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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-02
BOO WAYS oF TIE MORAY
Nnesf DsniEons Of the New York
Aquarium THAT Interest the
Visitors. M

The great green mOrays and the
smaller spotted morays 1t the aQnart'
nm glide through and to lie In sections
ok drain pipe that have been placed
"a the bottom Of their respective TANKS
% add to the comfort and naturalnesi
"a their surroundings. These sections
81 pipe, says the New York Sun, give
them refugees such as they might find
On the perforations through the coral
rocks OF the waters OF Bermuda,
whence the morays came
There are always visitors looking In
K Of the big green morays and the spot
aed morays in their pipes, and scarcely
less interesting than the sight which
these morays thus present Is that OF
presented by still another moray here,
. young green moray in still another
tank, which spends good part OF It's
aIme hanging supported on q little
ledge Of rock which juts out from one
side OF Its rock-lined tank.
The young green moray's tank Is
lined with tufa rock, from up the Hud-
son, rock that might by those unfa-
miliar with 1t easily be mistaken for
coral. Perhaps the young green mo-
ray, which is about 80 inches long, and
which came from Bermuda year ago
last August, SO mistakes 1t and fnds
enjoyment in II accordingly At any
rate, 1t seems to like to hang itself on
that projection.
There are Ave other jutting out
places In the rock lining over which It
might lie, but this Is its favorite one,
which 1t prefers to all the rest--a spur
OF tufa three Or four Inches In length
and perhaps six inches wide, which
sticks out from the right side wall OF
the tank about three-quarters 'of the
way up from the bottom. Over this
spur the young green moray hangs IT.
self, with the middle section OF its
body resting on the shelf and Its head
and that section OF Its body hanging
down from one edge Of the spur and
Its tail section hanging down from the
other; 1t is like tippet thrown across
and hanging down from bracket on
q wall.
+ And there the young green moray
will hang for hours at time, as 1t
might hang itself over some coral
branch in It's native waters, with many
visitors pausing to look at II. When
II IL hungry It will come down from Its
bracket Of rock and glide around
on the bottom In search of food. Or
II It were hanging on the spur, with
head and tail suspended, when the at
tendant that feeds II comes along with
the food It would, when the wire screen
over its tank was raised, lift and curve
upward its head and that section Of Its
body, ready for Its dinner. The young
green moray has become more or less
tame, as very many fishes do in cap
aivity, and It will take food from the
hand.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-02
OLD BAckwocDs SCHOOLS.
Interesting "Reminiscences Of an I'M
diana Lawyer, g Pupil Of Sew
snty Years Ago.

Curious add Interesting details con
corning the earlier years Of American
educational life come now and then "a
the surface, says Youths Companion.
when | went to a log cabin school
down In Harrison county, saidan elder
ly Indiana lawyer, I'VE had no regular
reading books. or 'readers, as they are
now called. learned frst to read OF
home, by the log-cabln fire Of pine knots,
lying on my breast on the door, with my
elder brothers. pouring over the gro
tesQue print and halT-raising pictures Of
Davy Crockett's almanac. In school
afterward. when we got older. we read
from the Life Of Daniel Webster, Life
OF Daniel Boone and the New Testa-
ment.
Every child who came to school had
to bring a reading book OF some descrip-
ton. When my wife first went TO school
she carried a small dictionary. Some
Of the older scholars laughed ut her for
bringing a dictionary, and this wounded
her feelings so that she returned home,
and did not 60 to school again for six
weeks. When 'Murray's English Read
err came into vogue. all classes alike read
from Il; and small boys who should have
been in the Primer stumbled painfully
over the big words, but could not under
stand them.
Grammar was almost unknown terri
tory then; but when II came into the
log-cabin school curriculum did three
days work on a mans farm to earn
money enough to buy myself Kirk
hams Grammar
Before was 20 years old myself
was log-cabin school teacher. My pu-
pills all brought Testaments to read In.
The print was too fine, therefore trouble
some-and | bought the school McGuf-
fey's Readers with my own slim earn
ings.
In 1S4S I first saw blackboards in the
schools Of larger settlements, then went
back to my own school and had one
made. II consisted of boards planned
smooth, nailed to the wall, and painted
black. This curious innovation was
hooted at by my pupils, large and small,
and | came to my school one morning
to find the door broken In, and my
precious new blackboard chopped into
kindling wood. My hair was red In those
days. had another blackboard made
at once, and told my school that II 1t was
destroyed | would shoot the person who
did 1t, II | did I did not fnd him out for
ten years. This sufflced; the blackboard
was not molested.
I'm those days, when a boy began to
cipher, as they then called 1t, he was
given broken piece Of slate, with piece
Clipped of the corner for a pencil. l
never owned any other kind Of slate. My
first 'ciphering. or figuring, as 1t was
also called, was done on our rough,
wooden log-cabin fioor-a puncheon
ioor-by cutting marks with my jack
knife. The problem was this. which l,
quite small boy, heard my big
brother and another boy trying to solve:
How many heads. tails and legs would
10 dozen dogs and no-tail pup have?
my answer proved correct; and my
father, who was then the log-cabin
teacher Of the district, decided that If /
could do so well ! was big enough to quit
play and 80 to school,"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-02
prap.r. 1rsal Without Fira.

In the recent news many people have
noticed one or two references to the
fact that timed meats for the Russian
troops are prepared By . process which
enables the contents Of each can 10 Be
served hot without FIRE. This boon
IL obtained By having the ordinary tins
aIled with food "jaeketed" In patent
tina The patent tin contains water,
together with . chemical mixture By
means Of which the water can Be raised
10 boiling point in ten minutes OF q
quarter Of an hour. All that Il neces-
sary TO do when Il q desired 70 beat
the food is to puncture the TOP q ~
patent TN. the chemical mixture BE-
lhg thereby forced Into the water,
which soon begins 10 boil
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-02
veruviuI Rsvtlo....

After all these years and Just ~ Pom
peil has been nicely excavnted. old
gssavius has begun toget rsstesA No
doubt the venerable Italian volcano ~
renls the recent Mount Pelee disturb-
nnos and has decided to 10 q little moFS
eerupting" Just to hold the ehampion-
itip hfm.--From In ne TrHil q re
1ralelsT.- 10 Fonr-Traek NeHA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-02

To prolong the life Of big cannon an
American has invented q method Of
substituting spiral grooves Of balls, Ike
ball bearings In bicycle. for the rife
grooves. A Glasgow man had fitted ball
bearings TO the projectile, which is said
70 be the cheaper method Of the two.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-02
Dared

TELL me what you eat, and J VII
tell you what you are
well. I S'pose eat more WslBeF-
gurst than anythlng else Now rue
found you. % On with yuar lheorg T.
you've GOT The nsrva--<chlcaFo Res
srd-HsralA
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1905-02-02

Sir william McEWen. q professor Of
GLASGOW ulivsfuity. b ne most rooa1t
authority for he viea that he -culck
lmth- e z haaitn doetrogof.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-15

Every farmer who has "A bit OF hui
manity about him will be opposed 10
the extension Of the time that cattle
may bee kept in transit without unload
ing for rest. The proposal has been
made by the Chicago stock yards Eeo-
pie, who are willing % overlook the
cruelty, the farmers loss and INJURY To
MIaSIIri liver markets, IN order to
make the commission on few more
carloads Of cattle every day. Twenty
eight hours is long enough for live
stock 10 be on board cars, and any rail
road manager who is decent enough
and self respecting enough 10 forbid
Sunday excursions, which lead 20 car
ouSalS, will certainly not allow his
company 20 abuse live stock rs the
Chicago commission men desire by ask
iug for the thirty-sGX hour lin ". The
time ought 20 he TWEEN y-fou- hours
a originally decided.--S. {. Tribune.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-15

Mayor Dunnc OF Chicago made
a poor showing right in the begin.
ing of his mayors career in allow
ing the transportation of thugs,
crooks and the lowest kind OF
excuses for humanity, 10 Chicago
from all over the states and swear
them in as deputies. Several boys
under IL years have been slain by
these brutcs. because they jcercd
them. Perchancc the authorities
will have Il tough task TO clean
that city of this human pest after
the strike, Several OF these depu-
~ scoundrcls have been beaten in
TO insensibIlity by the regu lar po-
liccmen. Yes, Chicago can boas,
of having fine specimen OF peace
preservcrs, and those editors who
talk about the unionists as being
the trouble makers, should 60 to
that city, and find out who are the
real troub,e-makcrs, and return
home satisfied that their ears have
reached the proportions of an ass
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-15

known to medical science as waning
of the brain, he not only done this,
out In his hopeless and pltiable con-
dition threw mud upon the young
OF Tabor which gave rise TO the query:
Upon what meat doth this our KillIon
feed that he increased In body and
decreased In mind? We upon this, In
behalf Of our young men and our
selves, mastery removed the mud
hurled at US; but this was not all.
The bora tendency Of mud singing
predominated In the Ledger man and
he seeing himself cornered, unlike a
man, kept up the spew Of mud, re-
sorting TO vulgarism In his 'penned'
article, recalling an event where
Editor Dvorak had made one correc-
tion In his news columns, this he des-
cribed to the effect that "his sheet,
the Independent, was conspicuous
with apologies and retractlons since
the beginning OF his newspaper
career, The readers will remember
that this was only a correction OF
news item, but when Bro. Killlon, as
bis readers will remember, some time
ago In his editorial straw stacks
called certain men OF Yankton county
u lot OF ''cheap-skates" and "job-lots'
and then In cowardly manner left
the country, leaving the apologiziDs
part TO the publisher - the public
can readily observe where and when
Editor Killion did not apologize.
AS far as Bro. Klllion's 7friendly
remarks" are concerned, which the
Bro. uses as an excuse, we ask the
public wherein they lie. Are they
TO be found In the following? SIN
duce your young people TO break away
from their old haunts and come 70 a
lively town.. This stupid insult was
rendered 10 our young men by Bro.
Kilion. Or, Tabor has a lot OF good
kickers". The readers will note that
these are all friendly remarks. Or.
when the people OF Lcsterville were
fiattered In the columns OF the Lester
vile Lc-lgcr, their home sheet, a.
"kickers" aud knockers" - whether
they deserved this fiattery or not II is
not for US 10 say.
This Is ms much as we care To say
for while and regret that we could
not end on the subject that caused
all this; but the Editor of the Ledger
In his mental decrepItude was unable
To put up decent argument, and Ia
his last week article once again has
shown his readers what ne Is capable
VI doing while in IN unsettled state
OF mind, and In his blind rage thought
that our wash needs Scrubbing; hut
forgetting that his own wash needs
the waters Of Niagara.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-15

The Argus Leader does not APP
prove the whipping post for wife
beaters. Here again the law has
two evils to choose from. Tn,
whipping post may be 4 relic OF
barbarism; but what is wifc-beat.
ing? The state of Oregon has
chosen the lesser evil, whereby
the whipping is established there
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-06-15

AT present Russia is looking for
a peace mediator who would pay
at least half the money that Japan
wa hts rs indemnity.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
LIVE NEWS OF THE MINING DISTRICTS
Blue Bell Strike.

Rumors of big strike at the Goldfield
Blue Bell have been rife for many days,
hut investigation proves that is not as
big as reported. The new Shirt Is down
II feet and for some time kidneys OF
quartz, assaying up into the hundreds in
value, have been encountered, but so lar
the rich ore has not been found in a
body. That rich shoot is close at hand
there is little room for doubt, as the con-
ditions named above were encountered
in the early days of the Combination
and other great mines, and development
will doubtless prove up the Blue Bell
also. The stockholders meeting OF the
company was held Monday and the fol-
lowing officers and directors were elect
ed: J. Pierson of New York City, presi
dent; II. G. Morris, vice president; w.
H. Whitmore, secretary and treasurer
F. II. Lathrap and Il. \. Martin. addi-
tional directors.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
Red Tops Rich Ore.

The Red Top is in ore; big ore +; rich
ore; and the developments Of the past
week add emphasis to the Importance of
the Red Top as one of. the big mines OF
the Goldfield district. The correctness
of the story published in hast weeks
issue of THE News, has been conceded
by the officials of the company and
a authenticated in every particular.
There is an orebodv f1llv 2 feet wide
now Being broken which will average
S4g9 per ton and the eutTre breast OF the
drift is OF "a high enough value to justify
ship!nent. Plans are now under way
for the erection of mill at the prop
erte to treat the entire production of
the mine bnt until tie mill is completed
the high-grade ore will be shipped to-
sHelters. We are authorized to state
tnat shipments will commence some
rime during the month and will be
maintained regularly. The Menardi
lease also has biz sre but no shipments
will he made or definite information
made public unit, Mr.. Menardi returns
from New York. About IA men are
employed at the tease.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
The SandstOrm.:

Breaking ore III the Sandstorm began
this morning. Double shifts are at
work at all poirats. The power plant is
working excellently. and the entire
mine equipment is acknowledged to be
the best ever sex up in the district A
shipment went down yestersay to the
local sampler assd is now being run- AT
the same tine .a shipment went down
from the Davis lease on the Kruger
making two Shipments from Sandstorm
ground within the week. i decelop-
OF no small importance has occurred Oh
No ) kruges-a a point ninety feet
from the surfa&e they have come into
the lode porphyry so familiar to Tono-
pah operators. 1t is in this character o
rock that the t,.g rich veins of Tonopaf
occur. and thie is the first that has .eVe'
been found in Goldfeld. Those quail
fled to Judge say that this discovery is o
signal importance, implying that tn.
ore veins fonn,, "a tins ts,ci> w4n Dt II
ger, richer and more permanent than J:
possible antierGther conditions
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
Coldfield Commonwealth.

An important mining deal has been
consummated by the reorganization OF
the GoldfeldC dCommonwealth NJ. " NJ.
Co., and the increase OF its capital stock
from l,00O,009 shares to 100000
shares. 1t is practically consolidation
OF the properties owned by the Gold
field -Commonwea NJ. d Nj. Co. and
the Commonwealth Group No. ); said
group consisting OF seven claims OF
ninety acres and being adjoining
property. The seven claims taken over
by the reerganized company and added
to those owned by the company are the
Apple Tree, New York, Santiago, Com
monwealth No. $, Orc No. !, Lucky j.
IL. and Rather Fraction. The company
now owns $50 acres Of mineral ground
in the very heart OF the Goldteld dis
trlct and is surro dnded by such proper
ties AS the Lone Star, Empire, Albe-
marie and Blu. Bull. The officers are
Z. j. Murphy, president, \. ID. Myers,
vice president and Elmer j. Chute,
secretary treasurer. The gentlemen
men toned and w. s. Elliott, c. X.
Eliiott and George Winkler will constl-
tute the beard OF directors. One third
OF the entire capitalization, or IN other
words 100000 shares, has been placed
in the treasury to provide a substantial
reserve and take care of future develop
mentS.
\ few days ago the company granted
lease to Jones X Higginson ON the
/ Commonwealth claim and with enly ,
days of surface trenching the lessees
( have discovered good ledge ot quartz
/ that assays better than $50 per ton.
The company has force of men az
work on develepment. a tunnel has
been put in 400 feet IRON which cross
cutting is now being done In several
places good milling ore has heen dis
covered.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
Dixie Down to ESQ Level.

The shaft on the Dixie has attained to
depth OF $50 feet, where station II
being cut preparatory to extending
drifts in both directions on the ledge.
Since the repairs to the machinery every
thing is running smoothly and develop
ment is progressing rapidly The ore
sheot is to he extensively explored from
the2aO staten, although this will not
interfere with the continuance of the
shaft to greater depth. Manager W. ii.
CLARK reports that the mine IL maintain
ing its splendid showing and, in fact, is
looking better with every foot OF deNel-
opment performed. The force at the
mine is in the neighbOrhOod OF thirty
men.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05

The diGeren. lessees Of the Atlanta
property are doing energetic develop
ment work Or the Union Jack clainl
three. sets of leases each have shafts
80 feet, and are now crOsscgttlng to
react. the rich St Ives veins which is be-
lieved 10 be in Union Jack ground.
On the Atlanta claim the shaft near tie
Jumbo end line has reached a depth ct
100 feet and drift has been started 'en
the vein. Good assays are obtained, but
ore of a shipping quality has not been
reached. The comp pany has commenced
work on a vertical shaft on the BLACK
Bear claim, and Will put same down to a
depth of LOO feet before commencing
crosscutting and underground prospect
ing. This claim has splendid surface
showing. On the north end there is 8
strong, well mineralized dyke from
W hich it is an easy matter to obtain
good paintings and satisfaction. 1t takes
money and work to find ore, both OF
which are now being expended on
the Atlanta ground. Atlanta is one
Of the best located properties in the dis
trict, and the efficient and systematic
development work now being done
should be productive OF good results.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
Blue Bull.

Corser and Terrill, leasing on the Hat
claim of the Blue Bull company, have q
shaft down 50 feet, and i'll a drift from
this point the whole face of the drift av-
erages 80 ounces in silver and S5.65 gold
per ton. These silver values are pecu-
liar to the Blue Bull region and the for
nation is considerably broken up. 1t is
now getting more solid and it is believed
that when the lodges are developed in
solid formation, shipping values will be
encountered. On the Blue Bull claim a
crosscUt is now in 13o feet from the 100
foot point in the shaft and the porphyry
here is full OF sulphides. \ ledge was
recently cut, paintings from which dis
closed free gold in flakes. The hoist on
the Blue Bull is now on its foundation
and will soon be in working order, when
the shaft will be sunk to depth OF 100
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
STRIKE AT TULE CANYON
Rich Ore Opened Up in the Red Dog
Ground.

4 remarkable strike has been made IN
the Red Dog ground in the Tule Canyon
Mining district. Messrs. Webber and
Blair returned Monday bringing with
them 100 pounds Of ore taken from the
vein. The ore is fairly sprinkied with
free gold One of the assays run over
$500 in gold and another 1884. The ore
has been on exhibition in the office of
the Nevada Brokerage company and has
attracted great deal OF attention. The
vein is now 26 inches in width and show
ing good values all the way through.
The ore is a brecciated quartz and the
richest is found in heInatite. very
strong vein runs through the property
in northerly and southerly course.
There are several veins cro-stissurlns
the hi II which show remarkable values
in lead and gold. The gold values are
found in the crystalliZed lead, some Tree
particles appearing in the quartz. Tins
is the most important strike that has
been made in Tule Canyon and the
lodges which are the source OF the rich
placer gold found in the canyon will
/ soon be developed and give evidence OF
! being among the best producers In
southern Nevada The BED Dog mine
was purchased some time since by
Messrs. Lathrap, Webber, Wells aud
Blair. \ company has been organized
to work the property and already enoash
stock has been sold towarrant the active
development Of the mine A campaign
of development will be begun at once
under the direction OF Mr.. Webber and
in short time the company hope to be
shipping.
The Red Dog will be listed on the San
Francisco Exchange within few days.
Mr. Blair left Wednesday ior San Fran
cisco to complete the necessary arrange
ment. 1t will also be listed on the New
York Exchange and Mr.. Lathrap is now
perfecting the papers.
The owners of the Red Dog together
with c. T. Austin, of Denver, are, the
principal owners in the Esmeralda
Placer IN 1ule canyon, sdmpnnSs Oh
which show some marvellous results.
From two buckets of gravel, weighing
$50 pounds, $4.0S of gold was taken from
the bedrock. This gives an average
value OF $Sl. per cubic yard for the
bedrock gravel; other sanplings show
for 10 feet above bedrock $40 per yard.
Machinery has been ordered and the
development work will be pushed rap
idly from this time on. Water enough
has been developed to work 400 cubic
yards Of gravel every day.
The gentlemen owing these properties
are determined to make them legitimate
mining enterprises aud expect to be
among the first dividend payers OF the
Tule district.
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
FORTY TONS OF $500 ORE.

loading the first and ondclass from
mixed that is impossible
Though official figures not out
there authority that the entire shipment
of Otonsav averaged than $500 per
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
Big Deal Under Way.

Otto q. Temple, Que OF Goldfeld' e
prominent young mining men, has re-
Gently been called East, where he is
connected with prominent mining in
vestors. A large mining syndicate is be-
ing formed and it is said to have secured
options on several valuable shipping
mines both here and at Bullfrog. The
deal will involve money going into the
millions,
The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1905-05-05
Coldfie,d Clover Leaf.

Those who have seen the quartz and
tale from the Unlucky Jim claim OF the
above named company are very enthu-
siastic over the possibilities. \ shaft Is
sunk on ledge, which is without doubt,
the same from which the Dixie is sack
ing rich ore 600 feet away. The ledge Is
very well defined, with fine looking live
quartz, and the tale on either wall is
similar in appearance to that which was
so rich in the Jumbo aud Combination.
Richard Coe, tirst-clas. mining engi-
neer, states that the rock is as likely
looking as he has seen for some time,
and the Glover Leaf people are greatly
encouraged.