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The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
GOLD MINING NEAR HOME.
Yellow Metal Famed within sight
of Washington Monument.

Yellow Metal Famed Within sight
of Washington Monument
From the Technical World
Gold is mined within sight of Wash
ington Monument. The heights around
the Capital are really q part of the APP
palachian system and before the out
break OF the gold fever in California all
the gold produced In the United States
came out Of the Appalachian mines.
Only the ores that contained free mill
ing gold could be worked with the crude
processes then known. Then. too, be-
cause OF the presence Of subterranean
streams. mining could not be gone at any
great depth
Nevertheless. gold mines are in profit.
able operation to-day In Maryland and
Southwestern Virginia. and these gold
veins, badly broken and GisintegrateG,
are being worked down through the Car
olinas. and into Georgia and Alabama
There is not a ravine or gulch in the
environs of Washington City where. if a
man dig down 10 the gravel and black
sand that lie over bed rock, he cannot
by panning. get "a color. 1t has not been
found in sufficient quantities to make
placer mining attractive, though many
men have worked out enough gold to have
q ring or charm made.
A few miles west of Washington a man
may see several small mines. some in
operation ana some abandoned. Great
areas of g0ld-bearing rock have been un-
covered or blocked out Gold is obtained
but ia many instances IL has cost more
to extract il than the gold was worth
At present there Is one mine in which
extensive operations are being carried on,
and though the operators do not talk for
publication the belief is general that they
are making good profit from the mine.
There are thousands OF tons of ore in
sight, and if you take a pound OF the ore,
crush il and wash it, a fair amount Of
gold is obtained Much OF the ore assays
high. but getting the yellow stun out in
paying quantities is the problem.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
Advice 20 Lercmtnh.

From The Manchester Gusrdian.
Mr. Charles Rowley branched of from
q breezy talk On art in Ancoats the other
night TO tell a good story about Nj VIII
liam O Brien. It was after the ever
memorable meeting in the Hoime town
hail. when Mr.. o BIiCn. having made his
speech, was quietly captured by the Man
chester police. Mr. Rowley walked BE-
side Mr.. O Brien from the meeting to the
town hail. where Mr. O'Brien was put in
custody. rs they went along. surrounded
by policemen. Mr., @ Brien told how when
he was last in prison in Ireland, he
spent the time in close study of the
Bible. The copy iie read had been read
by the former occupant OF his cell AT
the end of the Lamentations of jeremiah
this prisoner had serawisd. Cheer Up,
old boy. Cheer upi'
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
GAUDY FUNERALS IN SPAIN
Much Pomp and Ceremony Attached
to Being Buried Properly.
Coach Carrying the Coffin often
Drawn by Ten Horses. Giving
TaIlyhO Eject.

Getting buried in Spain, especially in a
large city like Madrid, says the New
York sun. costs great deal of money.
To begin with. there is "A huge black car
riaga, with enormous c springs. made up
of single fiat platform. designed 10 sup
port the caskeL
This is covered. but it is not inclosed
with glass as are funeral coaches here
It is open on all sides. There are four
huge black pIumes which decorate the
carriage. Wreaths hang on the four posts
Of the platform.
The wagon is drawn by any number of
horses. The favorite number is ten. They
are harnessed in pairs. 1t gives al sort Of
tallyhO effect. All the horses carry huge
nodding plumes on the head. fixed in the
harness.
To walk alongside the horses and i'm the
rear there are mutes wearing black knee
brooches, with black stockings and long
black shadbeIly coats. They wear black
three-cornered hats and wigs OF white
with pigtails. There are Positions to ride
the leaders and some of the horses inter-
vening between them and the driver
1t is the custom to keep the catafalque
waiting outside the door. with the casket
lying on it. The men passing in the street
all remove their hats. Many so up and
look at the date of death and the age,
and most say a sympathetic word
There are fully as many carriages as at
the funerals of the poor here in this city
When all preparations have been made
the procession sets off. The hearse leads
off, and progress is made in the city at a
snail's pace. II the way is muddy. as is
not unusual. the mutes walking alongside
get splashed from foot 20 head with the
sticky. disagTaeable Madrid mud
When the procession gets into the out
skirts of the town there is ii change The
mutes generally pile up behind on the
carriages, and by the time the cemetery
is reached the procession has lost some
thing of its dignity. This may be mag
ined from the fact that some of the
mutes are clinging TO straps in back of
the coffin and laughing and testing as
they jolt along.
Such a funeral viii cost very close to
81 600 and that is not considered much.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
SIGNS OF SPRING.

Blue aud cl,super en- the foRes post
Sits the tuftCd. saucy jay.
Calling ont his welcome message.
Scrcechiug; Spring is On the way"
Now from Delaware and Georgia
We MAY hear most ans Gay
That the peach croD has been ruined,
Gentle spring is On the way.
Oh. my iady's busy running
Bills that I shall have ia pay:
She viii lock supCrb ou Easter;
Spring is hriskly On the way.
] haze lust received q n0tiCe
That has flied me with dismay;
II is time 90 pay my golf dues,
FeF glad spring is on the way.
Chicago Rsccrd- Herald
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
Putting Him Next.

Prom the Houston Post
Willie. viii you tell your sister I am
bere2
Would you Ike to have her coma
down."
'Of course
Then, Il yeun give ne = quaEteg IA
tell her you are not hers.'
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
No Market for Empty Cigar Boxes,

From tie Kansas City star.
pile of empty cigar boxes reached
nearly to the ceiling in a Main street
cigar store.
Were giving them away for kindling
wood the dealer said. There is no
market for empty cigar boxes. Cigar
factories pay two cents or more apiece
for them, and when once used they are
worthless. The Government places a rev
enue stamp upon them and specifies that
they shah not be used again for ciglrs
As result thousands are tsrned every
day Some of then are pretty too. and
all are perfectly made"
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
Mary Won.

A young man who had silent admira-
ton for a young lady went with the in
tention Of proposing 10 her one night.
He SAT gazing into her face for a Ions
while. but at last. looking down suddenly
he exclaimed.
There's feather ca your dress.
Mary1'
No wonder" she said: I've been sit
ting next a goose ali night"
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
WHERE LIFE is EASY
Food and Shelter for So a
Year on Eastern Shore.
HOW MANY NEGROES EXIST

Fuel May BE Picked Up on Beach,
Game Found in Woods, Fish Are
Plentiful, and Corn, pigs, ard
Chickens May BE Raised at Home.
Early Vegetables Plentiful.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
The Age of Graft.

From Pucs
Nurse-Why. George, your hands are all
dirty!
George don't care! This land is
worth $3.50 a front foot.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
SAILORS WRECKTALE
Heart breaking Scene on the
Coast of Africa.
STEAMER FIGHTING FOR LIFE

TreRcherOus Seas Bore Her Inch by
Inch Nearer the Breakers Ia spite
of All That She Could DO-ship
stood by Helpless TO Save-Ineident
That Made the F0c'sI sad.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-07
4 Mystery solved.

After day or two ! dropped into Tav-
ernier's studio to SPY out the land His
studio and mis- living-roons were adjoin-
ing. 1t was late in the afternoon, and as
twilight fell Tavernier began Illuminating
by lighting candles. Evidently difficulties
had arisen with an insolent gas company.
and negotiations had been broken off.
remarked that the candles were thrust
into wire-bound Barton and Guestier
bottles.
How then artist Of the hidden riches. 20
cried /. lis it that You drink of the high
priced wines OF the 8Iedoc. while your
friend the sculDtor'-indicating Marion
Wells-"and the coor writer are forced
to drink either the little blue of Gascony
or the red ink Of california? Explain. o
riehissime artist. Expl.ria this mystery
Il believe you. thee 1t is indeed d mys-
terry" cried Taverlier "Sapristi, since
several DAYS an unknown b0mbards us
with the fine wines. the coguac. the
Equeurs. the arcttes-aud what knows
II Gre nom. Yet no Osle knows from
whom they come
And after he and Marion Wells had in
dulged in blind guessing as to the identity
Of the mysterious donor determined that
the psychological moment had arrived
Listen. jules, said 1, do you know
BIr Blank?"
do I know him? sapristl. Do I know
him? SacTe bourgeois, Do / know him2
Sacre eanaiiiet DO ! know him? Ny
faith, yes. ana / owe him money. He
gave me an order. and then loaned me
money. Gre nom de nom. But does this
Infamous bourgeois think TO buy an artist
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-12

John L. Cowan writes the follow
ing thrilling incidents of range wars
of the southwest territories, for the
Chicago Record-Her
on one occasion four or five cow
boys noticed sheepherder driving
his flock to water. He was on the
. proper side of the river, and no one
desired to do him any harm; but
would be a huge joke to play trick
on him that would teach the craven
shdepherders how impotent they.were
In the hands of the cowboys, and that
II was really an act of grace on the
part Of the latter that peEmitted the
sheepmen to live at all.
Consequently, the cowboys crossed
the river some distance above, stole
down upon their unsuspecting victim,
and roped him before he was aware
OF their proximity, They then drove
stout stake into tho ground and tied
him to 1t, in such a manner that he
was as helpless as baby Then
they left him.
Next day the jokers returned to
release the victim of their sportive
humor. Nothing but his bones was
left. Whether he had been killed
and eaten by wolves or by mountain
lions Is still a disputed point: but 1t
made little difference to him.
The cowboys did not feel at all
proud of the affair, and all were
pledged to secrecy: but is was in
evitable that some one should tell It.
and 1t finally came to the ears of the
two brothers of the unfortunate sub
joct of tho joke. They determined to
get square; but it was 1ore than a
yeai before they found their oppor-
trnity. It came when they succeeded
In capturing the ringleader.
They carried him close to a den
of rattlesnakos. tied him there in
such manner that he was helpless,
and left him. When his BODY was
found it was unrecognizable. and was
identified only by his watch and re-
volver.
Barbarities of this kind wearied
and nauseated even the participants;
and the cowboys challenged the
sheepherders to a duel with knives,
an equal number of each to meet on
neutral ground. OF course the de-
fiance was accepted, The fight took
place on Green river, at the Utah
Colorado boundary line, six men par
ticipating on each side. Three sheep
herders and four cowboys were buried
on the spot; and all the others died
afterward from the effects of their
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-12
FORCE JOINT RATE
RATE HEARING ENDS
IN WASHINGTON

o. II. & n. Objects to Joint Rates With
Northern Pacific and Great North
ern as This Rate VIII Deprive the
O. II. & n. of the Long Haul TO
Portland - Commission Is Deter
mined 10 Order the Rate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-12

The annual convention of the Big
Pend Baptist association is in ses-
sion at Creston, Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-12
Joint Rates Inevitable.

The sloop Ruth Cummerick cap
sized in Prescott bay. Maine coast. OF
seven young men aboard six were
drowned. All belonged to wealthy
and aristocratic families. Laurent
D. Hall was rescued after keeping
himself afloat three quarters of an
hour.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-07-12

East orenian eastern Ogons paper II
leads and the people appreciate and by their liberal n.
age 1t is the advertising medium of this section.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-10-02
Subscribe for The Gazette
Announcement for Overseer
of the Poor

| hereby announce myself for Over
seer of the Poor fol Lexington Magis.
terial District, and ask the suppor$~ OF
the Voters and Tax Payers Of said Dis
trict, and pledge myself, il elected, to
ser. that the deserving poor, both white
and black, do not suffer / will see that
no one store in town shall furnish said
pei sons every thing, and give the p Jr
man or woman no chance TO say where
they may deal. | will see that what
they get shall be OF good material, both
in way of eating and fuel; not just cedar
wood as they have used the last winter.
and that in small quantities. | shall
not ask the Supervisor, Mr.. Whitmore
(should he be elected), to sign lot of
warrants for me to carry around In my
pocket, without his seeing what he Is
as he has been doing. | will
divide the money over the town, and
district as the poor may want, and
under the law none can be sold Mt my
store. shall not ask the Supervisor
to give me $4,000 per year, as he is
doing outside of the County, which pays
$4,000. | will see If Taxes cannot be
cut down for this District.
The Poor cost Lexington District
rom July, 1906, to July, 1907, nearly
$4,000, and for the other five Dis
riots, less than $4,000. So under the
present management, Lexington had
better start little poor house OF its
'wn. II things have to be run this way.
Below see where this money goes to:
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-10-02
Corner Trees Are Delicate.

A man owning corner property
planted three trees, one at the cor
ner, the other two about fifteen feet
down either street. The trees down
the street thrived. but the one on
the corner withered and finally died.
Again and again the man set out
new trees at the corner, but his eff
forts to beautify that spot failed.
Each tree made feeble attempt to
take root, but soon gave it up and
followed in the way of its predeces-
sors.
Glow do you account for it?"
asked the property owner of an ar
boriculturist. "The soil is good, and
| take excellent care Of the trees.
Why do they dieP"
? 81 don't know why" said the ex-
pert, "but it is a fact that a corner
tree is twice as likely to die as one
in the middle of the block. Look at
all the dwarfed; stunted trees in
New York's streets and you will find
that three-fourths Of the failures
stand on The ossussis.-Nsw xafk
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-10-02
A CUP OF TEA.
The Way to Bring Out the Real 6eu.
quot OF the Leaves.

To bring out the real bouquet OF
tea several things are indispensa.
bic. First, the water should be fresh
ly drawn. Never use water pre-
'vlously boiled, for its life is gone.
Second, the teapot should be made
hot by dry heat if possible or else
with boiling water.
The best sort of teapot is that
made of unglazed clay. The Japa-
nese make one of dark red clay,
often procurable at the ten cent
stores. But the best are made by
the Chinese of a reddish brown clay
from the banks of the Souchien
river. 1t is famous for drawing out
all the sweetness from the leaves.
There is no objection to a glaze out
side the pot. But the inside, when
unglazed, seems to have some chem
ical action on the brewing Of tea.
which adds to its bouquet.
Third, the 'time limit" makes or
mars your pot of tea. Do not let
the leaves lie aimlesSly in the pot to
give out the flavor at their own
sweet will. But procure a deep
porcelain receiver or strainer full
of holes, such as comes inside blue
and white japanese teapots. Put
your tea leaves in the strainer and
be generous with them-they will
repay you terfold with rise in
spirits and general cOAeur de rose
feeling-and set the strainer in the
pot. If it does not fit use your fem
mime ingenuity and make a handle
of cord. Never let metal come in
contact with tea in the making.
At the very moment the water
boils pour it on the leaves. Put the
cover OH for one-half minute, then |
pour out cup of the tea. Empty |
that back over the leaves. Repeat |
this several times. Then souse the |
;trainerful of leaves up and down
once OF twice or until from the aro-
ma you can detect the real tea fla
7or. In this way the strength of
he tea is forced out before the tan
lie acid can mingle with it, and you
lave gained in less than two min
ties a bouquet obtainable in no 9TH
# way.
Take any unmixed black tea. Try
he directions given, following the
hree conditions accurately, and you
7ill find that you can make tea at
10 cents a pound taste like 81,
'hile most people only succeed in
making 81 tea taste like 80 CENTS
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-10-02
When $1,000 Looked Bio.

Divide anything up into parts and
you.magnify it. A certain wise man
took this way to give his wife an
idea of how much $1,000 is. She
had no idea Of money. Her pur-
chases were enormous. 1t happened
one day that her eye fell upon a
magnificent ring, and she coveted it.
1t cost $1,000. But what was ST.
900 to her in comparison with the
ring? Of course her husband con-
Sented to the purchase. What else
could dutiful, affectionate husband
do? But he tried this method OF
educating his wife concerning the
great price of the ring. He instruct
ed his banker to send her the 81 900
in small pieces-pennies, dimes and
quarters. In came the money, bag
full after bagful. She never had
such an idea Of 81, 1000 before. When
the money was piled before her it
alarmed her. The price of the ring
went up a hundredfold and was con-
sidered at once an extravaganza
which she of her own option aban-
doned.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-10-02
Amateur Doctors,

There was an ominOus stiffness in
the house as the great physician en-
tered and made his way to his pa
TENTS room. Hastily he made his
examination, his eyes showing the
deep sympathy he felt.
Madam" he said, 81 am indeed
sorry to see you in such condition
as this. What has happened? Have
you been run over by a motor carr"
With infinite difficulty and OBJ
vious pain the patient reused her
self, and the white lips slowly
moved.
"No, DOCTOR" she moaned, "but l
tainted in church and was brought
to by some friends who have been
studying first aid to the injured"
Then the great physician took
out his notebook and entered the
case in the very serious" column
London Telegraph.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-10-02
HOW THEY DlNED.
Methods Of the English at Table IN
the Seventeenth Century.

The old English had three meals
a day, Of which the chief meal was
taken when the work of the day was
finished. The first meal was at
o'clock, dinner was about 3 o'clock,
and supper was taken just before
bedtime. The Normans dined at
the old English breakfast time or a
little later and supped at 7 p. m.
In Tudor times the higher classes
dined at / and supped at 5 O'clock,
but the merchants seldom took
their meals before II and 6 o'clock.
The chief meals, dinner and sup
per, were taken in the hall both by
the old English and the Normans,
for the parlor did not come into use
until the reign of Elizabeth. Break
fast did not become regular meal
until quite lately, and DR.. Murray
in the Oxford Dictionary gave 1913
as the date of the earliest quota
ton in which the word occurred.
The meal did not become recog-
nized until late in the seventeenth
century, for Pepys habitually took
his draft of half a pint of Rhenish
wine or a dram of strong waters in
place Of morning meal. Dinner
was always the great meal Of the
day, and from the accession of Hen
ry ". to the death of Queen Eliza
beth the dinners were as sumptuous
and extrayagant as any of those
now served.
Carving was then fine art. Each |
guest brought his own knife and |
spoon, for the email fork WAS not
introduced into England until
Thomas Coryate Of Odcombe pub
lished his "Crudities" in 1911.
Pepys took his spoon and fork with
him to the lord mayors feast in
1868. The absence of forks led to
much stress being laid upon the act
of washing the hands both before
and after meals and to the rule
that the left hand alone should be
dipped into the common dish, the
right hand being occupied with the
knife.
The perfect dinner at the best
time of English cookery consisted
Of three courses, each complete in
Itself, and terminated by a subtlety
II device, the whole being rounded
IF with hippocras, after which the
quests retired into another room,
where pastry, sweetmeats and fruit
we're served with the choicer wines.
The English were essentially meat
.aters, and it was not until the
line of the Commonwealth that
attained its extraordinary
Indeed the first men
ion of pudding in the menus of !
he buckfeast at st. Bartholomew }
ospital did not occur until 1710,
nd in 1712 is an item of 3 shillings !
or ice.-I.Ondon Times.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-10-02
When They Know II All.

The proud father includes among
his boasts the following school es
say of his young hopeful:
"a horse gets up by giving sud
den jump to its front legs and then
gets on its hind legs.
ga cow drinks by putting its
mouth in the bucket and sucks the
water.
"a duck picks up the food by its
bill, then throws his head back.
"Maple leaves begin to bloom
about the 1st of May.
"a locomotive while going around
a corner bends very much to the in
side.
"a passenger train when about to
stop the wheels of the locomotive
stop revolving and slides along the
tracks.
"a locomotive has to be very
much heavier than the train to
overcome the weight of the train
against it. Because when a body
gets a-moving it has tendency to
keep moving York Post.