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Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-26
The Soledad Gold Timing Company

line will be commenced by the Mexican Hydrau- lie Company next week.
 The Discovery of the SOledad Mine.
Bisbee daily review., 1903-07-26

with Mexican law enabled him to render valuable assistance in the final consummation of the deal and Mr. Steen we'll pleased with his ser vices that he paid him double the fee agreed upon
 Mir. Peter Johnson, who with Joseph Muheim and other Bisbee citizens interested in the company, visited the mine with Mir. Steen on his last trip. As evidence of what he thought of the property he immediately donbed his subscrip- tion to the capital stock of the company upon his arrival in Bsbee and will return next week to take charge of the development work. The company I15 claims covering the Soledad mine and extensions for 5000 feet and the Triumphe and extensions for 4ooo feet. Work will be re- stunned next week.
 The Soledad Gold Mining Company.
 The capital stock of the new company is 100 OOO shares at par value of SIo each, full pad and non-assessable. 1t Is organized under the laws of Arizona, with the principal office at Bisbee, Ari- zona, and branch offices at Cienignia, Sonoro, Mexico, and Nogales, Arizona. The Miners and Merchants Bank has been designated as the off cal depository of the company.
 The following is the list of directors and of fcers of the company:
 OFFICERS:
 c. $. Seen, President.
 Ben Goodrich, Tfce President.
 L T. Hood, Treasurer.
 E. T. Drapr, Secretary.
 Allen R. English, Attorney.
 DIRECTORS:
 John Ricardo Johnson. Hermiselto Jos. Mu6uem.
 The personnel of the Board of Directors is a sufficient guarantee that the property will be we'll managed and the operations conducted in a busi- ness-llke manner. Most of the members are prac- tical mining with years of experience and all of them have been interested in mining and are familiar with that industry, we'll as their pro fession and business. The chief ambition of each member is to develop property second to none in the Republic of Mexico.
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ship to Manila, and follow the lines of
travel to Hongkong, to Singapore, to
Canton, to Toxic, to vladivostok, to St.
Petersburg, to Vienna, to London, to
South Africa, and finally to South
America, touching on the way at sew
eral Pacific and South Atlantic islands,
and thence back to his starting point,
he could travel distance several times
greater than the circumference of the
globe. If he ordered his mail forward
ed to him, and left correct addresses at
each place, the letters would dutifully
follow him and finally be delivered to
him in New York few days after his
own arrival there. All that he would
have to pay extra for this remarkable
journey of his mail would be dollar or
two in tolls, which would represent the
charges for forwarding exacted by some
of the countries through which it
passed. There is in the post Office de-
partment at washington the envelope
of letter which travelled in this way
100000 miles, and another which came
safely through a trip of 1875, 900 miles.
Both are marked and stamped in way
to battle any except very expert de-
cipherer of puzzles.-St. Nicholas. : &.
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UNCLE SANS MAILS.
They Can Follow a Traveller All the
Way Around the World and
Back Again.

The United States mails are carried
everywhere. 1t would be almost phys
ical impossibility for a man to hide
himself in any remote corner of the
world without being discovered at last
by some Insignificant agent of a world
wide service, the machinery of which
operates quietly and with clock-liks
regularity If a bird's-eye view of the
different railroad and steamship lines
which carry the mails could be taken
the giant spiders web thus formed
would appear woven in a pattern so in
tricate that the mind would balk at
the mere suggestion Of unraveling it.
And besides the regular steamship and
railroad threads of this maze would ap-
pear tens Of thousands of CROSSINGS,
representing pony routes, dog-and-sled
tracks, swift courier and runner
trails" and even reindeer, whaling
ship and canoe lines. Every sort of We
hicle and beast of burden, and nearly
every invention of man for quick trans
portation, have been pressed into the
postal service, and it is possible foE
letter to go around the world UNI Assr
conditions so strange that the mere fils-
tory OF its journey would form story
Of thrilling interest.
If man should start from New York
and travel northward to Alaska, then
down tbs coast to California and take
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SLATE TRICK ILLUSTRATED.

simple one. Take plain slate, on one
side Of which the name and the date is
previously written. A friend of the per-
former is instructed to call the name
so quickly that no one else can get
ahead of him. All that is left to do is
to secrete the name and date on the
slate until it is time for it to appear.
To do this you will have to get piece
of cardboard, fitting exactly over the
black part of the slate, both sides of
which are covered smoothly with black
slate paper. Sheet is laid over the
side of the slate with the writing on
it (a). Place the slate with the sheet
over it face down on the chair. When
you are going to show the secret writ
ing to the audience lift the slate in such
way that the sheet of paper stays upon
the black cloth, where it (being black,
too,) cannot be Observation-Disclosures
Enquirer.
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THE ROAD TO GRuMBLETowN.

IT'S quite a straight and easy road
That leads to Grumbletown.
And those who wish can always find
A chance to journey down. -
IT'S customary for the trip --3k
To choose rainy day --, = ,
When weather's fine ones not so apt 7
To care to go that way.
Just keep down Fretful Lane until:
You come to Sulky Stile,
Where travellers often like to rest
In silence for awhile.
And then cross over Pouting Bridge.
Where Don't Care Brook flows dowr
And just a little way beyond
You come to Grumbletown. !:
From what I learn, this Grumbletown
Is not a pleasant place; - r
One never hears a cheerful word.
Or sees smiling face;
The children there are badly spoiled
And sure to fret ard tease,
And all the grown-up people, too,
Seem cross and hard to please.
The weather rarely is' just right -
In this peculiar spot;
lis either raining all the time.
Or else too cold, or hot.
The books are stupid as can be;
The games are dull and old;
There's nothing new and nothing nice
In Grumbletown, I'm told.
And so I've taken pains, my dears,
The easiest road to show,
That you may all be very sure
You never, never go!
ELLEN Manly, in St. Nicholas
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Crocodile. Mixed Menu.

: The capacity of the ostrich to swallow
all sorts of articles is matched by that
of the crocodile, if the list given below
is q fair sample: The stomach of a re-
Gently killed Indian crocodile contained,
besides half digested calf, a human
skull, q silver bangle, some gold orna-
ments, a tobacco box made of tin, lime
case, q nutcracker, a railway ticket, q
horn case containing some 20 copper
coins and soda water bottle containing
some mustard. The foregoing list Of
articles is sufficient to convince students
Of natural history that crocodiles are
passionately fond of bric-a-brac Of q sub
stantial nature. Boston Herald.
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TRICK WITH A SLATE


An ordinary slate, such as children
write on, is shown to the audience; to
prove that nothing is written upon it
both sides are rubbed with wet sponge.
A chair is brought. to the fore ground.
the seat Of which is covered with a
black cloth. Then the performer asks
any girl in the audience to be Kind
enough: to give her first name and offers
to let the slate guess the date of her
birth. After the name is given the per-
former places the slate on the chair and
lays a piece of. chalk upon it. After
making few motions over the slate to
indicate that the writing is going on
the performer lifts up the slate and be-
hold! One side of the slate shows the
correct name and date of birth./
This seems to be trick hard to cx-
plain, but nevertheless it is. a verv
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New FORKS German population u
sO9. 600 and Chicago's ~. 900. SIS.
Holton. Mo-. with . population Of
$500. has seventeen churches.
It costs about $e.235. 900 to operate
the government printing ONCE.
House Of representatives costs $3.-
ooo.OOO- q year and senate 81. 4o0, 900. "
Nearly one-third Of the SS1, 900 In.
nabitants Of Cleveland were born in
Europe. FL ..7. ~. .5s.zs
A child of i've should weigh II
pounds, be Az inches IN height and
have q chest girth Of 2sK inches. E
The proportional increase in the
population of the cities was less dur
Ing the last ten years than previously.
Twenty thousand young children,
daily and nightly, stand in the streets
OF London offering various articles for
sale. - - - 4
The average age for men to marry
Is highest in Sweden-31 years and
the lowest in the United states-26h
years. 49,
Papfer mache mushrooms and toad.
Stools are now made for the purpose
OF demonstrating the difference be.
tween them. *,[
- The production of Pennsylvania oil
In June aggregated 89,2S9 barrels q
day, which is 5.452 barrels above the
daily average.
The longest telephone wire span in
the world is 5000 feet from pole to
pole, spanning the Susquehanna near
Lancaster, Pa.
In Lowell. Mass, there are 1900
machine tending operatives who care
for $4,000 spindles and earn over
100000 a month.
There are 1.0S3,473 Odd Fellows in
the United States and Canada, 941,221
Freemasons and 928;035 Of the Ancient
Order Of Foresters.
Miss Helen, Miller Gould gave a
Thanksgiving dinner to a number Of
boys at Woody Crest, her home at Irv-
1ngton-on-the-Hudso
Deaths from consumption are di.
vided by age as follows: Under As,
So per cent; IS to go. 20 per cent. !:
above 60, II per cent.
In the opinion of the health depart
ment of Chicago every school in that
city should be provided with apparatus
to sterilize drinking water.
Smokeless powder, machine guns
and Quick-flring rifles tend to make the
attacking Of small states by powerful
ones more and more impossible.
At Washington five women are still
drawing pensions as widows of men
who served in the war of the revolu-
ton which ended 120>years ago.
The London county council now
makes $3.50 900 a year from tramways.
Leeds corporation secures from a sim.
liar source an income of 100000.
A new typewriting machine returns
the carriage automatically when the
end Of line Is reached so that the
operator is not compelled to pause.
Senator Stewart, of Nevada. is the
only man in the Senate who has never
been shaved. His beard began to
grow when he was Is and has been
growing for GO years.
The United States now produces
more hops than any other country. OF
the worlds crop of 1,760,0oo hundred
weight the United States furnishes
100000 hundredweight.
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A New Year Story

Sun clouds scudded gustily across the
sky, hiding the peaceful face of the
moon, whose radiance touched the edges
Of her somber veil with a fringe of sill
yer. The great gray tower lifted its
head far aloft in the midnight stiffness,
and the wind moaned around its rough
hewn corners requiem for the dying
year. Within the tower sat the old bell
ringer, waiting for the stroke Of II from
the clock, and, as he waited, his thoughts
drifted back to the years long buried in
the dimness of the past-the years when
his floating white hair had been crisp and
black, when his long, slender fingers were
strong and supple and struck from the
midnight chimes music of enhancing
beauty.
y All! life had been worth the living
in those far-off happy days. People had
predicted wonderful future for him, and
In spite of the poverty that retarded his
progress, and a great ambition possessed
him. Obstacles were pushed aside, diff
culties overcome, as he worked by day
and studied by night, and the bells in
the tower spoke marvellous things to the
many who listened, and who, listening,
praised. Their praise was sweet, but
Elspeth's was sweeter. and, when one
New Years eve, he told her of his love
and won her promise to be his own, his
heart beat with rapture that thrilled
through the chimes that night till listen
ers wondered and children came back
from dreamland to hear.
Oh, happy memory! Oh, long ago!
1t was on another night like this that
Ruprecht was born; apd the joy which
beamed from the pale young mothers
face was reflected in his own, as he left
her baby on her bosom and rushed to
the bell-tower to make his chimes a
paen of praise to the Father who had
filled his life with blessing. How they
loved him-that baby-their only one
their all! How he and Elspeth had
watched each new development-how
proudly guided the first tottering step;
how carefully repeated the first lisping
word! How joyfully they trained and
taught him, while the father, too busy
In his struggle for their maintenance to
realize his great ambition, transferred it
uncomplainingly from his own future to
that of his son! Nor had their hopes
been vain. The boy studied-improving
every opportunity with untiring zeal, I'M
til at last the great organ in the cathe-
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STORIES ABOUT EAGLES.
They Show That the Big Birds Are
Not Afraid to Tackle Even the
Strongest Antagonist,

:. some years ago Sir Charles MOrdaunt
witnessed In Scotland strange battle
between an eagle and stag, which COM
pletely dispels any theory that the orni-
biologist may put forward as to eagles
rot attacking large animals, says the
Chicago Journal. The bird singled out
from herd one particular buck, which
1t succeeded in driving from the rest.
1t struck the animal repeatedly with it's
powerful wings, knocked it down and
finally killed it.
Baron Schroeder witnessed still more
remarkable spectacle. An eagle at
tackled fawn which was one of herd
In the highlands. The cries of the little
one were answered by it's dam, which
sprang upon the eagle and struck it re-
peatedly with its fore feet. Fawn, deer
and eagle rolled headlong down decliv-
ity, and the bird was dislodged from it's
hold and the fawn rescued.
But Sir Kenneth Mackenzie knows a
more thrilling story than either of these,
for, according to report, an eagle was
rent in twain during battle in his for
est of Gairloch. Fixing it's talons in the
quarters of roe, the bird was dashed
against tree, to branch of which it
endeavored to hold to stay the flight of
its captive. The bird was halved in an
instant
Many traditions are extant as to
eagles having carried off and devoured
children. In the north of England the
legend is Qerpetuated by the name of
many an inn, the sign '"The Eagle and the
Child being common. The most recent
case bearing close scrutiny appears to
be- one which occurred in South Africa.
A Boer farmer, living on the veldt just
beyond Barberton, whose stock had been
harried by eagles, lay in ambush for the
aerial robbers, and saw one of them de-
scend and carry of the five-year-old
child of one Of his Kaffir servants. He
shot the bird, which, with the child still
clutched in its grip, fell into thorn
bush. The bird was dead when picked
up, but the babe was little hurt The
eagle measured nine feet from tip to tip
of its wings. -
Two eagles will stalk covert in con-
cert 4 While one conceals himself the
other beats about the bushes with great
screaming, driving out It's quarry for the
hidden eagle to swoop down and make
an end of it. An even more insidious
method has been observed, when an
eagle. detecting sheep on the edge OF a
precipice, screamed shrilly, and with
forceful beat of wing hurled it into the
valley below, where it could devour it at
It's leisure. - =, z:s@.-.> u
There is good reason for believing.
after all, the ancient legend as to the
manner in which Eschylus, the Greek
!poet, met his DEATH, It is said that an
eagle dropped a turtle on his bald head
Algerian travellers are familiar With the
sight &C eagles carrying turtles snd tor
itoises to q height and dropping them
upon rocks to break the creatures shells
and render the flesh accessible
Seven shots Per Second.
a revolver that shoots seven timesin
. second has been invented ~ . gun.
smith IN Brussels. $780,
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dral below Numbered its glorious music
responsive to the touch of the boyish
fingers. People thronged to hear. Rup-
recht's services were demanded else
where-brilliant prospects opened before
him, and the inevitable separation drew
near.
New Years Eve! How many anniver-
saries this shadowy hour held! The boy
babe them good-by while Elspeth chung
to him and sobbed, and her husband
rushed away to tell the chimes his agony
as he had poured into them his Joy. AS
he sat waiting even as now, a step came
up the stair, and some one entered the
belfry chamber, and the voice he loved
said tenderly: 'Mein Water, let me play
the chimes tonight will leave with
them message to comfort you When YOU
are sad-a message for you and the moth
er, too.
when l hear. it in the far-off land it
will be my mothers voice that sings to
me, and when you play it, mein Water, it
will say to you, 'Ruprecht loves me-
Then you will pray God watch over my
boy and keep him safe for me- and the
All-Father will hear" =.
When Ruprecht struck the massive
keys it was the simple old Pleyel's hymn
he played, but he lent his beautiful voice
to the clangor Of the bells and sang his
mothers favorite words:
children of the Heavenly King
As ye journey sweetly sing;
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise
Glorious in His works and ways"
A moment later he was gone. The
years had been many and long since then.
but no tidings ever came, and Elspeth' 3
hair grew white before the look of ex-
pectancy in her dear eyes changed to the
clamness of resignation. He was dead,
OF course. They knew now that it must
be so, though they had not given up
hope till they had left the old home and
followed their wanderer to the new coun-
try. They had heard of the wrecked ship,
to be sure, but hope dies hard. Perhaps
If they had been patient-had stayed on
nmid the scenes Of his childhood he
might have come back to them; but how
could they be patient when the world
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ON THE ssDUDEn TRAIN.

Johnny Drummer, Who IL Side
Tracked to let the Limited 60 by,
expresses his sentiments regard
ing that Superb Train.
1T has been my dream of Joy supreme
To ride in plush and velvet splendor
Parlor car for swell tailenderr
Platform fenced with swell brass fender
On the Regular Limited Train
Electric bell right under your nose
Porter to come and brush your clothes
Grub in the diner the best that grows
A downy bunk for nights reposs
On the Regular Limited Train
Bit! Bang! a mile minute
No other method of travel is In IL
I want to 60 ripping, skipping and sippins
These lines are not original withme They
in George AIDES comedy Peggy from Paris. I"
The jingle danced through my brain the
other day as we lay on the siding at Prairie
Junction, or some such place, to let the
Santa Fe's west bound California Limited
go by. It was a gorgeous train of palace
cars, and behind the plate glass observation
a
cushions, some visiting, some reading, some
pleasantly DOING, some making wreaths Of
cigar smoke, some gazing dreamily through
the windows at the passing cities, and
fields, and forests and rivers.
stood on the rear platform of the last
car of our train and watched the California
Limited a. she faded away toward the gold
en- west. And I thought Of the difference
between travel now and travel in the days
of ~, when it took the gold-seeker half a
long, weary year, filled with ali kinds Of
hardships, to travel the distance that is now
covered in three days. I thought of the
| slowly moving wagons, the dust, the stones,
the jolting, the thirst, the hunger, the
homesickness, the snail-like crossing of
plains, the laborious climbing of mountains,
the weary dragging weeks, the never ending
trail. ~..,.@.z ~
In these palaces that had just glided by
were people going to the same place to
spend the winter months where the climate
to endure a single hardship on the journey.
When night came they were to lie in beds
whose soft embrace makes sleep luxury
and in the day time the velvet cushions of
theirseats were to be made deeper still by
pillows-and thy were to spend q. delightful
part Of their time in the gilded and ghttering
dining car, where every dainty thai. over.
tickled the palate is, enticingly served-in
short, they were to have on the trip all the
home. Ee5s.-z 5s
I. stood there and watched them pass out
81 sight while my soul was consumed with
envy. But derived some consolation out
Of resolving that sometime too, would
see California, and i promised myself that
If ever did 60 there it would be over the
santa Re. JOHNNY. DRUMMER ="
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A Necessary .Inducemen<

First Tramp wuz at de House Of
Industry on Christmas.
Second Tramp-To get yer Christ.
mas dinner, / s'pose? u
70 First Tramp-Of course. You don't
s'pose anything less dan free turkey
an cranberry sauce d bring me nsar
3 place wit name like dat? Brook
lyn Life. 81
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I Secretary Shaw says that shortly after 10
assumed his duties head Of the treasury
department he was called upon By an old
gentleman from his own state of lows, Who
wanted an appointments ~ onfdentiaI clerk
to one OF the assistant SECRETARIES ef that de-
In spite Of the fact that I was very busy
at the time, says Mr.. Shaw, 81 gave tho
lowan the better part of an hour, for he was
as pleasant and entertaining an old chap 20
one could meet-bright, clipper and witty
On account OF his Sge, the secretary felt
that ne could not comply with the request.
he did not see his way clear to give him the
appointment. This did not dampen the old
gentlemsn,s spirit in the least.
Now, s,ir, said he, as / feel myself pecu-
liarly we'll qualified to fill one Of these con-
6dential clei kships, ! hope that you will con-
slider my appl ication further"
Then, waggihg his head most impressively,
"oh, sir, / could be 50 con6dentialI'. 6. s.
i. Wen Remembered.
Valley City, N. Oak, Dec. 1.-Two years
ago Mrs. Matilda M. Boucher of this place
suffered great deal with q dizziness in her
head. She was cured of this by remedy
called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and has not been
troubled since. . .#E..<.ss..$
Shortly afterwards she had q bad bilious
attack and for this she used Diamond Din,
ner Pills and was completely cured in
short time. -
In January, 1903, she had an attack Of
Sciatica of which she says. III
but remembering what Dodd's Kidney
Pills and Diamond Dinner P ills had done for
me before, commenced treatment OF
these medicines and in three weeks l was
completely restored to health. i have
great faith in these medicines for they have
been of so much benefit to me-"
Dodd's Kidney Pills are very popular in
Barnes County, having made great many
splendid cures of Sciatica, Rheumatism and
Kidney Troubles. Many families use no
other medicine. :. :-.s.=~.
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You may follow luck to ruin, but not to
luccess.-Garheld.
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Has the doctor Kiven up al hope! ~ .eOh.
no; he thinks the estate vii settle the bill
II his patient dies" (C;iincinnati Times
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'Did she return your affection?" eyes,
Unopened" -Detroit Free Press.
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Putnam Fadeless Dyes cost but 10 cents
per package.