. A
large number of coal and lead miners
from the east have recently engaged in
prospecting for gold and silver, work
ing in small companies, and individ-
ually. In addition, there are more Chi
nese engaged in mining than hereto
fore. They also prospect in small com
panies or individually, more especially
as they are not liked by the white
miners. As a rule, the Chinese prospect
in the fields abandoned by the whites,
and, though they use the crude meth
cd, they make good wages. They work
the abandoned camps as matter of ex-
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
FACTS BRIEFLY TOLD.

The human lungs usually contain
about one gallon of air.
The value of SPANS mineral produc.
ton in 1900 was $57,714,651.
Cranberries are grown in boys that
cost from $500 to $500 an acre.
Ambulance stations are being placed
along the Paris streets, supplied with
all the requisites for first help
There are 10000 square miles of ag-
ricultural land in Natal alone, which
carries a population of but one to the
square mile. The same paucity of
farming population prevails over the
whole of South Africa.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
Story of Dr. HniIes-

DR.. William Hailes, of the Albany Medi-
cal college, is very fond of joke, and can
dents in anatomy is one who answers to
the somewhat unusual cognomen of Crow
when he answers at all-for this student
was, as the doctor facetiously observed a
for for: the first time he a answered roll call,
a rare bird. After an unusually prolonged
period of abseneeism, the student present
ed himself the other day, and one of his
have been detained by game of crowkuet!
The racket which succeeded this remark
made no impression on the doctor. With
out needing the diversion, he proceeded to
er's return, and then convulsed the class
by quickly remarking: ''Why 1 am de-
lighted to see you, Mr.. Grow, what is both
ering me is whether there is any necessary
caws and the 'caws' of your absence. p
Golden Days.
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MUST NOT LOAF.
kev Rales in the Treasury Depart
nent at Warrington Cause
Clerks to Complains.

There is much complaint in the
treasury department over the secre-
tary's new order requiring the clerks
to reach their desks promptly in the
morning, remain until their days
work is done, attend strictly to busi-
ness, and not to take advantage of
the half-hour allowed for luncheon.
The bureau chiefs are required to
enforce the new order and report to
their superiors any infraction of the
new rule and the hardness of the
clerks.
The most Objectionable feature Of
the new rule prevents the clerks from
visiting each other or to receive Wis
its during business hours except on
official business; from frequenting
the corridors of the building, reading
newspapers or other unofficial mat
ter, and smoking in the ilerooms de-
partment. Those who violate these
rules will be subject to severe dis
cipline.
The new rules are particularly OBJ
iectionable, as the clerks of the treas
ury department have been allowed a
great deal of freedom, and it is an
DIOIldTJ OCCURRENCE ~ sec S4OuPS "a
them standing about chatting or
promenading the corridors. Others
are found reading the newspapers and
in the flerooms enjoying quiet
smoke during Office hours.
For some time Secretary Gage has
been endeavoring to bring about re-
form, but he has not met with sue
cess. 1t is believed, however, that
the strict enforcement of the new
rules will work wonders.
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monthly periods for it meant couple
of days in bed in awful agony. 1 final
1y made up my mind that the good
doctors were guessing and hearing
from different friends such good re-
ports of Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etabIe Compound, tried that. I
bless the day did, for it was the
dawning of a new life for me. used
i've bottles before I was cured, but
when they were taken was well
woman once more. Your Compound is
certainly wonderful. Several of my
friends have used it since, and nothing
but the best do ever hear from it's
use. - Yours, MABELLE L. LAMoNTE,
222 E. 31st St., Chicago, I1.-s500O
forfeit if abpue testimonial is not genuine.
III Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound could cure Miss
LaMOnte not you? Try it
and see for yourself.
Mrs. PinIkham advises sick WO-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
C0NCREGSH4N
AT GOODWILL

Men of prominence all over the
United States are recOmmendingP Pc
runa. Over forty members of Con-
~ress have written their Endorsement
of it. Scores of other government
officials speak in high praise of it.
Thousands of people in the humber
walks of life rely upon it as n family
medicine. Send for free book of tes-
timOniaIs.
If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory re-
suits from the use of PeFuna, write at once to Dr.
Hartman. giving full statement of your case, and
he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF The Hartman
Sanitarium Columbus, Ohio.
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Hard on the ChicI.en..

In an Ohio town last fall the African
trict held a conference, and for a week
the town was filed with colored pulpit
orators. A few days after the conference
closed its sessions one of the leading col
cred women of the town drove out to Pea
Ridge to purchase chickens of an old mann.
my who had supplied the family for years.
Aunt Hanna, coming to the gate, said:
81 m sorry, Miss Allie. I amt got chicken
lett. Dey all done enter de ministry
francisco Argonaut
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

Chief Justice William Lee Chambers.
In a recent letter to The Pe-ru-na Medicine Co..
Chief Justice William Lee Chambers says the fol-
lowing of Pe-ru-na:-
Il have tried one bottle of Pe-ru-na and 1 can
truthfully say it is one of the best tonics ever
used. and take pleasure in recommending it to all
sufferers who are in need of a good medicine. I
can recommend it a one of the very best remedies
for catarrh." w. L. CHAMBERS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you viii never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up IN metal boxes, every tablet has c. c. c..
stamped on it. Beware of limitations.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

A father, fearing an earthquake in the
region of his home, sent his two boys to
distant friend until the peril should be
over. A few weeks after the father re-
ceived this letter from his friend:
please take your boys home and send
down the earthquake. "-Tit-Bits.
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Useful Accomplishment.

Mrs. Hedder never has the least bit
of trouble getting through the shopping
crowds said Mrs. Fosdick.
''Well, she was the best basket ball player
in college, Mrs. Keedick explained-De-
troit Free Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

Nearly half billion dollars worth of
soiled and torn bank notes is destroyed an
nualiy by our government They are re-
duced to pulp and then used for making rail
road car wheels This transformation is
about as radical as the one brought about
in the case of sic1ly people who viii use Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. Good health is
sure to follow its use. Be sure to try it. It
viii cure Indigestion, dyspepsia, constipa-
ton. biliousness and malaria
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Her Opinion.

He (watching another couple)-I
suppose he feels that he could not live
without her.
She-Yes, and don't think he'll have
a chance to find out that he could
Puck.
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Making others Happy.

Cholly-I don't know what to do with
myself this afternoon:
call on some girl or other and propose,
Somerville Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
How About Those z

IF you want to improve your mind, !"
said the sage, associate only with persons
who know more than you do
''But if they follow the same rule said
one of those who were learning wisdom at
his feet, "what are we to do?"-Chicago
Tribune
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
A PIausibIe Theory.

She-I wonder why a mans hair turns
gray before his beard
He-Oh, that is easily explained. There
is usually about 20 years difference in their
respective ages.-Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
Judwe Ar. Goodwyn,

Hon. A. II. Goodwin. Congressman from Alabama
in recent letter to DR.. Hartman, says
g I have now used one bottle of Pe-ru-na and
a well man to-day. I could feel the good effects of
your medicine before had used it week, after
suffering with catarrh for over a year"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

Peace of mind is often the result of not
knowing any better.-Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
TE0NCRE5S14N JL.SEERR4RD7

Representative Sheppard, OF Texas.
Congressman John L. Sheppard, of Texas, writes
the following commentator of Pe-ru-na from
Washington, D, C. Congressman Sheppard uses
Pe-ru-na in his family and says
"Ihave used Pe-ru-na in my family and found it
to be most excellent remedy for all catarrhal COM
plaints.'
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
Unexpected HappenIng.

Caller-Is the editor in?
The Imp-Nope. Gone home.
''Not i'll, hope?'
Nope. Wife telephoned baby was
asleep. Went home to see what it looked
like. Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
Amos J. Cummings, Congressman
from Tenth Congressional Dis
trfct. New York.

Congressman Cummings, of New York, in a letter
written from New York city regarding the merits of
Pe-ru-na, says the following
"Pe-ru-na is good for catarrh. 1 have tried it
and know it. 1t relieved me immensely on my
trip to Cuba, and always have bottle in reserve
Since my return I have not suffered from catarrh
but if do shall use Pe-ru-na again
AMOS CUMMINGS.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15
THREE CHICAGO DOCTORS
Failed to Do for Miss Mabelle L..
EaMOnte What Was Accom-
plished by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR Mrs. PNKHAM al was in
an awful state for nearly three years
with complication of female troubles
which three physicians called by diff
ferent names, but the pains We're all
the same. I dreaded the time of nv
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

She-Don't you think your friend Smily'a
manners are rather loose?
He-Possiblyi but Smily himself is nearly
always tight.-Chicago Daily News.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

Graham-"Oh, well, perfection is not to
be looked for in any man" Bolton-"No,
1 suppose not-at any rate, not since my
script.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

.Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
BILE MEDICINE for coughs and eolds:-N; w
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eyes, they call it rural play; but it
seems to me there's something lacking
why, so there is. There's no mortgage on
the farm. Philadelphia Evening Bull
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

PUTNAM FADELEsS DYES are as
easy to use as soap. No muss or failures.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

If thou suffer injustice, console thyself;
the true unhappiness is in doing it.-Democ-
rites.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

To Cure a Cold in One nay
Take TAX Laxative Bromo Qginire Tablets; a 4
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-01-15

Chicago prohibits the gathering of
cigar butts.
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:, Lying is a certain mark If cowardice-
Southern.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-02-05

Says the Tucson Star: Arizona has enoueh gold to supply the demands of the United States. What is required to establish this fact is tn confidence, capital and courage to develop our gold resources, as was shown in the develop. ment of our copper mines. A few years ago it would have been difficult to persuade the industrial world that Arizona had one tenth the copper she is now producing, and yet we are not operating per cent of the copper re sources of the territory. Arizona's s gold resources far exceed her wealth of copper
Bisbee daily review., 1902-02-05
ORGANlzfA LABOR
 SHOULD BE THE BEST.

The question of how to promote the welfare of labor is not new one, still there is probably more time being de- voted to the study of the problem to- day than was ever before. Laboring men are becoming more reasonable in their demands than ever before. They are recognizing the rights of capital more and more and we believe em- ployers in recent years are showing greater concern for the welfare of their employees than they ever did in the past. This better condition has been brought about by sincere study of the problem of how best to harmon ize the interests of capital and labor. No one could controvert the proposi- tion that the employer must prosper if the employee is to receive the best rate of wages. It is easy to cry ont chat corporations are prone to rest the fullest possible load on the neck of lsbor,- but on the other hand there is sometimes disposition on the part of labor to hold up the corporation and make unreasonable demands of it. We believe the day will come when organ ised labor will be protected to that ex- tent that no one outside of it's member ship will be COT sidered by those who require the services of many men in their enterprises, but that time will como when the labor organization re- oeive ss members only those who are competent and of habits that will guar sntee their reliability in the positions which they are desired or intended to All in the industries of our country. We gre not one who would abridge