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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-26

between the two gangs OF worimen and
tho manner In which the work b being con-
Quoted az II the EnGlishmen wore engaged
In O mysterious investigation into the treas-
uTes OF the earth, while tho Yanlees were
simply digging q hole in the ground.
The shafts opened by Pearson a Son are
fenced In with big, tall planks, watohmen
guard every gateway and door and even
every carload Of rock that efnerges from
h gateway 10 cloaked In mystery. In
formation II u~nobtainabie.
Aside from occasional blasts that upset
the Hunters Point district Of Long Island
City. tho exhaust Of their engines and The
hauling back and forth Of trains Of empty
and loaded cars, tho outside world knows
little Of the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels
construction. When thawed put the Eng.
lshmen In charge Of the work are brlmful
OF good Fellowship, but when the subject
Of the tunnel ID mentioned they Close up
like oysters.
In response to all inquiries tho questioner
is politely but fhgidly informed that their
contract forbids the giving out Of any In
formation. rhis attitude Of conservatism
and silenoe has been particularly discoufag.
ing 70 GEORGE of lawyers Ia search OF evidence
to back up damage suits IN behalf Of tho
families Of workmsn hurt or killed tn the
tunnel.
Many have been tho expediants resorssd
10 BY lawyers and THAR hslpexs 10 obtain
evidence on which 70 base O claim, but
1t 10 said that the tunnel company 10 sttl
waiting for tho iirst suit. Eforts to Est
ono responsible persons into oorft to
answer . criminal charge IN cases h which
accident or death has occurred In the tunnel
boring have failed no far.
CoronsFs' inquests sre just 20 ~Sruitiess
when It comes 10 evidence. The tunnel
company has no evidsnce to volunteer and
the Coroner doesn't know where TO find any.
A number OF the Engllshmen employed In
the present tunnel work helped to drive
the tunnel under The River Thames In Lon
don. Commenting upon The different con-
dihons, one Of the workman who wac en-
gagged In the borings from the East avenue
shaft In Long Island City said;
BLAST me, I hev dug tunneb through
mud, but never before did ! help dig O
tunnel through old shoes and tin cans
Il was Q mystery to all the workmen
where the old shoes and tin oans twenty
and thirty feet below the surface came
from, but the course Of Newtown Greek was
originally over the ground through which
the tunnel IL being built and years ago IL
was used as q public dumping ground and
finally flied In, which explains The presence
OF the old shoes and tin oans.
From the present outlook Il b likely
that the Belmont people will be frst across
with their tunnel and II is predicted that
at the present rate Of progress they Will
have their tunnel in operation long before
the courts get ready to pass upon tho valid
ity Of the old franchise under which It IL
being built.
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PRUNES FOR THE MILLION.
Great Consumption Of the stewed Stand
by OF Boarding Houses.

OTrat SothsuttipttvsA VI eHV OtS"So
by OF Boarding Houses.
b When one thinks Of all the boarding
house breakfasts In the country It 10 not
surprising that more than 100 900 900 pounds
Of prunes are eaten yearly In the United
States.
Prior 70 1885 the supply came almost
wholly from France and the Danubian
provinces and sold under the designation
Of French or Turkish prunes.
In that zeal prunes Of American growth
appeared on the market and with each suo-
ceeding year the supply has increased.
until the Importation Of foreign fruit has
been reduced to extremely small proper
tions.
According to what-to-Eot most Of our
California. In santa Clara county alone
there are $500, 900 trees growing on $1,000
acres, 100 to the acre. The quantity OF
prunss raised there exoeeds 1io, 900 900
pounds-more than enough for tho re-
quirements Of the whole country, but the
excess is needed to supply the export
demand.
In September the fruit ripens and Ia
gathered by spreading sheets under the
trees and shaking the branches. The
green fruit IL taken to the warehouse,
whsre 1t is graded In size and passed through
cleaned and the outer skin softened, 1t is
then spread out in trays 8 feet BY, . feet
In size and exposed to the heat Of the sun
for three to eight days, depending upon
weather conditions. 3.
Ten thousand trays OF fruit spread out
In one unbroken tract may be seen In Santa
Clara In the drying season. When suf-
hhently CURED The prunes are esered IN
separate bins and there allowed 70 sweet,
this process taking from ten r twenty
days. when thsy are ready for uirkeang.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-08-26
ADVICE TO YOUNG GUNNERs.
Handle the Gun Quickly. Pull the Trigger
Deliberately. sayp an Expert.

Handle the Gun Quickly. Pull the Trigger
Deliberately. says an Expert.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 1.-TWO hundred and
made by Lester German last week. The
extra bird was bagged thus: Two railbirds
were crossing Q gap at one time, flying In
opposite directions. German waited until
tho two met, then pulled the trigger.
This record will not surprise those who
are familiar with Germans work at the
traps In the last few years or With his work
on the Susquehanna duoking fats. A
story is current in tho latter region about
his having brought down sx single ducks
With q repeating shotgun without taking
the gun from his shoulder.
German IL an ex-baseball pitcher. He
played With the Giants Of New York, the
Baltimore Orioles and the Senators Of
Washington in the days Of the American
Association. His homo is at Aberdeen,
Hartford county. Md.
sOnly practice, says German, scan teach
a man how to handle q gun quickly
and smoothly. But because a man must
be swift in handlinga gun II does not mean
that be must In all cases be quick at pulling
the trigger.
my ideal field shot IL that seldom met
artist who can get on ike lightning and
then, II ooYer and other things allow, coolly
hold on until the bird Is at the distance at
which the shot pattern IL at It's best.
swhile II is extremely difficult TO lay
down any hard and fast rules for good
shooting, I should say: Get on the bird
smartly, then hold II too close. for there
Is no sense In blowing a fine bird TO bits.
Hold h Ugh for birds going straight away
and the same on everything flushing near
and going into thick cover.
sHold low on a fast bird skimming tho
Sroun d straightAway; hold q trifie high and
we'll ahead Of quartering birds and dead on
the head Of an incomer.
MO st beginners fall down on fast quar-
tering birds, which should be the easiest
to kill, because they offer the biggest tar
gets. The chief causes Of the failures are
not enough allowance and the stopping OF
the swing Of the gun "a the trigger 10 about
"The proper trick ID to get tho gun web
ahead o. the bird and to maintain an even
swing of the gun until the shot has started
upon tts flying journey. Very few are The
birds missed through shooting ahead.
Never balk at q bird which rises close
by In thick cover. Shoot anyhow, Acquire
stun 80 long as one inch Of game u visible.
Slower which appears to DO an impene-
trable mass Of stuff Ia often nothing more
than q cluster Of soft leaves or tender twigs
which shot viii penetrate with ease. Just
make UP your mind that wherever Q bird
can pass through shot can follow. and
though the bird vanish pull the trigger
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Downing Accusers.

From he Washington Sfdr.
I'VE are often accused by Europeans OF
caring entirely too much for money said
the ssneitive american.
Yea, snsNered Mr.. Cumrox. The only
way Ne can convince them thet We don't
care for money 10 70 give IL up 10 them without
a murInur,s
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man used the French word for flea. He had
read somewhere that swine were bothered
word and hoped. for the best. The following
ia a frec English translation OF what that
astonished Partisan audience heard the In
terpreter cay for the famous preacher from
America:
he does nct mffer any harm from the bites
OF a fea. There is an island In the Detroit
River. In the United States, that was onne
90 infested with feas that no one dared TO
90 there. It was q beautiful island. the
owner wanted to reclaim 1t. 90 ~ intro
Rated there among the Aeas. When . flea
would bite one Of the pigs the PIG would
lust laugh at II, turn around and eat the
fea from snout to tall. Finally the pig4
ate up all the leas, clearing the Island Of
and made into hams; the hams were sent
to Paris. and you ate meat from swine fat
tened on heas-and thought It good
Ia Lausanne, Switzerland, the General
overseer had as interpreter az Esas!;.s
France and was fairly well versed In the
French language, He was a little rusty.
however, on some Of the fine points, "a y
shown by the following There are several
COLLEGES Of medicine In and about Lausanne
the lecture. II was for their benefit that
DR.. Dowie was telling the experience OF 2
| certain newspaper woman In New York
ctv who went to FIVE different physictans
for consultation when she was In perfect
health. and returned with a DIAGNOSIS n
each. This IL the English Of what The
audience heard from the interpreter:
sShe went to the first. He looked qt hsf
tongue. He thumped her chest. He lis
tened TO her heart. Hefook her tenperar
ture. He felt her chicken
AZ this point the story was Interrupted
BY : about Of leughtef from the students.
Tbs ipterpreter had taid poule, meaning
hen or chicken, insteed Of poais, meaning
the pulse.
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IT, lo.l-o. A.t-Ns SIh4ns 1850 hfouuu
the border Is tbs inscription, united States
Of America, 100 osnts.' This coin in goloid
composition 10 worth $50. 10 wa also
struck In copper.
Still another variety Of 1878, which was
struck In both goloid and copper, bore
The general diverse design Of the others,
but in the field Of rhe reverse inside a wreath
Of laurel, was the inscription, 'Goloid. /.
Gold. "a. Silver, 0 Fine 2bs Grains"
Only twenty-five OF these coins are sup
posed TO have been struck and yet one sold
for $3.50.
In 1870 q metric dollar showed q head OF
Liberty, upon the ooronet being q broad
band ornamented by q string Of pearls
and inscribed Liberty In the field on
the reverse Ia q semi wreath Of cotton and
corn, tied with q ribbon, and on q tablet Is
the motto -Deo Est Gloria
Within O circle OF small dots Is inclosed
"se5.s g.. 4.7-G. loo. rs GRAMS
The last two words are carved. This coin
was made Of o composition OF silver and
copper, and In proof condition sold In 1890
fof o. 90. Now IL Ii worth about -.
Another 1879 metric dollar'shows Lib erty
wearing q cap with q broad band. This Is
onamented with cotton polls and inscrib ed
Liberty Above Ia d Plurib US Unum.-
This diverse 10 very much like that Of the
silver dollar Of 1878, designed by George
r. Morgan, known "a the Bland dollar,
which was adopted for regular Issue and
which bears the designers tiny initial M
on both the obverse and the reverse. The
metric dollar Was the work OF Charles Z.
Barber, the Mint designer.
In the field on the revsrss, within . circle
Of thirty-sisht starr, h insUibsd 'NS @.
sse.s.s. &C. M GAAnfS.' Outside Of
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NV
structure, making 1t unsafe.
Ferry officials and the tunnel people are
silent on This subject, but 1t is known that
daily the brick walls Of the ferry house were
anxiously and carefully scrutinized by
engineers and others Interested. Possibly
with a view to avoiding an accident tho
ferry company erected a building on thu
north side of the street. THIS building
Is constructed Of corrugated iron.
1t was also rumored at one time that q
mlscalculation had been made and that
the tunnel bed should rave been sunk fifteen
feet lower in order to give q better roof over
the workings, But with English persistency
the work has gone ahead and, judging from
me appearance Of the river. II would seem
that the Englishmen are slowly but surely
mastering the problem.
Over in Long Island City from their shaft
ut East and Borden avenues borings are
ereefing toward the East River, while an
other boring stretching out In the opposite
direction is headed for the terminal point.
Right on the edge Of the. river In front Of
the big Long Island Railroad station Ia a
second shaft from which hnrings are being
sent out in both directions, one Set Of bor-
hgs directed across the East River and the
other set under the Long Island Railroad
Station to connect with the borings from
the East avenue shaft.
While the Belmont tunnel L. being pushed
along with a Yankee hurrah and a get there
eone how O other spirit, on the other
hand, the work conducted BY Pearson a
Son is being carried out with English con-
'fvatism There is as much dissimilarity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-20

the union depot almost simultaneously The
passengers come from all parts of the east
efh ana central states. They can buy
found-trip excursion tickets for one fare
ana by organizing themselves into parties
can obtain special colontst sleepers in which
they can lodge during the entire Journey.
An agent OF the immigration department Of.
the railroad company is sent with each car.
The passengers come from Minnesota, Wis
consin, Michigan and other northern states,
where the climate is cold and severe and
from Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, where farm
land has become very valuable. They are
generally well-to-do people with ready CAPT
tai In search of milder climates and cheaper
land and when they get into Texas Ar
kansas or Oklahoma they stop at different
stations, where local land agents meet them
ana show them around in parties of four or
five. All of them do not decide TO stay but
usually a majority make investments of
some sort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-20
NOT A PATENT MEDICINE
BUT A
Fav0rite Prescription of DIR. Pierce
FOR THE
DISEASES OF WOMEN ONLY.

OR forty years DR. Perces Favorie Prescription
generally sold than other medicine prescribed
Ills DR. Pierce tells what contained in this marvellous
remedy for the diseases peculiar There Of
gcerne used for solvent instead alcohol Ask
physician of the following ingredients which
tanned this prescription injurious We guarantee
full results follow the of this distressing
painful complaints from which
The ingredients Golden Seal Ladys Slipper
hosh root Unicorn Blue Cohoh chemically Glycene
The active medicinal principles of the ingredients
American employed extracted by the glcene of
strength and with the aid of special apparatus appliances
devised and built especially carrying delicate
employed These DR. Pierce and his
chemists and pharmacists much study long tedious
perments extending period years, finally
suited almost perfect pharmaceutical compoundnow
as Dr. Perces Favore Prescription
There good and substantial why intelligent people and
physicians well employ Dr. Pee Favorie for
cure of diseases and weakness peculiar O
In the first place ALL serving singeness
purpose being specific for class OF disease onthose peculiar
weaknesses and malades incident Besides the only
medicine for sale through druggists for the such maa
dies all the ingredients of which have the endorsement leading med
cal practitioners and being the best remedies
for the ailments which "Favo1te Prescription advised
With other medicines the afflicted have only their makers word
for their efficacy With DR. Pecs medicines they have the dn
eed endorsement OF OF medical and m
of wide These unqualified
men from whose writings regarded authorities each Of
the medicine
written without knowledge the the writer's
that they exong the curative virtues ingredients that
make DR. Pce world famed medicines Dr. Perces Family Med
therefore STAND ALONE being the
which they recommended glance the published ingredients
will show that narcotics other harmful agents employed
alcohol enters into their composition; that they
OF Indigenous native medicinal plants that
ho chemically glcene of proper strength both
tracing and preserving the medicinal principles residing the several
roots employed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-20
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The little two-masted schooner Farmers
Friend, which has been hauled out on the
marine railway at Alexandria to be sup
Piled with a new rudder has been launched
from the railway and has sailed for a point
on the lower river to load a cargo for
tn city. The Farmers Friend which, load
ed with lumber for this city, ran ashore
al Hallowing Point and remained hard ana
fast aground for more than week. She
was finally foated by removing the greater
part of her cargo. and she came up to this
city to unload the rest. In being pulled
off the mud the rudder of the schooner was
broken off. 1t was replaced at AleXan
dria.
Arrived-Steam barge Dennis simmons,
laden with lumber and shingles, from a
North Carolina port; schooner ]. s. Lam
prey, stone from Blue Hill, Me, for pub
lie building steam barge James X. jack
son, and Uriah Horner cord wood from
river points to dealers; schooners Eva
Trayers and Twilight, oysters from Poto-
mac beds
Sailed-Schooners Bertha May and Isaac
Solomon for ChicamuXen creek, to load
cord wood for this city: schooner Mary and
Rebecca, light for the Wicomico river 20
load a cargo of oysters for the market
here; schooner Raymond Oliver, for a fisn-
Ing shore; schooner Uriah Horner for Ma
jamoy creek, for cord wood; scow DAME!
for Occoquan, to load railway ties.
Memora nda-Schooner William p. Hood.
which unloaded ice here. was today taken
TO Alexandria to load a cargo of railway
ties for Boston: barge John l. Brady is IN
Aqua creek loading cargo of ties for
Boston; barge Kathrine A. Brady loaded
with railway ties for the Pennsylvania
railroad at Philadelphia, has completed the
loading OF her cargo at Oceoquan and Is
waiting tug to tow her TO her deStina-
ton
The little two-masted schooner Lorena
Bramble. Capt. Jim Elliott has gone to
Newport News to load cargo of several
hundred sacks OF SALT for use in the nsh
packing houses along the Potomac and at
Alexandria during the coming season This
Is the second trip the Bramble has made
to Alexandria with salt.
The little tug d. M. Key of the Taylor
& Bro fleet, has been employed In towing
clay Laden scows from down river to the
Miller brick yards on the Eastern branch
while the tug Martin Dallman was hauled
out at Alexandria for attention to her hull
and for other repair work.
The tug Sallie Is lying IN the st. Mary.s
river loading cargo of gravel for Nor
folk. The Washington tug Edward Gum
nell is acting as her tender, and will take
he: back to Norfolk when her cargo ii:
completed.
The schooner Nettie of Alexandra has
been equipped with new sails and will leave
port in day or two for Whitewater, va,
TO load ties for Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-20

pacity or as the representative of this ASSOC
citation. Our distinguished fellow member,
Gen. LaF'evre. informed me that ne had en-
deavored to secure the opening and paving
of Rhode Island avenue from Florida ave-
nue. to list street during q period of fifteen
years; that he incurred considerable ex-
pense for carriage hire in bringing commit
tee men to this section to show them the
great need of opening this thorouehfare, and
yet our association at single hearing before
the Senate committee secured All appropri-
alton of almost $4,000 for the paving OF
this avenue, though the House committee
had previously cut out even the request
This Illustrates the point that public opin-
ion presented In the form of resolutions by
citizens associations secures results.
Last, but not least. we owe a great deal
to the public press for publishing full re-
ports of our meetings and yoicine our COM
plants"
A telegram from Gen. Harries. who is at
present at Fortress Monroe. and a letter
from Col. John Bfddle Engineer Commits
sioner of the District of Columbia. were
read. stating their inability to be present
at the banquet.
Commissioner Macfarland's Address
Commissioner mcfarland was then intro
duced. He congratulated the association
upon the work 1t has done since its or
gnnization. lie then conveyed the welcome
news that Rhode Island avenue. New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-20
THE MINES OF JOPLIN
notwithstanding Year for the
Lead and Zinc Industry.
PRICES HIGHER THAN EVER
Methods Different From Those Pre-
vailing Elsewhere.
NO MONOPOLY IN CONTROL
Prosperity of the Southwestern
Taken by the Railways in the
Promotion of Industry.
NO MONOPOLY IN CONTROL
BY WILLIAM L. CURTIS.
special Correspondence Of The Star and The Chicago
Record Herald

Special Correspondence Of The star and The Cbicaro
Record Herald.
JOPLIN, Mo, March f6. 1906
Last wear was a record breaker for the
zinc and lead industry IN southwestern Mis-
scUTl' which. l believe. has the biggest and
Flchest deposits OF those metals of any part
OF the world. The total value of zinc and
lead taken out of the ground in 1905 was
$lS.3o2,Soo consisting of 2J2, 49, tons of zinc
and 31,6l0 tons of lead The next largest
output was In 1894. when a greater quantity
OF both metals was produced but the nrice
was lower and the total value was 81. 4s7
80 In 1899 the output was worth nearly
eleven millions, and there has been a grad
uu increase since 1925, when the total was
Only $3,7T5.903.
during the last twelve years the mines
OF the Joplin district have added SOB 3ss $50
10 Tue world wealth, and the amount of
"'e'al sun remaining III the ground is be-
yond calculation.
M Fflces are higher today than ever before.
1he average price ror zinc In tao- VIC
MISS per ton. The highest uoiut reocbed
IN previous years was S36GI The highest
point reached last year was $50 a ton which
~ hlsh-water mark. Zine is worth nearly
twice as much today as II was five years
ago.
The average price for lead at the mines
IN 1913 was S621 II. which Is also the high
VIZ ASN'Ats ana nence you infer
that the people of Joplin are in a state of
prosperity, and should be in contented
disposition. This year II is expected that
the output will average a million dollars
month.
The methods which prevail in the joplin
mining district are very different from
those which prevail in mineral regions else
where. 1t is what IL known as a poor
mans camp; There Is no big trust controll-
Ing the mines. no monopoly No large cor
pcrauous. None of the mining companies
have capital larger than half million
dollars. There are altogether about forty
district companies working mines and twice
as many individual miners working their
own claims or leased properties and sell
Ing their ore direct to the smelter The
land ls cut up into acre lots That is the
unit fer leasing purposes, and leases can
90 obtained for various periods all the way
from one 10 ten years. The land around
the city very largely remains In the hands
OF the farmers who owned It at the time
ENC was discovered about thirty years ago.
Most OF them refused to sell. but permit
tel prospectors to come in and sink shafts
on royalty basis. That practice Is con-
UnCed until today. The prospectors did not
need much capital, because just as soon as
they got out load of ore they could sell