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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

than half gold and II was common TO
assay picked samples that would show
values over 100000, The average was
good enough TO ship without sorting
though. and from very reliable sources
the News" special correspondent
learned that the truth about the output
Of the now famous lease Is that Il, J.
Reilly and his associates, John Mckanc
and Jack Campbell, took out in II days
400 tons OF ore which averaged S9J
per ton, a total Of Sii6,JOO
Exaggerated Stories.
This sum has been exaggerated by the
fairy tale writer's and "wildCatters' TO
from 100000 TO 100000 II needs no ex-
aggeraton. An average extraction Of
$4,000 per day for Il days X something
wonderful in itself. and has been per-
formed in very few place soutsdc OF
Golddcld Along with the performances
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
The Great Combination.

In equipment and development the
Combination mine takes the head I'm
Goldield, and It has been equalled in
output only by the Florence, its neigh
Dor to the south. Its record is a story
of success in mining that reads like a
fairy tale and Is repeated over and ovef
by the legitimate promoter to show the
possibilities Of his property and magni-
lied by the "wild-cattcr' 10 catch the
unwarv Investors. II was located by
Alya d. Myers for himself and associ-
Htes, and was among the first locations
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

eel during the coming year. On the
other claims of the Florence group
there are ~ sets Of leasers at work.
employing 50 men, all trying for bonan-
zas, like the Reilly lease. Several have
good Veins of milling ore, but no rich
finds have been made,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

| cent basis, the mines received returns
ia follows!
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
Expensive Umbrellas.

Fewer persons may carry umbrel.
las now than formerly" said ]. T. Luz
cas- of Baltimore, at the Hotel Balti-
more, ''but they are certainly carry
ing more expensive ones Mr.. Lucas
is a travelling salesman for an UNI
brella factory.
''It is hard to believe that a person
would pay $1,000 for an umbrella, but
I have had several orders of that
amount. We had one for Tiffany last
year. 1t seems difficult to figure
where the cost comes in, but it is all
in the handle, which is rich in jewels.
First we take an ivory tusk which
is brought direct from India, it may
be two feet long in it's crude state,
and it is polished and worked over,
this feature sometimes taking a
month. Then it is studded with dia-
monds or some other jewel. 1 took
orders in Kansas City today for UNI
breIlas costing 5000.
Il will concede, however, that the
raincoat is cutting down the number
of mems umbrellas used. '-Kansas
City Star.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
PUT UP JOKE ON NATURALIST
Scotch Professor Has Much Fun With
Learned Brother

Scotch Professor Has Much Fun With
Learned Brother.
One of the professors at a great
university in Scotland recently wrote
to an eastern university to the follow
ing effect.
Walking in the dusk through the
grounds Of the university the other
evening, my attention was arrested
by low murmuring sound near me,
which was neither hiss nor whis-
tie. On looking I saw a creature
lying on the ground, larger than a
cricket. Two antenna-like protuber-
ances projected above the eyes. 1t
had no wings; and the covering Of
its body was variegated, though GER
tainly not like down
Mindful of the danger to myself
1 did not venture to turn it on its
back, so as to count the legs. On
the ground lay a small quantity of
snow-white substance, which had evil
IDENTIFY exuded from the body. Can
any of your professors identify the
creature from this imperfect descrip.
tion?"
The naturalist connected with the
eastern university fell into the trap
baited, probably, especially for him.
He wrote learnedly about various in.
sects, and concluded that the one OBJ,
served must be one of the two whose
long Latin names be gave.
"The antenna-like protuberances
are used for burrowing in the
ground he wrote, ''and these insects
secrete a fluid which they have the
power of ejecting to protect them
selves in case of attack"
The tutor wrote again to thank the
naturalist for his information, and tc
say he need not trouble him further
as he had fortunately observed the
creature again more closely under ex
actly similar circumstances, and was
able now to identify it himself as the
Vacca vulgaris, or common cow.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Every housekeeper should know
that il they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
viii save not only time. because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in q pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
a 1907. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures 10 ozs." Demand De
fiance and save much time and money
and the annoyance of the iron stick
Ing. Defiance never sticks
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
SHE WHO HEsITATEs is LOST
Girl Who Wants Time to Consider
Sometimes Loses

Girl Who wants Time to Consider
Sometimes Loses.
There is a Philadelphia girl who
has learned that so far as a proposal
is concerned he or she who hesitates
is lost. A very eligible and estimable
young man had long been making it
evident that his attentions to her were
serious, and the other evening he
made a formal declaration. She could
not even put forward the orthodox
ruse about the suddenness of the pro-
posal.
Being of rather vacillating turn of
mind, she said she could not give him
a decided answer. 81 am not at all
sure that 1 love you" the girl de
clared; you must give me time to
think about it, Considerably taken
aback by what he considered her lack
of decision of character the young
man agreed to wait week for her
final decision
So the wooed but not yet won maid
en- went to her bed that night ponder
ing deeply. About II o'clock she was
awakened to receive a telegram
which read: you need not mind
about deciding that matter until next
week; I've found girl who said yes
tonight. Philadelphia Record.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
Threat of the Grave Diooer.

In Castine, Maine, there used to live
a man named Ordway. who numbered
among various employments that of
grave digger in the village cemetery.
He was very loud spoken and wonder
fully profane.
On one occasion he finished the task
of burying a woman pauper, who had
been noted in life for her corpulence.
Mr. Sargent, chairman of the select
men, overlooked paying him, so Mr..
Ordway appeared at Mr.. Sargent's
store a day or two afterward, and be-
gan demanding his pay in no uncertain
terms, to the amazement of the sum-
mer visitors who filed the store at
The time.
He ended his harrangue as follows:
"Look a-here, Sargent, if 1 don't get
my pay before tomorrow night, up she
comes!''
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
ULCERS FOR 80 YEARS.
Painful Eruptions From Knees to Feet
Seemed Neutrality-suspicious.
Ends Misery.

Another of those remarkable cures
by Cuticura, after doctors and all else
had failed, is testified to by Mr.. NJ.
c. Moss of Gainesville, Texas, in the
following letter: For over thirty
years l suffered from painful ulcers
and an eruption from my knees to
feet, and could find neither doctors
nor medicine to help me, until I used
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills,
which cured me in six months. They
helped me the very first time I used
them, and I am glad to write this SO
that others suffering as I did may be
saved from misery"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
Never Tried Paying Rent.

Two men were having an argument
gro and con as to which was the most
economical, to move or to pay rent.
Being unable to arrive at a satisfac-
tory conclusion they agreed to leave
lhe decision to the first person who
rased that way. This happened to be
an aged colored man named Jackson.
Appealing their case to him, one of
them said:
Uncle Jackson, we are having an
argument and we want you as man
2f experience to decide this question
FOR u.s. Which is the cheaper: "To
move or pay rent?"
''Gemmen." replied the old colored
man. Il doan' 'siddah dat I'm de
propah pusson to eide dis case Use
got no 'speriunse. Use allus moved
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
Socialist Accepts Gifts.

Herr Bebel, the leader of the Ger
man Socialists, does not let his war on
capital hinder his accepting the large
sums left to him by admirers. The
last bequest just received by him will
it is estimated, give him $4,000 after
gifts by him of $4,000 more to the
relatives of his benefactor, Lieutenant
Won Kollmann, and to the Socialist
party.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
snnn Of the Weaver.

Cod my Strength. the web is begun,
Send me the thread to finish;
Stint me not till the work be done,
And let not my zeal diminish
Cod my helper, the wool is dark.
Give me the colors to brighten;
Red OF rose and a golden spark.
Such shall my heart delight in
When the shuttles at last are still
And the time for labor over.
Grant that the woven fabric will
Be ample my faults to cover
When to thy door / come for rest.
. Grouping my way all blndiy;
Soul, thou dfdst weave as thou knewes
best
May the Kings voice greet me kindly.
Mary Grant O'SheriA8n-
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
European Breakfasts.

Mark Twain, in speaking of the typ
ical European breakfasts, said. DO
you know what I'll do? I'll nail a
piece of cuttle-fish bone to the chin
ney, and every morning I'll hop up on
the mantel and take a pick at it with
a tin bill. 1t will be just as filling and
much cheaper than a European break
fast"
1t is evident that Mr.. Clemens pre-
fers the typical American breakfast
dish of Pillsbury's Vitos with good
cream and sugar.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

the worstf of Female
Womb the
from IN
relieved
S
feeling exciabty
headache Weakness
me
to
very Re us alls subs
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Cstsrrh Cure
J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Cheney
for the Is years and believe him perfectly hon
orable In all business transactions and financially
able carry out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials free. Price IS cents per
bottle. Sold by ali Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

ATTRACTIVE YOUNG LADY
agents wanted in every Town and
City.-Complete outfit furnished free.
We guarantee that you can make
from $1O0 to $500 per day. Address
P. o. Drawer No. 999, Buffalo, n. Y.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Mother Cray's Sweet Powders for Children.
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse
in the ChiIdren's Home in New York, cure
Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders, move and regulate the
Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over sc, 600 tes-
timonials. At all uggists, 25c- Sample
FREE Address A. S. Olnsted, IeRoy, ~. Z.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Hundreds of dealers say the extra
quantity and superior quality of De
fiance Starch is fast taking place Of
ali other brands. Others say they can
not sell any other starch.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Lewis 'Siugle Binder straight sc cigar.
Made of ripe, mellow tobacco, so rich in
quality that many who formerly smoked
Zoe cigars now smoke Lewis Single
Builder" Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Some men are respondent because
they can't get out of debt, and others
because they can't get in.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

If all marriages are arranged in
heaven his satanic majesty must have
an influential friend at court.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

your troubles that you can get rid of
in ten minutes.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Don't you know that Defiance Starch
besides being absolutely superior TO
any other. is put up Is ounces IN pack
age and sells at same price as IL
ounce packages OF other kinds?
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

The average woman worries when
she is having a dress made, or when
she can't have one made.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Those who have once loved can
never be satisfied with common
friendship.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

A woman can fairly blaze with dia-
monds without setting the world on
fire.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Most people meander down the
path of life and never realize their
own unimportance.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an fnfallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove. n. j., Feb. II, 1900.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng softens the gums reduces
fammation allays PAIN wind collie. 25c bottle
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
The Government of Canada

Land adjoining this can be purchased
from railway and land companies at from
Sc to SO per acre.
On this land this year has been produced
upwards of twenty-five bushels OF wheat to
the acre.
1t is also the best of grazing land and for
mixed farming it has no superior ON the
continent.
Splendid climate, low taxes, railways
convenient. schools and churches close at
hand
Write for ''Twentieth Century Canada"
and low railway rates to Superintendent OF
immigration, Ottawa, Canada; or to
authorized Canadian Government Agent
J. S. Crawford, No. 125 W. Ninth Street,
Kansas City, Missouri
Cdention this paper.l
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Enthusiasm always starts off well.
but soon springs a leak.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02

Pretty servant girls are responsible
for a lot of domestic trouble.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
HOw'S This ?

It's now up to young men to pro
pose-either marriage or oysters.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02


unqua endor
No
as has
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
DEFIANCE STARCH S ss 'Se 'i i9'

GET me- lTHE MARVELLOUS
0E E(THE UNEQUALLED
25 cents. Box 6S OMAHA. NEB.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1905-12-02
Important to Mothers.

Bears the
Signature OF [
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-01-06

opened and soon hctwCou.dncks was
cumbnrcd with boxes, packing cases.
barrels AMI crates IN their impro-
vised stalls the patient horses seemed
to catch IL hint of shore going and
wlinnipd BY 10 O'Clock there loOmed
against the strang" coast line of the
Pictured rocks shallow bay and what
looked to be dock distorted by the
northern mirage.
"That's her" said the captain.
Two hours later the Steamboat slid
between the yellow waters of two out
lying reefs and with slackened speed
moved slowly toward the wharf of log
cribs filled with stone.
Thorpe knew very well that the
structure had been erected by and no.
lOngcd to Morrison a. DAILY, but the
young man had had the foresight 10
purchase the land lying OH the deep
water side of the bay. He therefore
Anticipated no trouble in unloading, for
while Morrison ~ DAILY owned the pier
itself, the land on which il abuttcd be-
lonsed to him
From the arms of the hay he cOnld
make out n dozen figures standing near
tlir end Of the wharf When. with pro
pellcr reversed. the Pole Star horc
slowly down toward her mornings.
Thorpe recognized Dyer ut the head of
eight or ten woodSmcn. II looked Sus.
pcious
A. 4.
hurting the coil of hand line OH the
wharf
No one moved. ana the little rope aft
or II moment slid overheard with Il
splash
The captain, will 4 curse, sisualed
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-01-06

our goods ashore before those fellows
hustle"
So Dyer and his men picked them
selves out of the trouble suleny and
departed. The cx-scaler bad nothing
to say as long as he was within reach.
hut when he had gained the shore he
turned
you won't think this is so funny
when you get In the law courtsW he
shouted
Thorpe made no reply.
With thirty men at the job II does
not take great while TO move II small
cargo thirty or forty feet. by 3 o'clock
the Pole Star was ready to continue
her journey. Thorpe climbed aboard,
leaving Shcarer in charge.
Keep the men at it, Tim" said he.
PUT up the walls OF the warehouse
good and strong and move the stuff in.
IF you get through before ! return yOn
might take scout up the river and fix
on II camp site. ri bring back the
lumber for roofs. floors and trimmings
with me and will try to pick up n few
aXmcn for swamping. Those fellows
won't bother us any more for the pres.
cnt. | think. But it pays to be on deck.
So long"
When Thorpe returned to the bay he
found the warehouse complete. Shearer
aud Andrews. the surveyor were
scouting up the river.
NO trouble from above, boysT ask.
ed Thorpe
"Nary trouble" they replied.
The warehouse was secured by pad
locks. the wagon loaded with the tent
aud the necessaries of life and work.
Early in the morning the procession
laughing. joking, skylarking took its
way up the river trail Late that even.
ing. tired. but still inclined to mis-.
chief, they came to the first dam.
where Shcarer and Andrews met them.
How do you like it. TIM" asked
Thorpe that evening.
"She's all right" replied the river
man, with emphasis which for bim
was putting it strong.
At noon the following day the party
arrived mt the second dam Here
Shearpr had decided to build the per.
nanent camp. Iniun Charley was con-
structing one of his endless series Of
birch bark canoes. Later he would
paddle the whole string to Marquette.
where he would sell them TO hard.
ware dealer for $3.50 apiece.
Injun Charley looked up and grunted
as Thorpe approached.
How are you. CharleSV greeted
Thorpe reticeutly.
You gettuin pine? GoOd" replied
Charley in the same tone.
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-01-06

thought them about rs rough set of
customers as he had ever seen
Throughout the day they played cards
on deck and spat tobacco juice abroad
and swOrc incessantly. Toward him
self and Shearer their manner was an
odd mixture of independent equality
and II slight Difference 1t was as
much rs 10 say. You're the boss. but
I'm as good Il man as you any day"
Constituting the elite of the profes-
sion. rs they did. Thorpe might have
wondered ut their conscnting to work
for an obscure little camp belonging to
n grccnlorn. Loyalty to and pride in
the firm for which he works are
strong characteristics of the lumber
jack. For thi. reason he feels that be
owes II 10 his reputation to ally him.
self only with firms OF creditahlc size
and efficiency. The small camps are
for the Youngsters. Occasionally you
will see two or three of the veterans
in such II camp. but it is generally 4
case of lacking something better.
to inspire in the minds of his cronips
an idea that they were about to par
ticipatc III fight. He rctold Thorpe's
story artistically. The men agreed that
the young fellow had sand enough
for Il lake trent" After that there
needed but little skillful maucuver-
Ing to inspire them with the idea that
1t would be a great thing TO take Il
hand. to make camp" in spite Of the
big concern up river.
Shearcr knew that this attitude was
tentative. Everything depended on
how well Thorpe lived up TO his rcpu-
tation mt the outset But Tim himself
believed in Thorpe bindly. So he had
no fears
A little incident at the beginning Of
the voyage did much TO reassure him.
Thorpe had given orders that no
whisky was to be brought aboard
Soon after leaving dock he saw one of
the tenmstcrs drinking from a pint
flask Without Il word he stepped
briskly forward. snatched the bottle
from the mans lips and threw 1t over
board. Then he turned sharp on his
heel and walked away without trou-
bling himself rs to now the fellow
was going to take it,
The occurrence pleased the men. for
It showed them they had made no mis-.
take, But it meant little else. The
chief danger really was lest they be-
come too settled i'm the protective att
tude. AS they took it. they were about.
good naturcdly, to help along a worthy
greenhorn. This they considered eX-
ceedingly generous on their part. and
In their own minds they were inclined
to look on Thorpe much as q grown
man would look on n child.
Fine weather followed them up the
long blue reach of Lake Huron. into
The noble breadth of the Detour pas
sage, past the opening through the
Thousand islands of the Georgian bay.
into the st. Mary's river. They were
locked through after some delay on ac-
count of the grain bargcS from Duluth
and at last turned :her Prov west
ward in the big Sea water. beyond
which lay Iiawatha's Po nemab. The
Land ul the HcTcaftc..
Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1905-01-06


barge Pole Star sailed down
the reach of Saginaw bay.
Thorpe had received letters
from Carpenter advising him OF a
credit TO him at n Marquette bank and
inclosing Il draft sufficient for current
expenses. Tim Shearer had helped
make out the list of necessarcs. In
time everything was loaded. the gang
plank hauled in, and the little band Of
nrgOnauts set their faces toward the
point where the Big Dipper swings.
The weather was beautiful. Each
morning the sun rose ont of the frosty
blue lake water and set in SEA OF
deep purple. The moon, once again at
the full, drew broad paths across the
pathess waste. From the southeast
blew daily the lake trades, to die Mt
sunset and then to return in the soft
still nights from the west
The ten horses in the hold mUnchcd
their hay and oats as pcaccably as
though at home in their own stables.
Jackson Hines had helped select them
from the stock of firms changing local.
ity or going out of business. His iudS.
ment I'm such matters was infalliblc.
but he had resolutely refused to take
the positiOn of barn boss which Thorpe
offered him.
NO" said he, she's too far north.
I'm gcttin' old, and the rlennntics
aint what you might call abnndomin'
of me Up there it's colder than l'ndes
on II stolicr's holiday"
So Sbcnrcr had picked ont lnrn
boss of his own. This man WAS i'm
portant for the horses are the main
stay of logging operations. lie had 81
,ectrd also blacksmith, n cook. fonr
teamsters, half 4 dozen can't hook nitSI
and rs many handy with ax or saw
"Thc blacksmith is also n good wool
butcher (carpeuter)," explained Shear
cr. -Four teams Is all we ought to
keep going at clip. II we need
few axmen we can pick 'cm up at Mar
1ucttc. think this gang u stick.
picked 'em."
There was not yOnng u,nI IN the
Inf They were most Of them in ths
nrjme of middle life. between thirty
and forty. rugged in appearance.
.cocky" in manner, with the swasgcr
and the oath of so many buccaneers,
hard rs nails. Altogether Thorpc