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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
The Adder.

A full grown adder may measure
two feet in length and about six
inches around the thickest part Of its
body. Its movements are sluggish, and
Of course the idea that it is capable Of
transferring it's head from one extrem-
ty to the other every six months is due
simply to superstition. The fact Is
that the tail Of this snake does not
terminate in point, as with ophidians
generally, but is stumpy and resem-
:bles the head so much that it Is diff
cult for an observer situated at dis
lance Of a few yards to distinguish the
one from the other; hence the story of
It's being two headed. the fallacy Of
which no intelligent observer could
fail to detect.--PiOneer.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
Shas0w Etiuuefta


Il saluted the Kaffir chief respect
FULLY and hearty" said the sailor. "fCan
0ou imagine my surprise when be give
me kickl
"'Get off my shadder,' he says.
"'Wot?'
"'Get Off my shadder.'
Il was standing, by crinus, ON his
shadler, the shadder of his stomach.
h skipped from there to the face. He
groaned. When l got on to sunlit
ground again he says to me:
Didn't you never have no bringin'
up? Look at you now, lepgthenin' out
your shadow longer'n mice. Crouch,
consarn you. or I'll warm your hide
with this here club"
The sailor gave Il louG laugh and
emptied his glass of milk.
Them Kallirs," lie said. regards
their shadders as part Of Themselves.
"A polite Kaltir would no more walk on
another's shadder than polite Amcri-
can would hit lady. They lave q
regular shadder etiquette. You mustn't
on no account let your shadder he
longer than n superior'S. You must
crouch to make it smaller, and that
there crouch for the purpose Of dlmin-
tshn' the shadder Is thought b? the
Epencerian philosophers don't say l
think so. mind-to be the origin OF the
bOw."-New Orleans TimesDemocrat.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
Woes Of a Drummer.

I'm just little discouraged with
my work." said the tall New York
boy who has started out Oh the road.
II was making my second trip west
when l met an old drummer who had
been on the road for more than thirty
years. He sat with grip between his
knees and talked to me.
"'Chuck it, my boy he said. If
there is anything else in the world
you can do, do it. Look at my gray
hairs. don't know what 1t is to have
home. For thirty years have seen
my wife about once In five weeks. I
know that I've wife and children in
fiat in New York, but that's all l do
know about them. The children have
CROWD up and married. but have not
had time to attend their weddings. My
wife has grown gray, too, but she has
had tile best of it. She has had a
home and the children. If there IL
anything else in the world you can do,
my boy he repeated, quit drumming.
aud do IT,"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
A "Rinoers' JUG"

A beer jug in a belfry is happily
somewhat of a rarity in these days.
At the beginning Of the last century,
however, people were not so particular.
The ringers jug at Beccles, In Suffolk,
holds six gallons. n sufficiency to sus-
tain the ten weary ringers, though the
weight of the bells did exceed six
tons. The vessel is made Of red earth
enware and has three handles, one Of
which is concealed by the neck. 1t
bears the following inscription In
quaint spelling:
"When I am filld with liquor strong
Each Man drink once and then ding dong.
Drink not too much to Cloud your Knobs
Least you forget to make the Bobbs.
A gift Of John Pattman Beccles." On
the reverse side is the makers name.
Samuel Stringfellow. Potter."-Lon-
don Strand.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
MucI, Law, Poor Case.

Among lawyers there Is a saying
that in the trial of a case an attorney
II light on facts must be heavy on law.
The other day an attorney was prepar-
ing to leave his Office in one of the big
office buildings to go to the courthouse
to try a case. From the shelves of his
library he had taken many large law
books containing decisions and opin-
iUps Of higher courts. At intervals O
, boy went In and out Of the door, and
each time he bore in his arms stack
Of the books, which he carried to an
express wagon that stood in the street
below. The attorney was to use the
books in the courtroom. Another law
ye.. who is of southern birth and who
always addresses his friends with
some army title, watched the boy as he
went In and out carrying the law
brooks Then he dug his hands deep
into his trousers pockets and said to
the lawyer:
"Well. Ah'll sweah, kunnel, you must
have no case at all."-Kansas City
Times
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
Snow and Rain.

The first man to whom it ever &C.
cured to find out how much rain was
represented by given fall of snow
was Alexander Brice Of Kirknewton,
who in March, 1865, made a simple ex-
pertinent with the contents Of stone
jug driven face downward into over
ak inches Of snow. What he learned
was that greater or less degree Of
cold or of wind when the snow falls
and its lying a longer or shorter time
on the ground" will occasion @ differ
ence in the weight and in the quantity
Of water produced, "but IT," he added,
81 may trust to the above trials, which
/ endeavored to perform with care,
snow newly fallen. with a moderate
gale Of wind. freezing cold, will pro-
duce a quantity Of water equal to one
tenth part of It's bulk" So that a fall
Of snow Of ten inches represents a
rainfall of one inch.-London Chroni-
Ele
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
The Scallop.

The scallop can anchor itself as well
as any ship. 1t never fails tMdrop its
anchor on the approach of rough
weather. The scallop, lying in its bed
Of shoal water, foresees a storm in
true sailor fashion and at once puts
out a tough and elastic little cable from
point near it's hinge. This cable 1t
fastens firmly to the nearest rock. 1t
Is then secure in the vilest weather.
He who wades through scallop haunted
shoals as storm approaches may see
the tiny shellfsh mooring themselves
on all sides with silent hustle.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
Men-of-war on Paper.

Each man-of-war is built upon paper
before a single plate of steel is forged.
Not only are the length and breadth
of ship decided upon, but the naval
constructor can tell to an ounce how
much water she will displace when her
armor and guns are mounted upon her,
how p.any times her propellers will re-
vO)~e In d minute with a given pressure
gf steam and how many tons Of coal
an hour must be consumed to attain a
certain rate Of specialization Graphic.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
Courtesy.

The parvenu stood it till he could
stand it no longer.
James," he cried out piteously, "tell
me the worst! You find my table man
ners execrable!'
But his new butler, bowling first with
stately condescension. only replied:
"As a matter of professional cOurte-
~ Hi cannot hentertain. much less
hexpress, hany hoplnion which might
seem in hanyway to reflect on my
predecessor ere"
And he bowed again and was SILENT
Puck
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
The Winus of Time,

Methuselah was walking in his gar
den.
my goodness" he exclaimed sudden
y, there's another flower on that CEN
fury plant! Why, it seems but yester-
day since pluched blossom from it,"
He walked slowly toward an oak tree
200 years old which he had tenderly
raised from an acorn.
"Ah. me-" he unused, chow time
Ales!-Harper's Weekly.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
Tho LARGER Class.

"Of course" said the seeker after
knowledge, I'VE seldom hear thee and
thou nowadays. They're used mostly
BY poets, aren't :hey?"
"No," replied the editor; they're
used mostly by people who think
they're poets."-Catholic Standard and
Times
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
His Gloomy Life.

"What," asked the sweet girl. "was
the happiest moment Of your life?"
1.-THE Nppiest moment Of my life"
answer. the old bachelor, 'was when
the jeweer took back an engagement
ring and gave me sleeve links in en-
change"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
lnoujrv "A TO a Holdup.

She (sternly)-Why were you so late
last night? He (apologetically)-1 was
held up on my way home. She (stll
sternly)-Were you too far gone to
walk alone? baltimore American.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28
Prudence.

Dentist--Ive filed all your teeth that
have cavities, sir. Mahoney-WelL
thin. fill tn rist av thin too. Thin
whin tn cavities come they'll be al
ready filed, b'gobs!-Puck.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28

do you really believe two heads are
better than one?"
"Give it up, but know we wouldn't
amount to much without foreheads."-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-03-28

Don't JUDGE man by his failures in
Me, for many man fails because he
ts too honest to Observation-Disclosures
{Ark.) Southern Standard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20
NEW PiOCHE co. is
DOWN TO BUSINESS

The Phoebe DemijOhn Mining company
of which the articles of incorporation
were filed last week has already begun
its campaign of development under the
most promising conditions 1t has fully
paid for its -WO groups of claims ia LIN
coin county. Nevada, and IS alraauy
vested with the title 10 both The Delnl-
John group, consisting of six claims
known as the Demijohn and Chester
ledes, is situated in the Ely mining dis
trict, about one mile and half from the
town of Phoebe. New. The Lucky BOY
group, consisting of four claims, IS stu.
ated IN the Highland mining district ana
adjoins the Mendha and Manhattan mines
The new company. therefore, instead or
being confined to one group of claims IN
It's development work. has two chances
OF making a mine. The company starts
OF with $3.50 in the treasury. winch
amount was saved in the acquisition OF
the properties.
J. S. Free. the president and superin-
tendent of the company. has gone to Pi-
oche to begin active operations at the
property. and as soon as the weather Will
permit, machinery will be installed at the
mouth of the Demijohn shaft, where the
first operations Will probably begin. This
shaft has reached a vertical depth of
little more than 100 feet and has been
sunk in pay ore from the grass-rOots
shipments from this shaft have showed
the vein. about four feet in width. is eX-
posed at the bottom.
While on the ground Mr.. Free viii ar
range 10 begin development work upon
the Lucky Boy group, which at forty feet
IN depth shows a gold-siiver vein, samples
of which have assayed 125 ounces in sill
yer with an average of about s. in gold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20
STEPT0E SHELTER co.
WILL DEVELOP LEAD KING
Especial to The HeraId.)

Ely. New. Feb. 19.-J. +. Brim. Dresi-
dent and managing director of the Lead
King Mining company. was in Ely last
night and announced that the Steptoe
Valley Smelling company had. completed:
the surveys for the big tunnel which
that company viii drive through the
mountain to supply the smelling plant at
McGill with water from Duck creek This
tunnel viii be more than one mile in
length and work will be instituted soon.
The tunnel will save twelve miles OF
fluming around the mountains. The line
of the tunnel will pass through the
smelling company having secured a right
of way for that purpose. In exchange.
the smelling company's tunnel will save
the Lead King concern thousands OF
dollars which would otherwise be spent
for exploration work. The tunnel will run
for 4,009 feet through this property
The Lead King is now in ore running
seventy-five to eighty per cent lead A
small force of men is- sinking the shaft
through ore which runs up to $50 per ton.
This is being sacked and a shipment will
be made 10 Salt Lake in short time.
During the last thirty days two men
have mined and sacked 400 sacks of ore
running eighty per cent lead or higher
tv per cent was cut in the Morning Star
shaft Of the Lead King group this week.
The vein is two and half feet wide. The
strike Was made at a depth of seventy
five feet
Jesse Knight ana other Provo. Utah.
capitalists own the properties adjoining
the Lead King group on the south and
east. and it IS understood s~:ii begin active
development during the summer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20
GRAND CENTRAL Is
DEFENDING BIG SUIT

stiit is being prosecuted in the fed
ersI court. before 5. II. Lewis. referee,
that involves full half-interest in the
King William claim Of the Grand central
company. for an accounting OF an ores
mined from the ground and for S1o,oOJ
ems rs Grand Central Mining company,
with Henry Cole and G. H. Blanchard as
co-defeudapts The case was heard
good while ago before Judge John a
Marshall. and plaintiffs were non-suited-
An appeal was taken TO the ST Louis
division of the circuit court OF appeals
where the lower court was reversed. and
the case was remanded back Tor trial on
The cause of actiOn dates back to about
1882. when Tim Kelly. a Tintic miner
died His heirs q daughter. Mrs Stev-
sns p $ Kelly and Joseph R Jackson
Instituted She suit. alleging that Tim
Kelly had been fTauduently deprived OF
a balf-interest in the King William King
Zee. Springfield and Red Jacket claims.
ground that is now said to be practically
an embraced in the Grand Central claim,
mineral entry No. 1873. it IS alleged that
Kelly was advertised out Of the ground
IN lSSS and that the locations were then
amended 50 as to Change the dimensions
Of the ground from four claims 20oxl. 81
feet in size to one claim GeXl.J19 feet. as
allowed by later law than that under
which the original locations were made.
The amended claim was sold to tho Grand
Central company by Cele and Blanchard.
to hinge on the method employed in Dust
ing Kelly from ownership in the original
claims
The plaintiffs are being represented by
Jesse- b f. sote Of Butte. and the defend
ants by Dickson. Ellis. Ellis < Schulder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20
ENGINEER JENNINGS
LIKES YERINGT0M

Engineer L p. Jennings has returned
from three weeks professional trip into
the YeringtOH copper district. He has
been examining different properties and
has found time to make a general in
spection Of the country on his own ac-
count
There are three good copper mines
there now" said Mr. Jennings during the
afternoon: the BiuestoDe. the Nevada
Douglas and the Ludwig. The Mason
Valley company's properties while not
fully entitled to be classed as mines yet,
are so far advanced IN development that
there is little OF no doubt but that they
will make mines. and good ones at that.
That means that the camp can be rea-
sonably expected to develop six big prop
critics. a number that is well IN to the
average for the run OF mining camps
the world over.
but the region has good chances Of
doing even better than that. The prop
erty that .rece atty went into the Yerin5-
ton Consolidated Copper company Is a
remarkably fine and promising block OF
ground. with fine ore exposed in numer-
Gus workings. There are several other
propositions of real merit and the posi-
bilities OF the section thus become far
out of the ordinary. I did not find time
to look into the region on the east side
of the Walker River valley, but [ saw
some very fine ore from the Yerington
Copper eOmpanys ground and was told
that the naturalization of that side was
extremely good
sSrhe country is certainly an ideal one
In which to mine the properties are
easy of access and the distance down into
the fertile valley below is Insignificant.
The Southern Pacific is preparing 10
build into the district froIa Hawthorne
and it will not be long till the region IS
making a big noise in the copper mining
world.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20
NEW SHELTER
FOR BINGHAM
Manager of Fortuna Says Plant
With Capacity of $50
Tons Decided On.
AFTER A SITE RIGHT NOW
cARIsA AND OTHER MINES WILL
SUPPLY PLANT.
AFTER A SITE RIGHT NOW

Sidney NJ. BambeTge general man
ager Of the Carisa and Fortuna COM
paEies' properties. returned from a two
months eastern trip yesterday morn
ing. He brings The important Informal
ton that he has been charged TO go
ahead with the selection and purchase
of a site on which to build a smelter.
modern and up 10 date in all respects.
and with a capacity of handling 258
tons of ore per day.
Mr.. Bamberger will enter upon the
task of getting matters under way
without delay. and within a few weeks
II is probable that ne VIII be able to
announce the selection Of a site and
be able to say that plans and specifica-
tions for the works are under way. AR.
Hamburger would not say what places
he had in mind for the new works. but
he did say that he already mad the re-
fusal of two sites. either one of A0nicit
would suit his purpose admirably. but
whether one of them would be selected
he was not prepared 10 say at this
time
That MIR Bamberger is figuring in
the interests of the Fortuna, Carisa;
Bingham Mary and other propositions
similarly held seems altogether evident.
and that smelling company calculat-
ed TO serve these interests and the
mines owned by them Will result from
the movement he is starting is certain.
The Bingham mines Will be- depended
upon for the ores with an iron base,
while the Tintic camp. and the Carisa
particularly. viii supply all the siliciOus
ore required fer the works.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20
Big Holdings in Unite.
MANGUM ON MINES
OF SEVEN TR0UGHS

Provo. Feb lg-W. Lester Mangum Is
we'll pleased with his trip to Seven
Troughs. from which he has Just re-
turned. on the Seven Troughs com
pany'S FairvieW the shaft. at depth OF
100 feet after passing through quartz. IS
IN sulphideS. which. according 10 miners
Of the country. take il past the prospect
stage and insure mine. The mineraii-
cation Of the vein is so general that sew
eral applications have been made for
leases on the property. among them one
from Allan G. LOvsy. backed by Salt
Lake capital Mr. Mangum brought an
agreement Cor q lease from Monett and
Truett with him. which viii be submit
ted to the board. II is doubtful whether
II will be accepted however. as the COM
PAW has funds on hand 10 do its own
development work Ali the ore of low
ct value than so is being thrown on the
dump, as it cannot be handled till a rail-
road is built into the district or a smeiter
IS erected The ore of higher value is
being stored for shii ment OF the fabu-
1ousiy high grade ore. from SSteo9 to Sl50.-
Ga. enough has not been taken out 20
supply specimen hunters. and the COM
pany has decided not to give any more
Of that away. rs it is too much Ike Civ
ing away $50 gold-pieofs
The Kindergarten property also looks
fine The first shipment from the dis
trict IS from the kindergarten and COR
Ssis Of q thirty-f0ur-ton carload valued
e sbeut S3ae ton Il win be at the TaS-
fST a kfEntOa sampler this week Afr
shipped from LOveleck. where ii was
stored. LovelOck X the nearest railroad
station. twsnty-seven miles from the
mine This ore has been taken out in
sinking forty feet from the collar of the
shaft. which is now down sixty-five feet.
The superintendent of the mine SAYS he
can keep two four-horse teams busy
shipping this grade OF ore to Loveioek
Since Mr. Mangum's return he has re-
ceived an assay OF the sulphide ores ia
the bottom Of the Fairview shaft. which
goes S62z 90 TO the ton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20
ANTHONY MINES
OF HUMBOLDT, NEW.

William T. Smith. a well known smell
terman Of Hancock Mich. went through
Salt Lake yesterday on his way home
from Mill City. Humboldt county. Neva-
IA AR Smith is at the head of what IS
known as the Smith-Greene Antimony
company. which IS operating the deposits
about six miles out of Mill City and con-
corning which considerable has been
written in the past. The properties are
producing regularly and there is little
ouestian hut that good money is being
made bv the owners of the mine
eve aim to ship nothing under 70 per
cent antimony" said Mr.. Smith "and
that affords good profit. We shall
probably soon install milling plant for
the uurpose OF concentrating the lower
Grade ores so as TO bring the percentage
Of metal up to that carried by the high
grade ore We have no idea of INSTALL
ING a smelter. as has been reported We
can do better without one
The anfimonial deposits of the section
named and which are well covered by the
Smifh-C;reene properties, occur in the
form of great pockets or lenses in the
limestone When one is exhausted. an
other is opened, and SO the process goes
an The location of the deposits and their
manner of making in the lime Is such
fhat no trouble is experienced In keeping
track Of their relationship one to another
The formation is said to be full of them
and the owners of the property stand to
reap a great fortune from their opera
ton.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20
Mines and Mining Stocks
MINING STOCK EXCHANGE.
Trading Drops to Low Ebb After q
Lively Morning Cali.

There was little doing after the morn
ing sessions Of the mining exchange yes
terday, though there were no signs of
weakness except in Star Consolidated.
which touched 81 cents and closed at 321z
cents. The management of Black Jack
has been active in declaring that nothing
of a definite nature had been done look
ing to a consolidation of the Black Jack
and Star Consolidated properties, when no
one. so far as known. has ever claimed
that anything could he done previous to
the Star meeting in April These urgent
Genials of something that did not call for
one has made some of the Star holders
tinid and the stock has been coming out
freely as a result not only of that. but be-
cause there are large profits in present
prices to many stockholders. The rest of
the market. while not on the boom, is
holding steady.
During the two regular and open board
calls a total of 6S.525 shares of stock. with
a selling value of 81 S97-&. changed
hands Following is the list of final
quotations and record of sales made dur
ing the day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-20
COPPER STOCKS IN
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

Following is the daily market comment
of Paine. Weber & Co. Boston together
with the range Of prices of copper stocks
and other Boston listings in which the
west is interested. as we'll as q similar
report OF New York curb transactions a
feature that has just been added by
James A. Pollock & Co to it's private
wire service. and from which il is Sc
Herald.
Boston. Feb 19.-StTOng buying sudden
~ appeared in Quincy and Tamarack this
morning and both stocks jumped quickly
and held strong all dag. Both stocks are
doing as well as Osceoia and ought To
sell as high. The Shannon dividend will
help that stock tomorrow Amalgamated
looks weak and will sell lower.