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Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06
new WAY CF MINING
FREEMAN & MOORE MAKE MONEY
OUT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK.

Some people think that it is neces-
sary to spend many thousands of dol
lars in developing a mine before any
returns must be looked for, but not so
with Messrs. Freeman and Moore, the
owners of the Gold King group on Fall
river Mr.. Freeman thinks that it is
because he knows nothing about min
ing and the development of mines that
he is able to make his mine pay him
from the start besides paying for its
own development. Mr.. Freeman is a
Nebraska business man, though Mr.
Moore can not claim such ignorance of
the mining business, as his experience
has extended over some twenty years;
but he, too, probably would say that he
is somewhat disappointed in the way
Mr. Freeman insists on making their
prospect pay from the beginning and
would tell a tale of woe in that it is
the most approved fashion to spend so
much on development before trying to
get any returns. He certainly feels as
it is the result of going into things and
especially mining with a shrewd Ne
braska business man. He feels that
he has been tricked and outraged, and
is sensitive on this subject.
Messrs. Freeman and Moore pur-
chased the Gold King group last year
and started the development of the
property according to general custom.
but soon realized that their dirt was
ore which should pay to mill. A
twenty-ton mill was purchased by
them and placed on Fall river. and
their entire dump was put over the
plate, with the result that it not only
paid the expenses of their workings
but also returned them good profit
on their investment from the start
They now have some twenty men en-
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06

at the great depth of about 1000 feet.
This will bring the tunnel into a part
of the camp where several very large
veins are known to cross, and which
have been found and located for the
company by Mr.. Goodier Some of
these veins could properly be called
dykes rather than veins, so extensive
are they. One vein in particular |
noted that | should judge to be all of
forty feet in width, and while | did not
get assay tests, the ore panned free
gold, even most surprising to me. One
can only wonder at the immense wealth
that will be in sight when some of
these veins are cut at a depth of one
thousand feet. There is almost an in
estimable amount of ore ahead for the
Orc Verde. An old-time sprospector
lately said that he believed when the
Orc Verde tunnel was driven ahead A.
900 feet farther it would open up some
of the greatest ore bodies ever discov-
cred in Colorado. An inspection of
their territory would convince any one
that the prospector was talking truth
The company has an electric plant of
machinery with which they drive their
tunnel. While this is a good plant, the
work to be done has outgrown the ca
pacity of the plant, and the manage
ment proposes to install a large air
compressor and later improved ma
chinery this summer, when greater
headway can be made. The new plant
will be sufficient to run eight large air
drills, and it is thought that from, 200
to 300 feet per month can be made. 1t
is certain that the showing the COM
pany has warrants the expenditure of
this money We hear much of sure
things" in mining, but one can truth
fully recommend the Orc Verde as a
proposition that will grow for years,
and one that will be greater in fifty
years from now than it can be esti-
mated at now. One must be thorough
ly familiar with mining and mining in
vestments as offered to-day to fully
realize the great future worth of this
property.
ALEX. GREYHOFFER.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06

ployed. and have their workings in full
running order. They are now consid-
ering the advisability of enlarging their
mill to fifty tons per day, with other
improvements. that will make their
property one of the best-equipped
mines in the district. That the Gold
King is proving one of the best prop
critics in the district will be proven to
anyone by a visit to the mine
Idaho Springs siftings., 1903-06-06

A son of the late DIR. Charcot, of
world wide fame. is organizing an
Antarctic expedition in France. DR..
Jean Charcot has applied to the Matin
and La Francois for pecuniary support
and subscriptions have been opened
by these papers, which already amount
to $4,000. The expeditions ship is
called La Francois and is entirely
built in France. 1t will sail in July.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
Why
Don't
You .
HENRY CLAY, TRoTTER.


The Price George M. Patchen, His
Owner, Put Upon Him.
When William Wudsworth Of Gen
eseo. as John Gillner Speed tells the
story in the Century, went to George
NJ. Patchen of New Jersey to buy the
famous racing stallion Henry Clay, Mr..
Patchen thought to put a prohibitive
price upon him.
"We will give the horse all the water
he can drink, y said he, land then weigh
him, and you may give me q dollar a
pound for him." Mr.. Wadsworth
promptly accepted, and as the horse
weighed 1850 pounds that fixed his
price in dollars for what Mr.. Speed
evidently thinks one Of the finest sires
III tie History of the american turf. '
The story Is. told of Henry Clay that
when Mr.. Wsadsworth needed for his
sister a doctor from Rochester, thirty
eight miles away, Henry Clay was har-
nessed to two seated wagon and did
the journey both ways IN less than five
hours.
"Then again. Mr.. Speed writes,
''when Mr.. Wadsworth had match at
mile heats, best three in five, he drove
his horse ninety-flve miles the day be-
fore the race rather than pay forfeit
and then won the race, one heat being
trotted in 2:35. This was in 1s47. Con-
slider the clumsy shoes, the heavy sui
kies and other impedimenta Of that
time in comparison with the wirelilke
plates, ball bearing, pneumatic tired
sulkies and cobweblike harness Of to-
day, and decide whether even the most
phenomenal Of our trotters is better
than that
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
Briti.h Mu.eum Lotte,,.

The British museum was begun with
$50ffJ0O raised by a lottery scheme. or
that lottery, authorized in 1853, the
archbishop of Canterbury, the lord
chancellor and the speaker OF the house
Of commons were the managers and
trustees. Tbs amount was $500, 900,
raised by fifteen dollar tickets, to pro-
vide 81 100000 for prizes and $500, 600
for the purchase of the Sloane collec-
tions and the Harleian library and for
cases, house room and attendants.
The operations of one Peter Leheup.
ESQ.," says the London Chronicle, made
the lottery notorious. He fraudulently
"cornered" the tickets, 8O0O or 80 OF
them passing bX his; aid to Sampson
Gideon, who's 4Henii 1t "a Z.
2ss-An Inquiry Instituted by the house Of
commons resulted I'm the prosecution
sbY the attorney general OF Leheup.
The penalty was fine Of 81 600, but
this was by no means excessive, as
100000 was Leheup's estimated profits
from the fraud.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

AS Liszt played his demeanor changed
in sympathy with the intensely dra-
matte content of the work. During the
somber fantasie his teeth were set, his
lips and massive jaw firm, his entire
face almost rigid, his gray eyes burned
with the composers inspiration, and his
body Strengthened out as he leaned
somewhat away. from the keyboard.
When he struck the ponderous chords
Of. terror there was vehemence almost
diabolical in. the sudden swoop Of his
great hands, and the tremendous crash
fairly made one shiver. His nostrils
became distended, and his breath came
quickly, as one laboring under great ex-
citement. Indeed, 1t seemed that the
spell Of the great "tone poet" with
whom in his earlier years he hnd been
on such friendly terms, had completely
mastered him, as though he felt him
self again in his presence and he
would once more prove his devotion to
Chopin's inspired art and show him
that Liszt still knew and could portray
his innermost soul.-Silas G. Pratt in
the Booklovers Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
WHY HE DIDN'T MARRY.
Phil Mays Story of an Australil
Prisoner.

y r
Phil Mays Story of an Australinn
Prisoner.
Phil May, the English artist, worked
In his youth on the Bulletin of Sydney,
Australia. Occasionally the young man
would be assigned by the Bulletin peo-
pie to the police courts, and from these
assign Cents he would bring back
sketches, now humorous and now pa
thetic, that were admirable.
One of the best of the Bulletin
sketches portrays n thin, hangdog man
in the prisoners bar talking to very
mild and sympathetic looking Judge.
Mr.. Mays story of the sketch was TINT
the prisoner had been dragged before
the judge every few months for num-
Der of years.
"Your face is familiar here" the lat
ter now said.
ut is. your honor, worse luck" re-
turned the prisoner.
"Are you married yeti"
"Not yet, sir"
"Not yet eh? How long is it now
that you have been engaged2'
Seven years, your honor"
$50 long as that? Why in the world
haven't you got married in all that
timer"
Because, your honor" the prisoner
explained, "Ann and I haven't man.
aged to be both out of jail at the same
time. Boston Post.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

The new pope has given remark
able evidence, not only of liberal
ideas, but of a breadth Of culture
uncommon in provincial Italian
bishops, by throwing the vatican
archives open to the public. The
only exception made is in relation
to the documents Of the holy office,
and the archives of the last fifty years.
This act is Of the greatest import
ance to students and writers Of hist
ory. 1t is likely to shed upon the
whole history Of Europe for thou
sand years the light shed upon Six
teenth century history in both ]Eu-
rope and America by the opening
of the Spanish archives in the last
century, and that throw upon a spec
ial period of American history by
the publication Of the Jesuit relations
SO largely used by Parkman. There
need be no surprise if many large
historical judgments shall be re-
versed in the next generation as a
result of examination of these prec-
ious archives.-Mi MinneapolisTribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
CHINA. Alum Morn,a,n.

In China. about twelve miles from
the village Of Lionchek, there is, .ac.,
cording to writer in the Liverpool
Post mountain of alum, which, in
addition to being a natural curiosity,
is source of wealth for the inhab-
ttants Of the country, who dig from It
yearly tons Of alum. The mountain Is
not less than ten miles in circumfer-
ence at its base and has a height of
nearly 1000 feet. The alum is OBJ
tained by quarrying large blocks Of
stone, which are first heated in great
furnaces and then in yats filled with
boiling water. The alum crystallizes
and forms layer about six inches in
thickness. This layer is subsequently
broken up into blocks weighing about
ten pounds each.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
No Trouble in the West.
(New York Commercial Advertiser. )


While we in the east are sadly
computing our losses in watered
stock and looking for general col
lapse in business to Justify the havoc
we have brought upon ourselves, the
farmers of the west no longer cumb-
cred with heavy mortgages, are
contentedly transacting their -four
ishing business ignorant of or in
different to sufferings which they
do not share. The unchecked plans
for railway development in the west
are significant not only of the coun-
try, but of substantial grounds for
assurance that tits based on solid
growth and will continue, uninfu-.
,enced by the troubles Of eastern
Spectators.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
Deep Flowing Of Worn Ont Land.

An Ohio correspondent writes:
"How will it affect the fertility Of
a rather worn piece of clay ground
to plow it several inches deeper than
it has been plowed heretofore?"
The probability is that it will in
jure land Of that character very
seriously for several years to come.
There are soils where it does not
make much difference how deep
you plow; soils that do not vary es-
sentially except in the supply Of
humus for three, four. or FIVE feet.
The volcanic ash soils, for example,
of eastern Washington are essen
tally the same for ten, fifteen or
twenty feet. The loose soils along
the Missouri river are apparently
as rich in all the elements of fer
tility except humus, twenty feet down
as they are on top. But even thesA
soils would be injured for the time
being by deep plowing but not near
" so much as cold clay soils. we
would not tern up several inches ia
cold clay soil with the idea Of in
creasing the fertility of the land.
The soil turned up would be com
paratively destitute Of humus, hence
deficient in microbic or germ life,
and therefore deficient in available
fertility.
We advise our correspondent to
growclover if he can and if he can
not to grow cowpeas to increase the
ihumus or partially decomposed veee-
table matteri in the soil proper, and,
when this is done, gradually let
down his plow, adding say half an
inch every time the sod is turned
over for corn, doing this in the fall
SO as to get the benefit of winter
rains and the freezing and thawing,
and in this way he can gradually
deepen and improve his soil.
To add several inches Of cold clay
soil practically destitute of humus
to a thin, worn-out soil would sim
ply be to render it less fertile, prac-
tically, for some years to come. All
the elements of fertility that were in
the soil before would remain but
the little humus there is left would
be put down out Of reach Of the
plants, and hence it would be prac-
tically less fertile though essentially
as fertile as it was before.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

The women's dress In Bongoa shows
great variety Of color, but because Of
their black hued teeth, which are often
filed to an arch in front, they are, as a
rule, not charming to look upon. Their
hair is fringed over the forehead and
temples. while at the back 1t is drawn
into a knot from which one end inya-
riably struggles, giving most untidy
effect. The wealthier women wear
their finger nails very long, in some In
stances almost as long us the finger It.
self, and sometimes the nail is protect
ed with an artificial shield Of silver.
All have their ears pierced, and many
Of them wear a round bone or stick
resembling cigarette in shape and
size thrust through the aperture.-Ev-
erybody's Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
Farmers Az Flevators ROOF. :,

A bill has been prepared in
northern Iowa and will be urged up-
on the next Legislature providing
that railroad companies shall be re-
quired to give farmers elevator room
on their rights Of way whenever de-
manded. This is movement on the
part of the farmers to head off the
Grain Dealers association Of the
state, which they think now rather
monopolizes the elevator business.
The farmers do not try to compel
the railroads to deal with scoop
shovel dealers, who load cars from
wagons insteadof elevators, but they
do demand the right to build eleva-
tors alongside the railroad tracks in
whatever communities they desire.
This has already been accomplished
by the farmers along great many
lines Of railway in northern and
western Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

Several explanations are given Of
the expression "by hook or crook"
Two London lawyers. Hook and Crook,
were celebrated for locating sites Of
buildings after the great fire, the own
ersr often concluding that they must
get back their property by Hook or
Crook" Once voters open to bribery
indicated 1t by placing straws in their
shoes and were called straw men,"
and when prosecuted for this offense
they We're brought before Judges Hook
and Crook and often got off ''by Hook
and Crook" 1t not infrequently hap
pened that writ of habeas corpus was
issued. and as often the sheriff's re-
turn had not the Endorsement chic est
corpus'-that is, "here is the body
and the offender went scot free, which
action the public regarded as "hocus
pocus."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
A penth Feigning Plant.

That certain insects, birds, mammals
and reptiles habitually pretend to be
dead when danger threatens them is a
well known fact, but 1t is generally be-
lieved that this stratagem is resorted
to only by animals. In South America,
however, there is plant-a species Of
mimosa-which resorts to death feign-
ing, evidently for the purpose Of pre-
venting the grass eating animals from
eating 1t. In Its natural state this
plant has vivid green hue, but d.
ectly 1t is touched by human finger
or by any living animal 1t collapses
into tangle Of apparently dead and
withered stems. s.-London Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04

A letter Of President Raosevelt's,
heretofore unpublished, which APP
pears in the November Review of
Reviews, is likely to set politicians
in more than one State to guessing.
The letter, from which, in the print
ed copy, all names have been omit
ted, is addressed to certain Con-
gresham who had visited the Presi-
dent in the interest Of well-known
man prominent in State politics but
not in government employ, who was
in danger of Indictment on account
of his relations to certain postal con-
tracts. The letter is couched in the
plainest Of Rooseveltian English,
and makes it very clear if the Presi-
dent means what he says, that no APP
peal to him in cases Of this kind on
the score of personal or party inter
est will have the slightest effect.
The following is an extract from it,:
eff District-Attorney has any
thing which should be known to the
Attorney General or to me as regards
this suit. | should be delighted to
see him. But frankly, l have not
the slightest desire to see him if his
visit is to be in the interest "of the
welfare Of the party" or of my "suc-
cess" In case like this, where
the crime charged is one that strikes
at the foundations Of the Common.
wealth, I should hold myself unfit
for this office if l considered for one
moment either my own welfare, o,
the interest Of the party, or anything
else except the interests Of Justice
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
Humble Pic.

We often hear Of eating humble
pie" In the old hunting days Of "Mer-
rie England" when a stag was brought
down. the quarry was broken" on the
spot, the choice parts Of the venison
being reserved for the huntsmen, while
the entrails, heart, liver. etc, called in
the hunting language Of the day the
"numbles," were given to the common
people.
OF these they made a pie called
humble pie" Hence to eat humble
pie" became to abase oneself-apolo
gize abjectly. The transition from
humble pie to humble pie'' was
easy, especially in view Of the signifi-
cance Of the word.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
creosote for Abortion.

The use of carbolic acid in one
half ounce doses two or three times
a week for the prevention of abor-
ton has become quite general not
only in the United States but in
foreign countries. Of late, however,
there is disposition among those
who have given the subject most
study to substitute one-eight of an
ounce of creosote for carbolic acid.
1t is said to be quite as effective and
does not produce the violent action
of the kidneys that carbolic acid
creates when administered more than
twice a week. k.-Wallace's Farmer.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
You or I7

Iiaye you thot. dear one of the time to come
When you and must part.
One away to that long. last home,
One left with = broken heart?
Yet all the science of ages run
Does not reveal to us which one,
Nor the day OF the hour, sweetheart.
Oh sh.uld be the one to 60. dear heart,
And You would be left alone;
Then would all the peace OF heaven depart,
Nor celestial Joys atone!
Fer this th0t Of your widowed grief would be
Enough to make heaven a hell for me.
When thinking Of you. alone.
Or should you, dear one, be the first to go
And be the one to stray.
The world would be dreary to me. know:
With mover gladsome day. -
And heaven. to you, would be sad and drear,
Remembering my unsbared anguish here,
And you SO far away
Dldyou ever stop and, shudd'ring, think
- or tho parting sure to be,
Sometime. dear heart, at the graves dark
brink? i :
Ohi will 1t be you or me?
Yt t all the wisdom Of works untold
Does not the secret to us unfold
It's well that we cannot see.
"A. 81. Holmes, in Greensbury (Kas Signal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
ER, IOWA, WEDNESDAY,, NOVEMBER 4, 1908.
a factory 2 cents per pound when he

a factory 2 cents per pound when he
took charge.
Such common experiences have
made the creamery and cheese fac
tory managers strong supporters of
the dairy schools.
For the man who will fit himself
for handling herd of dairy cows in
telligently, the positions open are
even more numerous.
The scrub dairymanis worse than
the scrub COW, and there are too
many of both abroad in the land.
Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
Young Man.

The dairy industry is increasing
year by year, and more expert butter
and cheese makers will constantly
be needed to carry on the work in
these lines. 1t has become recognize
ed fact among creamery owners that
it pays to employ men with expert
training. This training you can get
at the agricultural college in your
own state. Think twice before you
decide to take up work in the city.
Here is what Judge Henry M.
Furman, Of Indian Territory, said;
"Out Of every ten who begin the
practice oflaw, (and 1 am lawyer,
nine fail. Take the medical men and
it is the same way. Ninety-fve- per
cent of the merchants fail, but in my
observation, no young men of intel
ligence who have devoted their lives
to agriculture have failed. For such
there is no such thing as failure
While this statement may possibly
be little too strong, we know that
there are many opportunities for the
man who trains himself in the va
rious branches Of agriculture. Prof.
Q. 81. Eckles, of the Missouri Agri-
cultural College, says, in the Rural
World:
"The readers of this paper would
be surprised if told the number of
letters received in year by the
Agricultural College inquiring for
dairy student open for engage
ment. There have been at least ten
positions open to every dairy stu
dent we have had this past year. Most
of the large creameries and cheese
factories now will not hire a man
who has not taken course at some
dairy school. They find it pays from
u business standpoint to make this
rule. 1t is not an uncommon thing
for man trained in dairy school
to save his wages and more by some
change in methods he is able to sug-
gest and carry out when put in
charge Of factory. One dairy stu
dent took charge Of alarge creamery
and the first year made 10000
pounds more butter than his pre-
decessor from the same amount of
milk. Another dairy student raised
1.-THE selling price Of butter made by
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
..1mnr aud ..arat y

How the use of words changes is
well illustrated by this extract from
Bacon's Pathway Unto Prayer"
Let us pray for the preservation of
the kings most excellent majesty and
for the prosperous success Of his en-
tirely beloved son, Edward. our prince,
that most angelic imp"
In those days "brat' had also quite
another Significance. In an old hymn
by Gascoigne is the line:
20 Abraham's brats. o brood Of
blessed d."-John Bull.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-11-04
Business opportunisie. For All.

Locations in Iowa. Illinois, Mime
sofa and Missouri on the Chicago Great
Western Railway; the very best sgri-
cultural section of the United States
where farmers are prosperous and bust
ness men successful. We have demand
for competent men, with the necessary
capital, for all branches of business.
Some special opportunities for creamery
men and millers. Good locations for
general merchandise, hardware, harness,
hotels, banks and stockbuyers. Cores.
pondence solicited. Write for Maps and
Maple Leaflets. W. T. Reed, Industrial
Agent, 6O4 EnSicott Building, st. Paul,
MINI.