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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
cHEYENNEs' PILGRIMAGE.
ImpelIed BY Religious Belief to Revis-
it Old Home In Wyoming.

After the Custer massacre on the
Little Big Horn" said John H. Seger,
who has lived among the Cheyenne In
dams in Oklahoma for more than thir-
ty years, to an Arapaho correspondent
Of the Kansas City Times, "a part Of
the Cheyennes who expected to be
punished severely by the government
came down here and Joined this south
ern band Of Cheyennes on the Washita
river near Arapaho.
1.-The climate was new to them and
the fever and chills took away many
of them. They longed for their old
associates and haunts and determined
to return.
"These 900 Cheyennes, led by Dull
Knife, Wild Hog and Little Chief, scat
tered out in three bands and made the
raid. The settlers opposed their march
and the whole available military was
brought into the field against them.
Had the Indians been allowed to pass
peaceaby there would probably have
been no trouble, but every man along
their path took a shot at them and
the Indians returned the fire and sew
eral on both sides were killed. But
the Indians exhibited remarkable abil-
ity in their march across Kansas, Ne
braska and two great lines of railroad.
Two Of the bands got through all
right, but one was captured.
1T was religious craze that I'M
PEELED these Indians to go. They be-
lieved the evil spirit was Furnishing
them for running away when they
should have stayed to fight 1t out.
They religiously believed that II they
stayed here the evil spirit would put
the last one Of them into his grave.
1.-The authorities and the people did
not understand the movement and 1t
resulted badly all around. But the fact
that two of the bands got through in
the cold part of bad winter and only
one band was captured after almost
reaching its destination showed great
strategy. When it Is remembered that
the women and children were carried
along with all the camp baggage II
was a remarkable march"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
COURAGEOUS coWARDS.
Famous Men Whose Hearts Failed
Them In Their First Battle.

amouS men whose IeaTtS Eaheo
Them In Their First Battle.
1t was fortunate for Frederick the
Great that he was not under the COM
mand of General Bingham, the police
commissioner Of New York, says the
Boston Globe. If, instead Of a prince,
he had been "one Of the finest" he
surely would have lost his badge and
been kicked off the force, sharing the
hard fate Of the policeman who was
degraded recently for fleeing from a
man with a smoking revolver.
Frederick never would have receiV-
ed a second chance after his celebrat-
ed funk at Molwitz. 1t would have
have been all over with him when he
fed from that first battle. There was
no door for him to get behind, as there
was for the or-stricken patrolman
and so he spurred his horse till he was
miles and miles from the frightful
scene, where he had abandoned his
army and sought safety in flight. Late
at night he was found covering In an
old mill and his humiliation was only
deepened when he learned that his
troops had stood their ground and that
he had fled from field Of victory.
Frederick, however, was king, and
there was no one to strip him OF his
badge. If he had been a private SOL
dier he would have been shot in those
times. AS 1t was he lived to fight an
other day and to glorify the whole race
of towards by his daring in many a
battle.
Few soldiers, with courage enough
to tell the truth. will deny that they
longed to run from their first encoun-
ter with a foe in arms. No one neeo
be ashamed to confess that he Is IN
the same class with Grant.
That general. in his plain, unvar-
nished tale, his Personal Memoirs
says very simply and frankly, MY
sensations as we approached what
supposed might be field Of battle
were anything but agreeable" Tha'
WAS at TIE OulSCl VI ClNll "h'
reer. He had, it Is true, been in many
engagements in Mexico: but now ne
was in command he confessed: !
would have given anything then td
have been back in Illinois"
Nevertheless, he did not turn and
run like Frederick. No, but he mod
estly says that he did not flee because
Il had not the moral courage to halt
and consider what to do: kept right
on" In the end he learned a valua-
BILE lesson. He found that the enemy
had fed before him, and then ut oc'
Cured to me that Harris the Con-
federate commander) had been as
much afraid IF me as I had been Of
him."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
FARMERS AS SCIENTISTS.
Result of the General Dissemination
of Practical Information.

II
Secretary Wilson, Of the Federal de-
partment of agriculture, says there
will be no more serious crop. failures
In the United States The farmers are
depending less and less on luck in
their efforts to produce large yields OF
cereals. Like the men in every kind
OF manufacturing industry, the pro-
ducers of farm products have come to
depend on science. Today thousands
who used to scorn book farmers" for
making use Of the principles Of chem
istry have become scientific farmers
themselves and are proud to acknowl-
egde 1t.
These farmers have become scien-
lists In part as a result Of the general
dissemination Of practical information
in bulletins issued by the U. 8. de-
partment Of agriculture, says the Chi
cago News. Many Of them have taxi
en- regular college courses. For there
are. sixty-three institutions of learning
in this country which get the benefits
Of the land-grant act Of 1862 and other
legislation to foster agricultural train
ing. In twenty-one states, like llli-
nois and Wisconsin, the agricultural
colleges are departments Of the state
universities.
| Many United States agricultural ex-
pertinent stations have been establish
ed in connection with the agricultural
colleges In 1906 the number Of stu
dents taking four-year college courses
In agriculture was 2,779. This number
was, however, only a fraction Of the
total Of 63,471 students attending the
land-grant colleges and experiment
stations during the year. Among these
thousands were many "old hands" at
farming, men who had had years of
practical experience in raising crops,
but who felt the need of scientific
training to supplement their knowl-
edge
Short courses" and special
courses" given at fifty-five Of the in
stitutions on subjects covering differ
ent branches-from agronomy, or the
science of the composition and struc-
ture of farm crops in their relations to
soil and climate, down to chicken rails
jfng-are attended eagerly by the old
er generation. The agricultural COL
lege professors are taking scientific
training to the farmers doors. This
extension work perhaps has reached
Its highest development in Iowa
through short courses" at various
towns, through local experiment sta
tions established on the county poor
farms and through seed-corn special
trains.
Lessons Of great value on the better
selection and scientific testing Of seed
corn have been given thus in three
years to 10000 interested farmers.
During that time the average yield of
corn to the acre in Iowa has advanced
from 81 to Al bushels. The farmers
are applying the lessons OF science.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20

will when he is thrown on his own re-
sources away from home. I some
times think II a boy was made to leave
heme when he reaches the age Of, say
about 1S, It would be good for him.
especially IL he was apprenticed al
some good trade. In the south the
lack of immigrants is one cause Of our
boys migrating to town. Our fast
growing towns have nothing to feed
on but the youngsters Of the country.
II has ever been so, and ever will until
our statesmen secure immigration.
However, a boy should consider well
before he gives up the old farm. 1t Is
the best place Of all. It Is we'll to 60
and try other things and discover, II
possible. what suits you best. BY all
means learn yourself; discover every
weakness, and begin as soon as dis
covered to remedy and strengthen that
weakness. There Is a remedy for all
things, and always remember that mo
man Is stronger than his weakest
point" II you have any nerve-sap-
ping habits, for your own sake leave
them off; don't say, II can't" for you
can. Everyone has the power to lift
himself above things that are degrad-
ing. You have only to will strong
enough and you can accomplish any
thing.
But don't think small Of the old
farm. Right there Is happiness
health and wealth, too-if industry
and up date methods go hand in
hand. On a good old farm is glori-
Gus place to live-close to nature
Gods own sanitarium.-A. p. Teel In
ST. Louis GlobeyDemocrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20

1z" Hollands canals are famous, but
the canal system Of China Is far more
marvellous, says the Chicago Journal
and it's value to the enormous empire
Is simply incalculable. No country IN
the world has more navigable rivers
and canals than China. The network
Of waterways, natural and artificial SO
covers the empire that almost as many
people live upon the water as on iand'
The Great Canal, that wonder OF the
world, runs north and south from
Canton to the extremity Of the empire
and by this route the wares of all ma
tions are carried to Pekin, a distance
of S25 miles. This canal is so feet
wide: it passes through or near forty
one large cities: it has seventy-fv
large sluices to keep up the water, and
Is spanned by thousands Of bridges.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20

Lighthouse Harry Lee Is another
soldier who had to acquire his courage
by experience, for in the early part of
the Revolution Washington was NOV
ed to commend him by chilling irony
for his prudence" His hot retort
was Il shall undertake to show you,
sir, that 1 possess no more Of that
cowardly virtue than you yourself"
And no schoolboy today looks upon
Lighthouse Harry as a model Of pru-
dence or caution.
Fear in itself Is not a shameful
thing. but 1t Is shameful to yield to
It. Napoleon was afraid Of mouse,
but he had the courage to face Europe
armed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20
A Little Talk to the Boys.

Sarodel's solution Of the problem,
"Why Boys Leave the Farm" was sat
isfactory in the case of small boys.
They ought to be encouraged, as ne
says. but at a very early age. l think
after they reach young manhood they
leave for various reasons; some have
ability that would never be rewarded
on the farm, and they know It, Others
leave as IL to escape something-work
I suppose; some to sc the country
those that have a wandering disposi-
ton. 1t Is all very good, and should
not be looked upon with alarm, as II
enables them to know themselves; to
know what they are best fitted for
The world is the best school there Is;
ff one doesn't learn before, he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-09-20

S81 "Mexicans are used to large ex-
tent on railroad construction In the
southwest" said r. e. Marshall Of Los
Angeles, Cal, to a Duluth Herald re-
porter. They are the most satisfacto-
ry labor the railroad men down there
have found. The Mexican is inclined
to drink and fight a little, but he Is no
worse in this respect than the average
laborer Of the railroad construction
class. He will do more work and he Is
inclined to stick to his job pretty we'll
The ordinary Mexican will stay at II
about six months II he can hold his job
that long. Then he wants to- take
trip back home. He will give his fore
man notice, perhaps, month before
hand, that he wants to leave for a
month with the folks. He receives
pass and away he goes. AS soon as ne
is broke he sends out word that ne
wants to go to work again, and II there
Il anything for him to do the railroad
will haul him back"
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-09

There are now being carried out IN
New York city new engineering works
whose total cost is about 5000. 900 900.
This is more than three times as much
as the Panama canal will cost.
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-09

A high hat has helped many man
by where he would fall down with Z
dshy.
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-09

zier's quarter million bond Of Chelsea
bank as state depository refuse 50
idemnfy the bank In the loss 1t may
sustain In funds through Glaziera
failure.
Washington Dec. 4.--The comptroll
er OF currency today issued a call for
statement of the condition OF tho
national banks at the close of bust
ness December 3.
Chicago. Dec. Numerous nationa
organizations OF stock raisers and
breeders will hold their annual ses
sions in Chicago during the next few
days, in connection with the lnterna
tional Live Stock show. The Ameri
can Poland China Record association
is meeting today.
Pueblo. Dec 5.-Amaronte Argello
aged 10 years, was shot and killed yes
ierday while ont hunting with Frank
| Vigil. aged II. eight miles south oi
here. Vigil returned home and de
clared his companion shot himself
Then Vigil disappeared. Investiga
tion disclosed the fact that Argello'i
wound was not self-inhlcted and cor
oner's jury was called and returned :
verdict that the lad had been killet
by Vigil. though whether accidental,
o. with felonious inteut. could not b'
stated. A .32 caliber bullet entere'
Argellos face near the nose and ranged
upward. The sheriff looking for Vigi
today.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-24
MENACE TO ALI.
Giant Mail Order Concerns
Are Sapping Country of
Its Wealth.
SMALLER TOWNS CRUSHED
BY Assisting in the Capitalization
OF Wealth, Patrons Of These In.
stitutions Contribute to Their
Own Injury.

Copyright, 1906, by Alfred C. Clark.)
Every year millions upon millions of
dollars find their way from the towns,
villages and rural districts of the coun-
try to the Golfers of the mail order
houses in the cities, and go to the up
building of enormous institutions in
the centers of population. Naturally,
the sources from which the contribu-
tions are made suffer accordingly.
Figures ever tell better story than
words. Here are figures which tell
a story so stupendous that its full sig
nificance cannot be grasped in a mo-
ment, but the mere sight of which are
awe inspiring:
In the year 1905 two mail order
houses, located in Chicago, did bust
ness amounting in round numbers to
$SO,O00,000. In the year 1904 these
same concerns did business of about
$62,00O,OOO, a gain of $1S,0O0,O0O or
nearly 30 per cent. in a single year be-
ing thus exhibited.
These figures represent the sale last
year of one dollars worth of merchan-
disc for every man, woman and child
in the country by two catalogue houses
alone, and those operating from the
same central point. Dozens more of
varying size and Importance are oper-
ating all. over the country from coast
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-24
.s3s4.ssS,S62 s41151O734 $49G11Os17 s57eos7O1O

In the foregoing table the states and
territories Qncluding Alaska) west of
the Mississippi river are arranged in
the ranking order of their mineral out
put for 1906. With few changes, this
order has been the same for the past
four years. the exceptions being Ne
vada and Alaska, the former occupying
seventeenth place in 1908 and twelfth
place in 1906, with an increase in pro
duction of $6,G91 ,956 in 1903 to $751;
129.74O in 1906, and the latter with a
yield of $S,SS6,009 in 1903, ranking
twelfth to an output of $15,129,740 in
1906 with rank of tenth. With the
exception of Indian Territory, all
show an increase in 1906 as compared
with 1903, the increase ranging any
where from two to IT'S per cent. The
annual production of these twenty-six
states and territories has been between
thirty and forty per cent. of the total
mineral output of the United
States, as is shown by comparison of
the total of the several year columns
with the total of the columns for the
same years given in the table headed
value of the Mineral Products of the
United States"
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-24

The United Rico Mines Company,
Mt Rico, are now working three shifts
with machine drills sinking through
the second contact, 20S feet thick Dia.
mond drill tests have shown body
of pay ore from ten to forty feet in
thickness in this contact, and the same
tests have also shown n smaller ore
body OVERLAPPING the quartzite OF
higher grade.
Senator Warren OF Wyoming has In
troduced resolution calling upon the
Interior department for report upon
the electric smelling experiments
made by the Geological Survey with
the iron ores and black sands of the
Pacific coast and western rivers, and
for an expression OF opinion II tho ex.
periments should be continued. This
resolution is preliminary to an effvrs
which will be made to secure an ap.
preparation for establishing an expert.
mental electric smelling plant In the
Rocky Mountain region.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-24

The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com.
pany has made public the annual re.
port OF President Hearne for the year
ending June 80. 1906. The gross earn.
ings for the year were s22 1890, ,O46, an
increase OF $3,7O5,O2S as compared
with the preceding year. The iron de.
partment showed an Increase in gross
earnings Of $3,2s3.44O, while the fuel
department increased $42S,45O. The
net earnings from all operations were
$2.559,029. an increase of $1,Os4,s35.
After the payment Of all fixed charges,
Interest, taxes. sinking funds, etc,
there is still surplus OF $671,S12. car.
ried to the credit Of profit and loss,
against deficit the preceding year of
$341,993. The company was unable to
secure sufficient iron ore during the
year from its own mines In Wyoming.
and was Obliged to purchase consider.
able ore In the Lake Superior district.
This was the cause OF an excess cost
OF 3238,844.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-24

In 1906 we figure Colorado's total
production at 11,61712O, which is
about one-sixteenth of the estimated
production of the entire United
States. In 1905, according to Mineral
Resources of the United States," Col
orado is credited with production of
$59,2S0,944, exclusive of its iron and
steel product, giving 1t the rank of
eighth in the country; by adding the
estimated value of the iron and steel
and other products, we have figured
the states yield for that year at $780,
309,S61, giving it rank of fourth, the
surprising states in the order and
value given being: Pennsylvania, $685..
S2S,673; Ohio. $169,2O3,710; Illinois,
S105,0G5, SGT. Following Colorado for
that year are Michigan, with $s1 ,760,-
141, and West Virginia, $74,731,376.
For 1906 Colorado maintains its posi-
ton in fourth place with Michigan $780,
100000 behind. In Mineral Resources"
the value of the pig iron product in
the case of Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Ohio and other states, while under Col
orado the pig iron is included under
Miscellaneous" which may in part
explain this apparent discrepancy in
figuring ranking order
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-24
The Puzzle Solved.

Some time ago a merchant in Mar
blehead, Mass, was discovered in his
store at a very late hour. and in reply.
ing to inquiries, he said:
my confidential clery is missing"
And what Of it?"
why. I'm looking over the books,
but they seem to be all right"
Have you counted your cash."
Yes; and 1t is correct to a dollar"
'Lookel over your bank book?"
Il have, and 1t is satisfactory.
That's the puzzle, you see. He's
skipped. and can't make out what
for"
Been home since noon?"
No"
Perhaps he's eloped with your
wife"
He hurried home. and found this to
be the case.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-24

| calcite, rhodocrosite and magnesite.
The ore minerals are pyrite, galena,
sphalerite and chalcopyrite. Values in
gold, silver, lead. zinc and copper. In
the area north of Idaho Springs the
ore is mainly copper pyrite, while
south and west, galena and zinc blende
| accompany the pyrite in the gold-bear-
| ing ores. Silver accompanies galena
and zinc blende and gray copper, also
| polybasite and argentite. Galena and
zinc blende both carry gold and silver.
Ores may occur along assures younger
than the porphyry some are parallel
to the porphyry dikes. The contact of
the porphyry with the other rocks con-
stituted planes of easy movement, and
the entrance of the dikes made ada
cent rocks more susceptible to frac-
| turing. Or the veins may have fol-
lowed the same planes of weakness
along which the porphyry dikes were
earlier intruded. The trend of veins
and dikes is from southwest TO north
east. The fact that the ore-bearinS
zone is co-extensive with the belt Of
porphyry intrusion is significant.
One type of vein occurrence is that
of a single, or several well-defined
veins, occurring along or near. and
parallel to the contact of porphyry and
| the older rocks. Another is master
vein from which smaller veins branch.
Crossing or intersecting veins also oc-
cur. functions Of two large veins or
feeders with a main vein form sites
for ore deposition.
In the Little Matte mine the vein
lies between two dikes of porphyry.
Movements after the solidification of
the porphyry dikes caused rissures
which contained loose, angular frag-
ments of porphyry. Subsequent depo-
sition OF ore IN these fractures formed
a consolidated breccia with the ore
minerals forming the matrix.
Movements have been renewed
along the same vein fracture since the
ore was deposited, and have crushed
the vein or the ore breccia into n Sec
ondary breccia of mineral ore and wall
rock and later solutions have ce.
mented the fragments with silica.
Still more recent movements have in
turn crushed this second breccia ana
left the fragments of ore quartz and
country rock in a matrix of enely
crushed decomposed material. These
movements have produced pebbles in
the vein. Later movements produced
the transverse faults.
Ore mas Deen iounu l,suu feet below
the surface. In some OF the mines the
vein practically disappears at vari-
able depth, only an uncemented frac.
ture or fault fissure remaining. The
same may occur following the vein
horizontally.
The ores have been deposited in Ger.
tain areas limited In all dimensions
along the fault zone. Such ore shoots
may or may not outorop on the sur.
face.
The Lamartine mine is an example
OF an ore shoot that does not extend
to the surface. No ore was encountered
till depth of 100 feet. There is no
very striking change In the character
OF the naturalization within an ore
body from top to bottom. In several
mines the ore at depths of from 500 to
1000 feet is as rich as that near the
surface
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-24
Indiana Railroad Wreck.

Terre Houte. Ind.-Big Four accom-.
modation train No. 3, which left Terre
Haute at 80 o'clock was destroyed
by the explosion of car OF powder at
the siding east OF Sanford, Indiana, ut
$3.50 o'clock Saturday night. Fifteen
persons were killed outright and the
death list is twenty-seven, with thirty
five injured. The engine, two coaches
and baggage car OF the train were de-
molished. From the most definite In.
formation obtainable. the freight train
had just cleared the main track and
had come to standstill when the
passenger started to pass It. II is
thought that the concusslon caused by
the passenger set OF the powder in
the freight car. G. M. Armstrong
agent at Sand Ford. stated that he
thought the car contained about 500
kegs Of powder.