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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12
Landing on the Island of st.
Thomas.
Charlotte Amelia a Most Beau
tiful City.
ONLY TOWN ON ISLAND
Streets Remind Him of Stage
Scenery.
Was Headquarters of Famous
Pirate Black Beard.

Tuesday, January 25.
The sea is as smooth today as 1 have
ever seen it, and the weather is quite
warm. Indeed. there is as much COM
plant about warm weather today as
there was on Saturday about cold
weather.
Last night, after had gone to bed,
a young man and a young woman sat
down in chairs near my door, which I
had left open. They were flirting, and
could hear every word they said.
They amused me for an hour with
their talk, which I imagine is of the
kind heard between young people at
summer resorts. I did not know who
the yopng couple were, and have a
curiosity to pick them out. The girl
was so coy, and the young man was
such a devil: he told the girl how
tough he had been, but always init
mated that he was SO fascinating that
he could not possibly keep out of the
was so unnatural and foolish. III bet
the girl has warts on her hands, from
the boys holding them.
Judge Walker sleeps on deck a good
deal: he is afraid to go to his room
to sleep, fearing he will miss seeing a
whale. So far he has seen nothing
more remarkable than flying fish. por-
poises and what the sailors say was a
shark. He said the porpoises looked
as though the ship had scared up a
lot of jack rabbits. While he was
asleep last night I took the ladies OF
the Atchison-Leavenwo party up tc
see the grill room. and they aston
ished the stewards by drinking a lem
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

boys and exclaimed: well. if you
aren't Parker Corbin's boy, who used
to live just east of Uncle Hank. Why,
1 played with you lots of times when
you were a little fellow. You surely
are welcome.
And you must be Abe Lincoln"
was the reply. 81 remember you now,
although 1 didn't recognize you a few
moments ago. 1 recollect how you
used to play pirates with us, and
prisoners base -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12
DYSPEPSIA

Having taken your wonderful Casca-
rets' for three months and being entirely
cured of stomach catarrh and dyspepsia,
think a word of praise Is due to
'Cascarets' for their wonderful compost
ton. / have taken numerous other So
called remedies but without avail, and
find that Cascarets relieve more in day
than all the others have taken would In
= year. James McGune,
1903 Mercer ST., Jersey City, N. ].
Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good
Do Good Never Sicken, Weaken or Gripe.
10c. z5c, Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gen
uine tablet stamped &C C. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. a19
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

men met us at the landing, and there
wasn't respectable horse in the lot;
all were small ponies, and poor. The
supply of cabs gave out, and a dozen
of the men and women of the ships
company hired q one-horse dray, in
which they drove about.
to look over the town, we could see our
ship lying in the harbor. And as we
looked, the Butcher the sister ship
of the ''Moltke," came in. The "Bluch-
we did, but two hours later, for South
America While we looked, still an
other steamer, small freighter. turned
the point. and entered the harbor.
Charlotte Amelia is a good place for
boys to live in: the most marvellous
fish are caught out of the sea here.
with hook and line. One boy met had
four or five different varieties of fish,
all of them beautiful One variety was
of the shape of our bass, but red in
color.
Everywhere on the streets and in
the stores. We saw handsome creole
mulatto girls. We saw no white men
about, but they have evidently been
here.
In all the tropical or shiftless coun-
tries chickens are small. Where chick
ems are small, eggs are also small. The
the boy guide told US, is 80 cents
dozen, although travellers are asked go
cents. A chicken costs rs cents.
Flowers bloom in the open air in
Charlotte Amelia the year round. In
summer, the weather becomes very hot
Plenty warm sometimes said the
guide. when you walk, water runs
out of your face One of the pleasing
sights here is a Towering tree, with
bright red flowers. This tree is seen
in all tropical countries.
Duck suits sell here at SIS per suit of
coat and pantaloons. but not many of
the travellers invested, so far as I OBJ
served. A good many, however, bought
Panama hats, at IS each. There are
all sorts of stores in Charlotte Amelia.
which is the only town on the island
| 1t Is supported by the coal handlers,
and by the manufacture of bay rum.
Why do people buy bay rum? 1t is
stated as one of the advantages Of this
| trip that an excellent quality OF bay
rum may be purchased at very low
price. We were offered bay rum at ev-
| cry turn in Charlotte Amelia, but didn't
| buy any. I never bought a bottle of
| bay rum in my life. and never expect
| to.
One old woman offered to sell us a
queer looking plant, ITO wash dishes
with" the boy guide said. 1t was a
variety of soap weed. and the poor
people here use it instead of soap in
washing dishes. The boy guide point
| ed out store kept by Smith Bros,
| and smiled The Smith joke seems to
| be known here.
Americans are not the only people
| who know how to clean up tropical
] towns. Charlotte Amelia is very clean.
| or seemed so to me, and in every way
4 delightful From the bay, the town
looks like a German post card picture,
| printed in bright colors. And the green
| mountains make an attractive setting
| for the bright colors of the houses.
Before we left the ship, and after
we returned to it. the Moltke was
surrounded WIFI rearo divers. They
! coaxed the passengers to throw coins
| into the water and then the negroes
would dive for them. In nearly every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12
HAND
SAPOLIO

FOR TOILET AND BATH
u makes the toilet something to be enjoyed.
Il removes all stains and roughness, prevents
prckly heat and chafing, and leaves the skin
white. soft. healthy. In the bath 1t brings q
glow and exhilarstion which NO common soap
can equal, inparting the vigor and life sen-
sation Of mild Turkish bath.
AL GROCERS AND DRUGGISTS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12
SATURDAY.

guests use seven hundred bottles Of
aerated water every day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

You probably object to hearing peo-
pie talk who have returned from sea
trips. According to an old traveller I
part of a trip: telling about it, and
thinking about it, after you return
home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

See ]. THOMAS LUMBER co. for
lumber and DEWEY PORTLAND CE-
MENT. Guaranteed the best manu-
featured
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

There is a rumor going about this
afternoon that passenger paid fifty
dollars for a Panama hat at Charlotte
Amelia this morning. But also hear
that some Panama hats cost seventy
five dollars. I bought one today,
warranted genuine Panama, for SIS.
What did / get, If a really good Pan
anna hat costs SIS? By-the-way. Pan
anna hats are not made in Panama,
but in Ecuador. E. w. H.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

men met US at the landing, and there
wasn't respectable horse in the lot;
all were small ponies, and poor. The
supply of cabs gave out, and a dozen
of the men and women of the ships
company hired q one-horse dray, in
which they drove about.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

In all the tropical or shiftless coun
tries, chickens are small. Where chick
ems are small, eggs are also small. The
price of eggs in ST. Charlotte Amelia,
the boy guide told US, is 80 cents a
dozen, although travellers are asked go
cents A chicken costs 25 cents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

Charlotte Amelia is a good place for
boys to live in: the most marvellous
fish are caught out of the sea here.
with hook and line. One boy met had
four or five different varieties of fish,
all of them beautiful. One variety was
of the shape of our bass, but red in
color
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

Everywhere on the streets and in
the stores. we saw handsome creole
mulatto girls. We saw no white men
about, but they have evidently been
here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

We visited the public market. and
found all sorts of vegetables. but in
ferior in size. The peas were of va
riety I have never seen before. The
tomatoes were very small looking
like warts: I have seen exactly similar
tomatoes in Ceylon. in the Philippines.
and in other shiftless countries. The
ponies here are also small, as is the
case in the Philippines. Dozens of cab
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

FTOIu q HlgE EldCe, where We WdIKeu
to look over the town, we could see our
ship lying in the harbor. And as we
looked, the Butcher the sister ship
of the ''Moltke,'' came in. The 'tBluch-
err sailed from New York the same day
we did, but two hours later, for South
America While we looked, still an
other steamer, a small freighter, turned
the point, and entered the harbor.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

I see very little wine at the dining
tables. Liquor drinking is doomed:
it is fool habit the people will get
rid of. But while little wine is or
dered on board the 'Moltke'' the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

Flowers bloom in the open air in
Charlotte Amelia the year round. In
summer, the weather becomes very hot.
Plenty warm sometimes said the
guide. when you walk, water runs
out of your face" One of the pleasing
sights here is a Towering tree, with
bright red flowers. This tree is seen
in all tropical countries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

Before we left the ship, and after
we returned to it. the Moltke was
surrounded win r.earo divers. They
coaxed the passengers to throw coins
into the water and then the negroes
would dive for them. In nearly every
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-12

When we came up from dinner to-
night we found a ballroom had been
arranged and decorated on the lower
deck, and as I write this the dance is
in progress, a big crowd taking part.
The moon is shining brightly, and the
ship is running along quietly. The
weather is as warm as in June at
home, and the scene is a very pleasing
one.
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17
Some Innovations in the Mining World

When asked what they considered the most striking incident in mining these modern times, several prominent Utah operators stated that the innO- vation in making frequent company re- ports was the most encouraging. They point out that the majority of mining operators in the past have considered their official positions with their com panies carte blanche to utilize the markets and manipulate the stocks of stockholders, shareholders being con- sidered nothing more than purchasers of the stock when mine conditions looked unfavorable to the management and sellers when there was something important developing.
 Shareholders stand in the relation of partners to one another, and while they are entitled at any hour to ascertain the true conditions of their companies or mines, the impression unfortunately has prevailed for so many years that mining was a simple gamble, that it was luck if they won and failure was something to have been expected, that ordinary business principles have been foreign 70 mining operations as rule. Things are changing, however. IL is being learned that ordinary business ability and practice is as much at home in mining as in any other branch of human endeavor. Officials using their opportunity for securing inside information to operate the markets one way or the other are no longer envied for their fortunate perquisites, they are relieved from duty, and rightfully
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17

so, and the stain is not easily removed from the public mInd.
 The system of quarterly and some times monthly mine reports is meeting with general appreciation. and the em- phasis with which they are received proves what an innovation they are. Local operators point out that there is just one more step needed to help place mining where it belongs, and that is for the public to bring common sence into play when considering min ing investments. If the average man would investigate mining proposition as closely as he looks over a lOOS horse before purchase, there would be less complaint about wildcat mining and a great many smooth stock salesmen would be compelled to go to work Salt Lake Tribune.
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17
NAw Mill compIeted.

The Big Pine mining company, To- cated in the Hassayampa district, has completed a new mill, and is about to enter the ranks of the producers. The new reduction plant is equipped with Huntington mills, and it is said that the ore supply in sight, together with that made available in the course of regular development work, will be amply sufficient to keep the mill in operation for a long time to come.
 A tunnel has been pushed to a dis tance of 800 feet on the property, and it is proposed to continue it 300 feet further before any stoping is done. c. H. Cunning, president of the Big Pine company, is a graduate of the Yale school of mines, and expresses the utmost confidence in the future of both his own property and that of many others in the Hassayampa dis trict, where there is a general re- newal of activity. .-Wickenburg Miner.
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17
Work Completed.

At last the work of construction which has engaged the Clara Consoli- dated Gold and Copper Mining com pany for so many months has drawn 10 a close, and the big plant stands com- pleted. The various construction crews which have found employment here are no longer needed, and their services are being dispensed with.
 A large steam hoist has been install- ed at the No. shaft, which is beng sunk as rapidly as possible. The pres ent depth of this shaft is about POO feet, and another sixty feet will take it to the big ore body that was dis closed by the No. f drill hole.
 From the No. ? shaft a drift is being run to connect with No. at the BOO foot level. It is expected that the ore body opened by the drill hole will be encountered in the drift any day now. Swansea Times.
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17
Rich Ores at Moore's Flat.

A most excellent showing continues to be made in the Black Bear mine, so excellent, indeed, that if the property was situate in Nevada State it would be the means of causing stampede from the other districts and make a boom town of Moore's Flat. Since the recent marketing of the 5OOOS of high grade the drift has been steadily driven ahead, and more good ore has been laid upon the dump. The high grade which was recently sold in Nevada City was merely the ore which had been hand sorted from the general run of quartz as the driving on the ledge was prosecuted. No upraising or sink ing has as yet been attempted, Mana ger c. L. Wilson finding it expedient to keep on developing on horizontal lines to determine the length of the pay chute. He as the building of mill in contemplation and desires to get an idea of the extent of his ore body before letting a contract for a mill. There is now on the dump 300 tons of ore which will run a uniform
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17
kimbeII Machine Recovers the Gold.

T. B. Carter and A. A. Moore of Walnut Grove, while in the city yes terday, stated that the Kimbell placer mining machine that was recently given a test run on the Norris & Quick claims on Milk Creek. that flows into the Hassayampa near their homes, is one of the greatest placer mining ap- pliances that has ever been placed in operation in this county. It handles the ground satisfactorily, and the only disadvantage experienced was in the capacity of the suction pipe that feeds the machinery that saves the coarse and fine gold. With this exception the plant is perfect.
 The yield received from the initial run also corroborated the general be- lief prevailing over that section, and while the returns were not given pub licity, the statement was made by the owners that the cleanup was better than expected. It is the belief of Messrs. Carter and Moore that the many gulches cutting through that locality will receive much more con- sideration than ever before in this class of mining work, and that other machines of the Kjmbell type will be introduced is practically a settled fact. Prescott Journal Miner.
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17
Douglas Shelters Yearly Report.

Douglas, in Cochise county, Arizona, continues to remain one of the great est centers of the worlds copper pro- duction. No falling of or diminition in the output of the two great reduc. tion works: the smelters of the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company and the Calumet x Arizona Mining Company appears. The two are pro- ducing red metal at the rate of over 175. .OOO, ,OOO pounds per year as is shown by the reports of the production of the two smelters for the month of May. Of this more than two-thirds is pro- duced by the Copper Queen company and about one-sixth is from customs ore. On the basis of the May produc- tion the Copper Queen production for 1910 would be nearly 125, ,OOO, 900 pounds of bullion and that of the Calumet & Arizona company over 5O,OOO,OOO.
 The report of the Copper Queen company for the month of May shows the following sources of production in the following quantities: From Cop per Queen mines, 5,726,39l; from Moe tezuma Copper Co.,, 2,274,753; from custom ores. 2,2S5, l63. Total bullion produced, 10,286, ,307.
 The Calumet & Arizona company smelters receive its ores from the C.. & A. mines and the Superior x Pitts burg mines Of the Warren district and from Courtland and last month the output of bullion was more than four and half million pounds, about the average run of this smelter.-Range News.
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17
Sl6 ~Oniversity

100S per ton. This is according to as- says and by fire reduction at the New ada City sulphuret works. Manager c. L. Wilson is keeping up develop ment in the various other propositions at Moore's Flat. A drift is being driven on the Golden Slipper. This is a southern extension of the Fruitvale, which latter lies on the north side of the Middle Yuba river, and which is under development by the Andy Fitz Mining Company. Wilson is also de- veloping the Metropolitan. A con- tract has just been finished which added considerable number of feet to. the drifts upon the Mckinley group Nevada City Transcript.
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17
Women Victims of czar's Army

London, Sept. 12.-"Russian women and children are the most degraded in Europe, if not in the world," said Mrs. Loreine Helen Baker of Spokane, Washington, yesterday.
 'I say this after investigating con- ditions in England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Peasant girls in Russia are the prey of the Russian soldiers and bear thousands of children who become charges on the government.
 ''The boy babies are put in good hands. They are educated and trained for the army. The girl babies are so neglected that 40 per cent of them perish. I saw more than l,300 babies under three months old in the govern ment foundling asylum in Moscow. Nearly all were sufferers from some disease and many were physical and mental cripples.
 "Poor Russian mothers sought weep ing to touch the hem of my dress. Why do you weep?' l asked. "They wish you to intercede with God to bring them boy babies. They say that their husbands cease to love them un- less they bear babies to go to var
 ''I passed a week with Count Tolstoi and his family. I found the great re- former full of pity and horror over the misfortunes of his countrywomen. The soldiers are privileged ruffians who move their camps from place to place, robbing the peasants of their pigeons. and everything else they chance to covet They make no return what ever, leaving the toilers destitute.
 ''Findland, otherwise a happy na- tion, is bowed down under the oppres- sion of czardom. Strong Finnish men, viewing the certain prospects of spoil ation, cannot restrain their tears when discussing the subject. Only the in- terference of the civilized world can save Finland. If Finland goes, ulti- mately the whole Scandinavian penin- sula will go, too. Nothing can stop the westward march of the Russians except the intervention of the great powers"
Mohave County miner., 1910-09-17
Big Mining Deal is Made.

The Kinney group of mines, situated in Eugenie Gulch, were bonded this morning to eastern investors. This group consists of eight patented claims and six claims held by fee simple. The Kinney group is well located in one of the most favored gold districts of Yav- apai county and have been developed by John Kinney for the past twelve years until at this time there is sufti- cient ore in sight to create a demand from eastern capital who are repre- sented here by Col. Edward Ord, now stopping at the St. Michael hotel. Mir. Ord was in the Spanish-American war, where John Kinney also fought for the United States. He is a West Point graduate and also graduate of the Columbia School of Mines, and is now representing large syndicate of capitalists who have taken the Kinney group under bond with 90 days to ex- anime and make the initial payment. On the Grand Central claim there is one shaft 225 feet deep, with 1000 feet of drifting on the lower levels, dis closing vast bodies of ore of milling grade. The property is fully equipped with mining machinery sufficient to operate the property and the other claims have a goodly amount of devel- opment, principally surface workings, which thoroughly prove the continuity of the veins opened by the deeper workings.
 Mir. Kinney while talking to a Courier representative said that this is the first time in 42 years that he has not owned a mining property and that while he is glad to get such a large property and one that he could not operate with his small capital alone, off his hands, yet he feels lost for the want of something to do and therefore will begin at once to look up some of the likely properties of this county and begin mining again as soon as possible. He will purchase a new so horse power automobile and go among the hills getting a much needed rec reation while still carrying on his min ing business. In the winter he expects to go to Australia and visit with rel atives. When the full details of this sale are ready for publication, Mir. Kinney says he will give all the facts to the Courier for publication. Also that the Big Bug mining section is coming to the front rapidly, several mining sales being reported.-Prescott Courier.