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Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
meter.

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G6rhhmorlens an Sage De. S,rrn;
i. lcdsn uno laoen 81 Qreoigt Il. slmt
3je 6lpttnlprn Nat mo Sem.
S0B lotcn Die 6loien: llns tlimmtrt
e. niht;
.eSr it)rtiten noran nit Der 3clt;
llno rnisr gloube ois ,SrstheIt helGt.
lluo Slsihbtit uno Wriiotrllhtt:t.
Sc &tllncr, 3cllncr. bic &O,pl. pOn
SAnopa
SoN wieoer sie Hl1.lot 4ebn!
gsas ititu un5 Mduner ous Y'antn'
dereo;
9&ir slaubsn grab anas mir otrliel II.
Ter Nsnih it ir. ssiSailsn Il. 9ltih;'
.Ooh lshe bic YriiberlidNsp!
llno tsiner it perr nno .teilvr &psdt;
Gru,,i tbut mir alle YehAslbF
Eu Ysaies risi's, NIB &Aai eillal
SMnd,
llnb eata, s,lla 9tutbar AepaltM:
"Yib's wsjitr." lplo itler triltt, allf,
all&;
So ail@ q pOp Hmo ~ satap-
~gib's iwh,r, sltd, sli,d; aib'f 'psii.r.
alnd, alid;
Am &ras.ss her 3rho,r rings.
Son Hin3 W psttr upn Stolle! 81
aunl
limb nte,r plnl piaifa sitg's.
Hub l6Mt,,ruD 9iilSsn hi. 3unasA
plsu;
Ta btaHs ME siA gSstfr los.
,sii.ntiup,n has ihrsdN Il. anf...,
vNa mos, sil 6rtplbsr Slos"
9Sas tdallt uus Der Derr praiaatslup
Ypb Ylis MIR iiithten III; nit.
llno weliu hsr nsrr tein Indmdn'tr 1T
30 .pmM' cr NIB lalle tr nit.
Ypd uieo.r prebni's: y Sileliium!
ST S4s 4Rr yrauh i'm 4anoP
3aia i1lup psr 5r.ulns Den gantsl
snrlld,
g,on Siern lplD Grosnsbanb,
ejib's meter" 10 ,ici sr gum Qrdisa
eelpanot,
llno ja,uq ibm idaasno anf$ Glr
.Gaib, Hnit III per yrllotrllbtfl
lerlnl
geie nit Der @olple ylppr.
.9laorsl Nup 81 ieste bshcuhn9snpl
Gic Sano an Dell Gcatn sur Sslt.
,.Mib's reiicrl" mo biz ltb 'd9c halt
Shut ibr elnnnorr ge'telo!"
go alatid ani alatlb in 9rciic aina {:
Srelmol nit fr'tcm ,3u9,
ga lptat Der Ssr3pg lmo loheltr 'tln
,6ilr btRi, ms aeuua.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
@ebrauttt Gin S,artuNGsmliitI

eurt Stbtr GgtraGtt III 3ti'cn tin
Siartun1smitte!. ei.tg, .tine Ab'uhr-
nlittsl Die ihmctta. : l4lits siiilf
6drlu &iitrs clti,lutH lut@ eiift dus
Sem Suiitmt uno wir.sp rtttbtno 1ui
ole Sthtr. y. Spl.. 81 NiShilno
9ipt., Milton, IA. 'aa' Stit lobren
tynQe ih I gailis <,:..s fltln RiIers
bglmlr uu0 mottt nit; olne lle 'gln.
Rltin un0 ititt 70 nsan,a. Rslng &g=
0g,ablllea. Slt gaaissl nltt. Z. \.
6ttttI II. 10.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28

sir llniryaa,iuaG NM vriyi'hun9.
tn wiro by'tyRa atioya' 'tu. gGs
,Seiltrlcn Tin CgAtli.d Silo DIE NH.
Ilt SIR Grb4ilcrlmg IND ilm 9anis
lieisru. &, Nflys tlbcr oen Giass
flub 1T int. Seogrmau 1T ilsdmo.
itihit einasl0an. Gl@ bpntlt,.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
s'surt Eeafe.
Che Merchant Callor.
WAstphatis, Mssourf.

bAern iluo Biz Tsmot,ntiltt Iis
mamdhi nati. .SrloanNc line Oi, 7e.
i,setn iiH s.eetlGlr &cbn l9illis
br, I'D =. StebNs uaFe ! 6aItey ,,r.
9ll4 s'pmiismann m.rsr %t.. Not,t=
Qcu rIesraNuSta.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
Siid)rr 6rri!
&naben. Mdohcn,
Sllabell,

7s euntga pi1ot. ois Suttr &tya ron 81" du4 ett
mir trrtrtcn 9yl, :tGts iol5notn &atty Ws.'1a
AesOrs Fables Grimms Fairy Tales, Famous Men, fSrms
Progress Fifteen Decisive Battles, Chds History OF Eng
land or Thaddeus of Warsaw.
Qtdmieu Saet nntn Sc.4ba cne III Au3iattn 9som.
uoeu.
tf.- etniod oic an3ts uno Eitnst taysn 9amta
MANCHESTEkS BOOK STORE.
22 Madison Stree: JEFFERSON CITY NO
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
Neilt gabnlnllll.

y. :. N0llD I. :. lrIlt. S9Tls,
b,eibt: llicinr 6rag liit ) Solyt an
20bmuuQ oe2 glrme2. gRlu btrtottt
MID gNllaro@ Snom Slunim,nt IL 9e=
brouten wtltcs lie 0ut) wlrtlih bsllit
6bcnialls qebyautt Id 6 inr }4antM
6rpltbculcu unD Nnut!r0nlbeittn. IS
Mutt. 225t. 800 uno s. Sl1Ibtn bel
!. :. geslie.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28

30 babe imnrl tINt cute ,tlls-
lpuil. N,u T.liimty an NmO. I'm 90.
H:iNan Si.lyuN tttttt,
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
6rpBes ! icuic
sit
81. S)olllas.

Sic fatboliihe Btmeinoe bon St.
5bomas miro llr oitadbyilts filul,
abbalteu
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
,frtebllr9.

~. youo. Statlgvts t.i 9s,.o
6a, Saioea tt'Ht't 'eiu, 7sstaoe
bier.
Eyjtonsuhty yutttarer tadil
ecr teept..t3aaAtH GeapsHiti H
yiaA at* 9cit1at poa t,cg e.i.
9@m. 99ur.. See. 3ra.m,i 1us
l'ia,t uHo Cito. h'rlol. ran IStiaaa-
TAIN w0yM est; ]>rs bEr.
ntyr geao., 1t'tubafn tou'ylti5y.
,<pm Nolmes. q. I. Muyyau goa
Ttrou .umTu hUr oUrt tlt' rem esSr-
gt nan eem syeffNsyltlte-i n tin'
3r. 5di,ttcr prn hicrfd, rpitan III
ihm cr III bclndbe EGt nno 9tdtt tt.
itniiilt.
lie 8ebr g9eamnn Ybntolras brs
ten hubrn ibrs Gnlsrn her aui0r tln=
gen. Tie S!sn9sns liei,rn gIns 'HTiiI
uublhilie.
@,n. W,liss bon saslFinmn war
bier uno lab nd or Grssit i'm lnn.
mel an.
Wat6. nalnrr Bsitdfi:mau ihr
Gnipp.Itbers tsret. 80. lme @erg
Shn,ibey flr gNiit, 6oyomar, Or.
babcn ihwn &unpsu ihrcn reasimtt.
a,n &trt abashaitst.
Bp Rubsr n,tT 'gemotrlin rno iii
m Shlunasrln gran Mtaman ucn
! gcpss Nr,sl wGrcr lnr inn h,Astt;gicn
| iih bas lreibt al Der ;EritRblhR.
! gin iung., EaisnitM Satyt eli
| iano bel Valhss Gamp ridt melt uol1
! bier .inen ploblid,cn aeHIidsH SOB.
1 Ter lln0,iitlibs wnr ~br,atr- nGt
1 bate 1 Cars il prs ,stn oa Die ~abn
/ si,pas oe,rGr,s sth, sas tabr a,rtlt
:, net bate. 10 oabpr 81 nis eontrpll'
4 unb tie aiuNtn ms thmr rber ben Gnnt
III, AZ Nus III b., Iieit. .cr mar an
Der Slell, tcet.
aoolph 1ucissn pon &iaicuniail
tam bier burd. er bate MR. Wsnlsr
pon gonuets Mill pisosr natl .gSi,l
f, Sat" 9ebr0ht
phil. Suete uon s..eiaaass M
l.Btc 93oAt bier seiha'tsbsIttr.
glm. 6ldrt bat itiueu sieli0urNn
abarbretea uno III Hlt, Der Nael
slitnbdm @rlds am Wlstond0s q
;o9en nm ga lem eililt III rcr'IltsN.
Gliaa ,,cilman m9 Semitic IN
llldrits 6o. llnGl hIcr ourd) IL hatiei
oort ntm &e1ynhuft ltirer l}atitt ot
Trau 9.iar9. 3iIndn tClqelpphni.
6on. &rlutmln uou &onuota Nj.
ltdttete Den g@iythen bier lt'nct rt9s.
m0rigca &g'ut1 al.
,foauit .titt,r rcs-4tt,.-a',cc,,i,,.,i'
irmin9t irBt ON S1migoe Mlmmg
bet ,,o3. tot.lta. 1r taaa@ o.at
car Nlgo&.y. llt t!ata so.oat!
&oogG
Pant 1ga3Ua .M a.t 'aaaF -
ye,,hcg i!Agt 1lst aa 2Eaar.t, a H1
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
I'm. Rnoc Frciiotnt.

= Gountp Som il &, &rUln BON
gun bslinost ilA heutt bier nit nOh
nebrcrcn anocren Sargn. I'm tine
Der blcligcu Sdm,ltr,n tine peH Git'
fountain unO cuc ppn ycoic 6rctt 81
tranllnlren.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
Hehnrutu,ud,i,uu

lie brelllnoppanSl9lic labtIiht Ner'
iammlilua oes 6armcr. .UcgcnititIGtn
ntertiibunsspereius piro am Sttn
September 1902 bes llinr9tns nGh
Dem gpiiesoisnits in Der nbcrcn Stul.
bolle in gSs'iphalia Sia1e 80. Mo.
iiaptiInnen.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28

.9trr Scurp Sdmars bon Sen.
6,p iipsltsr ieineu Gl.srr bel &oclP=
iomn blno &eihiplfelA IL bieliSal Or
MsMae sipen 4slNA abltattie tcaltc
an WcWas na1 is.ner .Slenratb otr
DalNtfaot osS Staates sllr,,t.
-7g,Ns LESTER aAsdae ,OMal Die @1w
AsAren Sos. poss DON Ri1folminil
B. VI. Nensr pDn 2inn Llno gatsl
aaria&ath BON 81. yonis bci .llnlegl
priefesA .auf 4iut.
Sn SonnAaa TOhaltitas apvfot
9srr gAriit 4apsriorle &ncht helm
Qan. Sos. Su,he. Der sillsn eIil Der
tr uxias 2Sphk sllM Reiin eingcbroael
AAxoer teait&,n AaAs non benz 3hi.r,
GhsswOri,n. ~ Ml ~ unalii1lih nil
&u RlGeR a.af aaS hass !SirabelSas
ter oas ibm NsS xdas Qetn in Der anle
iiFib. asbrphM Wures.
= Aui beg aM Samitas 0baehal
tenpsm 1,nlo,ratisAM Trlmarps mur
pen iolsenos perrsu als Geleaaten Ill
bic am Samita9 b<n 3oisl 9lusali 3
&inn haitinlaeNoe county eona,ntiol
eutndblt: hilbert SyN,L 6rant 50
hannssmsp,r, Sos. Wsittrmon, Gas
par &lsrsm,ysr, y, 8. @pr9mtptr
9en, Sdauwsder. Numb gSiIoe ugt
3,nra Gaiirpp.
Grau Wnrp Wspcrpetsr psn St
Souis ium EpnIlsrta0 lester NOd
bierbsr w, am Sisrbsbette lhre
Sdwieeermhiter Der dral, g1teQerpete
81 iutilen.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28
4oelBtolun.

Die 0trren drcO. 2lt'clpt. hilbert
'Vsit mG Stepb. '6dripmann habsr
Die RepurGtlnen al BEN hitiiaen
Rir6tbnme npluott.
Q,Bte g0odc TrsitaS btGdtsn Ih
Die A)etser 'Qtaa. gcrgmsnel uno Sdhn
Saltmhoer nah Sinr.
0err Senrl glhrtns uno 03enatiin
reiiien am Tlcniiaa leFter sHo6s nod
Scilsrion Civ AIM ihre tran!s Sohte,
,u beiuden.
sNttirau QNlna gar bsaab hA an,
Smlial md ct. 3htpla3 ann filtiet
5aQt bel ibrtn Gltern iu nrmc'Isu.
Al ,tto.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28

2sbien SpnntaA bsrHsrttsn mir lpl-
aeroc S.rscn uno Smen 'M mirerer
Staot. Nettritt Gennelpets. Sos.
qubb,rt NIT isier .Srou bon 'Gaefpla.
lia. Nen. uno Spe. Smmielt NIB
Scbn aAauiiue pou Ct. Sbrmas
frani SdiuarB, tin irRter 2osNtcwn-
er pou GRma, Charles Saitlhprlt
nebit ,srap aan Seiieyion elm.
,frl. Mama Mate III bier aui Stiut,
Gor.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28

NIT osn aybtitfu al otJ 6''trbaAa
ltht . laasiam ueuuagts eit, cuts
mo i<riil mo oit S1am'5cpas
afbmtR o,a lsFisH gin aas a.a IL
btidfa: 0as yo.h I'M 5unntl U.,0 u1
vcn Sa1 III lal sysr,y o'e Shisnca
ino biz ium Gas.oaaot 8ipeg sl..a'
mo bic .}ti3e bt'olotgn Nanaaiers tfs
Damn. 9ldttt ssaA Il lii 0m
Yan ag @toa .,ist tta5asta
utoen. oas 4fattrial III iton ube.la
;gi'htn BIER mo @Clt rii8eissi+ey
L ee.,,telietsH 2Aatt.Ah 2tA.att.h IT. tttttttta ttttttttas
,>luit &rcs. ldtigtn lustn5.ltat
taagv Ill 0e.o I'll ltlu, III ,3a5l,a3
'rnrog itou ;ptimll bnaus9elhobsu.
uno ii ltgt lui gloaill stitBi. Gls
Gtltr;ittr 'tt.,ieu sm 5yCital els 9iy=
beiitn Gin IND wolsn aitt risogy ole
lanQtu bis lie bgilblt nlo.
llutty o,n eeiuhtm ttmtt;tn luiy
mir 6rant Sirnimann. frIg SaItty
q. uuo 9ohn guitmlun BON Slsu'
ma: Stlut ooliihueloer uno ". I'D
nit mshreren 3amen bon aihiouutdin
pea soelbtcwn parea tia: ,stig isalier
,tr. Sos. Strutmpi uno Sgaat sotb'
nsr, lss,ersr bate m,hrets INN p3y'
Wanol 1amta bti Ht. ade beitttistsl
Die arbsit,n OH Der eiisnbahn. =
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28

H. Sas tilEiIe Gouipicl ocg Sliion
in Dem Die Sinuer m.tt 1i.Gcy uber
ihr. 6e9ner bliebtn, nullrpe an Sonn=
tag Ill ,6baniais sstpieli. aieiuitat:
12- ) VI ,eiunitcn .pcp,G bamais.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28

= Fk SRI. Miaa,ie tiRo Gtyna, 0,=
ia 99srner ttelrtsn an Yt0uiG8 pon ei.
ner mcbr.l9i0eu Geiie IN T. Ert.y.
nlhe 9@dibinQton Mic., Mruf.
1frduIeiu WerrarOina, wc.ts cort
Shule taltcn wiro. miro udh.,c a313),
onrtllu surllttthreu.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1902-08-28

Scrr Sacub Sdlsib uuo tSeullh.
in ,uon .9onie ereet luartn an Man!lg
isr.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-05-16
THE DANISH WEST INDIES.
rincipal Islands, Population and
Climate of Uncle Sans New
Purchase.

These islands are small in territorial
extent, in popula tion and in resources
but they have a strategic value, and
our government has preferred that
they should not pass from the control
of Denmark to that of an ambitious
European naval power. The harbo1
of Charlotte Amalie is probably the
most frequented port in the West
Indies, many vessels of various ma
tionalities using it for coaling pur-
poses, says writer in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews. The
group consists of the three principal
islands of ST. Thomas, ST. John and
Santa Cruz, with numerous smaller is.
lands and rocky points. The total pop
ulation of the group is said to be about
81, 900, of whom perhaps only one-sixth
are of pure white blood. The negro
population, however, is said to be ex.
ceptionally intelligent. :. The English
language is commonly spoken in the
islands, and general conditions are rep
utable and orderly, the climate being
healthful and the productions those OF
the West Indies in general. The island
of ST. Thomas is important solely on
account of the great excellence of the
harbor of Charlotte Amalie. The is.
land of Santa Cruz, however, has an ag-
ricultural character, and at one time
its sugar plantations were prosperous
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-05-16

| transported to the Thunder noun
tain mines and set up as soon as
ready. The region covered by these
gold deposits is supposed to cover
about $4,000 miles. 1t is said to have
all the elements to make it a success,
plenty of ore. the most beautiful and
numerous streams Imaginable. lots
of wood and a good, energizing eli
mate. The Boise City (Idabo) News
reports that plans are being enter
tanned of pushing railroad through
from Salt Lake within so miles from
the heart of this great field. 1t is
predicted that few months will see
big population there, and that it
will DE 4 second Transvaal.
While it is true that there are one
or two large interests holding the
most valuable claims that have vet
been discovered in the Thunder moun-
tain fields, still it is the poor MANS
mecca, and hundreds are fiocking to
the region, seeking wealth. and it is
in the efforts of these individual gold
seekers that the geatest interest
centers. As high as 500 has been
taken out, it is said, by two men in
one day, one pounding decomposed
quartz, in which the free gold is held,
in a hand mortar, and the other
panning it in a prospector's pan.
One hunded dollars day to the man
has been washed out of half-froZen
dirt in water melted from snow on
camp fires, small rockers being used.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-05-16

That sort of story has served to
whet the appetites of gold seekers
wherever the news has penetrated,
and the pilgrimage to the region
with it's attendant privations, strug-
giles, disappointments and yet ever
hopefulness of final rich strike, has
been begun.
Prof. Z. II. Mead, after careful
inspection of the district, says:
Taking it as a whole, it is the most
wonderful mining country / ever ex-
pect to see. 1 should judge the radi-
us of the mineral zone around
Thunder mountain is about 35 miles.
The formation of the country is prin-
cipally granite and gneiss, together
with quartz. porpnyry, ryolite and
trachyte. The granite is rich in
fiuorite, and in my opinion the
formation is favorable for the dis
covery of great deposits of gold
rbearing ores"
State Mine Inspector Jacobs, of
Idaho, in his annual report of the
state has this to say: "What may
be termed the Thunder mountain free
milling district consists of a terri
tory of from five to eight miles in
length and approximately the same
in width, and is of an eruptiye
formation, the rock being porphyry.
phonolite and lava, and, while, the
Dewey company claims are the. only
ones that have to any extent been
developed, it is known that for
mile on each side are claims showing
great values, among these being the
Sunnyside group. the property of the
Caswells, and claims owned by III. E.
Taylor and NJ. F. Ely, and also 9TH
er claims. 1t is reasonable, there's
fore, to expect that other mines OF
great value will be found
And as Thunder mountain is but a
section of the vast mountainous por-
ton of Idaho, it may be considered
not at all chimerieaf to expect that
the richness of Thunder mountain
may be duplicated by other discov-
cries. Custer, Idaho and Lemhi coun-
ties, through which the mountain
range runs, may be termed as unex-
plored, and the possibilities of this
region will in the years to come aft
ford fascinating hunting ground
for the eager gold prospector.
WILLIS s. EDISON. j
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-05-16

we'll went to Idaho from Texas to
engage in stock raising, and during
che summer months searched for
gold. While out along Monumental
.reek two men met them one day
and told them that they would find
Olenty of gold if they followed MULE
creek to it's source. This they did,
and after a search of months, during
which time they found a little gold,
they stumbled on an extinct crater,
and here is where the mining dis
trict, declared to be of fabulous rich
ness, is located. They took out $10,-
900 in gold and then sold their claim
to Col. w. III. Dewey, successful
mine operator, for 100000.
The peculiar character of the gold
deposits of this Thunder mountain
section is explained by Newton
Hibbs, the we1l-known mining ex-
pert, as follows: 1.-THE theory is
that the gold was elected from the
craters of the district in the ordinary
form of natural salts, and that it
was precipitated at a high degree of
temperature by chemical agents. The
extensive overflow of the Thunder
mountain volcanic center was evil
IDENTIFY acted upon by the proper ma
tural chemicals to precipitate and
concentrate the values of an igneous
formation that was, perhaps, not ex-
ceedingly rich as it was elected from
the craters. Auriferous deposits, as
general rule, are confined to vein
systems that must from their nature
be limited to assures and metamor-
phose contracts, buS the Thunder
mountain ore bodies are not confined
to walls. The mineralizatio oc-
Cured as the mountains were built
by the flow of molten matter from a
volcano. This lava formation covers
miles of the earth's surface in that
wild mountain region. Natures
process of concentration and precip-
itation evidently formed pay shoots
around the craters, as was the case
in the Telluride belts of Colorado.
only the gold in the Idaho Cripple
Creek is left free from the base salts.
The new owner of the mine trans
ported a ten-stamp mill to the dig
gings on the backs of mules, and it
has been working since the first of
the year. A 100-stamp mill is now
being built in Chicago and will be
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-05-16

Davidson, deserves an especial place in
river history as being the first boat to-
carry an electric light on its waters.
Electricity has been an important fac
tor in lessening the rate of river
freightage by doing away with the
necessity of tying up at night. This is
especially true of towboats.
Some Famous Pilots of the Past.
Of the famous pilots of the old days
volumes might be written. They were
a distinct class, of marked individuali-
t., with the common characteristics
ot great courage, decision and sense
or locality. Their handling of boats
and knowledge of the river were so
marvellous as to seem intuitive, almost
supernatural, to the lay mind. Tt is
a mistake, however, to suppose that
in the essentials of their craft they
were superior to pilots of the present
day. This common supposition no
doubt arises from the fact that the old
veterans were in the lime light of pub
Lefty, and that their successors are
comparatively unobserved. Now the
pilots of the rafting boats receive the
highest wages, their maximum of COM
pensation being in the neighborhood
of $3.50 month.
When, however, the river was in its
full glory, the "crack" pilots who
ranked with Scribe Harris, Smith Har-
ris, Grin Smith, the brothers Ludwig,
Ed. West, and my own boyhood hero,
Dan Wright, received from $500 to
$500 a month, and lived the lives of
nabobs. Many of them We'd with the
owners and masters of the boats, and
some of them were graduated from
the wheelhouse into the captains
cabin. In the main, however, a pilot
lived exclusively in the atmosphere of
his craft; he thought plotting, talked
plotting, breathed plotting and knew
no other element of existence.
Of the terrible disasters which at
tended river navigation on the Mis-
sissippi history has made abundant
record. Certainly one of the most dra-
matte incidents which took place on
the river was the picturesque rout
of the Indians by Capt. Throckmorton,
in the Black Hawk war.
when the warriors were swarming on
the river between the shore and Battle
Island, little below La Crosse, this
captain drove his steamboat into their
feet of ca?oes, the huge paddles of his
wheel crushing their frail craft and
creating greater havoc among them
than the guns of the enemy.
The fierce engagements of the civil
war which took place on the river and
along its shores may be left to his
tory, with the observation that the
outcome of that long and bitter strug
gle might have been far different had
it not been for this great waterway
and th&facilities which it afforded to
the army and navy of the north.
The first steamboat to thread the
Mississippi t." its upper waters was
the famous old Virginia, which accom-
plished this significant feat in 1928, or
16 years after Fulton had astonished
the world with his invention.
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SAILORS SAW KING OSCAR.
The Experience of Senator Perkins
with Royalty When He Was
a Youth.

In these Prince Henry days every
one who has ever met royal person
age is talking about it. Even those
whose friends have been introduced
to kings or princes are doing some
talking on their own account. That
is how the story of the way in which
Senator Perkins met King Oscar of
Norway and Sweden comes out at
this time.
Senator Perkins has been almost
everything in his day, says the New
York Tribune. In his own words, he
is a sailor by profession. merchant
by necessity, and a politician by ac-
cident. 1t was while he was a sailor
that his Swedish experience came to
him. His ship had just brought a
cargo of cotton to Stockholm, and
young Perkins in company with an
English sailor named Branscombe
decided to visit the royal palace.
They crawled into the grounds from
drain pipe and were promptly arrest
ed by the gendarmes. The boys knew
no Swedish, their captors no English,
and it was beginning to look dark for
WhSh VI ulShCo
people came along and took an inter-
est in their plight.
''What are you doing in the kings
park?" asked one of them.
eve wanted to see the king and
how he lived" answered young Per-
kins, frankly.
.But don't you know" said the
man, ''you might be put into prison
for trespass?".
eve don't want to hurt the king"
said the affrighted youth. "Only want
to see him"
''I am King Oscar!" said the man,
and the boys looked their fill. Then
the king ordered a soldier to show
them through the palace.
In course of time Senator Perkins
became a rich man. Thirty years
later he was governor of California.
On boarding yacht for cruise one
day he came across Harry Brans-
combe, the English sailor who had
shared his Swedish experience. The
man was still a common sailor, but
Senator Perkins found better berth
for him on one of his own ships.
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Colonial Termination.

Engineering estimates that the
population of the United States and
it's dependencies now exceeds "a, 0OO,.
900 inhabitants. The Philippines
contain more than 1000, 900 inhabit
ants, Porto Rico has $4,000, Ha.
wall 1884, 900, and Alaska 60, 592. China
stands first in population the Brit
ish empire second, Russia third and
the United States fourth.
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Helen Keller. Tribute to Her Mother

How shall 1 write of my mother?
She is so near to me that it almost
seems indicate to speak of her. We
never dream of comparing our mother
to another; lit is enough that she is
our mother-the being In whose BE-
neficent tenderness is security and joy.
To describe her would be like attempt
ing to put into words the fragrance
of a flower or the smile on beloved
face.-Ladies' Home Journal
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EN bic. Ere the glittering
stories OF wealth to be
acquired in few days or
weeks time in one gold district
have had time to grow cold, rumors
of new discoveries in other places
are set afloat, and the mad rush for
the new gold field begins. That in
satiable, soul-devouring passion for
the yellow metal tempts men to face
any privation, and hazard any risk
if they can but make strike and
win fortune. There is a certain
fascination to the reading public in
the stories of new gold discoveries
and the adventures of the gold seek
ers in getting to the new fields. stalk
ing out claims and striking it rich.
or else losing their all.
Idaho is the latest section of the
world to draw the attention of the
gold seeker. Wonderful stories are
told of the free gold deposits of the
Thunder mountain section. This is
part of the state which is practically
UNEMPLOYED, and no accurate maps of
it exist. The one given here is the
most reliable yet published. The
gold deposits lie at the top of the
mountain amidst almost perpetual
SHOWS and winter. About seven
years ago three brothers named Cas-