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A day or two later while Skirting the
northern coast of Cuba. but out of sight of
land, Lieut.. Ward suddenly gave the COM
mand for full steam ahead, and the Wasp
raced off in the direction of the island. On
board the Catania there was scramble
among the army officers for their field
glasses, through which could be made out
the smoke and superstructure of battle
ship, toward which the Wasp was driving
at top speed. The odds looked a thousand
to one against the chances in battle of the
little craft, but her gallant officers never
hesitated, and she plunged ahead as though
she were about to tear the formidable sea
fort to smithereens. AS they drew together
the Stars and Stripes suddenly blazed from
the big ships peak and the troops on the
transport breathed a sigh of relief The
Wasp made herself known and calmly
swung around and returned to her convoy.
Not long after rounding Cape Maysi
Lieut.. Ward excused himself to the slow
moving transport and dashed into Guam
tanamo harbor "for news" He and his
brother officers feared that they were miss
ing something. and could no longer re-
strain themselves. The Wasp returned TO
her charge without getting any action and
brought her safely to Siboney. Barely
waiting to say goodbye, the Wasp sped
away to join the fleet at Santiago
The little Wasp stuck close to the nearest
thing to active engagements that could be
found. and several occasions her guns
were used effectively, notably in the at
tacks on the defenses in Nipe bay, Cuba,
where she and a few little craft of her
kind engaged and destroyed the Spanish
gunboat Jorge Juan and the Notifications;
also in the successful attack on Cabanas
Cuba, and again during the blockade of
San Juan, Porto Rico. Before her pur-
chase she was known as the Columbia"
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the London docks or the Pittsburg steel
works are the merest toys.
When the parti-colored Druids have lined
up the archdruid walks soemnly down the
line carrying a bunch of mistletoe in ore
hand and long wand in the other. The
mstletoe typifies the fact that the Druids
worship the oak and the wand indicates
the magical powers which early Druids
were once supposed to possess.
Speaking of these magical powers, 1t Is
asserted by the secretary of the Selbourne
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threw in their lot with the fortunes of war
and went to the front as an organization
known as the LIST District of Columbia Reg
iment Of Volunteer Infantry will never
forget the brave little Wasp as she lined up
alongside the big transport Catania, at
Tampa, on the morning of the start for
Cuba. looking for all the world like a
bristling fox terrier making faces at an
elephant, and announced her intention to
escort the troopship and protect it against
the enemy.
"Catania, there! You will take position
800 yards off my port quarter. In case of
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the writer has not yet had the opportunity
of checking them over.
Other theories to account for these stones
are as follows: l. Hebrew temple, built by
Phoenecians who came to England looking
for tin and trouble. .. Built by American
Indians before they went to America, SO
they could have something to look buck on.
g. Built by the Romans. 4. Built by tho
Danes. ). Built by the Egyptians.
You pay your money and take your
| choice. Personally. we think he Merlin
proposition the most plausible from the
| purely architectural point of view.
AS a matter OF fact. after all these GEN.
turies, it seems very difficult to decide be-
! tween all the various theories which have
| been advanced to account for the presence
of the stones at Stonehenge. Perhaps 1t
does not much matter any way.
Though the exact methods in which the
| stones of Stonehenge came upon the scene
will thus appear to be involved in mystery.
there seems little doubt of the fact that
ancient Druids did have something to do
with them. 1t is for this reason that to-
day the Order of the Druids have continued
to regard Stonehenge as the shrine of all
their ancient splendor.
Speaking of the objects of the Drudioal
Society one of the members recently told
the writer:
I'VE are body organized for fraternity.
antiquity and good fellowship. While
keeping up. the historical associations of
the ancient Druds, we consider that the
trip to Stonehenge each year and the good
dinner that forms part of the performances
are conducive to general cheerfulness."
Just why Druids should be held up to
modern veneration is somewhat difficult to
understand. There is little doubt that the
Druids, as such. were ignorant super
stitious race, and their main belief involved
the making of human sacrifices. They put
their victims to death in various ingenious
ways, the most popular of which was burn
ing alive in great wicker baskets. During
the incarceration the Druid priests caused
drums to be beaten and horns to be blown,
so that friends of the victim could not hear
iuc for relatives to distinguish the actual
voices of those who were being tortured to
death.
The Druids of today take themselves very
seriously, and every year thousands of Wis
ltors go to Stonehenge, which is about two
hours railroading west from London, :,
attend to one Of the queerest serio-comic
world. w. B. NORTHROP.
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IL p
and it is upon the completion of
six months boosting" cruise that the
little United States gunboat Wasp is shov-
ing her PROV northward through the waters
of the South Atlantic coast. Since late in
December the trim "kid-o'-war'' has been
sticking her nose into all the principal
ports along the gulf coast and up the Mis-
sissippi far as Cairo, H., under ordei
to show the inlanders what a pleasant
thing it is to be in Uncle Sans sea service
and what one of his pups of war looks like.
This pleasant duty done. and large num-
Der of young men recruited to the service
to date, the Wasp is on her way home by
way of the jamestown exposition, where
she will report to the Atlantic squadron
and drop her hook in the roads for an in
definite visit.
The cruise of the Wasp has been attended
by manifestations Of great interest on the
part of the river folk the majority of whom
had never been nearer the deck of war
ship than the pages of an Illustrated pub
LEGATION. The gulf towns had been visited
before by cruising naval craft, and the APP
pearance of the Wasp created no unusual
STIR but when Chief Boatswain j. S, Crog-
ham, the commander of the craft. swung
her into the muddy mouth of the father
of waters he carrying the flag into
waters that have been ploughed but few
miles by United States naval vessels since
the stormy days of Farragut. Several years
ago the denizens of the old river towns
had a glimpse of the gunhoat Nashville,
but they have. never had an opportunity
TO come in close touch with a naval vessel
such as presented by the visit OF the Wasp
Taking their cue from the showmans
methods. the Navy Department officials de-
tailed advance agent to precede the
Wasp, visit the newspaper officers, deal out
explanatory literature, look after the bill
posting and in every way arouse the in
terest of the townspeople in the coming of
the little gunboat and in the naval service.
The newspapers of the Mississippi valley de-
voted columns of space to the advent of the
little ship, diIating upon her lines and
equipment, her Spanish war service, when
she conveyed the 1st District Volunteers to
| Cuba and the incidents of her cruise. She
was called in turn a battleship, cruiser,
torpedo boat destroyer, dispatch boat. gum
boat and flagship of the Mississippi squad
ron, by enthusiasts but hardly nautical
| journalists. and Boatswain Croghan and
his crew of forty picked men had many
| amusing encounters with inland ignorance
| of nautical matters.
The Wasn was formerly q private yacht
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the list. When this account of her cruise
was being written the Wasp had just
cleared Fernandina and started up the
Georgia coast route by easy stages to
Hampton roads.
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Esperantist Phenomenon.

From the Manchester Guardian.
Esperanto may not be much better as an
international language than Volapuk or any
ether of its forgotten predecessors, but the
organization of Esperantists is q rev phe-
lomeDon.
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tGEANTS are the order of the day
in England just now. All the little
towns that no one would hear OF
otherwise are bIossoming out with
fresh pageants every day. Verify,
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Shanks and his companion received
warm welcome from Daniel Boone. and
they remained there for two weeks. The
old hunter was then very feeble, but he
still took pleasure in shooting deer at their
watering places. When the young Ken
tuckians started homeward Daniel Boone
presented the powder-horn to Shanks as a
gift. The figures of an Indian and fish
were carved on the horn by Boone himself,
and are still to be plainly distinguished
CA the head of the Indian figure there is
crown. The figure is supposed TO be
that of one of the noted chiefs of the red
men, whom Boone had thus chosen to honor
with his friendship. The powder horn is
sti!l well preserved despite its great age
Many curio hunters and museums have
sought to purchase 1t to add to Boone
collections. but Mr.. Shanks refuses to part
with it because of the family associations
It ears, as we'll as being an authentic relic
OF the celebrated pioneer.
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and it is upon the completion of
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Relic of Daniel Boone
Preserved in Indiana


great hunter, Daniel Boone, is his
powder-horn, which is now in the
possession of Charles G.. Shanks. a resident
OF Claysv.ne. Washington county, Ind. The
horn has been handed down in the family
and its history is well established.
Il was in 1901 when Indiana was yet
much OF a wilderness, that Samuel Shanks,
grandfather of the present owner of the
powder-horn and nephew of Daniel Boone,
set out from Shelby county, KY, on
business journey to the home of the great
hunter. who had then moved to Missouri.
They made the trip on horseback, and as
there were but few settlements along the
way they had a very hard time of it. From
kentucky they crossed the Ohio and took
the wagon Yoad to Corydon. For the rest
of the way to Eiucennes they were forced
to depend upon the trail. Nincennes was
still, little more than French settlement.
Mr. Shanks in later years delighted to tell
his children and grandchildren of the
memorable journey. The two travellers pre-
pared their meals of bacon 81 game and
corn pone over a fire started with a flint.
They We're in danger from the attacks Of
Indians and wild animals many times.
They crossed the Missouri at St. Louis.
Land where the principal part of the city
is now located could then have sold for 81
per acre.
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allowed to proceed without further moles-
tation.
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When the blast of horns has made the
early dawn prick up its ears, as 1t were,
Druids get down to business. Each Druid.
temporarily tucking in his long flowing
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29

= gr fennt fit. 9eperber:
Sd babe seitern abtnb an Shrs 9o6'
ter cine fsbr ipidtise Grags seri6tet;
iie bat mid an sic selpisien. Batter:
90. mas poIlten Sic btnn9 8epsr<
bst: Sd babe ibr einen Qntrus gee
madt. Batter: Nun, iis gibt Sbnen
sinen 3orb. 8eperber: Sut iis Sbnen
bas seIugts Batter: 0as ia ni6t.
9lber fpie i9 bas MdOden tsnne,
bate iit iid ben SeuFel I'm mid gee
tiimmert. penn Fe sic bate btiras
then poIItu.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29

2dmpertbeim. 0Gbrenb ber
Rd9t brad in Der Gisurrsnfabrii
BON 9ebr. gberbarb 9robfeuer aug.
8om Sruniitlaser aus griff b.1
8ranb, Der tpabrI6einlib burf
SslbItentsiinbuns bts Sabats sntitan:
ben 1T, ihneu duf bic sdn5en Sdbrit.
eebGube iibsr. SiIfe bon auspGrts
tam gu IpGt. SEPT itebsn nur nod bi,
lleberrsIte Der Wlcuern. Der S9aben
nirb auf ettpu 250.000 Mart &c.
fhGbt.
Raius. Die 20idbriss Trisbo
Gbrte BON bier bate nit Gblortali
aegureelt unb babsi BON bem Wittel
gu pie! sef9Iudt. Das MGb9en Der.
ffarb.
Dorms. Sn elmer SduIersrupP
Der SubensaITs entitaub Elm GROCER
8ranb, bem bas ssrberi9< 9siib.
tbum gum OpFer fieI. Die bena6bar.
ten SGuitr tOnnten esrettet iptrben.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29
g d mere Nrbttt. g

= g 9nere Nrbeit. 9dtte
(na6 SauI. tommenb): rDO lit benn
meine Sruu9" 3ofe; n9ndcist 5ran1
iIt trmiibet." @dtts: so = popon
benn9" Sole: .@ndbise baben ben
gunssn Morsen Reiitpldne gef4mies
bet!"
3peibeutig. rSis tpiien
bod, Serr WiiiII.r, baB sic morseH
ein.n @e9Iel bon tauIenb Mart ait
bonoriren babsn! Nanu. sic psroen
ia NIT einem Wlal gang blaB, mas
baben sic bsnn9" : n9ar ni4ts
bub' icb!]
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29

= 4us einer gfebe. .Wenn
audi bic Glteren MitsIieber unieres
8ereins Der So9e untreu nerben
ipoIIen. 70 tiimmern mir uns ni4t
barum, mir Sunsen bleiben bic glI'
tenl"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29
Sur beuiid.

Sung. Srau: rGrieOerite. se'
ben sic bod mai gum Muiitulisns
bGnbler unb iugtn 81. ibm, id lieBe
I'm elm paar neue Sulonitiide bitten"
5rieberite Tim Wiuiitlaben):
uMeine Mabame IGbt bitten nm Elm
paor neue Stiide fir bic quite Stu'
be-"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29

&reis'rdntenbauTes fir ben &rets
8pmi, posu Der BETTER Der Waios
ratsherridaft DrOniapb, -9ensrals
eonTul 6reiberr BON 9olbI4miotz
ROtbI9ilo. 10000 Tltt seipenost
bat. lit nunmsbr uollenoet. Dus&rdns
t.nhdus sntipri9. alien bpsienii4sn
Qnforoerunaen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29

.0u, por benz Sdnsiber 8nips
nimm Did in adt! Der bietst iSira
iebesmal cine Gisorre an. penRSGy
Did Iisbt unb babel Siebt sr aus Der
anberen Settle bes Gtuis immer bic
Rednuns berpor!" IeA
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29

@trpI9 (ber in .inem Sdutts
baufen einen StiefeI finbs): nSern
fpiirbe id bir unSisbn! WirIt bu m.i<
ner ansisbun9struft ubsr op9 Stune
balten2!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29

scfunben, Die 2,ide trus cine ftdfs
fenbe Dunbe am 4opfe. 9ruD III
ausgerdubt unb bonn in ben Dsiber
eeiporfen porbsn. 9lls Der Sbat psr'
bGdtis iinb in 2uremburs bic Reffen
unb @rben bes grmorbstsn berbuftet
ipprben.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1907-08-29
SnreutBurs. q.

2aremburg. 8h aus adden
mitsstbeiIt nirb, bat 9err 9ubsrt
Sprund aus 2uremburs oas 9iplcms
SdIuBeramen als Siitten Sns.s
nieur NIT beitem grfOIss beitonb.H.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03
Mining Notes.

Alex Goliath left for Los Angeles on a
brief trip last night.
There was released from the Pioneer
sampler yesterday two cars OF ore from
Utah and two from Nevada mines
II. II. Clark has gone down into the
Virgin City oil fields to look after his
interests there and size up the situation
generally.
Fifteen cars of ore from Utah and five
from Nevada mines were released from
the Taylor Brunton sampling works
yesterday.
l.. S. Gates. mines manager of the Bos-
ton Consolidated. was in conference with
General Manager Lafayette Hanchett
yesterday. 1t is not believed, however.
that the reopening of the Boston Con-
solldated is yet being seriously figured
upon.
Manager Grant Snyder came in from
the Cliff company's properties Friday
night He says that the mine is OPEN
ing up bigger every day and that. while
he is not trying to crowd shipments under
present conditions, he is getting every
thing ready for an increased output when
the smelters are ready TO receive it.
o. j. Smith. prominent Nevada op-
orator, and brother of Bert L Smith
the banker and miner. was in the city
yesterday comforting with Messrs. c. d.
and Peter Porter, with whom he is in
terested in different propositions. Mr.
Smith has just returned from an extended
trip abroad
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03
NEVADA HILLS ORE BODIES
ARE NOT PLAYING OUT

Under date of Tuesday a correspondent
of the Nevada Mining News has the fol-
lowing to say in a dispatch from Fair
view concerning a report that ore bodies
were pinching out in the Nevada Hills
cOmpdnyS mines:
the slump in the value of shares in the
Nevada Hills mine is due in great meas
ure to a rumor being freely circulated in
the market places, that the ore in that
mine has pinched, and is rapidly being
exhausted The most imaginative stock
market bear that ever invaded the pit
never invented more preposterous tale.
The rumoT is an old one in Fairview,
where no attention mas ever been paid 10
1t, and where its origin is well known.
1T grows out of the leasing operations
the story having been invented, with the
expiration of the Knox lease on Sept
80, that all the good ore in the mine had
been lifted to the surface. This story has
grown like a rolling snow ball increas-
ing its dimensions as it Travelled, until
now the gossip mongers have it that the
great Nevada Hills is pinching, and that
the stock Il not worth its market price
The amount of truth in the story may
be judged from this statement: Within
the last ten days your correspondent has
walked over every inch of the 5,0DO feet
OF underground workings on the Nevada
Hills estate. He has seen the company
workings and the lease operations And
he can state. without fear of contradic-
ton, that there is ore, and high-grade
ore. in every foot of this work Not ONLY
this, but the values are greater at the
bottom of the 130-fOot winze, sunk from
the No. tunnel, than they are at any
other point in the workings, and as yet
there mas been neither cross-cutting
drifting nor stopping from the bottom of
this winze"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03
BUTTE COALITION AND
NEVADA CON. NEWS

Among the interesting bulletins received
over the Pollock private wires yesterday
were the following from Boston, the one
referring to Nevada Consolidated being
taken from Yesterdays News Bureau:
While from a treasury STANDPOINT, Butte
Coalition is in a position to pay to stock
holders when due the regular quarterly
dividend of so cents per share, 1t is con-
sidered likely that in view the ad-
verse conditions in the copper market
which have existed for some months, a
reduction in the next disbursement Will
be marde The Alice Silver Mining COM
pany, which is controlled by the
Butte Coalition, is still being
worked by the leasers, who are
more than paying their operating ex-
penses and are contributing royalty to the
Alice treasury which. at the present time,
has a substantial balance.
The report that the Nevada Consolidated
copper mine has closed down is officially
denied. It is still in full operation. The
development work, however, has been so
far advanced, it is stated officially, that
there is now 25, 100000 tons of ore In sight
ready to be mined. The shaft is completed
and the mine is ready to ship ore to its
concentrating plant as soon as the plants
are ready. One concentrating unit VIII be
ready before Jan. l and the two others
will be completed shortly after. While
waiting for the completion of those plants
a certain number of employees will not be
required and these have been laid Off 1t
is on this ground, possibly, that the re-
port of shut down was raised.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03
SAMPLES FROM
SOUTH COLUMBUS
Rock From New Strike Brought
Down by Mine Superln-
tendent Yesterday.
ASSAYS SHOW FINE VALUES
WIDTH OF SHOOT is STILL UN-
DETERMINED.
ASSAYS SHOW FINE VAL UES

Confirmation of the reported big strike
IN the South Columbus Consolidated was
obtained from Superintendent A. o. ia
cobson upon his appearance at the COM
pany's main offices yesterday with sam
piles of the ore.
1T is impossible to say yet how wide
the new ore shoot is going to prove TO
be-" said Mr.. jacobson. "A round OF
holes were put in and fired yesterday and
there was nothing but ore ahead when
the smoke cleared away and IL was posi-
BILE to see what the blasts had disclosed.
1T is very evident that a large and i'm
portant body of ore has been cut and We
shall determine its extent on the tunnel
level just as rapidly as possible. The
high-grade ore So mples % per cent copper,
30 ounces in silver, with 81 in gold and a
fine excess of iron over silica The sec
Ond grade stuff is evidently going TO
run about per cent copper, 10 ounces
silver and 81 in gold. This second class
ore carries too much silica to make it a
good marketable product as 1t looks, but
st will make an ideal concentrating pro-
duct so we are not worrying over its
presence i'm large volume in the mine. 1t
is the best strike we have yet made in
the property and it promises to develop
into something altogether out of the or
binary"
AT the Columbus Consolidated every
thing is moving as usual, Mr. Jacobson
says, and while there has been a strong
touch OF winter already at camp, he looks
for good weather right up to the first of
the year and maybe longer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03
BIG DELEGATION DESIRED
AT MINING CONGRESS

The American Mining congress Will be-
gin its annual meeting at Joplin. Mo-, one
week from tomorrow and the Utah dele
cation in order to be there at the open
ing. will need to leave Salt Lake not
later than next Friday night.
From all the advance information that
has been received concerning the gather
ing. this will be the most important one
I'm the history of the organization. Year
bv wear the congress is broadening its
field of usefulness in the mining world
and at the coming gathering measures
will be taken up that are calculated, to
have a particular bearing on the future
growth and success of the mining and
allied industries. Mentioning the matter
Yesterday John Dern, who is prominent
official and an ardent worker in the or
ganization stated that he hoped to see
a large delegation go from Utah this
time, as he believed that much good could
be accomplished and the state given ad-
ded prestige In the mining world by the
appearance at and active participation in
the deliberations of the gathering. The
small cost of making the pilgrimage by
the delegates named for Utah would, Mr..
Dern says, be fully compensated for not
only in the weight the delegation could
WELD but in the good time they would
enjoy, as well.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-11-03
Mines and Mining Stocks
MINING STOCK EXCHANGE.
Week Closes With the Market Show.
ing Good Strength.

All things considered the week closes on
the local mining exchange with the mar
Mammoth, May Day and a number of
other stocks behaved particularly we'll
and even Uncle Sam, with the selling of
big blocks of stock. closed within point
of the opening price. There is steady buy
ing of all the good stocks around the pre-
vailing low prices and that means that
strong hands are securing them, for the
weak scalping element is now practical
ly out of the game.
During the single regular and open
board calls a total of 1915 shares of
stock. with a selling value of $36.412.
changed hands. The weeks totals were
1880 shares and 1924, 1851 Following is
the list of final quotations and record of
sales made: