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The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
A New Light On China

A LTHOUGH in recent years ex-
~ plorers from Europe and North
America have disclosed many
of the mysteries of the interior of
China, the world still has much to
learn of that great region. Former
explorers thought that they had map
ped practically all of the great Chi
nese wall, but an American explorer,
DIR. W. Edgar Cell, recently made a
trip along the wall and found several
hundred miles of ii that other travel
ers had perhaps no cognizance of. He
journeyed along more than 1 800 miles
of the wall--generally its length has
been recorded as much less than that.
DIR. Cell also made discovery OF a
race of Chinese pigmies inhabiting
mogntain fastnosses near the wall in
The far interior He believes that they
we're driven into the mountains by
the builders OF the wall more than
twenty centuries ago and he says
they are wild people.
Discussing his expedition, DR.. Cell
said: Travelling on mountain mules,
we followed the wall for distance Of
approximately 1900 miles, starting at
the seashore at Shanhaikwan, ani
finishing at Kiayukun, on the Nan
Shan range, on the northern border
OF Tika We found roughly 200 miles
OF the great wall 80 far unmapped.
This section is a loop wall running
from the east and west line of the
great wall near the city of LANG
Chau. On the greater portion OF this
section no masonry now remains, but
there are massive towers of earthen
core. / am satisfied that there are at
least ten great walls apart from that
which is known as the great wall OF
China
AT one point we heard OF a race
OF Chinese pigmies, and the investi-
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30

cations / was enabled TO make tend
ed TO confirm the reports we received,
1t is said that the ancestors OF these
people, who live in the mountains,
were driven there when the wall was
building, having escaped to avoid
compulsory work upon AZ. The des-
cendants have lived I'm these noun
tains for twenty centuries, and are
today wild creatures covered with
hair.
II spent some time investigating
the mound of Chin, near Sian Fu--
the burial place OF the originator OF
the great wall. II is an enormous
mound of 91S acres surrounded by
ruined walls. We were told that there
was beneath IL a subterranean palace
connected by long tunnel with the
mountains.
Some of the changes 1 found in
the remoter parts are almost incred-
ible within FIVE days of Tibet |
found a modern steel truss bridge be-
ing erected over the yellow river, and
In Lanchau, in the province OF Kan
su, where the viceroy is making fine
boulevard right through the city,
saw electric light and a tramway.
"But perhaps what struck me most
was the fact that all over the coun-
try, even in the remotest villages,
found small groups Of young men
drilling. In some cases there were
only ten or fifteen men, but IL APP
peared 20 be part -ofa concerted plan,
of the precise object OF which the
people themselves seem ignorant. i
believe. however, that IL is part OF
general plan to prepare secretly an
enormous army. One curious thing l
noted along the great wall was that
over a distance OF one thousand miles
there is one predominating disease
goitre-and one predominating bird
the magpie."
The Washington herald., 1909-05-30
A Thrill on Every Page

you like to be thrilled when you read; like to have your
emotions stirred deeply within you; if you like feel your
heart beat faster if like have the back your
cyesen you ought like this particular issue of Literary
Magazine.
You'll find in this number thrill upon every We pre-
sent unusually of storiesstoes that make you
stories that make gadstores of deep human
Human nterea the thing publishers everywhere strive for
and that's the thing have into this issue Of Literary
Magazine perhaps little fully than in preceding issue
However, you will find that important quality Of human interest
every ISSUE for that is the great aim keep in mind in making
Magazine and is the great aim that impressed
contributor
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12

tom about four feet down and ! eau
tiously lowered myself, feet first, into
the well.
II was rather close quarters, but
managed to feel about me In every di-
rection, and to my dismay found that
at this point the pipe divided into half
a dozen smaller ones, none of them
over six inches in diameter This was
a sad blow to my hopes and felt al
most defeated, so great was my
chagrin. There was nothing to do
but Chamber back ito the straight
stretch of the pipe, where paused a
moment to think,
II was so dark that ! couldn't see
my hand before me, so | thought 1t
safe to take out my pocket-lamp and
examine my surroundings, Flashing
1t overhead, | was overjoyed to see
that the bend in the pipe was ar
ranged with a circular door which
was held down by spring catch
which fastened beneath fiange.
released this. and was rejoiced to
feel the door move upward when
pushed against II.
1t was an opening large enough Il
permit mans body TO pass through
1t, and | suppose 1t must have beer
arranged so that the pipe could b.
cleaned out II It should becom,
clogged with leaves or trash. At an,
rate II offered the much sought en-
trance to the building. for when
pushed the top upwards few inche
and peered out beneath II could Sc
the faint rays of the perfect moon re
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12

a fraud, but | readily saw that had
no common crooks to deal with.
My figures showed that the mine
was producing less than $500 of ore a
DAY, little more than enough to pay
the expenses of operating. and GER
tainly not enough to sustain the ex.
pensive Offices in the city and pay
the fabulous dividends on the stock
] didn't take bit of stock In
Mason's claim of secret process of
refining. | knew that was a fake out
right, but | wanted confirmation OF
It, and the only way TO obtain this was
to get inside the little building at the
mine where Mason and Belden slept
and where the separation of the gold
from the amalgam was effected.
| had almost worked myself into a
FEVER over 1t when one night, went
up TO my room at the little hotel of
the mining camp after supper and sat
down to read myself to sleep. | had
bought couple of paper-back novels
at the drugstore, from its rather linn
tied stock, and among them there was
a copy OF Victor Hugo's masterpiece.
had read the book before, but it was
favorite of mine and hadn't much
choice in the matter of selection.
was so wrought up over the question
of getting into the refining-plant that
connected reading was out of the
question, so ! skipped about through
the book, reading a chapter here and
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12

fiected upon the bare brick walls OF
the building. With great caution
raised the lid upright and crawled out
of the opening.
was indeed within the mysterious
building. In my excitement at this
discovery | released my hold of the
upright lid and II fell to with a metal
lie report that sounded to my tense
senses, like the boom OF coast-de-
Tense gun.
The next instant | heard voice,
which recognized as Mason's, excit-
eddy believing:
who's that" he demanded. Hey,
Belden," he continued, something's
broke loose"
didn't know what to do, so great
was my surprise at my own rash act
and its consequences.
could hear Belden sleepily call
back something that could not make
out and Mason reply, Then there
was creaking of springs and two
dull thuds as the men sprang from
their beds II was ticklish situa
ton, and certainly thought the Jig
was up. Luckily, neither Of the mer
had a match and | could hear them
swearing luridly over this fact, the
rattle of a tin lantern punctuatine
their profanity. This gave me an op
portunity to take a hasty survey o.
my surroundings, I sprang from m,
perch astride the big pipe to the con
crete floor six feet below and scram
bled beneath long table that STOOD
at one side OF the room. There wal
just enough moonlight sitting through
the dirty. iron barred windows t
give me bare idea of my situation.
The building was 30 or 40 feet II
length and | was near the farther ent
from the room where could hear tn,
men stumbling about in the darkness
and swearing like troopers. On ever,
hand were tables and boxes and ma
chinery and washing-troughs. Not
second too soon had | concealed my
self, for scarcely had ] reached tn
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12

a bit there until came to the adven'
ture of Jean Vatican in the Paris
sewers. In an instant | was tingling
in every nerve, for | had found the
solution of my problem, although 1t
was both foolhardy and beset with the
gravest dangers.
The reducing plant was In low-set
building, adjoining the stamp mill ana
the water supply was conveyed 10 II
from a dam some distance up the
CANYON through an iron pipe TWO Feet
In diameter. The water supply was
limited. and at night the flow was shut
of leaving the pipe quite empty !
had observed the pipe In my ram
blings about the neighborhood OF the
mine hut had never thought OF 1t as
a nossible entrance to the building
until read of the hunted Jean
Vatican taking to the sewers like a
rat TO escape his implacable zoe, Pos
sibly | never should have thought OF
n n | had not CHANGED to buy the
ton cent book at the drugstore. This
,s but an instance OF the influence on
our lives of seemingly trivial things.
Tossing the book upon the floor ]
fastened out into the night and made
with all speed for the big pipe. The
water left the reservoir In sluice'
way of concrete and ran for some 200
wards In trough of the same mate
rial until its course crossed deep
narrow gulch, which made the pipe
necessary. This was to be my point
of entrance, as from here on to the
mill the pipe was continuous.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12

II was something after ten o'clock
when | completed my investigation.
and decided to explore the pipe with
out further delay. removed my shoes
and, hid them beneath bowlder.
looked to the cartridges In my re-
volver, precaution have always
taken since a certain adventure down
on the Rio Grande. Then crept into
the pipe. 1t was cool and clammy and
as dark as dungeon. | had little
pocket electric flash-light, but was
afraid to use It, as the distance to the
reducing-plant was less than 100 yards
from the ravine.
My progress was slow and tiresome.
Nevertheless. in good time, ! came to
a point where the pipe made an alb
rupt turn straight down, which con-
WINGED me that | was about at the
end of my journey ] reached down
the hole as far as my arm would go,
but couldn't touch bottom SO, after
listening for time and hearing moth
ing more than distant drip, drip OF
water which was most lonesome. mys.
FERROUS. and melancholy, tore my
ocket-handkerchief into strips and
weighted It with cartridge so that
might sound the inky depths below
I was sensible enough not to dror
down into the pipe without making
a reckoning. as had learned this pre-
caution by sad experience. To my
great relief the plummet struck bot
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12

ispatch.
They didn't tie n can to him
Nor give him the &. b.
When they divulged their plan TO him
Twas plain for him to see
They did not have a skid for him
Nor hold a lemon out;
The little message did for him
Without the slightest doubt
They handed him a fetva.
The marble glance was not turned on.
They had no Icy mitt.
There was no language hot turned on
They would not think II ID.
They did not swiftly fire him out
No put him on the skid
Nor with objections tire him out
But this Is what they did:
They handed him fetva.
Son. when your genial boss to You
Observes that you are through.
II IL no double cross to you
Nor even a ''slSiddpo.''
You're not on the toboggan slide
Nor getting ''twenty-three;''
Just let this through you noggin slide:
It's plain as plain can be
He's handing you fetva.
When some coquettish. sweet young
thing
Says to take back your ring,
The fair and lovely. neat young thing
Does not give you a sting;
She does not mean BE on your way"
Nor that your cake Is dough,
But after you have gone your way
The chances are you'll know
She's handed you fetva-
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deep shadow OF the table when
heard door crate on its hinges and
the feeble rays of lantern illumin-
ated few cubic feet of space about
the lanky legs OF the raw.boned
miner.
With my heart going about 200
beats minute, | crouched beneath
the table. gripping my revolver and
very much in doubt about what
should do II | were discovered, which
could have shot both men and made
my escape through the fume-pipe, but
there was nothing to justify this con.
duct. Thus far had nothing but sus-
picion against the two men, and such
an act would have been nothing less
than murder. | decided to let matters
shape themselves and only endeavor
to keep out OF sight.
The men Numbered about the room
for awhile, the lantern rather handi
Gaping than aiding them in their
search, could hear every word they
said and the uneasiness they showed
was certainly a suspicious circum
stance,
Finally they stopped short dis
lance from my place of conoealment
| could see their feet, about which
the lanterns light concentrated, anC
they were facing away from me, which
gave me little more hope OF es
Gaping,
lIelden was speaking.
Il tell YOU" he said, "it was some
thing fell. 1t want anything else bs
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12
A Technical Evasion.

How is this. madam" asks the
stern Judge, do you not know IL is
against the law to wear hat that is
more than eighteen inches wider"
Certainly, your honor she replies.
tartly.
Then why do you object because
the on cet arrested you, as was his
duty?"
"Because II the big chump had taken
the pains to look he would have seen
that am wearing two hats instead OF
one, There's no law providing the
number OF hats a woman can wear. Ia
there"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12

Inherit there parunts INDIGESTION be-
cos there parunts buy cheep candy
Unkel Bill SEE the only way to keep
on bein bachelor is to tell one WON
an that all the other women are pritty-
My pa SEE sum people will ride a
free hors to deth, and they hav a
hobby thay will almost talk everybody
else to deth.
My ma SEE when man sheds teerx
at the sad things on the stage 1t is
sine he will tell his wife to laugh al
her trubbles at home.
My teecher seq we should take sum
crate man as our noodle, but the
trubble is not menny crate men die
sumo enuff to be CRATE very long.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12
Overheard bv Little Henry.

Overheard by Little Henry.
Unkel Bill SEE when he sees
young man with safety pin in his
nektie that the young mans ma Is
still dressin him.
Mister Jones seq hindsite is better
than foresite II you go at evrythinE
backwards.
My pa SEE when woman goes to n
MILLINERY opening within 2 days she
will eether think her husband Is n
brute or angel
Grandpa SEE he don't kno which to
be sorriest for the rich man with the
fulish son or the fulish son with the
rich pa.
Willie Smith seq he would run
away with a cirkus II II never played
anywhere excep rite here at home
Dokter Ferguson SEE lots Of children
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12
PLACING Him.

Something tells me-" declares the
young man with the deep-set eyes and
the poetic hair, that ! have known
you in previous existence"
All" says the young woman. wear
lily, "and did | give you a penny while
you sat on the hand organ, or did I
feed you peanuts in the park?"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-06-12
The Katydid Mine SWindle
By an Exoperdve Service -
Captain Dicksons Own Story of Uneatng Colossal Fraud

s A RULE the in
spectors of the
post-omce depart
ment look after
matters of fraudu.
lent uses of the
mails. said Capt.
Dickson on a GER
tain occa sio n
W h e n / ha d
dropped in for a
quiet smoke and a
glass of sherry,
but when a case
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
QUICK WORK BEING
DONE At OHIO MILL
Mine Management Is Making
Strenuous Effort to Keep
Pace With Plant.

The force of eighty mon at the Ohio
Lark is making such splendid progress
in assembling and anchoring the vari-
Gus lines Of equipment, that the mine
management is placed on its keencst
mettlc 20 whip its portion of the task
into shape so that both ends of the
proposition will be in ship shape SIM
ultaneously. General Manager Colin
Mcintosh stated Tuesday that the mill
is practically two-thirds completed, and
the machinery is being placed into po-
siton for business at a far greater rate
of speed than any one connected with
the company had anticipated.
In the meantime the mine manage.
ment is hurrying along the 300 and 750~
foot levels in order to make connec-
tions with the working raises from the
main transportation tunnel level. Raise
FA' also is being rushed in its pur-
pose Of crosseutting the ore body, and
the tunnel is being shaped to properly
handle its part of the burden of pro.
duction. In the mill the shaftiug and
flooring are all in, aud the rolls and
mills are being set in position, The
Ohio Copper is perilously close to the
day when it will be counted an active
copper producer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
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This prescription comes from q physi-
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l think I owe II TO my fellow man to
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
SPLENDID NEWS FROM
THE MUSGR0VE PROPERTY

General Manager Arthur Brown Of the
Musgrove Mining company on TUESDAY
received some very good word from this
Idaho property. The management has
been following the vein by means OF
tunnel for 115 feet. crosscut at that
point going four feet into ore, the value
of which was SS3.20 gold per ton. This
tunnel was then sent ahead for ifty feet,
and a crosscut started Twenty-Five feet
beyond the ll5-foot point This erosseut
has broken through ten feet OF ore and II
is holding out finely in value. The left
half of the ore assays $3.50 gold per
ton the balance assaying S21.20 gold per
ton This news demonstrates that the
vein is continuous, and that the values
are holding out as we'll as the officials
could desire Anything running $3.50
gold per ton or better is pay ore for this
proposition. after mining and milling eS-
penses are considered. Mr., Brown says
that the oO-foot level $50 feet below this
tunnel level. is showing a steady i'm
provement In gold values. The manage
ment first found forty, then eight cents,
then sl.20 and now s24o go-s per ton at
that depth and pay ore is expected at
practically any time.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
STATEMENT OF KNIGHT
COMPANIES is ISSUED

The following is brief financial re-
port OF the knight mines, May 10:
Colorado-Cash on hand. 500. so 80. A
dividend of cents a share was de"
clared, payable on May 20, the transfer
books closing on May II,
Iron Rlossom-Cash on hand. s33 Gi2 02.
Beck Tunnel-Accounts payable, s48,
452.97.
Crown Point-Cash on hand, SIC sos 6s; !;
treasury stock, 192. 900 shares.
East Tintic Consolida ted-Cash on
hand, si79o.99; treasury stock, $500
shares.
rintah Treasure Eml-Accounts pay
able s1T42.1 10
Indian Queen-Cash on hand. sS94S 10
lbeN-Accounts payable. $479,74 An as
sessment OF l cent a share has been lev
led on this stock, becoming delinquent
June II. and sale day on july 6.
Mountain Lake-Cash on hand s1o,-
S3S.02; treasury stock, 92.420 shares
King David-Cash on hand, 1890. 81 :
treasury stock, 31Sl57 shares
Mineral Flat-Accounts payable, $500
An assessment Of / cent share was lev
led on this stock becoming delinquent
June u, sale day July 3.
Black Jack-Accounts payable SAL
2l9. As. An assessment of ] cent a share
levied on this stock becomes delinquent
June 1e. and sale day on July 8.
OpeN-Cash on hand. sl2.64S.79,
Plutus-Accounts payable. s2772.55 An
assessment of cent a share was levied
on this stock, becoming delinquent June
10. sale day July Q.
Brooklyn-Cash on hand. s1l04 So
Drifting from the 800 level Of the Drag
on has been discontinued to await fur
ther development work Iron ore ship
ments are now being made regularly.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12
CUT|CURA CURED
CHIEF Of POLICE
Canadian Officer Poisoned by Weeds
Eczema Developed and Legs
Became Seal Ankles were Very
Sore and Itchy - For Weeks He
Could Not Wear Shoes.
FREED FROM ITCHING
BY CUTICURA REMEDIES

az have been successfully cured OF
dry eczema. l was inspecting the re-
moval Of noxious weeds, it being part
of my duty, from the edge of a river and
was constantly in the dust from the
weeds. At night I shook out my trou-
sers and cleansed my limbs, but felt a
prickly sensation. l paid no attention
to it for two years, but noticed scum
on my legs like fish scales. I could
scrape it of. and yet l did not attend
to it until it came to be too itchy and
core and began getting two running
sores. My ankles were all sore and
scabby and could not wear shoes. l had
to use carpet and felt slippers for weeks,
was then on particular police duty and
was compelled to be on duty. L got a
cake Of the Cuticura Soap and some
Cuticura Ointment. In less than ten
days could put on my boots and in
less than three weeks. though on duty
all the time. l was free from the con-
founded itching. / tell you frankly
that Cuticura saved me from what the
doctors called bad leg. Capt. George
P. Bliss, Chief OF Police, Morris, Mani
toba, Mar. 20, 1907, and Sept. "a, 1905"